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Ooookaaayy, on with the story...
Chapter 12: The Godforsaken Spit of Land II
"JADE!!!!!WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING????"
Jack and Jade broke apart forcefully and stared at Elizabeth, who looked like she had on a corset laced too tight. Jack put on a Catshire grin and shrugged it all off and went back to drinking his rum. Elizabeth looked disgusted at him and shot an alarmed/questioning look at Jade, who sighed and pulled Elizabeth over to talk.
"Hello, Lizzie."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
"Ja – ade, (u guys kno...the whiney tone...) I saw what you did...Don't you go 'Lizzie – ing' me. He's a pirate, Jade, what were you thinking???"
Jade set on an I – know – something – you – don't look.
"I was thinking that that would probably be something you and Will would do if you both saw each other once more..." Elizabeth blushed noticeably and suddenly became interested in the sand on her feet.
"What about Will?? Jade, he did save our lives...We have to do something..."
"Ye're absolutely right..." Jack spoke from coming up from behind them, and raised his half empty rum and took a swig to emphasize his point. Seeing that neither Jade nor Elizabeth were satisfied, he added,
"Well, We'll be here a month...maybe more...we'll keep a weather eye open for passing ships and then our chances are clear." He took another gulp, sat in the sand and stared out to the sea.
Jade sighed and picked up her rum from where she dropped it when kissing Jack. Just thinking about it made her go pink. She walked over to where he was and sipped the rum.
"Drink up me hearties yo ho..." sang Elizabeth softly as she scowled at the bottle she was holding. Jack turned sharply and queried,
"What's that, Elizabeth?"
"It's Miss Swann."
Jack put up his hands as if to say, 'sorry...gees, woman...'Elizabeth continued with,
"Nothing. Just a song I learned from Jade when I was a child – at the age of ten or eleven, probably..." At this, Jack twisted around to look at his 'dahling'.
"Let's hear it." He demanded.
Jade smirked in an 'oh really??' type of way.
"What's the magic word?"
"Luv, I'm not going to beg ye...Come on – we've surly got the time, so let's have it."
"No...I've got to have a lot more to drink." She stressed her point by taking another sip of rum. Jack paused and just looked at her.
"How much more??" he pressed with a boyish grin.
But as soon as Jade relented due to being a bit tipsy, they were all dancing around a huge bonfire that Jack had reluctantly granted a diminutive amount of rum to get it that way. Along with the made-up jigs and reels, the three were also singing to Jade and Elizabeth's pirate song.
"We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs!!!!!! Drink up me hearties yo ho!!! Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for meeeeee!!!!!!!!"
Jack, who was, not surprisingly, the most drunk, was the most enthusiastic of the trio.
"I LOVE this SONG!!! Really bad eggs...woo!!!!!!" he yelled to the night sky as he practically yanked Jade over and twirled her around before collapsing in the sand and sloshing some of the alcohol from its container he was holding. He then pulled Jade down next to him, who was dancing with Elizabeth, thus hauling her downward as well.
"When I get the Black Pearl back, I'm gonna teach it to the whole crew-and we'll sing it all the time!!!"
Jade laughed and played along.
"And you will be absolutely the most terrifying pirate in the Spanish Main!!!"
"Not just the Spanish Main, dahling, the entire ocean...The entire world...wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is ye know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails-that's what a ship needs...but what a ship is...is freedom..." (that's like his world famous line right there...)
Jade looked at him in wonder and snuggled up in the crook of his arms.
"Jack...it must've been unbearably lonely, trapped on this island...Must've been horrible..."
Jack pulled Jade onto his lap and snaked his arms around her waist.
"Oh yes...But, the company is infinitely better than last time...the scenery has definitely improved."
Jade gazed up at him.
"To Freedom." She toasted softly, raising her rum.
Jack pecked her forehead and hoisted his as well.
"To the Black Pearl." He declared before gulping down the rum a bit too fast and passed out cold. Jade cast hers aside, deciding she'd had positively enough for a while, and crawling over to her sister. Elizabeth was scowling at the ocean, her alcohol thrown aside in disgust. Jade shook her head.
"Careful not to frown too much Lizzie or your face may stay that way. I'm not sure Will would be too pleased if that ever happened."
Elizabeth sighed and switched her facial expression to worry.
"Jade...D'you-Do you think he's all right??" her voice wavering slightly. Jade put her arm across Elizabeth's trembling shoulders comfortingly.
"I honestly don't know, Lizzie...But weeping for him isn't going to save him."
Elizabeth turned to her sister sharply.
"Then what do you suppose we do?? Like your pirate said, 'to what point and purpose?' we don't have any means of getting off of here!!" she nearly wailed in desperation. Jade glanced around the cay, and the remains of the bonfire caught her eye.
"Lizzie, calm down and try to get some rest. I may have a plan. We'll just carry it out in the morning, all right?? Now just try to get some sleep. Everything has to turn out right in the end...Somehow..." She soothed Elizabeth while scooting back over to Jack. But Elizabeth caught her arm.
"Um, Jade, C-Can you sleep here, if that's all right??"
Jade could see that she was still like a mother as well as a sister to Elizabeth. She was, after all, ten years older. (U kno-like Lilo and Stitch how Lilo's sister is like, 10 or more years older than Lilo and she takes care of her an' stuff...)
"Of course Lizzie. Now move over some more. I have no idea if Jack flails around in his sleep!!"
Jade awoke just after dawn, and the sun was almost totally over the horizon. She gazed out to the sea for a moment and watched the golden and orange radiance of the Caribbean sun dance and sparkle lightly on the crystal blue-green waves of the glistening ocean. It was a beautiful view, and if the circumstances were different, she would've stared at it for hours. But she had a plan of departure and her sister's constant worry over Will on her hands, so she got up slowly, and, ignoring the faint throbbing in her temple, set off into the swaying palm trees. She wandered over to the rum cache which was still open from the day before and treaded gingerly on the dirt stairs leading down into the storage.
It was a room the size of a coatroom with barrels and cases of rum and beer as well as some salted meat hanging in one corner. There were also a few makeshift shelves made out of hastily stripped pieces of what looked like palm tree trunks half dug into the wall. On the shelves were decanters of water and liquor. Jade hauled the cases of rum out of the cache one by one until seven of them were dropped in the sand around the reserve. Once that was finished, Jade headed towards Elizabeth and Jack once more.
They were both sleeping still, with Jack snoring slightly. She walked to Elizabeth and nudged her awake gently.
"Wha-?" groaned Elizabeth groggily. "Jade-huh?"
Jade rolled her turquoise eyes in amusement. Honestly...Elizabeth was just so funny right now...She nudged the latter again.
"Lizzie, wake up!! Remember, I've got a plan to act upon!! Wake up!!" said Jade urgently, not wanting to wake Jack, or else making the whole thing even more difficult.
"Ohhh, myyy heaaad...Stop shaking me Jade, I'm up."
"Well then come on and get up then!! Honestly, do you want to get away from here, or what??" Jade scolded, heaving Elizabeth to her feet. They headed over to the trees together, planning to make another huge bonfire.
Jade and Elizabeth threw the last crate of rum into the huge fire in the middle of the island. The smoke extracted by it was surely going to attract attention. Fully satisfied with themselves, The two sisters turned to walk back to Jack, if he hadn't come running over flailing his arms and shouting, which he did.
"No!!! NOT GOOD!!! STOP!!! NOT GOOD!!! What are you doing??? You both burned all the food, the shade, the RUM!!!!!!"
Elizabeth obviously loved annoying Jack.
"Yes, the rum is gone."
Jack seriously looked like he was going to cry.
"Why is the rum gone???"
"One, because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels. Two, that signal is over a thousand feet high. The entire Royal Navy is out looking for us-do you think that there is a slight chance that they don't see it???"
All right. Elizabeth was a bit hysterical there. Jack looked like he needed information and fast, before someone ends up hurt, so Jade supplied for him.
"Jack, it was the only way I could think of that would be quick to get away from here. Simple to understand, really."
"But...But why is the rum gone???"
Now Jade rolled her eyes. That question was better left unanswered. It would only be a bother. Let him figure it out on his own. But Elizabeth wasn't so patient with him.
"Just wait, Captain Sparrow. You give it an hour, maybe two, keep a weather eye out and soon you will see white sails on that horizon."
By now Jack was so frustrated that he took out his ever-trusty pistol, but seeing Jade's withering glare, thought better of it, and just stalked off instead, muttering to himself. Glancing at Elizabeth, who was staring determinedly out on the water, Jade sighed in exasperation and went after her pirate captain. She caught up with him just as he yelled over his shoulder,
"Well, IT BLOODY IS NOW!!!!!!!" he still didn't see her coming.
Jade chuckled at him. Well, at least he heard that, because he swiveled around with a flail of his arms, kind of like their first meeting.
"What's so funny, Jade??"
She laughed again.
"You. You get all upset with my attempts to get us away from this island. It's a bit absurd, once you think about it a bit."
Jack's famous Catshire grin came back to place, and he turned to keep pacing along the shore, but stopped abruptly. Jade glanced questioningly at him, but something in the ocean behind Jack drew her attention. A ship. A Navy ship, with a little rowboat heading towards the cay. Apparently Jack saw it, for he turned back to her and said softly,
"There'll be no living with ye after this."
Aboard the Dauntless, Jack was immediately grabbed by some of Commodore Norrington's soldiers and Elizabeth and Jade were swept into an embrace by their father. Elizabeth wriggled out of Governor Swann's grasp claiming she was fine, and followed by the latter sister, stomped up to the Commodore and demanded,
"But we've got to save Will!!!"
Governor Swann gave the parental order.
"No. You're safe now, both you and your elder sister. We will return to Port Royal immediately, not go gallivanting after pirates!!"
Elizabeth paled.
"Then we condemn him to death." she declared tonelessly.
Her father's features screwed up in pity.
"The boy's fate is regrettable, but then, so was his decision to engage in piracy. And I must say I am disappointed in you also Jade." He directed at his eldest daughter, who rolled her eyes for the umpteenth time that day. Elizabeth just looked on in disbelief.
"To rescue ME to prevent anything from happening to me!!"
Jack then felt the need to interrupt.
"If I may be so bold as to inject my professional opinion. The Pearl was listing near to scuppers after the battle. It's very unlikely she'll be able to make good time. Think about it. The Black Pearl. The last real threat in the Caribbean, mate. How can ye pass that up??"
Jade had an uncontrollable urge to snort at Jack's pitiful persuasion of going after the Black Pearl. It hadn't worked on Norrington.
"By remembering that I serve others, Mr. Sparrow, not only myself." He started climbing the stairs to the helm. But Elizabeth was willing to go to desperate measures.
"Commodore, I beg you, please do this, for me, as a wedding present!!"
Jade was shocked. She wouldn't...
The Governor was startled as well.
"Elizabeth, are you accepting the Commodore's proposal??"
Elizabeth was gazing unwaveringly at Norrington.
"I am."
Jade then felt like smacking her forehead. She would... Jack then chose that moment to get excited.
"A wedding!! I love weddings!! Drinks all around!!" he glanced at Norrington, who was, big surprise, sneering at Jack.
"I know," the latter continued, "'Clap him in irons' right??" he predicted, extending his arms. Norrington wasn't amused.
"Mr. Sparrow, you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide a bearing to Isle de Muerta. You will then spend the rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase, 'silent as the grave'. Do I make myself clear??"
No you don't buster. Sassed Jade mentally.
Jack, though, presented a weak smirk.
"Inescapably...clear."
Ooookaaaay, now wasn't that fuuuuunnn??? (smiles) I finally found time to update with all the chaos over here...Ireland was GREAT in case u guys care at all...(smirks) and I just HAPPENED to find Legolas tied up in a chair unconscious in my closet...hmmm...wonder how THAT happened...(grins evilly) so I gotta go and take advantage of the situation...(cackles)soooooooooo bye!!!
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