Ch.12 Missing Pieces
Josephine ate dinner and then went to the hotel she was staying at and rested for a few hours. The sun was beginning to set when she woke.
She hurriedly dressed in black grabbed a lantern and then started up the hill to the barn. She had left it unlocked, which all a part of the plan.
She reached the barn just as it was almost dark. She chose a stakeout point and then closed the doors behind her.
She waited and waited. It was now completely dark. She waited more. It was really dark and she could hear nothing but the sounds of nature-that would be mice and crickets- surrounding and encompassing the barn with their sounds.
"It must be at least 12," she thought after another hour or so.
12:30
"What was that!" Josephine thought. Her head snapped up. She thought she heard footsteps. Nature was too loud.
The door creaked!
It opened a bit, and then a bit more as the person opening it found that it was not locked.
The doors were thrown wide open.
Josephine grabbed her lantern, and readied the sword and daggers she had concealed on her person.
The person walked to the middle of the floor and hurriedly began digging around.
Josephine stepped out and lit her lantern.
The person jumped in surprise.
"You!" he exclaimed.
It was none other than Captain Sparrow.
"Very good, but you seem to have forgotten my name, Captain Sparrow. As you see, I have not forgotten yours," Josephine said.
"How did you find me.Jaclyn?" he asked her.
"A, good, you did remember my name. Well, you see, you I found all the missing pieces. You left this dagger," Josephine said revealing the dagger, " lying around after you killed that guy here."
"He shouldn't have crossed swords with a pirate," the Captain said.
"Never the less, you did kill him, but that is beside the point. The shopkeeper in Sea Side got this dagger from the shopkeeper here. And heavens above, I found it! I then followed the trail to here, asked questions of this shopkeeper, and found out about this crime. Then I went to the investigator of this, Captain Thomas, and he gave me tour here! Imagine that," Josephine said.
"Great job! Really! Excellent! Fantastic!" he said smiling. "You should be a pirate hunter, if there are any. What, miss detective, did you do next?"
"You left to many clues. While the Captain may be to daft to figure it out, I certainly wasn't. You were the beggar who "witnessed the crime." You killed the guy, Murphy, and then reported it to the police saying the killer killed the guy, took his money and left."
"And how did you figure that out?" he asked her.
"Pirate's don't leave money from their cache behind," Josephine said. "Even a temporary one, like this." She held up the coin.
"Great deduction skills. How did you know I was going to be here tonight?"
"This place has been shut since the crime. I knew you hadn't taken the money because you didn't have time. So, obviously you had to come back and get it, and you've been checking it ever since, to see if the doors have been open. Tonight was your first chance," Josephine said.
"How did you know I hadn't broke in and took it that way?" he asked.
"There are no signs of forced entry, and obviously, you couldn't take the money out the way you came in; you would have to use the door, and the lock isn't broken," Josephine said smugly.
"That's wonderful. You matched your deductive skills with mine, lets see if you can match blade with a pirate," he said drawing his sword.
"Once I have retrieved my treasure, then I am be done with the things I am supposed to take care of, and right now, you are in my way," he said.
He lunged at her smiling; he always enjoyed combat.
Josephine drew her sword and parried his blow. He lunged at her again and she twisted away and cut the rope that was holding a scaffold in the air. It plunged down at him.
He ran out of the way.
"You've learned to use your surroundings; that's good," he called out.
Josephine was no where to be seen.
"Thank you for a fine fight," he called. Captain sparrow sheathed his sword and swaggered towards the barn door.
A dagger came out of no where and landed right above the lock, firmly, so Captain Sparrow was unable to open the door.
"Very clever trick," he said taking out his sword again.
Josephine appeared and lunged at him.
"Thank you," she replied as he parried.
He cut at her knees; she blocked and pushed his sword away.
She cut at his head; he ducked and stabbed at her neck.
She swept her sword across and blocked it.
He pushed her sword down and out and then hit her in the gut with his hilt.
She gasped in pain.
He looked down at her.
"Actually I have one more thing to take care of," he said. Then he hit her in the head with his hilt, knocking her out.
He grabbed the treasure and put it on the wagon he had stationed outside the barn. Then he put Josephine in the back.
He went to the hotel, where he assumed she was staying, and using her key, got into her room, grabbed her stuff, and then checked out.
He drove the wagon out of Sicklemore and a few miles out and onto a road next to a small cove.
He turned the wagon off the road, and onto a barely noticeable path. He approached a campfire that had about 10 men around it. They rose as he entered.
"Well, it's done," he said to them. "But I picked up more luggage then I meant to." He nodded at the back of the vehicle. "Start unloading the wagon into the boats and get ready to head out to the ship."
The men took all the treasure out and then put it in the boats. Captain Sparrow unharnessed the horse and set the it loose, and then took Josephine out of the back of the wagon and lay her down by the fire.
He disposed of the wagon.
Then he put out the fire.
The men were getting into the boats. Captain sparrow took the still unconscious Josephine to a boat and then got in behind her.
The men started rowing.
They reached the ship that was out in the cove in a few minutes.
Josephine moaned and opened her eyes halfway. "Welcome, Jaclyn, to the Black Pearl," Captain Sparrow said.
Josephine ate dinner and then went to the hotel she was staying at and rested for a few hours. The sun was beginning to set when she woke.
She hurriedly dressed in black grabbed a lantern and then started up the hill to the barn. She had left it unlocked, which all a part of the plan.
She reached the barn just as it was almost dark. She chose a stakeout point and then closed the doors behind her.
She waited and waited. It was now completely dark. She waited more. It was really dark and she could hear nothing but the sounds of nature-that would be mice and crickets- surrounding and encompassing the barn with their sounds.
"It must be at least 12," she thought after another hour or so.
12:30
"What was that!" Josephine thought. Her head snapped up. She thought she heard footsteps. Nature was too loud.
The door creaked!
It opened a bit, and then a bit more as the person opening it found that it was not locked.
The doors were thrown wide open.
Josephine grabbed her lantern, and readied the sword and daggers she had concealed on her person.
The person walked to the middle of the floor and hurriedly began digging around.
Josephine stepped out and lit her lantern.
The person jumped in surprise.
"You!" he exclaimed.
It was none other than Captain Sparrow.
"Very good, but you seem to have forgotten my name, Captain Sparrow. As you see, I have not forgotten yours," Josephine said.
"How did you find me.Jaclyn?" he asked her.
"A, good, you did remember my name. Well, you see, you I found all the missing pieces. You left this dagger," Josephine said revealing the dagger, " lying around after you killed that guy here."
"He shouldn't have crossed swords with a pirate," the Captain said.
"Never the less, you did kill him, but that is beside the point. The shopkeeper in Sea Side got this dagger from the shopkeeper here. And heavens above, I found it! I then followed the trail to here, asked questions of this shopkeeper, and found out about this crime. Then I went to the investigator of this, Captain Thomas, and he gave me tour here! Imagine that," Josephine said.
"Great job! Really! Excellent! Fantastic!" he said smiling. "You should be a pirate hunter, if there are any. What, miss detective, did you do next?"
"You left to many clues. While the Captain may be to daft to figure it out, I certainly wasn't. You were the beggar who "witnessed the crime." You killed the guy, Murphy, and then reported it to the police saying the killer killed the guy, took his money and left."
"And how did you figure that out?" he asked her.
"Pirate's don't leave money from their cache behind," Josephine said. "Even a temporary one, like this." She held up the coin.
"Great deduction skills. How did you know I was going to be here tonight?"
"This place has been shut since the crime. I knew you hadn't taken the money because you didn't have time. So, obviously you had to come back and get it, and you've been checking it ever since, to see if the doors have been open. Tonight was your first chance," Josephine said.
"How did you know I hadn't broke in and took it that way?" he asked.
"There are no signs of forced entry, and obviously, you couldn't take the money out the way you came in; you would have to use the door, and the lock isn't broken," Josephine said smugly.
"That's wonderful. You matched your deductive skills with mine, lets see if you can match blade with a pirate," he said drawing his sword.
"Once I have retrieved my treasure, then I am be done with the things I am supposed to take care of, and right now, you are in my way," he said.
He lunged at her smiling; he always enjoyed combat.
Josephine drew her sword and parried his blow. He lunged at her again and she twisted away and cut the rope that was holding a scaffold in the air. It plunged down at him.
He ran out of the way.
"You've learned to use your surroundings; that's good," he called out.
Josephine was no where to be seen.
"Thank you for a fine fight," he called. Captain sparrow sheathed his sword and swaggered towards the barn door.
A dagger came out of no where and landed right above the lock, firmly, so Captain Sparrow was unable to open the door.
"Very clever trick," he said taking out his sword again.
Josephine appeared and lunged at him.
"Thank you," she replied as he parried.
He cut at her knees; she blocked and pushed his sword away.
She cut at his head; he ducked and stabbed at her neck.
She swept her sword across and blocked it.
He pushed her sword down and out and then hit her in the gut with his hilt.
She gasped in pain.
He looked down at her.
"Actually I have one more thing to take care of," he said. Then he hit her in the head with his hilt, knocking her out.
He grabbed the treasure and put it on the wagon he had stationed outside the barn. Then he put Josephine in the back.
He went to the hotel, where he assumed she was staying, and using her key, got into her room, grabbed her stuff, and then checked out.
He drove the wagon out of Sicklemore and a few miles out and onto a road next to a small cove.
He turned the wagon off the road, and onto a barely noticeable path. He approached a campfire that had about 10 men around it. They rose as he entered.
"Well, it's done," he said to them. "But I picked up more luggage then I meant to." He nodded at the back of the vehicle. "Start unloading the wagon into the boats and get ready to head out to the ship."
The men took all the treasure out and then put it in the boats. Captain Sparrow unharnessed the horse and set the it loose, and then took Josephine out of the back of the wagon and lay her down by the fire.
He disposed of the wagon.
Then he put out the fire.
The men were getting into the boats. Captain sparrow took the still unconscious Josephine to a boat and then got in behind her.
The men started rowing.
They reached the ship that was out in the cove in a few minutes.
Josephine moaned and opened her eyes halfway. "Welcome, Jaclyn, to the Black Pearl," Captain Sparrow said.