Ch.22 Doubly Crossed
Josephine looked back at the crowd before slumping against the wall.
She caught her breath. Her gaze bored a hole in the ground.
"This is Sparrow's doing; He 'arranged' the diversion; He knew it would
cause this," Josephine muttered to herself.
She pushed herself up. "Well, Sparrow, you just gave me a good reason."
She looked at the sword down by her feet. She picked it up and started for
the boats.
******
"You four, get that row of houses," Sparrow instructed. The men nodded and left. "You three come with me." The other men followed Sparrow to another row of houses.
The crash of broken glass filled the night. Some houses resisted, but they were killed or knocked out. It did take, to Sparrow's happiness, a while for the soldiers to start showing up, but the pirates were almost away by then.
Sparrow slipped away into the night, followed bye the others. The people were crowding up the street, so it would take a while for the soldiers to figure out the pirates had left, but by then.
Sparrow looked back and smiled at the scene of confusion. He lifted his hands in a small prayerful gesture. "My thanks, for the last service, Jaclyn."
******
Josephine reached the boats and looked around. She smiled; no one was here yet. She, using her sword, damaged the boats slightly; it not noticeable to the eye without close inspection, which she doubted there would be.
She hid in the bushes and waited.
The pirates crashed through the bushes, about ten feet from her location. Josephine spotted Sparrow among them; Her grip on the sword tightened.
"Load the boats, men," Sparrow called. The men put the goods and treasure into the boats.
"Alright then, let's sail off!" Sparrow said.
"What about the girl, Captain?" A pirate asked.
"What ever man falls behind is left behind," Sparrow said.
Josephine smiled; It was the perfect opening.
She stepped out of the bushes.
"Really, Captain Sparrow?" Josephine said.
Sparrow turned around. "Ah, Jaclyn," Sparrow said. "Yes that's right."
"Well then. One, I am not a man, two, you have to be a pirate for the pirate's code to apply, and three, they're more like guidelines anyway," Josephine said stepping forward one step for each point.
"And how would you know that?" Sparrow asked her.
"What do you think I've been reading in the library everyday?" Josephine said smiling smugly, as she stepped forward more. "So, technically, you could have stayed put and let me come with you, but you're entire intention on involving me in this raid was to leave me behind, isn't that right?"
"Well." Sparrow started.
"I don't need excuses, Jack. But it's not enough," Josephine continued before he could start again, "to leave me on this island by myself, a place I have never been and am completely disoriented on, is it? Not that I wasn't planning on leaving anyway, but that's not the point," Josephine said, her voice raising in volume. "You had to leave me in the hands of the law, under guard of soldiers, in a cold cell, on an island I have absolutely no familiarity with."
She stepped in front of Sparrow, and before he had time to react, brought her sword up to his neck.
"Why, Jack?" she said lifting her eyebrows.
"Because you were getting in my way," he said to her.
She lowered her sword and looked disgustedly at him. "That is a lame excuse, as you were the one who put me there in the first place."
Sparrow stepped away from her, and got into a boat. "If you want company, go to the governor's house there's a friend of mine there whom you could seek charity from. And while you're at it, return that bag I gave you to them," Sparrow said as the boats got farther away from shore.
Josephine mildly glared at the boats. She watched happily as the boats all started sinking almost imperceptibly lower into the water. "He crossed me, but I doubly crossed him," Josephine thought. She smiled.
*****
"Almost there, almost to my ship," Sparrow thought. An unpleasant damp feeling interrupted his happy thoughts. He looked down. "A leak! We have a leak!" Sparrow yelled. He began to bail.
The boat was barely above the water level when they reached the black pearl. Sparrow looked at the other boats. As he watched, two of them sank. He grimaced.
The men hurriedly unloaded the boats before any more sank. Then the boats were hauled up for repair.
Sparrow looked at the figure looking at them from the shore. "Jaclyn," Sparrow said suddenly knowingly. It was just appropriate that she would cause more trouble for him before finally being separated from the Black Pearl and the pirates.
******
"You four, get that row of houses," Sparrow instructed. The men nodded and left. "You three come with me." The other men followed Sparrow to another row of houses.
The crash of broken glass filled the night. Some houses resisted, but they were killed or knocked out. It did take, to Sparrow's happiness, a while for the soldiers to start showing up, but the pirates were almost away by then.
Sparrow slipped away into the night, followed bye the others. The people were crowding up the street, so it would take a while for the soldiers to figure out the pirates had left, but by then.
Sparrow looked back and smiled at the scene of confusion. He lifted his hands in a small prayerful gesture. "My thanks, for the last service, Jaclyn."
******
Josephine reached the boats and looked around. She smiled; no one was here yet. She, using her sword, damaged the boats slightly; it not noticeable to the eye without close inspection, which she doubted there would be.
She hid in the bushes and waited.
The pirates crashed through the bushes, about ten feet from her location. Josephine spotted Sparrow among them; Her grip on the sword tightened.
"Load the boats, men," Sparrow called. The men put the goods and treasure into the boats.
"Alright then, let's sail off!" Sparrow said.
"What about the girl, Captain?" A pirate asked.
"What ever man falls behind is left behind," Sparrow said.
Josephine smiled; It was the perfect opening.
She stepped out of the bushes.
"Really, Captain Sparrow?" Josephine said.
Sparrow turned around. "Ah, Jaclyn," Sparrow said. "Yes that's right."
"Well then. One, I am not a man, two, you have to be a pirate for the pirate's code to apply, and three, they're more like guidelines anyway," Josephine said stepping forward one step for each point.
"And how would you know that?" Sparrow asked her.
"What do you think I've been reading in the library everyday?" Josephine said smiling smugly, as she stepped forward more. "So, technically, you could have stayed put and let me come with you, but you're entire intention on involving me in this raid was to leave me behind, isn't that right?"
"Well." Sparrow started.
"I don't need excuses, Jack. But it's not enough," Josephine continued before he could start again, "to leave me on this island by myself, a place I have never been and am completely disoriented on, is it? Not that I wasn't planning on leaving anyway, but that's not the point," Josephine said, her voice raising in volume. "You had to leave me in the hands of the law, under guard of soldiers, in a cold cell, on an island I have absolutely no familiarity with."
She stepped in front of Sparrow, and before he had time to react, brought her sword up to his neck.
"Why, Jack?" she said lifting her eyebrows.
"Because you were getting in my way," he said to her.
She lowered her sword and looked disgustedly at him. "That is a lame excuse, as you were the one who put me there in the first place."
Sparrow stepped away from her, and got into a boat. "If you want company, go to the governor's house there's a friend of mine there whom you could seek charity from. And while you're at it, return that bag I gave you to them," Sparrow said as the boats got farther away from shore.
Josephine mildly glared at the boats. She watched happily as the boats all started sinking almost imperceptibly lower into the water. "He crossed me, but I doubly crossed him," Josephine thought. She smiled.
*****
"Almost there, almost to my ship," Sparrow thought. An unpleasant damp feeling interrupted his happy thoughts. He looked down. "A leak! We have a leak!" Sparrow yelled. He began to bail.
The boat was barely above the water level when they reached the black pearl. Sparrow looked at the other boats. As he watched, two of them sank. He grimaced.
The men hurriedly unloaded the boats before any more sank. Then the boats were hauled up for repair.
Sparrow looked at the figure looking at them from the shore. "Jaclyn," Sparrow said suddenly knowingly. It was just appropriate that she would cause more trouble for him before finally being separated from the Black Pearl and the pirates.