Chapter Three A Job for Everyone
The sun rose over the Black Pearl, still docked in Tortuga. Slowly the crew woke and began to tend to the duties such as scrubbing the deck and setting up the sails.
Cindy was awake when Jennifer woke up. Jen looked around the room and found that Anamaria had left.
"God, this isn't a dream is it?"
Cindy just laughed and replied, "Will Turner is out there, in all his sexiness."
Jennifer just laughed and said, "Jack is so hot."
"You know, why did you jump in after Wilson?"
"Cuz, he's a chain-smoking Asian who happens to be my friend. I save my friends when I have to. Wilson would have drowned so now he's in my debt."
"You have a stupid Asian guy who owes you his life. Whoopty doo!"
Jennifer just smiled and looked around the room. "Nice outfit by the way."
Cindy looked down and smiled. She had had to change into a dress, but a nice dress. It was light blue with a violet lace around the chest area. She looked up and snickered to Jennifer, who was still in the shirt and pants. Cindy just smiled and handed her a dress. It was light green with flowers and designs on it.
"I don't have to—?" Jennifer looked disgusted and Cindy just smiled even more.
"Anamaria said so." Jennifer's eyes widened and then became small little slits.
"Grrr," Jennifer took the dress and went behind the screen and began to change.
"How does it look?" Cindy mocked as she heard the groan.
"Ha!"
"What?" Cindy rushed over to the screen and said, "What happened?!"
Jennifer just laughed and said, "It doesn't fit!" Ha! I have to wear the pants!" The dress was tossed over and the shirt and pants were promptly put back on and Jennifer walked around the screen and was smiling.
"Bitch," Cindy said while they both laughed. Jennifer smiled and began to look around the cabin.
"Whatcha looking for?"
"Jack's penis," they both smirked, "I'm looking for my other clothes."
Cindy tilted her head towards a pile of clothing and Jennifer nodded her head and walked over to them
"They're still wet!"
"Yeah. It hasn't been too long since our little diving experience."
"This is real. We're really on the Black Pearl with Jack, Will, and we're really in Tortuga." Her voice dripped with excitement and a huge smile was on her face.
"Yea. Unless you really can feel pain in dreams…then it could be a dream." Cindy joked as she adjusted the bust of her dress.
"But, those lights. Remember? When we were on my roof..."
"Yeah, maybe they were some sort of time portal?"
"Maybe. Oh my god. My family is gonna freak." Jennifer's voice sounded panicked
"Our time hasn't happened yet. They're not born so they can't freak." Both of them smiled and Jennifer nodded her head.
"That's so funny," Jennifer watched as Cindy tried to fix the dress so it fit her better.
"God I hate dresses." Cindy looked up and twirled around and said very femininely, "How do I look?" Her voice was high and immediately they started laughing and joking about it.
"Why, darlin, you look absolutely adorable!" Jennifer mocked in a southern accent.
"Well, I try darling!" She reciprocated the accent and they laughed furiously.
"My goodness you girls are strange."
Cindy and Jennifer jerked their heads towards the door to see Anamaria standing in the doorway.
"We—uh—" Cindy and Jennifer looked at the confused look on her face and just laughed.
"The Captain wishes to see you in his cabin," she paused, "now."
Anamaria led them to the captain's cabin and saw that Michael, Wilson, and Brian were already there and Jack and Will were there as well. All their heads looked towards Jennifer and Cindy entering the room.
"Nice dress Cindy," Michael snickered and Cindy just smiled sweetly and gave him the finger.
Jack looked at them and made a mental note that Cindy didn't like being feminine.
"So what's going on?" Jack turned to Jennifer. "It's obvious that this isn't a dream…so what happens now?"
The group of teens looked to Jack and he raised his eyebrow.
"What?"
"Well, you are the—incredibly hot—Captain of this ship. So you should know what's going on."
"Hey, I was told what to do. I'm just as in the dark as you five."
Michael's eyebrows scrunched together. "You said you were told something?"
"What do you know?" Brian said.
"We should tell them Jack," Will looked at Jack and he gave up.
"Fine, mum." Jack turned away and faced the teenagers. "I was told by a gypsy that certain things would happen and one of those things has already happened."
"'You mean a prediction?" Wilson said.
"Yes," Jack looked at Will and then back to the teenagers, "Do any of you know a White Lady?"
The teenagers looked at each other again and then shook their heads.
"Well, Cindy is more lady-like than Jennifer, and she's wearing a dress." Brian said as he chuckled at the comment.
Cindy shot Brian an evil look and he just smiled at her.
Jack and Will looked at Cindy and Will held a gaze with her. He noticed how nicely the color of the dress accentuated her body while bringing out the color of her eyes. He realized what he was thinking and he turned away and mentally slapped himself.
"Well," Jack looked Cindy up and down, "Do you think you're the White Lady?"
Cindy shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I dunno."
"You've got to know!" Jack exasperated, "Do you know anything about priceless treasures?"
The group looked at each other and shook their heads. Jack wiped his face and said, "Great."
"She said something about not abandoning the moon, then something about the pearl protecting your heart. Then another thing like 'little one, beware the one who is like god.' And that strength is in the abyss." Will said as he thought about it.
"You can't abandon the moon. The Pearl is my heart, soul, and being. But the little one and god one is stumping." Jack turned again to the teens, "Do you know anything about these riddles?"
The teens looked at each other and then Jennifer said, "I think I know what a few of these mean."
Jack walked over to her and said, "Well out with it." His dark eyes met hers and she tilted her head slightly and gave him a curious look. Her light green eyes sparkled and he made another mental note of them.
"Symbolism."
Jacks eyebrows scrunched. "Symbolism?"
"Yeah. The white lady is someone, the pearl is something, little ones are children, god is someone with power, and strength is someone."
Jack pondered this and finally replied, "OK, who and what do the symbols represent?"
Jennifer looked into his dark eyes and she saw something flicker. Finally her eyes widened and she said, "I'm the White Lady."
The group of people looked at her and Michael said, "How do you know?"
"My name, Jennifer, it means 'white lady.'"
Jack raised an eyebrow and Jennifer looked to Cindy and said, "Your name means moon," she turned to Brian, "Yours means strength," She turned to Jack and smiled triumphantly.
Jack made a mental note that she was smart and smiled at her.
"Ok, Ms. White Lady, what treasure are you supposed to lead me too?"
Jennifer just shrugged her shoulders and he gently hit his head and walked back to his chair and fell into it.
"Will," Jack said weakly, "We sail for Port Royal."
Will nodded his head and he left the cabin and began to shout to the crew to set sail.
The three teen boys turned to Jennifer and they began to talk.
"What does my name mean?" Michael asked.
"I know it, but not at this point. Give me a while and I'll remember it."
"What about me?" Wilson asked.
"No clue."
"You're a whore." Cindy said.
"You look like one," Jennifer retorted. Jack laughed at the comment and Jennifer looked to him and saw he was smiling.
"Good one."
"Danka." Jennifer automatically responded.
"You're welcome."
Cindy looked at Jennifer and smiled at her. She motioned her head towards Jack and Jennifer smiled gently and left the room. Cindy groaned and left the room, following her, which left the three teen boys alone with Jack. Jack smiled at the boys and began to talk.
"Well boys," he smiled evilly, "Since you're on my boat you shall be put to work."
The boys groaned and jack just laughed at their disappointment.
"No amount of pouting will save you."
The boys were quiet until Michael asked, "What do we have to do?"
"You," Jack began to calculate what he could and couldn't do and said, "You shall be in the crows nest with Kidyd."
Michael smiled and left the room. Jack turned to Brian and said, "You'll scrub the deck with Lawson."
Brian sighed and left the room leaving Wilson alone with Jack.
"You," Jack thought about what he should do, and decided to use his friendship with the girls to his advantage, "You shall watch the girls and protect them. Got it?"
Wilson's eyes widened and he replied, "I can't fight to save my life."
"We'll have Will teach you some tricks." Wilson nodded his head and he wandered off to find the girls.
'She had pretty eyes,' Jack thought as he walked out to the deck and watched the people get ready to sail.
MEANWHILE…
Jennifer and Cindy were on the far side of the deck, mostly out of sight, and were talking.
"He has pretty eyes," Jennifer said randomly.
Cindy smiled and said, "You're the one whose supposed to lead him to 'priceless treasure,' lucky bitch."
Jennifer smiled and replied, "We can't abandon you though. But he isn't too tall, and not too short. Just the right height, and he had long hair too."
"Weirdo, it's all about Will man."
Jennifer just kept on smiling and daydreaming about what kind of things could happen on the Pearl.
MEANWHILE…
Brian walked onto the deck and called out, "Who here is Lawson?"
A tall blonde boy with blue eyes and no shirt walked up to him and said, "I am." His chest was muscular and he was well tanned.
Brian was speechless as he gazed at his surfer/cowboy beauty in front of him.
"Jack told me to—scrub—with you…" Brian stammered.
Lawson just laughed and said, "It's not that scary. All you have to do is push really hard against the floor, and move it back and forth like this." Lawson pulled out a scrub from the bucket on the floor and began to scrub the floor. It looked more like he was flexing than scrubbing.
"Uh-huh," Brian just stared at him and he averted his eyes when Lawson handed him a scrub.
"Let's get started," he said cheerily as the two of them got on the dirty deck and began to scrub it.
'I hope I don't get a boner while I'm doing this,' Brian thought as he watched Lawson's perfectly toned body move back and forth in a suggestive motion.
MEANWHILE…
Michael looked up the mizzenmast and his head was tilted so far back that he almost fell backward.
"You're the one who I'm to help?" A tall middle-aged man walked up behind him and placed his hand on the shoulder. His short brown hair fell into his face in front of his honey brown eyes as he smiled.
"Yea," Michael said a bit freaked out at how Kidyd was smiling at him.
"Too bad we can't just go and find ourselves some women instead of looking for land."
Michael and Kidyd laughed. "Well, let's start climbing." Kidyd started to climb up the mast by using the ropes as footrests and vaulting upwards. Michael looked up and sighed.
"Might as well," and he began his long ascent.
MEANWHILE…
Wilson looked around the deck and didn't see the girls anywhere. When he turned around he came face to face with Will.
"Oh, I was told by Jack to teach you some sword fighting." Will smiled and handed him a sword.
"Yeah," Wilson just shrugged and Will continued.
"First things first," Will adjusted Wilson's grip of the sword and laughed, "This is the way to hold a sword."
Wilson smiled and continued to learn how to use a sword.
MEANWHILE…
The cave of Isle de Muerta was empty, save the treasure and the body of Barbossa. Suddenly, a swirl of light hone in the cave and a tall female figure appeared. Her long red hair hung in waves down past her shoulders. Her milky white skin was luminescent in the light; her crystal blue eyes scanned the cave until they fell onto the body of Barbossa. She smiled an evil smile and she sauntered over to it. Her hand brushed her hair away as she walked over to the body. There was a face of horror on Barbossa's face and she laughed at it.
"Stupid Barbossa. Went and got himself killed." She smiled and placed her hand onto his cold forehead and whispered a few words of another language.
Barbossa's yellow eyes immediately went from lifeless and glazed over, to focused on the woman. He sucked in a deep breath and the woman just smiled and removed her hand. His eyes darted about the cave and rested on the woman.
"What—what magic—is this?"
The woman smiled and said, "Necromancy, how would you like another chance to kill Jack and a few others?"
Barbossa smiled a horrible yellow-toothed smile and the woman just replied it with a small smirk.