Chapter 5 Trends and Meditation
The sun filtered into the room as Jennifer's eyes fluttered open. She looked around and suddenly her stomach lurched as she remembered what had transpired the previous night.
"Oh—my—god," Jennifer said as she began to massage her temples. "I wonder what Cindy did," Jennifer laughed and sat upright in the bed. Jack was gone and she looked around the room. Her wound felt much better and she saw the dried blood on her shirt. "Need new shirt," she said to herself. She placed her feet onto the cold wood floor and walked over to the drawers and opened one. There was an assortment of white shirt and pants and even a pair of boots. She grabbed a shirt and pulled her bloody one off and replaced it. She eyed the boots and took them out and tried them on. They were a bit bigger, but nothing she couldn't handle. Then she thought of Cindy and her hate of dresses and grabbed another shirt and a pair of pants.
She looked around and saw the door and slowly walked over to it. She carefully opened the door and looked down the corridor. The coast was clear. She sneaked through the hallways and finally found Will's cabin.
The door slowly opened and Jennifer stuck her head in. Will was gone and Cindy was asleep on the bed. She quickly sneaked inside and closed the door. She sauntered over to Cindy and shook her shoulder vigorously.
"What—" Cindy's eyes slowly opened and her eyes rested on Jennifer's and she smiled. "I almost raped Will last night," she paused and her eyes widened, "HOLY SHIT! I almost raped Will last night!" She brought her hand to her face and covered her eyes.
Jennifer just laughed and replied, "I almost got laid last night, but we both must have passed out."
They both smiled and laughed. Jennifer handed Cindy the clothes and said, "Here. I thought you might want to change into something less feminine."
Cindy laughed and stood up. She went behind a screen and changed out of the slightly bloody dress and into the pants and shirt. She threw the dress onto the floor and stamped on it a few times.
"I hate dresses."
"Really? I couldn't tell." They laughed and Jennifer proceeded to look into a small mirror on the wall. Her hair was slightly messed up and she looked around for a hairbrush.
"Guys don't use hairbrushes do they?"
"No. But you could use one." Cindy laughed and Jennifer turned to face her.
"Not as much as you though."
Cindy scrunched her eyebrows together and she walked over to the mirror and they both laughed together. Then they began to look for something to fix their hair. Jennifer came across a few bandannas in a drawer.
"Hey, we can just use these." She held up two, one black one and a white one. Cindy took the white one and put it on. It fit her and made her look more like an Amazon. Jennifer put on the black one and it helped to keep her hair out of her face. She looked into the corner of the drawer and saw a dew pairs of boots and handed her a pair.
"You might need these too." Cindy smiled and pulled on the boots and stood up.
"We should go on deck." Cindy said as she adjusted the bandanna.
"But they're on the deck." Jennifer looked at her.
"So?" Cindy turned and faced her.
"So!"
"You almost got laid so that's on him, I would have had to rape Will! I have more reason no to go out there."
Jennifer nodded her head and conceded, "True. Ok, lets go."
The two of them proceeded to leave the room and go up to the deck.
MEANWHILE…
Jack walked over to Will who was leaning against the railing.
"You didn't happen to have—" Jack began.
"Almost."
"Passed out?"
"Yup."
Jack and Will looked at each other and smiled.
"I bet Elizabeth will be a bit emotional when she hears you almost cheated on her."
Will looked at him and said, "I did no such thing! It was she that—came onto me."
Jack smiled and said, "Sure she was."
Will narrowed his eyes and said, "At least I don't go around breaking women's hearts."
Jack clutched his chest and said, "Ouch," he said in mock pain, "That hurt me little black heart."
They both smiled and Will turned around and saw the two girls come out of the stairs and looked around.
"Speak of the devils."
MEANWHILE…
Michael and Wilson were sitting together and talking when they saw Jennifer and Cindy come up from the lower decks.
"Hey," Michael tapped Wilson on the arm and motioned his head towards the girls. Wilson nodded his head and he looked at them. Cindy was no longer in a dress and they were both in clean shirts, pants, and boots. Michael smiled wolfishly and looked at Cindy. His eyes scanning her and he watched as she and Jennifer walked over to another side of the ship.
"Don't get no idea's skinny boy," Wilson said as he eyed Michael suspiciously.
"And what'll you do about it?"
"I'll cut you," Wilson smiled and Michael and him shared a laugh. Out of the corner of Michaels eye he watched Cindy and a smile tugged at his lips.
MEANWHILE…
Jack casually looked over his shoulder and he saw the two girls walk to the other side of the ship and smiled.
"Ello kitten," Jack whispered to himself.
Will looked at Jack and then over to where the girls were sitting and talking.
"Don't do anything stupid," Will warned with a smirk on his face.
"You'll not be saying that to me," Jack said as he looked at Will and then back at the girls, "You should say that to her."
Will smiled and watched Jack walk over to the boys.
"Are you watching over the girls?" Jack sounded serious and Wilson replied, "Yes sir."
"Good." Jack looked at Michael and he narrowed his eyes and walked away from them.
'I don't trust him,' Jack thought as he watched Port Royal become lager and larger in his view.
MEANWHILE…
The Pearl docked in the cove near Port Royal, and only a few people went to the Turner household. Namely Will, Jack, Cindy, Jennifer, Wilson, Brian, and Michael.
The seven of them came up to the house and were greeted by none other than Elizabeth.
"Hello!" She looked at the five teens and then to Jack, and then finally to Will who greeted her with a kiss, "Will?"
"Yes dear?"
"Who are these people?"
Will looked at the teens and then smiled.
"Well, dear, they are guests." He offered a smile and Elizabeth just returned it, but very sarcastically, and then she turned to Jack and smiled.
"Jack!" She hugged him and he smiled and replied, "Hello luv, how's the baby?"
"Oh," she touched her stomach, "He's coming along nicely. He'll be just fine." Elizabeth led the group to the den and the people proceeded to go into the kitchen and bring out some tea and sandwiches.
"Food!" Jennifer and Cindy lunged at the tray and grabbed a few little sandwiches and began to chow down. Everyone just looked at them and the three younger boys began to chow down as well.
Elizabeth looked at them and smiled. She grabbed a sandwich and ate it in large bites. Will looked at her and just followed the crowd. Jack was left, and he looked at all of them and then at kitten. She was smiling and laughing and he just sighed and grabbed a little sandwich and took a huge bite out of it.
"I've started a trend," Jennifer laughed and Cindy smirked next to her.
"You need to get out more."
"Yeah."
"So where do you come from?" Elizabeth asked curiously.
Jennifer looked at Cindy, and then to the boys and they all looked at her with expecting eyes.
"Well—we—uh…" Jennifer began, "We're from…future California."
Elizabeth looked at Jennifer and then to Cindy and the boys and then she laughed—quite hardly by the way. She looked at the serious gazes of the teens and then said, "Are you seriously asking me to believe you're from the future?"
Cindy nodded her head, as did Jennifer and the others, with the exception of Will and Jack, who were just as stunned as Elizabeth.
"Do you believe them?" Elizabeth's voice was accusing and Jack just held his hands up in mock surrender.
"They fell mysteriously out of the sky, managed to decipher half the riddle, and they aren't bad fighters," Jack stole a quick glance at Jennifer, "I can't say anything otherwise, I've no clue at this point."
She looked to Will, "Well do you?"
Will shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "I've no clue either."
Elizabeth looked at the teens, "Well...prove you're from the future."
The group looked amongst themselves and finally they began to sound off reasons.
"We probably know more than you in the mathematics department, along with history, and science." Jennifer offered.
"We know what's gonna happen in the future, like super bowl, and inventions and all that." Michael chimed in.
"We already know what happened between you guys and Barbossa, and how you deceived Norrington into thinking you thought he was a fine man, and how you helped save Jack—several times—and we even know how Jack came onto you when you two were stuck on the island before you burned all the food, the shade…the rum!" Jennifer smiled and the group just snickered at the astonished look on Elizabeth's face.
"But—you—" she searched for a logical reason, "Jack could have told you about all that."
Jennifer shook her head and turned to Jack and said, "Nope."
Elizabeth looked at them and then she noticed how their accents weren't British, but a variant of British.
"How is this possible?"
Jennifer just shrugged her shoulders and took another bite out of the sandwich.
MEANWHILE…
Barbossa walked upon the deck of the ship and looked at the crew of mercenaries.
"This is tha' ship I am to use for me assault on the Pearl? The Sea Fang?" He looked at the woman who had resurrected them and she just smiled.
"You have a power that will help you destroy the Pearl from the inside." Barbossa smiled and followed the woman into the captain's quarters.
She briefly remembered what her priestess always told her about candle magic: red for blood and life/energy, black for absorption, and blue for health. She lit a red candle and made Barbossa sit down on the floor.
"What am I supposed to be doin' darlin?"
"You can send your soul out into the body of someone willing over great distances. You are going to use that to wreak havoc onto the people of the Pearl with their own men." She lit a blue candle.
Barbossa smiled a yellowed toothy smile, "That's sound's mighty tempting miss."
She smiled, "Of course it is."
"So how do I do this exactly?"
She lit a last black candle, "You are going to clear your mind and reach out for a dark heart on the astral plane. Then merge with the being. They'll know what's happening, but they can't stop it; they're just along for the ride. It can end when you pull out of the body."
Barbossa nodded his head began to close his yellow eyes. Slowly, he drifted into a state of brief peace. His worries were behind him, and his goal was ahead of him that was all he knew.
He opened his eyes and he was flying over this blurred gray wasteland. He felt his soul travel the distance and suddenly he felt a jerk in one direction and he headed for it. He stopped and his heart began to beat fast. He opened his eyes and he was in a room. His arms were scrawny and he was young. His head jerked towards a mirror and he saw a skinny teenager with unkempt brown hair and darker brown eyes.
'What the hell is going on?'
Barbossa jerked his head around. There was no one else in the room and he looked back at the mirror.
'Hello?' he thought to himself.
'What the hell are you doing? What's going on?' The voice was definitely not his.
'Is this the boy?'
'What the hell is going on?! Why can't I move my arms?! Why can't I move my legs?!'
Barbossa smiled, 'I'm Barbossa and I'll be borrowing your body for a little time lad. What's yer name?'
'Michael, and get out of my body!'
'I think not Michael.'
Barbossa smiled and began to walk around the house. Slowly he searched the doors and walked into each of the rooms. He came upon the room of Jack and saw him sleeping in his bed peacefully. Half of him wanted to see Jack killed, right then and there, but another half wanted him to wait and see him suffer.
Suddenly he felt a tug at his chest. Then a harder tug, and he was flung back a few steps. His soul was pulled out of Michael's body and was sucked back into his own.
"Damn it," Barbossa said as he stood up and looked at the woman, still sitting on the ground."
"Did I mention there was a time limit?" Barbossa sneered and he left the cabin, leaving the woman alone with a smile on her face.