Chapter 7 The Mind and the Sword
Brian looked at the ceiling and sighed deeply. His entire mind was on one person: Aden.
'He's so fucking hot,' he thought as he got up and dressed, 'I so want him to be gay and to have sex with me.' He meandered out of the room, down the stairs and came face to face with Will.
"Oh, Brian," Will smiled, "We shall be working very hard today."
"Yeah," Brian said quietly as Will walked up the stairs behind him.
He looked out into the den and saw Elizabeth wearing a pair of pants and a shirt sitting with Jennifer and Cindy, in similar clothing.
"Then once I became pregnant Will refused to have me on the ship with himself and Will, so I had to stay here. But I became good friends with the people again and I hold parties much more often. But my passion will always be adventure."
"Wow," Jennifer said as she smiled widely, "That's so awesome! I always thought you'd become a hoity-toity prep chick after the movie. But you became a pirate! Man, that's so cool!"
Elizabeth just smiled and continued talking.
"Once I have the baby I plan on going on a lot more adventures and our son will become a sailor, no doubt about that. But we will have to work something out with Commodore Norrington," her thoughts trailed off, "I suppose that I could talk to him at our next dinner party in a month."
"You're gonna have a dinner party? Sweet," Jennifer grinned.
"Oh, of course," Elizabeth chuckled, "I always hold a dinner party at least once a month. I just had one around a week before you arrived."
"Cool," Cindy smirked as she stood up from the couch and walked around.
He looked out the window and saw the sun shine through the windows; it was a lovely day outside. The streets were wet, but filled with people bustling around the markets and various inns. The port was filled with ships that were loading and unloading cargo while sailors were rushing about.
"Well ladies, it's time for more practice today."
Jack sauntered into the room and beamed at the two girls. They grinned and followed him outside while Elizabeth followed them to watch. Then Will came in and ushered him and Wilson outside where they continued their own lessons.
MEANWHILE…
"How do you break a man?" Barbossa stalked around Lily and hid his devilish smile.
"You go after his mind."
"Exactly," he rushed in close to her face, "You attack what they love most, and" he smirked, "What does Will love?"
Lily nodded her head and a similar demonic grin crept onto her face, "Elizabeth."
Barbossa nodded his head and he leaned in to her ear, "Kill Elizabeth, and you kill Will. Kill Will, and you kill Jack."
They both were nodding their heads at each other and then another crewmember burst into the room.
"Sir! We're approaching the rendezvous point and the Abyss is there, on schedule."
Barbossa nodded his head, "Good. Now we can finally plan the assault. Tell their captain that I shall need to speak to him in my cabin."
"Yes sir!" He left the room and Barbossa smiled a crooked smile, "It's time for a little chat with my good friend Carter." Barbossa walked out of the cabin and surveyed the scenery. Another ship was a bit distant from this one, but it was clear it was the Abyss. It was a deep blue colored ship with sails the color of charcoal. It was so similar to the Pearl, but there was one huge difference: it was a tad slower—very fast, but not as fast as the Pearl.
Slowly the Sea Fang slowed beside the Abyss and gangplanks were set up. A few of the Abyss's crew came along with the captain.
The Abyss's captain was a lithe fellow with short dark hair tied back and dark hazel eyes. He was tan and muscular and had this aura of mystery surrounding him.
"Barbossa, long time no see." He extended his hand and Barbossa took it.
"Yes friend, too long."
"Word on the sea is that you were killed not too long ago." Carter raised his eyebrow and Barbossa laughed.
"I'm a hard man to kill and stay dead." He smiled his yellow-toothed smile and Carter smirked.
"So what favor do you need now?"
"How's about we strike a deal," Barbossa escorted Carter into the captain's cabin and they began to form a plan of action.
MEANWHILE…
CLANKJennifer's sword me Cindy's in an aggressive assault, but was successfully blocked.
"Good, Cindy," Jack said as he watched them move quickly. Suddenly Jennifer twisted and lunged her sword at her. It cut a hole in her sleeve, but missed the skin.
"Bitch! You ripped my shirt!" Cindy was smiling while Jennifer was smirking and they continued to skirmish.
"Very nice Kitten," Jack smiled and he looked up into the sky. The sun was beaming down upon him and he felt for a second that he was back on his ship, sailing to the horizon. He was looking out to the sea and Cindy and Jennifer caught sight of him and slowly stopped fighting.
Cindy looked at Jennifer and she just shrugged her shoulders. They both walked up to him and Jennifer poked his stomach and he returned to Earth.
"Hey! What was that for?"
"For your health, starring out into space isn't healthy. It builds up false hopes," Jennifer said as she smiled gently.
"I think we're done skirmishing," Cindy said as she plopped onto a bench near the door.
"Oh really?" Jack's eyebrow rose in a questioning way as he sauntered over to her, "Why do you say that?"
"Because," She said frankly while Jennifer sat down next to her, "I know what she's gonna do, and she knows what I'm gonna do. There's no challenge at my level so we're done."
Jack nodded his head and he looked at the sun: it was noon.
"How about, you fight your two friends that are learning with Will now? It's about time anyway."
Jennifer and Cindy looked at each other and smiled mischievously. Jennifer stood up and led the way inside. Cindy followed her in along with Jack.
"Are you ready?" Will mentioned as he watched them come inside.
"Once we have some water," Jennifer said mildly as she went into the kitchen and came out with a glass of water. She walked over to the couch and took a sip out of it. Cindy held her hand out and Jennifer smirked as she handed her the glass. Cindy grinned as she drank out if the glass and handed it back to Jennifer. Jack just smiled at Will and motioned to the door. Will and Jack got up and walked out of the house. Jennifer and Cindy looked at each other and groaned as they got up and followed them.
Once they got outside they saw Brian and Wilson sitting down talking to each other. Their heads looked up and then Wilson smiled.
"What are you smiling at Wilson?" Cindy smirked and Wilson just kept on smiling.
"I'm smiling at a loser." Wilson retorted, but Cindy's smile only got wider.
"Oh! Well are you looking in the mirror or something?"
Wilson stood up and towered over Cindy who just smiled.
"We know one match," Will commented as he watched them stand in front of each other. They drew their swords and faced off.
"Begin!" Will shouted.
The two of them circled each other and looked at each other. Wilson's stance was a bit proper and choreographed while Cindy's was more natural.
Wilson rushed his blade at her and she easily blocked it and returned it with a sideways slash. He blocked at twisted so that he brought it around and slashed upwards. She jumped back and managed to avoid it.
This continued for another few minutes until Wilson's parry backfired. He lunged to far and lost his footing for a split second. Cindy stole the opportunity and stepped aside, letting him take another step forward and she kicked his sword out of his hand and brought her blade up to his throat. He just stood there for a few seconds before she smiled and brought her blade down and walked away.
"Good job," Will said kindly as she walked over beside him. She smiled and watched Jennifer and Brian walk out to where Wilson and Cindy were.
"Good luck Bri," Jennifer said as she got into her stance. He nodded his head and got into his stance, which was almost exactly like Wilson's. Jennifer smiled and silently hoped that he would make some other mistake that she could take advantage of.
"Go!" Will shouted and Brian stayed away from Jennifer. She waited for a second and watched him in the blocking position, waiting for her.
"You're such a pussy Brian," Jennifer said as she slashed at him. He blocked her and he was breathing a bit heavily while smiling. She began to strike at him and watched him block all of them, but stay very stoic. She started to smiled and began to led him around by parrying and forcing him around in a circle. Finally he began to fight back. Slashing and lunging and whipping around until they were formidably matched.
They followed each other and they went back and forth for a while. Finally, like she had hoped, he made a mistake. His left side was left exposed. She smiled and struck her blade dangerously close to his side, making him turn away and losing his balance. Her blade went up and blocked his sword while the end was against his neck. He froze and Jennifer smiled a gentle smile and lowered her blade and walked away.
"Very well done," Jack praised as she walked over to Cindy, who was grinning.
"Sweet," Jennifer looked at Brian and walked over to him and hugged him. He pulled away, but was trapped.
"Dude," he said quietly as she pulled away.
"Sorry you lost." She smirked sweetly and walked back over Wilson and patted his shoulder, "Sorry man," she sauntered back over to Cindy who was just laughing at the whole thing.
"Well," Will walked over to Jack and extended his hand, "It looks like you are the victor."
Jack smiled smugly and took Wills hand. "Let's go inside and discuss the prophecy already. I wish to get back to the sea."
Will nodded his head and the rest of them went inside to the den and plopped down to talk. Elizabeth smiled at Will and he walked over to her and kissed her forehead.
"So what is the prophecy? The exact prophecy mind you. I've no use for interpretations." Elizabeth held a quill and a piece of paper and Will began to dictate the prophecy to her. "Alright," she sighed as she looked at it, "What do we know about it already?"
"That Jennifer is the White lady, Cindy is the moon, and Brian is strength." Elizabeth scribbled something down and Jennifer began talking.
"Cross off 'Five shall fall from the sky,' that's already happened."
Elizabeth did so and began to substitute the meanings for the names.
"So what does it all mean? What is the priceless treasure? What are the tears of the moon? None of it makes sense." Elizabeth exasperated.
Will huddled in close to Cindy and then he felt her body heat, He looked over her shoulder and he noticed how curved she was. The shirt was sheer too. You could almost see…
Suddenly Cindy noticed something. She looked over her shoulder and saw Will looking down and blushing ever so slightly. His hands were folded and hanging in front of his…wait. There was something sticking out…
Her eyes widened and her blush was barely noticeable. Will backed away from her and took one last glance at her before he walked briskly outside without saying a word.
She turned to Jennifer who was grinning like a madman at what she just saw. Jack, Elizabeth were in the dark and Wilson and Brian and Michael weren't even paying attention.
After the little meeting it was decided that the group would stay for another day while they decided what to do.
"We need a plan of action," Elizabeth had said.
Jack had just smiled and left the room while Brian and Wilson had gone to bed early, leaving Michael and Elizabeth in the den while Jennifer and Cindy were in Jennifer's room talking.
"Oh my god Jennifer. Did you see what I did to Will?!" Cindy said as she smiled widely to Jennifer who was just laughing and nodding her head.
"Holy shit, you gave Will a boner! Jesus he's gonna be embarrassed around you from now on. Especially since you saw him man."
They just kept on laughing and talking into the night till Jennifer got very serious.
"What's wrong Jen?"
"What happens," she began, "If we can't go back?" She paused, "What happens if we're stuck here? Forever."
There was an eerie silence as Cindy pondered this new thought.
"Well," she began solemnly, "You'll just have to screw Jack to make you feel better!" The two girls laughed and then Jennifer replied, "I'll have to pray that he makes a move cuz you know how passive I am." Cindy nodded her head and the two girls continued to talk into the night.
MEANWHILE…
Jack was walking by Cindy's door when he heard something.
"You'll just have to screw Jack to make you feel better!"
His ears perked and he stepped closer to the door. He knew the voice was Cindy, so she had to have been talking to…
"I'll have to pray that he makes a move cuz you know how passive I am!" It was Jennifer.
"Ah, so that's how you are," Jack smiled devilishly and continued to walk down the hall to his room where he strolled in and fell onto his bed. Slowly he drifted off with a smirk on his face.