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Chapter 7: Plan's Gone Awry
The party met up at midnight. The moon was full and high in the sky, but an eerie fog made it impossible to see more than a foot away. Jack was the first to arrive at the ship. Will came next, dragging a tied up Thomas and Jacklyn.
"I'll get you for this Sparrow," Thomas threatened, his face contorted in rage.
"Silence ye fiends," Captain Maloy ordered, strolling down the gang plank. "Toadie! Safin! Bring out the prisn'ers." Maloy walked so close to Jack, that he could smell his rotten fish breath. "Now for our deal."
As Elizabeth and Bootstrap were being escorted down the plank, something very unexpected happened. An echo of rifles being loaded filled the clearing. Within moments, the pirates found themselves surrounded by twenty members of the British Navy.
"Don't move you scoundrels," Colonel Darcy ordered, stepping towards the pirates. "Men, arrest these miscreants." The Colonel had the greatest look of triumph on his face, as he strutted forward.
The pirates were immediately transported to the navy headquarters in town along with Will, Elizabeth, Jack, Thomas, and Jacklyn. The headquarters was made up of five barracks, and a prison. Inside of the prison, there were two giant cells, and an office. The Colonel took over this office.
"Please, he was just trying to help us," Jacklyn pleaded. The Colonel had let Thomas, Will, Elizabeth, and the prisoner crew of the Pearl free, but had imprisoned Jack. "He's really not that bad-"
"Not that bad!" the Colonel roared. "You've turned out far too much like your mother."
"Thank you," Jacklyn countered.
"It wasn't a compliment. Do you want to end up like her! Pregnant and unwed! No daughter of mine is going to associate with pirates!"
"Well, I'm not your daughter am I?" Jacklyn stormed out of the office, running into Will and Elizabeth who had been listening at the door.
"Jacklyn?" Elizabeth asked timidly. "What did you mean when you said...he's not your father?"
"You know that story? The one my mother used to tell us about the year she worked on a merchant ship? Well, while she was away, she met a sailor, and fell in love, but her father made her come home. It wasn't until after she married the Colonel that they realized she was pregnant with me. He's been lording it over me ever since I found out. But enough, we have work to do,"
"She's right, we have to get Jack out of jail. I think I have a plan," Will said conspiratorially. "Let's go."