Chapter 3

The hunter became the prey

In the night Tortuga is everything but quiet, but on the Black Pearl Jack had no trouble with falling asleep. Anamaria entered the cabin and looked at him, smiling. Se still couldn't believe how cute he was when he slept. Finally doing nothing wrong.

Suddenly she heard something on deck.

"Are they back already??"

After one final look at her captain she turned around and almost bumped at someone who was standing in the door.

Anamaria wanted to shout at him but was stopped when she noticed it wasn't somebody of the crew.

Before her stood a person she hadn't seen in all her lifetime. Although it was really hot in the Caribbean the person was wearing long pant and boots and a scarf around the waist( not that special) You couldn't see if he was wearing a shirt because his coat was closed till the neck and had long sleeves. On his hands he was wearing leather gloves. And his whole head was covered with a veil, so the only thing you saw were the eyes. All the clothing was black and in very good condition. Not the type you'd expect in Tortuga.

"It's not polite to stare!" the person said and Anamaria could hear in the voice that is was also a woman.

"Neither is it polite to enter a ship when you aren't invited!"

"Then I beg your pardon." She said and wanted to knock Ana K.O. but she ducked and the stranger missed. Ana stepped aside and in the meanwhile she ripped the veil away. She straitened again to look at the stranger's face. Ana gasped in horror when she saw it.

"Don't like what you see?" Taking the opportunity the woman hit Ana in the neck. There was a knack and Ana fell on the floor.

The stranger stepped over her and in the cabin where Jack was sound asleep while she put her veil back on.

She entered and looked around in search for the captain. When she saw him she went straight to him and draw her sword.

Jack was having some well earned sleep when he woke up from cold steel pressed to his throat.

He looked up and blocked eyes with the one who was standing beside his bed. That was quite evident because there was nothing else to really look at. Except maybe the blade of the sword she was holding.

"Let me guess, you're the sparkling diamond, captain off The Ruby??" He asked

"Very good! And you are Jack Sparrow."

"Captain Jack Sparrow if you please."

"Alright, captain Jack Sparrow then. The man who is hunting me for already two months. Now the hunter became the prey."

"So it would seem."

"Get up!"

Jack got up and when she noticed he didn't like pyjama's or anything else as he slept she moaned in disgust.

"Oh my God!!" she murmured.

"Yeah I know!!"

"You gotta be kidding!!"

"I can't help it you know!!"

"Please, put your pants on! You look ridiculous!"

"That's something I never heard of a woman before!"

"Keep in mind no woman has ever kidnapped you before either. Now put your pants on and some other clothing would be nice too!"

After ten minutes Jack had finished clothing. While he had been busy the woman had watched him closely.

Finally they stepped out of the cabin and Jack saw Anamaria lying on the floor.

"You fucking bitch!! You killed her!!!" He screamed.

"Maybe. Depends on how strong her neck is. Come on!! Move!!"

Jack expected they would go ashore but instead she led him to the other side of the ship. Suddenly he heard a whistle escape from her lips.

They waited.

"Damn those bloody slow good for nothing dogs!!" she cursed under her breath.

She whistled again, harder this time. Nothing happened.

"Looks to me your crew isn't that good as you'd expect." Jack teased.

"Shut up, you filthy maggot!" she said and hit him on the back of his head.

"You know, that hurts."

"I know. That's why I did it."

"Now that's not very nice."

"I'm not nice."

"Ah, well, good to know."

She whistled again, very loud and sharp. Finally there came a ship out of the shadows heading their way. Jack hadn't noticed it until the ship was very close. You couldn't see it because the whole ship was painted black and very dark red.

"Hey!! You copied the colours of my ship!!"

"Didn't I told you to shut up??" she hit him again.

The Ruby came aside the Black Pearl so they could jump aboard.

"What are you waiting for?? Jump!!" the captain ordered Jack and pushed him to the other ship. A second later she jumped herself.

"It was about time you came!! What took you so long??" she shouted at the crew, who looked quite anxious to face the captain in her wrath.

"Come on!! Get this ship sailing!! Alex!!! Get this thing to the brig!!! Jonathan!!! To the cabin!!! I want to know what took you so long!!!!"

The crew got back to work while one of them grabbed Jack by his arm and another (pale) one followed the captain to the cabin.

One last time Jack looked at the Black Pearl, hoping to see that Ana got up and would do something or just being alive, but she didn't move a muscle. She just lay there lifeless.

Then Alex took Jack down to the brig, or he tried at last. As an act of desperation Jack got himself loose of Alex' grip and ran to the side of the ship. But he never reaching it because he was hit hard on the back of his head and al became black.