Chapter 4: The Escape
Once again I started to talk in my sleep, "no." I whimpered. Somehow my whimper woke up Jack. As he regained his consciousness he smirked thinking he would get to here another one of my fantasies. I jumped which startled Jack and made him jump. I started to scream and shout.
"Ula, Ula! Wake up luv!" I opened my eyes and started shaking holding him closer to me. "Bad dream luv?"
"I did it..." I whispered.
"What's that luv?" He asked loosening his grip on me.
"I did it." I said a bit louder.
"What did ye do?"
"I DID IT!" I shouted at him, "I killed all those people."
"It was just a dream luv."
"No this was different, these… are memories." I felt Jack start scooting very slowly away from me.
"Don't worry luv, I always escape from these situations. And when I do I'll take you with me. You're not going to the gallows just yet, even if you did do it."
"Well how do you suppose we get out of here?"
"Last time there was a dog."
"A dog?" I asked puzzled.
"Aye, a dog with a ring of keys in the little bastards mouth. He wouldn't give 'em to me of course, but maybe you might have more luck than Ol' Jack."
"Ok... do you see a dog?"
"Hold on let me check." He got up and walked up to the bars. "Here doggy, here doggy." A large black dog emerged from the shadows. Wide eyed we stared at the huge beast. "You good with animals luv?"
"How am I supposed to know, I probably spent to much time killing innocent people."
"Come off it luv, you know you're sorry, and I know we both want out of here. Try calling that mangy mutt."
I walked over to the bars. "Uh he...here doggy. Come here b…boy or eh girl?" The dog walked closer to me, he was just in arms length. I started to reach for the keys and the dog snarled at me. "Jack I don't think this will work, anyways I would like to keep my arm."
"Try reaching out to pet it, and then grab the keys."
"Um ok." I reached out and poked the dog's nose. The dog gave me a look like Jack gave him rum and I had two heads. Again I reached out, but this time I pet the dog's muzzle. As I slowly reached my hand back I slowly wrapped my fingers around the key ring. The dog pulled back, so I pulled back. The dog was wagging his nub. He was playing! I finally got the keys and unlocked the cell.
"Great job luv!" We snuck out of the prison and found stole some cloaks to cover our faces. We made our way back to Jacks ship and crew. As we crept through the town I noticed a small black figure following us. As we leaned around a corner the black figure jumped on me. It was the dog. "Looks like you made a new friend luv." Jack muttered. We finally got back to the ship or where the ship would have been if they hadn't left us behind.
"Great just great!" I screamed, "Not only did I just find out I killed a bunch of people and am also punished to be hanged, I'm stuck here now."
"We could always commandeer a ship."
"And how do you suppose we do that?"
"You just leave that up to me." Curiously, I followed Jack to the ship I suppose we would be commandeering. He started talking to a man guarding the ship. The man quickly ran off.
I walked up to Jack, "What did you tell him?"
"That I was a very lonely guy and hadn't had any sort of companionship for a very, very long time."
"What did he say?" I was eager to know.
"He would meet me at this place that I have already forgotten."
"Jack that's scary."
"I know luv, lets get out of here before they find out we are missing and before that guy comes back."
"Hold on a second Jack," I turned around saying, "Jeffrey, Jeffrey, come here boy!"
"What on earth are you doing?"
"I can't leave without Jeffrey."
"Woman, you keep getting weirder and weirder, and I haven't even known you very long. Are you over the fact that you killed seven innocent people?" The large dog jumped on me and licked my face.
"Thanks for reminding me and no, there will be plenty of time to freak out about that and figure out what happened later, and what makes you think they were even innocent?"
"That's what you screamed at me earlier." Jack replied.
"Oh right…" We got on the boat and got ready to make way, Jack showing me how of course, and got as far away as we could before we could finally relax.
