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Chapter twenty: ...and goodbyeJack reached Norrington and the others quicker then he had ever thought possible and was slightly surprised to see Norrington had already unlocked Anamaria and Gibbs. "Give me your hands Sparrow." Jack extended his cuffs and felt instant relief as his bonds fell to the sandy floor.
"What about a weapon?" Jack asked, rubbing his wrists. Norrington was watching the approaching men over Jack's shoulder.
"You'll have to ask one of them for one." He answered. Jack smiled. Was that supposed to be a joke? The Commodore didn't return the smile but simply drew his own sword.
"Thanks." Jack hissed, turning towards the advancing men. "Thanks a lot."
Will felt his mind slipping; an invisible force seemed to grow in his head. It was almost like two minds were sharing his head and suddenly a voice filled his mind. "Hello Will...and goodbye." It was a female voice. Will had only the time to register this before she was pushing him away, back, into his own body until she had complete control.
"Wait! Let me out!" Will screamed. Blackness was encompassing him, sticking him into a wooden room where there was no escape. His eyes saw the walls; his mind was filled with the images 'she' was seeing.
They weren't really visions, though, in his mind. More like a sense of what was happening...a drawing on a piece of paper. He was watching the other people in the clearing, the other pirates. Some had run off, after another man but the rest had stayed. "Who are you?"
"Me?" The female voice was all around him, like a wind blowing inside him. "I am of no concern...you chose wrong." Will realized she was speaking a different language but he could understand her. God help him, he knew what she was saying.
In his mind, the sense of moving towards another person grew and a strong emotion surged around him. It was hate, hate for the man before him not because he had done any wrong to Will...it was simply because he was a man.
"What are you doing?" Will yelled, moving to one of the walls and running his hand along it. Unlike other wood, it was smooth like silk and flexed gently beneath him. "Where am I?"
"With me." The female voice said. The sense of attack was sudden and quick. Will felt a joy come over him as a sickening realization hit him, drowning out any fear he had. This woman had just snapped the other man's neck as easily as if it had been a twig on a tree. Will felt this body pull the sword from the man's sash as this woman began to kill the others with good, strong strokes.
"With you? What do you mean? Who are you? LET ME OUT!" Will banged on the walls but they simply folded beneath his fist.
"With me, in this body. I am Morliana's right hand warrior. Alinasa."
"Alinasa?" Will asked more gently, felling more satisfaction wash over him. "Alinasa...please, let me go. I beg you please."
"No." Alinasa answered, swiping at another man. Will could feel every cut, every swipe...the sense of blood on his hands consumed him as with his feelings of guilt and utter remorse...none of which Alinasa seemed to have.
Jack ducked and grabbed a member of Mulan's crew around the waist, ramming him into the tree. The man seemed to find himself, however, and brought the blunt end of his sword down into the middle of Jack's back making him drop to the ground. Undeterred, Jack rolled over, away from the down cut of the sword and sprung to his feet, punching the other square in the nose, breaking it. As he howled with pain, Jack grabbed his fallen sword and took off.
He had to get to Will, he need to save him! Anamaria and Christian seemed to have become friends; he watched them near by, fighting side by side. Jack smiled slightly, that man was no man...just a kid. How tragic.
The clearing was ahead, Jack could see it through a break in the trees. Entering it from a point just to the east of where he had been originally, Jack suddenly turned away, sickened. There was death everywhere, parts strewn across the bloody forest floor and Will, standing in the middle of it, black eyes watching Jack from the other side of the clearing.
"Are you hurt?" Jack asked the figure of his friend, knowing full well it wasn't him that resided there anymore. The figure watched him and then shook its head. "Who are you then?"
"Alinasa." Will said. Jack nodded, and looked down at his own shinning sword. It kinda looked small in the midst of a person who had caused such carnage. "You?"
"You should know." Jack answered. "Will knows me."
"Oh, William Turner." Alinasa said, nodding and cleaning her blade off with Will's shirt. Jack was listening to the voice. It sounded so feminine, even coming from Will's throat. It had the creepy feeling that only the pirate treasure of Cortez a few years ago could offer. The sudden thought of Cortez's gold made Jack's throat tighten and the longing increase. "You don't look good Captain Sparrow. Do you need to rest?"
Alinasa raised her blade. Jack smiled and shook his head, walking towards her and slipping on bloody grass. "No." He said, "I'm ready for this." Actually, he had no plan and was just playing for time until he developed one but he didn't want her to know that. "I Will in there?"
"Maybe. But he's buisy at the moment. Trying to escape."
"Ah. And when you kill us all, how do you intend to get off the island?" Will's shoulders shrugged.
"Haven't got that far yet." Jack suddenly realized Will's lips weren't moving! Why hadn't he noticed that? Also, she was speaking a completely different language but he could understand every word. "Scared Captain?"
Suddenly, from behind him, Jack heard the sound of running feet. Eight of Mulan and Ethan's crewmen came dashing out of the trees, swords raised, running for Jack. Jack began to prepare himself but in an instant, Will was in front of him, cutting down the others like nothing. "HE'S MINE!" Will's voice screamed, "LEAVE HIM TO ME!" Jack had this moment to run. He scooted off across the field and was soon engulfed in the cool leaves of the forest again.
"Jack!" Jack spun around, tripping over a tree root and falling. When he'd shaken off his sudden jolt, Bill was standing over him. There was blood running down his face and he was holding his sword tenderly with two broken fingers but, other then that, he was the most wonderful sight Jack had ever seen.
"Bill?" Jack asked trying to hide his surprise...his ecstatic happiness. "Are you alright?"
"Are you?" Bill asked. Jack smiled and raised an eyebrow.
"I asked you first mate." Bill came forward and grabbed Jack then, pulling him in to a brief hug. When they pulled apart, Bill held Jack at arms length and looked him up and down. "That was unexpected."
"Jack!" Elizabeth came through the bushed to the right, closely followed by Christian and Anamaria. "Are you alright? Where's Will?"
"Off killing most of 'em pirates out there." Gibbs joined them just then. There was sweat running down his chubby face but other then that he seemed fine as well. "'Aven't seen the Commodore though. Got separated."
"No big loss." Jack answered, turning back to Bill. "I want you to meet my crew, Gibbs, this is Bill." Bill and Gibbs shook hands.
"I finally get to meet ye, eh?" Gibbs growled, smiling. Bill returned the smile with warmth and then saw Anamaria.
"And the woman, she's..."
"Anamaria." Ana said, extending her hand as well. Bill, instead of shaking it, took it in his own and kissed it gently. "Not luv, or sunshine, or darling..."
"Or anything else. You can call her 'hey you' if you'd like though." Jack said. Anamaria glared at him for a moment before Christian broke the silence.
"I'm Doctor Christian Shanks." He said, shaking Bill's hand. "Pleased to meet you sir."
"Not a pirate I take it." Bill muttered. Christian smiled and shook his head. "Then what are you child?"
"Apparently not a child." Jack muttered back, loud enough for all of them to hear. He and Bill eyed young Christian. "He's with them...you know. We'll make him a pirate yet, mind." Bill nodded with a small smirk. Christian, not used to being scrutinized like this, nodded to Bill again and stepped back behind Gibbs.
"And who is this?" Bill asked, smiling at Elizabeth. Her hair was fly away over her face and she looked more disheveled then Jack had ever seen her but it didn't seem to deter Bill on bit. He took her hand, like Anamaria's, and kissed it. "Hello dear. You would be?"
Jack stood back, watching as Elizabeth pulled her hand away delicately. "Elizabeth Turner."
"You're daughter-in-law." Jack whispered. Bill straightened, looking closely at Elizabeth in a different light. "Nice?"
"Nice." Bill replied. "Well, honey. Have you seen my son around here?"
"He's killing the pirates on the beach at the moment." Came a bland voice from behind them. They all spun around, Bill drawing his sword, to face the Commodore and a few of his men. "It's a slaughter."
"What is he doing here?" Bill growled, advancing on Norrington. "How many navy did you bring Sparrow?" Bill spat Jack's name like poison but it didn't seem to deter the other.
"I needed a distraction." Jack answered making Bill turn back to him. "I needed them...I used them." Norrington raised an eyebrow. "Now, let's go stop Will before it's to late."
To my reviewers:
DragonHunter200: You are back! Yeah! Yes, I see Christian as super hot! Not as hot a JD or Orly...well, maybe he has a good chance though! If you saw him the way I saw him! You'd drool! Yeah, I liked the little love triangle but, you know, jack's a prat and he's bound to lose his love if he doesn't get there soon! Oh, just one sec... "TYSON, IF YOU'RE READING THIS, ASK ME OUT!" Sorry, the guy I like. He likes me to but he's a chicken so...not literally. Yeah, my machine is broken to, them's the breaks eh? Yep, holographic money is cool! I wish the whole bill was holographic though! Not that would be awesome. We have dead prime ministers on ours and the queen on our coins. We don't even live in Britain but the crown still rules us! She visits us sometimes.
Alteng: Yeah, I hate when people take things to seriously. If you ever met me in person I think you'd be terrified by my lack of seriousness...Yeah, I didn't know which to use first, pintel or ragetti so I just drew out of a hat and...vwala! They are in a even bigger mess next chapter and I hope, after next chapter, you all don't hate me.
PussInBootsAndMonkeyzNamedJack: Man, your user name takes a long time to write! Not that I'm complaining! What was sad about it? He got free right? Rejoice, for Jack is free! Be happy, please!
Gaze: Yeah, I like Jack's independent streak. It gets him into so much trouble. Morliana will be back though, you know, later. She's a central character so. Her role won't be as big however. There is, still, the other warrior that you have to keep in mind. She's still around...somewhere. I can't remember short, fat with brown hair so...oh well. Yeah, Jacob should have won but you should check out his band, Hedley. It's awesome. Yeah, Saskatchewan, against all arguments, you can't watch your dog run away for two days and you can't see the Manitoba or Alberta boarder by standing in the middle but those rumors still make me laugh. We have amazing sunsets though! Check them out when you come! Yeah, I plan to move to Australia or New York...both more exciting then Saskatoon or my small town.
Brigitte: Your sick but it made me laugh still. This is not a slash! I don't do that kinda thing! The privates intrigued me...maybe just maybe...with Ana though, not Norrington. LOL
