Chapter 6
Jack, Will and I stood under a low bridge, looking out to the harbour. The water underneath it was up to my knees and I swear I had felt something brush against my leg.
"We're going to steal a ship? That ship?" Will asked looking in the direction of the Dauntless.
"Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship." Jack replied and pointed to the Interceptor. "Nautical term. One question about your business, boy. This girl, how far are you willing to go to save her?" He asked turning to Will and I.
"I'd die for her" Will responded.
"Good, no worries then. Lass, I don't think it safe for yer to come along" Jack said to me.
"He has a point, Annabelle, I don't know what I would do if something happened to you." Will told me.
"Elizabeth is my sister, I'm coming, whether you like it or not" I replied stiffly.
"Fine, but yer gotta take orders" Jack said to me.
I nodded.
Not long later, Jack, Will and I were under an up-side-down boat, under water. They put me between them, just to be safe.
"This is either madness or brilliance" Will said.
"It's remarkable how often those traits coincide." Jack replied.
I looked down and saw a crab, it tried to claw at my foot. I let out a small squeal and flung myself back into Will. I heard him snicker behind me. I looked down again and saw a lobster trap, I stepped over it, but Will didn't.
"Dammit" He muttered. I smirked.
Soon we reached the Dauntless. Jack and Will turned the boat up the right way and the three of us stood on it, looking up to the ship.
"Now what?" Will asked.
"We climb that chain" Jack replied, pointing to a large chain, possibly the anker's chain.
"What!?" I exclaimed.
"Don't worry, Luv, I'll carry yer" Jack said grinning.
I gave Will a pleading look and he nodded.
Jack went up first and Will and I went up shortly after. I clung to Will tightly so I didn't fall. In no time at all we had reached the top. The three of us crept onto the Dauntless, to where the crew, oblivious to our arrival, stood talking.
"Everyone stay calm, we are taking over the Ship" Jack told them calmly.
"Aye, avast!" Will exclaimed, sword unsheathed.
The crew just looked at him and burst out laughing. Jack glared at him and turned back to Gillette, who had just come forward.
"This ship cannot be crewed by two men and the Governor's daughter. You'll never make it out of the bay." He said.
Jack pointed his pistol to Gillette's nose. "Son, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?"
The crew surrendered and were soon set sail on a small row boat, just big enough for all of them.
"Annabelle, darlin'', could yer set the sails? You untie the left rope." Jack told me, pointing to three sets of knots.
I nodded and went over to untie the left rope.
I was holding onto one of the ropes while untying another, when it came loose in my hand. Before I knew what had happened, I was swinging from one side of the ship to the other and back again.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I screamed.
Will caught the rope as it whizzed past him, but instead of stopping it, he was swung along with it as well. Jack caught it next and stopped it so suddenly, that Will and I were swung off at the far end of the ship. Will landing on top of me. Panting, I looked up to see Will breathing hard with a twinkle in his eye. He leaned down to kiss me, when Jack came along and yanked him off me, then extended his hand to help me up also. I sighed and took it and Jack pulled me up.
"Are yer alright?" Jack asked, seeming concerned.
"Yes, I'm alright. Thankyou Jack." I replied and looked over to Will. I was surprised to see him looking back at me, with the twinkle in his eye again. Before I could figure out what it was, Will looked away.
"Ta be on the safe side, I'll finish of the sails" Jack said to me and went off to rig the sails.
"Here they come" Will said to Jack who was at the wheel. Jack smiled and ushered Will and I to hide with him at the opposite end of the ship.
Not long after Norrington's men boarded the Dauntless.
"Annie, Jack will swing across first, then you, and I will swing across last, ok?" Will whispered to me.
"All clear" I replied.
Jack stood up and grabbed a rope, then swung across to the Interceptor. He turned back and motioned for me to swing across. I stood up and grabbed a rope, gripped it tight and pushed off. I swung across and smack into Jack. He caught me in his arms and smiled at me.
"Ello, Luv"
I wrinkled my nose and slipped out of his arms. Seconds later Will landed next to me and pulled out his hatchet, cutting the ropes that connected the Interceptor to the Dauntless. And we were off. I noticed some of the crew from the Dauntless, try to swing across to the Interceptor, but missed and fell into the water.
"Thankyou, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We'd have had a hard time of it by ourselves!" Jack yelled, waving his hat.
"We made it out of the port!" I exclaimed.
"Yes, we did, Luv" Replied Jack.
"Duck!" Shouted Will, as the Dauntless shot at us. We did just that and the shots missed.
A few hours later, we were well and truly away from Port Royal. Jack was steering the ship, I was untying some knots and Will was sharpening his sword, while telling Jack and I about his life.
"When I was a lad living in England, my mother raised me by herself. After she died, I came out here looking for my father." Will said.
"Is that so?" Jack asked, uninterested.
I gave him a scowling look, but he ignored it.
"My father, Will Turner. And in Jail it was only after you learnt my name that you agreed to help. Since that was what I wanted I didn't press the matter. I'm not a simpleton Jack. You knew my father" Will said, standing up.
Jack sighed and turned around to face Will.
"I knew im. Probably one of the few who knew him as William Turner, everyone else called him Bootstrap or Bootstrap Bill" He replied.
"Bootstrap?" I asked, Jack nodded.
"Good man, good pirate. I swear you look just like him" He said to Will.
"It's not true, he was a merchant sailor, a good, respectable man who obeyed the law." Will replied, furious that Jack had said his father was a pirate. Jack didn't look calm either.
"He was a bloody pirate, a scallywag" He snapped and turned back to the wheel.
"My father was not a pirate." Will replied in a daring tone, unsheathing his sword.
Dismissing the challenge, Jack didn't even turn around to look at Will this time. He simply said: "Put it away, Son. It's not worth you getting beat again."
Will exploded. "You didn't beat me, you ignored the rules of engagement, in a fair fight, I'd killed you!" He growled.
"That's not much of a reason for me to fight fair then, is it?" In one quick move, Jack spun the wheel, that turned the sail, which caught Will, causing him to drop his sword and swung him over the sea.
"Will!" I cried. I stood up and ran over to the edge of the ship, but Jack caught me and wrapped his arm tightly around my waist, his other hand holding Will's dropped sword.
"Now as long as your just hanging there, pay attention" Jack said to Will, not loosening his grip on me.
"The only rules, that really matter are these: What a man can do and what a man can't do. For instance- you can accept that your father was a pirate, and a good man or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday. And me, for example, I can let you drown right here and kill the lass, but I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onsies, savvy? So.." Jack continued and turned the wheel again, which swung Will back onto the Ship, who landed on his back with a thud. Jack let go of me and walked over to Will, pointing Will's sword to his neck. "Can you sail under command of a pirate?" He asked and flipped the sword, so that the handle was pointing to Will. "Or can you not?"
Will took the sword. "Tortuga?" He suggested.
"Tortuga" Jack replied proudly.
"Will, are you ok?" I asked helping him up.
"Yes" Again a saw a twinkle in his eye. It was as if time had stopped. We stood there, just looking into each other's eyes, for what seemed like ages. Suddenly, we were snapped out of it.
"There she is, Tortuga" Jack Shouted to us, pointing to an Island in the distance.
I gave Will a blank look and went below, to what we had all agreed, was my cabin. Oh Will, How I love you So.
Jack, Will and I stood under a low bridge, looking out to the harbour. The water underneath it was up to my knees and I swear I had felt something brush against my leg.
"We're going to steal a ship? That ship?" Will asked looking in the direction of the Dauntless.
"Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship." Jack replied and pointed to the Interceptor. "Nautical term. One question about your business, boy. This girl, how far are you willing to go to save her?" He asked turning to Will and I.
"I'd die for her" Will responded.
"Good, no worries then. Lass, I don't think it safe for yer to come along" Jack said to me.
"He has a point, Annabelle, I don't know what I would do if something happened to you." Will told me.
"Elizabeth is my sister, I'm coming, whether you like it or not" I replied stiffly.
"Fine, but yer gotta take orders" Jack said to me.
I nodded.
Not long later, Jack, Will and I were under an up-side-down boat, under water. They put me between them, just to be safe.
"This is either madness or brilliance" Will said.
"It's remarkable how often those traits coincide." Jack replied.
I looked down and saw a crab, it tried to claw at my foot. I let out a small squeal and flung myself back into Will. I heard him snicker behind me. I looked down again and saw a lobster trap, I stepped over it, but Will didn't.
"Dammit" He muttered. I smirked.
Soon we reached the Dauntless. Jack and Will turned the boat up the right way and the three of us stood on it, looking up to the ship.
"Now what?" Will asked.
"We climb that chain" Jack replied, pointing to a large chain, possibly the anker's chain.
"What!?" I exclaimed.
"Don't worry, Luv, I'll carry yer" Jack said grinning.
I gave Will a pleading look and he nodded.
Jack went up first and Will and I went up shortly after. I clung to Will tightly so I didn't fall. In no time at all we had reached the top. The three of us crept onto the Dauntless, to where the crew, oblivious to our arrival, stood talking.
"Everyone stay calm, we are taking over the Ship" Jack told them calmly.
"Aye, avast!" Will exclaimed, sword unsheathed.
The crew just looked at him and burst out laughing. Jack glared at him and turned back to Gillette, who had just come forward.
"This ship cannot be crewed by two men and the Governor's daughter. You'll never make it out of the bay." He said.
Jack pointed his pistol to Gillette's nose. "Son, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?"
The crew surrendered and were soon set sail on a small row boat, just big enough for all of them.
"Annabelle, darlin'', could yer set the sails? You untie the left rope." Jack told me, pointing to three sets of knots.
I nodded and went over to untie the left rope.
I was holding onto one of the ropes while untying another, when it came loose in my hand. Before I knew what had happened, I was swinging from one side of the ship to the other and back again.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I screamed.
Will caught the rope as it whizzed past him, but instead of stopping it, he was swung along with it as well. Jack caught it next and stopped it so suddenly, that Will and I were swung off at the far end of the ship. Will landing on top of me. Panting, I looked up to see Will breathing hard with a twinkle in his eye. He leaned down to kiss me, when Jack came along and yanked him off me, then extended his hand to help me up also. I sighed and took it and Jack pulled me up.
"Are yer alright?" Jack asked, seeming concerned.
"Yes, I'm alright. Thankyou Jack." I replied and looked over to Will. I was surprised to see him looking back at me, with the twinkle in his eye again. Before I could figure out what it was, Will looked away.
"Ta be on the safe side, I'll finish of the sails" Jack said to me and went off to rig the sails.
"Here they come" Will said to Jack who was at the wheel. Jack smiled and ushered Will and I to hide with him at the opposite end of the ship.
Not long after Norrington's men boarded the Dauntless.
"Annie, Jack will swing across first, then you, and I will swing across last, ok?" Will whispered to me.
"All clear" I replied.
Jack stood up and grabbed a rope, then swung across to the Interceptor. He turned back and motioned for me to swing across. I stood up and grabbed a rope, gripped it tight and pushed off. I swung across and smack into Jack. He caught me in his arms and smiled at me.
"Ello, Luv"
I wrinkled my nose and slipped out of his arms. Seconds later Will landed next to me and pulled out his hatchet, cutting the ropes that connected the Interceptor to the Dauntless. And we were off. I noticed some of the crew from the Dauntless, try to swing across to the Interceptor, but missed and fell into the water.
"Thankyou, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We'd have had a hard time of it by ourselves!" Jack yelled, waving his hat.
"We made it out of the port!" I exclaimed.
"Yes, we did, Luv" Replied Jack.
"Duck!" Shouted Will, as the Dauntless shot at us. We did just that and the shots missed.
A few hours later, we were well and truly away from Port Royal. Jack was steering the ship, I was untying some knots and Will was sharpening his sword, while telling Jack and I about his life.
"When I was a lad living in England, my mother raised me by herself. After she died, I came out here looking for my father." Will said.
"Is that so?" Jack asked, uninterested.
I gave him a scowling look, but he ignored it.
"My father, Will Turner. And in Jail it was only after you learnt my name that you agreed to help. Since that was what I wanted I didn't press the matter. I'm not a simpleton Jack. You knew my father" Will said, standing up.
Jack sighed and turned around to face Will.
"I knew im. Probably one of the few who knew him as William Turner, everyone else called him Bootstrap or Bootstrap Bill" He replied.
"Bootstrap?" I asked, Jack nodded.
"Good man, good pirate. I swear you look just like him" He said to Will.
"It's not true, he was a merchant sailor, a good, respectable man who obeyed the law." Will replied, furious that Jack had said his father was a pirate. Jack didn't look calm either.
"He was a bloody pirate, a scallywag" He snapped and turned back to the wheel.
"My father was not a pirate." Will replied in a daring tone, unsheathing his sword.
Dismissing the challenge, Jack didn't even turn around to look at Will this time. He simply said: "Put it away, Son. It's not worth you getting beat again."
Will exploded. "You didn't beat me, you ignored the rules of engagement, in a fair fight, I'd killed you!" He growled.
"That's not much of a reason for me to fight fair then, is it?" In one quick move, Jack spun the wheel, that turned the sail, which caught Will, causing him to drop his sword and swung him over the sea.
"Will!" I cried. I stood up and ran over to the edge of the ship, but Jack caught me and wrapped his arm tightly around my waist, his other hand holding Will's dropped sword.
"Now as long as your just hanging there, pay attention" Jack said to Will, not loosening his grip on me.
"The only rules, that really matter are these: What a man can do and what a man can't do. For instance- you can accept that your father was a pirate, and a good man or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday. And me, for example, I can let you drown right here and kill the lass, but I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onsies, savvy? So.." Jack continued and turned the wheel again, which swung Will back onto the Ship, who landed on his back with a thud. Jack let go of me and walked over to Will, pointing Will's sword to his neck. "Can you sail under command of a pirate?" He asked and flipped the sword, so that the handle was pointing to Will. "Or can you not?"
Will took the sword. "Tortuga?" He suggested.
"Tortuga" Jack replied proudly.
"Will, are you ok?" I asked helping him up.
"Yes" Again a saw a twinkle in his eye. It was as if time had stopped. We stood there, just looking into each other's eyes, for what seemed like ages. Suddenly, we were snapped out of it.
"There she is, Tortuga" Jack Shouted to us, pointing to an Island in the distance.
I gave Will a blank look and went below, to what we had all agreed, was my cabin. Oh Will, How I love you So.
