Title: Love's Blood
Author: Kali T'hara
Genre: Action/Adventure/Romance/Violence
Rating: PG-13 – R
Summery: Set after the movie…Jack finds a woman…but she not what she seems…and her friendship with Will jeopardizes his relationship with Elizabeth (boo-hoo)…how will things turn out? J/OC, W/E (beginning) maybe some of W/OC too. Vampire fic! (yeah!)
Disclaimer: Disney owns 'em…damn that mouse…I own Kira, but I wouldn't mind owning Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom…grrrrr…
(AN): Thanks for the reviews! As a first time writer, it makes me very happy!
CH 2…
The ship arrived in Tortuga a week after Jack's sudden change of mind. The whole crew even seemed a bit happy to set foot on ground again. Jack smiled to himself as he watched his men…and two women…prepare to drop anchor in the harbor. He then busied himself with handing out small bags of coins that he always divided up among his crew for their stays on land. When all looked complete and ready for docking, Jack found Will and Elizabeth, "Here ya are, mates," he said, handing them their fair share, "You two have fun, savvy?" he said with a wink and a nudge with his elbow into Will's side.
"Thank you, Jack," Elizabeth said with a smile.
"The Pearl's docked and waitin', your order, cap'n," Gibbs said to Jack.
Jack nodded, looked around at his crew, and then yelled with his arms raised, "To the boats!" The crew began to lower the ship's four small boats for their row ashore. Jack, Will and Elizabeth boarded the last boat together and began to row ashore after the rest of the crew. Jack breathed in the oncoming scent of Tortuga – his home away from the sea. It almost made him feel a bit better. For once in long time, a real smile came to his lips. The wind caught his black dread-locked hair and pushed it from his tan face. Will saw the smile his face held and nudged Elizabeth. She studied Jack for a short moment before smiling herself. She was glad that Jack was starting to feel more like his normal self.
During the row ashore, Jack busied himself with untangling the ropes to harbor the boat. Considering his over exaggerated hand gestures, this took longer than would be expected. Will continued to row as Elizabeth took in the sights of the port's shoreline.
Finally, after much cursing and frustration, Jack unknotted the ropes, stood up and prepared to throw them up onto the dock. He scanned the boardwalk. It was littered with pirates; more drunk than sober. A few were attending to their boats and assisting in docking ones as well.
Jack threw out his line. A slender pirate with long black hair caught it with one hand. The pirate then bent down with its back to Jack and the others to tie the boat up. Jack, who knew practically everyone, didn't quite recognize this pirate. And that puzzled the captain. He could see small braids intermingled in the long black locks that fell down the owner's back. The rest was drawn up in a half ponytail with a sleek red parrot feather attached in the tie.
The pirate finished tying the line and stood up facing the others, "Welcome to Tortuga," the pirate greeted with a small smile.
Jack took a step back, which nearly threw him out of the boat, as he saw the pirate's face. It was a woman! And the most beautiful woman Jack had ever seen. Normally Captain Jack Sparrow would immediately throw out his famous charm, but for some reason, all he could do was look into her eyes. Her eyes were a vivid green color and seemed to draw Jack right into them. She starred back into his deep chocolate eyes until he suddenly looked away. For once in his life, Jack was at a loss for words. The female pirate's cheeks turned a rosy pink, but quickly looked away from Jack. She gave Elizabeth a hand out of the boat, followed by Will, "Have a good stay," she said too all three, then quickly made her way down the boardwalk and out of sight.
Will held out his hand for Jack to take, but he seemed to not even notice, "Jack, you alright?" Will asked, "It was just a pirate. Do you know her?"
Jack shook his head before he finally found words, "I've never seen 'er before in me life," he answered, hands at his sides.
"Sure Jack," Elizabeth said, "That's what happens when you drink too much rum," she finished with a slight laugh.
"We shall see the Captain later then," Will said as he and Elizabeth followed the path the female pirate had taken out of the docks.
Jack finally stepped out of the boat. He looked around; none of his crew was anywhere to be seen – nor was the girl. He slowly began to walk forward down the boardwalk, when suddenly the feeling came back. The same feeling that he had had for so long now. It was a burning sensation inside his head, yet his body felt cold. The feeling that he was missing something was back…and all he could think about was that pirate.