GIVING UP CHARITY
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Chapter Five:
Guns fired upon us and I could hear the bullets pierce the air, aiming for the crew and most likely me. Cannons were being fired from our ship while various objects from the other ship. I could hear Gibbs yell to his crew to get the medallion and hide it, while Barbossa was yelling to find the damn thing.
I ducked and began to crawl on the ground, looking for any miscarded guns and trying not to get hit. If I got hit, it would most likely be my last chance to fight in a ship battle. My hands skimmed the ground, my vision becoming impaired with the smoke that began to accumilate on the ship.
"Charity! Get outta the way!"
I moved out of Bo'sun's way. I looked up and met Will's brown eyes, which made him stop reloading his pistol. Elizabeth noticed him looking at me and pushed him and took aim at me. I couldn't move but Elizabeth's shot was wasted on someone other than me. I don't remember who it was but I sure as hell know it wasn't me. When I finally looked back over there, after dodging and ducking for five minutes, Will wasn't looking at me.
"Charity, shoot yer gun!"
I lifted my pistol and randomly shooting someone. I don't think I hit anything or anyone but I'm sure that the cannons below did.
"Fire!"
Both ships now shot their second rounds of cannons towards one another. I screamed but it was drowned out by the shots. The boat swayed even harder now as we took on damage. Ragetti and Pintel, supervising the cannons down below, shot some sort of cannon and had their mast fall onto our ship, connecting it.
I stood up now, watching the pirates board the INTERCEPTOR, and the monkey climb across the mast. I also watched Jack swing across on a rope that one pirate fell off of. I was pushed across the fallen mast and made my way over to the other side. Elizabeth was fighting her way through, trying to get to Will. I intercepted her.
"You!" she yelled. "Get out of my way so I may save your brother!"
I pointed my pistol at her. "I have no brother."
She stopped dead in her tracks. "Yes. Will is your brother! You must save him! He's below you."
I laughed and heard the monkey below me. He had the medallion. "Get on the PEARL before I shoot you."
"Hello?!" I heard Will call. "Elizabeth!"
"Will! I'm here. Tell your sister to move," Elizabeth replied.
I sighed. Why do they keep insisting that I am Will's sister? I am an orphan and a pirate! Pirates don't have families!
"Katherine! Move," he pleaded with me. (Or at least I think he was talking to me) "Help me get out of here."
"Gents!" Barbossa yelled. "Get them on board."
I cocked my head to the side and motioned for Elizabeth to follow Barbossa's orders an get on board. She obliged (with many demands from me) but was reluctant to leave Will alone.
"Don't leave me here, Katherine," he pleaded again.
I left him but felt the nagging of his pleas in my heart. Pirates don't feel, do they? Pirates aren't supposed to feel bad about a victim, right? I board the PEARL and meet Jack halfway; he was being held by Bo'sun.
"You're going to let your brother die?"
I slapped him with the end of my gun. I didn't reply to him nor anyone else as I shoved myself through the horde. I heard a loud boom and knew that Barbossa had blown up the INTERCEPTOR. I laughed as I heard gasps.
"She goes free!"
I could not believe it. I ran back up the stairs and saw Will, drenched to the bone with a pistol pointed at Barbossa.
"What's in your head, boy?" Barbossa asked.
"She goes free," Will repea
"You've got one shot, and we can't die," Barbossa said, menacingly.
"Don't do anything stupid," Jack whispered, loud enough for everyone to hear it.
I get in front of the horde and meet Will's eyes again before he said, "You can't. I can!"
pointed the gun at his chin. Barbossa scowls at Jack's statement and asked, "Who are ye, boy?"
"No one. He's no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice, though – eunuch." Jack said.
I laughed when Will said, loudly, "My name is Will Turner. My father is Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins."
Everyone gasps again. Who would've thought that the welp was Bootstrap's kid. I never met Bootstrap but from the stories that the crew had told me, it seemed like it was his fault they were cursed.
"He's a spittin' image of ol' Bootstrap," Ragetti whispered. Pintel nodded when I looked at them.
They began to discuss the terms that would give Will up to them freely which meant the freeing of Jack and Elizabeth and the crew would go unharmed. I noticed Will being tied up as they tried to coax Elizabeth to walk the plank. I love watching people walk the plank to their doom. It's always fun!
"Charity! You get to watch the welp," Barbossa said, making me groan. "Do ye want to walk th' plank too?"
I shook my head and headed down to the brig, where the crew and Will was now being held. I heard cheers and I groaned again. I wanted to watch Elizabeth and Jack walk the plank.
"You, girl!"
"Yea?" I said, softly. "What do ye want?"
"How did ye come to bein' on th' ship?"
"Gibbs is it?" he nodded. "Well, Mr Gibbs, it ain't none ya business."
"Katherine?"
Will is leaning against the brig's door and looks at me, studying me. I scowled at him and took a dirty mop and slammed it at the door. Some of the mud splattered over Will and he groaned.
"My name isn' Katherine, got it?" I snapped. "It's Charity. I ain't no landlubber."
He reaches out t touch my face but I flinch. I can't stand it when people touch me, even if it's Barbossa.
"I lost you on the Crossing of England 8 years ago," Will said. "but now you're here! Alive! Who would've thought?"
"I've been a pirate for most of me life," I replied. "End o' story!"
I slammed the broom down and stormed out, heading towards the Captain's Quarters. My mind was still doing somersaults when I fell on my bed. My eyes couldn't stay open and I fell into a deep sleep.
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FLASHBACK
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The ship swayed and I felt my dress blow in the wind. Will's arm was around my shoulder, holding me close. We had been at sea for a month now and our destination was getting closer. I could hear the gulls' cry from miles away and I knew we were close.
"We'll look for father," Will said, softly.
"I miss mama," I said. "Do you think we'll find him?"
He nodded as we were approached by the captain of the ship. He never told us his name and we never pressed the matter. A 12 and 9 year old were supposed to hold their tongues on such matters.
"Mr Turner, take your sister down below the decks to eat," he said, his arms folded behind his back.
Will nodded. "Yes sir."
"The dress looks good on you!" the captain yelled before we had disappeared into the decks. I suspected he liked me, seeing as he was 20 years old, 11 years older than I was.
"I hate this dress," I said, before feeling everyone's eyes on me. "Can I change?"
He shook his head and replied, "No. It is not proper for you to be in men's clothing."
I groan and I feel the ship being fired upon.
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END FLASHBACK
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I screamed as I sat up, shaking like a leaf. No one was around and I suspected it to be night. I could not believe that I was having memories that I couldn't even remember. What was going on?
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Chapter Five:
Guns fired upon us and I could hear the bullets pierce the air, aiming for the crew and most likely me. Cannons were being fired from our ship while various objects from the other ship. I could hear Gibbs yell to his crew to get the medallion and hide it, while Barbossa was yelling to find the damn thing.
I ducked and began to crawl on the ground, looking for any miscarded guns and trying not to get hit. If I got hit, it would most likely be my last chance to fight in a ship battle. My hands skimmed the ground, my vision becoming impaired with the smoke that began to accumilate on the ship.
"Charity! Get outta the way!"
I moved out of Bo'sun's way. I looked up and met Will's brown eyes, which made him stop reloading his pistol. Elizabeth noticed him looking at me and pushed him and took aim at me. I couldn't move but Elizabeth's shot was wasted on someone other than me. I don't remember who it was but I sure as hell know it wasn't me. When I finally looked back over there, after dodging and ducking for five minutes, Will wasn't looking at me.
"Charity, shoot yer gun!"
I lifted my pistol and randomly shooting someone. I don't think I hit anything or anyone but I'm sure that the cannons below did.
"Fire!"
Both ships now shot their second rounds of cannons towards one another. I screamed but it was drowned out by the shots. The boat swayed even harder now as we took on damage. Ragetti and Pintel, supervising the cannons down below, shot some sort of cannon and had their mast fall onto our ship, connecting it.
I stood up now, watching the pirates board the INTERCEPTOR, and the monkey climb across the mast. I also watched Jack swing across on a rope that one pirate fell off of. I was pushed across the fallen mast and made my way over to the other side. Elizabeth was fighting her way through, trying to get to Will. I intercepted her.
"You!" she yelled. "Get out of my way so I may save your brother!"
I pointed my pistol at her. "I have no brother."
She stopped dead in her tracks. "Yes. Will is your brother! You must save him! He's below you."
I laughed and heard the monkey below me. He had the medallion. "Get on the PEARL before I shoot you."
"Hello?!" I heard Will call. "Elizabeth!"
"Will! I'm here. Tell your sister to move," Elizabeth replied.
I sighed. Why do they keep insisting that I am Will's sister? I am an orphan and a pirate! Pirates don't have families!
"Katherine! Move," he pleaded with me. (Or at least I think he was talking to me) "Help me get out of here."
"Gents!" Barbossa yelled. "Get them on board."
I cocked my head to the side and motioned for Elizabeth to follow Barbossa's orders an get on board. She obliged (with many demands from me) but was reluctant to leave Will alone.
"Don't leave me here, Katherine," he pleaded again.
I left him but felt the nagging of his pleas in my heart. Pirates don't feel, do they? Pirates aren't supposed to feel bad about a victim, right? I board the PEARL and meet Jack halfway; he was being held by Bo'sun.
"You're going to let your brother die?"
I slapped him with the end of my gun. I didn't reply to him nor anyone else as I shoved myself through the horde. I heard a loud boom and knew that Barbossa had blown up the INTERCEPTOR. I laughed as I heard gasps.
"She goes free!"
I could not believe it. I ran back up the stairs and saw Will, drenched to the bone with a pistol pointed at Barbossa.
"What's in your head, boy?" Barbossa asked.
"She goes free," Will repea
"You've got one shot, and we can't die," Barbossa said, menacingly.
"Don't do anything stupid," Jack whispered, loud enough for everyone to hear it.
I get in front of the horde and meet Will's eyes again before he said, "You can't. I can!"
pointed the gun at his chin. Barbossa scowls at Jack's statement and asked, "Who are ye, boy?"
"No one. He's no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice, though – eunuch." Jack said.
I laughed when Will said, loudly, "My name is Will Turner. My father is Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins."
Everyone gasps again. Who would've thought that the welp was Bootstrap's kid. I never met Bootstrap but from the stories that the crew had told me, it seemed like it was his fault they were cursed.
"He's a spittin' image of ol' Bootstrap," Ragetti whispered. Pintel nodded when I looked at them.
They began to discuss the terms that would give Will up to them freely which meant the freeing of Jack and Elizabeth and the crew would go unharmed. I noticed Will being tied up as they tried to coax Elizabeth to walk the plank. I love watching people walk the plank to their doom. It's always fun!
"Charity! You get to watch the welp," Barbossa said, making me groan. "Do ye want to walk th' plank too?"
I shook my head and headed down to the brig, where the crew and Will was now being held. I heard cheers and I groaned again. I wanted to watch Elizabeth and Jack walk the plank.
"You, girl!"
"Yea?" I said, softly. "What do ye want?"
"How did ye come to bein' on th' ship?"
"Gibbs is it?" he nodded. "Well, Mr Gibbs, it ain't none ya business."
"Katherine?"
Will is leaning against the brig's door and looks at me, studying me. I scowled at him and took a dirty mop and slammed it at the door. Some of the mud splattered over Will and he groaned.
"My name isn' Katherine, got it?" I snapped. "It's Charity. I ain't no landlubber."
He reaches out t touch my face but I flinch. I can't stand it when people touch me, even if it's Barbossa.
"I lost you on the Crossing of England 8 years ago," Will said. "but now you're here! Alive! Who would've thought?"
"I've been a pirate for most of me life," I replied. "End o' story!"
I slammed the broom down and stormed out, heading towards the Captain's Quarters. My mind was still doing somersaults when I fell on my bed. My eyes couldn't stay open and I fell into a deep sleep.
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FLASHBACK
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The ship swayed and I felt my dress blow in the wind. Will's arm was around my shoulder, holding me close. We had been at sea for a month now and our destination was getting closer. I could hear the gulls' cry from miles away and I knew we were close.
"We'll look for father," Will said, softly.
"I miss mama," I said. "Do you think we'll find him?"
He nodded as we were approached by the captain of the ship. He never told us his name and we never pressed the matter. A 12 and 9 year old were supposed to hold their tongues on such matters.
"Mr Turner, take your sister down below the decks to eat," he said, his arms folded behind his back.
Will nodded. "Yes sir."
"The dress looks good on you!" the captain yelled before we had disappeared into the decks. I suspected he liked me, seeing as he was 20 years old, 11 years older than I was.
"I hate this dress," I said, before feeling everyone's eyes on me. "Can I change?"
He shook his head and replied, "No. It is not proper for you to be in men's clothing."
I groan and I feel the ship being fired upon.
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END FLASHBACK
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I screamed as I sat up, shaking like a leaf. No one was around and I suspected it to be night. I could not believe that I was having memories that I couldn't even remember. What was going on?
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