WARNING: This is #5 in a series! The order is this: The Bounty of Captain Bartholomeu Santara, The Gems of Roslynn, The Capture of Thomas Black, The Murder of Port Royal. READ THOSE FIRST!
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I'm back! Again. Okay, well, I got this done pretty quickly after I posted 4. Yay for that. I hope everyone enjoys this one! I worked hard on it!
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Pirates of the Caribbean:
Barbossa's Return
Chapter 1: Old Memories New
Jack and Celeste Sparrow were living happily on the Black Pearl, docked in the Port Royal harbor. The man who replaced Norrington as commodore, was very good friends with them and they always spoke when they saw each other in town. Jack and Celeste's lives were wonderful and couldn't be better.
It had been six months since Celeste Sparrow had written to her father about visiting her, her husband Captain Jack Sparrow, and her children Christopher (now three years old) and Jocelyn (now six months old) in Port Royal. They hadn't gone on any adventures since Christopher was born, but that was going to change soon… Celeste had gotten a letter back from her father saying that he would visit on a certain date.
Celeste had told her father not to bring her stepmother, but Jack wasn't so confident that he wouldn't. Celeste wasn't sure he'd leave her in Ruby Falls, but was hoping he would.
This wasn't the only arrival that Port Royal was going to get. Little did they all know, a man was going to arrive there who hadn't been there in years. The man was a dreaded one, and he sought revenge. No one expected him, and no one would believe it. One thing was sure, though. When he arrived, all of Port Royal would shiver from the coldness of his malice. It would be felt throughout the town the moment the man's foot touched its ground. The Sparrows had been through a lot. They had gone up against evil before, but never like this. This was a man who would achieve revenge any way he could get it, but not before causing all those involved to suffer greatly. After what he'd been through, he'd become completely heartless and sadistic. The Sparrows had never faced anything like this before, and they certainly weren't prepared for what was to come…
The night before Celeste's father arrived, Jack had gone to Christopher's room as it started raining to tell him a bedtime story and tuck him in while Celeste took care of Jocelyn and got into bed. After Jack was done tucking in Christopher, he joined Celeste in bed.
"What story did you tell Christopher?" Celeste asked as thunder sounded.
"Er…"
"The one about the sea monster?" Celeste asked disapprovingly. "You know that gives him nightmares."
"'e wanted to 'ear it." Jack said. "'e asked."
Celeste sighed. "Well, anyway, good night, Jack." she bid him.
"Nigh', love." he said and they fell asleep in each other's arms.
A few hours later, there was a knock on the door. Jack and Celeste were both asleep and did not hear it. It was Christopher. He peeked inside and walked over to the bed.
"Daddy." he said quietly and poked Jack in the back. Jack stirred and turned over tiredly, opening his eyes.
"'ey, Christopher." Jack whispered. "Wha's wrong?"
"I had the dream again." Christopher replied.
"Oh, great, your mother's goin' to kill me for tellin' you that story…" Jack muttered.
Just then, Celeste woke up and sat up to see what was going on.
"Christopher. Did you have a nightmare again?" she asked. He nodded. "Oh, Jack, I told you!" Thunder sounded.
"Can I sleep in here tonight?" Christopher asked.
"Of course you can." Celeste replied. Jack picked up Christopher and set him between him and Celeste.
Just as they were about to fall asleep, Jocelyn started crying. Celeste sighed and made to get up, but Jack put a hand on her shoulder.
"I'll get 'er, love." he said. She smiled sleepily and he got up and went to Jocelyn's crib.
He picked her up and cradled her in his arms. She grabbed a lock of his hair and held tightly onto it. She, like her mother, had a fascination with Jack's hair, and loved it to death. He got Jocelyn to stop crying and kissed her on the cheek. He leaned over and placed her back in her crib but she still clung to his hair. He tried to get her to release it, but every time he did, she whimpered. Celeste looked over at them and smiled.
"Come on, love…" Jack said to Jocelyn. "Let go, sweetheart…" he tried to recover his hair once more, and she whimpered again. He stood, stooped over the crib, tiredly trying to keep her from crying. "Please, darling, let go before Daddy passes out…" Celeste laughed quietly.
After a few minutes, Jocelyn had fallen asleep, and Jack had recovered his hair, and he went back to bed with a pain in his back from stooping for so long.
They were a loving family Celeste and Jack had each had their own share of childhood misfortune, so they tried to give their children everything they never had. Of course, Jack had a tendency to over-spoil them, but he and Celeste always made sure that they would understand that greediness and things like that are terrible and they must avoid them. Christopher was very smart already; he learned to speak quicker than most children did, and loved to learn things. Jocelyn, on the other hand, already was adventurous and took after Jack in many, many ways. She got bored easily and loved being up on deck. She loved the sight of the ocean and always wanted to see new things. Jack and Celeste couldn't have loved them more.
The next day, they went out to meet Celeste's father. Celeste and Jack walked toward him, Celeste holding Jocelyn, and Jack holding Christopher's hand.
"Hello, Father." Celeste greeted as they reached him.
"Hello, Celeste." her father replied.
"Er, well, I suppose you know who I'm married to because of the letter, right?" Celeste asked.
"I do." her father said. "I was sort of hoping I was mistaken, but…"
"Did you come here to insult or to visit me?" she asked.
"My apologies." he offered.
"Anyway, this is my husband, Captain Jack Sparrow." she told him. Jack reluctantly stuck out his hand and shook the hand of Mr. Wyndham.
"Nice to meet you formally, rather than angrily like our last meeting." her father said, forcing a polite tone.
"Yes, quite." Jack agreed, forcing polite as well.
"As I wrote, I have two children now." Celeste told her father. "This is Christopher."
Her father knelt down to greet the child. "Hello, Christopher. It's nice to meet you. I am Mr. Wyndham."
Christopher held out his hand to Mr. Wyndham, and he shook it. "Hello, Mr. Wyndham. Nice to meet you, too."
"How old are you, Christopher?" he asked.
"Three and a half." Christopher replied. "Aren't you Mummy's daddy?" he asked.
"Yes, I am." Mr. Wyndham replied.
"So, that makes you my grandpa, then." Christopher concluded.
"Yes." Mr. Wyndham said, smiling. He stood up.
"And this is Jocelyn." she told him, turning Jocelyn toward Mr. Wyndham. "She's six months old."
Mr. Wyndham sighed. "She's beautiful. They both are. You have beautiful children."
"Thank you." Celeste replied.
Everyone always said their children bore a remarkable resemblance to them. Christopher looked just like Jack, only he had Celeste's eyes and hair color; Jocelyn looked just like Celeste, only she had Jack's eyes and hair color.
"So, would you like to have lunch with us?" Celeste asked. "We're having roast beef."
"Certainly." he replied.
They went back to the Pearl, ate a delicious lunch, and caught up with each other. Jack began to realize that Celeste's father wasn't such a bad guy only when Marie was around. They all actually had a pretty good time together. They were to have lunch again the next day.
Once more, the next day, they went out to greet Celeste's father. Celeste carrying Jocelyn, and Jack holding Christopher's hand.
"Good day, sir." Jack greeted politely, and actually meaning it this time.
"Hello, Father." Celeste greeted.
"Good day to… all of you." her father greeted cheerfully. "I must say I had a wonderful time yesterday."
"Well, today shouldn't be any different." Celeste said happily. "Today, we're" She stopped and gazed at something past her father.
Up walked Marie.
Celeste looked at her father angrily. "I thought I said not to bring her."
"Well, you still have to learn that you can't have everything your way." Marie sneered. "The world doesn't revolve around you."
Celeste glared at Marie. She leaned over to Jack and whispered, "Take Christopher and Jocelyn inside, please. I don't want them to know Marie."
"Sure, darling." Jack said and kissed Celeste's cheek.
"Must you do that out here?" Marie asked impatiently.
Celeste ignored her. She handed Jocelyn to Jack and patted Christopher's head. "You go with Daddy, okay?" Christopher nodded.
"Come on, son." Jack said, picking Christopher up.
Celeste looked back at them lovingly. She loved her sweet, strong, wonderful husband, she loved her children she loved them so much.
"Well, Celeste, it looks like you've gone and gotten pregnant like I thought you would." Marie sneered.
"I'm married! I can do whatever I want!" Celeste cried.
"You married a piece of scum!" Marie lectured. "He's just a pirate nothing more! What's the truth? Were you pregnant when you married him?"
"NO!" Celeste yelled. "How dare you?"
"Well, you never do know!" Marie replied.
"What did you bring her here for?" Celeste asked her father. "Can't you even walk out the door without her?"
"Celeste, she's part of the family now." her father told her.
"Not part of my family!" Celeste protested. "Can't you see that she's just using you? Why can't you see it?"
"How dare you say I " Marie began, but stopped when Jack walked up. "I don't think our business is any concern of yours."
"Well, Marie…" Mr. Wyndham began, "Jack is actually a very good man. He seems very devoted to Celeste and their family…"
"Anyone can lie." Marie snapped. "I know what I'm talking about, Henry, you know I do!" Mr. Wyndham silenced and Marie looked back at Jack. "Anyway, our business is no concern of yours."
"But, Marie," Celeste began, faking reasonable, "he's part of the family now."
"Your mistake, not mine." Marie said.
"I didn't make a mistake my father did." Celeste told her venomously; Jack put an arm around her.
Marie narrowed her eyes. "How dare you say something so disrespectful to me? I put up with you for years! And what were you ever good for? Nothing."
"I can't believe you don' see what this woman is doin' to you!" Jack said to Celeste's father. "She's brainwashed you!"
"I don't think it's your place" her father began, but Jack cut him off.
"Oh, it's my place, mate believe me."
"I'm so disappointed in you, Celeste." Marie told her. "You've got a worthless husband and useless life." Celeste clenched her fists. "Your children don't seem very intelligent or good looking"
Suddenly, Celeste pulled a knife from under the ruffles of her dress, lunged at Marie, and pressed the knife blade to her throat.
"Celeste!" her father cried.
"Don't you dare insult my children." Celeste hissed. "Don't you dare. I don't take well to people who insult my children." She pressed the blade harder on Marie's throat and cut it slightly; Marie winced. Her father was frightened to move for fear of Celeste doing something drastic.
Jack placed a hand gently on Celeste's arm. "Celeste, sweetheart, give me the knife." he said softly. She continued glaring at Marie, both now shaking. "Come on, baby, let go." Celeste slowly pulled the knife away from Marie and Jack took it. He and Celeste stepped back and he put an arm around her. Marie recoiled into Celeste's father's arms, clutching her neck as Jack put the knife away..
Celeste continued to glare at Marie with the utmost revulsion. "You know, someday, Marie," she began venomously, "you're going to die, and I'm going to be there… If I'm not the one holding the axe."
Jack's eyes widened. "Darling, be careful what you say." he warned. He looked at Celeste's father. "She's a little shaken up, she didn' mean that."
"Yes, I did." Celeste said quietly. "You can't ruin my life anymore, Marie. I've got everything you couldn't have because you didn't deserve it. I have something you'll never have and that… is my payback to you."
Marie glared at Celeste.
Jack leaned over and spoke to Celeste. "Come on, Princess, let's go inside." Celeste nodded. They turned and began to walk back to the ship. Celeste looked back.
"It was nice to see you, Father." she said. "Maybe we can see each other again soon without her." and she turned away and she and Jack walked back to the ship.
"Who was that?" Christopher asked as Jack and Celeste came aboard. He'd been waiting on deck with Gibbs, who was holding Jocelyn.
"A very terrible lady." Celeste replied. "Forget all about her."
"Alright, Mummy." Christopher agreed innocently.
That night, Celeste put Jocelyn to bed and climbed into bed with Jack.
"Why did he have to bring Marie?" Celeste asked, bringing the subject up.
"I don' know, Princess." Jack replied. "Because she's evil?"
She sighed. "Well, yes, that's true…"
"Forget it, love." Jack told her. "For tonight, anyway." She sighed and nodded. He kissed her.
The next morning, Celeste and Jack went out to the market and left Christopher and Jocelyn in Gibbs's and Anamaria's care. They walked into the town square and saw Marie at the other side of it, standing with some guards. She saw them and pointed frantically and yelled something, but they couldn't hear it. The guards rushed over to them.
"Celeste Wyndham?" one asked.
"…No…" Celeste replied. "Celeste Sparrow."
"Well, you're under arrest." the guard stated, taking her arm.
"What!" Celeste cried. "For what!"
"Attempted murder." the guard replied. Jack grabbed onto Celeste's other arm and held onto it tightly.
"You're not arrestin' my wife for somethin' she didn' do!" Jack exclaimed, pulling Celeste towards him.
"We are under orders, sir." the guard insisted, pulling Celeste back towards him. "We must arrest her."
"No!" Jack yelled, pulling Celeste back towards him.
"Sir, we are bound by the law." the guard said, yanking Celeste back towards him.
"I don' care! She didn' do anythin'!" Jack exclaimed, pulling Celeste back towards him.
"Sir, please let go." the guard told him, pulling Celeste back.
"No! She's innocent!" Jack yelled, pulling Celeste back.
"Will you please stop yanking me around? I'm not unbreakable!" Celeste exclaimed. "I don't understand what exactly is going on here what do you mean murder?"
"It isn't our place to say, madam, I'm sorry." the guard replied. "Now, please, sir, release her." He pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Jack, who reluctantly let go of Celeste. "We will be taking her down to the jail until the commodore has time to speak with her. It will be in about an hour."
"Well, I'm coming with her, then!" Jack insisted.
"No. You aren't allowed." the guard said.
"It's alright, Jack." Celeste told him calmly, hiding her worry. "Go home to Christopher and Jocelyn. Come and check on me later they need you more than I do."
Jack thought for a minute and then sighed. "Alrigh'. But someone's losin' their 'ead for this."
"And it may well be Celeste." Marie said, walking up.
"Jack, don't listen to her just leave!" Celeste warned. "She's just trying to make you angry so you'll say something you don't mean! She's a silver-tongued witch! Go home! Hurry!" Jack nodded hesitantly and hurried off. "What do you have to do with this, Marie?"
"Like you don't know!" Marie cried.
"I don't!" Celeste exclaimed.
"You tried to murder me last night!" Marie yelled.
"What! I did not!" Celeste retorted. "I was at home last night! The whole crew can prove it!"
"We'll talk about this later." the guard interrupted and dragged Celeste off. She glared back at Marie who glared back at her. They arrived at the jail and the guard threw Celeste in a cell. She knew it would be useless to yell, so she sat down on a bench at the end of the cell.
"Hey." a voice said. She looked around and saw that she wasn't alone in the cell. There was a man who looked very ominous. "You, gorgeous, how you doin'?" Celeste raised an eyebrow and looked away from him. "I'm talkin' to you!" Celeste just glanced over and smiled politely (actually it was more of a there-I-reacted-now-leave-me-alone kind of smile), and returned her gaze to the cell bars. "What's a doll like you doin' in a place like this?"
By this time, she was quite irritated and rather annoyed with the man. "Attempted murder." she replied. The man raised his eyebrows in surprise and abandoned annoying her, fearing the results.
An hour later, a guard came and got Celeste. He took her up to an interrogating room where Commodore Valentine was waiting for her.
"Oh, Commodore!" Celeste exclaimed, relieved. "I knew you'd come you're going to tell them that this is all nonsense, right?"
He avoided her eyes. "…No, Mrs. Sparrow… I'm afraid I don't have a hand in this… Marie Wyndham says that you attacked her at precisely midnight last night with an axe. She said that she very narrowly escaped."
"My stepmother is a liar!" Celeste cried. "Commodore, you know me! Would I do something like this!"
"No, I didn't think you would, but this isn't something I have control of." he replied guiltily. "Look, I'm afraid we're going to have to keep you here…"
"No!" Celeste exclaimed. "I-I have children! My daughter is only six months! They need me! Please, Commodore, please! You know us! And you know my children! Please just let me stay with them! We won't leave, I promise you! Please!"
The Commodore thought for a minute. "Alright, since you are a mother, we will allow you to stay with your children. We will be disabling the Black Pearl so that you cannot leave port, though."
"Fine! Whatever!" Celeste cried. "I just want to be with my children!"
The Commodore looked around the room and thought. He looked at the guards. "Leave us for a moment, please." The guards nodded and left. "Look, Mrs. Sparrow, this honestly is beyond me, but you are a friend of mine and I do know you well. I know you would never do anything like this. I am doing all I can to help you in this case, but I can only do so much. I'm not even technically supposed to let you stay on your ship even if we disable it. I have to say that if you leave, I'll take full responsibility for it I would lose my job for sure and maybe my head. I really am doing all I can. Please understand my position."
Celeste sighed. "I'm sorry, Commodore, this is just a lot to handle. …Thank you for all you're doing."
"You and Jack are good friends of mine it's the least I can do." he replied.
So it was set. The Pearl was disabled by some of Commodore Valentine's guards, and Celeste was able to stay there. She went aboard and explained the situation to Jack, who was furious about it. They were sitting on their bed in their room, discussing it. Christopher happened to walk in towards the end of the conversation.
"Oh, hey, Christopher, I thought you were asleep." Celeste said, lightening her tone and expression.
"I just woke up." Christopher replied and went to Celeste, who picked him up and hugged him. "Are you in trouble, Mummy?" Celeste and Jack exchanged glances.
"Well… Mummy's gettin' blamed for somethin' she didn' do." Jack explained.
"What's going to happen?" Christopher asked.
"She's goin' to 'ave to go to court an' answer a lot o' questions." Jack told him. "Then, they'll realize they were wrong an' let 'er go."
"Oh…" Christopher concluded. "Okay… As long as you're going to stay here."
Celeste smiled. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm staying here. No matter what. Nothing can tear me away from you and Jocelyn and Daddy. Nothing. Not even the law."
Christopher smiled and hugged her. "I love you, Mummy."
"I love you, too, sweetheart." she replied, smiling. "You want us to tuck you in?"
He nodded and they went to his room and tucked their son in for the night. After they finished, they returned to their room.
"Oh, Jack, they just have to find me innocent!" Celeste said, flopping down on the bed. "They have to! Do you know how serious this is, Jack! They could hang me for this! They hung Ottoman! Who's to say they won't hang me!"
He lied down next to her and put his arms around her. "They won' 'ang you." he assured. "I won' let them. Don' worry, Princess, we're Sparrows we'll find a way out o' this."
"But there's no breaking the law this time." Celeste said. "Sparrows do that from time to time, you know."
"I know, but this is different." Jack replied. "We'll get through it I promise you."
Celeste sighed and nodded.
The next day, Celeste decided to go out and visit Will and Elizabeth Turner and take Jocelyn with her. Will and Elizabeth had been doing wonderfully. They already had three children (two older boys and one younger girl), and Elizabeth was pregnant again. Celeste told them of her predicament and they were very concerned. They said that they would do whatever they could to help her, and she thanked them. She actually had a very good time visiting them and was glad to have gotten out to see them.
"Alright, I'll tell Jack that you said so." Celeste said, leaving the house. She didn't notice a hooded stranger watching her. Will and Elizabeth stood at the doorway and said farewell to her. She walked off, carrying Jocelyn, and headed home.
"Excuse me, miss." the stranger said, coming up to her, having noticed her friendship with the Turners. "I'm new in town would ye happen to know the whereabouts of Jack Sparrow?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow?" Celeste confirmed. "Why, yes, I would."
"Could ye tell me where he is?" the stranger asked.
"Of course I'm headed over there myself." Celeste replied cheerfully. "May I ask your name?"
"…Cortes."
"Cortes?" Celeste asked. "Hmm… sounds familiar…"
"I'm an old friend of Jack's." the stranger told her.
"Oh?" she asked. "Well… Hmm… Cortes… I'm sure I've heard of you. Oh, dash my memory." They walked through town, headed for the Pearl.
"And who might ye be, Miss?" the stranger inquired.
"Oh, pardon me for not introducing myself." Celeste apologized. "Celeste Sparrow."
The stranger glanced over at her. "Sparrow? Ye related to Jack?"
"His wife." Celeste replied happily.
"And the child?"
"Ours." Celeste said. "Her name is Jocelyn." She looked down at Jocelyn and smiled and Jocelyn laughed adorably. She smiled and looked back to the stranger. "So, how did you know Jack?"
"I used to be part of his crew." the stranger replied.
"Oh?" she asked. "I must've heard of you… Excuse my poor memory."
"Yes, I'm sure ye've heard of me." the stranger said. "How long have ye and Jack been married?"
"Mm… about five years." Celeste replied.
"Any other children?"
Celeste began to grow uneasy because of all the questions. "Well, you can catch up with Jack when you see him I'm sure he'll be delighted to tell you."
"I'm sure he will."
They boarded the Pearl and were greeted by Jack, who paid the stranger no heed and took Jocelyn from Celeste. The crew were all down in the dining hall, eating lunch.
"An' 'ow's me little girl?" he asked Jocelyn in a babying voice. "Did you 'ave fun goin' into town with Mummy?" Jocelyn laughed and he kissed her on the cheek.
"Oh, Jack," Celeste began, "on my way back from Will and Elizabeth's, I ran into someone who says they're a friend of yours."
Jack let Jocelyn rest on his shoulder and looked at the stranger who lowered their hood. Jack's eyes widened as he held Jocelyn closer and backed up. Celeste backed up as well.
"'ow 'ow is that… possible!" Jack gasped.
"Jack, who is it?" Celeste asked warily. Jack just stared in awe.
"Excuse me, Madam, Captain Barbossa pleasure." he said.
"Barbossa!" Celeste exclaimed. "It can't be! Barbossa is dead! You killed him, Jack!"
Barbossa smiled. "Thanks to a good friend of mine who just happens to be a witchdoctor, I'm very much alive." He glanced around the ship. "Well, Jack, ye've come a long way. Yer wife is beautiful."
"I know." Jack replied, still wary (though a pirate can never be too wary to be arrogant).
"And here ye are a family. How touchin'." Barbossa said.
"Cut it what do you want?" Jack asked.
"Well, that would ruin the surprise." Barbossa replied. "Ye've got somethin' that I need…"
"An' that is?" Jack asked. He didn't care what he had to do, he wanted Barbossa off of his ship and away from his family.
"Yer tryin' to get me to ruin the surprise." Barbossa replied.
Just then, Gibbs came up on deck with Christopher, who hurried over to Jack.
"Daddy, are you coming to lunch?" Christopher asked.
"Barbossa!" Gibbs exclaimed.
"Long story, Gibbs." Barbossa replied. "Long time no see." He stepped closer to Jack and Celeste went to Christopher. She knelt down next to him. "I'd like for ye to meet me at these bearin's." Barbossa handed Jack a piece of parchment; Jack took it.
"Now, why am I thinking 'no…?'" Jack asked sarcastically.
"Because yer the same fool you always were." Barbossa replied.
Suddenly, he lunged over and kicked Celeste; she fell to the floor. He grabbed Christopher and ran off at top speed. Jack quickly handed Jocelyn to Gibbs and he and Celeste dashed off the ship.
"STOP!" Jack yelled. "YOU BASTARD, GET BACK 'ERE!" Celeste didn't object to the use of language here she would've said the same had she not been a lady.
"HELP!" Celeste screamed. "KIDNAPPING!"
They dashed after Barbossa, but he was too quick. For being a fairly old man, he was darn fast. Celeste's dress suddenly got caught on a rock and she went flying to the ground face first. Jack, of course, kept chasing after Barbossa.
"STOP!" Jack yelled at the top of his lungs, running as fast as he could.
Barbossa ran down a dock and onto a large ship. He and several other crew members pulled in the gangplank. Jack tried to jump to the ship's deck, but fell short and fell into the water, but scraped his head on the side of the ship he was that close…
Just then, Celeste caught up and stood on the dock, screaming at the departing ship, panicking. Commodore Valentine just happened to be out that day he heard the commotion, and ran over.
"What's happened?" he asked urgently as Jack climbed out of the water.
"THEY KIDNAPPED OUR SON!" Celeste screamed hysterically. "WE HAVE TO GO AFTER THEM NOW!"
"Mummy! Daddy!" Christopher yelled. They saw that Pintel and Ragetti were restraining him.
"Christopher!" Celeste screamed. "Don't worry, sweetheart, we'll save you!"
"Come on, we're goin' after them." Jack stated, grabbing Celeste's hand.
"Wait just a moment you aren't allowed to leave the city, remember?" Valentine told them. "Your ship we disabled it…"
Celeste's heart sunk and she began to panic even more, beginning to get hysterical. "COMMODORE, THEY HAVE MY CHILD!" she screamed, in tears. "I DON'T CARE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO I WANT MY CHILD BACK!"
"Mrs. Sparrow, please, I will do all I can to help you." Valentine told her. "I'm on your side you know that."
"THIS ISN'T A MATTER OF SIDES, COMMODORE, THIS ISN'T SOME STUPID CASE IN WHICH I AM INNOCENT THIS IS MY SON! I AM NOT RISKING ONE SPARE MOMENT! I WANT A SHIP TO CHASE AFTER THEM RIGHT THIS MOMENT!"
"Mr. Sparrow, please control your wife, she's hyster"
"CONTROL MY WIFE!" Jack cried. "IT'S NOT YOUR CHILD THA'S BEEN KIDNAPPED, COMMODORE! YOU DON' 'AVE CHILDREN YOU DON' KNOW!"
"Alright, alright, please calm down." Valentine told them. By that time, guards had caught up to him and were waiting for orders. "Davies, get someone to fix the rudder chain on the Black Pearl fix it as fast as you can. Get as many men on it as possible and get it done fast." Davies nodded and hurried off. "Lenmark, you're going to be in charge while I'm gone."
"Gone, sir?" Lenmark asked.
"I will be accompanying the Sparrows until they return with their son." Valentine replied. "They are personal friends of mine and I take it upon myself to aid them in whatever way possible. Mrs. Sparrow is currently confined to this town, but under the circumstances, I shall allow her to leave as long as I go with her."
Celeste was crying in Jack's arms, emotions scattered everywhere. She'd broken down into sobs, while Jack was bottling his anger as best he could. What Commodore Valentine had said did make him feel a little better, though. This way, it was at least legal. If he had his way, he would've commandeered a ship already and would be chasing after Barbossa as they spoke. But things were different now. There was Celeste and Jocelyn to think of, of course, and the crew.
"H-how long does it take to fix the rudder chain?" Celeste sobbed.
"Usually, it would be done by tomorrow, but… seeing as this is an extreme emergency, I will deploy more men on it and have it done in a few hours." Valentine told her. Celeste sobbed she tried to say "thank you," but it didn't come out, so Jack said it.
"Thank you, Commodore." he said sincerely. "We really are grateful."
Valentine nodded and Jack and Celeste went back to the ship while he went to set a few things in order before they left.
"Every writer begins his novel with a great book and fifteen prostitutes and then some cotton wool and then a long striped animal." -Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland (outtakes)
I thought that was hilarious. Wise words from Johnny. I'm not sure if that's the exact quote - he was hard to understand. Anyway, I personallyleave out the prostitutes, but the long striped animal! That's me muse! Hahahaha, just kidding.Anyway, I do hope you enjoyed this chapter! PLEASE REVIEW!
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