Chapter 2
Nearly
dead
Bill looked back at the crowd of chanting pirates,they
all had their cutlasses out,pointing at him.He looked back at the
blue water below him,and gulped,he'd never see Will angain,or his
wife,Amelia again."JUMP!"he heard Bo'sun yell and felt
himself wobble off the edge,into the water.
The impact of the
water knocked him senseless,thank god for the curse,he thought as he
hit bottom he began frantically untying the restrains that held him
to the cannon,he shook his leg and got one foot free,the other was
firmly tied to the cannon,he jerked and heard a crack,his leg was
broken he yelled as the searing pain ran up his leg,but noone heard
him,save the fish as he whited out.
Bootstrap woke to strange
voices,he opened his eyes,all he saw were blurred figures standing
over him,then it got clearer,he was lying on a beach,and it seemed as
if the whole of the town was crouching over him,then he realized who
it was...The British Navy "Oh,god no' you"he said,backing
away as fast as he could,dragging his broken leg with him
"Whoa
sir,calm down all we want to do is help,"the officer said,slowly
moving towards Bill.Bills eyes went wide as he frantically searched
for an opening between them,he spotted one,between the one that was
talking and another,he looked at the man then got up on his feet,and
ran,his leg colapsed under him when he got as far as the town gate.He
pulled himself up using the gates handle and watched as the men loked
forhim,he didn't want their help,they'd find out he was a pirate,and
hang him,he couldn't have that,he had a family at home.Bill opened
the gate and went inside the city.People paid no heed to him as he
limped into town,they all were busy,he looke dfor someone who could
tell him where the doctor was " 'scuse me,bu' can you tell me
where the doctor is?"He asked a lady,"Certainly,go passed
the tavern and turn to yer right,ye can' miss it" she said with
a smile "Thanks" he replied and toddled on down the road
Bill
pushed the door open and stepped inside,he looked around at the
place,there was a little fire in the fireplace still
burning."Hello?Is there anyone in here?"he said,his leg
hurt like heck,and it took all he had to stand up ,finally he saw a
figure move into the firelight "Oh sorry,didn' know anyone was
here"came a soft voice,he watched the figure move over to him,It
was a woman,about in her mid 30's,around his own age but a little
older,her blonde hair was pulled up in a messy bun and her apron was
half on,she saw his leg and grimaced "Lord man,whatcha do toyer
leg?"she said,helping Bill over to a chair,relief,he thought,as
he sunk into the chair and watched her look over his leg"How'd
ye do this?"she asked,looking up to him "oh..I...I,got it
caught in the rigging of a ship"he said,he didn't want to tell
her that he'd sunk to the bottom,didn't die and broke his leg,yeah
really believeable.she sighed then said "I've told an' told
those sailors ter be more careful!"She said,getting up
"Well,Mr...Mr..." "Turner"he said,then thought
otherwise "yer leg will hve ot heal up pretty quickly if ye plan
to get bakc on the sea"
"Is there a place I can stay
until it heals?" Bill asked,he ment to add somewhere the navy
couldn't find him,but forgot,dan my memory he thought "well,I
'ave a spare room,bu' unless you wan' a room at thuh tavern..."she
said,her words drifting off "No,here..here will be fine"he
said,slightly grinning.
Bootstrap watched as the door shut,he
turned around and looked at his surroundings,there was asmall
nightstand beside a twinbed with rather thin sheets,the drapes were
in bad need of repair,ut it didn't matter to him,10 years of sleeping
in a rolling hammock had given his back murder.
He laid down on
the bed and gazed at the ceiling,there was a thin crack leading from
the wall to a fourth of the center of the roof,it looked like a very
thin snake,slithering across the ceiling.He felt his eyelids go
heavy,and he fell into a dead sleep.
Bill raced
down the stairs of the Blakc pearl,he had to reach Jack and tell him
about Barbossas plan of mutiny.It seemed as if the stairs went on and
on,he saw the door,but it was tooo far away.All the sudden he felt a
hand on his arm,he whirled around and Bo'sun had him by the
arm,giving him a warning look,the moonlight came in and all he saw
was a skeleton,grinning at him Bill rolled off the bed onto the
floor,sending him into fits,making himself gert tangled in the bed
sheets even more than he already was "whoa!Mr. Turner..MR.
TURNER!your alrigh'!" said the woman as she helped him out of
the sheets."Wha'..what happened?"he said,he knew perfectly
well,but didn't think it was right,the dream had been obviously a
vision of the past.When the mutiny occured "Ye threw a fit on
the floor you did." she said,helping him up.
Later on she
checked the broken leg,it was better and he could walk on it using a
cruch,but nothing else.Bootstrap found out her name was Cearia,she
was new to the town and had taken over the job as medicine woman
after the older one had died.
Bill
started walking around town two weeks later,he found out he was on a
little island just 9 miles from Tortuga,he called it nameless .He had
yet to find out the name,every now and again He had to duck into an
alley when a redcoat went by,he couldn't be found out and didn't want
to risk being seen.
Cieara started noticing her new friends
behavior right after she took the splint off.Hiding in
alleyways,going the opposite direction when an officer came,she
didn't understand it,was he a pirate,a bucanner,a rebel?What!