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Pirates Of The Caribbean:
Search For The Voice Of An Angel
It was a hot, lazy afternoon when Captain Jack Sparrow ambled into Pete's Tavern. The lively music and noisy chatter instantly died down as he walked through the door. He looked around and walked over to the bar.
"A pint of your finest ale my good sir" said Jack.
"Well I'll be. Jack Sparrow, is it you? After all this time? I thought you were dead!" laughed Pete.
"It'll take a lot more than a few ships and cannons to get rid of me" he replied. The normal level of chatter resumed as Pete poured out a pint of ale. He placed it down in front of Jack.
"What have you been doing with yourself?" Pete asked.
"Just the usual, dodging the Royal Navy, a few pirates, collecting a bit of gold as I go" he answered.
"Ah, still the same old Jack I see"
"Aye, that mate I am" Jack raised the mug to his lips when a dozen men burst through the door. "Where's Jack Sparrow?" yelled a scruffy looking pirate with several piercings through his ears. "He's here," said Jack, walking up to the Captain.
"You stole my treasure," he said.
"Looks like someone stole your mints too" Jack replied, wrinkling up his nose.
"Don't be smart with me Sparrow, that treasure doesn't belong to you, now hand it over," he snarled.
"Captain Johnson, I do not have your treasure and if I did, where would I hide it?" he asked, making a shrugging gesture. His hands fell to his sides and suddenly several large gold coins clattered to the floor. Jack looked down, "Oh, would you look at that? Talk about bad timing. Eh, fella's?"
"Sparrow, you lied" he said, taking out a gun and pulling back the trigger "and do you know what I do to people who lie and steal my treasure?"
"Give them a handshake and send them on their way?" Jack replied hopefully.
"I kill them" he whispered, "I'll give you a three second head start"
Jack turned on his heels and weaved his way round the tables and flew out of the bar doors. He ran down to the jetty and jumped into a small fishing boat. At that moment Captain Johnson and his crew ran out of the bar and over to the jetty. From his hiding place Jack could hear various voices shouting to one another.
"Where'd he go?"
"I saw him round here somewhere!"
"Find him you idiots!" yelled Captain Johnson.
"He's gone Captain"
"Nonsense, where could he go on a jetty?"
"He must have gone in another direction"
"Well, we'll meet again, I'll make sure of it," replied Captain Johnson "Hear that Sparrow? I'll find you, and when I do I'll personally tear you limb from limb!" Captain Johnson and his crew left the jetty and when they were gone, Jack stood up and took a deep breath. "Why did I have to jump into a boat full of fish?" he sighed and pulled a fish from his pocket. He walked slowly back along the jetty into town, maybe he could find somewhere to sleep for the night. Somewhere with good washing facilities....
Jack strolled into the Fishermen's Inn and went straight over to the bar.
"Just a pint love" he said taking in his surroundings. A heavily set woman placed the mug in front of him.
"That'll be a doubloon," she said.
"Have you got any rooms free tonight?" Jack asked, handing her the money.
"As a matter of fact we have, do you want one? Its five doubloons for the night" she replied. "Aye, go on then" Suddenly, a young girl of around eighteen, wearing a baby blue dress caught Jack's eye.
"Don't be getting any ideas now, that's the landlords daughter, he could kill a guy just by looking at him. So you lay off her," the woman said.
"Just a friendly chat is all I want" Jack said walking away.
"Aye, and a friendly punch is what you'll get" she replied. Jack stopped next to the girl and looked at her.
"Your too pretty to be in here, you might get hurt"
"I've lived here all my life sir, I think I can look after myself" she replied. Avoiding eye contact. "I hear you're the landlord's daughter"
"That's right and if my father catches you he'll turn you into jelly"
"That's, if he catches us" Jack answered "Let's just get straight to the point, you like me, I like you, let's sail away somewhere and get married"
"Excuse me sir! Not in any part of that conversation do I remember saying something remotely like that!" she cried.
"Ok, but I like you so doesn't that count?"
"I admire your flattery sir but unfortunately I do not feel the same way. So I bid you good day" she began to walk away but Jack ran in front of her.
"Just one kiss, that's all I'm asking for sweetheart," he begged.
"You are persistent aren't you?" she laughed.
"Persistent is my middle name love"
Suddenly she began sniffing the air "can you smell that? It smells like...fish"
"What? I can't smell anything, must be you" Jack lied "It's coming from...you!" she said.
"Me? No, why would I smell like fish?"
"I don't know, maybe you rolled in some"
"Ok, you got me, but it only because I was hiding...in a fishing boat, from someone who was after me"
"A likely story! But I think you'd better go wash before you make all the customers leave!" she said.
"Alright, alright, I get the picture!" said Jack, walking away.
"Bye sir, nice meeting you" she called.
"Same to you too!" he said and turned around "Oh! What's your name?"
"Victoria" she replied.
"I'm Jack, Captain Jack Sparrow, nice to have talked to you!" he called and disappeared up the staircase.
The next morning was bright and cheerful; which mirrored Jack's mood. He sat next to the window of the Inn happily shovelling spoonfuls of porridge into his mouth.
"No black eyes I see," said the heavily set woman, who was scrubbing a table next to Jack's. "Just a friendly chat, like I said" he replied.
"Ooh, well, I better go" she said standing upright and walking away. Victoria stood next to the bar looking around then began walking over to Jack's table.
"Good morning Mr Sparrow" she said. Jack looked her up and down. She was wearing a red dress this morning and her blonde hair was curled in tight ringlets.
"He..." Jack began but ended up choking on the porridge.
"Mind if I take a seat?"
"What about your father?"
"He's out at market this morning, he won't be back till this afternoon" she replied.
"Actually, I need to go to market too, so I can get a few things for my voyage"
"Your voyage? You're leaving so soon?"
"I have to, pirates don't stay in one place too long and to be frank, I've outstayed my welcome here," he answered.
"It must be so exciting to be a pirate, sailing the seven seas, exploring new worlds, meeting new people..."
"Getting your head blown off by the Royal Navy, never knowing if your sworn enemy are round the next corner..." he finished off.
"Take me with you!" she cried.
"What? I can't do that! What about your father? And anyway, the sea is no place for a lady"
"I told you I can look after myself" She huffed.
"You can't go, it's just too dangerous" he replied.
"I'll travel the ocean, you wait and see" she sighed and walked away.
Later on, Jack walked to the market to buy various supplies, you know, food, rum, sheets, rum, new compass, rum, map, rum.... did I mention rum??? He loaded it onto his ship and went to say bye to Pete.
"You're not going yet Jack? Surely not! We've a lot to catch up on!" said Pete.
"I have to, otherwise it'll be my head" he replied.
"Well, if you really have to, but remember to visit soon, and then we'll have a real talk"
"Sure, anyway, I'll be seeing you...Oh! I didn't pay you for that pint!"
"On the house, anything for an old friend" called Pete.
Jack walked along the jetty to his ship, which dwarfed the other, small fishing boats. "Ah my beauty, now we can sail again!" he said, patting the side of the ship. He climbed aboard, pulled up the anchor and set sail.
"We pillage, we plunder, yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for ME!" he yelled as someone touched his shoulder. He spun round and came face to face with a familiar blonde.
"Hi!" she said plainly.
"What the...what are you doing here?" he cried.
"I told you, I wanted to come with you so I did"
"But, what about your father? Oh, this is terrible!" he said, banging his head on the mast. Victoria's smiled vanished "I thought you'd be happy, I thought you liked me". She went over to the side of the ship and sat down.
"I didn't mean it like that, it's just, well, I told you before, its dangerous"
"I don't care, my life's always been dull and boring, I want an adventure" she replied.
"Well, you're certainly going to get one" Jack answered.
"Why?"
"Because Captain Johnson is on our tail" Jack said.
"Where?" said Victoria standing up.
"Get down!" Jack yelled, throwing himself on top of her as a cannon ball flew past their heads. "Wow, isn't this exciting?!" cried Victoria
"Oh yeah, because I love being blown to pieces!" yelled Jack running towards the wheel "Open out the sails!"
Victoria ran over to the ropes and untied them. They billowed out and the ship sped up.
"Will we get away?" asked Victoria
"Listen love, this ship can outrun the Navy's ships, so I'm sure it can outrun El Capitan Long john's poxy little 'fishing boat'"
Suddenly, another cannon ball flew past them and hit the deck. "My ship! My beautiful ship!" Jack cried "That's it, now he's got me mad"
"Mr Sparrow...it's got a leak"
"To the cannons!" he yelled and jumped down the stairs. Suddenly, the boat rocked as a cannon threw out a big, black ball. "Damn! Missed!" Victoria heard Jack say from below. She ran downstairs and joined him.
"Where's you're crew Mr Sparrow?" she called, loading a cannonball into the cannon.
"I'm picking them up in Jamaica" he replied. Jack shot another cannon ball but instead of hitting the boat it hit water. Captain Johnson's ship had vanished.
"What on earth?" cried Jack "where did that go?"
"Maybe we lost it," suggested Victoria.
"You can't just lose a ship in the middle of the ocean love," said Jack "something wierd's going on here, and I'm going to find out what"