Summary: Jack talks about the treasure of the mortal souls and Elizabeth thinks that the two pirates are up to something.
Pirates of the Caribbean : The Bermuda Triangle
Chapter 5 - The treasure of the mortal souls.
Panther stood in front of her gorgeous uncle, hands on hips and smiled.
"Who do you think would be stupid enough to go looking for treasure near the deadly Bermuda Triangle?" he asked confused.
Panther's smile widened, as she nodded towards Jeremy.
"The kid?"
She nodded again "Says he wants to be a pirate, says he'll do ANYTHING to prove he's worthy."
Jack smirked "One problem though, Turner's not gonna let him roam the seas with a bunch of pirates. What do we do?"
"Watch" she smiled one more time and walked over to the three arguing figures by the shore. "Excuse me?" she played with the feathers on her jacket and walked over to them. "I'm sure James…"
"Jeremy"
"Whatever…I'm sure he'll make a great pirate, so I think you should let him go with us, I mean c'mon, the kid's 16 years old, stop treating him like a little baby." Jack walked over to stand next to her and slapped his hand over his forehead thinking 'they're never gonna buy this' and he was right.
"You must think we're stupid if you expect us to leave him alone with pirates" Elizabeth pouted, arms crossed over her chest - not very lady-like, I might add.
"That's why I want you to come with us"
"Well that's just…what?" Will stared
"Yeah, WHAT!" Jack gave Panther a worried look, meaning 'ARE YOU CRAZY!'
"Oh no thank you, we would much rather…"
"Where are you heading?" Will interrupted his furious girlfriend.
"We're going hunting" Panther and Jack exchanged evil looks.
"Treasure hunting" Jack explained.
"What treasure?" Will got interested in their plans.
"The Treasure of the mortal souls" Jack smirked. "Every pirate that ever died in the Be…" Panther nudged him before he could say the word 'Bermuda Triangle' and give away their plans.
"Be?" Will looked at the two in disbelief.
"Be…bed!" he announced
"Bed?" Elizabeth brushed her hand through her hair, gently.
"Yeah. Every pirate that ever died in bed" Panther giggled silently "Haunts the treasure."
"So what do you say? Wanna be a part of it?" Panther looked in Jeremy's eyes and smiled.
"Oh no, no, no, no, NO!" Elizabeth waved her hands in the air. "Not after the ghost pirates, NO!"
"Oh please, cousin." Jeremy begged
"We are not pirates and we have enough at home." Elizabeth took Will's hand, so he'd back up her reply, but got nothing out of him. The tall half pirate, stood silently, his mind was clearly elsewhere. "Will?"
He looked at her, snapping back to reality. He wanted some adventure in his life, sitting in Port Royal all day wasn't his idea of fun.
"What do we get?" Will questioned the teenage legend and the best pirate Commander Norington has ever seen.
Panther smirked "What do you say, Jack?"
"20 of the profits"
"AND" the girl added "The thrill of adventure" she knew that they had a deal when Will's eyes lit up at the sound of that intriguing word - 'adventure'.
"It's settled then" Jack smiled, showing off his gold tooth.
"Ok, so tell us more about this 'treasure'" Will demanded.
The 5 of them sat down on the sand and like a bunch of little kids, listened to the stories Jack told them.
"The treasure of the mortal souls is one of the wonders of the world." He informed them "And also, the hardest to get"
"I feel the word 'danger' coming up" Elizabeth pointed out
"No danger!" Panther interrupted "Everything depends on the risk you're willing to take" she glanced at Jeremy through the corner of her eye and smiled.
"Anyway." Jack continued "The treasure is in the Bermuda sees."
"The Bermuda Triangle" Elizabeth hissed "I knew you were up to something"
"Listen, Missy. Do you really think that I risked my guts for a ship that I'm just gonna throw in some imaginary triangle that leads to another dimension?"
"I guess not" she mumbled
"The legend has it that the treasure is easy to get, it's the ghosts that we need to watch out for, BUT we have something that no other pirate has"
"And what's that, Sparrow?" Elizabeth took a sip from the bottle of rum and Will stopped her.
"We have the Black Pearl." he smiled
"Ah, the fastest ship in the Caribbean. Do you think we can get away from ghosts fast enough?" Jeremy asked, trying hard to understand
"Don't be silly, there are no ghosts!" Elizabeth protested.
"You witnessed it with your own eyes…the curse of the Black Pearl, don't go saying it's not true." Panther hissed and Elizabeth gave her a mean look.
"The ghosts are harmless if we're ready for them" Sparrow smiled.
He was making it up. There were no ghosts and the treasure was pretty hard to get, the real obstacle was the Bermuda Triangle, but as long as he can get Will and Elizabeth believing it's not true, they can use Jeremy to get it.
"Ready for the ghosts? Why don't we just cover ourselves with garlic?" Elizabeth said sarcastically. She was the only one not buying the story and Panther made it her mission to make it so.
"You don't believe us, do you?" Panther asked turning to face the girl.
"No"
"Why? Coz we're pirates?"
"No, coz I know you're up to something."
Panther sighed. She was a great actress. "I have been to Bermuda many times and not once did I ever see of feel any sign of the triangle. The treasure of course is legendary, I'm sure you must have heard of it and finally we're sailing on Jack's ship and I think I speak for Jack, as well as myself when I say that I'd cut the throats of everyone in Tortuga before I let anything happen to the Pearl. Believe us, we ARE telling you the truth!" she stated and looked into Elizabeth's eyes, who looked convinced.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Ok, we'll go."
"Excellent. We're leaving at dawn" Jack announced and lead them to a place they could spend the night.
..:Jack and Panther alone:..
"Think they bought it?"
"They looked pretty convinced to me, but do you think it's wise to invite them along? We cant risk it"
"I know, but we're just gonna have to, they wouldn't let the kid go otherwise. Don't worry, I'll turn him on my side" Panther smiled "And we can get the treasure for ourselves"
"I hope you're know what you're doing"
"I learnt from the best" she smirked and saying goodnight went to bed.
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OK, now I know that I'm making Jack and Panther sound really mean that they want to risk Jeremy's life, but it'll change throughout the story…cant tell you any more…you gotta read and see…updated regularly.
