Rum to Captain-Ammie and partichikka74 for the reviews of Chapter 6!
One more thing...this is the seventh chapter...the song that plays during this part in the movie is called Barbossa is Hungery...Track Number Seven! Cool, eh? Anywhosit (sorry, Beth. I stole you're word...I AM a pirate after all you know), on with the story!
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, neither Elizabeth, nor I, own the rights to Pirates of the Caribbean so we have no right to claim other characters as our own (except Beth and Meg, of course...Through we did come up with the names for CD and Greg (also known as Grapple) ...late night in Houston...LOL). The Pirate King and Pirate Prince will forever belong to Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
When Elizabeth came up, the crew was rushing about.
"The Black Pearl is gaining on us!" shouted Anamaria.
Elizabeth ran to the helm.
"This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean!"
"You can tell them that after they've caught us," Anamaria snapped. Beth held a smirk back and Meg glanced at her with a crooked smile.
"We're shallow on the draft right?"
"Aye,"
"Well, can't we lose them amongst those shoals?"
Meg began nodding but Gibbs answered the question.
"We don't have to outrun them long, just long enough,"
Anamaria ordered the ship to be lightened. Everyone ran around, frantic, trying to find stuff to throw off. Right before someone threw the cannonballs off, Beth shouted at them but the sailor dropped them into the drink before he realized what she had said. Luckily, Will kept the cannons. Elizabeth noticed that the Pearl was using its oars.
"It was a good plan," Anamaria said gloomily. "Up till now,"
Will ran up with Beth in tow who was telling him that they must fight. Will repeated what Beth was shouting at him.
"Load the guns!"
"With what?"
"Anything. Everything! Anything we have left,"
Gibbs ordered the crew to load the cannons and Elizabeth suggested the anchor to be lowered, which was done, all in good time.
As the Interceptor turned, Beth picked up a couple of flint muskets and tossed one to Meg. They joined Will, Gibbs and Elizabeth, shooting at the Pearl.
"We could use a few more ideas, lass," Gibbs yelled over at Elizabeth.
"Your turn!" she yelled back.
Beth realized that she could be thinking of something but nothing came to mind.
"We need us a devil's dowry,"
"We'll give them her," Anamaria said grabbing Elizabeth and pointed her pistol at her. "Or even them!" she motioned to Beth and Meg.
"Or what about you?" Meg asked Anamaria. She then thought that this was quiet stupid seeing that Anamaria had a pistol in hand. But what the heck, Meg had a musket! Anamaria glared at Meg who only continued loading her musket.
"They're not what they're after," Will said defending the girls. Elizabeth realized that neither she nor Will had the Medallion. Will ran below deck to go search for it. Another cannon shot from the Pearl and it brought down the Interceptor'smain mast. Everyone ducked flying debris. Beth heard Will yelling for help. She ran over to the trapdoor and tried lifting it.
"I'll go get Elizabeth!" she said to him and ran off in search for the other Elizabeth. Will sighed and prayed that Beth would be all right. Jack then swung aboard. Meg paused in mid shot, but as soon as she had made sure it was the captain she was back at work attacking pirates. Jack grasped Elizabeth's shoulders.
"Where's the medallion?"
"Wretch!" she tried to slap him but Jack caught her wrist.
"Ah…" he saw her wound. "Where's dear William?"
"Will…"
Just then, Beth ran up to Elizabeth.
"Will's caught below deck!" she said, Elizabeth ran to help Will and Beth attacked another pirate. Little did everyone know, Anamaria had been stabbed somewhere and was mortally wounded. Pirates began taking crewmembers captive and dragging them aboard the Black Pearl. Meg was still on the Interceptor. She saw the monkey out of the corner of her eye.
"Jack!" she said, referring more to the monkey than the captain but Sparrow looked in her direction as she was chasing the monkey.
"Monkey!" he said before taking off after it just as Meg was captured. Beth tried fighting off the pirate that captured her but to no avail.
"Will!" Elizabeth was dragged off too (by CD and Greg, nonetheless). Jack stopped in mid reach for the monkey. Barbossa smiled down at him.
"Why thank ye, Jack,"
"You're welcome,"
"Not you. We named the monkey Jack,"
Jack flashed a fake smile and glared at Barbossa.
"Gents," called Barbossa. "Our hope is restored!" The pirates cheered and brought the rest of the crew aboard. Koehler and Twigg stayed on the Interceptor a while longer…to light some gun powder no doubt. The crew, Meg and Beth were stripped of their weapons and, for some (i.e. Meg), their coats. Jack looked around. Where was Anamaria? He was standing next to Beth and Meg. He leaned behind Beth to speak with Meg.
"Have you seen Anamaria?"
Meg looked around too and shook her head. Then the Interceptor blew up. Beth was watching it intently. Had Will made it out? Of course he had! At least, that's what Beth hoped. Jack put his arm around her and she looked at his hand on her right shoulder. Meg did also. They blinked and Meg pushed his hand off. Jack leaned forward and gave Meg a confused scowl. She only glanced back at him with a guilty look on her face. During this time, Elizabeth was screeching and Will had popped up over the side of the Pearl.
"She goes free!" he said to Barbossa as Will held a pistol. Barbossa blinked.
"Which she?"
Will too blinked and shook his head.
"Both of them go free!" he revised.
"Both? There's three 'she's' here," Meg murmured to Beth who nodded.
"You've only got one shot," said Barbossa. "And we can't die,"
"Don't do anything stupid," Jack whispered loudly to Will. Will glanced at him and jumped onto the rail of the ship, pointing the pistol at his jaw.
"You can't…I can,"
"Like that," Jack sighed and lowered his head.
"Who are you?" Barbossa asked.
"No one," Jack butt in and ran in front of Barbossa. "A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice, though. Eunuch,"
"My name is Will Turner!" Will shouted. "My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins,"
"He's a spitting image of old Bootstrap Bill come back to haunt us!" Ragetti said pointing a filthy finger at Will.
"On my word do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker," Will continued taunting the desperate pirates.
"Name your terms, Mr. Turner," stated Barbossa.
"Elizabeth goes free!"
"Yes we know that one, anything else?"
Jack began doing strange hand motions around him. Will pointed the gun back and forth from Jack to himself a few times.
"And the crew! The crew are not to be harmed,"
Jack slowed the hand motions in a frustrated way.
"Agreed,"
Moments later, The crew was on the way to the brig and Elizabeth was on the plank.
"Barbossa you lying –mer hur- !" cursed Will. "You swore she'd go free!"
Barbossa spun around.
"Don't dare impugn me honor, boy! I agreed she'd go free, it was you who failed to specify where or where," Will was gagged by a piece of cloth. He glanced at Beth who was being dragged with Meg and the rest of the crew towards the stairs that led below deck. So, Elizabeth fell into the sea on the way to a little island. Will too was dragged towards the stairs. Jack tried to laugh good naturally with the pirates but was pushed onto the plank.
"I really had rather hoped we were past all this, he said to Barbossa as he stood before him.
"Jack…Jack," Barbossa put his arm around Jack's shoulders in a friendly manner. "Did you not notice? That be the same little island that we made you Governor of on out last little trip,"
Jack looked towards the small island.
"I did notice," he said after glancing at Meg who was, at that moment shoved down the stairs. It was mostly her fault because she didn't want to go and she was being forced.
THUNK!
"Ow…"
Jack thought of the hammock, but only for a split second for Barbossa was talking to him.
"Perhaps you'll be able to conjure up another miraculous escape. But I doubt it," Barbossa unsheathed his sword and pointed it at Jack's throat. "Off you go,"
"Last time you left me a pistol…"
Beth and Meg heard the voices from above deck and smiled at each other. They played the Pants Game here too but this was not the time. The voices of Jack and Barbossa faded more. The girls were shoved into one cell, Will into another and the rest of the crew into a third. Their bonds were cut also.
Yup, there was another -mer-hur-! Lol Enjoying it yet? R&R please!
