Disclaimer: Don't own Pirates of the Caribbean. Never have, never will. Tear.
Chapter 3: Shipwrecked
Rachel was still gagged and tied to the mast watched as the crew hustled and bustled around the ship. Some men were swabbing the decks, others were getting the sails ready to make way, and two were men at the helm. "Alright men, were ready to make way. Set the sails, Mr. Thompson summon the Time Stream." yelled Captain Jones.
"Aye captain!" said a man with dark oily brown hair, sun burnt skin, and a faded blue vest on. Rachel watched the man as he went over to one of the cannons. He took out a bright white cannon ball that began flashing the minute he picked it up. Rachel closed her eyed tightly. " Gees, is that light bright ." thought Rachel to herself. Her thoughts were soon put to an end when she heard a loud BOOM! She opened her eyes to see smoke coming from a cannon nearby. A bright light illuminated the sky two more times.
Then a long widening path that kind of resembles a river appeared near the ship. Rachel could see inside the big hole. It looked like a big ring of clouds except for what looked like lightning bolts coming out of the hole. " Hold on tight to something men! This is going to be a fast and bumpy ride." the captain yelled to his crew. Men ran to places were they grab tight to ropes. They began to fight amongst each other who was their first and who should be able to hold on. They reminded Rachel of children who were done playing a game and bickering who won the game.
Suddenly the ship began to move. All went silent on the ship. The Traveler edge it's way closer, and closer, and closer to the opening of the hole. Getting faster and faster and faster until it got so fast you couldn't see anything going by you. Tears began to form in Rachel's eye's. She had to close them hard it hurt to open them. It even hurt to take a breath. She could hear the wind whistling in her ears. Then the ship slowed down a little bit. She could finally open her eyes and breath normally. She heard a big splash as the ship hit the water. She looked up at the sky. It wasn't night time wherever she was. It looked as if it were very early morning. The sun rising slowly over the sky. "Captain, there's a reef ahead. If we don't slow down more soon we'll crash into the reef." yelled a man in the crows nest. The captain took out his spy glass and looked at the reef. There was no way they would be able to slow down before the ship crashed into the reef.
"Say your prays, mates we're going down." yelled the Captain. He turned his body and looked were Rachel was tied to the mast. He walked over and untied her. "If you were a regular prisoner aboard me ship you would be left to drown, but your special." he said sinisterly. He grabbed her arm and led her to the side of the ship. She could hear a loud bark come from a sack not far from were she was standing. " My dog!" she said remembering that her dog had been abducted too. She began to run towards the sack when the captain pulled her back.
"We don't have time for that!" the captain snarled at her. "Get into the rowboat and we'll take you to where you belong." he said as a sinister grin spread across his face. Rachel couldn't leave her dog behind. It was the only friend she had in the world now. Besides, she would rather take her chances in the ocean than with this man. Rachel normally didn't hit people, but this was an emergency. She made a fist, pulled back her arm and punched the captain in the face as hard as she could. The captain cried out in pain as the blow hit him. Releasing his grip on the child so he could hold his now bleeding nose.
Rachel ran from the side of the boat to were the dog was. She untied the string that held the sack together. She pulled the dog out from the sack. Suddenly something shook the ship. "We've hit the reef!" a man shouted from the crow's nest. Rachel took the dog in her arms and began to run towards the side of the ship. The little rowboats all gone and sailing away. There obviously wasn't enough rowboats. It reminded Rachel of the Titanic. Would she freeze to death in the water like Leonardo did? The front of the ship began to sink into the water. Rachel ran to the back of the ship trying to get away from the water that was coming toward her. In a matter of minutes the ship was completely under water. Rachel swam as best she could still holding the dog in her arms. She looked for anything to float on, but it was no use the crew that didn't make it to the rowboats had found all the floatable pieces left. "Well at least the water isn't freezing." thought Rachel. She looked around to see if there was any land nearby. She spotted a little island were the rowboats were headed.
She didn't want to go there. They'd just take her prisoner again. Besides she'd never make it. She couldn't swim while she was holding the dog. Then she remembered the reef. She could stand on it and wait to be rescued. She swam to the reef and stood on it. She stood there and waited. The abandoned crew saw what she was doing and followed her example. The trouble with pirates is the minute they set foot on the reef they began pushing their fellow shipmates off the reef. Huge fights broke out and Rachel got hit in the face a couple of times. Then she was knocked off the reef by a very strong man.
She came up to the surface choking and gasping for breath. The dog still held tightly in her arms. Rachel found a piece of wood and laid the dog on it. She held on to the side and started kicking her feet to get away from the fighting men. "I'll have to go to that island. Even if I get caught again, it's better than waiting around here." thought Rachel. She swam all the way to the island. When she arrived she collapsed to the ground exhausted from the long swim. Her dog walked up to her. She laid on top of her to keep her warm. Emy, only hoped that someone would come and find her owner before it was too late.