Jimbo was gently dabbing Nelson's head with damp cloth. Nelson was the pirate Jimbo had nearly taken the arm off. He had been forced to try and sew the arteries back together and stitch up the wound. Unfortunately, the pirate was still in a bad way, and Jimbo doubted he'd live for very long.
He had been a doctor, long ago. When he was 17, his father had kicked him out of his home, and he had taken up an apprenticeship with the local doctor. He had gotten quite good, until, when he was 23, his brother, Jack had become a ships cabin boy- for pirates. He had only been 13. Jimbo was publicly shamed and he had been out of work and on the streets for a month, when Jack found him.
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"Jim!" Jimbo turned around, slowly. Hunger and thirst prevented him from moving quickly. "Jim! It's me! It's Jack!" Jimbo recognised his brother and smiled.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"I've come t' rescue yeh!" Jack said brightly. He pulled Jimbo towards the dock and helped him aboard a pirate ship. "Home sweet home!" Jack said, smiling.
Jimbo gazed at the ship in awe. It was amazing. Pirates were scurrying about her deck and loading supplies. Everywhere he looked, he could see people polishing swords, or tending carefully to pistols. Jack led Jimbo to the Captain.
"This is me brother, Cap'n. The oneI told yeh about!" Jack said. The Captain nodded.
"'S'long as 'e earns 'is keep, 'e can stay." He said. Jack put his hands together and gave a short bow, then turned back to Jimbo and grinned broadly.
"'C'mon, I'll show yeh where they keep the guns!"
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Jimbo had been allowed to stay on the ship, as long as he earned his keep. He had learned how to sail, how to know what to do in a battle, and how to keep his head under pressure. Finally, when he was 27, and Jack was 17, they had gone their separate ways. Jack had come accross him a few times in his travels, and always seemed to know where he was.
Suddenly, Scarr banged the door of the cabin open and took Jimbo's arm, interrupting his thoughts.
"Yeh friend's heart just stopped." He said. Jimbo allowed himself to be pulled onto the deck and he ran towards Will, who had been cut down from the mast.
"Will?" Jimbo whispered. "Oh shit." He tried to resuscitate him by banging sharply on his chest. It didn't work
Behind him, three pirates were dragging a screaming Johnny back into his cell.
"Come on, Will!" Jimbo murmured as he tried again. This time it worked.
Will opened his eyes slowly. Jimbo helped him to sit up. "Yeh ok?" He asked.
Will nodded, taking a deep breath.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Yeh just died." Jimbo said, smiling at the expression on Will's face.
"Oh," Will said. "I'm guessing that I'm not dead now?" Jimbo smiled. He opened his mouth to say something, but was roughly pushed aside by Scarr.
"Get back t' yeh patient." He snapped.
"I would suggest that yeh let 'im rest," Jimbo said, as Scarr's hand twitched towards his sword. "Cap'n" Jimbo added hastily as Scarr glared at him.
"What else do yeh suggest?" Scarr said venomously.
"Let 'im rest for a few days and don't get 'im t' do anything too energetic." Jimbo replied, meeting Scarr's gaze.
"What ever yeh say, doctor." Scarr said sarcastically.
He took Will's arm and led him towards the brig, leaving Jimbo to get back to his other 'patient'.
"In." Scarr pushed Will into Jack's cell and slammed the door. He locked it and left.
"Father!" Johnny said, a smile spreading onto his face. "They…they said you… you…" Johnny paused.
"My heart stopped, yeh." Will said. His chest was painful, and his face was still hurting badly from where Scarr and touched it. "But Jimbo managed t' restart it. So I'm back from the dead. Yeh stuck with me, sorry."
Jack grinned.
"Bloody hell, when Johnny came in 'ere screaming somethin' about yeh being dead I almost had an 'eart attack!" He said, beaming at Will.
Will gave a sort of grimace in reply; it hurt to use his face muscles. He put a hand to his face and tried to block out the pain.
Jack smile disappeared.
"Hurts, don' it?" He said, awkwardly putting a hand on Will's shoulder. "I'm guessing from yeh scream that it was 'bout ten times worse then what he usually does."
Will shrugged and sat down on the floor. Jack did the same.
"It did seem more painful then the first time he did it." Will said trying not to move his mouth too much.
"He was really mad," Johnny said. "I guess it hurts more when he's more angry."
"Yeh may be right." Jack said.
"I'll try t' stay on the right side of 'im then." Ruby said, with fake cheer.
"You don't need t' bother. If yeh do anything t' upset 'im, he'll hurt me not you." Jack said, without thinking. Ruby went red and turned away.
"Sorry." Jack grunted. Ruby shrugged.
"It's true." She said.
"I can see a ship!" Johnny said suddenly.
"What?" Jack said, jumping up. Johnny had his eye pressed against a small hole at the back of his cell.
"It's a ship! I…I think it's the Black Pearl!" Johnny said, turning to Jack.
"Yeh sure?" Jack asked, excitement flooding through him.
"Well, it says 'The Black Pearl' on her side…" Johnny said, looking through the hole again.
"We'll just have t' wait and see what they're gonna do." Jack said brightly.
Two hours later, they were still waiting.
Jack kept getting Johnny to check if his ship was still there. It always was.
They could hear people shouting and scurrying overhead.
Jack was getting impatient. He sat on the floor quietly, tapping his foot against the floor and twiddling his thumbs. Whenever someone went past, he would jump up, only to be down sharply by Will (who was getting slightly annoyed) to sit down.
Will's face had stopped hurting so badly and his chest was feeling normal again (except where Jimbo had hit it in an attempt to get his heart working again, where there was a small bruise). He was getting bored of Jack's tapping.
Ruby was almost as fidgety as Jack. She kept pacing her cell and kicking the bars gently, until Johnny told her to stop, out of pure irritation. She also kept pushing Johnny out of the way to see the Black Pearl for herself.
Johnny was very bored and kept trying to sleep, however as soon as he was at the point of drifting off, Jack would ask him to check on the Pearl again.
Finally, after about three hours, Scarr came in, flanked by his usual five pirates, and announced they were being moved.
"We're puttin' yeh on the Pearl." He said. "An' don't try and escape." He added in a bored voice to Jack. Jack glared at him.
"I wouldn't dream of it." He said sarcastically.
"Let's hope not." Scarr said, with a smile. His hand moved towards his sword. Jack glanced nervously at it, but didn't shrink back.
Two pirates unlocked his cell door and pulled him out, slammed him against the door of Ruby and Johnny's cell and tied his hands. Then they pushed out.
The other pirates did the same to Will, Johnny and (more gently) Ruby. The pirates took them over the plank onto the Black Pearl.
Jack was clearly glad to be back aboard his ship, even as a prisoner.
The pirates pushed them all into a cell and slammed the door.
"Home sweet home." Jack said with a smile.
"I don't think it really counts as 'home' anymore, when your prisoner." Johnny said.
Jack's grin grew wider.
"Soon will be." He said, quietly.
"Jack, what's in yeh head?" Will asked suspiciously.
Jack tapped the side his nose and smiled. Will rolled his eyes and looked as though he was about to sit down, then, noticing the floor was wet, changed his mind.
"So, yeh have a plan?" Ruby asked him.
"Possibly." Jack said, ruffling her hair patronizingly. Ruby ducked away.
"I hate t' correct yeh, Jack, but yeh… 'plan' has failed." Scarr said from the doorway, taking them all by surprise.
"You really should stop doin' that." Jack muttered. "What d'yeh mean, my plan has failed?"
Scarr grinned evilly.
"Would yeh like t' come and see?" He pulled out a key from his jacket and unlocked the cell door. Jack stepped forwards slowly, giving Scarr a suspicious look.
"I suppose yeh know I cannot trust yeh?" Scarr said as he bound Jack's hands. Jack did not struggle; he was curious.
Scarr led Jack up the stairs and onto the deck. Something was being dragged by three pirates in a sack, towards the side of the ship.
"Let Mister Sparrow- sorry, Captain Sparrow- see." Scarr ordered. He pulled Jack towards the sack and a pirate opened it. It gave off a horrid stench.
Jack wrinkled his nose and peered inside. His eyes widened in shock and he leaned over and wretched onto the deck floor. It was disgusting.