Jimbo knocked on the door. There was no reply. He knocked again. Still no reply. He pushed the door; it opened easily.
"Maggie?" He went in, shutting the door behind him. "Sarah?" He dropped to his knees next to the unconscious Sarah. He slapped her face gently. "Oh, come on Sarah." He said, picked her up and laying her on the sofa.
She opened her eyes wearily and stared up at Jimbo.
"What happened? Where's Maggie?" Jimbo asked.
"Oh shit." Sarah sat up sharply. "Jim you have t' find her! She's gone mad! She branded herself and Ruby!"
"What?" Jimbo looked at Sarah in horror. "What d'yeh mean 'branded'? Branded with what?"
"The pirate brand. On her arm." Sarah said weakly.
"What?" Jimbo shouted, jumping up. "Shit!" He ran out of the house. Sarah rolled her eyes and flopped back onto the sofa.
Maggie, meanwhile, was running down the street, holding up her newly branded arm and shouting at people.
"I'm a pirate look! Jimbo's gonna take us on his ship! We're gonna rule the ocean!" She ran into an old lady and knocked her over. "Whoops! I mean… arr!" She pulled out a poker and brandished it wildly at the lady, who screamed.
"Go away you mad woman!" She shrieked, and pulled herself up.
"I'm not mad!" Maggie shrieked, and hit the lady across the face with the poker.
A man standing behind Maggie grabbed her arm and pulled the poker out of her grasp.
"No!" Maggie screamed. She tired to grab the poker back, but the man pushed her away.
"Someone get help!" He shouted. Three children ran off to get the guards.
"Stop it!" Maggie shrieked, "My husband will be here! And he's going to kill you all! He's a pirate!" Maggie waved her arms so violently she dropped Ruby, who started screaming again.
"Maggie!" Maggie turned around and a smile crept onto her lips.
"Jimbo!" She shouted, happily. Jimbo was running towards her looking worried. "What is it?" She asked, frowning.
Jimbo ignored her and ran straight into the crowd, snatching up Ruby and taking Maggie's arm, trying to pull her away. However, the guards chose that particular moment to appear.
"Maggie, come on!" Jimbo hissed desperately. "Come on, we have to go! Now! Right now, Maggie! They'll hang you!"
Maggie pulled away from Jimbo.
"No! Jimmy!" She said. "Silly! We're pirates! They can't hurt us! We have to show them!" She tried to pull Ruby away from Jimbo, but he held on tightly, with a sour expression on his face after being called 'Jimmy'.
"They can hurt us! The can and they will!" Jimbo shouted, pulling Maggie's arm violently. She winced as the burn on her arm stretched.
"Stop it, Jim! You're hurting me!" Maggie cried.
"Come on then!" Jimbo hissed. But the guards surrounded them and leapt forwards to arrest them both.
Jimbo pulled out his sword and took off the hand of the nearest soldier.
"Arrest him!" A guard screamed.
"Shit, Maggie!" Jimbo shouted, pushing her away as the guard swung his sword wildly at Jimbo's head. Jimbo ducked and balanced Ruby, who was still screaming, on one arms, whilst he pulled out his pistol and shot the guard. He pushed himself out of the crowd and ran towards the dock.
He left Maggie in the crowd, to be arrested by the guards. He couldn't save her; she didn't want to be saved. She had lost her mind.
Johnny rolled over in bed and stared at the wooden ceiling, trying to remember why he was feeling angry. Then the argument between him and Ruby came back to him and he frowned. He felt bad about making her cry, but he didn't know what to do about it, and he didn't want to apologise; Ruby had been unreasonable. He sighed and heaved himself out of bed and began to dress slowly. His clothes we beginning to get extremely dirty, despite having been dipped in the sea a few times when Johnny had fallen off the gangplank when he had been boarding the ship. They were certainly starting to look like pirates clothing.
When he had come aboard the ship, nearly three weeks ago, Jack had presented him with a new pair of 'pirates' boots for him to wear whilst on the ship. They were dark beige and folded down so they came to his knees. Johnny strongly doubted they had been paid for, and he even doubted whether or not they were 'new'.
He tied a thick belt around his waist and pulled on the boots. He picked up his sword and shoved it into the belt. He pulled open his cabin door and walked out, almost bumping into Harvey, the ship's cook, who was walking past.
"Wotchit!" Harvey muttered, and walked on. Johnny ignored him and tied a bit of red cloth around his head to stop his hair getting in the way of his eyes.
"Yeh look charmin'!" Johnny turned around to see Jack grinning at him.
"Shut up." Johnny snapped, blushing slightly. Jack's grin widened and he pushed Johnny down the corridor towards Ruby's cabin.
"I want yeh t' have a word with Ruby." Jack said.
"Why?" Johnny demanded.
"'Coz she was upset." Jack replied, knocking on Ruby's door.
"But I-" Johnny got no further, and he was shoved into Ruby's cabin.
"What d'yeh want?" Ruby said, as he entered, but not unkindly.
"Err…." Johnny hesitated, unsure what to say. "Sorry." He muttered, scowling Jack.
"Oh." Ruby said, also scowling at Jack. "Yeah, me too."
"Great, well, now that is sorted, we can all live peacefully!" Jack said, his face splitting into another grin.
Ruby rolled her eyes and pushed past him and went on deck.
Johnny followed her, as he had nothing better to do.
A loud knock on the door interrupted Will's thoughts. He sighed and got up. It was probably Commodore Norrington again, asking about where he had been three years ago, and had he been involved in piracy.
He opened the door. Commodore Norrington stood there, flanked by a dozen guards.
"Mr Turner." Norrington nodded to him curtly. "I'm afraid I'm here to arrest you." The guards lunged forwards and grabbed Will's arms, pushing him outside and chaining his hands behind his back.
"Am I allowed to ask why?" Will said, almost sarcastically.
"You have been accused of piracy, and it is my duty to follow up those accusations." Norrington replied.
"You mean, now Governor Swann has died there's no one to stop you arresting me." Will snapped back, as he was pushed roughly forwards.
"Same thing." Norrington dismissed.
Will was pulled with the guards towards the prison and locked in a cold cell. It was the same cell Jack had been locked in many years ago, with the door repaired this time. The guards walked away to their posts without another word. Will frowned and kicked the wall.
The men in the cell next to him were trying to coax the dog with the key with a bone.
Will rolled his eyes, but didn't bother saying anything. He knew the lengths men would go to, to be free.
Um... i just read it. It's kinda crap but oh well. Nothing in life's perfect. It'll get better soon- promise!