Chapter Thirteen: "Aztec Gold"

Tortuga-

The girls sat on their beds, listening to Jack and Will in the room next to them. Well, at least, Jenny and Alexa were. Megan had passed out in the Bar, and Jack had to carry her up to the room.

"Has she ever had rum before?" Jack had asked. When the girls shook their heads, the pirate chuckled. "He, he, he, well, she's in for a load o' hell in the th' mornin'!"

But now Will was yelling at Jack. He seemed to find it a bit irresponsible to let a thirteen year old girl drink rum, not to mention enough rum to knock her out.

"'ow was I to know she ne'er 'ad rum before?" Jack's muffled voiced said as it leaked through the wall.

"You are supposed to be the adult!" Will shouted back.

Alexa grinned and nudged Jenny. "They sound like an old, married couple."

Jenny giggled before shushing her friend. "Hush! I wanna hear Jack getting yelled at! This wasn't in the movie!"

Alexa rolled her eyes. "Yeah, that could be cos we're not in the movie, maybe…"

Jenny glared at her friend. "Oh, like I could really forget that?" she sighed. "All of the things I'll do and I'll never get credit for doing when we get back."

Alexa decided to bring up a subject that had bothered her since they were here. "You mean IF we get back."

Jenny shook her head. "I'd rather not think of that now." she said softly. "Not until the end of the movie. And besides," she said, glancing at the drunken megan, smiling. "Megan's not worried!"

Alexa rolled her eyes again. "Of course Megan's not worried!" she said, exasperated. "There is only on other place she'd rather be besides here, so she wouldn't be worrying about anything except if she's gonna see Return of the King."

Jenny giggled. "True, but let's not ruin our time here, okay?"

Alexa nodded.

"Good." Jenny said happily, returning her ear to the wall. "Nof-air! We missed it!" she cried as a door slammed and footsteps walked past their door.

"That'll be will going back to his room." Alexa stated.

"Either he won or he lost with Jack." Jenny commented.

"That, or he found Jack just plain impossible." the girls smiled and pulled back their covers and crawled into bed.

"Goodnight, Alexa!"

"Goodnight, Jenny!"

Jenny blew out the candle. "Goodnight, Megan."

"STUPID FAT HOBBIT!"

The Black Pearl-

Christie and Elizabeth took one look at the food and drink on the table and sat down to eat, though eating quite daintily.

But Alex refused. "I'm sorry, Captain Barbossa, but I'm a vegetarian. I don't eat meat."

Barbossa ignored her for the moment and turned to the other girls. "There's no need to stand on ceremony, nor call to impress anyone. You must be hungry."

Christie nodded and both she and Elizabeth dug into their plates. Alex watched as the pirate poured three goblets of wine and placed one in front of each of the girls.

"Try the wine."

Elizabeth didn't hesitate and started to down the wine. But Christie and Alex eyed each other before also downing the wine as well. (a/N: you guys are THIRSTY, okay!? Sheesh! I know they don't drink wine, they're too young!)

Barbossa turned to Alex. "And the apples." he said, handing her one. "one of those next." Christie and Elizabeth stopped eating and turned to face Alex. She glared at the pirate.

"It's poisoned."

Barbossa chuckled. "There would be no sense in killing you lot, Miss Turner."

Elizabeth gave Barbossa a look. "Then release us! You have your trinket; we are no further value to you."

The Captain slowly reached into his pocket and fished out Elizabeth's medallion. "You don't know what this is, do ye?" he asked, playing with the chain.

Christie's hand shot up. 'Oooh! Oooh! Pick me! I know!"

But the pirate ignored her and looked to Elizabeth for an answer.

"It's a pirate medallion."

"Nu-uh!" Christie shouted. "It's Aztec Gold!"

Alex slapped her forehead. "Sometimes I wonder whose worse, Christie. You, or Megan?"

Barbossa decided to ignore this. "One of the 882 identical pieces they delivered in a stone chest to Cortez himself. Blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wrecked upon them with his armies. But the greed of Cortez was insatiable."

Christie sighed. "Yeah, yeah, yeah." she turned to Elizabeth. "These gods placed a really terrible curse so that any mortal who takes at least one piece is cursed for eternity."

Elizabeth shook her head. "I hardly believe in ghost stories anymore."

Barbossa nodded. "Aye, that's exactly what I thought when we heard the tale. Hidden on an island that cannot be found except by those who know where it is."

"And then," Christie interrupted. "You all decided to be idiots and spend it all on food and drink, and "pleasurable company"."

Barbossa nodded. "Aye. The more we gave them away, the more we came to realize - the drink would not satisfy, food turned to ash in our mouths, and all the pleasurable company in the world could not slake our lust. We are cursed men, miss Turneres."

Christie laughed. "Yah, cos of your greed, and now look at where it got you!"

Alex watched as Elizabeth took a butter knife and hit it while Christie was talking. She found it a good idea and followed in suit.

"There is one way we can end our curse. All the scattered pieces of the Aztec Gold must be restored and the blood repaid. Thanks to ye, we have the final piece."

A/N: he he he, evil cliffy! Well, not really, if you've seen the movie. But what havock are the girls gonna continue to wreck on the Caribbean? Mwuhahahahahaha! swords are thrown at her oi! What happened to the tomatoes?!

Anywho. Go review! That rhymed!

PHE