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Jack kept his eyes at the floor, still bend down and his arm still showing the way out. Slowly he tilted his head in the direction of Carina and opened his mouth as if to say something, but then changed his mind and slowly bend up. He locked eyes with Hoggy.
"Oh bugger." Behind him Carina moved closer to Jack until she was standing directly behind him. Then she put her hands on his shoulders and moved slightly to the right, peeking at Hoggy and his 3 fellow pirates and then leaned into Jacks ear.
"This is not in my plan. Was it in yers?" Jack looked at her and said with his slurry voice.
"Can't say it was." Carina nodded and watched as Jack moved closer to Hoggy, swaying slightly and waving his hands about.
"Why my god! Ye look fantastic! Time as been real generous to ye Hoggy!" He took up the baby picture. "See? Ye havn't changed much, I must say."
"O! What's that?" Carina ran over to Jack and took the picture out of his hands. She stared at it for a moment and then looked at Hoggy. "Aww… Ye look so cute!" She went over to him and took a firm grip in on of his cheek and started making kissy and other baby-entertaining sounds while pulling at Hoggys cheek.
It only went on for a couple of seconds before Hoggy broke out in an angry cry and then pulled out his pistol. But he before he'd cocked the gun Jack already had his sword pressed into Hogg's throat.
"I wouldn't be doin' that if I were ye." Then he inched his head in the right direction. Carina nodded and moved. Good, Jack thought. At least she understands what it means. Gibbs had to get it in with a spoon! Carina moved behind Hoggy and when Jack nodded she lifted the dagger and hit Hoggy in the back of his head. Before the pirates in the doorway could react to what had happened Jack had found a long iron stake and was hitting each of them in the head.
" Okidoki said the mokey… now we need to get yer crew and… ye know… basically… swim for it." Then she turned on her heel and stepped over an unconscious body on her way out of the cabin. Jack stood left behind for a moment.
"Okidoki said the mokey? Whata…?" Jack stared at the doorway for a while then shook his head and followed Carina. "Said the mokey…"
The trip back down to the brig went easy enough. The crew was busy trying to figure out who would take command while the captain, the first mate and the second mate was down. Apparently they thought very highly of themselves, and never in a million years thought that anyone would be able to defeat the three leaders. But then Hoggys crew weren't among the brightest. If they had muscles and were able to take an order, what do you need wits for? That would more or less be the motto Hoggy lived by. Turns out, it's not the best motto, which the current situation was a clear example of. Finally the cook showed some common sense.
"We shud be looking for the scoundrels who did 'tis. Tat's what be shudda be doin now." He lifted his pistol. "I say we introduce them to Davvy Jones!" The loud "aye" that was about to break from the group was interrupted by the loud splash of several bodies hitting the water surface. It took a moment but then the cook once again took control, though he could have been a bit more communicational than what he was. He lifted his pistol high over his head and let out a cry of war, then ran over to where the sound seemed to have come from.
Carina had done this kind of things before, and she had watched over the ship for a while and observed the crew before trying to steal the dagger, so she knew what kind of people that were on board. Which is why she made Jack and the rest follow her and swim to the other side of The Hasty Shadow. It would take a while before any of them left on the ship would come to think of checking the other side, if they realized that that might be an idea at all.
In the corner of her eye she saw Ric moving to the surface. One could see he was struggling and really needed air, but breaking the surface now would be suicide. She swam over to where he was and grabbed hold of his foot. Then she used all her might and swam to the end of the ship, which wasn't far. Or at least that was what she tried to do. Ric started fighting her. He kicked with his legs and hit with his arms. Carina caught on in her face and some in the stomach, and even though the water slowed Rics attempts down, she could still feel that he had succeeded in hitting her.
She hadn't gotten very far before she noticed that not only was Ric managing to get out of her grip, she was too in need of air. She felt her own body start to go limp and assumed that Ric had to be in the same state. He has been in need longer than I, she thought, he must be tiptoeing on the line of unconsciousness! No wait, that's me. He must be diving in the land of unconsciousness. Unconsciousness. Unconsciousness. Unconsciousness. Word lost it's meaning.
Then she felt an arm go around her waist and a hand cupping her chin and giving it a small shake, making her come to enough so she could help swim. Then she made her way over to the other side of the boat, with lots of help of Sparrow.
Just in time she felt herself being dragged up to the surface. Finally up she gasped for air, only to swallow a whole lot of water when she fell under the water again. Jack put his hands around her waist again and held her to him as she caught her breath. In the background she could hear Gibbs stage-whisper-yelling at Ric for pulling such bullshit, but she didn't pay attention to it, as she just came to realize that not only was she pressed up against Jack, but he was stroking her hair.
Her eyes widened and her breath caught. She felt a hysterical feeling rise from her midriff and continue up to her throat leaving her with the urged to want to scream out her fear. She swallowed and gave Jacks shoulder a pat. Then she moved out of his grasp and smacked Will on his back to get all of the others attentions. Her methods weren't always reasonable, but it seemed to work.
"We have to get out of here fast." Then she started to swim.
Her head hurt, her arms hurt, her legs hurt and she was amazed by the fact that she was breathing at all. Okay, maybe I lied an insy winsy tiny bit, she thought to herself. But it's not like the boat is on the other side of the island. God dammit I'm exhausted… so exhausted. Poor me. Well at least I'm not the only one. She laughed a silent evil laugh. Jack is so exhausted he's almost drowning. Where the bloody hell is that piece of shit boat! Look for the boat. It has to be here somewhere it…
"EUREKA! There it is! Yes! Yahoo!" She stopped swimming and turned around to her companions. She was grinning like an idiot. "Ladies and Gents. May I introduce ye all to me faithful boat; The Soaring Dragon." She did a little bow, but when her head touched the water she continue underneath the surface and took a flip-flop in the water before coming back up again and grabbing hold of Wills hand, which was nearest to her.
Jack felt himself heat up with an emotion he had never experienced before and was scared that he was feeling it at all. Not ready to neither deal with it nor acknowledge it, he suppressed the feeling and went on as if nothing had happened. "So this is what "not too far away" is to ye. I sure as hell do not wanna know what far away is!"
She turned around at him with a wicked gleam in her eyes. "It's kinda resembles the time it would take before I'd let ye touch me with anything else than a poker." Jacks face lit up and he moved closer to her.
"Yer just playing hard to get. Trying to maintain some of yer dignity before I get to ravish ye. T'is alright luv, ye don't have to speak in codes just to let me know ye want me, but it was sure nice of ye to let me know the whole "oh-don't-touch-me" thing was just a game." Then he snaked an arm around her waist, or should we say boobs? Carina was quick to grab hold of three of his fingers and pushing them back, inflicting pain upon him. Then she brought her face close up to his.
"I truly meant that Sparrow. You do not touch meunless I ask to be touched. Back off mate." Then she let go of him and swam after the others, who were now halfway on their way. None of them had seen the little interact between Carina and Jack. Or so they thought. Will was swimming behind Ric who still was muttering something about it not being his fault he wasn't born with gills like everybody else, and occasionally spluttering some water around him, which made Will turning every now and then to prevent drowning in Rics squelching. Which again led to him seeing Jack having his arm around Carina and their faces being so close to each other, one would expect them to kiss any second. Or at least that would have been the ordinary understanding if Carina's face hadn't been so darn unwelcoming.
Will smiled a little. It's about time Jack found someone who stands up against him, he thought as he began to swim again, though this time he was sure to swim anywhere other than behind Ric.
It was an exhausted Carina that reached the boat. From distance she had seen the others first helping Gibbs into the boat, then Will and together they had dragged Ric, Cotton and Ana Maria up. They were all exhausted and it took a while before they helped Carina up in the boat. They reached they're hands out to help Jack too, but he just slapped them away.
"I can get into a boat by my onesies." His hands took a firm grip on the railing. Carina was seated between Cotton and Ana Maria on the opposite side of the boat, and was leaning comfortable back to watch the show. Jack still hadn't made a move to get up, other than the hands. They heard him take a deep breath then he was waving with his leg, supposedly trying to get it too over the railing, but defiantly not succeeding. After hitting himself several times and making incredible many animal like sounds, he gave up on the attempt with the foot.
"Having any luck mate?" Ana Maria chuckled tiredly when Jack started mumbling and growling. Then he lifted himself with all his might, so that his upper body was above the railing, and his lower parts still in the ocean. He tried the leg thing again, but didn't succeed now either, so instead of falling back down in the water he let himself fall forward, face first down in the boat.
"Woo!" Carina made an attempt to clap, but nor her clap or her vocal cheering made the encouraging impression it normally would. For that she was way to weared out. Okay, she thought to herself. No we'll just relax here for a little while and then we….
"ARGH!" Jack had made an effort in getting all of the way into the boat and had taken a salto to accomplish that. Since there really wasn't much space in the boat, Jack had landed in Carinas' lap. She stared wide-eyed at his leering face before pushing him off her and raising the sail. Ana Maria had this kind of an boat before, until Jack "commandeered" it, and knew how to work around it, so she help Carina the best she could.
"So in which direction is yer ship?" Carina turned to look at Jack where he was checking his effects and finishing them off of all water. He was completely in his own world. Cotton was sitting beside him watching him and waiting for him to answer. When he didn't Cotton looked at her before his parrot answered.
"Sun goes down. Sun goes down." Carina looked at Cotton silently asking why the parrot was doing the talking. He opened his mouth and stuck out his non-existing tongue out. Carinas lips shaped an O and then she nodded, before leading The Soaring Dragon in the direction of the sunset.
The trip over to The Black Pearlwas or at least seemedshorter than the one to The Soaring Dragon, but it might have been something to do with the fact that this time they weren't swimming and not paying as much attention to the distance. When they started closing up Cotton sent his parrot ahead of them, so that those onboard knew that they weren't a threat and in fact their captain and fellow pirates.
When everybody except for Jack and Ana Maria was back up at the Pearl, Ana Maria turned to Carina, making Jack coming to an abrupt halt and almost falling into the water. He was very eager at getting back on his beloved ship.
"Ye should come onboard. Have something to eat." Jacks eyes almost popped out of his head and he wobbled forward and clasped a hand over Ana Marias mouth.
"What are ye doing lass? Inviting people, not to say crazy people up on me Pearl!" Ana Maria rolled her eyes at Carina for the way she made herself demonstratively comfortable and at Jack for being Jack. Then she elbowed Jack and he let out little scream.
"First of we owe her at least that much, since she helped us out, and second of what kind of a wimp are ye? Can't ye take anything?"
Jack glared at her. "I'll let ye know that the hyena over there did the exact same thing on the exact same place not to long ago." Ana Maria looked over at the hyena and had to grab hold of her, because she was almost falling over board. Then she grinned at Jack.
"All the more of a reason why we should take her onboard." Then she made sure Carina got up the ladder. Now Carina wasn't one to reject an offer of food, itwasn't sucha thing was thrown her way too often.She might have hadthough, if she'd had the capability of seeing the future.