Chapter 14: Ne'er Do Well Cads
The fog was thick around the Black Pearl as she waited for her captain's return. Only Gibbs was on deck, taking a swig of rum at the appropriate verse of the song he sang.
"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest. Yo ho ho, and a bottle o' rum." That, evidently, was the appropriate verse.
Then a gong rang out, and crows fluttered overhead. Gibbs felt the telltale chill in his bones as it rang out several more times. He pulled out his scope, and could see in the distance, men being taken in, and bodies being tossed into the sea in coffins. And one of those, he hoped, contained Jack alive and reasonably well.
No need to get too hopeful after all.
One coffin floated in the murky waters. It was no different from the others, not even when a crow descended on it, and began to peck it's way into the wood. It did this for a while.
Then a shot rang out, and the crow disappeared, blown apart by a pistol. This pistol, smoking, poked out of the hole and scanned the horizon.
Then came forth the irrepressible, the irresponsible, the irreverent, the irredeemable, the one, the only...
Captain Jack Sparrow.
He pulled his trusty hat from his coffin, and firmly affixed it to his head, scanning the horizon. He spotted the Pearl, and then tugged from the coffin—
A leg. A decayed, skeletal leg.
This time, his acting skills were not used, and he simply smuggled himself into a coffin. He found out only too late that said coffin was already occupied.
He regarded the leg, said, "Sorry, mate." He then stuck it into the water, and rowed. "Don't mind if we make a slight detour."
A/N: Okay, honestly, I have to say this; I'm tired of this story. It started as a fun idea, but it shorted out a while ago, and I only kept it alive with plugging the second film in. I have a few chapters left, and they will hop around the story, dropping in on the opportune moments for flashbacks. I will update every other day. But this fic will be finished and closed by Saturday the 19th.
I make this promise here and now; if I post a story, I shall finish it. I will never just leave off at a point, and never abandon it. I give my word.