Hello, my lovelies. Thanks to all that reviewed:
MethosMacLeod: I'm afraid Jack is going to be annoyed by me for a bit longer. Glad you liked it!
Flaming-Angel-1: Man, I feel your pain!
16aqua: thanks, I'm rather fond of those lines. You were laughing on the phone? Wow! That makes me feel so proud! Thank you! Yay for Titanic sequels!
Starpossum: thanks, the Macarena line is one of my favourites! Yeah, I only realised after I posted the chapter that he said cur. Sorry! I shall correct it one of these days. Glad you liked it!
Nemi Jade: Now, now dearie, I'm sure she'll get some rum sooner or later…
ON WITH THE STORY!
"Feast your eyes, Captain. All of them, faithful hands before the mast. Every man worth his salt. And crazy to boot." Gibbs was saying as they strolled down the line of scruffy looking pirates.
"Then you'll fit in well, then." Jack said to Amy.
"Hey!"
Jack rolled his eyes.
"So this is your able-bodied crew?" Will asked.
"You, sailor!" Jack stopped in front of a man with a brightly coloured parrot on his shoulder.
"Cotton, sir," Gibbs said.
"Mr. Cotton," Jack said to the sailor, "do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders to stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?" (I say that all the time)
Mr. Cotton stayed silent.
"Mr. Cotton! Answer, man!"
"He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out so he trained the parrot to talk for him," Gibbs explained as Cotton showed them his missing tongue. Amy flinched.
"No-one's yet figured how,"
"Mr. Cotton's parrot," Jack said when Amy interrupted him,
"Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?" she asked the colourful bird.
"Er…what she said," Jack said,
"Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!" it squawked
"Mostly we figured that means yes,"
"That's one smart bird," Amy gazed at it.
"Of course it is!" Jack turned to Will, "Satisfied?"
"Well, you've proved them mad," Will said.
Jack jabbed his thumb at Amy, "We've already got one mad person. What the harm in a few others?"
"Alright, alright!" Amy put her hands on her hips, "Yes, we all know I'm a little…strange, Jack. Can we just drop it now?"
"What's the benefit for us?" Interrupted a sharp female voice.
The three of them walked over to a sailor whose face was covered by a large hat. Jack removed it, revealing a woman.
"Anamaria!"
SLAP
"That one WASN'T my fault!" Amy pointed out.
"Not your fault," Jack said.
"I suppose you didn't deserve it, either?" Will asked.
"No, that one I deserved."
"What did you do?" Amy said,
"You stole my boat!" Anamaria said, furiously
"Actually-"
SLAP
Amy grimaced at him as he turned back to her, "Borrowed! Borrowed without permission,"
"That IS stealing, Jack!" Amy pointed out,
"But with every intention of bringing it back!"
"BUT you didn't!" Anamaria yelled.
"You'll get another one!"
"I will," She growled, pointing a threatening finger at Jack.
"A better one," Will came to his rescue.
"A better one!"
"That one," Will pointed.
"What one?" Jack asked him and Will gestured to the Interceptor
"That one!" Will gave him a look, "Aye, that one. What say you?"
"Aye!" Anamaria yelled and the rest of the crew followed.
"No, no, no, no! It's bad luck to have a woman aboard, sir!" Gibbs complained.
"And what am I, then?" Amy said, annoyed.
"TWO women aboard, sir!" Gibbs humoured her,
"It would be far worse not to have her," Jack said, looking up at the gathering storm clouds.
Rain was pounding on the deck of the boat as lightening flashed and thunder clapped. Amy was desperately clinging to the rigging, worried about being thrown overboard. Will staggered towards her, holding a rope.
"Are you ok?" He yelled over the noise,
"Wet," Amy shouted back, "and cold!"
"How," Will yelled to Gibbs, "can we sail to an island that no-one can find with a compass that doesn't work?"
"Aye, the compass doesn't point north," Gibbs replied, "but we're not trying to find north, are we?"
"Hopefully," Amy bellowed to Will, "we're finding somewhere that's DRY!"
Will nodded.
"What's in your head that puts you in such a fine mood, captain?" Gibbs was asking Jack.
"We're catching up!"
Sorry for the shortness of this chapter! Hopefully I should have the next one up soon.
Until then, my precioussses!
Kissus XXX
