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A/N: Nothing witty or blithe to say, so on with the fic!
Jack was trying to set a course when the call came for a ship. He went out on deck. Jill was leaning at the side. She smiled when she saw him and then put the spyglass to her eye. Jack reached for his own. It wasn't there.
"Hey!" he snatched his spyglass off her, and peered through it. A merchant ship, low on the water. Nice. "Come on then, yer scabrous dogs! Move yerselves!"
Jill wandered off. Jack ignored her. He was busy.
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Where the hell was she supposed to do? She caught the arm of the whelp, what was it, Will? She just called him Curly.
"What do I do?"
"What, has Jack not told you?" Curly seemed surprised
"Nope. What do you suggest I do?"
"Well... I guess you can come with me. You know how to use a sword right?"
"Yep," Jill replied cheerfully "The pointy end goes in the other man. Don't get caught on the pointy end yerself. It 'urts."
"Well, yes, basically." Curly sighed. "You are definitely Jack's sister. Come on,"
She was lead to the side of the ship where a group of men were talking together happily. Jill could see though, that if she was to try to run them through, then she would be run through herself before she could wink. Curly joined them, smiling and nodding. He spoke quietly to a man that Jill privately thought had badger in his ancestry. Badger man laughed, nodded and pushed over to her.
"We'll watch yer back, me an' Will,"
"I don't need anyone watchin' me back, thankee," Jill told them "But you can stand be'ind me, I'll protect yez,"
Curly and Badger man exchanged glances. Badger man muttered "Just like Jack," Jill pretended not to hear. They moved to her back. And, in a volley of cannon fire, the fight started.
Jill was straight into the fray and almost immediately almost got her hand sliced off. Badger man parried it quite nicely and carried on. The next man was got by Curly. Jill glared and then started to fight how she'd learnt, teeth, elbows knees, heads, and good judgement. Leaving a trail of men curled round their own little balls of pain, she fought her way up the ship. One man tried to stop her
"You're a one, aintcha? How's about a kiss afore you hang?"
"You have got to be joking," she told him and then hit him very hard in the place that he was obviously thinking with. "That's better than a kiss," she told the collapsing man, and continued. Most men saw her coming and seemed to have something better to do, which was a shame. Oh well. There was Jay Bird, on the mast. She swung up next to him
"What the hell are yer doin' up here?" she asked him
"I could ask yer the same thing," he replied, regaining his balance. "I bin watching you."
"Err, why?"
"Coz you're a hard hearted woman with a mean streak,"
"But I'm good at it. Come on, move, we have loot to plunder. That feller over there looks like he might be able to help,"
"But-," Jay didn't finish his sentence
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But-," Jack watched her swing her way to the captain. "Oh for Pete's sake, she's gonna die." He swung down after her.
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Jill grabbed the man's great coat.
"'Scuse me sir. Can you tell me where the loot is? We'll take anything," the man looked at her for a moment, then raised his sword to cleave her in two. Jill saw it in a brilliant flash of intuition. "Oh shi-," she muttered, when the man's sword was caught by someone elses.
"Now that's not nice,"
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Jack smiled nicely
"Now, what do you say you leave the lady alone, and surrender?"
"You must think I'm mad pirate." The captain moved and Jack was forced to protect himself. They danced back and forth
"No, I don't think you're mad. I think you're a dirty eunuch who wouldn't know strumpet if it bit him on the arse," Jack beat him back with a volley of attacks "Maybe that is the same as being mad, I wouldn't know,"
The captain fought back.
"You're mad," he forced out
"Probably," Jack told him cheerfully "Hasn't stopped me yet though,"
"You're mad if," the captain knocked Jack's sword out of his hands "You thought I would debase myself to scum like you,"
His sword was at Jack's throat. Suddenly Jack had no clever remarks. He swallowed. The captain suddenly dropped his sword with a clang and an odd expression crossed his face. Then he fell over very slowly. Jill rose like an avenging angel.
"We're scallywags, not scum," she spat accurately and helped Jack up.
"Alright mate? That tongue of yours will get you killed you know,"
"Probably," Jack dusted himself off. "What did you do to him?"
"Something painful that can be quite handy. Remember Huey?" Jill smiled. Jack winced.
"That's just not done love,"
"Works though."
"Yeah, I guess,"
"So what happens next?"
"We win. Men tend to stop if they aint bein' watched."
"Hmmm. Usually I find it depends what they're doin' at the time," Jill smiled wickedly. Jack shrugged as around them rumour spread and the fight slowed to a halt.
The ship had given a good haul. Jack watched Will try to teach Jill how not to poke herself in the eye with a sword. She seemed to be happier just to use the sword as a kind of bludgeon. Actually it was quite effective. Especially when she employed some of her more, uh, specialised moves. Will was in fact, (unsuccessfully) trying not to make it too obvious he was running away.
"You wanna watch it mate, afore you become a eunuch for real!" he called over, to the general amusement of the few who were idly watching whilst cheating at cards/dice/both.
Jill had knocked the sword from his hand and was standing over him. Will held up his hands and said
"You cheated. You know, in a fair fight, you probably would be dead,"
"Well, why do I want to play fair then?" Jill helped him up. "You don't fight too bad. Yer need to get rid of that bloody rule book though. Yer just gonna get yerself killed, or irreparably maimed. And I don't think yer fair lady would appreciate that." She touched her forelock to Elizabeth and Will, winked, inasmuch as a woman with an eye patch could, and walked off. The pirates, now the entertainment was over, went back to what they were doing. Jill had settled in well. Jack had a feeling that though, from time to time he might not believe it, but Jill would make a good crewmember.
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"No, you!"
"You!"
"You!"
Will, Elizabeth and Anamaria could only watch as the two argued. Nose to nose the profiles were exactly alike.
"Every night..." Will groaned, and sat down. Elizabeth sat next to him, protectively close.
"I'll get the first round in," sighed Anamaria. "We'll play for the next round,"
"Fine," Jill sat down, Jack followed and took out a dog eared pack of cards.
"Oh no, Master Sparrow, I don't trust any of your cards. Far too many aces for my liking," Jill produced her own pack. Another quarrel started. Will's head hit the table in despair. "For god's sake..." Elizabeth watched, half interested. Jill had a mouth to make any one blush, and she liked the sound of the curses. It was the way they came off the tongue, she guessed. She liked Jill, the crew got on with her. Her no shit attitude could get her into trouble, but she had a way of taking punishment that would make anyone laugh. Including Jack. Anamaria had told her privately that Jack cared for his sister as much as the Pearl, maybe more. When Elizabeth had asked whether she minded, Anamaria had laughed and said she was always second in Jack's heart. But, she loved him, and he loved her, but his sister and the ship would, though maybe not get priority, be first.
"After all, he's known one all his life, and the other almost as long," she had said. Elizabeth knew she was only second to the sea in Will's heart. She smiled. I guess, when it comes down to it, we're all second in someone's heart. She thought.
A/N: So, that's it. I just wanted to introduce Jill really, and get her settled in. For my next trick, I will update soon.
