Chapter 4 - Jack
Authors Note: This chapter is for Too Lazy who reminded me of this story. As I re-read it I got back in the groove. To all my readers I'm currently done with summer school so updates could be more forthcoming. Enjoy the chapter!
Tim and Elizabeth followed Gibbs to the docks where they saw a pirate ship.
"Oh what do we do Mr. Gibbs?" Elizabeth asked, looking around. Tim saw the well disguised excitement in her eyes and almost smiled to himself.
"The pirates are on shore, I need to take you to the captain." He said and started to lead them toward the Black Pearl.
"Why?" Tim asked and his companions stopped to look at him. "Miss Swann is the governors daughter. If he found out she was missing..."
The older man stopped and looked at him with wise eyes. "Oh he will notice son, it's just a matter of time."
Tim looked to Elizabeth who was smiling, she noticed and smiled brighter. Turning back to the water he saw the ship that had been written about in his history books as one of the most famous (but fictional) pirate ship. The Black Pearl.
"Look lively you two, the captain doesn't like to wait."
The three of them walked up the dock and right to the ship. Tim stopped and looked at it. There were a couple of people on deck but he couldn't see Jack. He had never actually seen a real picture, all he had was descriptions, but he knew he would recognize him. No sooner had he thought it then a female voice cut sharply through the air. "Captain on deck!"
Tim looked to see him and there was no doubt in his mind. Captain Jack Sparrow strode toward them and nodded to Gibbs who left to do his other pirate duties.
"Well what have we got here?" The Captain said and looked Tim over before turning to Elizabeth. "Miss Swann."
Her face seemed to be cut from stone when she replied. "How do you know my name."
"Why you're the reason I'm here missy. But you." He said turning to Tim. "I did not expect."
Tim couldn't think of anything to say, Jack certaintly looked the part of a pirate and at present time was acting the part as well.
"What's your name boy?" Jack asked, moving closer to him and ignoring Elizabeth for the time being.
"Timothy Smith."
Gold teeth glittered in the sunlight as Jack smiled, his eyes let some humor show and he stepped back. "Alright, Mr. Smith, what is your situation with Miss Swann?"
"He had fallen from his carriage and I helped him Mr. Sparrow, not that you would know anything about hospitality, you drunken pirate."
Both Jack and Tim looked at her, the captain was the first to move. "Well you're a talker aren't you? Perhaps a night in the brig will do you some good, maybe you can learn to hold your tounge."
Elizabeth's eyes widened as if the thought of staying the night in the brig of a pirate ship would simply destroy her and make her, in some way, diseased. Tim rolled his eyes and wondered how on earth he was going to get them to like each other.
"I know how to hold my tounge Mr. Sparrow, in the company of proper gentlemen, you are not however, so I don't feel inclined to do so."
Jack gritted his teeth a little and walked toward her, his eyes capturing hers. "Look here Miss Swann, as long as you are on my ship you will call me Captain Sparrow, Captain or anything of that nature. I can do whatever I want and your life is in my hands. Now, Mr. Cotton." Another older pirate walked up to Jack. "Show Mr. Smith to the spare room and Elizabeth to the brig."
Her eyes became a sea of fury. "It's Miss Swann, Mr. Sparrow."
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Tim sat on the dusty bed that he had been shown to and thought about his situation. There was obviously some hostile feelings between his ancestors and he didn't have the slightest idea what to do about it. Elizabeth was a firecracker, perhaps Jack didn't know what to do with her. That idea brought up a whole different question. What did Jack want her for?
A few hours later Tim was still lost in thought, now laying flat on his back on the bed when there was a knock at the door. He sat up.
"Come in."
The door opened and a woman came in. She had dark skin and was dressed in pirate garb. "Mr. Smith, the captain would like to have a word with you."
Tim nodded and waited until the female pirate left.
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"Ah, Mr. Smith, please do come in."
Tim stepped into Jack's room and looked around. It was full of antique furniture and nick-naks that in his day would be worth a fortune. "You wanted to see me Captain?"
"Indeed I do boy. Now tell me, where do you come from?"
"Umm," He tried to think fast, but in his defense, he hadn't planned on meeting Jack Sparrow then get interrogated by him. "A long way from here."
"I ask because I haven't incountered an accent quite like yours before or a way of talking. I'm very interested and I don't think it's too much trouble to ask a few questions. Do you?"
"No Captain, not at all."
"Good! Now, I went to Port Royal to pick up some necessities and en route my first mate Gibbs told me the story of when he was under the governors rule and how he had a daughter. She, Mr. Smith became the new reason for my journey to the port."
Tim nodded but narrowed his eyes in thought. "Why her though?"
"She has something I need."
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Elizabeth sat in the brig of the Black Pearl wishing she could have simply kept quiet. If she had done as the captain had wished she could be enjoying her time on the pirate ship on deck.
Fingering her necklace with the pirate medalion attatched to it, she stood when the door was opened and someone came down the stairs.
TBC