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Chapter Six

The Day After

The girl slapped Jack's hand when he tried to explore the entire tattoo. She then stepped back and buttoned her shirt back up.

Jack pulled his hand back in a dramatic fashion. "What ye do that for?" Jack said knowing full well why she had. With a wounded expression on his face he continued. "Well then I'm assuming your name is Satya?"

The girl nodded.

"Satya it is then." Jack confirmed. He took a healthy drink of his rum and considered for a moment. "Seems to fit you, isn't a flouncy name either. Not that I don't think you could pull it off luv, but I can't see you with names like Belle or Prudence." He tipped up his glass and finished off what was left.

Noticing he had just polished off his second pint of rum she went back to the liquor cabinet and got him another drink. After giving it to him she returned to her spot against the wall out of his reach.

"Satya, your really gonna have to start lightening up if yer to hang with me. I swear if ye ate a piece of coal you'd pass a diamond." He teased her giving her that same smug grin he always used. "Nite lass. Why don't you make your way down to sleep with the rest of the crew." He said with a yawn still weak from the blood loss and a little drunk from the rum. Jack adjusted his pillow and slipped back off to sleep.

Satya waited to make sure he was asleep then unrolled a pad she had found in a cabinet. After unrolling the pad onto the floor next to Jack's bed she settled in for the night.

Jack awoke the next morning feeling slightly less weak but considerably more stiff in his wounded shoulder. He slowly sat up and threw his legs out of bed. He would be damned if anyone but him would be sailing his beautiful new ship. Even though he had sat up slowly his head was still spinning. Looking down at himself he noticed that he was completely naked from head to toe. When had that happened? He tried hard to remember but everything was hazy after getting freed from jail. He reached up with his good arm to find that he didn't even have his bandanna on. Damn fine mess this is, he thought to himself. By the time I get dressed in this state we will be at Tortuga already. Just then the door opened and Satya entered carrying Jack's breakfast. She noticed him perched on the edge of the bed and a look of concern came over her. She quickly sat the food down and went to his side and tried to get him back into bed.

"Aye, I am not fallen for that again! Savvy?" Jack said considering that Satya must be a tease of some sort.

Satya didn't listen she continued trying to get him to lay back down.

"What are you doin' woman? It just took me the last ten minutes to get this far!" Jack fumed.

Satya stood back and gave Jack an awkward glance.

He just then remembered he was sitting there completely in the nude. "Luv, what say you find me my clothes. They have to be laying around here somewhere." He said in a calmer fashion.

She rummaged through one of the cabinets and came back to him with a set of new clothes she had found. His old ones were torn and blood stained from the accident.

Jack grabbed a pair of skivvies with his good arm and tried to bend forward to maneuver them on. This action made his head throb and caused him to feel light headed. He righted himself and relaxed for a moment. "Luv, I hate to ask you this . . . but I need you to help me get dressed."

She remembered back to the night before and thought to herself that this would be a treat. This pirate had more manly desire than the entire Royal Armed Guard. And what made matters worse was he was charming somehow despite himself. Satya grabbed Jack's skivvies and took a deep breath. She then prepared herself to be able to get him dressed without letting on that she felt the same way he did. She worked his feet into his skivvies and pulled them up enough for him to be able to finish pulling them up the rest of the way. Same with the trousers. Jack appeared to be a bit winded even from this simple effort, still weak from the night before. He leaned against Satya as she took his shirt and lowered it over his head. She then helped him pull his arm through the left hole and gingerly did the same with the right. To her surprise Jack didn't make any comments this morning and assumed he had assessed she wasn't interested or was in too much pain to function. This was good because she didn't know how long she could fend off his advances and she knew that in no way could she allow herself to succumb to them. It wasn't why she was here.

"Thanks luv. I owe you one." Jack said as Satya finished helping him put on his sash and other effects. She stood back and nodded. "One last favor, help me off the bed?"

Satya sat down on the bed next to him on his good side and took his arm and placed it around her shoulder. She then lifted him out of bed and stood there stabilizing him for a moment. Once on his feet Jack felt better. As long as he didn't have to bend over or use his bad arm he would be fine.

"I think I got it from here luv." He said smiling gently at her. He walked over and lifted an orange slice from the breakfast she had brought him and ate it. He picked up the plate containing the remaining orange slices and carried it slowly to a large table in the back of his quarters. There he had many maps strewn about. He leaned over slightly and checked one of the maps for coordinates all the while eating the rest of his breakfast. Soon after finishing he made his way to the main deck.

On the Ocean Venture's Main Deck

"How are you feeling this morning Captain Sparrow? I am surprised to see you up and about this morning." Blackhorn said in his best effort to feign concern.

"Aye, but I am Captain Jack Sparrow mate." Jack said smiling broadly enough to show his golden incisors. "It would take more than a mere few bullets to incapacitate old Jack."

Blackhorn looked the pirate over and had to admit he was impressed Jack was fairing so well after last night. "So Captain Sparrow. You gave us a scare last night. I heard you were shot trying to save that bloody worthless wench I traded you. Seems a bit rash if I might say."

"Just squaring our bill mate."

"Squaring your bill?"

"Yes, it is Satya who first tried to save my life. I was just returning the favor." Jack said not quite even convincing himself that he wouldn't have done it regardless.

"The wench saved your life? She hardly did a thing for me let alone save my life." Blackhorn said in disgust.

Jack smiled to himself. He didn't know why Satya had decided to stick around but he was beginning not to mind so much. Jack took out his compass and scanned the horizon. "Got about six more days until we reach Tortuga I see."

"Yes, and I believe if the weather holds out maybe a day sooner if we are lucky." Blackhorn added.

Jack nodded and made his way to the helm where his first mate Barbossa was steering the ship. "I got it from here mate."

"The men and I are wonderin' Cap'n Jack, what this fine bit of fortune is costin' us?" Barbossa said as he stepped from the wheel.

"It is costing you nothing." Jack explained as he looked over his shoulder pleased to see Satya hard at work with the rest of the men.

"And what loss is it that yer taken' that we won't?" Barbossa asked thinking that Jack had been hiding some valuable plunder from the rest of the crew on the Phurtila. "Seein' as we all gain our shares equally we should lose them equally as well. What is it ye had fer the tradin that we weren't privy too as well?"

Jack turned his attention back to Barbossa. He told him about how he had came across the Guia a la Recompensa while raiding a ship named the Merchant Queen a few years back before he owned the Phurtila. He had traded it though in exchange for the ship, the lives of the crew, supplies and a couple other things. He didn't elaborate on the other things.

"You found the Guia a la Recompensa?" Barbossa said in amazement. "I thought it to be the stuff of legends."

"Nope, not legend unfortunately for us. We will never get any of the booty for ourselves though." Jack said disappointed. He may be a pirate but his word was good and he would come though on his end of the bargain as Blackhorn had came through with his.

"Why didn't you tell us about this sooner? We could have been there and back already and bloody rich!" Barbossa said after having a moment to contemplate the situation.

"Thought it might be nice to commandeer a seaworthy vessel first so we could make it there and back loaded down with treasure without making a detour to Davy Jones Locker. "

Barbossa had to agree. The Phurtila surely would have never made the trip. But bloody bad luck though that now they had the vessel to get the treasure but were losing the means of reaching it.

Just then Bootstrap approached Jack. "Good to see you up and around. We weren't sure you were going to make it last night."

"You'll soon learn not to underestimate Captain Jack Sparrow mate. Welcome to the crew." Jack said with a grin.

Bootstap's beautiful teeth shown when he smiled back at Jack. "Glad to be aboard Cap'n."

Jack smiled and thought to himself how he would like to have a whole crew of Bootstraps before continuing. "Now what are you standin' around for me hearties? Get to work!"

Jack was once again at home at the helm of his ship on the open sea. No other feeling was quite like it. A couple more days and then he would unearth his hidden Guia a la Recompensa and finish the trade with Blackhorn and be on to other adventures on his new ship.

Just thought I would upload the rest of the chapters for all those who are reading along. The Dead Man's Chest is airing this weekend and I will probably be inspired to write something different.