Okay, I basically figured out where I am going with this story, and I think you guys will end up… if not enjoying it then throwing things at my head, but it's the same really:) Anyway… here we go.
Chapter 10
Missed Times
"How long has it been since we saw Kasha and Bandit?" Rena asked Jack as they lay in bed cuddling.
"At least three years, the twins don't even know them," Jack murmured sleepily into her hair.
"Do you think we could…?"
"Ye want te go to India te see them?" Jack asked incredulously.
"They're good pirating waters, and it may be a long trip, but you haven't taken me out of the Caribbean since the twins were born, please Jack?" She whined. Jack laughed and held her closer.
"If it's what ye want, it's what ye'll get," Jack pronounced and she kissed him happily.
"Doesn't it seem like yesterday that the twins were born and Kasha was still with us?" She murmured.
"Aye, it does. Hell it almost was, only five years ago, their just children."
"Children that destroy everything they touched," she laughed thinking about their escapades earlier in the day. The pair had climbed to the crows nest and somehow unhooked the wrigging so no one could get them down for an hour. They were sent to their cabin, the one Kasha and Bandit had once occupied, without dinner and with orders they weren't to be seen on deck for quite a while. The pair had run off under the scrutiny of their parents angry eyes. She began laughing as she thought of her children that had aspirations of being monkeys.
"They'll need a tutor soon, perhaps we can pick one up on the way to India," she said suddenly.
"Ye may be right, they can speak six different languages but they can't even write in one," Jack said. "Even I can write."
"Though not well," she joked, poking him in the side.
"I can write well enough, 'sides what do I need to know how to write fer, got ye fer that."
"I suppose you do."
"Dad, mom?" A voice asked, nocking on their door.
"What Jessie?" Jack called.
"The twins want to speak with you, but their sticking with your punishment so they sent me to get you," Jessie called through the door. Jack and Rena looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Tell em we'll be there momentarily."
Jack and Rena climbed out of bed and threw on something to wear. They walked out of their cabin and down the stairs to their childrens room and walked in.
"Ye wanted to see us?" Jack asked looking from Dem to Alan, they had created pet names for themselves the year before and demanded they be called them Dem decided he didn't like his name at all, and while Alandra loved her name, she often times wished she were a boy; her long golden hair that had taken four years to grow had even been cut close to her head in her brothers fashion. Rena had been furious and Jack had pointed out his long locks.
"Hello mother, fa, we wanted to say we're sorry," Alan said
"Yea, we didn't realize we would cause so much trouble," Dem said.
"Well," Rena looked to Jack, who nodded imperceptably. "You're forgiven for now, but don't ever do it again or we'll feed you to the sharks." The children smiled and held back their laughter at this noncommital threat their mother made as their parents kissed them goodnight and tucked them in bed.
"Stay there," Jack told his son, ruffling his hair.
Jack took Rena by the arm and led her back to their room to finally get some sleep, it had been a long day.
"There she is Sir, we found the Black Pearl," a voice whispered into his ear and pointed straight ahead. The ship lay about one hundred feet away from them. They would have to be quick if they weren't going to be spotted. The man laughed silently, he had found them.
"Kill all you see, take the children and the women alive." He said as they pulled closer to the black ship. He would have his revenge after all.
Saihrena awoke to screaming.
"Jack?" She asked in fear, remembering the last time she awoke to a high pitched scream.
"Alandra," Jack said, jumping off the bed and grabbing his sword. Saihrena was not far behind him as she grabbed her katabos, strapped her cutlass on, and found a gun. They would destroy whoever threatened their children. They barged out of their cabin only to see the Pearl was on fire.
"Put out that fire," Rena screamed to no one in particular. The deck was engulfed in battle, and she didn't know if anyone would have their wits enough to put it out without being told. She was heartened to see four men break away from the fighting and run below to grab barrels of water.
That's when she saw him, carrying her children onto the other ship.
"Raul," she whispered. Jack looked across to the ship and in one leaping bound jumped from the Pearl to the nameless ship that held their children. Rena was not far behind.
"Mother," she heard her daughter call as they raced towards Raul.
"One step closer and I'll slit her little throat, what need have I of a girl anyway? Your son would be sufficient," Raul said as they closed the distance.
"Give us back our children," Jack growled.
"Your?" Raul looked at Jack in confusion before understanding crossed his eyes. "You lied to us Saihrena. You were pregnant all along then?" Saihrena nodded as she watched the blade he held to her daughter's throat.
"Yes, I was pregnant when you kidnapped me Raul."
"That's quite funny," Raul said laughing. "But enough with the games, Sparrow get off this ship and I will recall my men. You will then turn your ship around and never come near Spain again. I will take your children and my sister back to her husband, otherwise your daughter will be killed." Saihrena looked to Jack. Jack pulled her to him and kissed her passionately.
"I'll get ye back," he whispered. "Do what yer mother says," Jack told his children, he then turned and jumped back onto the Pearl.
"All men aboard," Raul yelled. The men from his ship left the Pearl quickly and before Saihrena knew it the Pearl had turned around and was heading away. Tears were falling down her cheeks as she watched. "Drop your weapons Sister," Raul growled. Saihrena threw her katabos, gun, and cutlass in front of her. They were picked up and taken away.
"I hate you," she whispered as he released her children and they ran to her, hugging her close.
"It doesn't matter, my niece and nephew will finally see their homeland, and you will be returned to your husband."
"You can't do this, you can't make me go back to him," Saihrena said as she held her children tightly.
"But I can, it's your own fault dear sister, you said I do, you told him these were his children, and if I didn't find you he would have. Feel lucky that it was me instead of him, I doubt he would have let your pirate live."
"I doubt my pirate would have let him live," she growled.
"Come now my dear, the Black Pearl is already gone from view and it is not just you on this ship, what would happen to your daughter should I not be here to keep her safe, think about killing me another time perhaps. Until then, we have quite a bit to catch up on."
