Mighty Pirate Hunter

Disclaimer: Swash swash buckle buckle, argg. I love pirates, even though I have no claim on them.

The Chase

"Where did they go? I didn't see a thing. How could this have happened?" John was irate and yelling at everyone.

"Some Pirate hunter you are John." Josephine tossed away the rope that she had unwrapped from John's wrists and looked at the rest of the motley crew. She helped John untie them and then walked down the deck shaking her head in disbelief. She turned and faced her husband.

"John we must go find him. That was Captain Jack Sparrow."

John rolled his eyes. "Joe, I know who that was. I also know your father was with him. Did he not stop by to say hello to you?"

"John, stop it! I did not see my father and neither did you. He would not attack a ship, let alone yours. I have known for a long time you don't like my father but you are stepping into dangerous territory. I only saw and talked to Sparrow and he conveniently made off with all our supplies. We must go get him."

"Josephine, I am being serious." John walked closer to his wife in order not to yell. "Your father was with them, he was the one who took my sword and tied me up. I am sorry darling but I will have to bring him in and watch him do the hang mans' jig also."

"John," Joe's eyes grew wide. "I am sure there is some explanation to this."

"Oh yes, perhaps Captain Sparrow has hypnotized him, or maybe he's been possessed by his father's soul, Bootstrap right? Yes Bootstrap, has taken over your father, or better yet he had too much to drink, hit his head and is now suffering amnesia."

"John you are being ridiculous. My father would never intentionally come after you."

"Great, how about unintentionally?"

"John, my father would not harm you. He is a good man, he is not a scallywag, and he is not a …a…"

"Pirate," John finished her sentence. "Josephine I don't think you know your father. He knows I am a Pirate Hunter and we all know Jack Sparrow does not like my father and he abhors the Royal Navy. Remember, my sweet wife, all pirates are scum and they should all be reckoned with, even if they are blood relatives."

"John, my father is not…"

"Josephine," John placed his hand over her mouth. "I, or rather we, need to know what we are dealing with. Darling, we must go to Swords Island. It is a small island just off the coast which harbors murderers, thieves and pirates of the Caribbean. They can give me some insight into Captain Sparrow."

Josephine was about to retaliate when a cry came from the helm. "Captain Norrington, there she is. There's The Black Pearl right off the bow. Captain look, there is something or someone floating in the water."

John ran to the bow. "Give me that eye glass." He pulled it out of the young look-outs hand. "Man overboard, helms men bring the ship around. It's a girl; pick her out of the water."

The men safely bought a young woman on board. She was breathing heavy and she was chilled to the bone. Josephine threw a blanket over her to cover her scantily clad very tan and wet body.

"Hello, my name is Josephine Norrington and you are now safely upon the Sea Lion." She pushed the gawking men away and gave a disapproving look toward John.

The young girl wiped the water from her eyes and looked up at Josephine. "I am…I am…Anna." She looked up at all the faces staring at her. "Are you pirates?"

"No we are Pirate Hunters." John said heartily.

"Pirate hunters?" I wide grin spread across her face. "Thank god, I was sure I was going to die."

John sat down next to her and put his arm around her. He accidentally knocked the blanket ever so slightly and exposed a very tan and very bare shoulder. "Were you not on that ship…the one with the black sails?"

"Yes, my ship…my ship was attacked by pirates. They took all our supplies and then they took me. Oh I was so scared; I didn't know what to do." She threw her arms around John and began to weep.

John hesitantly pulled the blanket back up around her and patted her gently on the back. "It will be fine, Anna. Like my wife said, you are safe now."

Anna pulled back and wiped her tears. "The captain claimed I would bring in a fine ransom and he could not see fit to leave me on a sinking ship, so he abducted me. He kept staring and smiling at me. He made me feel…feel… like I had no clothes on. He looked at me as if I were bare."

"Do you remember the captain's name?"

The woman put her head down and thought for a moment. "I think he said his name was, Jack Sparrow. Captain Jack Sparrow. He made an emphasis on the captain part and his first mate was William something."

Josephine began to choke and then looked at the dark girl. "Well, how did you end up in the water?"

Anna gave an odd smile to Josephine. "That William fella, he pushed me. All I wanted was a warm bath some descent food and some piracy I mean privacy. He told me to stop acting like a princess and then he made some crack that woman were bad luck. Before I knew it I was overboard. I'm sure he will get the cat-of-nines for that."

"The what?" Josephine asked as she looked at Anna and then John.

"It doesn't concern you my dear Josephine," John said as he narrowed his eyes on Anna. He placed his hands to his face and rubbed then down his cheeks ever so slowly. When his finger tips rested on his chin he looked at Anna. "Was his name Turner? William Turner?"

"Yes that's it! William Turner, he was a fair sight to look at. He had gentle eyes and a beautiful head of dark brown curls. Obviously one cannot judge a good man by his looks." She winked at Josephine and in a low voice, she said to her. "Of course he is a good man, savvy?"

Josephine stood up and stared at her. "No, it couldn't have been him. Was this William Turner alone?"

"No, I already told you he was with Captain Jack Sparrow."

"No, I mean was there a woman on board, one with long golden hair. Most likely her hair was pulled back away from her face and cascading down her back. One with kind eyes and who is very beautiful one who looks a lot like…me.?"

Anna gave a slight laugh. "My, we think a lot of ourselves don't we?" She wiped the smile off her face. "No my pet, there were no other women on board."

John narrowed his eyes at Anna.

Anna shivered slightly. "I mean madam; as far as I know I was the only female on that ship. Oh, I am so cold could I possible take a warm bath and have some dry clothes?"

John stood up and motioned to two young men standing near. "Paul, Richard, please take Miss…"

"You may call me Anna, all my friends do. You see I am named after my mother."

"Very well, take Anna below and make sure she gets a warm bath and some nourishing food and dry clothes."

"John," Josephine interrupted. "Let me take care of her. After all she is a young woman."

John walked over to Josephine. "Josephine please, we need to talk in private."

"Later John," Josephine started to help Anna up off the deck.

John grabbed her arm and pulled her away from Anna. "Err, I have something to talk to you about of utmost urgency."

Josephine pulled away. "John you should be chasing down the pirates. Now let me take care of our guest."

He now yanked her aside with such force that she almost fell off her feet. "Josephine, I don't trust that one, I think she is one of them."

"One of whom?" Josephine was very confused.

"Darling, she is a pirate. I feel we are being lead into a trap. Why would William throw a young and pretty girl over board?"

Josephine stepped away from her husband. "John, I never realized how paranoid you are. My father wouldn't toss a young girl into the sea. Obviously a man is taking my father's name and soiling it. As far as her being one of them, why would they toss one of their own overboard?"

"Precisely Joe, why would they? You see it is a trap. You heard her description and I saw your father. I want you to think about the danger we will be up against. I am worried for you. I think we will take this girl with us to Sword Island and get rid of her. Then we will start off hunting pirates who are a little less accomplished then Jack Sparrow. We will work up to him. What do you say to that?"

"John, if Jack is the pirate that has my father then he is the one we are going after. But if he is too accomplished for you then we do have a problem. I guess Jack Sparrow is the personification of all evil and wrong doings and now you are scared of him?"

John glared at Josephine and then back at Anna who was cuddling up to his men.

Josephine placed her arm around her husband. "Maybe you are right. We should go to the island and see what we are up against. Hopefully this will ease your mind that she is not a pirate and they are not trying to trap you. Most likely The Black Pearl is half way across the ocean by now."

John frowned at his wife. He looked out into the sea and The Black Pearl was gone. He then looked at Anna and she raised her hand to him and blew him a kiss.

"Josephine, did you not see that? She is flirting with me."

"Please John, you have been through much. Come with me, you should rest. I'll give you a back rub and perhaps you should have a drink."

John became less tense now that Josephine was being kinder to him. "Yes, they could be half way across the ocean by now. Never the less we will find him, but first we will need supplies and more information before we continue our search."

"What has happened to you John? You were all ready to go and now you seem to be backing down. Did the pirates scare you?"

"No of course not, evil doesn't stand a chance against me. I will defeat Captain Jack Sparrow."

He looked over his crew. "What do you say? Are you with me?"

"Yes John we are all with you."

Josephine smiled at the men and then placed her arm around John. "If you defeat Captain Jack Sparrow you will strike fear in the very souls of all the world's pirates. Think about it John. Think about what the world will say."

"Really? What would they say?" John's ego was running away with him.

Josephine smiled. "Newspapers will say Captain John Norrington saves the world once again from murderous pirates."

"Yes, now and forever," John stood erect and raised his arm in the air. "I, Captain John Norrington, mighty pirate hunter and his faithful crew on board the Sea Lion are about to embark on a perilous journey. Into the eye of danger. A journey in which some of you may never return. We are going to hunt down and kill the most notorious and dangerous of all pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow and his pirate ship The Black Pearl."

Anna was now leaning on the door of her appointed cabin. She stood and awe of John's stupidity. Jack, you have no idea what you are dealing with. I sure hope John Norrington is what you really need because he is coming at you hook line and sinker.

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"Jack have you been on the deck all night?" William came up from below to check on his Captain.

"Yes, and I have to admit I am exhausted, but nothing a little rum won't take care of, savvy?" Jack pulled the brim of his hat down and stared at the ship far on the horizon. "Apparently my dear daughter, made it over safely and they are heading for Swords Island."

"I suppose you were right then to send her over."

"I know if anybody can spin a tale it is my daughter. She is pure pirate and she is so much like her mother Anna Maria, God rest her soul." Jack looked up into the heavens and then back at Will. "Aye William, I trust Anna with me life."

"Well, then we should have no worries." Will looked out at the Sea Lion. "Now you do promise that Josephine will be unharmed and John will survive?"

"For your sake Josephine will be fine and for yours and Elizabeth's I will not harm John." Jack smiled at Will, "I can't believe you let her marry him. Mighty Pirate Hunter?"

"Jack it was not my idea. Josephine supposedly loves him and as Elizabeth put it, it was a good match and it made Governor Swan happy."

"Well it may have been a good match on paper but you do realize his mother, Mary Watson, is as crazy as a loon. It is because of her that his brother Samuel is dead. If only he would have done what I asked. He did say he wanted to be a pirate but when push came to shove I had to shove him off the plank into those hungry shark mouths. Nobody tries to kill Captain Sparrow in his sleep, nobody."

Jack clapped his hand on Will's shoulder. "Talking of sleep I must get some rest. You take the helm. I will let Elizabeth know her daughter will be joining us soon."

"Err Jack; Elizabeth won't be happy with this."

"She will be when she finds out John will get an opportunity to prove he is a man of honor. If he does as he is told and he can follow the command of a pirate he will go unharmed."

"And if he can't?" Will questioned.

Jack gave Will an evil grin. "Well, then Josephine can find another to marry her, savvy?"

"Jack you promised!"

"I promised I would not harm him. If harm comes to him it will be by him. All he has to do is go into the cave, get the scepter and give it to me."

"That's all? Well, if that's all why can't you do it?"

"Because I am a pirate and because I am a Sparrow, not a Watson. If I touch the scepter I will be a dead man. If you touch it, you will be a dead man too. After all, you are a pirate and last I checked not a Watson. Now if he touches it and gives it to me willingly, we will both be rich men. Of course the one little flaw here is, if Josephine touches it before John we're going to have a problem, or I should say she will have a problem. She may be a Watson but that is only by marriage not blood and she is a pirate. So, you see, John must be the one who removes it from the stone devil's arms."

"I know I will regret asking this but why are we classifying my daughter as a pirate?"

"Well technically Will, she is your daughter and no matter how you look at it she is a pirate with a pirate's blood in her veins. If she touches it she will blow up. Finished, nothing left. Well, maybe her remains will be spread across the cave walls." Jack gave Will a golden grin.

"I knew I was going to regret that question. But why must John give it to you?"

"His ancestor many many hundreds of years ago was a high priestess. Some far off relative related to none other than the crazy Mary Watson. She placed a curse on this scepter to protect the Watson's temple which is hidden. The scepter will lead us to it, but he has to give it to me. For some reason, Samuel did not like my plan. You see, in order for this to work I do have to tell him why he has to do it. This is where Josephine comes in."

"Elizabeth isn't going to like this at all. Jack, perhaps you can drop Elizabeth and me off at the next island and we can just avoid all this."

"William, I have spoken to you before of the dangers we may encounter on this voyage. I will not hold it against you or Elizabeth if you don't want to join me, but I cannot guarantee the safety of Josephine. That, my boy, is your job."

"Jack, just set sail for Sword Island, I am sure Anna will bring them to The Devil's Russ and I personally will keep Josephine away from the scepter. I'm sure Elizabeth will understand."

"Well said, Whelp."

"Jack, please stop calling me Whelp. I am not a dog."

Jack gently rubbed his hand over Will's head and then patted him on the back. "I'm sorry mate, you just remind me of a four footed friend I had as a young lad. His fur was the color of your hair and his eyes looked a lot like yours."

Will grabbed Jack's hand. "What are you doing? Stop that right now."

Jack's eyes grew wide. "We are sailing and then we will deal with them when they find us."

Will rolled his eyes. "I know what we are doing. Just don't do that again." Will released Jack's hand. "I am not your pet so don't pet me. Now, I have to ask you a question. Do you really think they are smart enough to follow us and to find us?"

"Will, my boy, we are about to disembark onto the wings of the bird."

"What do you mean by that?" Will shook his head.

"I don't know but it sounded good. What I will do is lay down bread crumbs, they will follow."

"Oh, I see. You really think they will follow?"

"Oh, Yee of little faith. Whelp, we will go to a little pub that I know and Anna will bring John to us."

"Jack, why couldn't you just have kidnapped John?"

"Lad he has to be done willingly. He has to hand the scepter over to me. I am sure when he thinks his wife is close to death he will do anything."

"Close to death?"

"Will don't worry. I am sure he would do anything for the girl, especially if she is anything like Elizabeth."

"Jack I'm sorry I am worried that John is a coward and that he is nothing like me. Jack you promised."

"Will, please if I lie to you then I will die, savvy? I am your captain and you are my first mate until death do us part. Now stop looking at me with those soulful eyes or I will have to give you a doggy treat. Come, we have work to do."

Jack pulled out his eyeglass and looked out over the sea. Turning, he gave Will his famous grin. "Ah, the Pussy Cat is catching up."

A/N There another chapter. If you had not figured it out, Anna is Jack's and Anna Maria's daughter. I can't wait to see what you all have to say. I have to admit John is such a loser and he is my very own character. Jack and Will are up to no good and wait until Elizabeth gets wind of Jack's plans. Please tell me what you think and send a review.

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