Twilight Poet: Blerk, feeling a little better… and I'M 17! WOOH! Lol, and I just got a prezzie from my sister in Hong Kong!
What's she send me? What'd she send me?
Disclaimer: -slap- keep away. Not until your birthday!
TP: OW! –rubs hand- meanie… it IS my b'day!
Disclaimer: Not until 6pm! Twilight Poet owns only her own character – Gin everything else belongs to the happy, happy people that created them- TWILIGHT POET KEEP AWAY FROM THAT PRESENT!
Tp: Wah oh! –runs-
Chapter 15 –
---Isla de Muerta---
In the boat with the rest of the soldiers and Jack, Norrington sneered, "I don't care for the situation. Any attempt to storm the caves could turn to an ambush."
Jack shrugged, "Not if you're the one doing the ambushing. I go in, I convince Barbossa to send his men out with their little boats. You and your mates return to the Dauntless and blast the bejesus outta them with your little cannons, eh?" he draped an arm loosely over the commodore's shoulders, "What do you have to lose?"
"Nothing I'd lament being rid of," Norrington grimaced, peeling the Captain's arm off with obvious distaste
Jack mused, "Now, to be quite honest with you, there's still a slight risk for those aboard the Dauntless which includes the future Mrs. Commodore."
--Ruby--
Meanwhile, on the Dauntless, Gillette pulled Ruby along with another soldier, "Sorry, but for your own safety."
Ruby struggled against their hold, "Coward! The commodore ordered – I have to tell him! The pirates! They're cursed! They cannot be killed!"
"Don't worry Miss," Gillette laughed, "he's already informed of that. A little mermaid flopped up on deck and told him the whole story." He shut the doors behind him
"AND YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO DIE YOU COMPLETE TWAT!" Ruby fumed. But she knew she was locked in. Sighing she looked around, "Now how the hell did Elizabeth get out of here?…it didn't show that in the movie." Musing, she spotted the bed sheets, "that'll work."
--Gin--
As Will stood all angry like, ready to have his throat slit, Jack quickly pushed through the crowd of pirates, Gin close behind him, "Beg your pardon."
"Begun by blood…"
"Excuse me."
"…by blood un –"
Suddenly Will spotted the two figures in the crowd, "Jack! Gin?"
"In the flesh!" Gin laughed
Barbossa gawped, "S'not possible."
"Not probable." Jack corrected
"Where's Ruby?" Will yelled
Jack grinned, "She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Ruby who is, in fact, a woman."
Gin laughed at Will expression, "Don't worry your pretty little head boy, I won't let that white haired prune anywhere near my lovely Ruby! No need to fret."
"Shut up!" Barbossa hissed, "You two are next!" he leant in to slit Will 's throat again
"You don't want to be doing that, mate." Jack murmured
Barbossa cringed, "No, I really think I do."
"Your funeral." Gin shrugged
With a hiss, Barbossa rolled his eyes and turned to the infuriating pirate pair, "Why don't I want to be doing it?"
Jack smirked, "Well, because," he pushed a pirate's arm off his shoulder, "…because the HMS Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is floating just offshore. Waiting for you."
Gin sniggered, "Hehe, you guys are so busted!"
"Just hear me out, mate." Jack negotiated, walking over to Barbossa, "You order your men to row out to the Dauntless. They do what they do best. Robert's your Uncle, Fannie 's your Aunt, there you are with two ships. The makings of your very own fleet. 'Course you'll take the grandest as your flagship, and who's to argue? But what of the Pearl ? Name me Captain, I'll sail under your colours, I'll give you ten percent of me plunder and you get to introduce yourself as…Commodore Barbossa. Savvy?"
Barbossa mused, obviously liking the idea. "I s'pose in exchange, you want me not to kill the whelp or the whore."
Gin pouted, "I take offence!"
"Gin's my first mate, I'd prefer her to stay alive… but by all means, kill the whelp." Jack shrugged, getting a glare from Will, "Just not yet. Wait to lift the curse until the opportune moment. For instance…" he picked up a few medallions, "after you've killed Norrington's men… every" ching "…last…" ching "one."
Gin grinned as Jack pocketed the last gold piece, wondering if she should grab one herself in case she should meet a rather untimely end… she shook her head, silly, that would stuff up the whole story plot!
"I'll just have to be extra careful!" she laughed, "Ain't that right Ragetti?"
"-wha?"
Will raised an eyebrow before turning back to Jack, "You've been planning this from the beginning. Ever since you learned my name."
"Yeah." Jack smirked
"I want fifty percent of your plunder." Barbossa challenged
Jack countered, "Fifteen."
"Forty."
"Twenty-five. And I'll buy you the hat. A really big one…Commodore."
Barbossa looked at Jack's outstretched hand and took it, "We have an accord."
Jack threw up his arms, "All hand's to the boats!" he froze and looked back at Barbossa, staring at him askance. Jack bowed, "Apologies. You give the orders."
Barbossa gave a rotten chuckle, "Gents…take a walk."
Jack and Gin watched the pirates walk away, "Not to the boats?"
--Ruby--
Ruby was just finishing the last knots on her makeshift rope when a voice echoed through the door. She rolled her eyes and ignored it.
"Ruby? I just want you to know I, uh, I believe you made a very good decision today. Couldn't be more proud of you."
"Done," Ruby whispered to herself, "Finally, that was harder then I thought it would be!" while the Governor continued talking, Ruby threw down the blankets and slowly climbed out the window and down into a waiting boat.
"He's not such a bad father," murmured Ruby, thoughtfully as she rowed away.
--Gin--
Back in the cave, Jack examined the treasure around him.
Gin did also, "WOOOAH! These are so pretty!" she held up an emerald studded collar and ran over to Barbossa, "Can I have it? Can I have it? Please, it's my birthday soon! Pleeease, just this one little thing!"
Jack and Will snickered behind their hands as the undead pirate stepped back a few paces, "fine, take it."
"AH! THANK YOU!" Gin cried, putting it around her neck and clipping it at the back
"Ah Gin, that's a dog collar," murmured Will, laughing nervously.
Gin blinked, "what's your point?"
As the blacksmith and pirate girl argued, Barbossa shook his head and turned back to Jack, "I must admit, Jack , I thought I had ye figured. But it turns out that you're a hard man to predict."
"Me?" Jack shrugged, throwing another item over his shoulder, "I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly… stupid."
Fast as sound he unsheathed a pirate's sword and threw it to Will before lunging at Barbossa with his own.
Gin, her pockets filled with all kinds of pretty treasures, scurried into a corner to hide, she wasn't stupid enough to think she could actually fight any of these people, they'd slit her into ribbons.
Barbossa laughed loudly, "You're off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters."
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Twilight Poet: shorter then normal, I know, but I'm trying to stretch the chapters out since we're nearing the end… now where are those presents!