Hello Jack
Next chapter for my readers.
The ship shook again, making everyone who managed to stand up, fall over again.
"Ok…this is annoying." Madison said. On one side of the ship, tentacles were righting out of the water as well as the main body of the beast.
"Oh…god." Elizabeth said. Still, Madison seemed calm. She sighed and stood up. Elizabeth wondered about her sanity as the younger girl just brushed herself off. They could see the Kraken's mouth opening up and it roared, spraying them all with some sort of snot.
"STOP!" Madison yelled. The Kraken's mouth closed. "No, no, no. Open up." The mouth opened again. "Cough it up! Do it!" The whole body of beast seemed to shake as if it was choking. Next second, a tri-corner hat flew out of its mouth and landed at Madison's feet. "Keep going. I know there's more in there!" Everyone stared between her and the wide open mouth. They all backed away carefully. Any second now, the beast was going to close its mouth…on the ship.
"Here it comes." Barbossa muttered, still at the helm. He had watched this whole thing with a slightly amused look on his face.
The Kraken lurched forward. Elizabeth screamed. Madison put her hands on her hips and a body flew out of the mouth of the beast. A small smile crossed Madison's face.
"Get some sleep, pet." She said, reaching out and touching one of the tentacles. Slowly, the Kraken sank back under the water. Madison picked up the hat and shook it as she went over to the body, grabbed an arm, and dragged it all the way to the edge of the ship where she lifted it up to rest on the railing and began smacking its back.
"Will…" Elizabeth said. "It's…it's…"
"Jack." Will whispered.
"Come on you idiot." Madison said, smacking Jack's back again. "Gonna give you a nice bruise before you finally…" Jack suddenly started coughing and reached back, grabbing her arm. He slowly straightened up and looked at her. "Hello Jack."
"You seem familiar…do I know you?" Jack asked. Madison tilted her head and raised an eyebrow. "Hmm…oh yes. You were a little shorter…a little…flatter." He held his hands up to her chest but didn't touch her. "A lot cuter too."
"Jack…" Madison said, warningly.
"If it isn't little miss…" Jack said.
"Jack…" Madison said again.
"Madison…" Jack said.
"Jack Sparrow don't you dare…." Madison said.
"Turner." Jack finished. The tension that followed could have been cut with knife.
"This is why I hate you!" Madison said.
"Turner?" Will asked. Madison slowly looked from Jack to Will. "Turner?"
"Yeah…" Madison said.
"YOU'RE RELATED TO ME!" Will yelled.
"Yeah." Madison said.
"Was I ever going to find out this?" Will asked.
"Well…yeah." Madison said. "It was either at a time like this…or a time when we caught up to the Flying Dutchman and dad did it."
"So you're…my sister?" Will asked.
"Half sister. Different mom." Madison said.
"And I should believe…why?" Will asked.
"Apparently I live to annoy her, mate." Jack said, sitting down.
"And Barbossa was going to say it when he first introduced me. But, unlike Jack, he knows how to shut up." Madison said, kicking Jack.
"OW!" Jack said, rubbing his leg.
"I'm…going to be in my cabin." Madison said. She threw Jack's hat at him before turning around and going to the cabin.
"Apparently I missed something." Jack said.
"Cap'n." Gibbs said, helping him up. "You've been in the Kraken for nearly ten days." Jack stared at him.
"I think…" He said. "I have to talk with Maddie."
"Leave her alone, Jack." Will said.
"Why should I?" Jack asked. He glanced at Elizabeth before heading over to the cabin. He didn't even knock, just walked in like he always used to. "Maddie I…" She spun around and slapped him. "I didn't deserve that."
"You asshole!" Madison said. "God…why don't you ever listen to me and stop? Too rum in your brain or something?"
"I resent that." Jack said. He walked farther into the cabin, ignoring the death glares Madison was giving him. She rolled her eyes and closed the door.
"What do you want?" Madison asked, moving in front of him.
"Just saying thanks, luv." Jack said. "And maybe find out how on earth you bloody well did what you did. Unless of course your father and brother have hidden talents they don't know about."
"Not even my father knows about this, Jack." Madison said.
"You've kept it secret for seventeen years?" Jack asked. Madison shrugged. "Well then…that's…" He sighed. "Dunno what that is."
"That makes two of us." Madison said.
"Are…are you agreeing with me?" Jack asked.
"Ew. I am." Madison said. Jack smiled. Madison rolled her eyes.
"What's you're problem with me, luv?" Jack asked. "You turn five and suddenly I'm your worse enemy." Madison shrugged. "You don't have a reason do you."
"I do." Madison said. Jack crossed his arms and waited. "I just…can't remember it." Jack smirked and shook his head. "Hey you argued with me too."
"You started it." Jack said.
"No I didn't!" Madison said.
"Yes you did!" Jack said.
"No I didn't!" Madison said.
"Yes you did!" Jack said.
"No I didn't!" Madison said.
"Yes you did!" Jack said.
"Ok I can understand me being like this because I'm seventeen but what about you?" Madison asked. Jack gave her a look. "Oh no…the scary pirate is giving me evil looks. Someone hel-…" Jack grabbed her around the waist, pulled her up against him and kissed her. Madison's eyes widened and she froze.
"That got you to shut up." Jack said, pulling away.
"Are you sure Barbossa was the evil one?" Madison asked. "For someone who's one and only love is the sea…" Madison leaned into him, pushing him against the wall. Jack closed his eyes, expecting her to kiss him, but Madison just turned her head and whispered into his ear. "You certainly do get attached to things easily…Uncle Jack." She stepped away, a smirk of her own in place. Jack stared at her. He was hit with a memory of her BEFORE she became a bitch. She always called him Uncle Jack. That's what Bill told her to call him.
Jack looked up when the door closed. He noticed he was now alone in the room. With a roll of the eyes, he left…only to find Will sitting on the steps and Madison leaning against the banister with her hands behind her back. They weren't talking or really even looking at each other but they had placed themselves close to each other, whether they realized it or not.
"Family bonding." Jack said, not even looking to know that Gibbs was next to him.
"Aye." The old man said. Madison looked at Will and said something that made him smile and reply. Soon they were laughing.
"What are they talking about?" Jack asked. Madison looked over at him, nudged Will with the toe of her boot and nodded over at Jack. He looked at him as well and soon both of them were laughing again. "Ok they're talking about me aren't they?"
"You're paranoid." Gibbs said.
"I am not." Jack said. He went below deck.
"I told you he'd think we were talking about him." Madison said, dropping down to sit next to Will.
"You were right." Will said.
"See…you stop being suspicious of me and we wind up liking each other." Madison said. Will looked at her. "Well…I like you." Will smiled and nodded. Madison smiled back. "You like me too?"
"As much as I can at the moment." Will said. Jack returned with a bottle of rum in his hand. He looked over at them to see a big smile on Madison's face.
"I've never seen that." Jack said. They looked at him.
"Seen what?" Madison asked.
"A smile that big…on your face." Jack said. "And little kids are supposed to smile a lot." Madison stuck her tongue out at him. "Well I've seen that."
"What about this?" Madison said, kicking him in the knee. Jack dropped the bottle and grabbed his knee, falling over from being unbalanced.
"Yeah…seen that too." He said. Will laughed.
"You really are not good with women." He said. "Oh…that reminds me." Jack slowly stood up and looked at him expectantly. "Giselle gave me a message for you."
"Oh no." Jack said. Will whispered to Madison and she smiled before slapping Jack. "That's one message I didn't need."
"I thought you did." Madison said. "Who knows how many girls you've left…heartbroken and alone." She put one hand on her chest and the other on her forehead. "Oh those poor girls. To be so used and abused just because Jack Sparrow is an idiot." She started to fall and Will caught her. She wasn't expecting that but was happy.
"I never abused them." Jack said.
"Well maybe not physically." Madison said.
"There's more to this then just what I did to other people isn't there." Jack asked.
"How did you come up with that?" Madison asked, standing up.
"Well…I just remembered the last time I saw you." Jack said.
"I'm gonna go steer." Madison said, going up the stairs and taking the compass and wheel from Barbossa and handing him the key to the cabin.
So…Jack's back. And is still a big idiot. Now you all know who Madison is and who she's related to…thanks to Jack.
