HUNT FOR THE GOLDEN MERMAID
THE UNFEASIBLE FAMILY
"Ye for her?" Baron almost laughed. "Ye'd do that?"
Jack looked straight at Baron who had loosened his grip on Kate's neck. He turned to Kate whose eyes were wide in shock and he nodded.
"Of course I would" Jack nodded, still looking at Kate, "She's me daughter" he said finally turning to Baron, he missed Kate's small smile.
"Don't be stupid Jack," Will yelled out.
"She's my family," Jack told Will.
"Jack, promise you'll be back for me" Giselle pleaded of him, her green eyes beginning to tear.
"I promise Giselle" Jack nodded as he held her hands in his.
"Why can't you take me with you?" Giselle whispered, avoiding her need to sob.
"It's too dangerous, I don't want ye near this crew" Jack shook his head.
"I hate it when you have to leave Jack, I'm afraid I'll loose you every time" Giselle still pleaded her case
"C'mon Cap'n, we be leavin' soon" Barbossa called from the deck of the Black Peal.
Jack and Giselle looked up from Tortuga's dock to Jack's first mate. The two of them didn't want Barbossa to call. That meant that Jack would have to leave, he would have to leave Tortuga and the one he never wanted to leave.
"Hold a minute, I'm comin'" Jack yelled frustrated.
He turned his gaze back to Giselle who was crying freely now. Her long black hair was falling over her shoulders and back, as her cheeks were soaked from her tears.
"Don't cry, love" Jack soothed as he wiped tears from her cheeks.
"You're leaving Jack, how could I not be like this?" Giselle sobbed.
"Giselle" he whispered, "I'll come back for ye, I swear"
"You could be killed" she choked.
"When I come back we can be a family" Jack smiled, he placed his thumb and forefinger under her chin as she looked at him confused, "What I mean is. What I'm tryin' to say is, will you marry me Giselle?" he smiled.
Giselle smiled widely and nodded furiously.
"Yes, Jack"
"I don't have a proper ring…but here" He pulled off one of his many rings, this one was silver and had a blue moon stone in the middle. He delicately slid the ring on her finger and she smiled.
"It's beautiful Jack, a little big but beautiful" she laughed.
"Then have this" he rummaged through his pockets and pulled out a blue ribbon with flowers sewn into it.
"Thank you Jack, it's stunning" Giselle smiled softly.
"Jack!" a pirate yelled for the infamous Sparrow.
"I'm comin'!" Jack yelled, he looked to his future wife and grinned, "Ye'll marry me when I get back?" he asked and she nodded.
"I love you" she smiled.
Jack nodded.
"I love yur too" he kissed her softly and left her on that dock, never to see her again.
Jack turned to Will who was still being restrained by Baron's crew. Will shook his head at Jack and Jack merely nodded. He was going to do this. He had to do this. He lost his chance at a marriage, a family, years ago because of being pirate, because he was betrayed, marooned. He wasn't going to let this happen again.
Baron loosened his grip completely from around Kate's neck, she landed with a thud on the deck and when she tried to stand Baron growled and told her to stay put.
"Sparrow are ye sure of this… decision?" Baron questioned again.
Jack nodded.
"I've never been so sure in me life"
"Ye heard him lads, tie him up" Baron yelled to his crew.
Two pirates grabbed Jack while the others made sure Jack's crew had no ideas. Jack made no attempt of running while he was tied to the mast of his ship. He didn't even change expression.
"Leave 'im be Baron, yur grudge is with me" Kate grunted and stood up.
"Ye heard him too missy, he is gonna be shot for the sake of ye" Baron corrected but then laughed, "But I think I'll be killing ye too"
"What? No!" Jack growled and struggled furiously with his bonds. "Ye made a promise!"
"Don't cry sweetheart," Giselle breathed to her young crying daughter.
"I'll miss you Ma" Young Kate cried at her mother's bedside.
"It's going to be alright darling, your Grandmother can care for you" Giselle stroked her daughters hair as she struggled to breathe consistently.
"I want you to take care of me Ma," the young girl still cried.
"Kate listen to me, I've taught you everything I can. But you're still young and learning, you need someone to teach you more." Giselle explained to her child. "When you're old enough you can then see the world and get out of here,"
"Ma, you can still teach me more" Kate protested, her tears staining the sheets of her mother's bed.
"No Katherine I can't," Giselle sighed. "But I can give you one last thing" she added. Kate looked up from her arms, "Get the box from under my bed"
Kate pulled her self from off the bed and looked under it, she found a small wooden box that looked like it had shared its lifetime twice over.
"Is this it Ma?" Kate asked.
Her mother nodded and Kate handed it to her. Giselle opened the box and it creaked loudly, louder than expected. Kate sat on the bed again and peeked inside the box. She could see old paper, probably letters, a black feather, a silver ring, which had a blue stone in the middle, small beads and a blue ribbon.
Giselle pulled the ribbon out of the box and smiled as she handed it to her daughter. Kate took it in one hand as she inspected the white flowers that were expertly sewn in.
"Jack- your father gave that to me" she nodded.
Kate's eyes widened and she inspected the ribbon closer. Her Father had held this ribbon.
"Thank you Ma" she smiled.
Kate scooted over the bed and rested next to her mother. She breathed heavily as Giselle put an arm around her. The mother and daughter rested on the old bed until they fell asleep.
"Yur a lying bastard, Baron" Kate offended and took a swing at him.
Baron caught her small hand and hit her swiftly with the back of his. Kate's head was swung to the side from force but she turned back to him, not changing her expression.
"You hit a girl?" Will yelled out.
"Shut yur mouth" Baron yelled back and hit Kate again, who this time spat a little blood.
"Just leave her be" Jack almost begged.
Baron smirked and pushed Kate to the ground, he stalked over to Jack who looked broken. Baron's hard taps across the wood of the deck we deafening to Jack's ears. How could he have been so stupid and believe this pig?
"Beggin' are we Sparrow?" Baron laughed. "Ne'er thought I'd hear such a thing from the legendary Jack Sparrow"
"It's Captain Jack Sparrow" Will growled.
"Shut yur mouth or I'll blow yur head off!" Baron yelled to Will.
Baron turned his attention back to Jack who was worriedly watching Kate cough on the ground.
"Ye don't want me to hurt your sticky fingered rat?" Baron asked and Jack shook his head, "No? Well too bad she wronged me and she needs punishment, ye merely volunteered yurself"
"Punish me, not her" Jack glared at Baron.
"That just won't work…I don't like that idea, Jack" Baron shook his head, "I'd much rather get rid of both of ye Sparrows"
Baron lifted his pistol and clicked the safety.
Kate woke on her mother's bed to the morning sun in her face. She yawned silently and stretched her arms as she looked over to her mother, who was sleeping peacefully, her long black hair neatly tied in a long braid that lay over her shoulder. "Good morning Ma" she yawned again and was surprised when her mother didn't wake, normally she was a light sleeper. "Ma?" she whispered. Nothing. Kate breathed in heavily and shook her mother to wake her, calling her name but nothing. Kate knew she was gone but she still shook her. "Mama" she cried as tears ran down her face. "No, wake up. Don't leave me" Kate rested her head on her mother's cold-to-the-touch shoulder and hugged her tight hoping that somehow she would wake. Deep down the little girl knew that her mother had left her and gone to a better place but she wanted her to stay with her. Kate cried into her mothers shoulder as she squeezed the blue ribbon in her hand."Any last words?" Baron smirked to his soon-to-be-victim.
Jack nodded.
"Kate," he called and she looked up, tears staining her face, "look for opportune moments in life, they're there when you know how to find them" Jack told his daughter.
Kate nodded to her Father, knowing this would be the last time she ever saw him.
"Thanks…Dad" she smiled weakly.
"Enough with the sentimental moment" Baron growled interrupting, he still had his pistol aimed, "Well Jack, this is it then, it was nice meetin' yer"
Jack closed his eyes, not wanting to see Baron's face as he fired, after a few moments Jack heard a cry of pain. He opened his eyes to she Baron falling to his knees with a dagger in his back, Jack turned to Will who was still in restraints then to Anamaria who was also still in restraints then to Kate who had a pistol aimed at members of Baron's crew.
"Alright maties, all of ye filthy rats better be off this here ship before I can say 'land ho'" Kate barked at the shocked crewmates, "Let 'em free" she told the pirates that held Will and Anamaria.
After Will and Anamaria were free they aimed at Baron's crew along with Jack's crew. Kate quickly cut Jack free and they stopped in front of the dieing Baron. He breathed heavily as Kate and Jack glared.
"Ye try and hurt the Sparrow family and ye get what ye deserve," Jack said quietly, "Take this backstabber with yur!" Jack yelled to Baron's crew, two pirates ran over and dragged him with them, back to Baron's ship.
Kate and Jack walked over to the railing of the Pearl as the sun began to rise. After a moment Kate began to laugh to herself, which was very curious.
"What's so funny?" Jack asked confused.
"I thought ye were talkin' about me for a moment there" she laughed.
"What?" Jack was still confused.
"Ye said backstabber," she explained as she stopped laughing.
"Ohh" Jack smiled as Kate sighed.
Silence squeezed between them until Kate finally spoke
"I found an opportune moment," she said proudly.
"Aye and I'm glad ye did, I was gettin' worried for a moment there," Jack almost laughed.
"Ye think I couldn't stop him?" Kate asked in mock hurt.
"Of course ya could darlin', yur a Sparrow" he claimed defiantly.
"I see" she nodded, laughing a little.
"From now on, I've decided, that Sparrow's stick together, savvy?" Jack asked.
Kate chuckled a little before answering the question she had waited for her entire life.
"Savvy" she nodded as she grinned.
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"Are ye sure ye read it right?" Jack asked his daughter as they inconspicuously walked down a street in Port Royal.
"Of course I read it right!" Kate sniggered.
She pulled out a letter from her pocket and read it aloud as they reached a small hill.
"Dear Kate and Jack- notice I'm first" she smiled and Jack grimaced, "Elizabeth and I would love if ye could visit any time soon." She breathed and started the next sentence, "We have some extraor- extrao… interestingly good news –which is obvious-" she breathed again, "Please let us know if ye can visit-"
"Small detail we forgot" Jack added and Kate nodded.
"From ye friend, William Turner" Kate finished the letter and folded back in her pocket when they reached the Turner cottage.
"Right ye go first" Jack said as he opened the gate.
Kate obliged and reached the door first. Jack was far behind as she reached to knock on the door. The door swung open before she had a chance to knock and Mr. William Turner stood before her.
"'Ello" she grinned.
"Kate!" Will smiled and hugged his friend, "Jack, nice to see you" he added when Jack reached the door.
"Aye ye too, Will" Jack nodded as he shook his old friends hand.
"Well come on in" Will let the two pirates into his home, "I thought you were going to let us know if you were coming"
"Slight problem there, after we picked the letter up well…" Kate began.
"We ran out of paper" Jack grinned.
"Oh, well no problem then" Will laughed and lead the two of them into the drawing room.
They entered and found Elizabeth, a very flat-stomached Elizabeth sitting in a comfortable rocking chair, when she noticed them she stood from her comfortable position and smiled.
"Jack! Kate! How nice to see you!"
"Aye, good to see yur too" they both nodded then looked at each other surprised that they greeted her the same.
"I see you're still wearing, well, half of the dress I gave you" Elizabeth motioned to the corset that Kate wore.
"Oh yeah, well I just love the colour" she smiled.
"Alright lets see the little thing then" Jack smacked his hands together.
"I was just about to introduce you, Jack" Elizabeth said a little annoyed, but still smiled.
She went out of the room for a moment and returned with a tiny baby wrapped in a soft white blanket.
"It's a girl!" Will smiled proudly.
"She's beautiful" Kate smiled and played with her tiny hand.
"What's her name?" Jack asked as he watched his child amuse Will and Elizabeth's.
"Katherine" Will and Elizabeth grinned together.
Fin.
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Well that's it. That's the last chapter.
It took me so long; it was a really difficult chapter to write.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed my story through out but one last thanks to Orochimaru's Ojou-san for your last comment.
So another thanks to everyone that read this, I really enjoyed writing it. And you all rock!
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