Disclaimer: I do not in any Way, Shape, or Form own Pirates of the Caribbean . If I did, I would have a Jack Sparrow at my side, and I wouldn't at all complain .
Ch.4
With that I laid down on the sand, letting myself fall victim to the sweet grogginess of rum.
The next morning came too early for my liking. I rolled onto my side, and lazily opened my eyes. I looked around me at the island as I sat up. "Right... rum, bonfire... getting thrown overboard..." I muttered to myself bitterly before walking over to the dugout and going down. "I wander what I can burn. Cause I doubt Elizabeth will remember where the island is." I mused. "But I'm going to save the rum." With that in mind I started bringing out barrels of booze and dried wood out. I stashed a few bottles of rum on my person and kept a few by the side for later. 'Why waste the good stuff?' I thought to myself with a shrug. By late morning, Jack was still sleeping, and I had a good sized fire, without wasting the rum. I was nursing a bottle at the moment, taking more casual gulps than the night before. I through another barrel into the pit and stood casually as exploded. "Yoho, Yoho, a pirates life fer me." I whispered in a sing song voice, and then chuckled softly. I watched the fire burn while swishing the rum in its bottle. I then started to ponder a bit. 'When did I decide to call Jack by his name?' I thought starring into dancing flames. 'I suppose it was thanks to last night, when he asked me to sail with him and the crew when they got the Pearl back.' I chuckled again. "I never would have thought I'd ever get asked that." I shook my head a bit, throwing another barrel into the fire and took a swig of rum. The barrel burst and I heard someone muttering in panic. I turned around, hiding the rum in my hands, so see Jack looking in horror at what was burning. He ran up to me exclaiming. "You burned all the booze... the shade.... the rum!" I had to stop myself from cracking up as I continued to swirl said rum in its bottle again. "Yes, the rum is gone." I said without much thought. "Why's the rum gone." He asked, looking as if he was in pain. "It burns nicely don't you think?" I said with a smirk and motioned to the fire. 'At least Elizabeth will be able to see where we are.' I mused. "But... the rum!" Jack said in almost a whining voice. "Is right behind you Sparrow." I said simply and took a swig of rum. Well I would have if Jack didn't take mine and took a gulp. I have him an annoyed look but he just waved it off. "Ya owe me luv." He stated simply. I rolled my eyes and grabbed another bottle. I ripped the cork out and took a gulp. "I don' owe you nothin Sparrow." I said simply and walked back to the beach. I paused a little and turned back to Jack. "If you wanna keep some rum, better keep it on yer person." I advised then sat down on the beach again and looked out at the ocean again. Soon I was joined by Jack again, and held out his hand for my bottle. I rolled my eyes and handed it to him, letting him take a swig before he passed it back. "We'll wait until someone comes, no one can miss a fire this big." I mused.
A few hours passed when we spotted white flags of a ship and a small boat heading towards us. When the boat landed, I couldn't help but pale a bit. It was the navy. 'Oh joy...' I thought bitterly as they landed. Jack and I stood up and started to back away until they held up their guns, pointing them at us. "So what's yer plan now luv?" Jack whispered to me while the soldiers came towards us. "Go peacefully?" I asked with a shrug, "Or try to convince them to let us go?" I said a bit weakly. We were surprisingly not cuffed or bound but were forced onto the boat that took us to the navy ship. When we got onboard I was quite amused when I heard Elizabeth telling her father that they needed to find my brother, but of course since he and I did help Jack escape and take a ship, we were probably labelled as pirates ourselves. I did resent the fact that Governor Swan was going to let Will die, but there wasn't much that I could do as I listened to the dispute between father and daughter. "I wonder if that would have happened between my father and I." I mused out loud, though quietly. "Probably not luv. You have his cool head, when his emotions weren't taking over." I heard Jack say from beside me. Before I could say anything though, Jack started walking to the Governor and Commandant, causing myself to follow along with the soldiers. I had to force myself not to roll my eyes as he talked. 'Using people left and right he is.' I thought with a roll of my eyes. 'I'm probably just the same as everyone else as well. A tool.' Jack was trying to convince the Commandant to go after the Pearl. It wasn't working at all though as the Commandant always had a stick high up his ass. It was only when Elizabeth decided to use the man's desire for her against him, and herself as well. As long as I have known my brother and Elizabeth, I have always known that they loved each other, but I couldn't do anything it since it would too troublesome to get the two to admit it to each other. I shook my head when the girl admitted to accepting the proposal, even though I could tell she didn't want to. Jack, being the imbecile that he was, was quite pleased with the news. I hit him over the head to get his attention back to Norrington. "Have a lil to much rum?" I asked sarcastically to him. I noticed Elizabeth look over at me and looked back at her. I closed my eyes and shook my head a bit at her, calling her an idiot in my own way. Instead of chaining us, Norrington said that Jack had to corporate and help them get to the cove, and then be silent as the grave.
"While you are doing that Mr. Sparrow, Miss Turner will explain to me what exactly has been going on." Norrington said looking at me with a slight glare. I stared back at him, challenging him to even try something. "What Elizabeth has said, is what has happened." I stated simply. "That's Miss Swan to you Miss Turner." Norrington corrected. I crossed my arms in front of my chest and rolled my eyes. "Bastard." I mumbled under my breath.
I don't know how long it took to get back to the cove, but I was already ready to skin someone alive. I never realized how irritating I found the people from Port Royal until I was away for as long as I was. They were stuck up and demanding. 'Hm... no wonder Elizabeth and I never actually got along in the first place.' I mused in my head. Currently I was seating next to Jack on a boat, with our guards, and Norrington and some rowers heading towards the cove, again. But of course, Jack was coy enough to use Elizabeth, or should I actually say the future Mrs. Commodore against him, saying that it would be a shame if the man lost her thanks to the pirates and that Jack and I should head go to the cove ourselves, and convince Barbossa to come back out with his pirates, and blah, blah, blah. I placed a hand on my forehead massaging it a bit. This was giving me to much of a head ache already. Soon though, it was just me and Jack again, with him rowing us into the cove. "You're just full of shit aren't you?" I asked blandly, looking forward into the deep mist. Our backs were toughing, keeping each other upright. "It's all a game to get what I want luv. Remember I'm a pirate." He said and I could just feel the smirk that was playing on his lips. "I gathered that already." I said dryly. After that a silence surrounded us, but I wasn't sure if it was a good one, or if I should be weary of it. 'You never know with Jack. At least one thing that's written about him is true. He's despicable.' I thought dryly. We ventured further into the cave until the navy was out of site. I looked down at the water, seeing the small glitter of gold from the little light that we had. "Have you thought about it yet luv?" Jack asked me suddenly. I looked up and over to him. "Thought about what?" I asked, not thinking that he remembered asking me anything. I heard him chuckle quietly, he probably figured that he caught me off guard or something. "About joining me crew once I get the Pearl back and sailing with us." He said with another smirk, I'm sure of it. "Am I out of time to think about it?" I asked with a smirk of my own, nudging him slightly with my elbow. "Not at all luv, but you might want to make a decision soon. I 'ave a feeling that this adventure is goin' ta be done soon enough as it is." He said. I smiled to myself and closed my eyes. "I'll take you up on yer offer Cap'ain. I'll sail with you and the crew." I said, feeling my smile widen at my words. I felt another chuckle pass through Jack's chest. "Good answer luv, I'd be glad ta ha'e ya with me crew." He said and silence surrounded us once more. When we landed, Jack started off towards the area that Barbossa and his crew were before. He motioned me to stay back and to say silent, which I replied with rolling my eyes at him. He paused before going and walked back over to me, placing his hands on my shoulders. He had a good half a head on me so I looked up at him when he bent down. "Now, be a good luv, and stay here, don want me newest crew gettin shot now do we?" he said and smirked. "Aye Cap'ain, but I'll fight if I have ta." I warned him, causing him to smirk more. "Good ta hear. Now stay here savvy?" he said and left making his way over to Barbossa. I leaned against the wall to my right and watched him. 'I doubt I'll ever understand him.' I thought.
The crew was hooting loudly as my brother was bent over the chest of gold. I really should tell my brother to stop getting into these situations... but I knew it was useless, it was how my brother was, how he always was. I shook my head a bit and watched the two men who I acknowledged carefully. Barbossa was going to make a speech until Jack came through the crowd. I would have laughed at his expression, clearly it was one of disbelief, that once again, Jack had escaped the island. I looked at Will this time and our eyes locked. I smirked at him and placed two fingers at my temple and moved them towards him, it was my way of saying hello silently to him. I saw him smile, glad that I was alright, and that Jack hadn't done anything to me while we were on the island. I listened to Jack as he sold the Royal Navy, out, just like I figured he'd do. At least Will wasn't going to die, that was something good in my books, if he did, I think I'd kill everyone here, including Jack. Oh well, I'd have figured something out in the end. I snuck from the space I was in, getting closer to the action. Will and Jack both noticed this, and I caught Jack's eyes. He was planning something, and I waited to see what it was. Jack skimmed his hand across the Aztec gold picking up a few in his hand and as he spoke he dropped them back, except for one, which he slid into his hand. 'Sneaky.' I thought as Will, who had also seen this action started taking offense to what was being said. Barbossa and Jack soon made an agreement, and I could only roll my eyes at how stupid pirates were. 'But that's exactly what you're going to be.' A small voice spoke in the back of my head. 'You're going to be a pirate, you're going to fill your dream.' I thought about that I really did. I'm going to be following in a dream that I always wanted, I was going to travel the ocean.... When I snapped back to my senses, it was only Barbossa, Jack, Will, myself and a few selected pirates from Barbossa's crew left in the cave. 'Did I really zone out for that long?' I wondered.
I was looking at the treasure as Jack and Barbossa talked. I was fingering my sword lightly. I knew Will was watching me like a hawk. He always did if he thought I was going to do something stupid. Well, if you call take a man's sword from its sheath, then pushing said man into the water that surrounded the treasury. Then I suppose that is stupid, but not if you consider that it was for a good cause since I gave it to my brother, when his wrists were finally free. Though on the hand, the rest of the pirates came after us because of that. Jack was fighting with Barbossa, but I needed to keep my sights on who I was fighting. These guys never give up, though I can't blame them, it would be pretty bad to be done in by a girl. I kicked the guy in front of me in the chest knocking him to the ground then swerved around my sword meeting another's. I smirked as I pared with the man, forcing him to move back. I slashed down when he went to block causing our swords to clash against each other. I gripped mine a bit tighter with my hand and brought out my dagger with the other. I shifted my weight down suddenly, causing two bodies to collide with one another. I rolled out of the way before they could fall on me and I stood up once more, heading over to my brother who looked like he was having some trouble. Before I got very far though I heard the slicing of air behind me and ducked before my head rolled off of my shoulders. I swept the man off his feet and jumped up onto my own, kicking the pirate's head in the process. I looked up preparing to block an attack when I was caught off guard. "So it really is an undead cure." I said blandly, starring at the skeleton in front of me. He let out a yell then charged, our swords clanking at each strike. I didn't always block, merely sidestepped. I did that more when the other pirate joined. I had tucked my dagger back into my sleeve as I fought. I planned on saving that for later, I had a feeling that it would be for the best anyway, well more so safer than anything else. Now most people probably not notice a third pirate coming up from behind them since all their attention is aimed at the ones they were fighting. But thanks to dealing with drunks at the tavern I was well aware of it. I kicked one of the pirates into the other before clanging swords with the third pirate. Now let me tell you something, it's hard enough handling two with one sword, but three with one sword was where I drew the line. As I fought I spotted something made me pause for a second. One, was another sword to fight with, the second though was Jack, but in skeleton form, shining in the moonlight. "Interesting..." I mused, kicking up the second sword and using it to defend myself. I kicked them down once more before I started feeling the dullness of exhaustion catching up on me. I sighed heavily and sheathed my sword throwing the other one expertly at the pirates, also just so happened to have been lined up perfectly, so the sword went right through them. I then picked up a broken post slamming it through them as well and stepped back wiping my hands in the process. I looked over at my brother to see Elizabeth. "Oh hello there, when'd you get here?" I asked curiously making my way over to the two. Will and I both grabbed a bomb lit it and stuck it into the middle chest of the pirates we fought before pushing, or in my case kicking, them into the shadows where they went boom. While walking away, I snatched the medallion that our father sent us and snuck up to the chest. When Jack and Barbossa were near, Jack sliced his hand, then through his coin to me. I had already sliced mine and when I caught his coin, I gave him a smirk, even as Barbossa cocked his gun at him. Before anything could happen though Jack shot him. "You carried that pistol for ten years now and you wasted that shot." Barbossa said smugly. "No he didn't." I smirked, releasing the two coins. "Gabriella Turner mate. Ya ne'er asked me fer me name." I said holding my bloody dagger in my other hand.