Fearless
"If anyone grabs my butt, they will die." I said as we walked the streets of Singapore. Elizabeth and Annamaria laughed. We were all walking in a group; Jack was ahead of us talking to Gibbs. Singapore was in absolute chaos, at least more then usual. The streets were crowed with the locals, waving banners and flags with dragons on them. We girls were dressed up in dresses, Elizabeth in a blue one, Annamaria in a red and me in a green dress. My hair was in a ponytail while Elizabeth's was braided and Annamaria's was down. Just then a drunken man walked over to us.
"How much do I have to pay to get with all three of you…at the same time?" He laughed and stumbled around before turning back to us. Our face's had the same look, disgust.
"Can I punch him?" I asked glaring at him.
"You always get to punch the people." Annamaria said and I shrugged.
"I vote for Elizabeth, she is the king." I said smirking at her, she returned it and looked at the man.
"What's your name?" He smiled, obviously not have heard us talking.
"Siti and what is yours my sweet?" She smirked before punching him in the face sending him to the ground. Annamaria and I burst out laughing.
"My name is Elizabeth and if you come near my friends or me again I will do worse to you." She said before kicking him in the stomach, he groaned in pain as we continued laughing. Elizabeth motioned for us to follow her as we stepped over the man.
"That was good." I said as our laughter finally subsided. We caught up with the rest of the crew; we made it into the town square where people were selling festive items, mainly dragons. I saw an interesting booth and I started walking over to it, when someone grabbed my arm.
"Where are you going love?" Jack yelled over the noise of people celebrating. I pointed to the vendor and replied.
"I want to look over there, maybe get Will a souvenir?" I asked. He shook his head.
"Will made me promise to protect you, and besides we are here on a mission love." I rolled my eyes.
"Jack I can take care of myself, and besides I could ask questions, figure out where this statue could be." He finally nodded and let go of my arm. I walked over to the vendor and looked around. I had just picked up an amulet of a black dragon when a voice said from behind me.
"Ah that is Ryujin king and god of the sea." I turned around to see an elderly man standing there. I smiled at him and turned back to the amulet, it would go well with Will, he is considered king of the sea.
"How much?" I asked turning back to the man. I grabbed for some money, but the man shook his head no.
"No it is free, free for a pretty lady, and also celebration in honor Ryujin greatest dragon on earth." I jerked my head up at his words.
"Is he the most praised dragon here?' I asked quickly and the man looked at me confused but nodded his head yes.
"Is there a statue of him here?" I asked looking around and I saw everyone else still in the square. The man nodded again.
"In the middle of the village, at midnight he will be revealed and we will celebrate his greatness. You should stay and watch it, very good celebration." I nodded distractedly.
"What time is it?" I asked anxious, he took out a watch and said.
"11:55, celebration will begin soon." I nodded and thanked him again for the amulet, I ran over to everyone else.
"I know who the dragon is and I know where the statue is." I said quickly as everyone looked at me.
"Where darling?" Jack asked coming up to me.
"The dragon is Ryujin god of the sea and his statue is in the middle of the town, and at midnight they will start celebrating it. We have to get there now." I said seriously as Jack nodded and we all took off. Racing down the streets, it was quiet a funny scene. I mean about 10 pirates running down the streets that were too crowed. We had to maneuver through many obstacles. When we finally got to the middle of town there was already a large crowd gathered around the statue as someone talked. I groaned.
"How are we ever going to get up there?' I asked as Jack joined me, he only smiled before pushing through the crowd. I turned back to the rest of the crew and shrugged before following Jack. It was tough going getting to the front of the crowd, these people are pushy but luckily we all made it to the front. There was an old man standing there in bright color robes talking about Ryujin and his greatness and how he had provided for the town for centuries. The large golden statue of Ryujin gleamed behind the man; it sat a top a perch gleaming in the torch lights.
"We need to get up there." I whispered to Jack and he nodded.
"But how?" Gibbs asked.
"We need a distraction, or at least a way that we can look at the statue without causing suspicion." Annamaria said from behind us.
"What do we have, only us." Pintel grumbled, Jack then started smiling and said.
"No we have a king." We all turned to Elizabeth and she looked at us wearily.
"You've got to be kidding me."
"You are the pirate king love."
"That was over a century ago, they have most likely forgotten about me." Jack nodded no.
"You are the only king in history to be a woman, they will remember you." And with that Jack pushed her forward so that she almost ran into the old man. The man eye's widened in shock as he looked at Elizabeth; a silence came over the crowed.
"It can't be, is it you pirate king?" The man asked amazed. Elizabeth looked at us and we motioned for her to nod. She nodded her head yes.
"But you have left our world, why are you here?' The man asked in awe as he bowed to her. She looked back at us with a confused face, I pointed to the statue. She nodded in said.
"I have come from the dead to pay my respects to…to…to the dragon, behind me." She finished off lamely as Jack gave a small chuckle. The man nodded and looked toward the crowed.
"We have been blessed, our dear pirate king had come back to praise Ryujin, we will let her praise him." Elizabeth then raised a finger and said.
"Uh yes I want to praise, but I cannot do it with that uh statue the way it is, yes that's it." She said thinking as she was talking. Annamaria put her hands over her eyes.
"What is wrong with the statue my king?" He asked bowing to her again. She looked back at us and shrugged and we only looked back at her.
"It uh needs…needs a look over. Yes I have brought some special people and they will look over the statue, come look over people." She said motioning for some of us to come up. Jack with Pintel and Ragetti walked up. The man glared at Jack.
"Jack Sparrow you are not welcomed here." He spat at him, Jack only smirked and replied.
"I am in the king's service, so yes I am." He stuck his tongue out at him and motioned for Pintel and Ragetti to get on the perch and look for the piece of the map. They got on the perch in an awkward way and started looking over the statue. Running their hands all over it bending down and looking for where the piece could be. Pintel shrugged his shoulders as he looked at Jack.
"Keep going we need to find…I mean the statue has to be better looked at for the king." He said looking at Elizabeth. Suddenly Ragetti bent over by the mouth and put his hand into it and grabbed something.
"I've found it!" He yelled excitedly as I sighed in relief. Pintel swaddled over to him and they both jumped excitedly, the statue started moving to the other side and it fell off the perch. The entire crowed was silent as the statue hit the ground smashing into little pieces. Cotton's parrot squawked.
"Dead men dead men."
"You can say that again." I muttered as most of the people looked in horror at the ruined statue. The old man in the robes face turned red and he walked over to Jack and yelled at him.
"You and your men have killed Ryujin; the penalty is death for you and your entire crew." He then spat at Jack as I inwardly cringed. Jack looked around nervously before yelling.
"Run!" He didn't have to tell us twice our crew all started running. I ran over to Elizabeth and grabbed her hand as we ran down the streets being chased by a mob.
"Run faster you dogs!" Jack yelled from behind us.
"Good going Jack." Annamaria yelled as we ran around a corner, the crowed pursuing us.
"I didn't knock the statue over."
"I told you not to let them join our crew!" She yelled back as she hit his head, almost causing him to trip.
"Could you two fight after we're safe?" Elizabeth yelled as the docks came into view. We ran even faster as we ran past docked ships finally coming upon the Pearl.
"Sail sail!" Jack yelled as we got on it, the mob was getting closer; they were just about to reach the ship when it went forward and into the water. We sailed out of the harbor to the yells of the mob while raising the torches and cussing at us. We sailed out into the ocean; the Dutchman was still a ways off. I turned around to see Annamaria yelling her head off at Pintel and Ragetti, Jack laughed at her and then she started yelling at him.
"Darling we will finish this later, but I want to see the map." He said looking at Pintel and Ragetti, they handed it over as Elizabeth and I crowed around him.
"Ladies, there's enough of me to go around." He said smirking while we just glared at him.
"What does it say?" I said trying to look at it.
"It says this land is many things, an island, a country, and a continent. Their animals are as unique as their language; I am not far from where you are now." We all stepped back and looked at each other confused.
"How can it be a country, island, and a continent that's just impossible?" Pintel said.
"No it isn't Australia is all three of them." Ragetti said and we all looked at him and he backed up a little.
"What? Oh I get it…no it I don't." We rolled our eyes as Jack yelled for Gibbs.
"Yes captain?" Gibbs asked walking up.
"We are heading to Australia get us there." He nodded.
"What about the Dutchman?" I asked and Jack raised an eyebrow.
"Darling it's next to us." He said pointing and I looked to see in fact that the Dutchman was sailing next to us. I blushed.
"Sorry." Jack nodded still looking at me oddly. I put my hand into my pocket and I felt the amulet I had gotten fro Will. So I swung back to the Dutchman after saying goodnight to everyone on the Pearl. I nodded hello's to crewmen I saw on the deck as I walked to my cabin. I yawned; Singapore had taken all my energy out of me. I walked into my cabin to see Will on a couch reading with Star on his lap. I smiled at him as I walked over and gave him a kiss on the cheek, I sat on the couch.
"Hello." I said as I looked at him, he smiled and said.
"Hello, everything go good in Singapore?"
"Define good?" Will laughed and gathered me into his arms and said.
"Tell me what happened," I nodded and by the time I was done Will was laughing, hard.
"That sounds interesting, to bad I missed it." I nodded and remembered the amulet.
"I have something for you." He quirked an eyebrow and said.
"Something for me? You shouldn't have." I shrugged my shoulders and said.
"Well I thought since you can't go on land, I could bring you something back from the land." He nodded and smiled as I handed him the amulet.
"He is Ryujin, king and god of the sea, the same as you. I thought it would be a perfect match." He nodded and smiled at me and put it on.
"I'll wear it everyday. Thank you." He leaned down and gave me a soft kiss.
"So where are we going?"
"Australia." He nodded and he pulled me closer to him. I snuggled into him as everything went black and I went into my dreams.
(Please R and R! I do not own Pirates.)