Well well. The flow of reviews has picked up all. Impressive. U work well under pressure. But I think I shall require up until 11 to put the next chapter. Now, I'm not usually like this but I just notice how many views I egt and can't figure out y nobody comments...--. Well w/o any further ado...

about 5 hours later.

"jaaack! Jaaack! JAAACK!"

Jack shook his head. He was sleeping at the wheel. His short legs were across the floor and he was lying down on the deck,

"Love." he mumbled. "Rule 1. If the captain is sleeping...then don't wake him up."

But Terra was waving her arms around franticly. She pointed out towards the setting sun.

"THAT'S WHY I'V BEEN YELLING!" she yelled.

There in the distance was a ship. It towered high above them and made them look like a toy boat. Jack's eyes grew wide. There sails were pointed and died a horrible black as they were deadly close to them.

"Oh bloody...why now!" He leapt up his hat getting knocked off his head.

He snatched it and went looking around for a weapon of any kind. But he couldn't find any. There were no guns. No cannons. No nothing. He searched franticly. Terra stared out at the on coming ship with a horrible sinking feeling in her chest. What if they blew a cannonball at them or came aboard? She had to get out of there! She went to go towards the stairs leading down but felt a strong tug on her back. she turned around half expecting to see a man from the ship but instead saw her dress that was not entangled around a few loose nails. she pulled violently but they wouldn't come.

"Jack!" she yelled to him but he was below deck still looking for something.

Jack searched everywhere until he found what looked like an old cannon somebody had stored in the roof with a net. Jack reached up to try and pull it down. But he came to 1 problem ...he was...

"I'M TOO DAMN SHORT!" he yelled hopping up and down snatching at the rusted hunk of metal.

But everytime it was just out of reach. His dirty fingers snatched and grabbed at it but just when he felt the thick rough rope of the net he would miss. Jack began to curse wildly in words I don't think I should say here. Then he heard Terra scream. It was distant but he heard her.

"JACK THERE FIREING AT US! GET UP HERE! "

"Stupid...damned..." he made a final attempt jump and grabbed a handful of rope.

His weight was too much for the ancient thing and it came crashing down causing a crack in the wooded floor. Jack brushed himself off and pushed the stupid thing up the stairs. It wasn't the easiest thing to do of course especially not for a boy of 17 but Jack was used to pushing heavier and within a matter of minutes it was on deck. Jack collapsed on it.

"Bloody...cannon..." he gasped.

He saw right in front of them was the ship, There was a low whistle that whizzed through the air. Jack stared up and saw a streak of black fly through the air and hit the crow's nest. Terra screamed as it toppled swayed. The wooden part keeping it up was almost smashed in half. It was only a matter of minutes until it fell in the ocean.

"WHY DIDN'T SHE GET DOWN!" he yelled.

Jack searched the deck for anything to fire. He saw a big thick book laying near where he had been sleeping. He went over and grabbed it and threw it into the cannon. He fired. The book flew threw the air and hit some guy on the other ship. There was a faint grunt and he fell over.

"I got him." yelled Jack happily.

The ship crossed in front of him. A man on the front of the deck examined them and Jack.

"Never mind..It's just a bunch o' bloody kids." he said. "I doubt they' got an'thing good. Let' go."

The ship begins to float away. Jack goes to the edge of the deck.

"COME BACK HERE YA BLODY BASTARDS!" he yelled shaking his fist. "YA' JUST DON' WANNA FIGHT ME! COME BACK HERE..." but his voice trailed away as the ship got farther and farther.

Jack sunk to the deck floor. "just a bunch of kids..." Just a few days ago he was the most feared wanted pirate in the ocean...he defeated the crew of the black pearl...he was the new captain of the black pearl...but now? He was "just a kid."...

"JACK!"

Jack stares up at the crow's nest in time to see it collapse into the ocean. He sees Terra topple into the water. He made his way to the side of the ship.

Moments earlier.

Terra pulled franticly on her dress. The bloody thing wouldn't come loose. The crow's nest swayed back and forth slowly in the breeze. She peered down onto the deck. Jack was yelling after the ship as it sailed away from them. Why was he acting like that? He should be happy that there leaving. At least they won't die now...Jack sunk down onto the deck as Terra felt a horrible lurch.

"Jack!" she screamed but he seemed too lost in his thoughts to hear her.

There was a crack. The nest took went down a notch. She clutched the side of it. Suddenly it fell over sideways. She screamed. They hit the water hardly. It knocked the wind out of her. The nest sunk quickly as Terra struggled to get free. She yanked harder and harder until she came loose. But her heavy cotton dress was weighing her down.She tried to pull herself up but it was useless...she was done for.

"I wish I never went on this stupid ship." she thought franticly. "I should have never went with that diry..stupid...pirate wanna be Ja..."

Suddenly there was a tug on her arm. She felt herself get lifted from the water. She was hoisted up and slowly put on deck. It was Jack. His whole arm was soaking wet from reaching in and pulling her out.

She coughed.

"..Jack." she said.

"You..have me ring..." he gasped for air. He couldn't loft that much. "I wasn't gonna...let ya drown with it on."

"You saved my life?" Terra was still in shock.

But Jack didn't hear her.

"Ya coud'a swam if ya weren't wearin' that dress." he mumbled. "What kinda person goes int' the ocean in a dress! My God."

Terra got to her feet.

"Thanks Jack."

"Ya didn' lose my ring did ya?" he asked.

Terra stuck her hand in her pocket.

"I got it."

"Good."

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