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It was quiet as Jack looked out at the island. He knew what he heard. It was Terra.
"We have to go back!" he said to the crew.
Anna Maria shook her head.
"Jack we cant go back! The winds pulling us the other way!"
It was all she got out though. Jack went passed her, his feet moving faster then his thoughts could follow. Before he knew it, he was at the edge. He could yell at them. He was the captain after all. It wouldn't have been hard to get them to turn around. But Jack was now in a 17 year old kind of mind. And that didn't always think too clearly. He got onto the edge of the ship, not bothering to take off his boots and plunged into the water below.
"Jack!" Gibbs called out, racing to the edge.
But it was too late though. Jack felt his body slip under the cool waves and bubbles float over the water and his face. He broke through the surface and took a deep breath. With that, he started towards the island. The waves went against him and it wasn't easy to swim. His body bobbled up and down on the foamy waves like a booey. And though he could hear Anna Maria calling for him from the boat, Jack never stopped. He just kept going. Finally, after what felt like forever and a half, the beach appeared under his feet. His toes sunk into the gooey sand as he dragged his body onto the shore. It was hot, really hot. Hotter then it had been when he left it a few seconds ago, it seemed. Immediately, the sun beat down on him and his clothes stuck to his body from the salt water. He started through the grove of palm trees he had seen only 20 minutes ago, Terra go through. The braches pulled at his skin as he pushed through the thick leaves. He stuck out his hands in front of him to make sure he didn't go into anything else. It was safe...until he tripped on a large misplaced rock. He landed in the dirt and tasted it on his lips. He scrambled back then kept going.
"What if she just saw a spider or something?" he thought to himself. "It could be something like a..." he stopped.
What if it wasn't Terra? What if he had imagined it? No, Anna Maria had heard it. Jack kept going when he heard it again, this time followed by a loud clunk. He went through another clump of bushes. It was dank as he broke through the damp tree leaves and found himself on another beach line. Terra was right there...in the arms of another man. He had a sword right on her throat and was clutching her tightly. It was quiet as Jack felt something rise inside of him. The man looked at him as a cruel smile curled onto his face, revealing a few of his missing teeth.
"Well hello there." He said. "Its' been a long time Jack."
"Wait..." he said. "...is that? Wait. I know you. You're Bill! The pirate of the ship I stole all that treasure from!"
Bill scowled.
"Exactly."
"Wait...how do you know?" Jack said. "...who I am?"
Terra started to squirm, pulling on his arms to try and get away.
"Jack you're not making sense." She said. "What're you doing here anyway?"
It was quiet as Jack was at a loss of what to say. The other man gave a creepy smile.
"Well?" he asked. "Why Jack?"
Jack looked away, sheepishly.
"She has me ring." He said finally. "I couldn' leave without it..."
"Wait! You came back for your BLOODY RING!?" Terra yelled.
Bill growled at her squirming form then took the flat edge of his sword and hit her on the side of the head. It was the same clunk Jack had heard only moments ago. This time though Terra slumped over in unconsciousness. Bill laughed and tossed her body aside, like a limp, unwanted toy.
"Well Jack Sparrow..." he said slowly. "...now don't you look different? What do you suppose happened?"
"Well I'm still hopin' to find that out. I figured somebody up there..." he pointed at the sky and started towards the stern faced Bill. "...wants me around a bit longer then most so they simply turned back the clock."
Bill scoffed, giving a roll of his eyes.
"Or maybe they just don't wan' ya up there." He said, pointing his sword at Jack.
Jack pulled his own out, smirking dangerously. It was soaking wet and salty water dripped down the cool blade and onto his hands. There was silence. Jack grinned as they started to circle each other. It was quiet. Then Bill swung his sword and Jack blocked it with his own blade. The loud sound of the metal clanging against each other filled the air, along with grunts and loud sighs. Jack swung lower and Bill dodged it as he swung higher. Jack pulled his body back and watched the sword swing over his head. That was the first time he had been happy to be so damn short. Jack jabbed at the man, the shiny metal catching the gleam of the sun and Jack squinted to look at it. It was quiet as Bill scrambled to move as the blade caught on Bill's shirt and ripped it open. Bill stumbled to the wet sand below him and Jack kept the blade at his face. "That was fun." He said with a laugh. There was the feel of metal on the back of his neck. Jack stopped.
"Nice job, little boy." It was the soft voice of a woman.
"Now my dear, I am the farthest thing from a little boy..." he turned around to find himself face to face with his assailant.
She stared at him with dark, glowing blue eyes and soft black hair. Her clothes, though pirate like, didn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. Jac could feel himself grin stupidly. It was something he used to do when he was a kid and saw a pretty girl. Luckily, he out grew it. Or, at least he had. The woman laughed and ran the smooth side of the blade down the side of his neck.
"Yes you are." She said softly. "I made you that way."
Of course Jack stopped. The breath freezing up in his throat and not letting him let it go.
"What?" he asked.
"Yes." She said. "That curse is my doing. Not bad work eh?"
She laughed cruelly. Jack gripped his sword tighter.
"Of course, it seems it's starting to take it's toll on you." She said.
Bill laughed. He could see her starting to get inside his head.
"What's tha' supposed to mean love?" he asked, rising his hand to move the cool metal away. But the woman just put it there tighter.
"Don't worry. Ya'll see in time." She looked to her side.
There was a ship in the distance. And by the looks of it, it was attacking another ship. It looked like it was the...
"...the black pearl!?" Jack said. "It's under..."
"...attack?" asked Bill, getting to his feet and moving to the side so Jack's blade wasn't a threat to him. "Yes it would. That would be our ship attacking it. It's not too hard."
There were flashes in Jack's mind of Anna Maria and Gibbs and the rest of the crew getting gutted to death. He froze. He had to do something. Something...something Jack Sparrow like. He grinned cockily and tapped his finger tips together.
"Well how's about we purpose a trade?" he asked. "What's the ship to ya anyway? I'll give..." he looked around for his training tool. "...how about her?"
Bill and the woman looked to the side and saw the still unconscious Terra lying on the beach. Bill laughed loudly.
"What's this?" he said. "You're willing to give up yer friend here?"
"The prices we pay." He said with a shrug.
The woman let down her blade and looked at Bill.
"That's not a bad idea." She said. "We could always use a little more levarage when we go to Tortuga. You know, instead of always using me."
A dark look passed over her face as Bill shrugged.
"We'll keep it in mind..." he said slowly, casting the woman a sideways glance. "But I have a better plan."
She reached out and grabbed Jack by his clothes and whacked him in the back of the head with her sword. Jack suddenly felt woozy, the whole beach was spinning. He struggled to keep his eyes open. There was another strong whack. This time Jack was over come with the sharp pain and he blacked out. The woman, Cat, tossed his body to the trees.
"Let's see how long he lasts here." She said. "The chances of him an' the girl surviving on this island are slim anyway."
"But I thou' we got to kill 'im!" he roared with anger.
But Cat just laughed.
"There are worse things." She said. "We have his crew. If he survives, he'll come back fo' his ship." She laughed. "Ya can be sure o' it. Then we'll get him - cut out his heart and show him true suffering."
Only after a moment, Bill agreed.
"If ya weren't a woman..." he said with a shake of his head "Now le's go get on the ship."
Cat laughed.
"I got some catching up to do wit' tha' Anna Maria girl." She growled, her eyes burning angrily. As they started towards the opposite shore to get aboard the tree.
It was more then half a day later. Jack moaned and opened his eyes. The hot sun beat down on his body. Sweat beaded on his face and stuck to his chest. He sighed and closed his eyes again. The heat was terrible. He moved a hand to his face to block it and felt sand get into his eyes. He groaned.
"Bugger." He said.
He sat up. There was nobody around him. Bill and the mysterious woman were no longer there. The ships that had been there in the distance were not there. It was quiet as he got to his feet. He saw the waves lapping against the shore as he scanned the beach for Terra. She was no longer there though. There were a few foot prints padded in the sand, leading to the shore. Then panic jolted through him.
"Terra?" he called. "Terra?"
The waves were pulling in and out faster now. The tide was going out. Jack's thoughts raced. Had she been caught in the tide? Had she been taken out to sea?
"Damnit! Terra cant swim!" he said with panic.
There was silence as he scanned the ocean for a sign of her lifeless, floating body. There was the rustle of trees behind him as Jack panicked, getting to his feet and starting to do a drunken little pace up and down the sand, nearly tripping twice.
"That stupid tide! she's probably out on the other side of the island by now!" he thought as he went towards the trees as fast as he could.
He was met with something though. He fell to the ground and onto his back. He looked at what he went into and saw the slightly sunburned face of Terra staring at him. He grinned, trying to act smooth.
"Why love, yo' still alive?" he asked. "I thought ya drowned or something."
Terra sighed loudly, looking more annoyed by him then usual.
"You're an idiot." She said, helping him to his feet. "I thought you were dead too."
There was an uneasy silence.
"Well how about getting off this island?" Jack suggested, rubbing his hands together happily. "Now I'm sure that you have already thought of some sure fire way of getting us outta here, right love?"
Terra stammered and footed the round.
"Not really." She said. "After I woke up, I wandered here and tried looking for you."
There was more silence.
"Well thas' not gonna do us any good now is it?" he leaned in and grinned.
Then Terra looked away.
"Well if it helps any, when I was lookin' around, I noticed there's no islands around except for port royal and tha's..." she thought. "a day's trip on boat. We're pretty much stuck."
There was silence. Jack sighed.
"But I'm hungry." He moaned and plopped onto a rock. His winced some as the pointy corner dug into his ass. "What the bugger are we gonna do? Not like we can just go get food by some near by local."
"Well if we thought of a way to get food." She said sharply. "I'll go look through the tress, and look if there's berries or something. Then you go look for fish or something..."
There was a bitterness to her voice as she went off in her own direction, leaving Jack there.
"Well somebody is still mad about last night." He murmured to himself as he started towards the beach.
The waves crashed at his feet as he scanned the water. It was crystal clear and a shiny turquoise color. It shimmered beautifully and little fish darted around under it's cool surface. It was quiet as Jack laughed.
"This is too easy." He thought.
It seemed so. He picked up a random stick that was on the shore near him and waited as the fish darted by. He paused, breathless, waiting for a fish to come close enough. That's when a cute blue fish floated over towards him. He grinned at it as it darted around his ankles.
"Hello fishie." He said to himself as he thrust the stick down and hit the sand.
It was quiet as the puffs of sand clouded the water and the fish escape. Jack moaned to himself. Then he waited again. His short fuse was wearing thin. Another fish swam near his boot covered feet and Jack too another stab at it. He missed again and the fish got away.
"Fine." He mumbled. "Ya wanna do this? Fine then. This is what ya get for messin' with Captain Jack Sparrow."
The fish was now nibbling his ankle, as though he mocked him. He thrust the stick into the water, sending salt water spalshing up to his eyes. This time he stabbed something and Jack felt pain jolt through his foot. He had stabbed the fish, and right into his foot too. He grabbed his foot and fell into the water, yelling.
"Bloody bugger!" he yelled.
The fish gulped for air as Jack hoisted his heavly bleeding foot out of the water. Jack tried to pull the stick out of his foot to no luck. Terra came out of the tress. It took her a moment to find Jack splashing around in shallow water, clutching his foot. She sighed and placed down all the pieces of fruits she had found and went out to his side. Her breeches were soaked up to her knees as she crouched next to Jack. It was quiet as she tried to pull the stick out.
"What did you do?" she asked.
"It's his fault!" he pointed at the fish on the stick.
It was dead already. Terra sighed and looked back at the beach.
"I need to look at that foot." She said. "But not in the water...well can you hop onto land?"
Jack nodded and got on his good foot and uneasily hoped all the way to the sand. He laughed as he plopped down.
"Now be careful love, ya savvy? The last thin' I need is a broken foot alright? It's no' tha' hard right Terra love?"
It was quiet as Terra ripped the stick from the boot and Jack cringed. Then Terra slowly took off the boot. There was a nice whole in the middle of his foot. There was warm blood dripping down to his ankles. It was quiet as she examined the foot. He winced as she touched it.
"Well it's broken." She said. "Or badly bruised. I don't think ya should go anywhere...This is just great. Now I gotta get the food."
It was quiet as she took some tree leaves then started to wrap the foot. Jack watched her, with reknown interest.
"How'd you learn how to do this?" he asked.
There was silence. He hated how he sounded. Like he was ignorant. For some reason though, it was in his nature now. She gave a low laugh.
"Well ya learn a lot of things." She said. "I dropped a knife on my foot at the inn and a girl there wrapped it up like this in napkins." She laughed at the memory. "Ya should be fine."
Then she straightened up.
"Now we have to make camp here." She sighed "I'll be back then."
"Thanks love." He examined his newly wrapped foot and waited on his rock.
The day was slipping by quickly. It was already the time for the sun to set. The sun was slowly going behind the ocean. It made the water a golden color. It was actually pretty. Jack wasn't thinking about it though. His eyes scanned down the beach. His eyes fell on Terra. Her hair was tucked behind her ears and her checks were pink with the sun. Her pants legs were rolled up though they were soaking wet She actually looked like she was having fun. She wasn't grinning or anything but she was humming and singing to herself. There was already a single fish in her hand and she was working on the other. Jack felt entranced. It was weird. He had met a lot of beautiful woman. More developed then her, more sexy. Is something wrong with him? It had to be. She was just different. There was just something beautiful about her. Terra started towards him with another fish in hand. She put them in the sand next to him and started rubbing branches together. Jack sighed.
"Let me." He said plucking the twigs from her hands and rubbed them together.
Nothing happened. He laughed and rubbed harder. Terra sighed as he rubbed harder and harder. Nothing happened. Jack blew on the wood and rubbed.
"Well..." Terra started until Jack cut her off.
"Don't worry." He mumbled. "I'll ge it."
That was all he said though. Tera sighed.
"Lets go." He said.
Terra sighed loudly as he rubbed them again. He growled and rubbed faster . His hands became a blur as he rubbed some more. It was quiet as he grew frustrated and he tossed the sticks to the side.
"It's just stupid." He murmured as Terra sighed.
"I think the fish is going bad." She said sadly as she looked at the berries and twigs in her hands. "I guess this is dinner."
She sighed heavily and went a little away and get some more of the berries she stored in the corner on the rim of the palm tree. Jack sighed and placed his head in his palms. Terra looked so different today. It was obvious she was mad at him but he didn't care. He couldn't move his eyes away from her. A soft grin lit up his eyes as she reproached him. The sun had finally set on there day of "fun" and now the sky was a silky black, dotted with silver specks of stars. Terra thrust the food in his direction and then he looked at it.
"Looks good Terra." He said as he looked at her.
But Terra had taken hers and retreated to the far end of their shore. She collapsed into the sand and had some in her mouth. Jack could barely make her outline out in the sliver of the light moonlight they had. He sighed heavily and shook his head. Woman. Jack finished his food in a few hearty bites. It didn't take long to eat a handful of random berries and nuts. His stomach growled for real food but he ignored it as he slowly got to his good foot. He winced at the sharp pain and gripped the palm tree for balance. He hobbled over to where Terra sat. He collapsed next to her, well actually fell but it was in the right spot at the right time so who's counting? It was quiet for a moment.
" It was good..." he said to the darkness.
Then he turned to her with that look on his face. That cocky, Jack Sparrow grin he had that lit up his eyes and curved his mouth into a grin.
"...I hate berries." He said. "but it was good."
Terra didn't answer. Even through the dim light, it was clear her violet eyes were focused on the waves crashing poetically in the shore before them. Terra sighed as Jack looked at her.
"Look." He said. "I'm no' so good at this "apology" stuff. But...what ya think happened, didn't. It was actually quite the opposite. Ya see, it's li' I said, ya got drunk and I took ya downstairs. But!"
There was silence as he stopped her before she could say something.
"There was noting...sexual..." he paused, hoping that was the right choice of words. "...goin' on. I didn'...we didn'...ya slept. I fell asleep next to ya! You were cool so I was warmin' ya up."
Terra was silent for a moment. She kicked the sand with her foot then looked at Jack.
"Why couldn' ya just get me a blanket?" she said. "It would have been easier."
It was quiet. Jack laughed. He draped his arm around her shoulders.
"I love your sense of humor, love." He said teasingly. "Plus, ya have to admit, that ya fancied the idea. You n' me." He winked at her. "Admit it."
Terra shook her head and let out a low laugh.
"There's your sense of humor." She said as she felt a grin slip onto her wind beaten face.
It was quiet for a moment. Jack looked her over and sighed as the wind teased his hair. Terra reached out and touched lock of it and made him jump.
"It's getting long." She said. "Longer then when we met."
He beamed.
"Ya think so love?" he asked.
"Yeah, I do."
It was quiet again as Terra stared out into the open sea. The waves lapped lazily on the shore, creating a light noise. It was an eerie silence. It was Terra who broke it.
"How..." she started and shook her head. "...how is that crew yours? I mean, how did a guy like you become a Capitan?"
It was quiet as Jack laughed.
"It's a long story love." He said.
"I have all night."
He sighed.
"Well..."
Then Jack dove into his story.
"It all started when I was just a kid, about 15 I think. Me mum died. I was left on my own. I never knew my father that well, supposedly just like me. So I lived off the street."
He stopped for a minute, his brain trying to reenact the moments of his life he had pushed into the back of his mind. The kind he fought so hard to forget. They came back swiftly, like the waves on the ocean. Quick glimpses flashed through him as he remembered what he thought was gone forever.
"It was a hard life." He continued, feeling Terra's eyes burning on him. "I lived from day to day, livin' off stealin'. I thought I was a dead man. It was no way to live. But the only other choice was death was it not? Anyway, then..."
Jack stopped, remembering he was supposed to be 17 and that this had all supposedly happened only weeks ago, reworded his next sentence.
"...well I met Gibbs. He offered me a ride on his ship, show me the ropes. I went with him and lived on the ship. It was the only life I wanted, anything to get away form this place. Then, as time went on, I got more and more experienced then...they made me captain."
Terra blinked for a moment, soaking in every word Jack had said to her.
"That all happened so fast?" she asked.
"Love, I'm a quick learner." He said.
It was quiet for a moment as Terra sighed.
"It sounds so terrible." She said, looking away. "At least I had my mother growing up."
"It was a long time ago." He said harshly.
"Not that long ago." She pointed out.
With that, Jack just shrugged. He looked away. There was an unnerving silence that crept through them. Terra sighed and touched her hair for a moment.
"Hey." She said. "I think I'm gonna go to bed. That way in the morning we can figure a way out of here."
Jack nodded, not sure of that having to do with anything. Terra looked away and lied on the sand. Her hair spilled around her like water and Jack just stared at her. He sighed and lied on the sand a ways away. That way nothing could happen that would make her want to kill him. He sighed and placed his palm on the hot sand and closed his heavy eyes. Meanwhile Terra sat up, her eyes open in uncatchable sleep. She looked over at Jack who had his eyes closed. It was quiet as she lied there. She could hear him breathing. She closed her eyes. She could still see his face though, giving her that grin that said he knew something she didn't. She moaned loudly.
"Then I take it you're not asleep?" Jack's voice floated to her.
She turned over and saw him staring at her.
"It's kinda cold is all." She said. "I'll be fine."
"Still no blankets love." He said simply with a yawn. "So sorry."
She laughed and turned over.
"It's alright Jack."
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