"Fate is your own creation."

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Huang Rong – 1st chapter

Chapter 5: Will Seeks Help

BOOM!

Another fire from The Black Pearl's cannons sounded.

It blasted the wall of the cage next to Huang Rong. All the prisoners cackled with delight and climbed out of the hole and down the battlements.

One was about to climb out when he turned to Jack and said, "My 'pologies to you, friend. You seem to have no manner o' luck a' all.

The part of the hole in Huang Rong and Jack's cell was barely enough to fit a single head.

Jack got frustrated and grabbed the bone the escaped prisoners had left and tried tempting the dog. "C'mon, doggy. It's just you and me now. It's just you and old Jack. Well, there's the Black Girl as well, but she doesn't count – "

"AHEM!" coughed Huang Rong. "I AM a human, Sparrow."

"It's CAPTAIN! Well, then start acting like one and get this dog over here."

Huang Rong retorted, "I can do that easily, but what's the use in helping a MAN who can't take care of himself?"

Jack snorted. "Can't say that you've done a good job either, Ms." As he spoke, the corpse of a guard tumbled done the stairway, and two pirates stomped down.

"This ain't the armory!" yelled one.

"Hey Twigg, c'mon over 'ere." Said the other who had spotted Jack tempting the dog and Huang Rong leaning on the wall, arms crossed.

"Well, well, well. Captain Jack Sparrow. The last time I saw you you were all alone on that little island, shrinking away into the distance."

"His fortunes ain't changed much."

Jack was still on his knees, a beam of moonlight half on his face. "Worry about your own fortunes, gentlemen. The deepest circle of hell is reserved for mutineers and betrayers."

A pirate shoved his arm through the bars to grab Jack's neck. Huang Rong gasped inwardly, though her face showed no emotion. The arm turned to a bone and skeleton once it entered the moonlight.

Jack seemed only half-surprised. "So the stories are true, then?"

The pirate removed his hand and spat, "You know nothing of hell."

Then they both went away. Huang Rong came over and asked, "You knew them?"

Jack looked at her and said, "I knew them."

"Then why did they try to strangle you?"

"Because...they're pirates."

"You know, you're not a really good liar."

"Are you?"

"Yea. Better than you, at least."

"Fine."

They both went to their separate corners, each waiting the arrival of the next morning.

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Will got up to find a chicken pecking at his elbow. He sat bolt upright, and looked around. He was in the middle of Port Royal's main street. Why wasn't he in Mr. Brown's workshop?

The memories of last night hit him like a lightning bolt. Elizabeth had been captured by the pirates! He jumped up and marched to the fort where the governor and Commodore Norrington were.

"They've got her! They've got Elizabeth!" Will seemed very agitated.

"Mr. Murtogg, remove this man." Norrington said slowly.

After a while, Will went down to the prison cells. Jack was trying to pick the door's lock with the bone when he heard footsteps and pretended to be asleep.

Huang Rong stayed hidden in the shadows, not wanting to be shown to a complete stranger. When she saw Will, she relaxed a little. The boy was harmless.

"You. Jack Sparrow. You know of the Black Pearl?"

"I've 'eard of it."

"Where does it make berth?"

Jack seemed a little flabbergasted. "Where does it make berth? Have yer not heard the stories?"

Will looked at him, a blank look on his face.

Jack sighed and fell into his poetic voice. "Barbossa and his cursed crew of miscreants sail from the dreaded Isla De Muerta. Why?"

"They took Ms. Swann."

Jack sat up. "Ah. So it is that ye found a girl. But if you're intending to brave all and hasten to a fair lady's rescue, you'll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me."

Will racked his brain for ideas. He sat down on a bench when the gloves, which he had found last night, fell out of his pocket.

Huang Rong ignored all secrecy. Her gloves were one of her only ties to her old, happy memories. She rushed to the bars and tried to grab the gloves.

"Please give me back my gloves! Please! They're very precious to me!"

Will was puzzled but he handed them back to her.

Every good turn deserves another, she thought. Even if he is a man.

"Are you going to help him or not?" she asked Jack, who was lying on the floor.

"No."

"I can get you out of here."

Jack sat up slowly. He stared at Will, then asked, "You have a name, son?"

"Will Turner."

"Will. Must be short for William. No doubt name for your father?"

"Yes." Will tried to hide his suspiciousness.

"Alright. But yer better keep your eyes on that girl o' yores. I ain't taking anymore responsibility for her after we rescue her. Deal?"

Will nodded. He gave a questioning look to Huang Rong.

Huang Rong pulled on her gloves, took a deep breath, and slowly rubbed her hands together using her Inner Force. She spat on them and steam rose while she gave a nod of satisfaction.

The men stared at her. Will with admiration. Jack with jealousy. I wish I could harness that power. I'll find her weakness and get her to do things for me.

She slowly grabbed the lock of the door. With a twist of her fingers, the lock broke.

"Stand back," she called to Will.

To an onlooker, it seemed that she merely touched the door. But the door came off its newly inserted hinges and fell to the floor. This move was part of the skill called Maiden Finesse (Yu Nu Xin Jin).

The two men were still staring. She turned to look at Will.

He held out his hand. Huang Rong looked at it, not knowing what this meant. She gave him and Jack the Chinese warriors' salute, clenching the left hand into a fist with the right hand flat over it, at about chest height.

"Pleased to meet you. I'm Huang Rong."