Free From Hell

Disclaimer: How many times do I have to say that I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean, but Karla is mine always!

Chapter 5: Bandanna's and Coins.

"Wow! This is awesome!" Jack exclaimed as his black hair whipped in the wind as he leant against the rail of The Black Pearl. Karla was jumping up and down excitedly.

"Yeah, Jack! This is what I've always wanted to do! Being a pirate is fun!" She exclaimed. Captain Williams walked up beside them and chuckled. He had two bandanna's in his hand.

"It's fun, is it? Jack, me boy what colour ye want. Looks like ye need one of these so as ye hair don't annoy ye, savvy? ye can have one too, lass." He said as he bent down to ruffle Karla's hair. Jack looked at the bandanna's, there was a purple one and a red one. He went straight for the red one and smiled as he tied it around his head.

"How do I look? I like this one!" Jack asked posing with a grin. The older pirate just chuckled and handed the purple one to Karla.

"Not bad, lad. Why don't ye help ye sister with hers, eh?" He said as he headed back towards the helm. "Oh, and I'll be teaching ye how to use ye sword tomorrow Jack, savvy?"

Jack nodded as he tied the bandanna around Karla's head. Karla smiled at him when he was done, then she yawned and rubbed her eyes. Jack smirked at his younger sister. "Ye getting tired, lass?" Jack asked poking her gently in the stomach. Karla whined pushing him away.

"Jack! don't!" Karla yawned. Jack picked her up and headed towards their cabin. "C'mon, lass! ye going to bed now! ye getting all irritated."

Jack opened the door to their cabin and plopped Karla onto the bottom hammock. Karla looked at him with tired eyes.

"Night Jack!"

"Night, Karla, sweet dreams lass." Jack kissed her forehead and headed back to the deck.

Jack climbed up to the crow's nest and looked up at the starry sky. He was missing his mother terribly, but he was trying to be strong for Karla. He was expecting Karla to wake up screaming tonight, so he didn't bother going to sleep yet. He wondered if his mother really was happy and free now. He really hoped she was cause Jack had finally broken himself and Karla free from their father's prison, but for some reason he knew that their journey through hell wasn't over. He just wanted to enjoy the peace and happiness for now.

"MAMMA!" There was the scream. Jack sighed and climbed down from the crow's nest and rushed into their cabin. Karla was awake and was sitting upright in the hammock shaking violently. Jack sat on the hammock and held her closely. He started rocking to calm his sister down.

"It's okay, sis. It's okay just calm down!" Jack hushed Karla comfortingly. Karla stopped shaking and gradually her crying stopped.

"I miss Mamma, Jack! Why did she have to go! This is when we need her most and she isn't here!" Karla cried looking at Jack with sad eyes.

Jack sighed and he's big brown eyes looked into hers with honesty. "I don't know, sis! But she is still here with us ye know! Ye just have to look here." Jack said putting a hand on her chest where her heart would be. Karla looked at Jack's hand and smiled as she pulled something out of her pocket. She reached out and opened her hand to reveal their mothers necklace that had a gold coin hanging from the chain. Jack took it out of Karla's hand and read what the coin said. Fly free like the sparrow you are. Jack remembered when his father gave that to his mother. He was only five and back then their family was happy and his father was caring. Jack wondered how it all went wrong. He looked back at his sister and smiled.

"Turn around, Karla." He said lovingly. Karla did as she was told and turned around. Jack placed the necklace around her thin neck and clipped it together at the back. Karla looked down at it with joy in her eyes. Jack looked at her and smiled sadly.

"Keep that necklace close to ye heart forever, lass. As long as you have that on, Mamma will always be there with ye, okay? Just don't lose it Karla." Jack said as he gave her another cuddle.

"I could never lose this, Jack! It's the only part of Mamma we have left!" Karla said. She had a lot of wisdom for a five year old, but Jack admired her for that. There were a lot of times when Jack would be confused as to why things happen and Karla would have an answer that made complete sense.

"Now, we better get some sleep, sis! We have a busy day of serious pirating tomorrow, okay?" Jack said as he kissed Karla on the cheek and climbed up to his hammock. He looked down to see Karla was alright now.

"Okay, night Jack." Karla replied sleepily and fell asleep holding onto the coin. Jack smiled at how peaceful she looked and laid properly on the hammock and shut his eyes. "Night lass." He whispered as sleep overtook him.