Free From Hell.
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Chapter 13: Port Royal.
Jack carried Karla through the busy civilized streets of Port Royal. Everyone was looking at Jack, the captain and Bootstrap strangely. Karla stirred in her sleep and Jack rocked her gently.
"It's okay sis! Ye'll get help soon, savvy?" He whispered.
A blur of red came rushing towards them and surrounded them. Captain Williams sighed and rolled his eyes annoyed. He looked at the soldiers solemnly and put his hands up as if in surrender.
"Aye, we haven't come fer no trouble now, savvy?" The captain said. One soldier poked his spear in front of Captain William's face.
"You are pirates! What other reason would you come here to do besides cause trouble and chaos." The soldier asked. The captain sighed getting irritated.
"This here lass needs some help, and all we've come here fer is ter get her some help, savvy?" The captain replied.
"Now, if ye don't mind please kindly step aside so as Jack can get past and search fer a doctor." Bootstrap said. The soldiers reluctantly moved aside and the pirates kept going on their way.
Jack slammed the door of the doctor's surgery open and rushed inside with Karla in his arms. Karla's breathing had nearly vanished. The doctor came out of his office hearing the racket and stopped abruptly with his mouth opened in shock at seeing pirates in his surgery. Jack hurried up to him with desperation.
"Please! Ye gotta help me sister! She's very sick!" Jack pleaded. The doctor backed away from him as if Jack was some kind of monster.
"You're pirates? I'm sorry, I cannot help you." The doctor said with a look of disgust on his face. The Captain unsheathed his sword and pointed it towards the doctor.
"That lass needs help. If she don't get help soon she'll die, savvy? So ye are gonna let Jack take the lass into yer office and ye are gonna examine the lass, unless ye wanna die with her, savvy?" The captain said dangerously. The doctor nodded shakily.
"Okay, into my office, then." He shivered. Captain Williams grinned.
"I thought not. Go on then lad, take her in." He said. Jack nodded and walked into the room and placed Karla onto the bed.
"It'll be okay, little lass! Just hang in there, savvy?" Jack said soothingly to Karla's sleeping form.
Jack, Bootstrap and the captain waited outside the room while the doctor examined Karla. Jack was terribly anxious and kept pacing the surgery. He looked towards Bootstrap.
"I hope this doctor can find out what's making Karla so ill. What are we gonna do if he can't help her either?" He asked nervously. Bootstrap sighed and looked at him kindly.
"Jack, the captain and I ain't gonna give up on that little lass, aye? We'll keep searching til we find the answer!" He said encouragingly. Jack nodded with a look of doom in his eyes.
"But what if she can't make it much longer? She's already fading really fast! I just can't lose her!" Jack said as tears filled his dark eyes once again. Bootstrap gave a small smile.
"Just have hope, lad! She'll fight this thing as long as it takes. She won't give up that easy, aye?" Bootstrap said kindly. Jack just nodded not feeling any better. He stopped pacing and sat down on a chair looking distressed and exhausted.
After what seemed like an eternity the doctor came out with a serious and concerned expression on his face. Jack stood up and looked at the doctor nervously.
"Do ye know what's wrong?" He asked desperately hoping this doctor would have some answers. The doctor shook his head.
"I don't know what's wrong, but I do know that I can give her something that will help. You have to understand though that Karla is always going to be sick from now on. I'm sorry." The doctor answered solemnly. Jack's eyes widened in terror.
"What does that mean? She can't get better at all?" He asked with sorrow in his brown eyes. The doctor sighed empathetically.
"Yeah that's what it means, son! I'm sorry. Karla won't always be this bad though. She will have good days and worse days. The medication I'm going to give to you for her to take will help her life be longer aswell." The doctor said trying to look on the positive side. Jack nodded and looked at the doctor with pleading eyes.
"Can I go in and see her then?" He asked. The doctor nodded.
Bootstrap and Captain Williams smiled sadly as they watched Jack walk into the room. They felt for the poor lad and Karla really deeply. They just hoped Karla would have the strength to live with whatever this terminal illness was.
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