Free From Hell.
Disclaimer: No I don't own it! Pirates belongs to Disney and all those other people...
Chapter 18: Never Be The Same Again.
"Come on, lad. We'll be at yer home town very soon and we need Karla so as she can be buried next te ye mother, savvy?" Captain Williams asked gently. He and Bootstrap had been trying to get Jack to realize that his sister was gone the whole morning. They were finally getting somewhere when Jack nodded and looked down at Karla still in his arms and kissed her forehead. He took the necklace from her neck and reluctantly let Karla go. Bootstrap smiled sadly at Jack.
"There, it's okay Jack. Karla isn't gonna be hurt anymore, aye." He said gently. Jack nodded as tears filled his eyes. He fell onto his knees and broke down. Bootstrap sat down beside him and hugged him as Jack let all of his pain out. He would never be able to imagine the horrible things Jack had been through.
"S-she's really...she's r-really gone." Jack sobbed into Bootstraps shoulder. Bootstrap sighed and patted him on the back as Captain Williams walked out of the cabin with Karla's body in his arms. He looked towards Jack sadly once again before he walked out of the door.
"Nay, she ain't gone, Jack...her body might be gone, but her spirit is still here with ye always." Bootstrap tried to comfort Jack as much as he could. Jack just sobbed more violently, it was going to take a fair while til his wounds would heal. He never wanted to live without Karla there with him wherever he went. It would now seem so empty now...he would have no one to comfort and no one to look after. He would never be the same again. The Jack that everyone knew would never come back now. Bootstrap just held him as long as the lad needed someone to lean on.
"Just let it all out Jack, it's better than keeping it all in aye? Ye might feel a bit better." He said as he held Jack and comforted the lad that had become his best friend.
Jack stood at the grave of his sister who was laid next to his mother. He sighed painfully as tears threaten to fall once again. Why did his mother had to take Karla already? Why did she have to go so soon? Jack still needed her more than anything in the world and that's what got taken away from him. He placed the flowers on Karla's grave and put another bunch on his mother's aswell. He had now lost everything that he lived for. All Jack ever wanted to do was set his mother and sister free from hell. He never did realize that he had, but he never believed it. He felt like he failed them both cause he let them get hurt. Jack looked down at the coin in his hand and a trace of a slight, sad smile passed his lips. He knew exactly where he was gonna put that coin for safe keeping. He was never gonna lose it. That coin was now the only part of Karla and his mother he had left. Jack felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and looked up and saw the kindly faces of Bootstrap and the captain.
"Time te go, aye lad. We can come and visit them whenever ye need, savvy? But fer now we gotta go." Captain Williams said as he gently lead Jack back towards the docks and to the Black Pearl.
As Jack sat up at the crow's nest with a bottle of rum in his hand looking out towards the horizon, his tears kept falling. It's like he could not get them to stop. He felt so numb now, he never thought he would be able to feel what happiness was ever again. He was so lost in this world now. He didn't know where he belonged anymore. He sighed shakily as he set his bottle of rum down and looked at his sister's coin. He braided it into his now pretty lengthy hair. He knew that he would never lose his mother and Karla's coin if it was there, and that way he would also be holding it with him close forever. He finished braiding his hair and picked up his bottle and took a long swig as fresh tears fell from his red, sore bloodshot eyes.
Captain Williams looked up at Jack as he stood at the helm and shook his head sadly. Jack had been like a zombie ever since they rescued him from that horrible father of Jacks. The captain just hoped that his pain and his wounds would eventually heal, otherwise Jack was always gonna be such a lonely and lost lad and Captain Williams didn't want that for Jack. He knew that Jack would never be the same again after what the lad had been through, but he hoped that at least Jack would find a little bit of life left in him, cause at the moment Jack's dark eyes were looking so distant and blank like there was nothing there anymore. He hoped that a bit of Jack's spirit and soul was still alive. He sighed as he went back to steering the ship. He knew that boy was in so much pain, too much pain for a 15 year old to ever have to go through.
AN: So here is chapter 18! I'm so glad I actually managed to get this done. I was scared for a while there cause I got stuck but it's all good, I got through it! Thanks for all the reviews, please keep it up! That's all until chapter 19 folks!