I'm going ahead and giving you chapter three guys and after this I may give you chapter four.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean or any of the characters. Like Jack, I do own Jessica Carr though.
A gift most unwanted: Chapter three: Something definitely fishy
"So your name's Jessica, right?" Jack asked a little uncertainly. She nodded. "Does it come with a last name luve?"
Jessica hated this. If it were any other man, she could have pushed his arm away and yelled at him for calling her "luve." But her situation had changed drastically and this was mild compared to what was coming.
"Yes it does." she replied "Carr. My last name is Carr."
Jack simply nodded. "In case you don't know already, I am Captain Jack Sparrow of the Black Pearl."
The color drained from Jessica's face, she had been so asleep, she'd forgotten these were pirates. She stopped, memories from four years ago flooded back. How could she have forgotten these were pirates! How could she have forgotten what had happened to her.!
"Luve," he turned to her, "what's wrong?"
She broke free of his grasp and ran. She was not going to let it happen again.
Jack and his crew ran after her. Even if she was going back to her father, she shouldn't be loose on Tortuga's streets alone. Jack managed to grab her and was kicking and scratching to get loose. He also realized she was yelling something.
"Not again, please not again!" she cried
"I knew something was fishy," Jack thought to himself.
The irony of the matter was she had run, right towards the ship, so now they stood in front of it. So Jack sighed and dragged her on board, the crew now following closely behind.
"Shall we prepare to make sail, Captain?" Gibbs called out.
"Not yet," Jack cried. "I may need to return her to her father. Let me talk to her."
He brought her into his cabin and sat her in a chair, while he sat on the bed. She brought her knees up to her chin and rocked herself back and forth, quietly sobbing. Jack let her do that for a moment until she finally calmed down a little. Just then she rocked so hard, she and the chair tipped over. Jack got up to help her, but she was already up and trying the door, it was locked. Jack calmly picked the chair back up and got her to sit down again. She now stared at Jack, her eyes traveling his body. Then they stopped on his sword and she started shaking uncontrollably. Funny, her eyes had seen his pistols, but disregarded them. With horror Jack realized why. She wasn't afraid of being killed, she was afraid of being hurt, tortured. Someone must have hurt her terribly.
"So I assume you're not a prostitute," he said.
She shook her head. "I'm just a barmaid. I didn't say anything because I knew, if you refused me, he'd just sell me to someone else. And until I was sold, I'd be beaten and starved."
Jack winced, "Is that why you panicked?"
"No," she replied looking up at him. "But I can't tell you."
Jack bit his lip, she must have been kidnapped by some other pirates."I'm taking you back to your father and I'll tell him the debt is paid."
"No," she cried. "He won't believe you. He'll be upset if word gets around that he doesn't pay his debts. Then no one will play cards with him. I'll still be sold and beaten and starved."
At this point she thrust her arms out, palms upward. There was a rip in one of the sleeves that showed a unique birthmark. Of lightning, rain, and waves. Realizing what he had seen, she tried to pull her arm away, but he snatched it. Now he knew.
Jack stared in amazement at her arm, no wonder pirates had kidnapped her.
"You have the craft," he murmured.
Dum da dum, now he knows. I know I gave a short description of the craft in my summary, but a better explanation will be in the next chapter.
