Chapter 16:

Hands On Deck

"I am… I am…just going to the rest room". Will managed to whisper out through his nervous grin. The man smiled, held onto his arm tightly and replied back with a harsh voice "Ah… well, then maybe I should accompany ye". Will managed to loosen his grip and then said back "On second thought, I can just go another time". The man bit his lip and asked through his gold teeth "What be the matter Mr. Turner"…. the thing that scared Will was the fact that he accentuated the word Turner.

Before the man could finish his sentence a woman's voice called out "Mr. Turner? Your apple pie is ready". Will breathed out in relief and then whispered, "My pie is ready…" The man crossed his eyes at him and said "Well then…. what ye been waitin' for? The next tide? Go and get it". Will smiled and took a step… but as he peered over his right shoulder he could see that the man was following him towards the counter. Will slowed down as the woman shouted, "Come now deary, I haven't got all day… Your total is 3 shillings…"

Will chuckled nervously as he reached into his pocket to find three shillings. He made it to the counter to see a box in the woman's hands. He smiled at her, put the shillings on the counter, turned his head to look at the mysterious man following him and asked the lady "Is this hot apple pie"? The woman nodded and Will took the box firmly in his hands, opened it and threw the pie towards his follower while screaming, "Catch"! And then as fast as lighting Will ran out the bakery and onto the streets of London.

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Elizabeth opened the door to the Captains Cabin with a serious and curious look on her face. A young woman about her age was sitting in a dark corner of the cabin sobbing. Elizabeth took off her hat and asked in her real voice "Juliana"? The woman stood up to reveal a red beautiful long flowing dress; she softly nodded while asking, "Yes…who are you"? Elizabeth didn't say anything at first…. she just stared at her. Juliana, no matter what Jack had said in the past Juliana was insanely beautiful and Elizabeth hated her for it.

Elizabeth shook her thoughts away and replied "Captain Swann, at yer service Miss. Yer fiancé Jack sent for me…." Juliana looked down at the wooden deck before her and asked sadly "Oh…he did"? Elizabeth's eyebrows knitted as she whispered puzzled "Aye, and ugh… a young lad Turner did so too". Juliana's face brightened up as she took a few steps closer to Elizabeth and asked "William? He came to find me"? Elizabeth nodded as Juliana continued, "Where is he"?

Elizabeth bit her lip and grabbed her arm while saying "Somewhere…now, we've got to find a way to get you out of here…" Juliana pulled back her arm and asked "How"? Elizabeth looked at Juliana's pale face and her long black hair while replying "I don't know…. we'll figure it out somehow"! Elizabeth took a few steps towards the door but then turned around to see Juliana still as stone. Elizabeth rolled her eyes and asked frustrated "What"?

Juliana looked at the door, pouted and whispered, "It's just that Will always taught me to have a plan before anything". Elizabeth moaned in frustration, grabbed her arm and pulled her out the cabins door while shouting "Yea, well. Will's an eunuch"!

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"Jack"! Will screamed in a highly pitched voice that made Jack drop his rum bottle. Jack's mouth widened as he screamed angrily "Bah hum Bugger! Where'd the rum go"? Cotton chuckled at Jack as Will opened the door wide open and turn to look at Jack who was for some weird reason staring at his hands. Will screamed, "Jack"! Jack shushed him and said sadly "You know Will… my left hand is slightly bigger than my right". Will's eyes widened as he took a few steps towards Cotton while asking, "Is he drunk"?

Cotton chuckled, and nodded while Jack yelled, "I so am not! I thought you and I were mates Cotton…. why would you tell him that I'm drunk"? Cotton shrugged his shoulders and then Jack puffed out angrily and shouted "Fine! Don't reply…. reply? Hmm…. That's a funny word". Will rolled his eyes and said nervously "Yes, very funny. Listen Jack…a man is after us… well me…."

Jack's mouth opened wide as he looked at Will in disgust while saying "So Captain Elizabeth was right? You do go that way"! Will rolled his eyes once more and shouted "No! Jack, I know your drunk right now…. But you have to listen"! Jack chuckled and whispered "Oh…the listening game…that's not fun. How about the 'comparing whose hands are bigger' game"? Will stomped his foot and shouted "Could you stop talking about hands for two seconds"?

Jack sat quietly on his bed and nodded, Will sighed and started "That man… well, I think he is after…." Jack laughed and shouted out "Time's up! Now, Mr. Eunuch Turner where is that fine delicious-ses-ses lass…. Miss Elizabeth "? Will sighed and whispered back hopefully "Rescuing Juliana…. I think…I hope". Jack's eyes widened as he asked, "Rescuing her? From what? I'm sure she'll do fine as a pirates wench"! Will had enough of Jacks cruel humor and drunken manifestations so he shouted, "If you don't leave the man will kill you"! "He's right ye know…." Just then the "follower" walked into the cabin, bit into a green apple and said "I'll kill ye sooner then ye think".

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"Okay ye see that man down there"? Elizabeth pointed to Pintel as Juliana followed her. Elizabeth took a hold of the ships railing and continued "Well, I am going to distract him…. and once I get down there… and wave me hands in the air… Ye are going to crawl off the side of the ship grab a hold to…to… a rope and then slide down the side of the ship. Once ye get on the docks, run! Run like the wind! Run like a jackass! I don't care, just run"!

Juliana slightly smiled at Elizabeth while Elizabeth put her hair into a bun and placed her hat over her head. Juliana walked over to the side of the ship and whispered "Thank you…Elizabeth". Elizabeth felt a sudden flash of anger fill up in her so she snapped back "It's Captain to ye…" She then swallowed hard as she saw Juliana's surprised facial expression. Elizabeth looked at her and whispered "I... I don't know why I yelled…" She then chuckled and whispered, "I've been yelling a lot since I met Sparrow…and Will of course. But that Sparrow is sp…."

Elizabeth stopped herself from finishing that sentence but Juliana continued for her "special"? Elizabeth blushed, cleared her throat, and then walked away form Juliana while saying "Remember, when I wave me hands". Juliana nodded and said softly "Will is special too". Elizabeth unfortunately heard her so she whispered back "Special…. enough".

A few minutes later Pintel was making his way up the loading dock as Elizabeth came down. She cleared her throat, deepened her voice and said curiously "Where do you think you are going"? Pintel smiled, flashing more broken teeth than whole ones, while replying, "Captain says to get the ship ready…" Elizabeth put her hand on his shoulder and turned him around so she could stand in the direction where Juliana was climbing down. Elizabeth then said in her manly voice "Do you see these hands"? Pintel's mouth curled and nodded as Elizabeth started to wave her hands back and forth.

Juliana who was at the top, understood the sign and started climbing down the ropes and Elizabeth continued "These hands have seen ships being made, being blown up, being born, everything. But do you know what these hands haven't seen"? Pintel looked at her hands puzzled while asking, "Yer hands have eyes"? Elizabeth wanted to hit him over the head with her hands, but all she did was smile, shake her head and continued, "No, they don't. They are not potatoes! Anyway, sir. These hands have not seen the papers and neither have my eyes".

Elizabeth looked up quickly to try to spot Juliana who was now running towards the other side of town. Elizabeth smiled cleared her throat and listened to Pintel speak "…and then he said to get the jelly pies…" Elizabeth interrupted smartly "Then get the jelly pies… and I'll wait here, and take care of your ship". Pintel smiled and whispered, "Thank ye, sir. Thank ye, now the Captain might let us have an earlier bedtime. He's been driven us mad for weeks…. with his pirat….." Pintel stopped himself from speaking and ran away while screaming, "I'll just get the jelly pies"!

Elizabeth smiled and walked up the loading dock and onto the main deck of the Black Pearl. She walked towards the helm, put her hands on it and whispered "Just like the good old days…" She then had a desire to just take the ship and be… free. But she suddenly felt guilty as she spotted the HMS Dauntless on the other side of town. She sighed, and whispered, "Why did the view have to be so bloody clear from up here"?

She sighed, took out her compass from her pocket opened it and it pointed towards her left. She looked in that direction and spotted the Dauntless, she smiled to herself and whispered "Jack…I'm gonna kill ye".

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