"Not All Treasure is Silver and Gold"
Chapter 29
When they reached the port of Pondicherry, Will, despite the miserable situation, had to suppress laughter. Several women in very expensive looking dresses rushed up to Jack and were inquiring about his state.
"Mr. Sparrow is a prisoner and is going to his trial," one guard told them.
Jack was looking extremely perturbed that his title wasn't used and also very nervous. The women were touching him and trying to comfort him. Will could see the concentration to ignore them on his face.
"Oh, poor Jack. What have you done now?" one woman asked with a thick French accent.
"I've done nothing," he answered through gritted teeth. Will supposed it was a good thing that his hands were cuffed behind his back. Will watched as he quickly whispered something in her ear and suddenly a sword was in her hands.
The guards stopped and prepared to fight.
"Mademoiselle, please put the weapon down," one said. "Don't defend a pirate."
"But we are all defending a pirate," the woman said as she motioned around her.
The women around her had all produced weapons of various shapes and sizes. Jack smiled at Will, which then caused Will to smile.
"Now, if you would kindly hand over Captain Sparrow, we will spare your lives," she told them. She moved into a sword fighting stance and prepared to fight.
"You're going to have to fight us for him, ladies," another guard said.
The guards looked around at the women that surrounded them. They really didn't want to fight a bunch of women and could potentially get into serious trouble for doing it, but they looked serious. Very serious. They were still trying to make a decision when someone fired a shot.
The guards looked as if they wanted to run and hide. And, of course, Jack found it to be quite amusing. After all, these were the upper crust women of Pondicherry and they were fighting the guards of the Indian government over Jack Sparrow.
And in the midst of all the guns firing and the swords clanging, Jack and Will escaped. They made their way to a black smith shop like Jack had done so long ago. Will, who had his hands cuffed in front of him, freed himself and then repeated the movement and Jack was also free.
"What a distraction," Will said as they peered out the window. He shook his head at the sight as they ran away from the mess.
"Now all we need is a ship. We need to get back to Singapore to find that Steve…" Jack told Will as they peered around a corner.
"So please explain him to me again. He did what?" Will asked as they were dodging bullets as they ran towards the docks.
"He was a crewmember and he tried to mutiny on me. We were passing by Singapore, Dani and Me, and we decided to leave him there. Thought it would be best for the crew. Little did I know Barbossa would try it again and be more successful than I could have imagined," Jack answered.
"Oh, so what he wanted was revenge," Will said, finally understanding. "He wanted to frame you for the theft of the jewel because you made him look like a fool."
"Yes, lad. That's exactly what he wanted to do. And he is a fool. I didn't have to try. See, I had it all, a beautiful girl, a beautiful ship and the world to sail. He had nothing and even less when I kicked him off. Everyone eventually wants what I have and I have to fight harder and harder to keep it," Jack said as he ran.
Will suddenly felt bad for Jack. He wasn't a poor captain, like Jones had once said. He was…lazy. Will knew Jack hadn't had an easy life. He'd run away from home and eventually picked up what he needed to know about sailing and ships by being a stowaway.
He also knew that Jack had once been a privateer for the East India Company, but he'd heard the tales of the sunken ship.
"Jack," Will asked again. "Why did the EIC sink your ship?"
"They sank my beloved Wicked Wench because I disobeyed their orders. I refused to transport people to be slaves. I have my principles, too," Jack answered in an off-hand way.
Will glared at him. Principles?
"What?" Jack asked.
"You have principles?" Will answered.
"Well, I have that one," Jack laughed.
"Okay, that makes me feel a little better," Will laughed. "And what mark did you leave on Beckett? He told me once that you had both left a mark on one another. What would that be?"
"I'm not at liberty to say," Jack answered as they made a break for a seemingly empty ship out at the docks.
Will laughed at Jack as he ran. It was hysterical to watch the man run.
The ship they found was empty, to their luck and they set off quickly.
But little did they know, they would miss Dani, Elizabeth and James by a matter of days.
Dani was growing restless without Jack. She missed him terribly and was starting to take it out on Elizabeth. They were both very lucky that the port was in sight.
Dani, Elizabeth and the three children wandered through Pondicherry looking at everything. It was supposedly a beautiful port but looked very…trampled as they looked around.
"Have you been here before?" Elizabeth asked her.
"No. We never came to Pondicherry. We've been to other ports in India, but Jack always avoided Pondicherry. He said French people made him itchy, but I never believed him."
"Everything makes Jack itchy. I wonder why he would avoid this place. It seems lovely, but what's with all the mess?" Elizabeth asked as they looked around.
"Maybe there was a fight?" Dani laughed.
They wandered into a small shop to see if they could get some food. The children were growing restless and thought they should feed them to make them feel better.
The five of them sat down at a table and a pretty woman, walked up to them.
"May I help you?" she asked with a thick French accent.
"Before we order, would you be able to tell me about a governmental ship stopping by with two prisoners?" Dani asked. "One would have lots of black braids and a dark tan, the other, well, would be normal looking."
"Jack Sparrow? What would you want Jack Sparrow for?" she asked angrily back.
"He is my husband and I would like him back," Dani replied, rising from her seat and getting in the other woman's face.
Elizabeth wondered what was going to happen. Dani was sometimes known to be violent and this woman seems to have known Jack at some point.
"Jack would never get married. He was separated from his one true love and came to me for solace," the woman answered.
"Jack, my Jack, has been reunited with me. And I intend to find him because he owes me for taking care of his daughter. Now tell me where the bloody hell he is or I will cut your bloody head off!"
"Dani," Elizabeth said, trying to separate the women who were now nose to nose.
"Are you threatening me?" the Frenchwoman asked her.
Dani cocked her gun out of sight of the other woman.
"Put the gun down," a voice said behind them.
A/N: Yay! Happy Holidays everyone! I thought I would post my story today so everyone who was bored with their family could read it and I kinda just wanted to post something on my new laptop. Yay! Okay, I hope everyone's day was great and please please review! It'll be like a Christmas present to me. Thanks!
Manda