Chapter Eighteen
Tortuga
When I woke up I saw that Jenna was not there, although she had left a solar-powered phone charger thing. It was just what I needed! Well, anyway, I had not been informed that we were stopping at Tortuga. We arrived this morning. Peter was no longer drunk and he didn't remember yesterday at all, which was a good thing. Jack and Will went to do…something. And Elizabeth stayed on the ship with Lilly. I went with Peter, I had absolutely no clue where we were going, but I trusted him. First he took me to see all the pirates making fools of themselves fighting at the bar, then he took me to a beach to have a picnic. Then, Peter went into the woods behind us to get something, but he wouldn't tell me what it was.
Then when he was back there he heard me scream. "Peter! Peter, help!"
He ran out as fast as he could, but it was too late. I was gone. This is, like, what? The second or third time I had been taken away, but not my point. Soon after he came out they took him too. They had to have only one get me, but they had three getting Peter. I don't exactly know who "they" were, so all I knew was that they were taking Peter and me away. They didn't even take us to the same place!
They took Peter to a bit better place, and by better, I just mean bigger. Elizabeth and Lilly were already there. At Peter's place, Jack and Will were already there too. Funny how they got us all together but no one else.
Peter's place was an old rundown prison. Inside it had three cells about six by six, just enough room for him to lie down.
My place was a bar. He locked us in a closet then went out to drink and fight. "What are we doing here?" I asked Elizabeth who was holding Lilly tight to her body.
"They want you, Lana. They know you are from the future," she replied.
"What are we doing here?" Peter also asked.
"They want Lana, they somehow figured out she is from the future," Will said. "Just let them take her, she wouldn't want you to get hurt too."
"Are you crazy?!? I won't let them take her again. This is the third time she has gotten taken from me, and I will not let it be forever this time." He was determined to get me back.
"What do you want most?" Jack asked standing up from his nap. He had been there longer than we had so he had spent his day sleeping.
"To be with her," Peter replied. And I think it was the truth.
"Then go for it, lad," Jack said giving him a slight nudge.
Right then Peter tried to open the cell door and it opened without him even trying. Also it helped that there was no guard watching. "You know, these weren't even locked." Then Peter left.
"Idiot! Why didn't you try that?!?" Jack said hitting Will in the head.
"You could have done it just as well as I could have!" Will said back.
They went to the ship and got ready to leave.
"What are they going to do to me?" I asked with my voice trembling.
"I don't know. Nobody knows," Elizabeth said. That didn't make me feel any better.
I wish Peter were here. Right when I thought that, Peter slammed open the door. "What are you doing here?" I asked as he came over.
"I came to save you," he said helping Elizabeth up from the ground.
I was so happy that he was here, but I was the one they wanted. If I left they would just do more harm to everyone. I didn't want that. "Peter, take Elizabeth and go. Go far away, don't try to save me."
"But why?" He asked puzzled.
"I am the one they want not you. If you stay too they will most likely kill you."
"I won't leave you here." Man! He was determined, unfortunately. I really wanted him to save me, but I didn't want him to get hurt even more.
"Good-bye," I said urging him to go.
By now Elizabeth was already on the ship, and I was TRYING to get Peter on the ship too but he just wouldn't go.
I started to here footsteps coming to the closet. "Now Peter! Go!" And he left. He went back to the ship and I was there alone. With an evil man coming. I wanted Peter to stay, but my heart said 'Let him go.'
Now I was all alone. The man soon came back and took me to a ship. Then, he locked me in the brig, but we never left port.