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Chapter 3: A deal, a storm, and a VERY unexpected visit

Nerina walked through the rowdy streets of Tortuga, hoping to find a glimpse of Jack, still a bit unsure of herself. How will I defend myself? Will I stand out? Will I know how to act? Will I even be able to get back? I wonder if I can do this?

"WHAT ON EARTH?" she yelled, some drunk went plummeting from the roof & fell at her feet, she mumbled to herself and slowly stepped around and continued walking.

She loved POTC but being in it was a slightly different story. She spotted a hanging sign creaking in the wind the faithful bride Nerina smiled, if she was to find Jack anywhere it'd be here.

Sure enough, she spotted a swaying figure at the end of the bar. It took all of her logical mind and soul to not scream and ask Jack for his autograph. Instead she walked quietly up behind him and waited for the "opportune moment".

"Gibbs!" Jack called to the other side of the bar.

"Yes cap'n?"

"The trumpet player quitted and the goat ate my coat"

"In other words… the pearls still bottled, aye?"

"…. Maybe"

"Riight, Well, now what?"

Jack paused.

Nerina took the opportunity to see if this straw doll actually worked.

"Nyah!" she herd a yell from Jack as she drew her dagger against the doll. She stopped. "Turn around" she whispered to the doll.

Jack slowly turned around; Nerina let him see the doll for a brief second and smiling evilly, walked across the bar to get some drinks. A shocked expression crossed Jack's face.

"Gibbs?"

"Yes cap'n?"

"We have a problem"

Nerina chose a corner table and sunk down onto a chair, putting her feet up onto the table.

Soon enough, Jack walked across the bar with Gibbs not far behind.

"Sit" she commanded and handed him a tankard of rum.

He smiled coldly and pulled out his pistol threateningly.

"I believe you have me, and I want me back."

"What this thing?" she held up the doll.

Jack lunged for "him" but he only succeeded in tipping over Nerina's drink- she'd surprisingly developed a taste for rum.

She frowned.

"Now, that wasn't nice"

Said Nerina scratching the doll with the ornately decorated dagger she swiped off Calypso. She watched Jack contort in pain and drop the gun, she wished she didn't have to be so cruel to her favourite character, but how else would she catch his attention?

Jack sat down "whaddya want with me?" he asked.

"I'm here to strike a deal with you"

"Oh really?" Jack flashed his trademark grin.

"And what deal would that be, love?"

Nerina leaned forward.

"I'm here to pick up a certain ship, unfortunately its size makes it unusable"

Jack grabbed his pearl protectively. Nerina laughed.

"Not the pearl Jack, Calypso's"

Jack's eyes widened "Calypso's eh, and how'd you know my name?"

"I know a lot of things, sparrow, I believe you are in possession of a ship called the bénie et maudite, yes?"

"The blessed and cursed... I think so," said Jack thoughtfully

"That and..." she frowned "I do not need anything at the present, but I want three favours from you, anything at anytime, and you'll have to help me, or else" she waved the doll.

Jack thought about this for a minute.

"What's in it for me?"

"… If you give me the bénie et maudite and those wishes, I will in return, resize your beloved pearl and show you how to get something you've been searching for since you knew what it was"

"And what is that?"

"Immortality"

Jack's grin soon returned

"Okay then…one more thing, miss…"

"Nerina" she pointed out

"Nerina, I'm the captain"

Nerina paused and fingered the doll in annoyance, and relief, she didn't know a thing about captaining a ship, besides that of which she learnt on the cruise.

" Fine, I'm 1st mate though, until I get my… er, Calypso's ship back…deal?"

"Deal...what about me?" he said, pointing to the doll.

"no...you got a problem with that?" she tightened her grip on the doll.

"...fine" Jack gasped out, he frowned at Nerina.

They shook hands, it seemed as if electricity shot up Nerina's arms. She smiled grimly to herself.

"Kama mimi kuishi kwamba mbali..."

"What was that?"

"Nothing"

In the morning, Tortuga is surprisingly quiet and empty,

most occupants hung-over or dead, and the three managed to get to the docks without much fuss. Calypso had been kind enough to provide a sloop called the rapidez or speed, Jack managed to find a few old crewmembers, as well as some new ones.

The ship was rather average with nothing special, but that couldn't be helped.

"Raise the anchor and set sail for…" Jack looked at me; I grabbed his compass and hoped it didn't point to him. She squeezed her eyes shut and concentrated on what Calypso had promised her, Thankfully, it pointed west of Tortuga.

"That way" pointed Nerina.

"Aye, that way" said Jack as he pointed in the same direction. The ship lurched to the left and they were off.

Nerina leaned on the railing of the old sloop and looked back at the shrinking island of Tortuga.

Goddess? Nerina was still trying to figure this word out. If I was a goddess, why couldn't I remember any of it? Where were her friends when they were needed? She'd always been the unsure quiet one, now she was suddenly a deity!

"My tremendous intuitive sense of the female creature informs me that you are, indeed, troubled, aye?"

"Uh, aye" she replied absently, staring into the horizon. Jack pulled up beside her.

"Well?" slurred Jack. He pulled up beside her. Nerina sighed, "I miss my friends," she confessed. "Is that all?" replied Jack.

"Yes…" Nerina couldn't tell Jack she was a goddess yet, she figured he'd figure it out sooner or later. "Well, you know, you've always got ol' Jack for a friend, and your crew, they're the most trustworthy crew, if there is such a thing" said Jack. Nerina smiled, that was a bit out of character for Jack, after all, she'd just threatened him last night, but after al,l said pirate is unpredictable. Gibbs stared at the sky, clouds forming on the edge of the horizon. "I think a storms coming, we'd better avoid it."

"oh really?" grumbled Nerina under her breath.

"We have no choice Gibbs, that's where we have to go" shrugged Jack "we'll manage"

later on

" 'Ye best stay inside lass" Gibbs said to Nerina.

" 'Tis a big storm"

"And?" said Nerina indignantly.

"Well, a storm is no place for a lass"

"Mimi ni Mungu wa kike wa dhoruba wewe idiot!"

"What?"

"Never mind, I'm staying"

"Whatever you say miss"

The storm was wild, tossing the ship left and right, Jack was yelling orders to the crew and Nerina was holding onto the ropes for dear life. Yet, she wasn't scared.

"Nerina!" called Marty (that midget guy)

"What?" yelled Nerina.

"Gibbs wants to see you! He's at the wheel!"

"Aye!"

Nerina stumbled over to the wheel

" What is it?"

"I checked a –" a big wave splashed over Gibbs.

"Swahili dictionary, I recog-" Nerina slipped as another wave plummeted down.

"-Nised the language and-" Yet another wave hit the ship

"Darn this bloody weather!... You're the goddess of storms?"

oops, he figured it out; she'd better keep her Swahili comments to herself.

"Err, Aye! And?"

"Well can't you stop this-... bloody storm?"

"How?"

"You're the god woman not me!"

"I'm kinda new to this whole god thing, I don't know!"

"Try, or we'll go down with this storm!"

"Uhh…" Nerina closed and focused her mind, she hummed that mermaid song from the forth movie to herself, to help her concentrate. The noise and rain seemed to blur out, it was just she and the storm, she suddenly felt this burst of energy from nowhere and she opened her eyes.

The waves were smaller and the clouds were receding. She called quietly "stop…please?" the waves and rain froze and shrank away.

She flexed her fingers "wow…" she mumbled to herself.

The crew were stunned and heads turned to her direction, Nerina shrugged and turned away from the rail. "Back to work!" called Nerina.

"Gibbs?" Jack whispered,

"What happened?"

"Well, let's just say you have one powerful first mate there" Gibbs mumbled, shaking his head.

Nerina was rather tired and rested on the steps and took a long swig of her new favored drink.

Jack walked up to her "What did you do- just then?"

Nerina shrugged "I really do not know, I suppose Gibbs told you?"

"No"

"I'm Calypso's sister, an immortal goddess from the beginning of time, a storm goddess"

Jack raised his eyebrows "I didn't know she had a sister…you can stop storms?"

"I guess so"

" So… can you raise them?"

"Probably, I don't really know much about this, I know only the information, from Calypso, and I didn't even know this life could be possible!"

"What do you mean? What's possible?"

"Never mind…"

There was an awkward silence until…

"Man, er ladies overboard!" called a guy from the crows nest.

Jack and I scrambled up and I got out my spyglass and looked overboard.

"Oohh lord…"

~Ooh cliffhanger! Whom did Nerina find? I am kinda busy with school and will try and update every Saturday, but I'm only going to update if I can get 2 more reviews! C'mon, even if you think this sucks, it's not that hard! :0~