.:Chapter Four:.
"Jack Driscoll?" Jack heard a female voice from behind him.
He turned around and found the woman that he had seen stood in the main room before where Ann Darrow had made a bit of a fool of herself.
"Can I help you?" He asked, a eye-brow raised.
"I'm Chloe Bocock. Ann's friend. I wanted to explain for Ann this morning" Chloe told him, coming over and sitting next to him.
"You don't need to explain anything" He said, closing his book in-front of him.
"Oh but I do. Ann was nervous this morning. She found out you were staying on the ship for the journey and went crazy. Finding the best outfit to wear for when meeting you, the best make-up. She's a massive fan of you Jack. Sorry may I call you Jack?" Chloe smiled at him.
Jack smiled back at Chloe and nodded.
"Honestly. You don't need to explain anything. Ann just thinks of me as a guy with a book up his -"
Chloe cut him off.
"Actually. It was a tweedy twerp with nose in a book and his head up his -"
"Either way! That's all she thinks of me. I mean its not like we have got to talk so it'll be alright" Jack told her, then looking over to where Ann and Charles Baxter were both filming a scene.
"That's not what Ann thinks of you! She thinks very highly of you actually! I think if you spoke to each other, you would both get on"
Jack looked at Chloe, who in return winked at him and then walked away, leaving him in deep thought.
Chloe walked up to the crows nest where she knew Jimmy would be. She was afraid of heights but she felt like going to see him. Gripping hold of the ladder she slowly began making her way to the top. Once at the top, she saw Jimmy looking deeply engrossed in a book.
"Jimmy!" Chloe shrieked.
Jimmy jumped and looked around.
"A little help please!" She shouted, trying to climb onto the top.
Jimmy quickly put his book down and helped Chloe climb on to the crows nest.
"Chloe if the captain or Mr. Hayes find you up here one of us will be getting a big shouting at.
"Oh well! I don't think the Captain or Mr. Hayes scare me!" Chloe grinned at him.
Jimmy smiled cheekily back.
"Are you ok though? The Captain looked like he wanted a serious conversation with you" Jimmy kindly asked.
"Yeah I'm fine. He was just asking about my head if it was feeling any better!"
Chloe answered, picking up Jimmy's book.
"It on long term loan from the library" Jimmy quickly tried to explain his self.
"You don't need to explain yourself to me Jimmy! By the way, I know how easy it is to steal the books from the library. I think every single book I own is on 'long term loan' " Chloe smiled at him, handing him his book back.
Both of them sat staring out at the ocean for a while before Jimmy finally spoke.
"Do you know where we are heading?" He nervously asked.
"Singapore' Chloe answered quickly.
'Your part of the crew you should know that"
"We're not going to Singapore" Jimmy quickly told her, looking at his hands.
Chloe looked confused.
"What?"
"I heard Mr Denham and Mr Driscoll yesterday. We're heading for this place called………Skull Island" He explained, keeping his voice low.
"Skull Island?" Chloe asked, confused still.
"It has never actually been…..found. There's a map, and apparently Carl Denham has got it. And the Captain has been following it ever since we set sail. We're no where near Singapore" Jimmy solmly explained.
Chloe's face dropped.
"What kind of reputation does….Skull Island…have?" She slowly asked, not liking the name of the island at all.
"Well, apparently a crew found a man floating in some waters. And he told them about this island. Skull Island. He said its got a huge wall going all the way around it, and the island is surrounded by a massive cloud of fog. The wall was built to keep something from leaving. And its suppose to be big" Jimmy told her the story.
Chloe stopped for a while and thought.
"And Carl Denham is planning on taking us all to this Island" She quietly said.
Jimmy nodded.
'That bastard! And he's told everyone that we're going to Singapore!" Chloe angrily said, standing up.
"Chloe, a few of us asked him about it last night. And he's admitted to going to Skull Island' Chloe noticed Jimmy whispered the name of the Island.
'But he's promised us all and the captain a big amount of money after the film has been finished and it's a hit"
"But what if the film isn't a hit! And what if we do find the island and well, lets just say that its owners don't take to kindly to us been there" Chloe shouted but not at been angry at Jimmy. In-fact she was more angry from the fact that Englehorn had not told her.
"I don't think we are going to find the island to be honest. Its never been found apart from the man. And he pronounced mad at the end of it all" Jimmy explained softly.
Chloe nodded, and looked down at the deck.
"I wonder if Ann knows" She quietly said.
"I don't think you should tell her. If Carl doesn't get his movie, we all go to jail" Jimmy once again told her the truth
Chloe quickly looked around at Jimmy, a starled look on her face.
"What do you mean get arrested?!" She shrieked.
"Well, basically the production company that Carl worked for told him he couldn't do the film. So…..He kind of stole the equipment that he needed and left straight away before the police could come and arrest him. Now the ship has been sent a message to turn around and head to where the police will be waiting on a island not that far away. But Englehorn got offered more money, so we're staying on the heading for the island" Jimmy nervously explained.
Chloe looked at him for a moment and then stood up.
"I'm going to kill him" Chloe angrily said, then began making her way down the ladders.
Once at the bottom she looked around in search of Carl, not hearing the shouts of Jimmy telling her she shouldn't do anything.
Hearing Carls laughing further on the upper deck Chloe began making her way up the steps, stomping her feet in anger. On her way up she banged into Jack Driscoll.
"Sorry" She nearly shouted and then began carrying on.
Jack looked confused at how angry Chloe looked and then quickly ran after her, grabbing her arm and then pulling her into a room.
"Get your hands off me" She said quietly, but with a angry tone to it.
"Listen Chloe I know why your angry. Its about the fact that we're not going to Singapore and to this…..Skull Island. If it even exists" Jack told her.
"Yes that's bloody well why I want to speak to him. He's lied! To me, to Ann….Straight to our faces! Now I know what Englehorn meant before" Chloe answered, whispering the last part about Englehorn.
"You don't understand Carl! He will do anything to get his own way. If he wants to make this film, he'd probably let everyone on this ship, not including his cast, die to be able to achieve making the film" Jack lightly spoke to her, afraid if he said one wrong thing to Chloe that she would become even angrier.
"Thanks! That's suppose to make me feel so much better! Me and Ann came on this ship thinking that we were going to Singapore! Not some Island that hasn't even been discovered yet!" She yelled back at him.
"I didn't know that you both didn't know, I thought it was just the crew that weren't allowed to find out" Jack reasoned with her.
Chloe sighed heavily and ran her hands through her hair.
"I cant believe this is happening…..I knew there was something dodgy about Carl Denham from the beginning" She quietly said.
Jack moved his hand from his side and put it on Chloe's back.
"I'm really sorry Miss Bocock" He honestly answered.
Chloe laughed slightly.
"It doesn't matter. Its not your fault is it!"
Jack smiled and pulled Chloe into a friendly hug.
"Everything alright?" Chloe heard a familiar voice from behind them both.
Jack released Chloe and they both turned and saw Englehorn standing in-front of them.
"Everything is fine thank you" Jack replied, his arm still around Chloe's waist.
Chloe nodded her reply.
"Miss Bocock could I have a word with you about your sleeping arrangements?" He politely spoke to her in front of Jack.
"Yeah, that's fine. But I thought we'd already agreed that I am staying in the cages" Chloe asked, moving away slowly from Jacks warm arm around her waist.
"Yeah Captain let her stay like that. I need a bit of company will do me good" Jack grinned at Chloe.
Chloe carried on smiling and then Englehorn breathed in deeply.
"Miss Bocock a word if you will" He smartly said and then walked away, knowing Chloe would follow.
"oh! Right I'll speak to you soon Jack" Chloe told him and then began following her captain.
