On Winds Of Whiskey Breath: Life Away From Tortuga
A/N: Hey! Special thanks to SlinkyAndTheBloodyWands, Sentinel Sparrow for reviewing, and being 2 awesome writers... check them out!... Also Happy New Years! to all you guys out there! This takes place after Jack meets Avery... which I've decided is before the movie... and then about 2 years and a half after the movie... Also get ready to hear Jack's biggest fear!
Disclaimer: I own nothing that you recognize... whether it be a name, a place, or a person! So, please don't sue me, report me to Disney.. Because that would be wrong!... and I own The 'Lucky Fox' and her crew, Queen Daisy of the Leprechauns, Christina (the barmaid), Captain Avery Jayee, May (the first mate), Luke, Marcus, Billy, and whoever else I decide to create!...
Billy: How would that be wrong?
Mel: It would be wrong because I'm a innocent dreamer and the above proves that!
Billy: Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong...
Mel: Why would I be wrong?
Billy: Because I'm usually right! Smiles evilly
Mel: Says you! I know for a fact I'm usually 94 of the time... That I am right!
Billy: You just made up that number in your pretty little head didn't you?
Mel: Maybe Laughs nervously
Billy: See you did! That just proves my point!
Mel: tries to whistle... Come here, come here, Daisy!
Billy: Gives a confused look What are you doing?
Mel: My Friend's, Aunt's, Brother in Law's, Friend's, Sister's, Friend's Grandpa said that if you blow hard enough you can call 'Queen Daisy of the Leprechauns' and have tea with her and I wanna see if it works!
Billy: Oh brother...
Mel: What! You have a brother?
Billy: Did have a brother... I'm a ghost... an old one... meaning that all of my family members are dead
Mel: I'm sorry... do you need a hug, or maybe someone to talk to?
Billy: glaresI'm over it!
Mel: Sheesh... don't have a heart attack... I was just trying to be emotionally supportive of you!
Billy: Let's just give them their story...
Mel: Okay, but let me just say... technically it's not 'theirs' 'they' are just reading it!
Billy: Just get on with the story!
Mel: I'm going, I'm going!
Chapter Two: Life Away From Tortuga...
Captain Avery Jayee's POV:
Captain's Log:
It's been 2 weeks since setting sail from Tortuga... hopefully to never return again... I'm awful glad I kept the ship over stocked... the crew of the 'Lucky Fox' is getting restless... I'm hoping to reach the Isle of the 'Dead Nights' soon... but we've had 3 storms on the way... our boatman is good enough to keep us afloat... but the ship is not in good shape... I hate Carribean Storms... and they happen frequently...
We've attacked 4 merchant ships... they all surrendered... since pirates are a such 'big' threat... We've taken quite a load of gun powder... and muskets... We think it was supposed to reach the navy... so we better sail out of here fast...
That's how life had been lately... piracy... when in a deserted part of the sea... was not very entertaining... Other then the nights when all the crew pulled out the rum and partied into the morning... but most of those nights half the crew couldn't remember... including Captain Avery Jayee...
They were only a couple hours away from 'the isle of the dead nights'... you could tell because you could see it, faintly. The Isle was an island... so far... undiscovered by anyone except the 'Lucky Fox's' crew.. And when the crew was to drunk to think up a name, one person said something... and it's been called that ever since... They kept supplies there, extra booty, and anything they treasure enough to keep it off board but not need it when going to places...
Many of the crew, questioned why they were leaving Tortuga... and none received a single answer.. They were a lot of rumors moving across the crew...most of them saying that Captain Jayee got too drunk one night and turned half-daft... never sobering up...
Captain Jayee sighed as she stared down at her 'Captain's Log' she could sum up most of what happened to her lately in 2 paragraphs! Why did she even write what happens on the ship? It made no sense, even to her! She loved the life of a pirate...but it was just getting a little old! Very few battles with some merchants... most of them surrendering because they recognize the name! Some challenging because they learn it's captained by a Woman!
She glanced at her 'new' hat on the desk next to her log, she smiled at the memory of Jack's glare when she took his hat... many of the crew did ask about it, commented on it... etc. She of course just shrugged too lazy to make up a story... But her first mate, May did see the J. S. in the inside of the hat... just under the rim... she asked about it, and since she was her best friend (other then Christina of course!) She told her about it... Now May was known to be a big-mouth... and now probably half the crew knew a tale of fables, a fourth, the truth, and the last fourth made up whatever story to explain their captain's new hat! Pirates have got to be the best gossipers... maybe even better then 'noble' people... and gossip is their only source of entertainment!
She decided to check up on deck.. Luke, was swabbing decks as usual... him being the ship's only clean-freak... good thing too! Otherwise the ship would be rat-infested, That Captain Jayee was sure of! She walked across deck and to the side and stared in the water.. Being to lazy to practice with her cutlass and knowing her crew was hard at work...
'Normal' person would've just seen water... but what Captain Jayee saw was the best action of fought battles, and some of the best booty the crew had. Then she heard a voice yell, "Ship insight! Flying the flag!" She immediately looked up... and looked through her eyeglass and smiled... sure enough... a ship flying a pirate flag... action at last!... she looked up at Marcus in the crow's nest and yelled, "Fly the white... and blue." Meaning that they wanted to talk to the other ship's captain before they decide if they want to attack... Marcus saluted being the ex-navy man he was...
"Get Ready Men!" were the next word to come out of Avery's mouth.. The crew quickly took out their weapons and loaded the cannons... they wanted to be ready if the other crew decided to attack...
Back On The Black Pearl:
The Captain smiled as he looked through an eyeglass. A ship was heading towards them. A small boy, looking to be around the age of 10... spoke up, "What are you smiling about, Captain?" the captain looked down at the boy... and changing his expression to a serious one and answered the boy, "That is our source of entertainment for the next little while." The boy perked up, and said, "Do you know what ship it is?" The captain frowned, and said, "No, it's too far away..." The boy quickly said, "But, I'm sure there is that it couldn't be any grander then 'The Pearl'." The Captain smiled and said, walking around the deck, "It couldn't be, could it?" his voice loud and obviously noticed by the crew... "This ship, has the best crew the world has ever seen!" The crew cheered.. "The biggest Pirate threat in the Caribbean!" the crew cheered again! He continued, "The fastest ship in the entire Ocean, and best of all, It will never be controlled by the king himself.. Let alone the navy!" the crew cheered louder then before...
Back to the Lucky Fox:
"Let's get this ship moving!" Avery said impatiently she wanted the action all the sooner... The crew cheered... They obviously needed some entertainment too. "Get your swords out!" Avery yelled. They were now only 300 yards/meters away from the other ship...
Avery tensed, after looking through the eyeglass, and reading... 'The Black Pearl'... It was obvious that she had tensed... because May, the first mate tapped her on the shoulder and asked, "What's wrong, Captain?" Avery turned around and said, "It's the Pearl." May looked shocked.. She had to ask, "Is it him?" Avery nodded. May smiled and said, "Then, you better look your best! Throw on that old, ratty, new hat of yours!" Avery laughed and ran to the Captain's Quarters to do just that...
May turned towards the sea and whispered, "I hope he's not holding a grudge." clearly worried.
Back On the Pearl:
Jack blinked unconvinced that the sight in front of him was real... he pinched himself, he proposed to Gibbs, he yelled, "I love Norrington!" at the top of his lungs, he drank sea water, and he slapped Ana Maria... and yet he wouldn't wake up...
Something was seriously wrong... He could see clearly Avery... his last 'flavor' of the hour, on a ship with the writing, 'Lucky Fox' and it looked like she was shouting out orders. Worst of all, She was wearing HIS HAT! She was supposed to be lying about the ship!
He yelled "Gibbs, Fly the green!" signaling he was going to try and negociate with the captain of the other ship. He had to get back that hat... It was wrong for a Captain to go a week with out a hat... unnatural... in fact...
Back to the Lucky Fox:
Out of nowhere Avery heard "I love Norrington!" yelled clearly by a man...
'Jack must've found out' she thought... so she decided to wave at him... it was obvious that Jack hadn't seen it... because now it looked like he was trying to rip out his hair...shame really..
Avery turned towards her men, "Alright men, I want you to be ready for anything! Because of a situation... anything could happen! Whatever you do, don't put your life in the hands of this man, nor his crew... keep your back unturned... this man cannot be trusted!" Avery took a deep breath and said to herself, "Now this is gonna get interesting." She really can't complain... this is gonna be the highlight of her week... whatever happens...
The Pearl pulled along side the Lucky Fox. A gangplank was brought down and 2 men crossed, one of them looked like he'd been doing this for decades... the other, One very nervous looking Jack. Avery smiled... she already knew she had the upper hand... she yelled, "Nice to see ya, again Jack!" The guy next to Jack nudged him and said, "How do you know her Jack?" Jack scratched the back of his neck and answered, "Oh, you know how I get around." Avery put her hands on her hips trying to restrain herself from skinning him alive, and cutting off his manlihood!.. though a lot of women would be happy to see that. That made her blood boil... she doubted he even told his crew about her beating him in a sword fight... and sparing his life at the least... Why did she spare his life? Now that she thought about it... she had no idea... I mean she could've taken the 'Black Pearl' forsakes so why did she save him? She put her hand to her chin in deep thought... trying to figure out why...
Jack's Eyes: Once I made that comment to Gibbs Avery had anger flicker in and out of her eyes... as if she were trying to control it. Then she put her hands to her hips and suddenly looked very stiff... then she had an awfully confused expression on her face and then put her hand to her chin in what looked like deep thought... I'm confused... thought Jack, I knew it would be weird seeing her again after what happened but I didn't know she'd just ignore me, especially with my being captain of this ship... I mean she can't ignore me, can she? Jack raised his hand to his chin deeply in thought... then replaced the focused look with one of horror
Back to Deck: May looked at Avery... she was going into the zone... once she got there... it was hard to get her out... May worked quickly... She stepped in front of Avery... and jumped on her toes as hard as she can... yelling "Avery, you're zoning out!"... after she did that, and Avery hit her and started cussing so bad... that many sailors would look like saints... in comparison. She notice Gibbs doing about the same thing... in fact he also jumped on Jack's toe... and Jack also cussed worse then a sailor and hit Gibbs...
May started laughing to bad that tears were streaming down her face... she was laughing so hard.. She didn't notice that most of Jack's crew had come over to what was all the commotion or that everyone was throwing confused looks...
May finally quieted down and wiped her tears quietly chuckling to herself... and looked up at the crew... "What?" she asked everyone... it was dead quiet and all eyes were on her... "What I'd do?" then Jack turned towards Avery again and said, "Hi, how are you, what's wrong with her?.." no, not really but that would be pretty funny... "Does she have anything... or is your entire crew a band of loonies?" Lots of the crew, stood up raising their weapons of choice throwing Jack glares... Avery raised her hand and the crew dropped the weapons and continues glaring, but May stood up at this pulled out her sword and brought it up to Jack's neck, teeth clenched and said, "Be careful what you say, It might be contagious and you wouldn't want to be a loony, now would you?" May spit at the word contagious. Jack laughed and said, looking over at Avery "Did she get this from you?" Avery shook her head and Jack looked back at May and said, "Who's to say who's loony and who's to say who's sane." Avery clapped her hands and said, "That's enough May, Captain Sparrow... I believe we have some negotiations to take care of!" in a 'much like' Norrington-manner. May backed up and glared at Jack. Luke (the ship's clean freak) yelled, "May, you're swabbing the decks now!" May glared at Luke with a back-off look and he glared right back at her... Avery decided to take control... "Captain Jack Sparrow... meet May Smith, First Mate." Jack looked at her and said to himself "I already hate her..."
Jack decided to introduce Gibbs... he said lazily, "This is Joshamee Gibbs, First Mate." "Alright, Captain Sparrow, if you trust me enough...follow me..." Avery said in her most 'noblemen-like' voice... she chuckled to herself while the others stared at her as if she was mad... maybe she was, or maybe the rest of 'em didn't have a sense of humor...
The 'Negotiations' went on for hours... Avery and Jack were doing okay, except for the hat... but Gibbs and May weren't doing so well... constant bickering, bantering, and any of b word that you can think of that could mean arguing..
Gibbs was now snoozing away... "I still say, I should get my hat back!" Jack yelled at Avery... "Not, after taking advantage of clearly drunk woman!"... Avery retorted
May had enough and spoke up, "Jack, if a hat is that important, you can have one of mine.. Avery should keep yours because of what you did, it's only fair."Jack couldn't exactly argue with that.. And as much as he liked to admit it... what she said was true.. But he couldn't go admitting things to people.. Now could he?
"How was I supposed to know she was drunk, I was drunk myself... I couldn't go lowering my standards that low for anyone on purpose, now could I?" Avery glared at me... May stood up and said, "How 'bout I get us all some rum..." she smiled when Avery waved her away
May's thoughts: Free at last! I love Avery and all but when Jack and her, are in the same room. I just wanna struggle the life out of both of them!
Back to the Captain's Quarters (negotiation):
"She just saved your neck." Avery pointed out... "Oh really?" Jack asked lifting up an eyebrow.. "Yeah, really, if Gibbs and May hadn't been thereto witness your painful death I would've killed you!" Avery said saying the last part slowly for better measure.. "What would you have done? If you don't mind me asking." at that second May came barging in with a case of rum.. One already in her right hand and said, "Drinks everyone!" May chugged down her bottle as quickly as she could... the sooner she forgot about this... the better..
A/N: I think that was quite a nice ending... what would you guys say? Review and you all get to touch Avery's new Hat...k formally known as Jack's hat... I'm kidding that would be a crappy prize/gift... Fudge Brownies for all! Did you pick up on Jack's Biggest fear?... funny huh? Well drop me a line ;)