Chapter 4

Jewel grabbed onto the chain for their manacles with both of her hands. She looked at Barbossa.

"You swear you won't drop me." she said

"It would do nothing if I did." he replied. Jewel kicked a leg up at him. He caught it with one arm, holding the chain with his other hand. He held onto the chain tightly as he moved Jewel's leg to the branch above them. It was a difficult task, but once Jewel managed to keep her foot on it, holding onto the chain, Barbossa let go of her leg.

"Now pull Sparrow." he said. Jewel groaned as she pulled at the chain with all her might, pushing at the branch with her feet to help lift him.

"Your night exactly light as a feather!" she groaned

"I'm not feeling myself moving." he said. Jewel kept pulling at the chain, the blood rushing to her head. Barbossa felt himself being pulled up. He smiled when his hand touched the branch. Barbossa swung himself to get a better grasp on the branch, much to Jewel's discomfort.

"Stop!" he said. Jewel let go and flopped down, suspended only by the chain. Barbossa pulled himself up on the branch and dragged Jewel up in front of him, while holding onto a vine that hung from the higher branches. Her face was a bright crimson and she was panting.

"I... had better... never... do that... again!" she said. Barbossa looked down. Seemed like a long drop. One that neither of them would survive. He looked to their left and saw what seemed like grass, just below their level, like this part of the jungle had trees growing in a deep hole.

"Well, what now?" she asked

"Are you asking me for help?" Barbossa asked, a smirk on his face.

"No! I'm asking myself. I'll figure out a way down. It's what my dad would do." Jewel said. She stood up and shrieked when she slipped off the branch. Barbossa fell down on it, while still grabbing the branch. Jewel gasped at how far up they were. She looked at the vines that hung all around them.

"I might have an idea!" she said, trying to swing toward one of them.

"Quit your swinging, or I'm letting go." Barbossa groaned. Jewel stopped. "Now, what is your plan?"

"The vines! We could use them to climb to the canopy above and from there we could walk out of the jungle!" she said with a smile. Barbossa rolled his eyes.

"There is no doubt that you are Jack Sparrow's offspring, coming up with an idea such as that." he said

"It can work." Jewel said, outraged.

"Can is not what we need at the moment. We need something that will be successful if we hope to survive." Barbossa replied

"At least give it a chance!" Jewel said, swinging for the closest vine reaching for it.

"Sparrow!" Barbossa said warningly. She was getting closer to the vine, just barely feeling it with her finger tips. She let out a cry of victory when she finally grabbed onto it. Barbossa groaned and let go of the branch, rolling off of it. Jewel held onto the vine tighter, clenching her fist in pain of the shackles around her wrist. Barbossa swung forward to another vine. He grabbed it with his hands.

"What the bugger was that for?" Jewel yelled. She pulled her left hand back and noticed the manacle starting to cut into her skin. Barbossa stared at her, then behind her at the ridge where solid ground was, then at the vines and branches separating them from that ridge. An idea came to him.

"I'm going to swing you to those vines there. We have to repeat what just happened for this to work." he said, "But first, you'll need to let go of the vine."

"... You are insane." Jewel said

"It will work better than your idea." Barbossa retorted. Jewel grumbled and looked up at the jungle canopy above, still thinking her idea was a good one... but... then again... one slip from either of them, and it could be over then and there. Jewel sighed, grabbed the chain with her shackled hand, and let go of the vine, swinging next to Barbossa.

"Those vines?" Jewel pointed forward at a small bunch of vines, grouped together.

"Aye." Barbossa said, swinging Jewel forward and back, trying to gain enough momentum. Jewel was getting closer and closer to grabbing them.

"This next one should do it." she said, before finally grabbing onto the vines.

"Hold fast!" Barbossa said, letting go of his vine and swinging to another vine. Jewel understood the plan and let go of the vines grabbing onto another one. The grab a vine and swing forward plan was a great success. Barbossa did slip on a vine once, but Jewel held on tightly to the vine she had to help him swing back to it. They were slowly getting closer to the ridge, as the sun began to set.

"We're almost there." Barbossa pointed out.

"Can we rest first? How about those branches there?" Jewel asked

"Fine." Barbossa said, as they changed direction. Jewel smiled when she got her way with him. Perhaps then she could have a chance to tie something around her bleeding wrist. She swung toward it, but screamed when something bigger than the branch crawled out on it, hissing at Jewel and clicking it's fangs: It was an even bigger spider.

"OH MY GOD!" Jewel screamed, swinging backwards away from the monster, "Barbossa, don't swing me!"

"Kick it off!" Barbossa yelled as she swung back towards it. Jewel grabbed onto her sword as she raised her leg.

So much could happen in a matter of seconds. When Jewel kicked the spider, it managed to grab onto her foot with her pincers and pull her and Barbossa, who lost his grip in surprise of the sudden weight, off and down towards the ridge. Jewel pulled her sword out, aiming it at the spider. The spider landed on it's back on the ground, followed by Jewel, who landed on the spider, With Barbossa directly behind them both, landing on top of them. The spider wasn't moving at all. Barbossa climbed off of it and pulled Jewel off too. They panted lightly after the ordeal and looked at each other. For some reason, Jewel had green slime on her vest and hand. She looked back at the spider and pulled her sword out from it, which was also coated in the slime.

"Disgusting." she said. She dragged it behind her, instead of sheathing it. The two waked over the ridge to a large grassy cliff, which overlooked a waterfall with a lagoon. They could see the beach from where they were standing.

"We should keep moving," Barbossa said, " and find food and shelter before it gets too dark."

"Would it be possible I find something to wash off in too?" Jewel asked