Chapter Twelve: Slapped, Jungles and Glares.
Flashback: Providence. Jenna
"THAT'S IT!"
Jenna slammed the door of her cabin and stood in the middle of the room out of breath.
She had finally cracked, all day she had been nonstop on her feet with washing the sails and uniforms, scrubbing the deck from top to bottom with the sun beaming down on her.
She shook her head from side to side; she had finally had enough.
"I'm sick and tired of this!" She said to herself through clenched teeth screwing her fists up at the same time.
Jenna felt like she had been waiting forever, she had been through so much – Cutler Beckett loving her, James Norrington giving her his heart and now she was trapped on Barbossa's ship as a slave waiting for her best friend Flik to rescue her but nothing...after everything, Flik didn't come.
"Looks like I got to rescue myself!" Huffing, she walked quickly over to her bed and grabbed a makeshift bag placing several dresses and some coins into it.
She stopped suddenly as she heard footsteps outside of her cabin door – she listened carefully, her heart beating against chest hard afraid that she may get caught.
Soon, Jenna heard them fade away into the distance. She bit her lip and crept to the cabin window and climbed out of it quietly as she could.
Jenna looked around making sure she wasn't noticed but she yelled alittle as she tripped over the end of her dress and she fell hard onto the deck.
"Bloody...dress" She whispered silently, rolling her eyes but something wasn't right.
There was a pair of shoes in her eye line – they widen instantly and she looked up to see Gillette with his hands on his hips and eyebrow raised looking down at her.
"Jenna! What on earth...?" Gillette suddenly picked her from her spot.
"What are you doing here?!" Jenna replied back shocked and without thinking.
"Um, I was patrolling the deck... I could not sleep. What are you doing out of your cabin?"
"It's none of your business" She snapped, pulling away from him but he caught her arm twisting her back to face him.
"Are you running away?"
"I..."
"My Lord, you are!" He exclaimed loudly, she put her hand over his mouth to hush him up swiftly but it was too late, several others appeared out of nowhere looking at them.
"Fuck! Come with me now!" Jenna grabbed his hand and started to run along the deck dragging him behind her.
"Slow down!" He cried behind her but she ignored it and they arrived in the middle of the deck where all the crew was awake now and soon, Barbossa joined them.
"Miss Hollander..."
"What?"
"Why are you causing this fuss, eh?" Barbossa came down the steps from his cabin and standing the bottom of them.
"I'VE HAD IT!" Jenna exploded finally, shaking Gillette in the process.
"I CAN'T STAND BEING ON THIS...THIS SHIP ANYMORE! I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR PERSONAL SLAVE! I DON'T WANT TO BE IN YOUR PRESENT OR IN THE SAME ROOM WITH YOU! I HATE IT HERE! SO WITHOUT FURTHER OR DO...! FUCK YOU PEG LEG!"
Jenna screamed, letting go of his hand finally – she went over to a piece of rope and she brought it over to Gillette.
"Miss Jenna, I don't think you should..." Without any notice, Jenna slapped Gillette hard across his cheek.
"DON'T MISS JENNA ME! I've made up my mind!" She grabbed the rope and began to run with it towards overboard but something happened, she heard a scream behind her and saw Gillette on the floor with a piece of rope around his ankle being pulled along the deck.
"Aaaahhhh!" both of them screamed loudly and they splashed into the icy water.
Present: Whitecap bay.
"You called him peg leg?" Maisie laughed, Maisie and Jenna were sitting on rocks waiting for the crew to get some more longboats to take them back to the Queen Anne.
"Yes, but I wasn't expecting a certain sailor to join me" Jenna huffed, glaring over to Gillette who was ringing out the water of his jacket.
Flik came over and pulled Jenna up into a massive hug, swaying her slightly.
"I'm so sorry, Jenna... I'm so sorry" She whispered into the girl's shoulder, trying not to cry.
"Flik... Please...It wasn't your fault." Jenna admitted pulling away and smiling at Flik, her best friend.
"I feel like it is...What happened to Cutler?" Flik questioned, before Jenna could answer.
Blackbeard came over eyeing Jenna up and down which made her gulp.
"And who are you?" Blackbeard asked roughly.
"My...my...my..." She stuttered, blinking a few times – "Her name is Jenna, she's my friend. We got separated back in London" Flik lied as Blackbeard turned to her.
"And what about him?" Blackbeard pointed to Gillette coming over to them.
"On behalf of his Majesty's service, Captain Blackbeard you are..." Suddenly he slumped over onto the ground, behind him Maisie was holding a rock and she shrugged.
"What did you do that for?" Jenna asked, but Flik nudged her ribs whispering in her ear.
"He was going to arrest him you ape!" Jenna gasped and realized now, nodding hard.
"YOU!"
Blackbeard pointed to Jenna – "You are now coming with us. Get in the boats." He simply said, walking away to where Angelica was at the boat.
"Wow, he's scary..." Jenna muttered and then looked down at Gillette's slumped body.
"What about him?"
"I've got him" A voice came up behind them, Jenna smiled alittle as she saw Will Turner pick up the man.
"LEGOLAS!"
"Hello Jenna, it's good to see you" He quickly said hello whilst carrying the man off to the longboats.
"Forgive me, Jenna" Flik whispered again, looking at the floor – Maisie and Jenna came over to Flik and hugged her tightly.
"I forgive you Felicity, I'm so glad that I'm here... I'm finally free" Jenna smiled wide, feeling safe again with her friends by her side.
"GIRLIES, COME ALONG!" Scrum yelled loudly making them break apart, Jenna and Maisie walked arm in arm to the boats.
Flik waited, she smiled at them both gently laughing...then she felt a pair of arms come around her waist sneakily.
"I'm worried about you" Jack's voice was in her ear, she turned in his grip facing him.
"I'm fine" She reassured him, half smiling.
"It must be just me then, something seems...different" Jack shook his head, cupping Flik's face in his hands and planting a soft kiss on her lips.
"Did I tell you that I love you today?" Flik broke the kiss, again he shook his head.
"Nope luv..."
"I love you" "I love you too" Jack took her hand, she placed one hand on her stomach – she was still feeling dizzy and sick, then she looked over to the Quartermaster staring at her and then at her stomach.
She knew then, something was wrong.
Next day: Whitecap bay
"Lord! Is that..." Groves gasped at the sight before him. The Providence had arrived to the aftermath of Whitecap bay.
The lighthouse was still smoking from the night before and on the beach was covered in netting, wood for the smashed longboats and dead mermaids.
"Mermaid" Gibbs came up beside him, and then turned to Barbossa who was looking around.
"Give up this madness now" He told Barbossa.
"I cannot. Ever walk on the beach and look back and see your footsteps in the sand? It's like that. Except the footsteps are before me" Barbossa replied looking down.
"Footstep actually..." Groves corrected him.
"Whitecap bay sir! We must..." Another man called but they were interrupted by screams – they turned around and saw The Providence being swamped by mermaids tearing the ship and men apart.
"We travel by foot. Gibbs, I require a heading" Barbossa asked Gibbs.
"Sir, the men..." Groves spoke up, still looking at the sight of the Providence.
"They be dead already"
"They don't sound dead"
"That so? I hear nothing but seagulls nesting. What is it you hear Master Groves?" Barbossa had his hand on his pistol; Groves gulped and stared back at the man.
"Seagulls nesting, nothing more" Groves muttered, at that point The Providence was fully pulled the water, the screams no more.
"Could be pelicans..."
Groves and Barbossa looked at Gibbs who stepped back shutting up.
"Heading, Gibbs?" Then Barbossa pulled out his pistol pointing it at his head, pulling the trigger back.
"Your head or my heading, by the powers I'll have me one or the other. I don't care which"
Gibbs knew Barbossa wasn't joking; he nodded as he lowered the pistol.
"Right answer"
Rocky shore, Protective bay
"Is it necessary to blind fold us all?!" Maisie breathed out, all of them were being led over a beach and a few rocks, few members of the crew were with them carrying the glass coffin filled with water and the mermaid was inside it.
"I won't get him mad" Jenna replied back, getting dragged along.
"This is your fault Miss Hollander!"
"What you mean it's my fault, I didn't get asked to get blindfolded!" Jenna scowled onto her blindfold.
"You know what I mean!" Gillette answered back, he was mad being blindfold and tied up at the same time.
"You have big feet; you should have looked where you put your foot!" Jenna said, referring to the night on The Providence where the rope got caught around his ankle.
"BE QUIET!" Angelica yelled back to them, shaking her head – she looked forward to see Jack and Flik with Blackbeard; he stopped them both and took their blindfolds off.
"It's up to you now, Sparrow"
"Did I need to be blindfolded too?" Flik asked, adjusting to the light. Behind her – all of them had their blindfolds removed too.
"Best all of you not know the exact whereabouts of my ship. I am a cautious man."
"Who has bad breath" Jenna muttered under her tongue, rolling her eyes.
Jack nodded, pulling out his compass and opening it up.
"What I want first is Ponce de Leon's ship..." The compass moved, but it pointed towards Flik first.
He shook it forcibly and opened it up again, this time it pointed opposite Flik's direction – showing them the way.
All of them followed Jack his compass, weaving through rocks leading them deeper and deeper into the jungle.
"I'm not going through that" Jenna saw the swamp raising her eyebrows.
"Jenna, you have been through worse" Legolas reminded her, she looked at him funny but suddenly was pushed forward and she landed into the water hard getting her clothes muddy and wet.
"Who did that?!" Jenna wiped the hair out of her eyes, glaring up to see Gillette looking pale.
"YOU!" She got up and was about to push Gillette back but Will got between them.
"I would stop it if I was you..."
"Why?" She felt a tap on her shoulder and there was one of the Quartermasters angrily looking down.
"Oh, hi..."
He grunted, pushing them all along making them move again. Maisie came up besides Will smiling.
"Don't you just find Jungles fascinating?" She beamed another smile looking at the trees, listening to squawks of parrots in the background.
"Have you been licking poisonous frog?" Will made a joke, Maisie pushed him but he got shoved out of the way by Scrum.
"Why is it we got to bring her along?" Scrum breathed out, struggling with the glass coffin.
"Tears don't keep. We need them fresh" Angelica appeared out of nowhere near them, she walked on leaving them catching up with Flik and Jack at the front.
"Now, what is the ritual again? Water from the fountain and a mermaids tear...?" Jack asked loudly to Angelica.
"And two silver chalices. One cup with the tear and one without" Angelica finished his sentence, making Flik roll her eyes.
"So one with a tear and water in both? These things can get complicated" Jack said.
"Maybe you should listen..." Flik eyed him, feeling alittle jealous between the connection of him and 'Big Nose'
"I'm going to say it again. Both get water. One gets a tear, the person who drinks the water with the tear gets all the years of life from the other" Angelica explained.
"How many years?" Flik asked curiously.
Then a snake appeared swam near them, Flik screamed gently hugging into Jack who was protecting her - Angelica rolled her eyes grabbing the snake.
"All da years dat dey have lived, and they could haved lived, if fate'd been kinder"
"Wow, I didn't know you did crap impressions?" Flik snickered; Angelica gave her a dirty look and threw the snake behind her making her jump again.
Angelica smiled and began to walk away.
"So, run it by me again?" Jack asked which made Angelica curse in Spanish at him, walking further.
"You will get her mad..." Flik commented, raising an eyebrow.
"But it's funny" Jack smirked, kissing the side of her head as they continued along.
"Can we have a break soon?" Jenna huffed in and out, tripping slightly over a tree branch as they reached the river bank.
"Fine, we shall rest here" Blackbeard called to them all – Scrum and the other four men cried in relief lowering the glass coffin with the mermaid inside to the ground.
Jenna and Maisie both collapsed together onto a nearby tree trunk, Will sat next to Maisie and she leaned her head into them.
Gillette came over to Jenna, she glanced up at him and back down.
"I'm sorry Miss Hollander..." Gillette apologised, taking off his hat and sitting down next to her.
"Why are you sorry?" Jenna asked out of the blue to him.
"I didn't mean for my ankle to get caught..." She looked at him in disbelief before bursting out laughing in his face.
"I'm glad it did" Jenna admitted, both of them smiling together and laughed together.
Jack sat Flik down smiling giving her some water from the river bank, then Phillip came up next to him.
"Clergyman"
"Phillip" Flik corrected him.
"Clergyman Phillip. On the off chance this does not go well for me or my wife...or her friends. I want it noted that we believe in whatever we must to get into heaven"
"We have a word for that, all of you can convert" Phillip rubbed water on his face.
"No, no I was thinking more of on as needed basis" Jack nodded looking at Flik who just smiled.
Phillip was interrupted, he looked over to the glass coffin and the female mermaid inside – she wasn't looking well, her breath was laboured struggling to get air. He then noticed the top of the glass was sealed shut.
"QUARTERMASTER!" Phillip yelled to the tattoo man.
"Aye..."
"She cannot breathe" Phillip came over to the glass and looking back to the man.
"She has water"
"No shit, Sherlock" Jenna muttered, overhearing the conversation.
"She needs air! Open this!"
"She will escape" The Quartermaster replied back.
"You are killing her" Phillip answered getting mad by the second – "He's right you know, I agree with Phil" Maisie nodded.
"Thank you" He turned to her for a second and back to the coffin, the mermaid stared at him.
"I support Phillips decision too!" Jack piped in, as he sat back next to Flik.
Jenna sighed and got up, she quickly grabbed the Quartermasters sword from him and threw it to Phillip who caught it, he broke the seal opening it alittle – a small rush of air entered the glass and the mermaid went to the gap instantly breathing the air swiftly taking it in.
"See..." Phillip watched her, he let a small smile play on his lips but he felt the sword being taken from him and the Quartermaster forced the lid down, as he did – Phillip grabbed his bible, putting it between the opening.
Flik watched the whole scene before her – she looked around the jungle taking in her surroundings wondering how she got so far.
"I know"
Flik jumped out of her skin on the spot – she felt him next to her and she peered upwards to see Blackbeard standing there glaring down.
"I'm sorry?" She replied, confused.
"I know what's wrong with you...would you like to know?" Blackbeard sneered and he lowered himself towards her face – her eyes widen as his face was in hers.
"Get out of my face...now" Flik threatened, glaring back.
"The Quartermaster told me – you know he sees into the future" Blackbeard replied softly.
"He...what do you mean?"
"Your problem...the reason why you are feeling sick, dizzy and not yourself..." He said out loud, he then whispered the rest in her ear.
"You're with child. My dear"
Flik froze staring into the empty void in front of her. Blackbeard's chuckle seemed distant to her and he came away from her.
"ONWARDS!" He yelled, everyone moaned getting up from their spots.
She didn't budge. Everything seemed like it was in slow motion – 'I'm...pregnant.' She thought to herself, her hand came to her stomach holding it gently.
"Felicity...Felicity..."
She snapped out of her thoughts and saw Jack frowning at her.
"You've gone pale...are you alright?" Jack asked, she rose to her feet nodding.
"It's just the sun Jack. I'm fine" She lied, hugging his frame against her – One question passed through her brain at that moment.
'How the hell was she going to tell him?'
Well...
Hello all! Long time, no update – I'm sorry for the lack of updates for this. As you saw in my author's note in the previous chapter, I had problems continuing this but I decided today was the today to update.
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