Author's note: Sorry for not updating. I had a crazy week and didn't have a lot of spare time. Hopefully I should be able to update daily for the next few days. I warn you in advance, I think I was a little out of it when I wrote this chapter. Hopefully you'll enjoy it anyway. Please review; they give me warm fuzzy feelings. Anything you recognize belongs to JE, the makers of Star Trek, and the makers of the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
We headed back home-I mean Ranger's apartment-to get cleaned up. About an hour or so later, Lester called and told us to meet him in the conference room ASAP. I was still really ticked that Cezar managed to get away. I wanted him to be out of my life, one way or another. I really needed to get out of Rangeman. It wasn't that I hated living with Ranger. No, that definitely wasn't it. I absolutely love staying with him. I just hated the constant security, the precautions. I had no room to fly. It's not usually as bad as this, but extreme death threats tend to make Ranger cranky. Go figure.
We reached the conference room within a few minutes of the call. The guys looked really excited. Must be good news. "We found something, Boss," Lester said. Ranger motioned for him to continue. "Cezar must have dropped the pin on the ground in the rush to get away. It wasn't an ordinary pin. It appears to have a very intricate design on it. Small sparrows in flight. The signature of weapons dealer Jack Sparrow. Seems to be a few skittles short of a rainbow and obviously has a thing for pirates. His headquarters is here in town."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Ranger said. "Let's go have a 'chat' with this Jack Sparrow." I stifled a grin. Ranger was going to talk to a pirate. As soon as he left the room, we burst out laughing. "He calls his headquarters the "Enterprise"," Tank choked out. I felt tears coming down my cheeks. Batman's going to talk to a pirate on a spaceship. He'll never hear the end of it.
Ranger was back within the hour, mumbling something about "Pirate Code". "How'd it go?"
"Couldn't get anything out of him. Seems that Cezar told him he was on a special mission for a Captain Kirk, and that the Pirate Code forbade him from betraying his captain." I smiled. "Did you bring him back with you?" He nodded. "Can I try talking to him?" He nodded again and led me to his holding cell.
I stepped in. "Ahoy, Sparrow."
"Ahoy…"
"Capt'n Plum. I understand you may know something about an enemy of mine and yours." I showed him a picture of Cezar. "You know him?"
"Aye, he told me was on a mission for my captain."
"He lied to you, Sparrow. His only mission is to kill your captain and take my crew and me with him. Savvy?" He nodded. "Now could you please tell me what you know…?"
I stepped out of the cell. "He's…"
"I know. We were listening. We're heading out." Ranger paused. "How'd you do that?"
"Mooner." He nodded. It pretty much explained it all. "Only you, Babe."
---And that's a wrap! I should have another chapter up tomorrow. –Crosses fingers- Feel free to press the pretty little review button!