Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Chapter two: Bootstrap Bill


Jack sat in his cabin with maps all over his desk.

"Jack," Destiny said walking in.

"Yes luv."

"What you doing," she said while sitting on the desk. Jack didn't answer, he just tapped the compass to see if he could get a heading, but it kept going in random directions. He threw the thing that looks like scissors( I forget what its called) down in frustration.

Jack picked up the rum bottle, but it was empty. Jack looked at Destiny. "Oh, you were still drinking that." She laughed a little.

"Why is the rum always gone?" He stood up and wobbled a little.

"Well, there's one answer for ya," Destiny said now getting in Jack's chair and setting her head down.

"I'll be back luv."

Destiny gave a muffled answer while falling asleep.


"As you were gents," Jack said passing the snoring crew.
He took out his keys to unlock the rum room.
Jack looked around the room, but it was mostly empty. He spotted a bottle and pulled it out.

"time's run out, Jack." Jack dropped the bottle and it shattered. Jack walked to a corner and held up the lantern. "Bootstrap." Bill Turner?"

"You look good jack," he said with sea water coming out of his mouth and barnacles covering his body.

Jack just stared at him. "Is this a dream"
"No."

"I thought not, if it were, there'd be rum," Jack said placing down the lantern.
Bootstrap stretched out his arm with a crack, and handed him a bottle of rum. Jack took it with difficulty.

"I see you got the Pearl back I see"
"It feels odd."

"Ah, that would me daughter." I also had some help retrieving the pearl. Your son."

"William? Ended up pirate after all."

"And to what do I owe the pleasure of your carbuncle?"

"He sent me. Davy Jones."

"Ah. So it's you, then. He shanghaied you into service, eh? "
"I chose it. I'm sorry for the part I played in the mutiny against you, Jack." A little crab escaped from his sleeve, and he grabbed it and ate it. Jack looked at him as if he were crazy. "I stood up for ya. Everything went wrong after that. They strapped me to a cannon, I ended up on the bottom of the ocean, the weight of the water crushing down on me. Unable to move, unable to die, Jack, and I thought that even the tiniest hope of escaping this fate, I would take it. I would trade anything for it."

"It's funny what a man will do to forestall his final judgment," Jack said while getting up.

Bootstrap got up too and meet him on the other side. "You made a deal with him, too, Jack. He raised the Pearl from the depths for you, thirteen years you've been Captain."

"Technically, I -"

"Jack. Won't be able to talk yourself out of this. The terms would apply to me, apply to you, as well. One soul, bound to crew a hundred years upon his ship."

"Yes, but The Flying Dutchman already has a Captain, so there's really -"

"Then it's the Locker for you! Though this is terrible, the leviathan will find you and drag the Pearl back to the depths and you along with it," Bootstrap said getting in his face.

"Any idea when Jones might release said terrible beastie?"

"I already told you, Jack. The time is up." Bootstrap took his hand to put something on it.
"It comes now. Drawn with ravenous hunger for the man what bears the black spot." Jack opened his hand and a black spot appeared. "and if Jones finds out you have a daughter, she'll be dead first.," and with that we was gone.

Jack hurried up the stairs shouting.
"On deck all hands! Make faster -- gasket! On deck! Scurry! Scurry on! Move it! Move it!! I want movement"
The crew was hurrying to get dressed and up on deck.
Jack ran up on deck. "I want a…..plenty running. Run as if the devil himself and itself was upon us! Jack remembered Destiny and opened the door to his cabin. Her head was on the desk apparently sleeping. "Move," Jack yelled.

Destiny let out a scream and fell out the chair.
"Thanks for the wake up call."

She got up and went on deck to see Gibbs talking to Jack under the stairs.
"God, what has dad gotten himself into this time?" She shrugged her shoulders, And with that she went back in Jack's cabin and went back to sleep.