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Chapter Six: Those Three Little Words.
I spent the rest of that night restless and woozy in the cabin. Early the next morning after the storm had settled I took my chance to venture out. I wasn't prepared for it even though I had seen it in the movie. The fog, with the wrecked ships scattered about like corpses after a battle. I wandered meekly around the railing staring down into the murky shark invested waters. I came upon William and Gibbs chatting away.
"Where did he get the rope?" William asked. I was a tad upset I missed the 'Aye Sea turtles' earlier in the conversation. Then to my horror, which actually was a surprise because I had seen the movie and should have expected it, Jack lazed his way over to us.
"Human hair, from me back." Jack said staring at William. Then he gave a shotty glance to me and turned to Mr. Gibbs, "Weigh anchor! Young Mr. Turner and I are to go ashore. And Ms. Duke also I suppose." Jack said eyeing me up and down.
"Why me?" I asked warily. Jack smiled at this and pointed his thumb towards the boat to get Gibbs moving, and then nodded his head for William to scram. He leaned down to me and put his face near mine.
"Because ye be knowing the future, and that would come in handy fer me." Jack said coyly, and strolled away from me. I sighed and sat in the chilled morning waiting for our departure.
I was watching as Jack was checking his compass, he began shaking it profusely, then looked up at me before closing it shut with a sharp snap. Jack walked down the stairs and around into his cabin. William walked up to me and leaned against the railing in front of me.
"Good morning Ms. Alissa." William said blushing. I looked at him sadly, his face took on a look of alarm. "Are you alright?" he questioned urgently. I nodded slightly.
"Yes, I'm fine." I said giving him a frail smile. His look didn't change, he was reading my features.
"About last night, I never meant to… what I mean to say… Alissa." William said trying to struggle through his own sentence.
"It's okay, I know you didn't mean for it to happen." I said playing with the hem of my shirt.
"Alissa, I did mean for it to happen. I'm glad it did, truth be told, I'm quite taken with you." William said raising my chin with his fingers. I looked him in the eyes for a long moment then turned my head out of my grasp.
"I'm sorry things turned out like this William. Even after you forgot me, you still found a way to fall in love with me again. It was something I hoped I could have avoided this time around." I said turning to leave. His hand caught my wrist.
"Tell me it isn't meant to be! If I've fallen for you twice how isn't it meant to be? You were brought here for a reason!" he said raising his voice. I turned back to him to stare at him in his dark face.
"William, I don't know why I'm here. You can't try to force something that won't ever happen." I said coldly jerking my wrist from his loose grasp. My heart broke at that moment to see the look on his face. But I had to push on, no matter how much it hurt.
We positioned ourselves in the row boat and were lowered down. I was seated between the two men, of course, the most uncomfortable place in the boat. Luckily William was blissfully unaware of what went on last night after he left the cabin. But I could feel Jack's stare burn into me the whole ride to the caves of Isla de Muerta.
"What code is Gibbs to stick to if the worst should happen?" William asked. Jack looked over at William as if he was the stupidest man in the world. It was obvious he wasn't going to answer William. So I decided to do it for him.
"The pirate code. Any man who falls behind, is left behind." I droned verbatim. Jack mumbled something about me being a 'mind reading enchantress' and continued rowing. Not a single word was said the remainder of the ride. I was beginning to worry my presence here would throw off something in the greater plot of the movie. But I guess this wasn't a movie any more.
We climbed out of the boat and snuck to a wall with an opening large enough for us three to peek through. William saw Elizabeth and went to leap forward but Jack and I simultaneously grabbed him and pulled him back. I sighed as the gold coins slid down the rocks.
"We have to wait for the opportune moment." Jack cautioned. William screwed up his face in frustration.
"When is that? When it's of the greatest profit for you?" William sneered. Jack spun around on him getting close to his face.
"Can I ask you something? When have I ever given you a reason not to trust me?" Jack asked nodding at Williams silence. "Do us all a favor, I know it's hard, but stay here and try not to do anything…stupid." Jack said waving his arms about in the air, he then turned about on his heal to leave us. That is when William picked up an oar and moved forward to whack Jack in the head with. I must have let out a small peep because Jack turned around too soon, and William had to reach to hit him in the head, knocking him out cold.
"Sorry Jack, I won't be your leverage." William said tossing the oar to the side and motioning me to follow him. I stood amazed, I knew it was coming, but I didn't know it would shock me so. To see a side of William I never had. I dropped to my knees to tend to Jack. William gave me a funny look.
"Alissa, what are you doing? We have to save Elizabeth!" William exclaimed. I shook my head.
"She'll be fine, only a cut on the hand." I never took my eyes off of Jack, I went to touch his forehead, but William grabbed my wrist aggressively.
"We have to go, I won't leave you here with this mangy git of a pirate!" William exclaimed. I could feel my heart fill with sadness as I was raised from my knees and led to the water below.
Treading water behind William I was able to see the grimy faces of the real git pirates. I could see Barbossa raise his hand back and smack Elizabeth sending her spiraling down to the ledge we were mere feet from. William snuck up to clasp one hand over her mouth and motion for here to get into the water.
She did so, giving an odd look to me before easing in and then reaching out for the medallion. She gave a questioning look to William, but he just shook it off. As they began to swim away I stayed in my place. William turned back to me furrowing his brow. He reached out and grabbed my hand, but I let it slip away.
"I have to stay with Jack." I whispered as loud as I dared. William gave me a confused look before mouthing 'Why'.
"Because, I'm his bonny lass, even if he doesn't remember." I said with finality. I motioned for the two of them to hurry up and get out of here. William gave me one last pleading look, I shook my head giving them a shooing motion.
William came forward grabbing the nape of my neck and kissing me passionately, I refused to return the affection. Putting his lips close to my ear he said something I could barely make out. Then it hit me.
"Be careful, I love you." those were his words, they only registered as he was swimming away. For a moment I changed my mind to go with them, I began to walk back, splashing a little bit too much.
"You there! Don't move or I'll shoot yer bloody head off!" Barbossa wailed at me, I heard the click of his pistol and knew he was not just threatening.
"Shit, well that is inconvenient isn't it?" I said putting my hands in the air and turning towards him.
"I would say it was. Who ye be?" he questioned. Squinting an eye at me.
"Do you mean, who am I?" I questioned back mimicking the expression.
"Tis what I said." Barbossa said shrugging his shoulders.
"Well the way you said it suggested that you were referring to who I was, and I was just trying to clarify the question. You should really learn your past indicatives, and your present singulars." I said putting my hands on my hips.
"Aye, maybe ye be right. But ye still need be telling me yer name and what ye be doing here." he sneered shaking the gun for emphasis. I put my hands back into the air and began walking forward towards his goons.
"My name is Alissa. I happen to be an acquaintance of your good friend Jack Sparrow." I said smiling shaking the hands of the men in front of me as I spoke. All of them had stunned looks on their faces, even Barbossa.
"Captain!" Jack said using the oar as a cane as he stumbled out to us. All the men turned on Jack in disbelief.
"Hey! Yer supposed to be dead!" Pintel yelled in outrage.
"Am I not?" Jack said patting himself down. I laughed out loud as all the men pointed their pistols at Jack.
"Parlu, paralalalulu, pasnip, parsley!" Jack said searching for the word. Ragetti and I both blurted out the proper word at the same time.
"Parle?" Pintel said obviously upset.
"Yes! That's the one! PARLE!" Jack said exuberantly. I stood next to Jack with all the guns pointing in our general direction. "Lass, ye better be off, this could get dangerous." Jack said sounding a bit drunkly. I giggled.
"It's not dangerous! I'm perfectly fine." I said laughing.
"Aye, lassie, he be the one that said parle, not ye." Barbossa said cocking back his pistol and firing it into my chest. I stumbled backwards into the wall, before I sank low and began going into shock. Jack rushed to my side checking the wound which wasn't bleeding.
"Lass! Ye be alright?" he questioned concerned. I smiled happily pulling a Aztec medallion out of my pocket.
"Couldn't resist! I've never been immortal before." I said holding the coin in my hands.
"Oy! What are ye doin' with that?" Pintel hollered angrily. I smiled coyly.
"I knew you were going to try and kill me eventually." I said shrugging my shoulders, Pintel nodded his head in understanding as I stumbled to my feet.
"Give me that!" Barbossa yelled snatching the gold coin from my hand and slicing my finger to pool blood onto the coin.
"Ow, you son of a bitch! You cut me! That's going to burn later!" I said in mock out rage.
"Only if yer lucky." Barbossa sneered as he tossed the coin into the chest "The last thing we be needin' is a immortal who ever ye be." Barbossa said laughing at his own joke.
"You see there you go again, you completely used the wrong possessive form-" I began but Jack cut me off.
"Back to my parle." Jack said turning the attention back to him now. He was a greedy little attention hog, but all the same I nodded in agreement.
"I would like to plead parle also." I confessed, "Lest I get shot again."
"Damn to the depths whatever mutton-head thought of the word parle." Pintel said outraged two fold at my Parle.
"That would be the French." Jack and I chimed in unison. He looked at me puzzled before calling me a mind reading enchantress again.
Barbossa walked up to Jack and I smirking. "How the blazes did ye get off that island?" Barbossa questioned curious as to why Jack was like a cockroach he couldn't kill.
"When you marooned me on that godforsaken spit o' land, ye forgot one very important thing, mate…I'm Captain Jack Sparrow." Jack said calmly smiling at his own wittiness.
"And rum runners." I mumbled under my breath. Jack gave me a sharp jab in the arm and I closed my yapper.
"Well, I won't be making that same mistake again. Gents ye remember Captain Jack Sparrow! Kill him, and the loud mouth lass that be with him." Barbossa sneered turning away to begin to walk towards the chest once more.
"The girls blood didn't work, did it?" Jack said hastily but sternly as all the men cocked their guns and pointed them at said persons. I couldn't see Barbossa's face, but I did imagine the look he had on from the movie. I giggled despite myself.
"Hold yer fire!" Barbossa growled, all the men sadly pointed their weapons down. Barbossa turned to us and sneered. "You know who's blood we be needin'."
Jack smiled and nodded his head. "I know who's blood ye need." Jack said smoothly.
"Take him to the ship. Kill the girl." Barbossa said happily. I turned stark white with fear. I didn't know how to get myself out of this one. And Jack looked pretty perplexed also.
"Now now Barbossa. Is there really any need for that?" Jack asked holding onto my shoulder protectively.
"If she means anything to ye, It would be my pleasure to kill her myself." Barbossa said grabbing his pistol.
"To me, no, but to the whelp who's blood ye be needin' she means everything. We can use her as a bartering chip." Jack said putting on a toothy gold smile. I realized what Jack was doing, but when he said he didn't care about me, I couldn't help but believe it after last night.
Barbossa seemed to look me up and down before nodding his head in agreement. "Aye, gents take her too." everyone groaned in disappointment due to the fact they weren't going to be killing anyone anytime soon. I smiled at Jack as thanks, but he only looked down on me coldly.
Standing on the deck of the ship I was waiting for Jack and Barbossa to finish their little negotiation. If you could call it that, I barely understood those lines in the movie, I was glad I was outside watching Pintel and Ragetti fight between each other. I was scanning the waves out in front of us, I could see the Interceptor not far off in the distance. Bo Sun went into the captains quarters and returned momentarily with Barbossa and Jack in tow. I watched as they past me, I gave a pleading look to Jack which he didn't respond to.
" How about we run up a flag of truce, I scurry over to the Interceptor and negotiate the return of yer medallion, eh? What say ye to that?" Jack said as Barbossa looked at him as if he had gone insane…er.
"Now ye see Jack, that's the attitude that lost you the Pearl. People are easier to search when their dead!" Barbossa chuckled at his own joke. I gave him a hard look and turned to Jack.
"I don't know what you ever saw in this man to make him your first mate. I really can't see you two as ever being friends." I said openly, "He's ugly to boot." I said staring at his vein filled nose. Barbossa stopped his chuckling and glared at me. Jack thought this was funny as he began to smile broadly.
"Yer a saucy little tart aren't ye." Barbossa said squinting down at me.
"I've been told." I rebutted crossing my arms indignantly. Jack's smile only broadened as I bickered with the cursed pirate.
"I do believe ye met yer match Barbossa." Jack said leaning closer to him in his Jack sort of way.
"Put him in the brig! The girl stays up top as bait." Barbossa yelled pulling my arm as he simultaneously threw the apple through the sails into the water.
"That's pollution! It's people like you that will ruin the world for us people in 2007!" I hollered pointing out at the water. I could hear Jack chuckle as he was led down the stairs to the leaky brig.
"2007 what are ye yammerin' about?" Barbossa asked obviously thinking I was as crazy as my Captain counterpart.
"I'm from the future, I know your future and the future of everyone on this ship!" I exclaimed happily. Barbossa gave me a side ways glace before shoving me into the company of Pintel and Ragetti.
"Hey you guys! You guys end up in dresses on a row boat to distract the royal navy, then you end up on the crew of Captain Jack Sparrow after he gets the Pearl back." Both of them looked at me like I was crazy but none the less lead me away to divulge more of their future.
Five minutes into my explanation of high heels and short skirts and the effect it had on the woman's rights movement we were slammed with a bunch of silverware. I jumped up completely shocked. I was very agitated with myself that I didn't see half of this shit coming even though I had seen the movie several times.
"Holy cow!" I exclaimed jumping off of my barrel I had been perched on. The other two followed suit. I ran to the railing where Barbossa grabbed me by my hair and yanked me around. Jenkins was very close to falling off, I had to put my hand on my head to keep him on.
"Hey! Enough hair falls out without you yanking it out you cur!" I exclaimed grabbing his wrist in outrage.
"Which one is the one we be needin'?" he growled at me pointing to the Interceptor.
"How should I know? That's Jack's deal." I growled back. Barbossa lost his temper and shoved me into the railing. I looked down at the choppy waves below nervously.
"Yer a worthless whore!" Barbossa said releasing me with a sharp jerk. I turned around and punched him square in his big red nose.
"Only Jack can call me a whore!" I said angrily as I stepped up onto the railing and tried my best at a swan dive. Surfacing I grabbed my hat and put it in my mouth as I began to swim towards the Interceptor that was now very close. I found the ladder and with a slippery time of it, I climbed to the deck. There William saw me, his look was one of relief.
"Miss Alissa!" William came up to me happily placing his hands on my shoulders to help steady me. I took Jenkins and gave him a good shake before putting him atop my head soaking wet and all.
"I look like a drowned rat." I said sadly. William laughed at this before Elizabeth came up to us and cleared her throat loudly.
"William, where's the medallion?" she said ruining my fun and games, "And who is she?" she asked rather rudely.
"Elizabeth, this is Alissa, of Greenland." William said stepping out of the way so I could approach her. I stuck out a soaking wet hand which she took reluctantly to shake.
"It's a pleasure." I said, "Anyway, William you should go down below and get that medallion huh." I coaxed hoping he would take my advice. There were pirates now boarding our ship and William grabbed my wrist to lead me down below with him.
"Oh no! I'm not going." I said nervously, William smiled and tugged a bit harder on my arm.
"I won't be having you up here in this condition. I let you go into dangers path once, I won't do it again." he said. Now if a hot man said that to you truly concerned for your safety you would follow him also despite what you knew would happen. Right?
He lead me down into the lower deck to search for the medallion. I knew exactly where it was but I wasn't going to tell. I was waiting for the corpse monkey when William grabbed me and kissed me passionately. I really have to say, no matter how many times he does that I never get used to it.
"William!" I exclaimed surprised and slightly annoyed, "You have to stop that!" I said pushing away from him.
"Forgive me Alissa, It's just that, I was so worried when I left you there. I know you aren't like most women and you can take care of yourself and that you know the future and that-" I cut off his rambling by holding up a finger.
"William, I understand. But what about Elizabeth?" I said confused, William got a confused look on his face. But not because of what I said, because the demon monkey was now paying us a visit, and had already snatched the medallion and ran off again. I laughed a little as William's face didn't change.
"How well can you hold your breath?" I asked William. He gave me a questioning look as the loud crash signaled that the mast had crashed down over the port hole.
"What was that?" William asked running up to the port hole to try and push it open. I could hear Elizabeth yelling for him as the water began pouring into the room. I took a seat high up on top of a bunch of pillars that had crashed down in the tiny room.
"Get comfortable." I told William who began desperately looking for a way out.
"How can you stay so calm during times like these?" William asked watching me pick at my clothing and splashing my feet into the icy salt water.
"Future." I said simply as the water began to come in around my waist and William was already stepping up onto the turned over table.
The water was flowing in faster which meant it was only a matter of time until we dove down and escaped. The water had gotten to the point where we were both treading water to keep our heads above.
"Alissa if we don't make it…I just want to say, I'm sorry I never remembered you." William said treading closer to me.
"Will, no worries! Future remember? We will make it." I said reassuringly.
"I hope you're right." William said taking a deep breath and diving below. I followed suit as we swam down to the floor and began trying to tug on a fallen timber. I tried to stay calm and keep my breath held as I waited for us to escape, or for the ship to explode. I never really knew how William escaped. My cut finger really did begin to burn like I had predicted, as soon as that thought crossed my mind the ship gave a shudder and then was blown into pieces. I was tossed about and did a few cartwheels before I was able to swim myself under control.
My breath was giving out and I didn't know if I was up or down. Luckily my scuba diving training came in handy and I let myself relax as I began to rise little by little. Once I knew which way was up, I began to kick up top. My foot came against something soft and fleshy. I opened my eyes against the burning salt water and peered down to see a dead body. I freaked out at the prospect of touching a dead body let alone being in the ocean with one.
I let out a scream as the body grabbed my ankle. I realized it was William, but now I had let out all of my oxygen and was now becoming deprived. I could feel myself choking to avoid swallowing the water. I tried desperately to get out of Williams clutches. I slipped from his grip and hit the surface like a wall. I took a deep breath in before diving down once more to drag William to the top. I surfaced seconds later holding William. His eyes opened and he began gasping.
"Are you okay Will?" I asked urgently, panting the whole time.
" Thanks to you." William said just as exhausted.
"Sorry to have left you down there, I thought I was going to pass out!" I exclaimed still clutching him, his back to my chest. I began to float on my back supporting both of our bodies.
"I understand." William said turning and smiling at me. I smiled back, although he couldn't see my face.
"Do you think you're up for a swim?" I asked motioning to the Pearl.
"Terribly sorry!" William exclaimed once realizing that I was supporting the both of us.
"It's okay! I took life guard lessons too!" I said happily. William gave me a puzzling look. I shook my head and giggled.
"Never mind, we better hurry before they set sail." I motioned towards the Pearl.
Swimming over to the Pearl was rather easy for me. We were only about one hundred feet from the ship. William on the other hand suffered from a cramp and we had to slow our pace to allow him to relax his Charlie horse inflicted calf muscle. Once we reached the ominous ship we began to scale it's damaged wooden hull. I could hear Pintel threatening the crew about 'Parle', and was very sad to get to miss it.
We reached the top and William took a stand on the railing with a pistol as I flopped on deck like a fish brought up from a net. I scrambled to my feet a bit shakily and wrung Jenkins out all over the deck. This got Barbossa's attention and he sneered at me.
"What are ye doin' here whore?" Barbossa said angrily.
"Still sore about me popping you one in the nose Barbie?" I said shaking the hat out and plopping it on my head.
"You did what now?" Jack asked attempting to step forward but thinking better of it, as there were many angry pirates standing guard. I turned to him and smiled broadly.
"I kicked your captain's ass! Whoop whoop! Liss in the house! You know it!" I sang as I did a touchdown dance all over the deck. Everyone stopped to stare at me questioningly. I stopped and cleared my throat petite like.
"Glad ye enjoyed it so much. Because it was the last stupid thing ye ever did in yer sorry life." Barbossa growled, "Kill her." he ordered. I noticed Jack tense up, but I didn't know why he worried he should know by now, I'm invincible!
"Barbossa!" William exclaimed waving his pistol around, "She goes free!" William continued motioning to me now.
"What's in yer head boy?" Barbossa sneered as he nodded for them to continue with the killing of Alissa show.
"She goes free!" William reiterated pointing to me, then pointing his gun at Barbossa.
"Ye've only got one shot, and we can't die!" Barbossa explained with a happy smile covering all of his face.
Jack took a step towards William clasping his hands together he pleaded, "Don't do anything stupid!" But I knew all too well what was going to happen.
"You can't. But I can!" William said pointing the pistol to his neck. I pondered the thought of wet gun powder and he was probably bluffing anyway.
"Like that." Jack said annoyed rolling his eyes, I shared in his eye rolling moment which got him to give me a smirk.
"Who are ye?" Barbossa demanded of the deranged William threatening his own life for my own.
"No one," Jack answered running forward, "He's no one…a distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed…lovely singing voice, though. Eunuch!" Jack said trying to dissolve the situation. I nodded in agreement.
"My name is Will Turner, My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner, his blood runs in my veins!" William divulged to the crew. Jack and I shared another look and I giggled as Ragetti said in his high shriek like voice.
"He's the spittin' image of bootstrap bill!" I laughed even harder and then all eyes were on me.
"Well, this is about to get interesting!" I said through spasms of laughter.
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