Aaaah! Freaky Fish People!

By: SilverstartheWaterbender

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Chapter Two: Reunion

(Mary's POV)

When I came to, I felt a gentle rocking, felt myself lying in water, and heard the slap of waves on wood. I grinned. "Huzzah! I'm back and ready for DMC!" I looked around. It was the dead of night, I was in my pirate clothes, my fencing sword became real, and I had been lying in a small boat, similar to Anamaria's. Also similar was the fact that it was sinking. "Holy crap! Must every one of these movies have to start this way?"

I looked around for a bucket. What I saw was even better; the boat was heading towards the Black Pearl! I grinned and gave a sharp whistle. "HEY! JACK! GIBBS! IT'S ME, MARY! I'M HERE!"

A few seconds later, I saw a light on the ship, possibly a lantern. "Mary? Is that you, lass?"

"Gibbs?"

"Mary! How did you get down there?"

"I sailed! Um, not to be rude, but can you hurry it up with the rope? My boat's two feet under."

The light disappeared. A moment later, I heard the splash of a rope hitting the water. I dove out of my boat, swam to the rope, and grabbed it. I pulled it slightly and was lifted up onto the Pearl.

I grinned at the crew. "Hey guys. How's it going?"

Gibbs took a long drink from his flask. "Mary, lass, you…you disappeared!"

"I know. But now I'm back!"

"No, I mean…you fell from the crow's nest. You were about to hit the deck when you just…vanished!"

I blinked. "Ah…you see, Gibbs, that is the result of a very long and complicated story. To make it simple, I had to go back to my family for a bit. I'll explain everything later." I looked around. "Jack's still in prison?"

Gibbs sighed. "So you've still got that bloody ability, eh?"

I nodded just as a gunshot went off. "Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has arrived!"

We all peered over the edge of the ship to see Jack rowing towards us. Gibbs smiled at me. "You might want to hide; Jack's in need of a surprise."

I grinned and ducked behind the mast. Three minutes later, Jack climbed aboard and handed the skeletal leg to Gibbs.

"Not quite according to plan," Gibbs said obviously, tossing aside the leg. I defy him to name one time that things have ever been according to plan.

Jack shrugged. "Complications arose, ensued, were overcome."

Gibbs cleared his throat. "Cap'n, we have a surprise for ye."

Jack's face lit up. "A surprise? Wonderful! I love surprises! What is it?"

I leapt out from behind the mast. "BOO!"

Jack jumped. It took a second for him to register what he was looking at. "M-mary?"

I saluted. "Reporting for duty, sir!"

Jack's mouth opened slightly. A miracle smile lit up his face as he threw his arms around me. "Mary! Oh God, luv, you're back! I thought you vanished!"

I didn't answer. I leaned against Jack's chest, inhaling the familiar smells of rum, seawater, and gunpowder. I really was home. "Jack…"

Gibbs cleared his throat, ruining the moment. We both glared at him, and he winced. "So, you got what you what in for, then?"

"Mm-hm." Jack pulled out the cloth and waved it around. We started to walk away, but were intercepted by the crew.

Gibbs took a deep breath. "Cap'n, I think crew, meaning me as well, were expecting something a bit more…" He struggled to find the right word.

"Shiny?" I guessed.

"Aye. What with the Isla de Muerta going all pear-shaped, reclaimed by the sea and the treasure with it."

"And the Royal Navy chasing us all around the Atlantic," Leech added.

"And the hurricane!" Marty said.

I glared at them. "Why you ungrateful little –" Jack put his hand on my shoulder. I looked at him angrily but held back.

"All in all," Gibbs finished, "it seems some of time since we did a speck of honest pirating."

"Oxymoron alert!"

Jack thought for a moment. "Shiny?"

"Aye, shiny."

"Is that how you're all feeling, then? That perhaps dear ole Jack is not serving your best interests as Captain?" The crew looked at each other uncomfortably.

"Squawk! Walk the plank!"

Jack pointed his gun at Cotton's parrot. "What did the bird say?!"

"Do not blame the bird," Leech said firmly.

I rolled my eyes. "Hate to interrupt your mutiny, but if you guys could shut up for like thirty seconds, I'm sure we'd all get out of here happy and unscathed." Everyone looked at me. I smiled sweetly at Jack. "Could you please tell us what you went in for, Jack?"

Jack smiled. "With pleasure, luv." He held up the cloth.

At this point, I'm guessing the monkey was feeling a little ignored. He jumped from his perch, grabbed the cloth, and started racing off. Jack aimed his pistol at him, but he had used his shot already. He pulled a pistol out of a random guy's belt and fired. The monkey screeched and dropped the cloth.

"You know that don't do no good," Gibbs said.

"It does me."

Marty ran to pick up the cloth. "It's a key," he announced.

Jack rushed over. "No! Much more better! It is a drawing of a key." He showed us the cloth.

Jack smiled. "Gentlemen…" He looked at me. "Mary…what do keys do?"

Silence. "Keys…unlock…things?" Leech said finally.

I rolled my eyes. "No, you think?"

Gibbs figured it out first. "And whatever this key unlocks, inside there's something valuable, so were setting out to find whatever this key unlocks!"

"No," Jack answered. "If we don't have the key, we can't open whatever it is that it unlocks. So what purpose would be served in finding whatever need be unlocked, which we don't have, without first having found the key what unlocks it?"

Gibbs looked really confused. "So…we're going after this key!"

Jack stared at him. "You're not making any sense at all."

I cleared my throat. I'd actually been working on this for a while. "So…we're going after…both of them?"

"Aha!" Jack said, grinning. "That's me girl, sharp as a whip. Why can't the rest of you be as smart as her?" The rest of the pirates had looks on their faces that said, "WTF is going on here?"

"Any more questions?" Jack asked.

"Sooooo," Marty said slowly, "do we have a heading?"

"Ah, a heading." Jack pulled out his compass. "Set sail…in a general…" He started pointing in random directions. Was it just my imagination, or had he pointed at me a few times? Jack finally settled on left. (1) "…that way direction." We all stared at him.

"Cap'n?" Gibbs started to ask.

"Come on, snap to and make sail. You know how this works. Go on. Oi, oi, oi!"

The crew started to disperse. Gibbs and Marty waved me over. "Have you noticed lately," Marty began, "the captain seems to be acting a bit strange?" I snorted. "– er?" Marty amended.

I nodded. "I guess he just has a lot on his mind."

Gibbs wasn't so sure. "Setting sail without knowing his own heading? Something's got Jack vexed, and mark my words: what bodes ill for Jack Sparrow bodes ill for us all."

"I certainly hope not," I murmured.

Gibbs and Marty exchanged a smirk. "Is that directed at the first or second part of the sentence?"

I glared at them. "Very funny."

Gibbs smiled. "Come off it, lass; we all saw ye kissing Jack."

I started walking away. "I can't really explain that. All I know is that Jack doesn't love me."

"Why wouldn't he?" Marty asked. "You're cunning, adventurous, smart as a whip…" (2)

"And sixteen." I finished. "Wait…sorry, seventeen." I had almost forgotten about the time frame.

Gibbs shook his head. "The Captain don't care about that. He was bloody miserable since you disappeared!"

I was about to further plead my case when I heard Jack say, "Mary! A word, if you please?"

I glared at Gibbs and Marty, who could barely contain themselves. "Shut up."

I strolled over to Jack, who ushered me inside his cabin. Once the door was closed, he said in a half-serious voice, "Now what were you doing getting all cozy with those ungrateful swine when you and I have yet to have a proper reunion?"

I laughed. "Oh, I'm in for it now! Please go easy on me! I'm but a poor defenseless girl!"

Jack laughed. "That's what I missed the most about you, luv: you're sense of humor."

"Oh really?" I flirted. "That's all you missed?"

Jack decided to play along. "Why no. There is something about you that I missed more than that, but I just can't put me finger on it…" He wrapped his arms around me. "Could you jog my memory, luv?"

I smiled and kissed him lustily. It felt good to be home.

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(1) That would be his left.

(2) Hey, DxS Phreak, do those words look familiar?

Silverstar: I had fun writing this. The next chapter will be up soon.