Thunder: Well, since 17 was the serious one, back to the insanity!!!

Chapter 18

Tortuga. A place filled with all those described in 'A pirate's life for me'. And what are they doing now? What they do best. Creating mass mayhem. Jack, Janice, and Gibbs were currently in the Faithful Bride, recruiting sailors for fodder for the kraken, a band playing a fun song.

"And what makes you think you're worthy to crew the Black Pearl?" Gibbs asked in a business like manner to an old guy.

"Truth be told, I never sailed a day in me life. I figured I should get out while I'm still young." he said

"You'll do. Sign your mark." Gibbs motioned to a paper that was sooned signed.

"You sure this is a good thing to do?" Janice asked Jack. They sat a good distance away from the table while Jack kept struggling and shaking the compass.

"Of course. I know what I want." he whispered the last part, opening the compass. Out of frustration he shook it some more.

"Okay." Janice said, looking at what she assumed was an incredibly drunk man who signed the roster.

"What'd I miss?" Megan asked, popping next to Janice.

"Nothing, so far two people have signed up." Janice said, before a dark guy signed the roster. "Make that three."

"Good. I didn't miss the good part." Megan said, patting Janice on the shoulder a couple times. Janice grabbed Megan's arm and stood up.

"Megan, Please." Janice said. "Please, tell me what's going to happen next." Megan and Janice locked eyes. Megan quickly glanced to see one more man sign, with a man and a young girl behind him. Seeing the outfit, she knew exactly who it was. Heather.

"Old friend," Megan said, "old foe." Janice let go of Megan's arm, not knowing what Megan was talking about, and looked back at Jack.

"How're we going?" he asked Gibbs

"Including those four?" Gibbs said. "That gives us... four." Jack closed the compass and once again shook it hard. Janice snatched it away and opened it, looking at it, then looking at Jack.

"Huh, Works for me." she said. She gave it back to Jack and sat next to him, just in time to see the man behind man number five come up to the table.

"And what's your story?" Gibbs asked

"My story?" the man said. "It's exactly the same as yours only one chapter behind. I chased a man across the Seven Seas." Jack's interest was piqued when he heard that and looked at the man. Janice looked at him too, not noticing the girl that was standing close to the pole behind him.

"The pursuit cost me my crew, my commission, and my life." The man reached for the glass of rum next to Gibbs, taking it, and chugging half of it down.

"Commodore?!" Gibbs asked

"Not not anymore. Weren't you listening?" Norrington almost yelled. Heather stayed behind and held his left arm.

"That's Norrington?" Janice asked

"Yep." Megan said, looking at her friend. "What, you thought he was sucking Darjeeling with Marie Antoinette and her little sister?" So far, Megan was surprised Janice didn't notice Heather.

"I could've had you all off Tripoli." Norrington said as Jack held Janice close when he pulled a banana branch off of a tree. "I would have, if not for the hurricane."

"Lord." Gibbs said. "You didn't try to sail through it?"

"So do I make your crew, or not?" He lowered his voice to a deadly whisper. "You haven't said where you're going." His tone became sickeningly sweet. "Somewhere nice!" Heather backed into the pole, afraid of what may happen next. It was then that Norrington yelled as he threw over the table, toppling Gibbs and stopping the everybody around him.

"Gibbs!" Janice whispered, looking back at him.

"Eyes forward luv, and match my steps." Jack said

"So am I worthy to serve under Captain Jack Sparrow?" Norrington yelled to the crowd, his arms out wide. Unfortunately, he didn't miss the people walking in unison behind the banana branch, and in one swift moment, cocked his pistol and aimed it at the two, just before they made it past a pole.

"Or should I just kill you now?" he asked. Janice peeked behind Jack and Jack lowered his branch and looked at the angry Commodore. He ducked to the other side of the pole, Norrington's pistol still trained on him. Janice noticed this and stepped back.

"I'm not with him." she said. Jack ducked back to the other side and put on a cheesy smile.

"You're hired!" he said, holding his arms out. Norrington smiled back, his finger still on the trigger.

"Sorry. Old habits and all that." He was ready to fire it when a couple men moved his arm up.

"Easy sailor!" One said

"That's our captain you're threatnin'!" the other said

"Incoming!" Megan shouted, covering her ears.

"What?" Janice asked

"What?" Heather asked, hearing her friend's voice. A shot rang through the bar, which then ricoched off the chandelier above them and then it broke someone's rum bottle, causing it to shatter, and the man who was holding it to spin around and punch the guy next to him.

"Here we go." Megan said, looking to the band as the brawl started. "Hit it guys!" On cue the music started at a fast tempo, and so did the fight. Everyone was fighting somebody. Jack dumped his branch into a pot and looked to Gibbs.

"Time to go?" he asked over the crowd

"Aye!" Gibbs responded before following his captain. Jack watched two women wrestling on the floor and suddenly dartd his head in all directions.

"Where's Janice?" He asked. Then he spotted her fighting Norrington sword out and swinging. "Ah. Meet you by the Pearl luv!"

"See ya Jack!" Janice yelled. While Janice was fighting Norrington with three other guys, Heather was fighting every man that approached her. Surprisingly, she was using her fists more than her sword. She even managed to flip a guy who looked two times her weight over her shoulder. Megan on the other hand was dancing. She loved the music so much she was dancing to it. She then grabbed a guy and started dancing with him.

"Who...?!?" he asked

"This is a dream. I'm not real. Now shut up and dance!" Megan said, continuing to dance with the guy. Meanwhile, Jack was making his way out of the bar, trying on multiple hats all the way. Then, Elizabeth Swann and Cheyenne pushed their way into the battle.

"God! Looks like something from COPS!" Cheyenne said. Without asking what COPS was, Elizabeth pulled her sword out and, with Cheyenne right behind her, dived into the fight. Elizabeth was leaning back against the same pole Norrington was and was doing some serious fighting. Megan looked and saw Cheyenne fighting some random guy. Closing in with her back turned was Janice and Heather.

"Just wait for it." Megan said, still dancing.

"Wait for what?" the guy asked

"Nothing. keep dancing."

"I'm tired though. Can we stop?"

"Not until the scene is over you annoying pirate boy!" The boy shuddered and complied. The big bar battle continued on. The three continued backing into each other until their backs touched. They spun around, weapons on one another, but then they lowered it down a bit because they finally found each other! They've been split since the movie started!

"Heather?" Cheyenne said

"Cheyenne?" Janice asked

"Janice!" Heather said

"Heather!" Janice said

"Cheyenne!" Heather said

"Janice!" Cheyenne said. The music and the battle stopped, and the three friends embraced each other.

"Come on then, who wants some?!" Norrington shouted, a rum bottle in his hand. "Form an orderly line, I'll have you all one by one! Come on who's first!?" Elizabeth then reached over, snatched the rum out of his hand, and smacked Norrington over the head, knocking him out instantly.

"Ooh. That had to hurt!" Megan said standing in front of a pole.

"I just wanted the pleasure of doing that myself." Elizabeth shouted. The pirates around her suddenly burst into cheers. Megan too.

"Yeah! Free bird!" she shouted. Then Heather saw her.

"Megan!" she said, starting to run to her.

"Uh Heather you shouldn't run to-" Cheyenne started, only to be cut off by a clunk of head on wood.

"Ow." Heather said, holding her head. "Ow. Ow. Ow."

"I tried to warn you, but Megan's kind of-" Cheyenne said, to be cut off by Janice.

"Megan's walk thru." Janice stated

"Yeah pretty much. Now if you don't mind, I'll be watching the throwing of the drunk." Megan said, her fingers ready to snap.

"What?" all three of them asked.

"The throwing of the drunk. It's the new Olympic sport starting with Norrington." Megan then snapped her fingers and appeared a few inches from where Norrington was going to land. She watched with amusement as the men tossed him into the muck.

"And the winners of the gold medal in the throwing of the drunk is the men of the Faithful Bride Tavern!" Megan said as the men went back in to celebrate throwing Norrington out. "And there was much rejoicing!" Then she saw Elizabeth. The woman walked down to lean over Norrington.

"James Norrington." she said. "What has the world done to you?"

"A lot if you didn't guess." Megan said. "You two get aqcuainted. I got a scene to get to."

Thunder: Wah! Poor Norrington! Moving on. Read and Review folks! I know where you all live!!!!

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