Ekari: And here we are at another chapter.
Furfaidz: Why does it take so long for us to write chapters?
Ekari: I blame Thunder.
TBP: ...Gee, Thanks guys!
Ekari: On with the chapter.
Chapter 21
Megan was passed by almost the whole crew of the Black Pearl when she appeared on the dock.
Where's the fire? she thought. She saw Elizabeth Swann, followed by Norrington, and the group of chatting girls known as her friends go by.
"Captain Sparrow!" Elizabeth said
"Come to join me crew, lad? Welcome aboard." Jack said, not facing her. Megan reappeared in front of Jack, making him jump.
"Don't do that." He said in a stern type of voice, pointing at her.
"I'm here to find the man I love." Elizabeth continued. Jack suddenly had a shocked expression
"I'm deeply flattered, son, but my first and only love is the sea." Jack said, signaling for Gibbs to get rid of her. Megan saw Norrington throw up.
"Meaning William Turner, Captain Sparrow." She said. Jack then turned to face her, recognizing her in an instant.
Jack grinned at her, arms open in welcome. Janice was happy though, because she was back with Cheyenne and Heather, finally somethings made sense in this weirdo world.
"Elizabeth!" he grinned. He handed Janice and Gibbs each a bottle of rum. "Hide the rum." he said to them quietly.
"Uh, no." said Janice, handing the other bottle to Gibbs as well, with that, Gibbs walked up the boarding plank.
"You know, these clothes do not flatter you at all. It should be a dress or nothing. I happen to have no dress in my cabin." Jack said
"For crying out loud." Megan sighed
"Jack. I know Will came to find you. Where is he?" She asked. Jack moved closer to her, as did the friends to see what he would say.
"Darling," he said, "I am truly unhappy to have to tell you this but... through an unfortunate and entirely unforeseeable series of circumstances that have nothing whatsoever to do with me..."
"HA!" Megan said
"As if." Janice whispered. Jack glared at the two and looked back at Elizabeth.
"...Poor William has been press-ganged into Davy Jones' crew." he finished. Norrington threw up and groaned from his position. Everybody turned to look at him.
"Davy Jones?" Elizabeth said, slightly curious. Norrington threw up and groaned from his position. Everybody turned to look at him.
"Oh, please." he said, disbelieving. "The captain of the Flying Dutchman?"
"You look bloody awful. What are you doing here?" Jack asked the former Commodore.
"You hired me. I can't help it if your standards are lax." Norrington said
"You smell funny."
"Jack. All I want is to find Will." Elizabeth said
"And I want a comfy bed." Heather said, stepping next to Elizabeth.
"I want my friends all together." Cheyenne said, standing on Elizabeth's other side.
"And I want Megan to sing." Janice said, standing next to Heather. Megan sighed and snapped her fingers to appear next to Cheyenne.
"Janice. I'm right here, and as for the singing... no." Megan said
"Dang. Then I want the heart of Captain Jack Sparrow."
"Okay. I want the show to move on, so may it please?!" Megan said. Jack took a few steps back, overpowered by the strength of the females.
"Women." he grumbled
"What was that?" Said all the girls, leaning forward in unison.
"Nothing!" He said, hold his hands up in defense, knowing Hell hath no fury than a women scorned. "It's you all want something. A bed, a song, a group, a Will, a..." He paused and looked at Elizabeth. "Are you certain? Is that what you really want most?" He took a step directly towards Elizabeth, and only Elizabeth.
"'Course." She said, seemingly outraged that the pirate thought otherwise.
"Because I would think, you'd want to find a way to save Will the most." He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and started leading her away from the groups of girls.
"And you have a way of doing that?" Elizabeth asked
"Well, there is a chest..." Jack started
"Oh, dear." Norrington said
"Quiet you." Megan said. "Wait why am I talking to him when he can't hear me?" Janice, Cheyenne, and Heather all shrugged at her question.
"A chest of unknown size and origin." Jack continued
"What contains the still-beating heart o' Davy Jones." Said Pintel as he and Ragetti walked by. He made a motion with his hand to make it look like he was pulling his heart out, mimicking a beating heart by rhythmically contracting his fingers.
"That's kinda gross." Heather said
"You have no idea." Megan said, leaning on her friend. Jack continued his chest spiel.
"And whoever possesses that chest possesses the leverage to command Jones to do whatever it is he or she wants, including... saving brave William from his grim fate."
"You don't actually believe him, do you?" Norrington said, standing next to the two. Heather came up to him and wrapped her arms around his arm and looked up at him.
"Please be good. For me." She said
"How do we find it?" Elizabeth asked, after a moment of thinking.
"With this." Jack said, pulling out his compass. "My Compass..." he opened it and closed it quickly, "is unique."
"'Unique' here having the meaning of broken." Norrington said
"It's not broken, joorfus." Janice said
"James." Heather said
"True enough. This Compass does not point north." Jack said, as Norrington slowly made his way to the edge of the dock to throw up once again.
"Where does it point?" Elizabeth asked
"It points to the thing you want most in this world." Jack said, a long with Megan who mimicked the pirate exactly when they both said the line. Jack gave Megan the look and she smiled sweetly before snapping her fingers to appear next to Janice, who then patted her friend on the fluffy head.
"Oh Jack! Are you telling the truth?" Elizabeth said
"Every word, love. And what you want most in this world is to find the chest of Davy Jones, is it not?" Jack said, slipping the compass in Elizabeth's hands.
"To save Will?" Elizabeth asked
"By finding the chest of Davy Jones." Jack said, trying to keep her on track. Jack quickly snapped the compass open and fled without another word. Elizabeth looked back at him with confusion then back at the compass. It was spinning this way and that. She started thinking the compass really was broken. Then it stopped and pointed in one direction. Cheyenne, Heather, Janice, Megan, and Jack rose up around the compass to see what it said
"Mister Gibbs!" Jack called, still holding his position along with the girls.
"Cap'n." Gibbs said, coming to attention.
"We have our heading." Jack said, smiling that smile of his.
"Finally! Cast off those lines, weigh anchor, and prow that canvas!" Gibbs said, running up the gangplank with a hop in his step. The group that were huddled over the compass backed off as Jack came up to Elizabeth and held his arm out towards the Pearl.
"Miss Swann." He said. Elizabeth headed for the gangplank with Jack behind her.
"Joorfus?" Cheyenne asked Janice
"A combination of jerk and doofus." Janice said
"Ah." Cheyenne responded
"So how are you?" Megan asked Heather
"Um... Good, I guess, considering what I've been through." Heather said
"That's good." Megan said, snapping her fingers. Pintel walked up to Norrington and handed him a goat.
"Welcome to the crew, former Commodore!" he said, breaking into laughter.
Furfaidz: I'm not sure if that was nice to Heather Megs.
TBP: Meh. She'll get over it after some time with Norrington I bet.
Ekari: Review please!