Hurrrah for incredibly prompt, on time updates. Anyways... I have recently been visited by our good friend insomnia, so SOMETHING is gonna get written. Not sure what, yet, but WAKI will probably get at least a little of the insomnia pie. But yeah... Sorry for the short chapter. It's not filler, but there really wasn't anything else I could put into the scene to make it longer.
"SHUT YER MOUTHS, ALL OF YE!!!" Sully screamed.
The rowdy collection of startled pirates fell silent. Two dozen men stood still, watching the three standing on the bridge of the ship with expressions ranging from rage to terror to joy.
"The cap'n's dead. Bootstrap shot 'im." Sully watched them, waited for the uproar.
Silence.
"We're still a week out o' Tortuga. When we get there, ye can all go yer separate ways, if that's what ye be wishin. Until then, we find ourselves in need o' a change in leadership, savvy?" Sully leant forward, taking hold of the rail in a gesture obviously meant to intimidate the bloodthirsty horde. "I says we hold a vote. Majority wins. Any objections?"
"I nominate Bootstrap!" Someone shouted from the back of the mob.
In an instant, the entire ship was echoing with the shouts of the sailors. Some agreed. Others made it fairly obvious that they didn't.
And then, somebody spoke. Later on, when they were talking amongst themselves, the crew would begin to realize the true nature of that lone voice. None of them ever agreed upon where exactly that voice had come from. Each and every one swore that the speaker had been standing right next to them. Some said it was a man, others a woman, still others a child. One man swore on the bible that it was the sea herself talking to them. The only thing they ever really knew for sure was that, no matter what their own thoughts or opinions might be, they couldn't help but agree.
"I say we make Jack the captain." It said, and in the echoing silence that followed after the last lilting phrase had faded on the wind, not an objection could be heard.
And so, Jack became the youngest pirate captain in the history of the world. Lol... Three guesses as to who the nominator is.