It was a few hours, not sure how many, when Jack and I finally emerged from the cabin. We got a few whistles from the crew but I was much too content to care about them. I just grinned at anyone who met my eyes and practically holding on to Jack's hand. He wasn't much better because every few moment his fingers would find there way to inappropriate places on my body. Unfortunately we did eventually have to separate. I had to go to the loo and that's something Jack will not be seeing. I walked back out on deck, after being held up by some well-wishing crew and it was to see Tia looking out over the ocean.
I stepped up to stand beside her and looked out, unsurprised to see the mass of souls in the ocean. I winced because I could hear the whispers of their shouts for help.
"I'm working on it, loves." I whispered out to them soothingly. Tia and I turned to the left when we heard loud thumps. There stood Pintel and Ragetti, having dropped cannon balls. I glared at them and they winced.
"Be disrespectful, it would." Pintel said, not really ashamed of himself. I pushed my hands in my pocket and looked back out over the water of souls. I truly did feel sad when staring at all of them. Some of them could be living it up in heaven right now. If it wasn't for Davy Jones they would be.
"They should be in the care of Davy Jones." Calypso sneered at them. I saw movement and glanced around to see everyone coming to see what was going on. Some of them gasped, even vomited at the sight. Jack took steps until he was beside me. I smiled into his chest, no matter what I wouldn't let this disgusting sight ruin me.
"That was the duty him was assigned by Destiny!" Tia said with conviction. I could feel eyes on me but I just wove my arms through Jack's until I was loosely holding on to him. "To ferry them who dies at sea to the other side. And every ten years he could come ashore to be with she who love him, truly. But the man has become a monster." Tia said with displeasure. I sighed and untangled myself from Jack- my husband- so that I could comfort Tia. I placed a hand on her shoulder and when she met eyes with me hers were a crystal green-brown of her fathers. I touched under her eyes delicately and she smiled hesitantly at me.
"So he wasn't always…tentacly?" Ragetti asked, bringing Tia back into the present. Jack pressed his front against my back and I smiled at the sign of comfort. Jack even, hesitantly mind you, put a comforting arm on Tia, who I guess was now his daughter-in-law. I giggled at the mere image of Jack as a father to the mighty Calypso.
"No, him was a man…once." She said and looked out on to the water. I sighed but my attention was caught again when I saw boats. I moved to the very side of the ship, with the rest of the people. I winced when I saw the disconcerting sight heading our way. I jolted back into Jack's chest is surprise and shock. He wrapped his arms around me tightly and I dug my head into his chest.
"I'm so sorry, love." Jack whispered and combed his hands through my black hair, which had come undone. Now that I wasn't going insane anymore I was happy to realize that my hair was free of the white of death.
Sailing towards us were small boats and inside the leading one was my adopted father. I twisted my head around to watch the events unfold.
"It's my father, we've made it back." Elizabeth said hysterically. In that moment I felt bad for her again. While he was a father to me, it wasn't near as personal as Elizabeth's. "Father here, look here!" She called. Jack was the one who took pity on her.
"Elizabeth, we're not back yet." He told her. She hysterically looked into Jack's eyes and then back out to our father.
"Father!" She called. He seemed to hear her this time and I watched as she broke down. He was just so calm about it.
"Elizabeth, are you dead?" He asked. She shook her head, while following along so as to stay with him. I winced when he caught sight of me in Jack's arms. He grinned at me, instead of the distain I thought I was going to receive.
"I think I am." Governor Swann said to Elizabeth.
"NO, you can't be!" Elizabeth was so hysterical now.
"There was this chest, you see." Governor Swann said and he looked ahead for a moment. "And a heart. At the time it seemed so important."
"Come aboard!" Elizabeth called out to him. I didn't know how to tell her that he'd just rematerialize back on to the boat so I stayed silent.
"I learned that if you stab the heart, yours must take its place." Father looked to me. "Sail the seas for eternity." Jack's hands tightened from where they grasped mine. I thought momentarily about that but then just shrugged. "The Dutchman must always have a Captain. Silly thing to die for." He said and sighed. I understood at once. When I'd faded into the room where Beckett was talking to Mercer the Governor had been there. I scowled for a moment but then my attention was redrawn by Elizabeth desperateness.
"Someone cast a line!" She shouted. Marty the midget, I was beginning to think that was his name, picked up a rope. Elizabeth grabbed it from him and threw it out to father. "Take the line!" She was frantic now. Father looked to me though.
"Take care of yourselves for me. I am so proud of you two." He said and looked forward.
"Father, the line, take the line!" Elizabeth ran to the stern. I couldn't take it anymore. I shot out of Jack's grasp and in one foul swoop I gracefully dived off the side of the Pearl. I ignored the screams as I swam in the water. As I swam I began to age, drastically. My hair was turning a pearl grey and my skin was becoming old and wrinkly. However I forced myself to ignore the aging, painful though it was I knew it couldn't kill me. I climbed into the dinghy with father and as soon as I was out of the water I was my own age again. I grinned at his stunned face.
"Wow, that was a rush." I said.
"CASSANDRA!" Jack's voice screamed and I looked back. He was being restrained from going after me by Barbossa and William. I winced. I could practically feel how much trouble I was going to be in for this. I muttered a few words, and grasped my father by his shoulders. Soon we faded until we were standing on the docks of a town. I winked at him.
"Take care of yourself for me, yeah?" I almost faded back but then I smirked at him. "Oh yeah your names Charles Blake and you're the Governor here. They think you've had massive brain damage so you'll have forgotten yourself." I grinned at his shocked face. I quickly spun around and faded back to the ship. Now if I could only do that with the Pearl and the crew…
"I've never done that with a mortal before." I said. The people who'd been standing staring at the now empty dinghy turned, sharply around to me standing there. Jack practically rushed me. He looked me up and down, for injuries I presumed. Then he kissed me, much to the frustration of Elizabeth. I grinned into the kiss and kissed him back, happily. Then he broke it off much to my protest.
"I swear, love, not married for a day and ye've given me a heart attack." I smiled goofily at him and he smiled back as well. Elizabeth rushed me now.
"Where is he?" She asked me crossly. I grew a little annoyed that after I'd just saved her father she still had the nuts to be mad at me. I smiled sweetly at everyone who was staring at me in awe and ignored the fuming Elizabeth.
"How did…." Barbossa said and he was glancing between me and the water.
"Destiny, remember?" I teased him. "I can do things, much past you're beliefs." I said. Jack himself took me into his arms and led me to the map station. (A/N: I don't even know what it's called…XD) He sat me down and looked me in the eyes.
"Don't ever do that to me again, love." Jack said, gruffly.
"Aye, it wasn't exactly planned." I told him. His mouth twitched, as if he was going to say something snarky back at me but I kissed him instead. Automatically Jack's hands tugged me off of the table and into his arms. I groaned as one of his hands pushed my pelvis into his. I could feel just how much he didn't want to be out on deck right now. I pulled back though.
"Ah, Jack. I don't think so." I said mysteriously. Despite what I said my hands travelled down his front until they were on either side of where he wanted my touch. He muttered obscenities but I turned out of his grip and giggled when he tried to grasp my hips again. "I think we've got more important thinks to accomplish, like getting out of here?" I asked him. He screwed up his face and I threw back my head to laugh loudly. I was just so happy, and who wouldn't be? Oh wait…..I just realized I was stuck in a state between life and death…still doesn't dull my happiness. Jack huffed and turned from me childishly. He sat down at the map station and began to try and figure out the charts. I rolled my eyes and sat beside him on the table, so I could still see what was going around.
More like, five hours later, I could see everyone dying of thirst. I sighed and twirled one of Jack's empty rum bottles around in my hands. Since I didn't exactly have to have the 'necessities' of life I'd given my rations to an appreciative Jack.
"Why is all the water gone?" Pintel said and it reminded me vaguely of Jack's question. I smiled crookedly when Gibbs answered.
"Rum's gone too." Jack wasn't paying attention to any of them as he messed with the map. I snorted when he suddenly stood up from the map and made gestures at it. He glared at my giggles but he just looked so ridiculous that I couldn't help it. He turned and looked around at the people who were watching him go before I slipped into the vacated seat and stared at the maps. I barely listened to them as the group began to speak again.
"If we cannot escape these doldrums by nightfall, I fear we will sail trackless seas, doomed to roam the reach between worlds…forever." Tia told them. I turned one of the spindles and it showed the way to the reaches of the Cita delle Nuvole. I turned it quicker so none of the mortals would catch it. I scratched my forehead in confusing as next it landed on the map to the Fortune of Amanti. (Amanti means Lovers and Cita delle Nuvole means City of Clouds both in Italian.)
"With no water, forever seems to be arriving a mite too soon." Gibbs complained. Will looked up at me and then at Barbossa, not realizing that I could hear him.
"Why don't they do something?" He asked. I jumped as Pintel suddenly ran by chasing the little monkey beside the chair I was sitting at. I took a deep breath and tried to calm down. In my shock I saw a small part that when hooked together said, Over the edge. I pursed my lips and turned my head curiously.
"There's no sense to it." Gibbs answered the best he could. The edge of my mouth tilted up in an attempt at a smile.
"And the green flash happens at sunset, not sunrise." William said. I sighed and stared at the little picture. It had been a long time since I'd seen these charts and I really didn't remember most of this. The little that I did remember wasn't how to get out of the locker.
"Over the edge…" I muttered and gripped my hair, not enough to show my scar but just enough to show frustration. "It's drivin' me back over the bloomin' edge." I tugged on the hair in my hands and then released it with a sigh. I lazily turned the corner chart and to my delight another picture lined up. The excitement died away when I realized that it was another riddle.
"Up is down….Well that's just maddeningly unhelpful." I almost face palmed but resisted, as it would conflict with my new sane motto. "Why are these things never clear?" Then to my supreme shock a little miniature me appeared on my shoulder and held on to one of my many accessories.
"Clear as mud, Cassie. Let Jack stab the heart!" She shouted to be heard. I flinched as it sounded loud in my ear. "Sorry." She spoke normally this time.
"I don't know where you just got that thought from." I told it. I was ignored though when another, more evil looking me popped up, leaning on my hair with one hand.
"Don't let him stab the heart." It said calmly.
"Come again?" I just decided to go with it. Maybe this was one of those devil against angel moments that I always see happen to the other people….or I'm just around the bin…eh?
"The Dutchman must have a Captain." Small, apparently devilish miniature told me. I sighed.
"Well that's more than less than unhelpful." I said and tried turning the map again but I didn't find anything yet. So I mindlessly played with the map while listening to the two me's argue.
"He'll enjoy sailing the seas forever and we'll get to stand beside him through it all!" The first me argued. I don't know which one was angelic or not because it was so confusing to me. I mean since when did I have actual hallucinations? It wasn't even that bad in Arkham! Well there was that one time when I was stabbed with the Morgal blade….I shutter to think of it. No this is nothing close to then.
"I do think he'll love the sea…" I muttered and sighed at the questions.
"What about port?" The second me asked. Okay even my two miniatures couldn't decide what side they wanted to argue. Great. Fantastic…..Awesome…
"Jack likes rum better, and so do we…I mean I do…" I said and nearly threw the damn charts to the seas but stopped myself at the last moment.
"Making port." My miniature corrected itself. I smiled and I think Tia looked at me in shock but I probably looked like I was talking to myself, something I'd tried not to do in the presence of Tia before. The others hadn't noticed because they were either grumbling or working.
"Where Jack would only get rum, and see you, because you are not, in fact, a member of Davy's Jones's crew, once every ten years." Little me number two mentioned. I pursed my lips and muttered. That was a bad side effect. I didn't want to help Jack constrict himself to only seeing me every so often.
"What did she say?" The one miniature asked me that hadn't been talking.
"Once every ten years." I said and sat back a little. My own person couldn't hear myself. I need to get checked later. I've been with way to many insane people to get off scot sane.
"Ten years is a long time, mate." The miniature answered. I rolled my eyes.
"But eternity is longer still." The other one insisted.
"Even longer given I won't see him." I told them.
"And how will Jack be spending it? Dead or Alive? The immortal Captain Sparrow's!" One of the miniatures lured me in. I grinned and sat up straighter.
"Oh, I like that…question is do I like it that much?" I smiled at the mere mention of it. The things I could do with that title…
"Come sunset it won't matter." My lazy miniature said and all of a sudden I understood. I stood up and the miniatures disappeared.
"Not sunset, sundown…and rise." I turned the little ship upside down and it showed it under the water. "Up!" I grinned and ran across deck. There is no way I'd get away with telling the crew, and Barbossa, that we had to flip the ship, so I might as well do it instead.
"Oh, what's that?" I called out and it grabbed the immediate attention of the crew and other important persons. I ran to the other side of the boat and looked. "What's that?" I said and for lack of inspiration I started talking to the little voice in the back of my head. "I don't know, what IS that? What do you think?" I asked and apparently Elizabeth thought I was talking to her.
"Where?" She asked.
"There!" I said and ran back to the other side. I started running back and forth, not bothering to hide what I was doing any more the ship began rocking from side to side more and more violently as we went. They all started shouting out that we were rocking the ship and I flashed a grin at the puzzled Jack who was also running with me. He swerved and went below just as Barbossa confirmed it.
"Aye, she's on to it." He said.
"Loose the cannons, you stinking bilge rats! Unstow the cargo, let if shift!" Jack yelled below. I gasped in as much air at one time as I could. It would have been nice if I could float instead of running but I don't think it would have the same effect on them. Slowly the Pearl started to tilt sideways, for the last time. I griped the railing at the same time as the others. Jack was beside me and I grinned at him.
"Now up is down." I said, mostly to myself. As we flipped into the water, I took a large breath. I watched Jack as he looked decidedly uncomfortable with his hair as it floated out and away from him. He almost lost his grip once, just as oxygen started leaving him. I held him back though, so that I could meld our lips together. Me not needing oxygen I fed a constant stream of minty fresh breath into Jack's mouth. Soon there was a green flash and the water flushed out and we were jumped back into the world of the living. I broke my lips from Jack as we fell flat on the deck. I groaned and rolled over. I wheezed and tried to hold myself up only to nearly meld back into mist.
I heard vaguely Tia call for me but I was much more worried about my shifting form. Apparently my powers weren't agreeing with me. I muttered and felt myself fall against the side of the ships railing. There was a moment of problematic pain before everything cleared and I saw Jack waiting there with Tia. I grinned at him and he seemed to let out a breath he'd been holding. I pulled myself up and brushed off Jack's worried questions. When I was fully up it was like a switch. Everyone's guns came out and were pointed at each other. I blinked but didn't put my own guns up. I don't quite fancy going back to the locker anytime soon thank you. I did laugh though when little monkey Jack pointed his little gun at Cotton's parrot.
Together they all laughed and lowered they're guns. I laughed, but mine was slightly unhinged but it went unnoticed. Then they all stopped laughing and the guns came back up to point to each other. I rolled my eyes and stopped laughing as well.
"All right, then." Barbossa said, suddenly bringing me into it by pointing his gun at me. I blinked but Jack had me covered when he stepped in front of me. "The Brethren Court's a-gatherin' at Shipwreck Cove. And Jack, you and I are a-goin', and there'll be no arguin' that point." Barbossa continued.
"I is arguin' the point. If there's pirates a-gatherin', I'm pointing my ship the other way, and taken me wife with me." Jack said. I was sent into momentary bliss when he called me his wife but snapped to attention when Elizabeth spoke.
"The pirates are gathering to fight Beckett, and both Cass and you are pirates." Her gun was turned on Jack. I pulled out my gun, finally and pointed it under Jack's arm at her. She seemed hurt but I didn't care enough.
"Fight or not, you and Cass aren't running, Jack." I huffed at being talked about as if I wasn't there.
"If we don't stand together, they'll hunt us down one by one, till there be none left, but you." Barbossa tried to reason but Jack grinned at him, not to be swayed.
"I quite like the sound of that. Captain Jack Sparrow, the last pirate." He said and I made a noise of protest. "Captain Sparrow's." Jack amended and threw me a grin over his shoulder but I snorted and turned back to the people pointing their guns at us.
"Aye, and you and your lass'll be fightin' Jones alone. And how does that figure into your plan?" He returned, not forgetting to include me for once but he did forget something.
"I'm Destiny, Hello?" I told him but I was ignored. You know I'm starting to take offense to being ignored.
"Aye, what she said, but either way I'll not be going back to the locker, mate, count on that." I disagreed with Jack there, after all I called them together, didn't I. I gave along suffering sigh but kept my mouth shut. Though I did put my gun away when Jack fired it at Barbossa and it didn't work. Everyone began clicking their guns but none of them worked.
"Wet powder." Gibbs muttered. I rolled my eyes and headed to the charts. I opened them and looked around it and quickly judged it.
"There's a freshwater spring on this island." I pointed it out to the gathered pirates. "We can resupply there, and get back to shooting each other later." I threw the last part out there just to be bitchy. I straightened back up and Jack's arm automatically found its way around my waist.
"You can lead the shore party, and I'll stay with my ship." Jack announced.
"I'll not be leaving my ship in your command." Barbossa argued.
"Why don't you both go ashore and leave the ship in my command..." Even I glared at William at this. I almost offered myself up but I knew that Barbossa wouldn't agree to that either. "Temporarily." He amended. I glanced at Jack and could see he was conflicted about this as well but there really was no way around it that would be better. I winced as we all headed for the boats. I could feel the wrongness of this decision even as Jack had another petty contest with Barbossa.
I didn't stop worrying until I came upon the dead Kraken with Jack and Barbossa. I winced just looking at it again. Memories of the razor sharp teeth digging one after the other in to my still conscience body made me shiver.
Jack tucked me under his arm and I held on to the comfort and warmth of his embrace. I was so glad to be away from that Kraken, even gladder that it was dead. I stared into its amber eye and I could see the pain it had gone through to die. It must have known it's attacker to have felt so much pain at its passing…
"Still thinking of running, Jack?" Barbossa asked casually but it had a big effect. "Think you can outrun the world? You know, the problem with being the last of anything, is by and by, thee be none left at all." He said and I flinched. I knew what was going to come out of Jack's mouth and it reminded me, again, of the fate to which Jack had been originally sentenced.
"Sometimes, things come back, mate. You're living proof. You and Cass." Jack said. I sighed and kissed the bottom of his jaw. I don't know why I was deluding myself. I knew that if I helped Jack to become the Captain of the Dutchman he'd end up hating me down the road or worse…a tentacle covered bastard.
"Aye, but that's a gamble of long odds, ain't it?" Barbossa turned back to look at us. "There's never a guarantee of coming back, but passing on, that's dead certain." I thought about piping up and telling them that if I hadn't been with the Pearl then I would've just faded back into reality. Unfortunately the bond constricted me. Stupid bond.
"Summoning the Brethren Court, then, is it?" Jack finally gave in.
"It's our only hope, lad." Barbossa answered and for a moment, one brief moment, they seemed to understand each other. I felt like a large third wheel and I was going to pull away but the moment passed.
"That's a sad commentary in and of itself." Jack said and his arm tightened around my shoulders. I sighed and tucked my head into his shoulder.
"The world used to be a bigger place." Barbossa stated, looking back at the Kraken then turned to leave.
"The world's still the same. There's just less in it." Jack said, also moving to leave. I took a moment longer to pray for the Kraken before following after Jack, who was following the wondering crew into the forest. I walked curiously behind Jack, watching his ass swish. He seemed to fell my eyes because when I finally tore my eyes away he was smirking. I hit him on the arm, lightly, in reiteration. In return he slapped my ass. I faltered in my steps from shock.
"Well, that was completely uncalled for!" I called after him and some people turned around but, just to be an ass, I took a running jump and leapt onto Jack's back. He made a weird sound but caught himself before he could fall over. I grinned and pointed forward before yelling, "Onward!" I kicked his side lightly. I squealed when he dropped me off of his back and started running, in his weird way. I jumped up from the ground knowing that my hair was probably a mess but I ran after Jack anyways. I followed him until he abruptly stopped right at the pool of water we'd been searching for.
The smile I had on my face dropped when I realized what had caused Jack to stop. Lying in the pool was a stone white dead body. I grimaced as the others caught up with us, finally and saw the same thing as me. As I looked closer I realized that the body was of a Chinese man.
"Poisoned." Barbossa spoke, and I realized he'd stuck a finger in the water and then into his mouth. I watched in disgust as he spit the water back out onto the ground. "Fouled by the water." I groaned. I may not need it but some water would have been nice. Pintel reached over and turned the body over.
"Hey," He exclaimed. "I know him! He was in Singapore!" At the same time as he said this the Chinese men swung their guns up and pointed at it. I went cross-eyed as the one that was pointed at me was rather close for comfort.
"He's the Captain!" Jack said, in desperation while pointing at Barbossa. I snorted at him and he winced at me. The leader, Tia Hung, made a motion to his men and spoke in Chinese before we were all being crowded back to the Pearl. I muttered obscenities the entire time, causing me to get poked with the gun in Tia Hung's hands. Soon, we were all on the Pearl and we could clearly see a Chinese ship beside ours- and a EITC one approaching.. I had just a moment to relax before suddenly there was a flood of people and I saw Sao Fang in all of his horrible glory. I tried to hide behind Jack in a fruitless attempt to postpone the meeting.
"Sao Feng, you showing up here, 'tis truly a remarkable coincidence." Barbossa sneered at the smug Chinese Captain. I huffed as I was dragged out from behind Jack by Tia Hung, so that I was in full sight.
"Cassandra Teague…." I heard the sharp inhales of breath from the other members of the Pearl, and Jack's strangled noise. "You paid me great insult once." He smirked at me. I huffed out a breath.
"And you insult me just being in my divine presence." I held my head high. Sao Feng slapped me and I stumbled back. Jack caught me and held me to him. I spit a bit of blood out of my mouth and turned to Jack. I saw his accusing expression and I pleaded with him. "It's a long story Jack, and I don't think about it often." I told him he reluctantly nodded and I kissed him. Sao Feng made a noise and I turned back to him.
"It's Captain Sparrow, now." I told him, grinning, as if I hadn't just been snogging Jack. Sao Feng sneered and Tia Hung gripped me again, tearing me away from my husband. Then William burst through the people and announced to Sao Feng.
"Release the women. They are not part of the bargain." He said and motioned, to my surprise, me and Elizabeth. Tia Hung's grip tightened for a moment and I could tell there would be bruises later.
"And what bargain be that?" Barbossa said, looking completely livid. You know I kind of suspected there was some underhanded deed laid in this somewhere. Figures it would be from the most chaotic relationship in the world. I should have stayed in Tortuga, instead of going to that stupid wedding.
"You heard Captain Turner. Release them." Sao Feng said. I looked incredulous, where they just giving out the name to random people now?
"Captain Turner?" Jack asked, curiously, and incredulously.
"Aye," Gibbs was hatefully glaring at William, along with almost everyone else. "The perfidious rotter led a mutiny against us." He spat at William's feet.
"I need the Pearl to free my father." William said to Jack.
"Why didn't you tell me you were planning this?" Poor Elizabeth whined at William. William glared slightly at her, and I think he was still mad at her. What he said next confirmed that suspicion.
"It was my burden to bear."
I couldn't help to speak now, my ADHD must be acting up again. That or I'm just pissed that no one came to save me out of love besides Jack, obviously.
"Wait a tick, He needs the Pearl!" I pointed to William. " 'Captain' Turner needs the Pearl! And you felt guilty!" I pointed to Elizabeth. "And you and your Brethren Court!" I pointed to Barbossa but then dropped my hand into an incredulous shrug. "Did no one but my husband," I paused to grinned for a moment at that but then went back to ranting. "come to save me from the Locker, just because they missed me?" I asked. There was a long silence before Marty hesitantly held his hand up. Pintel, Ragetti, Cotton, and little bitty monkey Jack raised his arm. I grinned. "We're standing over there with them." I said and walked all the way across the only clear spot.
Jack made to follow me, and actually made it halfway across before Sao Feng stopped him. "I'm sorry, Jack, but there's an old friend who wants to see you first." Jack cringed and I rolled my eyes. Of course he'd get in more trouble then he was before. It sounded just like him.
"I'm not certain I can survive any more visits from old friends." Jack muttered. I suppose he was talking about dear Davy Jones.
"I don't think I can survive any more visits from your old friends either." I told him as he was dragged to the now stopped EITC ship. I sighed and stopped moving at all. Sao Feng was staring at me so I dropped my hands and grimaced in his general direction. "What?" I asked and it all seemed to flow out and we started talking over each other.
"You cut my fac-"
"You were going to-"
"I wasn't I was sim-"
"-drunk off your Chinese ass and were heading my way, so shut the hell up." I said and he snapped back at my crude language. I'd forgotten for the moment that they didn't use that kind of language in this day and age. Suddenly we didn't have that to worry about because a large number of Navy people began to flood the little space left on the Pearl. I groaned in despair as the little Mercer guy appeared next to where Sao Feng and William were standing.
"My men are crew enough." Sao Feng said, not getting it. I felt bad for him for a moment but then I remembered that he'd split me from Jack and slapped me.
"Company ship, company crew." Mercer answered and walked off, most likely to the helm but I just stood there, not knowing what I could do to fix anything as everyone's lies were displayed before them.
"You agreed, the Black Pearl was to be mine." William said, betrayal lacing through out his voice. I gained a small amount of satisfaction from it. William clearly hadn't realized that Jack, who you could bestow a little trust, was one of the better pirates.
"And so it was." Sao Feng said and suddenly a few of the disgruntled Chinese pirates punched William and drug him off and Mercer reappeared, rather conveniently for my tastes.
"Beckett agreed the Black Pearl was to be mine." Sao Feng said, at risk of sounding just like the naive William had just sounded. Mercer looked so condescending that I felt like just stamping nerd on his forehead.
"Lord Beckett's not going to give up the only ship that can outrun the Dutchman, now is he?" Mercer told him like he was a small child before he disappeared again, in the sea of crewmembers.
"It's a shame they're not bound to honor the Code of the Brethren, ain't it?" Barbossa said, kicking Sao Feng while he was down. "Because honor's a hard thing to come by nowadays."
"There's mo honor in remaining with the losing side. Leaving it for the winning side, that's just good business." Sao Feng said. Something about that sentence just stuck out. I don't know what was so significant about it but it didn't sound like something he would say. Maybe he'd been turned to thinking that way.
"The losing side, you say?" Barbossa asked mysteriously. I felt one of those foreboding feelings coming on.
"They have the Dutchman, now the Pearl. And what do the Brethren have?" Sao Feng asked, crossly. Then the foreboding blossomed.
"We have the legendary Destiny." Barbossa said. I looked incredulously at him. I can't believe he had the nerve to use that against me when he could never acknowledge that fact until now.
"Hmph, Destiny is an old legend." Sao Feng said but then I felt his eyes glancing at me. I grinned evilly at him.
"No, the goddess herself, bound in human form. We've her and…her daughter…." Barbossa whispered. Sao Feng balked.
"You've got Calypso and Destiny?" Sao Feng's eyes drifted to Elizabeth now. I blinked and snickered. Oh God, he's actually thinks that Elizabeth is Calypso?
"I intend to release them, but for that I need the Court, all the Court." Barbossa said and I glanced at him. I was conflicted to what I should think about that but I guess I felt happy. I knew that Calypso was happy she was being set free. I know I was happy that she was being set free. I watched as Barbossa grasped Sao Feng's necklace. That must be his piece of eight. I lightly flinched, unnoticeable to them but it was to me.
"What are you proposing, Captain?" Sao Feng asked. It reminded me that he was actually a Captain. I'd forgotten that he was. I don't know why, I suppose with all this happening at once I didn't think about it much.
"What be accepted, Captain?" Barbossa returned. I don't know why he's keeping his promise when Sao Feng hasn't kept his word once.
"The girls." Sao Feng bargained.
"What?" Elizabeth and I said at the same time. This was completely different. I understand telling him, but I don't want to go with this creep! What if he tried to rape me? Agh….What the hell? I got lives to spare.
"Elizabeth is not part of any bargain!" William interjected.
"To be honest, I'm fine with it. I've proven to Sao Feng that if he tries to touch me then I'll kill him." I said and took a step until I was standing beside him. I mean hey I ain't exactly got anything to lose…except jack may be royally pissed off when I get back. I don't know what he'll be more pissed at, my surprising lineage or that I left to go with Sao Feng.
"Done." Elizabeth suddenly said. I grinned at her, she met my eyes and something passed between her. It seemed to be her way of apology and suddenly I just didn't feel like being mad at her. It was like a weight that had been lifted. I was still wary of her but I just didn't want to put up with having to live with her and be mad at her for no reason.
"What? Not done!" William said, taking a step forward to argue with his lover.
"You got us into this mess! If this is what frees us, then done!" Elizabeth said and stood beside me. I high-fived her and she grinned, cautiously, at me and high-fived me back.
"Elizabeth! They're pirates!" William tried to change her mind but she was stubborn and refused to go back with them.\
"I've had more than enough experience dealing with pirates!" She shoved William away from us.
"So we have an accord?" Barbossa asked, tersely.
Well…this one is rather long isn't it? I think when I wrote it, it was supposed to be cut in half but I digress. I thought that maybe I could put up another chapter, since I've written almost fourty pages for the Lord of the Rings….XD
I have news.
I might not be writing the 'On Stranger Tides' movie into here. It's just something that I can't see happening but I might, later on, after I've written other stories. I know for a fact that the Lord of the Rings will come out first if I make one for OST because for OST Jack and Destiny will have to have been split, and for my Lotr story I've made it where she came into the story because of her past lover.
Anyways.
I'm also thinking of taking the Destiny's Wonderland down. I just can't get back into it after I got a really horrible review that crashed what little self-esteem I had left it me. So I was thinking if anyone wanted to take it from me, I could take down my chapters of it and then just tell them to go to your page. That's if I like it of course, after all it will be apart of my series…
Also, less important news. I saw Sherlock Holmes 2 and I thought it was awesome! My favorite movie now by far! (Well, Lord of the Rings is up there…) and I suggest everyone go see it because I love RDJ and his acting in it was so fabulous. Sigh….Bravo!