Author's Note: And another chapter…it's like the end of the world!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pirates.
"Keep us steady," Will spoke calmly. "Now!"
"Fire all!" Kate screamed out at the ship. The two ships began to exchange cannon fire with one another.
"We could use a few more ideas, lass," Gibbs spoke up.
"It's your turn!" Kate cried out, exasperated.
"Just like Jack," he chuckled. "We need us a devil's dowry."
Anamaria pulled a gun on Elizabeth, "We'll give him her."
"Ana!" Kate cried out.
"She's not what they're after," Will spoke up as Elizabeth clutched at her throat before her eyes went wide. "The medallion!" she cried out. Will ran off to go and search for it below deck.
Soon after the mast fell over due to one of the cannon shots and grappling hooks were sent over. Kate picked up an extra sword lying around and planted herself in front of her sisters as pirates boarded. "You'd best stay right here."
Elizabeth watched, bewildered as the pirates all began to fight, her sister included. She wasn't shocked that Kate knew how to fight, Will had taught her since they had been young. She was however shocked at how good she was.
However, her sister couldn't protect her entirely and so Elizabeth grabbed a gun and tried to shoot at some of the pirates before they got over. When she was out of ammo she began to smack them around the head with the gun. Kate looked up at her sister with a wild grin and noticed a pirate that knocked over another attacking Gibbs. She tilted her head, confused. Who was this? He swung back a second time and landed near the fallen man.
"Jack!" Gibbs cried out. He searched himself and finally pulled out Gibbs' canteen, handing it to him. "Bloody empty, mate."
He then ran off leaving Gibbs to fight another pirate, whom received Gibbs' fist in the face. Kate chuckled, continuing her sword fight.
"Listen girly," the pirate shouted out.
"Girly?" Kate cried out, clashing metal to metal once more.
Elizabeth shouted up to her sister, "They can't die, Kate! Don't feel bad about stabbing them!"
Kate rolled her eyes, "Good to know that now," she huffed. She ran the man through before kicking him off of her sword. Jack was standing nearby with amazement in his eyes.
"Jack!" she cried out, rushing forward. She leapt into his arms with a smile on her face. "Oh thank God, you're okay!"
"Miss me, luv?" he chuckled.
"Indescribably," she nodded. He put her down with a handsome grin on his face before glancing over at Elizabeth who was about to be grabbed by a pirate. "I have to go put myself in your sister's good graces, love. Back before you know it."
He made his way over to Elizabeth and grabbed a pirate by the arm before he stabbed Elizabeth. "That's not very nice," he reprimanded the man before Elizabeth elbowed him in the face so hard that he fell backwards off of the ship. Jack pulled her down to talk.
"Where is the medallion?" as she went to slap him, Jack caught her wrist, "Ah, where is dear William?"
Elizabeth's eyes grew wide, "Will!" She ran about the ship before seeing him under a grate. "Will!"
"Elizabeth!" he shouted back. She tried to move the fallen mast off of the grate before calling for Kate who kicked a man off of the ship. She ran over and tried to help her sister as well. Jack noticed the monkey with the medallion and ran after it while the two sisters tried with all their might to save William.
"I can't move it!" Elizabeth cried out. It was at this time that two pirates came up behind the sisters and yanked them up, dragging them backwards. "Will!" Each girl cried. Kate had succeeded to get free by slamming her head backwards into the face of the pirate holding her and she ran back to Will, pushing the mast with as much strength as she could. She hardly budged it an inch when the pirate grabbed her by the hair and yanked her along.
The crew was tied up against the mast, Gibbs and Elizabeth on each side of Kate. She closed her eyes, trying not to cry. Will was stuck and the ship had been filling up with water so quickly that she didn't know if he'd be able to find a way out. Jack noticed the sad look on her face and the fact that her eyes were shut and frowned.
"If any of you so much as thinks the word Parley," Pintel was yelling, "I'll have your guts for garters!"
Elizabeth got out from under the rope and stepped forward just as the Interceptor was blown up. Kate opened her eyes at this and saw the ship aflame. Both girls cried out Will at the same time and while Elizabeth began to attack Barbossa, Kate began to silently cry, hiding her face in Gibbs' shoulder.
"You've got to stop it!" Elizabeth was screaming. Gibbs shut his eyes and leaned his head atop of Katherine's.
"Welcome back, Miss," Barbossa sneered, grabbing a hold of Elizabeth. "You took advantage of our hospitality last time, it holds fair now that you return the favor!" He laughed sickeningly as he pushed Elizabeth to his crew and they began to touch her.
Kate shuffled out from under the rope now, there was more slack now that Elizabeth had gotten free of it. She stepped forward with a look of death on her face, "Let her go."
Barbossa turned, eyebrows raised, "And who might you be?"
Jack closed his eyes praying that she didn't say something stupid. Like that she was a Turner child or the governor's daughter. Both statements would get her murdered.
"Who I am is not important," she continued casually, "All that matters is that you let Elizabeth go free."
"And why should I do what ye ask?"
She saw movement out of the corner of her eye and smirked knowingly. "Well, if you're not going to listen to me, perhaps you'll listen to somebody else."
"Barbossa!" a voice shouted. Everyone looked to see as Will climbed aboard. He grabbed a pistol and aimed it at the Captain, "She goes free!"
"What's in your head, boy?"
"She goes free."
"You've only got one shot, and we can't die," Barbossa motioned for one of the pirates to grab the girl while he dealt with this other idiot.
She was shoved next to Jack and smiled up at him sheepishly as he muttered, "Don't do anything stupid," to himself.
"You can't," Will nodded, holding the gun to his head," but I can.
"Like that," Jack nodded to himself.
"Who are you?" Barbossa asked, both confused and annoyed.
"No one!" Jack moved forward, "He' no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice though. Eunuch," he made the snipping of scissors motion with his fingers once again. Kate rolled her eyes, laughter filling them.
"My name is Will Turner," Will carried on. Kate noticed the disappointed look on Jack's face. "My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins."
"It's the spitting image of old Bootstrap Bill," Ragetti cried out, pointing at Will, "Come back to 'aunt us!"
"On my word do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger..and be lost to Davy Jones' locker."
"Name your terms, Mr. Turner."
"Elizabeth goes free!" he cried out again. Kate rolled her eyes as Barbossa nodded, "Aye, we know that. Anything else?"
"And Katherine! She goes free with her!" he shouted.
Barbossa looked confused for a moment, "Who?"
"Me," Kate spoke up proudly, beaming. She had slinked her way over to the group of pirates holding Elizabeth and elbowed one in the stomach, "Oy! It'll do you a lot of good if you unhand her, mate," she grinned devilishly, "I'm the fightin' one in the family," her grin grew as they released her. Elizabeth seemed a bit upset that Kate had picked up the pirate slang so easily.
"And the crew! They are not to be harmed!" Gibbs thanked the Lord when Will said that and Barbossa shouted an agreed before Jack could be thrown into the deal.
"Wait!" Kate cried out, seeing Jack's disappointment, he had been pointing at himself throughout the whole negotiation. "What about Jack?"
"I was thinking about saving him for leverage," Will glared over at Jack.
"Will!" Kate's eyes widened.
The entire crew of the Black Pearl was cheering and waving their swords like mad as Elizabeth stepped out onto the plank. Barbossa was smiling softly to himself.
Elizabeth was shaking, terrified, and Kate was trying to launch herself at the Captain to everyone's amusement. "You bastard!" she shrieked, "Do you have any idea who we are?"
"A couple of liars," Barbossa grinned.
Will took his turn at yelling now, "Barbossa you lying bastard, you swore they'd go free!"
"Aye, I did," he grinned, "But it was you who failed to specify when or where." William was gagged before he could protest anymore and Barbossa turned back to the women, "Though it does seem a shame to lose something so fine, don't it lads?" The crew agreed and Barbossa's grin grew. "So I'll be having that dress back before you go."
Kate could see Jack trying to reason with one of the pirates to let him go and all he was getting were sneers. "It'll go well with your black heart," Elizabeth hissed, throwing the dress at him. He pressed it to his face, "Ooh, it's still warm," he laughed throwing it to the crew who all grabbed for it.
"Off you go!" a pirate yelled, "Come on!"
As Elizabeth shakily made her way to the end of the plank, another one cried out that she was taking too long and shook the plank causing her to topple in.
"Elizabeth!" Kate cried out.
"You too, miss. Though, if you want to stay aboard the Pearl, who am I to be taking that honor from ye?" Barbossa smirked. "Bring Jack forward as well."
"You know, Hector, I really rather hoped we were past all of this," Jack spoke as he was dragged up to the plank.
"Oh, Jack. Did ya not notice? That be the same little island that we made you Governor of the last time."
"Aye, I did notice," he frowned.
Kate took a deep breath, "If I stay aboard the Pearl will you let Jack go free at a Port?" she looked up at Barbossa.
"But what about your sister, missy?" he snickered. "Perhaps Jack'll be able to conjure up another miraculous escape, but I doubt it. Let's go," he took out his sword and held it to Kate's throat who didn't even blink at it. She stepped backwards one step.
"You know, last time you left me a pistol with one shot," Jack spoke up, prolonging Kate's jump.
"By the powers, you're right. Where be Jack's pistol? Bring it forward," he grabbed it once a pirate brought it up.
"Seeing as there's three of us…a gentleman would give us at least a pair of pistols." Jack suggested. Barbossa shook his head, "It'll be one pistol as before and you can be the gentleman and shoot one of the ladies while you and the other starve to death. Now, missy, it's your turn. Jump!"
Kate sighed and finally made her way to the end of the plank before diving in. She heard something hit the water after her and then once more. She surfaced to see Jack holding his pistol and swimming towards shore.
Once on land, he sighed, dropping the pistol and shaking the bonds around his wrists free, "That's the second time I've had to watch that man sail away with my ship."
Kate frowned and took off her boots, tipping them upside down so that the water came out of them. Jack copied her and took off his vest as well so it could dry, hanging it on a tree. Kate did the same thing with her own vest, but left her corset on.
Jack began to walk away, further into the island. "But you were marooned on this island before, weren't you?" she called out. "So we can escape in the same way you did then?"
"To what point and purpose young missy?" he spoke as he walked oddly. Not as if he never walked normally, or anything. "The Black Pearl is gone and unless you have a rudder and a lot of sails hidden in that bodice…unlikely, then young Mr. Turner will be dead before you can reach him."
He knocked on a tree trunk before taking four steps forward. He jumped up and down a few times as Elizabeth tried again, "But you're Captain Jack Sparrow, you vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Company. You sacked Nassau Port without ever even firing a shot. Are you the pirate that we've read about or not?" When he didn't answer, Elizabeth sighed.
"Jack," Kate whispered, "How did you escape last time?"
He sighed, feeling bad that he had to confess this to his favored of the two siblings, "Last time I was here a grand total of three days, alright. Last time," he opened a secret cellar door before going down the stairs, "the rumrunners used this island as a cache. Came by, and I was able to barter a passage off. From the looks of things though, they've long been out of business. Probably have your bloody friend Norrington to thank for that" he climbed back out with three bottles of rum in his hands.
"So that's it then? That's the secret grand adventure of the infamous Jack Sparrow? You spent three days on a beach drinking rum?" Elizabeth shouted.
He smirked, handing her a bottle, "Welcome to the Caribbean, love." He walked off, leaving her to scoff. Kate followed him closely taking the other bottle out of his arms.
Soon, the two sat next to each other drinking rum like it was water. Kate had gotten her practice of handling rum aboard the Interceptor with Anamaria in the kitchen. She glanced over as Elizabeth took a sip and winced.
"I knew the sea turtles were a load of rubbish, Jack," she smirked, taking a swig of rum.
He grinned, "Aye, but Gibbs does tell a good story."
Kate giggled, leaning her head back to swallow a bit more rum. Elizabeth frowned at the sight. Where had things gone all wrong? Kate wasn't supposed to be completely fine drinking rum with a pirate. And Elizabeth didn't even know when her sister had begun to drink. She took another sip, trying to forget how bad the rum tasted.
Later that night Jack and Kate danced around the fire laughing and singing, "We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs, Drink up me hearties, yo ho!" Kate giggled, trying to yank Elizabeth upwards, "Come on, Lizzie."
She was only halfway done with her first bottle of rum and Jack and Kate were beginning their third. She shook her head with a small smile and Jack pulled her away from Elizabeth and continued their sing along.
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me!"
"I love this song!" Jack cried out. "Really bad eggs! Ooh!" he fell down. Kate giggled, sitting down next to him, "When I get the pearl back, luv, I'm going to teach it to the whole crew. And we'll sing it all the time!"
"And I hope I'll get the proper credit of course," Kate smiled.
"Of course!" he exclaimed.
"And," Kate continued on, "You'll be positively the most fearsome pirate in the Spanish Main."
"Not just the Spanish Main, love. The entire ocean," Jack answered.
"The entire world," Kate added with a hiccup.
"Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails…that's what a ship needs, but what a ship is? What the Black Pearl really is…is freedom."
Kate's eyes lit up at his little speech and Elizabeth scoffed to herself from off to the side. Was her sister really buying this?
"Oh, Jack," she whispered. "It must have been terrible for you to have been trapped here. Even if it was only for a few days."
"Oh yes," Jack licked his lips, nervous to approach his drunken friend, but he put his arm around her shoulders none the less. Elizabeth raised an eyebrow as Kate leaned into him. Elizabeth scowled. Honestly, Jack Sparrow was just a rum soaked pirate. "But the scenery is much better and I must say the company has improved," he leaned a bit closer to her.
"Oh, Jack," Kate replied, sheepishly as her cheeks turned pink. She leaned up a bit, not realizing how close their mouths were.
"You know," Elizabeth spoke up after seeing her sister make goo goo eyes at the pirate, "I don't think I've had enough rum to allow you to talk to my sister in such a way."
Jack grinned, pulling his arm away from Kate as she leaned into him a bit more. She fell at his sudden movement and groaned, looking up as he curled his mustache.
"I know exactly what you mean," he smiled.
Kate used his arm and shoulder to climb back into a sitting position and sighed heavily once she was situated.
"To freedom?" Kate smiled, holding her bottle up. Jack nodded in agreement, downing his bottle as he leaned backwards before finally falling flat on his back and passing out. Kate huffed, looking at Elizabeth.
"What'd you interrupt us for?"
"One," Elizabeth snapped, "You were about to kiss a womanizing rum soaked pirate who would have broken your heart. Two, you're drunk! Since when do you even drink? Since when do you fancy Jack Sparrow?"
"Captain!" Kate cried out, "Captain Jack Sparrow."
"Captain?" Elizabeth's eyes grew wide, "Of what ship? Hm? If he was Captain would we be here? No! I'm trying to act like your sister, Kate. I'm not going to encourage any of your ideas and delusions."
Kate nearly threw her rum bottle at Elizabeth, but realizing that it was a bad idea and a waste of rum, she copied her Captain and drank until she passed out.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, "Bloody pirates!"