Chapter 8-Jack's Past
Ha aren't you guys impressed that two chapters in two days, hopefully I can keep this up now. Anyway hope you guys enjoy.
Ps I don't own POTC although Scarlet is my little extra.
The air around the ship was foggy, but out of the fog you could see the remains of ships that had never finished their passage through this lagoon. The ship was moving slowly, to avoid any accidence. It meant that apart from Jack at the wheel the rest of the crew didn't really have anything to do. We all stood at the rail of the ship watching as the crows' nests of ships went past.
"Dead men tell no tales," Cotton's parrot squealed, its voice echoing through the emptiness. I looked up at him sitting on the rope above us.
"Puts a chill in the bones how many honest sailors have been claimed by this passage," Gibbs said shivering slightly at the thought of all that have been lost.
I looked past Will at him, "Honest, isn't the word I would use Gibbs."
He nodded in agreement with me. I heard a crunching noise from down below us, where one of the sunken ships must have hit the Interceptor.
I continued looking out into the fog, lost in thought as Will and Gibbs moved over to the ropes on the other side, "How is it that Jack came by that compass?" Will asked, I looked up at Jack at that moment to see him looking uncomfortable about Cotton's staring.
"Not a lot's known about Jack Sparrow before he showed up in Tortuga with a mind to go after the treasure of the Isla de Muerta. That was before I met him, back when he was Captain of the Black Pearl," Gibbs said obviously going into story mode.
"What?" Will said looking confused, as Gibbs froze while drinking his flask realising his mistake, "He failed to mention that."
"Well, he plays thing closer to the vest now," Gibbs said, as I moved slightly closer to them, I had heard the story before of course but they were just rumours, and you never know who was tell the truth in Tortuga, "And a hard-learned lesson it was. See three days out on the venture the first mate comes to him and says 'every thing's an equal share'. That should mean the location of the treasure too, so Jack gives up the bearings. That night there was a mutiny. They marooned Jack on an island and left him to die but not before he'd gone mad with the heat."
"Ah," Will said, in realisation, "So that's the reason for all the?" Will said before swaying backwards and forwards, with really weird eyes. I looked up at Jack and realised how similar Will's actions where to the real Jack's.
"Reason's got nothing to do with it," Gibbs said, drawing my attention back to them.
I walked over and decided to join the conversation, "You see Will, when a man is marooned he is given a pistol with a single shot, just one shot. Well it won't do much good hunting or to be rescued. But after three weeks of starving belly and thirst, that pistol does start to look real friendly," I said, pointing my fingers in a gun shape up to my head.
"But Jack, he escaped the island, and he still has that one shot. Oh, but he won't use it, though, save for one man. His mutinous first mate," Gibbs continued off from me.
"Barbossa," Will said in realisation.
"Aye," Gibbs agreed.
"How did Jack get off the island?" Will said, thinking out loud.
"Well, I'll tell ye. He waded out into the shallows and there he waited three days and three nights till all manner of sea creature came and acclimated to his presence. And on the fourth morning, he roped himself a couple of sea turtles, lashed 'em together and made a raft," Gibbs said his hand gestures going wild.
"He roped a couple of sea turtles?" Will said, unbelievingly.
"Aye, sea turtles," Gibbs agreed.
"What did he use for rope?" Will asked.
Gibbs opened his mouth to reply but obviously didn't know. He looked up at me and Will followed, Jack was standing there with chats in one hand and the compass in another, "Human hair," he said, "From my back."
I looked at him in disgusted, "This is gross."
"What of Scarlet?" Will asked, I sat back slightly waiting to see what Gibbs would say about me. Jack did the same obviously interested in my life.
"Arr...Cap'n Scarlet Jones, or Bloody Scarlet as she is also known. The Cap'n of the White Rose, the strongest ship in the Caribbean. Scarlet travelled many a ship when she was a younger," Gibbs began going into story mode again.
I interrupted getting slightly annoyed that Jack got a more interesting story than me, "Mr Gibbs. My life can be made to sound more interesting than that!"
"Aye Sorry Cap'n," Gibbs said, moving his head slightly.
"If ya gonna talk about me at least put in a good story. Will I'll tell you one soon," I promised before turning to Jack and waiting for him to start the orders.
"Let go of the anchor!"
"Let go of the anchor, sir!" the crew chorused.
"Young Mr. Turner, Cap'n Jones and I are to go ashore," Jack said, his mood seemed sobered.
"Captain! What if the worst should happen?" Gibbs asked, I held my breath slightly waiting for the answer.
"Keep to the code," Jack said softly.
"Aye, the code," Gibbs agreed. I knew what this meant, and I didn't really like the whole idea.
Jack, Will and I got into the boat and pushed off from the ship. Jack took out the telescope and looked at the Pearl.
"Is she there?" Will asked nervously.
"No," Jack replied shortly. A shiver run through my spine I knew about the treasure and what was going to happen now.
"Then where is she?" Will asked.
"It's begun," Jack and I said in unison.
Hope that was an okay chapter will try and publish soon.
Until then,
Artistic-blue-eyes x