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A/N: Poor Jack, his schemes usually end up going awry, don't they?


Crimes Against The Crown
By Sinnamon Spider

Kidnapping


He was never going to do this again, that was certain.

It had seemed so simple. So brilliant. So foolproof.

"'Capture a ship and hold the passengers for ransom,'" he mimicked his idiotic first mate's words. "'Make a pretty penny and easy as pie'. What a bloody disaster!"

His voice rose sharply, but it was drowned out by the incessant chattering of the young blonde female that was currently his prisoner.

"Oh, may I steer the wheel? How exciting! You know, Mumsy was ever so frightened of letting me go to sea and I suppose this is why! Captured by pirates; who would have ever imagined such a thing?"

He gazed pityingly at the bemused crewman she was prattling to, resolving to give the man an extra ration of rum for his troubles.

"I say, where are we going? Might we capture someone else so I might have some company? And I do hope I'm to be held for an appropriately high sum, or else I'll be mortally offended, you know."

Now he knew why her guardians had barely objected when he swept her off the deck of the ship.

"Oh, hello again, Mr Sparrow!" she chirped as he approached, trying to avoid the compulsion to toss her overboard. But her failure to properly address him finally broke the last straw and he hurled himself away from her with uncharacteristic rage sparking in his eyes.

"Hector! DEAL WITH YOUR PRECIOUS LITTLE CAPTIVE!"