Chapter Fourteen
I feel empowered...whatever that means.
The next morning we emerged in Mermaid Waters. As I manned the wheel I saw Charlotte come out of confinement, she glared at me but did as she was told. Jack, seeing the tension between us, came up to me "why is she on deck?"
"If she is to sail on our boat she cannot be dead weight" I said matter-of-factly. He smiled sheepishly.
"Little hard, huh?"
"She was my best friend...but, I am not about to give up my happiness for her, that has happened too many times in my life" I growled, he smiled at me and kissed my cheek. Sadly, he had to go, mostly because Barbossa needed him, and his giant telescope. We came into the giant glacier to see all of the other Pirate Lords impatiently waiting.
"Where the hell have you been?" Captain Ammand yelled, his face turning blood red as Jack and I disembarked from the Black Pearl.
"Cool your jets, her parents pirate napped her" Jack said walking past him, Ammand blew up.
"'Cool my jets'?...How can I cool my damn jets when we're behind schedule?" he yelled, his hands clenching into white fists.
"Oh, so were going by a schedule now? Really, let's see. getting Brittney back or continuing the schedule without the person who this is all about...I suggest you think next time, after all, pirates don't need stupid schedule's" Jack growled turning and facing Ammand. Ammand threw down his sword and stepped closer to Jack, instantly backing away when he realized he didn't stand a chance against him.
"Just...continue with the trials" Ammand snarled walking past Jack with his shoulders hunched, Jack was smiling victoriously.
"What's my next trial?" I asked excitedly.
*"Really?" I asked "really?" I asked again "I have to clean a damn ship!" I yelled, turning angrily towards the other Pirate Lords.
"No, you have to swash-buckle your way out of cleaning the ship" Jack clarified, standing next to Barbossa.
"Um hum...god I hate these" I growled to myself. "Who do I have to uh...did you say swash-buckle?" I asked uncertainly.
"Yes, and that man" Jack said pointing to a fat man with grease stains all over his shirt and a chicken leg in his hand. I scrunched up my nose in disgust. "Yeah, real pig...how about afterwards you and I take him and throw him in the pig pen...then, uh, maybe get to know each other..." he said wrapping his arms around me and twirling a strand of my hair. This scared me, yet, I wanted him to keep talking like that, I was nervous, and yet, so confident in myself, I wanted to tear away from him and at the same time, I wanted to throw myself into his arms. No one has ever loved me like this before (not counting Adam...I had never let him touch me like that) and I was afraid I was going to do something wrong or something too soon. I trembled for a moment and my face burned.
Jack, seeing how nervous I was, let go and said "I have to go" then went off to join the other Pirate Lords, yet again. I sighed in failure and hit my head on the wheel of the boat.
"Its alright" Kayla said soothingly, patting my back "Jack doesn't want to get you off your game"
"What game?" I asked in a defeated tone, my head still connected to the wheel.
The man that I needed to Swash-buckle (fight with swords...or, at least, that's what Jack told me, Kayla hit him and he winked to me, I'm still confused.) grabbed a sword and I pulled out my artifact otherwise known as the stone of Rasputin in my sword. I looked over at the fat man and he was staring at me fearfully. "Oh, please, don't make me win this easy...I at least want a challenge" I said cockily. He gave a throaty growl and lunged for me, I steeped aside with ease and he hit the wall behind me.
He was stunned, but only for a moment. "Am I supposed to kill him?" I asked as I dodged a sword swipe.
"No, you must get him to say that he will clean the boat at your command" Barbossa yelled, watching happily.
"Man, I wanted to kill someone today" I growled to myself. The fat man tried to stab my chest but I fell down, into a split.
"This is going to be good" Jack murmured to the rest of the Pirate Lords. With that, the fat man tried to cut my head open but I caught his sword mid air, between the palms of my hands. I just let the blood trickle down my arm with a sickly smile on my face. I yanked his sword away and stood up, then yanked the sword around and cut his arm. He threw his head up in pain and I kicked him in the face, causing him to hit the deck.
"Clean it" I growled, holding the sword to his throat. He nodded reluctantly, tears of pain welled in his eyes.
"I will clean the boat at y-y-your command Miss. Turner" he stuttered and I smiled, blood was still dripping from my hand.
"Clean" I commanded in a less stern tone, and so, on my command, he grabbed a sponge and a pail of water and started scrubbing the deck where he lay.
"That's my girl" Jack whispered in my ear and kissing my cheek. Which made my face turn a cherry red. "Would you like to swash-buckle me into bed?" he asked and my eyes doubled in size.
"Jack!" Kayla cried, Jack only smiled a perverse smile, I knew I could match this perversity.
"That is the only thing I've been thinking of" I whispered, wondering where in the hell I got the thought to match the perversity of Captain Jack Sparrow. He looked surprised, then smiled...what should I say next? What should I do next? He saw the confusion and nervousness developing on my face, so, he made the next move, holding my waist tighter and ushering me into the Captain's Quarters.
Chapter Fifteen
He he he..
That night I layed on my back and stared at the swaying celling, thinking about earlier. Jack had taken me into the Captain's Quarters and tickled me until I nearly wet the bed! Then he and I drank something, some type of rum I believe. It was sweet, and yet, the taste of Jack's kisses were sweeter. He could be very kind and very gentlemen like...when I wanted to, I suppose.
Now, Jack was out on deck and I was in here, the Captain's Quarters, smiling and still feeling Jack's fingers upon me. Just as I finished that thought Kayla burst in. She was panting heavily "what's?-"
"Attacked...Jack...Kraken...Flying...Dutchman...want...new...Pirate...Lord" she panted, I grabbed my sword and sprang from the bed, out of the door I ran, only to find the Flying Dutchman sailing smoothly beside us, with the kraken not far behind. I heard laughing from the Flying Dutchman as Jack was being cornered. I quickly cut the rope for a sail, ran to the other side of the deck, and jumped off. I cut many heads off, but then, swung back to the Black Pearl. Then the Captain of the Flying Dutchman came out...Davy Jones.
He had an octopus as a head! My breath was caught in my throat, I knew what he looked like, he was just more frightening in person. "Ah, another Pirate Lord for me to kill" he hissed and everyone on both ships became dead silent. "Where is the death-calling pirate?" He asked, but no one answered "well, speak up!"
I smiled and asked "don't I know you?" His eyes shot directly to me.
"Ah Brittney Turner!" he spat excitement filling his eyes "your parents where good adversaries but not good enough" he said, cackling.
"Oh, they were wussy's...now they're living as Duke and Duchess of the Caribbean...I sware I'm not their daughter" I said knowing that he was in for a surprise (so I hoped).
"What astonishes me more is that you're on the Black Pearl...did my little Kraken take your ship down?" he asked in a babyish voice, I crossed my arms.
"No, a big shark ate it" I growled and our crew snickered, so did some on the Flying Dutchman. Davy quickly shushed them.
"Are you intimidated?" He asked, I scanned him and his outfit.
"Not really" I said casually.
"Is that so?" he asked, smiling sickly, then one of his tentacles shot at me, but I was ready. I yanked my sword out of it's holster and cut the tentacle off. Davy roared in anger and pain.
"I was hoping you did that" I snarled, matching his sickly smile.
"No one can dodge that..." he said then I rolled my sleeve up, still with my sword in hand.
"Read it and weep" I growled as he saw the 'P' on my wrist. His eyes were in shock for a minute, only a minute. He shot three more tentacles and I had to jump to dodge them, also cutting them off whilst I was at it. He roared again. "Aren't you going to come fight me like a Pirate?
Or are you going to continue to be a girl?" I asked, his blood dripping off of my sword, my crew was laughing hard.
"Women" Davy growled and swung himself over to the Black Pearl "I could squash you like a bug!" he yelled, advancing to me.
"Then why don't ya?" I asked and dodged a stab from his sword, countering with a stab of my own. I connected with his stomach. He yelled in pain, I had made a huge gash. Blood started pouring from it, he leaned over to help stop the bleeding and apparently forgot that he was on the Black Pearl.
I kicked him in the face, which sent him backwards. I looked to find the Pirate Lords watching with wide eyes; I walked, nonchalantly, over and cut Davy's arm so then you could see the bone. He growled in pain, and I pulled him up by his head tentacles. "This is my ship" then brought my sword around and cut off four more front tentacles. Which sent him towards the side of the Black Pearl, I kicked his butt and sent him into the ocean.
Which swallowed him whole.
The crew of the Flying Dutchman fished him out but, he was in bad shape. Whilst all this was happening Jack had snuck back over to the Black Pearl. The crew of the Flying Dutchman cursed us as we sailed away from the bloody water. I turned to find the Pirate Lords with wide eyes and open mouths "n-n-no one has ever done that to Davy Jones" Ching stuttered with a smile.
"Yeah, well, there's never been another Brittney Turner" I said in exhaustion, then went to the Captains Quarters and dropped everything. I layed down in the bed, sighed, and slowly fell asleep to the sound of lapping water on the side of the boat.
Chapter Sixteen
I don't wanna be anything that I haven't been lately.
I woke up to find that Jack wrapped his arm around my waist, holding me tightly to him. I smiled and moved my arm on accident, waking up Jack. "Morning gorgeous" he whispered into my ear, brushing his lips against my neck.
"Morning" I said sleepily and faced him, my eyelids were still half closed.
"You...you kicked ass yesterday" he said softly, I smiled, kissed his cheek and sat up, stretching and getting out of bed.
"W-where you going?" he asked quickly (and concerningly), sitting up on his elbows.
"Out" I yawned and he looked at me strangely "I'm not sleepy anymore" I added, rubbing my eyes as my stomach growled lightly.
"Is it because what I said?" he asked, swinging his legs over the side of the bed and walking over to me. I smiled and hugged him.
"No, no, of course not! A lot has happened lately...and I need some time to think" I said, my stomach growled "and eat" I said, smiling to him again and kissing his cheek bone. "It's nothing that you said" I whispered, he sighed and nodded, walking to the WC (which is just a room with a chamber pot), I took this opportunity to walk outside. I had a dream the night before, and it just made me nervous. The dream was of Jack and I lying in bed, just talking.
Then, one thing led to another and (in the dream) I woke naked. As I meandered around the decks I had forgotten about Kayla being able to read minds, so I went on as normal. Finally, when I was helping raise the sails, she grabbed my arm and pulled me over to the side of the deck. Jack watched this, but pretended he didn't. "You need to tell me about these things" she snarled.
"What things?" I asked and she looked at me suspiciously. "What is to tell?...Besides, I feel better with you reading my mind" I concluded.
"We need to talk about these things" she said glaring at me.
"It's always talk, talk, talk with you isn't it?" I snarled, there was a short pause and she looked hurt "oh, I'm sorry I just...I'm going to try and handle this on my own, for once." I apologized, feeling hurt myself.
"if you don't get it and you brake down in tears it's not my fault...but I'm always here for you" she said walking away, into the kitchen.
"What does she mean by tears?" I mumbled to myself as the crew finished pulling up the sails.
I spent my entire day thinking about it ('it' being the dream and what Kayla said to me). I was like a zombie. If you talked to me I couldn't remember our conversation, or if we even had one. I skipped lunch and dinner, trying to figure out what my dream meant. Frankly, part of me didn't want to know what it meant, but, the other, stronger, better half of me pleaded to know the meaning.
I couldn't sleep that night. So, I stayed up, sitting next to the wheel and watching the full moon rise as I thought about it. "You going to eat?" someone asked, I looked up to find Gibbs smiling down at me.
"I'm not hungry" I whispered and he sat down next to me, bread in hand.
"What's wrong?" he asked, chewing.
"Nothing"
"I'm not going to ask, but I know it's not healthy...not eating, I mean." he said then my stomach grumbled "are you trying to starve yourself?" he asked curiously, I laughed and sighed.
"No, I've been distracted by my thoughts all day" I replied, sighing and feeling my eyelids become heavy.
"Oh, then get Kayla, I bet she'll know what's-"
"No, I-I want to do this on my own for once...just once" I said, feeling my stomach vibrate with groans of hunger.
"Alrighty then, but remember, you still have to finish the trails...you need sleep for the next one" Gibbs warned.
"I'll be fine..."
"But-"
"I beat up Davy Jones for god-sakes I'll be fine" I growled turning my head and glaring at him. Gibbs nodded and went back down into the kitchen. Wait a moment...how does he know what my next trial is? "Master Gibbs!" I called after him, standing and hurrying into the kitchen.
*My next trail is.. I have to swim through a series of mazes to get to the other side of a large underwater sandbar and only taking so many breaths. Before I jumped in I glanced around to the rest of the Brethren Court and nodded. Sighing, catching my breath, and jumping into the murky water. I hit the bottom of the sandbar moments later, minutes after and I came to the first maze, left or right? I closed my eyes and felt a tug toward the right, so I followed, after doing a series of those I came to a tunnel that lead downward and I felt a tugging to go into it.
My lungs felt like they were about to burst, I glanced up but I couldn't see the surface! I panicked then I heard faint shouts of Kayla yelling "just come up for air Brittney!" But I couldn't. Then something pulled me down...down...down into the hole. I let out air bubbles in my panic and tried to get my foot away from whatever it was pulling me into that watery hell.
But that thing just pulled harder, finally I saw a bright light coming and the end of the water. It yanked me around and pushed me through, I landed on my back.
There was no water.
I sat up, the water was on the celling! Now gulping down oceans of air, I stood up to find a beautiful field with flowers and streams of sunlight. I looked down to find that I was completely dry. It was like I didn't even start the trail. I just happened to glance to my right and I found a sea-being.
It had webbed hands and feet but it stood on two legs like you or I. It had huge, black eyes and had green scales with a yellow tail, and claws. It bowed to me, then jumped back into the water that was on the celling. Almost instantly afterward I felt a pang pain in my ankle. That thing had grabbed me with its claws, and I had began bleeding "oh, this is just fantastic" I whispered, tearing part of my sleeve off and wrapping it around my wound.