Chapter Seventeen
What would you do if your hurt and in a strange world away from your lover?
After I wrapped up my ankle I looked around...this place had perfect green grasses, some sunlight but mostly overcast. Lots of trees, but I didn't see any other life besides me and that sea-being. There was water, but only small puddles. I walked forward, toward a small hill that had a nest of some-kind on it. I heard a cracking noise from a tree to my left, then someone swung from a rope and tried to attack me but, I had my hand on the hilt of my sword and with a quick motion, easily 'cut' them short.
That person's head rolled right off.
He was tan and had a lot of colorful tattoos on his face. "Ew" I said, gently rolling his head away from me, then the lot of those people jumped out of the trees, weapons drawn and ready to kill me. It's going to be a lot harder to kill me, they just don't know it. They screamed and charged me, I simply spun around with my sword out, that killed most of them, but the smarter one's backed away from me. One of the alive ones came a little too close and I kicked him in the face, which sent him into a tree.
Then, I kicked another and another and another and another! How stupid are these people? Someone yelled something and they all stopped, I slowly turned toward the yell. Apparently, it was their chief who had yelled, he was tan like the rest of them, but he was skinny with a headdress on, he wielded a large spear.
"Your feet serve you well" he said to me, I just glared at him and said nothing. "You are a pirate, no?" He asked but I still said nothing, he looked down at my sword "Rasputin...you have the stone..it chose you?" he yelled, then fell down to his knees looked up toward the sky and started saying something in another language. I think he was praying.
"What is this place?" I demanded, glancing around me.
"T-the Seychelles" the man to the right of the chief said "one of the most peaceful and unknown places on earth" he added, giving a shiver.
"How can I get back?" I growled, there was no answer, I walked back over to the water on the ceiling.
"W-why do you want to leave?" the man to the right of the chief asked, walking over to me as I examined the water.
"I'm a busy Pirate" I growled, turning my attention back to the water. Do I go back through it?
"But, please, please stay!" he cried grabbing my arm and holding it tightly, not the tight that Adam or Jack held me like, this was more frantic.
"Why should I?" I asked, a knot of fear building in my gut.
"All the other pirates did"
"You mean, this is part of my trial?" I asked and he nodded. "What am I supposed to do?" I asked, looking at him suspiciously and turning away from the water.
"Get the gem of Amita and if you cannot, you may go back up" he said then I laughed.
"You think you can hold me here?" I asked, continuing my laughter.
"Well, not me" he said with a smile, then he whistled and a big, white snake looking thing came out of the nest on top of the hill I went to investigate earlier. "And even the stone of Rasputin cannot kill this" he said, the smile never leaving his face. I grumbled curses as I headed back towards the chief.
"By the way m-my names Daha" he said to me while we were trekking through the woods in search of the cave that held the gem of Amita. I never expected there to be so much plants and trees in this strange land! "What is your name?" he asked, struggling to keep pace with me.
"Brittney Turner" I mumbled, ducking a large, sharp plant leaf. All I could think of right now is Jack. What must he think? Then again, he took this test, he should know... but, what if he doesn't? What if he never took this test and these people are lying to me?
"Miss. uh Turner?" Daha said, apparently I had stopped walking to think.
"I'm thinking" I mumbled as I walked past him, now a giant cave came into view. It seemed like a rock had come and pummeled this to make a hole that big.
"Here it is" Daha said in disbelief. I walked inside and instantly torches lit, Daha and the rest of the searchers came in after me, looking around in awe. I walked toward a rock podium and a blue, triangle shaped gem was lying on it.
"Is this it?" I asked and Daha gasped.
"Yes, yes it is!" I stretched my hand out and touched it, nothing happened. Daha smiled "grab it" he whispered, so I wrapped my hand around it and pulled up. The gem came out easily and I handed it to Daha who took off running with it. "I have it! I have it!" he screamed manically.
"Bastard!" I yelled and chased after him. "Get the gem" I whispered to my sword and almost directly afterward my sword launched out of my hand and Daha's screams penetrated the deadly calm of this false paradise. My sword came back with a bloody, blue, triangular gem. "Lets get the hell out of here" I said and my sword flew into the air, back through the water and back home to the Black Pearl.
"What's that?" Ching asked as all of the Pirate Lords crowded around me to get a peek at the wonderful, bloody gem.
"Aye, what is that?" Barbossa asked, glancing up to me, and then back to the gem.
"The Gem of Amita, I think" I said and handed it to him, afterwards I walked over to Jack and kissed his cheek. Now, I understood my feelings, I wanted Jack and Jack wanted me. Jack leaned me down and gave me a kiss so passionate it made the other Pirate Lord's eyes boggle! I opened one eye slightly to see Kayla smiling at me. For now everything was alright, for now..
Chapter Eighteen
So many trials!
I sat at the table with the rest of the Brethren court, everyone was so quiet. It was a awkward silence that no one liked. Finally, Ammand spoke up "uh, Miss. Turner has passed all of her trials so far...however, she still has two more to go"
"Shouldn't we be celebrating?" Captain Jocard asked, glancing hopefully around the table.
"There will be no celebrations until the end" Captain Chevalle said, folding his hands in his lap and giving a concrete stare.
"I mean, she has the Gem of Amita and no one else was able to touch it...it was lost for centuries...I think its a cause for celebration" Jocard sniffed, hoping for someone to 'back him up'.
"No celebrations until the end!" Captain Villanueva boomed, It made me jump. Jack's hand slipped into mine, I smiled and blushed.
"What do you think, Jack?" Jocard asked, all eyes turned to my beloved.
"Personally...or Pirate lord-aly?" Jack asked, Jocard rolled his eyes. Jocard turned to Captain Ching.
"Should or not?"
"This is no time for a debate, Davy Jones has issued that he will kill all of the Pirate Lords just as he has done before, and I don't think he's playing" Ching answered and glared directly at me. I looked down and wrapped both of my hands around Jack's. I looked up to find confused expressions issued from the rest Pirate Lords.
"I, um, had a fight with Jones and beat him up" I explained with a small smile, reliving those few amazing moments in my mind's eye.
"See! Another cause for celebration!" Jocard yelled happily, Captain Villanueva growled and Captain Jocard looked down in embarrassment, just as I had moments before.
"So, this uh challenge...he issued it while we were gone doing the trials, aye?" Captain Barbossa asked, Jack the Monkey sitting quietly on his shoulder.
"Aye" Captain Chevalle replied in a solemn tone, I glanced around and furrowed my brows, I stood now, still holding Jack's hand.
"Hey, don't be so...sad...I beat him up once and I can do it again!" I cried happily, hoping for a positive response from my fellow Pirate Lords.
It was not positive responses that I received.
"I don't think that's such a good idea" Barbossa said, my brows furrowed. Then, Jack broke in.
"Ha! and I agree completely with Barbossa...for once" Jack said looking to me, I was in a tailspin, now.
"What? J-Jack, you saw me! I can do it again!" I yelled, trying to convince him, Jack pulled me back down into my seat and pushed my hair behind my ears.
"Yes, but you did have the benefit that he was surprised...now he knows you're a pirate lord" Jack said "and he knows the sword is your artifact" Jack added, my positive feelings plummeted to the bottom of my gut.
"And the only one who can kill Davy Jones completely is Calypso" Captain Ammand said holding a big, brown, leather-bound, dusty book.
"Who's Calypso?" I asked, turning from Jack to the rest of the Pirate Lords.
"They say, Calypso is Davy Jones's true love and for every ten years he could only spend one day with her, Jones prepared to be reunited with his true love on land, but became enraged and saddened when she didn't show. Unable to deal with Calypso's betrayal he ripped out his own heart and placed it in a chest. Known as the dead man's chest" Ammand told.
"Ew" I said "wouldn't that hurt?" I asked and Ammand smiled at me, shaking his head with amusement. His smile quickly vanished and he looked down at his hands. I glanced over to Jack who was scowling at Ammand. I smiled at Jack but still he kept his eyes locked on Ammand, glaring at him.
Apparently, Barbossa noticed too because he snapped in front of Jacks eyes, Jack looked around trying to get his focus back "So, do we have any clue where Calypso is?" I asked and they all looked at me strangely.
"Why?" Captain Jocard asked, confusion swimming in his eyes.
"Well, she can kill him so.." I said trailing off, attempting to get them to catch on to my train of thought.
"We can also kill him" Ammand said quickly, he had taken the book from Chevalle and was reading a dirtied page.
"Please, do tell!"
"It says, if you take Jones's heart out of the chest and stab it Jones will die, but, the last person who died on the Flying Dutchman will become the new captain and will have control over Davy Jones's locker" Ammand finished shutting his book dramatically.
"So, just make sure, after we kill Jones, someone on our side dies on the Flying Dutchman...how hard could that be?" I asked sarcastically "again, do we have any clue where Calypso is?" I asked, hoping that there was something in Ammand's book.
"I don't know...um, who's ever been to a sea-gods hang-out?" Captain Jocard said sassily, I glared at him.
"Haha, you're just asking for an ass whooping if you want to pick a fight with her" Captain Barbossa laughed, wiping at tear from his eye.
"Oh, yeah, old man?" Jocard said standing to face Barbossa, Jocard slammed his hands down on the table.
"Hey, calm down" I growled standing up
"You're right" Barbossa said, calmly sitting down, I nodded my thanks.
"What and that's it? You're going to listen to a woman?" Jocard yelled, scoffing.
"Well, this woman can kick your ass faster than anyone else in this room" I growled, placing my hands on the table.
" Oh, ho so, now you want my ass?" Jocard asked attempting to beat me with perversity.
"Don't you dare talk to her like that" Jack snarled standing up, his chair falling away behind him, there was fire in his eyes.
"Or what? You'll talk me to death?" Jocard asked, crossing his arms and cocking an eyebrow. No one liked to know it, but Jack was very, very good in combat.
"No" I hissed then my sword floated out of its holster and floated menacingly beside me.
"Oh, we're going to fight now?" Jocard asked babyishly, clapping his hands.
"Kill him" I growled to my sword.
"Oh no, no, no! Hands fight" Jocard growled walking around the table.
"Fine" I snarled, my sword hit the table making a terrible clanging. Before I could get my hands on him, Jack punched Jocard in the face, sending him sprawling backwards, Jocard hit the cave wall and slid to the ground.
Unconscious.
"How in the hell is he a Pirate Lord?" I asked, then I turned back to the other Pirate Lords, who were all now standing, I clapped my hands and felt all of the anger I once harbored melt away. "So, are we in agreement to go find Calypso?"
Chapter Nineteen
There needs to be a guide or something to summon a god, it's hard
All the Pirate Lords returned to their boats. We had decided to try and summon Calypso because the other Pirate Lords didn't believe I could take on Davy Jones again. We needed supplies so we decided to stop at the nearest port, which was port Richard. People ran away scared from us, they knew that we were pirates and they were afraid that we would hurt them. We walked past this one lady that held a screaming baby.
She was wearing a tattered, old, faded pink dress that was littered with dirt smudges and the baby was wrapped in a wet, blue blanket that was covered in blood stains. My heart broke in half, I wanted to help. She grabbed my arm and instantly, Jack turned. "Calypso is closer than you think" she said in a whisper then started laughing like a maniac. Jack quickly pulled me away, but said nothing afterwards."Do you think she was telling the truth?"
"No, I think she is some crazy old loony who got banged when she was drunk and now is stuck with a infant which is going to die anyway" Captain Ammand growled.
"That's a cheery way of putting it" I said, gripping Jack's hand tightly.
"I don't give much sympathy for those who can't take care of themselves...then they go to a bar one night drink a little too much, then, they wake up and they're naked in a dirty, old bed" he added. I walked silently for a few moments.
"Did that happen to you?" I asked in a horse voice.
"No, my mother" he growled as we entered the magic shop.
"Hello, Gilbert" Captain Ching said jovially as we all filed inside the small shop.
"Oh, Pirate Lord Ching! h-how are...you...?" the shop keeper asked trailing off into silence, his gaze traveling from one Pirate Lord to the next.
"Oh, yes, I brought the gang" Ching laughed, I smiled.
"T-the Pirate Lords of the fourth Brethren Court!" Gilbert yelled then, began having a spasm attack until he turned his gaze to me. "My, my what do we have here?" he asked coming up to me and kissing my hand.
"Gilbert this is Pirate Lord Brittney Turner and also Jack's girlfriend" Ching said a small smile crossing his face as Jack's eyes were ablaze.
"I suggest you go away" I said "before Jack kills you" I added quieter this time.
"Well, what do ya needn't me fer?" Gilbert asked trying to talk like Barbossa, leaning on a table.
"that's a bad impersonation, Master Gilbert" Barbossa growled, standing beside me and narrowing his eyes at the shop owner.
"We need hair of mermaid, tear of flounder, crabs claw, three monkey's eyes, a human fingernail (whole) and saliva from the kraken" Captain Ammand read from the big, leather-bound book.
"You know where they are" Gilbert said, talking to Ammand. "So, what are the Pirate Lords up to?" he asked, shining a glass ball.
"We're going to summon Calypso" Jack said and the shop-keepers face instantly froze.
"You don't want to do that!" he yelled, rushing to Jack and grasping Jack's coat frantically.
"Apparently, we do" I chipped in.
"A-are all the pirate lords here?" Gilbert asked rushing to the shops window. It was overcast, but very windy. "A perfect day to do it" he murmured.
"I've got all the ingredients, let's go cook us a Calypso" Ammand said cheerfully as we all filed out of the magic shop.
"I'm warning you, this is a bad idea!" Gilbert yelled after us.
"Everything we do is a bad idea" I giggled as Jack wrapped his arms around me.
*When arrived back to the Black Pearl Kayla seemed sad. "What's wrong?" I asked looking down at her, concerningly.
"Oh, nothing, today is when my family had their gathering and I was always the conversation starter" she said looking up at me with tears in her eyes. I knew she was lying, but I played along, I don't like to get my friends angry.
"Brittney, come!" Jack yelled, the other Pirate Lords had formed a circle with a strange star in the middle made out of all the ingredients.
"Now, cut the opposite wrist that your Pirate Lord mark is on" Ammand ordered and we all passed a knife around. All the men watched me when I got the knife.
"What?" I asked, quickly and easily sliding the knife across my right wrist, no pain. I gave a smile "I've been through worse" I said, we all had to join hands and chant something in Italian. Soon I felt a surge of power flow through me and into Jack, then back to me and now through Captain Barbossa, who was to my right. I heard a scream come from behind me.
"Don't look, keep chanting!" Ammand yelled, soon my eye-lids where forced open and I saw Kayla levitating above us. She was struggling and screaming, we were lifted into the air and we created a tornado. Finally I was shot back, breaking the connection between all of the Pirate Lords. I flew through a door and broke it to splinters.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Brittney!" Kayla yelled, Jack ran over to me as I sat up. Kayla was a giant! "Kayla's Calypso?" I asked, feeling my head spin.
"Yes, Brittney, I am!" she yelled, a smile on her face and tears in her eyes.
"That's nice, I had a sea goddess watching me" I said groggily as I fell into Jack's arms. Now, there was a surge of water and spray covered our boat...the Flying Dutchman emerged from the ocean beside us. I saw them lasso Kayla and try to bring her down. Jack stood and ran to help Barbossa steady the Black Pearl whilst I watched the crew of the Flying Dutchman rope Kayla, when, a rope came and tightened around me!
"Got er! Captain!" I heard someone yell, I tried to reach for my sword but in the middle of the madness, when I flew into the door, my holster unhooked and was back with the shattered door!
"No!" I screamed as I was pulled over the rail of the Black Pearl and swung onto the Flying Dutchman. The other Pirate Lords seemed to be in a trance, they couldn't keep their eyes away from Calypso! "Jack!" I screamed as one of the sea-beings aboard the Flying Dutchman yanked me onto the deck.
He snapped out of the strange trance he fell into and grabbed Barbossa along with his sword. They tired to jump aboard the Flying Dutchman, but, it was in vain. "Jumph!" Is all I could manage, for; the Flying Dutchman crew had gagged me and bound my hands and feet. I was really screaming for Jack.
Kayla looked over at me and saw that I was bound. "Let her go!" She yelled and picked up the Flying Dutchman like it was a toy sailboat.