(Chapter 22: Always a Fight Around)
This is what it feels like to be drunk, huh?
I woke up wrapped in the sheet, I turned to my side to find Jack in a deep sleep. What happened last night? For, I couldn't remember a thing! Minutes wore on and I got a massive headache, I sighed and glanced around, only to find a empty rum bottle next to the bed. I moaned in agony.
I was having a hangover. All my friends had at least had one hangover, and well, now I can join them, they told me how they couldn't remember a thing in the morning, how massive their headache's were and how much they puked their guts out. This is going to be a long day. I walked out onto the deck to see blinding sunlight. "Hey Brittney!" Kayla yelled, she was very happy, apparently, she hadn't joined the drinking fest.
"Sh! Not so loud!" I hissed covering my ears and squeezing my eyes shut.
"Oh, yeah I heard about the drinking, I didn't believe it at first...how do you feel?" she asked quieter, taking a few steps towards me.
"Like I was eaten by the kraken then thrown back up then sent to hell" I growled, slowly bringing my hands down from my aching ears.
"Oh, sorry about that, I should have stopped you" she said as we started walking towards the bow.
"No, I have to have a hangover sometime and why not it be on the Black Pearl?" I asked with a slight smile.
"So-" Kayla was going to say, but, I cut her off by holding up my index finger and rushing to the side of the boat, puking my guts out into the ocean.
At sunset my hangover diminished and Jack rose from the bed. "Hello love, how was your hangover?" he asked, massaging my shoulders, I turned my head and glared at him for a moment. "I'll take that as not good" he said with a small smile.
"I feel like death" I whimpered, clenching my stomach, I was still a bit queasy.
"At least you don't look like it" Jack whispered, kissing my cheek and sighing.
"Thank you" I murmured
"For what?" he asked "getting you drunk? Because, I can do that more often" he added quickly, I giggled despite my aching stomach and pounding head.
"For everything" I said, kissing his hand and looking at the full moon, It made the water sparkle like diamonds. Then, the person from the crows nest interrupted this perfect moment.
"Ahoy, there be a ship!"
After hearing that, we all ran to the port side "oh...my...god" Gibbs said and instantly my mouth ran dry...The Queen Anne's Revenge was trailing us!
"Blackbeard" Kayla growled
"B-b-but...how?" I stuttered, beginning to shake. I had heard horror stories about Blackbeard from my parents, and one from Kayla.
"I can put a invisibility cloak over the Black Pearl so they can't see us" Kayla said immediately running to the side of the boat and working her mojo. The Queen Anne's Revenge had ten more cannon holes than the Black Pearl and it also had a bigger deck, but, the Black Pearl was faster and more durable. I could hear the battle hungry yells of the deck mates from 'Anne's Revenge. The only two people I know of that aren't afraid of Blackbeard are Jack and Davy Jones. Jack had a run-in with Blackbeard before, he was in Spain, and Jones?
They say when Blackbeard died Jones sewed his head back on and pushed Blackbeard back up to the Queen Anne's Revenge to cause more chaos, and to earn Jones more bodies for the locker. I glanced back at the 'Revenge and Blackbeard was at the helm, commanding the evil ship to do his dirty deeds. "Hurry up Kayla" I murmured desperately to myself.
(Chapter 23: Visibility)
The Queen Anne's Revenge vs The Black Pearl
The 'Anne's Revenge was gaining speed, they were on our tail. "Hurry, Kayla!" I yelled, watching the enemy ship steam towards the Black Pearl.
"Trying here!" Kayla growled through her spell. Then, the Queen Anne's Revenge rammed us from behind, this sent me hurtling forward into crates of powder, I felt hands grab my arms and pull me up. It was my Jack. "Are you alright, love?" Jack asked, pushing the broken crates off of me and pulling me to my feet.
"I'm fine" I said, flashing a smile to him and gingerly touching his cheek before I ran to the wheel of the Black Pearl. I heard Blackbeard bellowing orders when I approached the wheel, Blackbeard suddenly stopped and smiled a rotten smile to me.
"Hello !" he yelled, I ignored him and steered us away from a oncoming rock. "I said hello !" Blackbeard yelled again, I remained silent and took a sharp right, trying to get the 'Anne's Revenge to swerve away, but that didn't work, they just swerved with us. I summoned Gibbs, I ordered him to man the wheel as I went to go help Kayla with the spell.
"Kayla, hurry the hell up, they're gaining on us!" I hissed, turning around to glance at Blackbeard.
"I'm trying!" She yelled opening her eyes, they were blood red.
"Then try faster" I snapped, in a whisper.
"What, just because you're a princess or the first woman Pirate Lord you think you can order me around?" she growled and blue magic crackled on her fingertips.
"That's not it at all...you want to live don't you? That's all I'm trying to do...I had one ship go down under my control and I am not going to have two" I snarled. She straightened up and nodded, sighing and continuing to chant her spell, only faster now. I glanced around me to find open-mouthed pirates, I rolled my eyes and went to the side of the boat. I could see our essence flicker (we flickered from normal to invisible) "thank god" I whispered as I saw the confused look on Blackbeard's wrinkled face.
Blackbeard gave a evil grin whilst staring directly at me, the Queen Anne's Revenge sped up and rammed the side of us. Luckily, I was holding on to the side of the boat for dear life or else I would be a shish kabob. Someone dropped their sword and it was pointing straight up to where my stomach would be. I ran below deck. "Get the cannons ready...we're done running" I growled, everyone started running for the cannon balls.
"Only fire at my or Jack's command...got it?" I yelled and they all answered yes. I walked back up to the deck to find everyone was frozen, Jack grabbed me. "What's going on?" I asked quietly as I let myself lay in his arms.
"Kayla got the invisibility cloak up, but, Blackbeard can still see us if we make too much movement" he whispered, I nodded and stood still in Jack's arms. It would have been a very romantic moment if we weren't trying to hide from Blackbeard, and if we didn't have two holes in the side of our ship.
"Come out, come out where ever you are" Blackbeard sang "oh, come out 'Pearl come on, are you scared?...Aw no one wants to play with me" He yelled, cackling. I could feel myself shaking under Jacks arms, Jack only held me tighter. "Oh, come out, Brittney... If that's what you're trying to hide 'Pearl I've already seen her" Blackbeard taunted. Jack's breathing was quiet and quick.
"Come now, I've been dying for a good fight...and I know can fight better than most pirates on your ship. Hell, she's better than most on mine...I've even heard that she even got the best of Jones" he yelled, we didn't reply. "Very well then...Fire!" Blackbeard yelled and cannon balls came from all directions. When the first cannon ball hit the Black Pearl it broke Kayla's concentration and we were visible again.
"Fire!" I yelled and we gave the Queen Anne's Revenge a hit of our own.
(Chapter Twenty Four: Blackbeard)
Blackbeard vs. Jack Sparrow
At the exact moment I yelled "Fire!" All of Blackbeard's cannons went off as well, which bought us some time. We pulled the Black Pearl closer to the 'Anne's Revenge and some of our crew boarded the Queen Anne's Revenge. I stayed on the Black Pearl and fought the on-coming pirates that boarded the Black Pearl during all the confusion, then, someone screamed.
It wasn't much of a scream, it was more of a howl...from a animal. I turned to find that Kayla had turned into a wolf of some sort, her eyes where red, she had white fur with black and red smudges, her teeth were huge, white and sharp! They could probably make a hole in twenty pounds of metal, and, if she stood on her hind paws she would be at least three feet taller than I! Whilst I was staring in wonder at Kayla a pirate from Blackbeard's ship put his sword around my throat and pushed it up, so that it was just touching the bottom of my mouth. I reacted quickly and kicked him in the groin area, he loosened his grip on the sword, so much so that I could remove it from my neck and reverse it, meaning that there was another head rolling around on the deck.
I looked over at Kayla and she was tearing through the pirates like they were rag-dolls. Everything seemed to stop when the Queen Anne's Revenge's hull scraped against ours. (Hull: the bottom/sides of a ship) Then the Queen Anne's Revenge pulled away and fell behind us, our crew gave a victory cry. But as I looked around I noticed someone was missing..."Gibbs!" I yelled frantically, praying to Kayla (Calypso) that what I thought wasn't true.
"Yes, Captain?"
"Where's Jack?"
"...Oh, god..." Gibbs said and ran to the port side of the boat. I eagerly followed, carrying Jack's telescope...as we thought, Jack was having a bout with Blackbeard, on the Queen Anne's Revenge. As their swords clashed the on-looking deck-mates took steps back. You do not want to be in the way of a on-coming sword, especially when you're not even fighting. I felt someone grab my shoulder, It was Charlotte and Brandy.
"What's going on?" Charlotte asked, her eyes were no longer red, but here face was solemn and pale.
"If you were actually out here fighting, you would know" I hissed as I turned and faced Crepsley, he was manning the wheel. "Slow us down and get us next to the Queen Anne's Revenge" I ordered.
"What? We just got away from them!" Charlotte yelled flailing her hands in misunderstanding.
"No arguing" I said, glaring directly at her, she opened her mouth in protest but quickly shut it. Just as we were about to turn around I heard something plummet into the water. I quickly opened the telescope to see Blackbeard laughing with his crew, whilst they pointed and laughed at something, my eyes darted to the water...Jack's hat floated on the calm green blue sea. My mouth fell open, I quickly took off my hat and my coat and handed them to Gibbs.
"What?" he asked, following me to the side of the deck.
"I'm going for a swim" I said and handed him the telescope.
"Oh"
"If I don't come back Kayla's in charge" I said, and with that, I jumped into the warm water and prepared myself for the longest swim of my life.