Chapter Fifty Two
"Grab the chest!" I yelled backing up, hand still on my cutlass. Regetti and Pintel swiped the chest and started to run for the woods. Blackbeard's crew was hooting and hollering as they set foot on the beach. I took out my cutlass but they started to laugh, "what?"
I noticed I was the only one on the beach (besides Blackbeard's crew). Jack and company had ran, I gave an asinine smile, then, turned and ran for my life. Blackbeard's crew not far behind. I was running aimlessly in the woods with no direction, just the incentive to not be killed. I could have normally taken them on, but Blackbeard had more men that usual.
Which, frightened me.
I kept running until the other side of the forest let out onto another beach. I sighed. No cover here I thought. Then, I heard a huge splash in the ocean, I turned my head to find the Flying Dutchman making a appearance, coming gracefully out of the water. Almost looked like she was flying.
"Oh shit" I whispered as the 'Dutchman's crew jumped off of the ship and headed towards the shore. I had been oblivious to Blackbeard's crew catching up with me, I did a double take and thought how am I gonna get out of this one? But, the Dutchman shouldn't be after me, I mean, I don't have the chest or the key, they shouldn't be after me...they shouldn't. I was in a daze, running in any direction to get me off of that beach. I was awoken from this daze when a sword came inches from my face, sticking in a tree right next to me.
Jack and crew can't be too far off, they would need places to hide I thought. Or they can be back on the ship a voice from the back of my mind said "what?" I asked aloud, they could have been back on the ship by now, they got a head start and it's the only place to run on this side of Singapore. The voice said "true" I breathed, I was starting to pant. Though the wind was blowing harder now, sweat was dripping down my face.
"But, I lost track of where I am so, therefor, I do not know where the ship is" I whispered to the voice. This time the voice didn't reply. "I'm delirious" I said to myself with a silent giggle. I ran behind a tree and hoped that they wouldn't hear my breathing.
"Where is she?" a familiar voice yelled. Blackbeard. I didn't think he would leave his ship just to come find us.
"Don't know, Cap'n, we think she might be close by" a gruff voice replied. I put my hand over my mouth to quiet my breathing. I was so close to getting caught. What would they do with me? I asked myself.
Use you the voice answered. The voice sounded exactly like mine! Use you to get to Jack and the other Pirate Lords, and of course, you are a Pirate Lord yourself, makes you of value. The voice was slowly turning into Jack's. You can also do things no other Pirate lass could.
Boosts your value up even more. Blackbeard's feet were getting closer to me, and another, you're a lass, and well, you know what pirates do with lass's right? Blackbeard removed his sword from its holster and held it up head length. Another, you're just like Jack, intelligent, cunning, great sense of humor, love rum, love the sea, always looking for adventure, and you both are Pirate Lords need I say more? The voice said, I shook my head but not very quickly, my hair might alert the pirates of where I was.
Blackbeard swung his sword inward, missing the tip of my head by a millimeter. Afterwards, I heard hoots and battle cries as the Flying Dutchman's crew came out of the bushes and attacked Blackbeard's crew.
The battle for the chest is on!
Chapter Fifty Three
I quietly peeked around the tree, the pirates were distracted. My time to act I thought, I snuck away as quietly as I could, soon I was running as fast as my legs would carry me back to the Black Pearl and the Bloody Rose. I had renamed the boat a few hours ago.
Flashback
"What in the name of Davy Jones are you doing?" Brandy asked as she came around to the back of the ship. I had a spike in my hand and was carving in the new name.
"Changing the name" I said plainly, turning my attention back to the ship.
"The Bloody Rose" she said with a grin.
"I like the name" I growled changing the G to a R.
"H-how are you even hanging there?" she asked, I turned my head and gave her a look.
"Who am I?" I asked. She just shrugged "Captain Brittney Turner" I said insultingly. Then I turned my attention back to the ships name.
End of Flashback
I smiled at the thought. Finally, I had to stop and catch my breath, I sat on a stump, for minutes my ears were blinded by the rapid thumps of my heart and my labored breathing. Once my heart rate was back to normal and I was breathing evenly I surveyed my surroundings. Trees everywhere, sunlight shining through the leaves, soil and vines covered the ground, and a slight wind was blowing from the east. Not a port or even a path to the port in sight.
I sighed "where in the hell am I?" I asked myself hitting a fist on the stump. Then, I smiled, I had an idea..
*I clenched my eyes shut as I rocketed high above the treetops. This better work! I growled in my mind. I was holding onto the hilt of my sword for dear-life itself! I sighed and opened one eye, the island looked so small! I smiled as I gazed upon the port.
No one was on any of the ships.
"Damnit!" I growled, I scanned the island for life. The fight between Blackbeard's crew and the 'Dutchman's crew still raged, The Flying Dutchman wasn't far away from the island. Davy Jones was at the helm of the ship, pacing like some impatient wolf...waiting on its pray. On the other side of the island waited the Queen Anne's Revenge.
To me, it looked like Blackbeard didn't want to tangle with Davy Jones, that made me giggle. Jack would easily take on Davy, and here is the 'pirate that all pirates fear' running scared! In the midst of my laughter I spotted Pintel and Regetti racing towards an old church with the chest. Not far behind were a few of Davy's crew that dispatched from the fight. Pintel looked behind him then fell into a open grave, dragging Regetti with him.
I rolled my eyes "time for me to come in" I whispered with a half smile.
Chapter Fifty Four
Four of them. Chasing Pintel and Regetti. Looked easy enough. I landed and ran over to where Davy Jones's crew loomed over the grave. I pulled out my sword then with the flick of my wrist four heads hit the ground, one head just fell on the ground and started talking!
"Hwineto...Hwineto! Come closer! To the sound of my voice!" *BOOM* "no, that's a tree" I rolled my eyes, grabbed Regetti's hand and pulled them both back up. All of a sudden, an arrow landed a foot away from me, I looked around my shoulder to find the rest of Davy Jones's crew rushing in through the bushes.
I screamed and started running, so did Regetti and Pintel. "Here ya go, puppet!" Pintel said and tossed me the chest.
"What?" I yelled as the two raced ahead of me "hey! That's not fair!" I added, jumping over a fallen branch. Lugging this chest I had fallen way behind the two idiots and a little too close to Davy's crew, one of the crew members cut my belt in half.
I gave an "uh oh" and raced forward. I could still see Regetti and Pintel, but, they were becoming smaller and smaller. "Damnit!" I growled, there were a series of fallen trees up ahead. A hurricane?
I asked myself, whatever I thought. "Pintel!" I yelled, he turned and I jumped on a stump, then, jumped in the air and threw the chest as hard as I could, as I was falling back towards the earth I saw Pintel recapture the chest and run like hell itself was after him.
Which, it was.
I got up as fast as I could, which wasn't fast enough. Davy's crew had their swords drawn and was ready for a fight, I quickly pulled mine out and took on three. One looked like a hammerhead shark, the second had a puffer fish for half of his face and the third had a ship's wheel in his back with a coral reef for a face. All menacing. The one that looked like a hammerhead caught almost all of my swipes.
After minutes of fighting, he grabbed my arm and swung me so my back hit the stump. I gave out a yell of agony, he knocked the breath out of me. The one with the puffer fish face put his sword to my throat and chuckled. The hammerhead pulled me up by the cuff of my shirt and the one with the ship's wheel stole my sword from me and held my arms behind my back. The other crew members came out from the bushes "no.." one said he had a starfish on the left side of his face and barnacles on the right.
"Bootstrap?" I asked quietly.
"Let her free!" Bootstrap yelled charging toward the crew member with the ship's wheel in his back, ship's wheel's expression never changed, nor did he move. "I said 'let her free!'" Bootstrap yelled again, this time putting a crusty hand around ship wheel's neck.
"Bootstrap! Get your ass back here!" Another crew member yelled he had sea weed growing from his nose and ears. Looked a lot like Davy Jones, except, not all tentacle-ish. This sea-creature had a nine-tale (a whip with nine smaller whips attached, they used it for discipline).
"Bring her to the ship" the sea-creature with the whip growled. I tried to fight. I kicked and tried to punch but it didn't work. Too many crew members. We started to walk underwater, returning to the Flying Dutchman.
"No, no, no, no! I'm a human! It'll kill me!" I yelled squirming in the arms of my captor.
"You're a Pirate Lord" the one with the whip growled "you went through the trails...you'll survive" then without warning, I was plunged underwater and, slowly, we made our way to the Flying Dutchman...at least I had my grandfather...'Bootstrap' Bill Turner.