Chapter 15

"You're still here." Jack said, opening the door to his daughter's cabin.

"Yes dad." Jewel replied, "This is why I yelled at you in the lock-!" Before she could finish, Jack closed the door and vanished. Jewel fell back onto her hammock and waited...

"You're still he-" Jack started, opening the door.

"This is why I yelled at you in the locker dad!" Jewel screamed. Jack flinched and closed the door. Knowing him though, Jewel guessed he was waiting on the other side of the door. An idea came to her. One that would ensure her privacy for some time.

She stood and walked to her cabin door. She just knew her father was on the other side. She held the door knob and waited... The door started to open. Jewel pulled it the rest of the way and slammed it closed, hitting her father's face in the process. A cry of pain was heard outside her cabin. Jewel giggled a little, lying back down on her hammock. Jack opened, holding his bleeding nose.

"Is there a problem?" she asked

"That was uncalled for." he said

"You coming in here every minute is uncalled for dad! This is what I meant in the locker!" Jewel yelled, standing up, "I'm tired of you being overprotective! I want more freedom! Is that so hard?" Jack stared at her.

In a way, he had an epiphany, about Jewel. All she wanted was freedom. That was what he wanted at her age. He even wore the same fierce look he had when he was confronted by his father. In an attempt to gain that freedom, he ran away, setting the course for his future. That was how everything started. And how he eventually had his own daughter.

"I... I understand." Jack said. The two stared at each other in silence. Jack slowly closed the door to Jewel's cabin. She quickly opened it and saw her father walking away. She closed it and ran a hand through her hair.

"That was awkward." she said to herself. She sat down on her hammock, unsure of what to do next. She was sure she was going to have an argument with her father, one loud enough even Davy Jones would have heard. But with it over so soon, she didn't know what to do with herself.

Her thoughts drifted to Elizabeth on the Empress. Yes, she killed her father, but Jewel felt she suffered enough to earn her forgiveness. She reached for her mirror, but couldn't find it. She looked in her bag, in her wardrobe, all throughout her cabin, but the mirror was missing.

I bet dad is using it to watch me now. Jewel thought angrily, Fine then, let him watch this.

Jewel closed her eyes and focused on Elizabeth, on Sao Feng, on their ship. When she reopened, them, she was on board. Unfortunately, she was on board. The men that saw her tried to grab her. Jewel ran around the deck, to avoid capture.

Something hit her, and everything went dark.

When Jewel woke up with a strange pressure on her ankle. When she opened her eyes, a shackle was chained to it. The other iron was latched around a sword that was embedded in the floor.

"How did you get on my ship?" Sao Feng asked, standing at the doorway to the small room.

"Are you sure I wasn't on board the whole time?" Jewel asked with a smirk. Sao Feng drew his sword, getting closer to her.

"I should kill you now. Be done with you." he hissed

"And face the wrath of my father and the Black Pearl as consequence? Is that what you really want?" Jewel asked. He stared at her, then sheathed his sword. He walked back to the door. Without a word, he closed it behind him as he left her. He said something outside the door, probably making sure the guards keep watch on her. Jewel stood up and walked to the door. Small bars were at an opening. Before she could reach them, the chain stopped her. She sighed, seeing that she couldn't go very far.

"Is anyone out there?" Jewel asked. No response. "Anybody with keys?" She knew they were there. Two men, only one holding the keys to her cell and her chains. Jewel sat down.

"Considering I'm trapped here with no place to go, and you both have no other duty than to just watch me, we may as well have a conversation of sorts." she said, looking at her fingernails. One of the men shouted. The two men started arguing, although Jewel couldn't understand them.

She had left her bag and necklace back on the pearl. With the chain tight around her ankle, she couldn't jump back without killing herself, of bringing the whole ship with her. Or perhaps this is a moment where she could practice her ship-jumping.

She pulled her ankle up and looked at the chain. It was tight. She closed her eyes and focused, trying with all her might to be gone from this place. Her whole body felt exhausted from the effort though. Jewel stood and tried to pull the sword, or get it loose, but nothing worked. She was trapped on the Empress.

When her guard's arguing had stopped, Jewel started humming her mother's lullaby and closing her eyes. It was rather dull with nothing to do. Perhaps she can take a nap or something.

"Any chance either of you will let me out yet?" Jewel called out

"NO!" they both said firmly. Jewel flinched at the men's requests.

"Fine then." she replied, crossing her arms. She started humming her mother's lullaby once more.

She stopped and gasped, holding her arm. She heard whispers in her head.

"Track down the Empress... Find it... Take it and her captain..." The whispers repeated. It was Davy Jones who was the cause of them. Jewel held her head, trying to not focus on them. They stopped...

"... Sparrow is on the Empress..."

Jewel's eyes shot open. She stood up and pulled on the chain.

"Let me out of here! Please release me!" Jewel screamed

"No!" Only one man yelled

"You don't understand! Davy Jones is coming! He's going to kill us all!" Jewel screamed, fear gripping her. She pried at the chain around her ankle and around the sword, trying everything to give herself a chance of survival.

"I found you." came Jones' voice. A blast rocked the ship. Several more followed.

"What is that?" one of the guards asked

"It's Davy Jones! Please! I'm begging you! Please release me!" Jewel yelled. One of the men said something. The other protested. There was the sound of footsteps running away. One ran back and threw something in to Jewel. The keys landed nearby. Jewel scrambled for them and jammed them into her chains, trying to find the right one. She stopped when she heard voices from outside.

"Search the ship for any more men." a familiar voice ordered. Jewel tried even harder to get herself free.

"Please please please please please work!" Jewel kept saying, "COME ON!" The door was kicked open. Jewel barely had a chance to see who it was before the butt of a musket slammed across her face, plunging her into darkness once more.