Full Summary: When Jack has no choice but to pose as a Navy officer in order to get his precious Black Pearl fixed from a sea battle against another crew of pirates, he ends up finding help in one of the most unlikely of places.
Chapter Nine
Nell's hand flew up to her mouth and she gasped. The Admiral was dead? It was bad enough that he had been weak from his illness and his fall, but for the pirates to take advantage of that and kill him... They were sure to go to Hell and have a place with the Devil for that.
She shook her head. It couldn't be true. He was too good a man to loose in a matter of minutes. He may have been old, but he had been fair and full of wisdom. He hadn't deserved such a death. She could only hope that it had been quick and as painless as possible, and that he had been unconcious when it had happened. He would need a proper burial service in his honour, but as Jack had said, most of the settlement was dead. She doubted anyone from the Church had survived, but she would have to go to the Church and check.
However, they needed to decide where they were going to live. They couldn't stay here anymore, that was for sure. If most of the town was dead, they would have no way of providing a living for themselves. Where could they go?
"We'll have to go. We can't stay here, Katie." She whispered, not wanting to talk too loud. It didn't seem right to speak loudly.
Jack butted in.
"I've lost a few of me crew in that fight, ladies. I could take ye aboard me ship and drop ye off somewhere." He offered, and Nell nodded.
"I'd like that. I'll come." She had nowhere else to go. She turned her head to gaze at her twin. "What about you, Katie?"
"I- I've been courting Bill. You know Bill, don't you? The manservant? We'll find some extra people, surviving Naval officers, and sail to the next port." The dark-haired maid look at Jack. "It wouldn't be safe for you to enter a Naval port. And I'd be hung for being with you."
Jack simply nodded before standing. He looked between them, something shining in his dark eyes.
"Well, Nell, ye best go and pack. I'll have to set sail in the morning, just to be safe."
Nell rose to her feet, wrapping her arms around the pirate. He seemed shocked by her actions and it took him some time before he wrapped his arms around her in return, his chin resting on her head.
Nell looked up at him.
"What about the Admiral? He needs to be burried."
"I'll burry him, Nell. You go and pack; you need to be on your way." Katie answered, and pushed her sister and the pirate out of the door to the hall.