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Chapter 2:

Escaping

As more soldiers barged in, Sarah grabbed Abby and hauled her away to the side just as an explosion erupted nearby them.

"What's the plan?" Abby asked Sarah as she watched men fall down rapidly.

Sarah held onto her swords tightly as she searched for a clear exit. "We get out and take as many men down fast." With a nod, Abby ran back into the crowd and started to swing her swords. Sarah had to admit that Abby was a better swordsman than she was as she watched her friend parry and swipe at her opponents so effortlessly. She would have to get a few tips later.

From the side, a soldier held up his bayonet and pointed it's barrel at Sarah. She caught him at the corner of her eye and and side stepped out of his view to where he shifted his eye away from the gun at his surroundings. Creeping quickly around the soldier through the crowd of swords and smoke, Sarah managed to get behind him and slide the blade of her sword into the his torso right as he turned around.

"You guys should work on your defenses a little," She hissed at the soldier before she pulled the blade back out and watch him fall.

Swerving around people, Abby managed to reach Will who only had the wooden pole that was strapped along his shoulders to fight with. He swung and knocked down a soldier and was about to swing again when he caught the sight of Abby's bright red hair. No words had to be exchanged as Abby cut the rope free from one of his hands and the other, tossing him the second sword she had.

Running down the room to the main doors, they met up with Sao Feng, Barbossa, and Elizabeth.

Abby looked around at them and furrowed her eyebrows. "Where's Sarah?" She turned around to see a small group of soldiers lined in two rows pointing their bayonets at the group. Abby backed up just as the commander ordered "Fire!"

When the guns went off, the men were shot up from an entirely different explosion from underneath the floorboards where the rest of Barbossa's crew swarmed out.

Sao Feng shouted and they all sprinted out, Abby lagged behind as she tried to find Sarah who was nowhere to be found. There wasn't a sight of blonde hair anywhere from the distance Abby was at. Stepping a foot back into the bath house, Will caught her arm.

"What are you doing?"

"I have to see if Sarah is out. Stay with me." With a short nod, Will followed Abby in. Smoke filled her nostrils as she looked around the remains of the bath house. Bodies laid everywhere, some piled up on one another, but none had the long blonde hair which gave Abby some relief but not enough.

"Sarah must have gotten out." Will told her. Soldiers still roamed the place but it was hard to tell how many from the thick smoke.

Abby's feet were planted to the ground as her eyes whirled around thinking of possible places her friend could be. Seeing a possible truth in Will's words that Sarah must have gotten out beforehand, she nodded and jogged out. That still didn't stop her from keeping her eyes peeled open for any sight of the blonde.

Underneath the floorboards, Sarah hid. Checking the route Gibbs, Marty and the others could of went through, she hurriedly snuck through, coming past the fire where the source of Sao Feng's beloved steam came from and through the tunnel that lead to the water.

Clumps of soldiers filled the bridges along with Sao Feng's men as they fought and fell into the river. On her left side, Sarah spotted a familiar feathered hat and smiled to herself. Checking her surroundings and the shore she would go to, Sarah plunged into the water and swam.

Explosions rechoched through the water, sending anxiety through Sarah's veins, making her swim faster while coming up from the water to check her surroundings every now and then. Around her, Sarah could hear the splashes of bodies falling in the water one right after the other. Inside she hoped the crew didn't leave without her because she didn't want to be stuck in the town.

Sarah reached a small shore line and sprinted as fast as she could out of the water. Smoke from the gunfires blocked some of her vision, but she could see Mr. Cotton's colorful parrot fly by and followed. Pushing past crowds of people and ending up having to take a few down.

The monkey Jack scurried by along with Cotton's parrot, making Sarah smile. She followed the monkey only to find it grabbing a firework and running close to the edge of one of the bridges. Sarah was confused as she watched the monkey set to work and grab a lit candle that was from a hanging lamp. The monkey jumped back up onto the box he set the firework on and laid the wic of the burning candle on the end. Sparking, the firework flew out into the air, flying past half of the town and into a small hut. Sarah ducked down behind the crate and watched it fly through a window.

Inside the hut, more colorful sparks erupted and blew up the walls and roof, exploding everything nearby. Sarah peered over at the monkey. "Nice aim, Jack." Jack screeched and ran, with Cotton's parrot and her following.

Abby was searching around the area when the group met up at the harbor. Around the corner, Barbossa appeared with Sarah behind in tow. Letting out a sigh of relief, she grabbed her friends arm and pulled her close so they were face to face. "I thought we made an agreement not to separate anymore, Sarah."

Sarah cracked a smile. "You know it's hard for me to keep promises sometimes, especially when I got to see a monkey set of fireworks."

Barbossa stepped over to Will. "You have the charts?"

Will tossed the charts to him. "And better yet. A ship and a crew."

Sarah looked around for the original owner of the charts. "Woah, where is angry grudge holding bath house dude?"

"Sao Feng?" Elizabeth asked.

Will's eyes didn't meet any of theirs. "He'll cover our escape and meet us as Shipwreck Cove."

Abby raised an eyebrow at him but didn't say a word as they headed toward a ship with their new crew, beginning to set sail away from to town engulfed in fire.

"That doesn't sound like Sao Feng to cover our escape. Especially after just meeting us." Abby acknowledged as she sat on the step into the hold of their new ship. Will was leaning on a post at the bottom of the steps. "What really happened?"

"We made an agreement." He answered.

"That's it?" She stared at him with questioning eyes. "It was about getting the Pearl to free your father, wasn't it?"

He gave a short nod. "In order to make an agreement with Beckett he will need what I offer and that is to get the Pearl back." Abby leaned back with her elbows on the step behind her back.

"An agreement with Beckett? Who would want to make an agreement with Beckett? For what?"

"To have some control over the seas," Sarah said behind Abby. Sarah thumped down the steps and took a sit next to her friend. Receiving confused looks from the two, she sighed. "While you two were off being held prisoner on the Flying Dutchman, Elizabeth, of course, came aboard our beloved ship with the Letters of Mark. After that and a very intense discussion, we figured something out." She looked over at Abby. "And a plausible explanation of why we came here."

"And what is that you figured out?" Will asked.

Hesitating for a moment, Sarah looked up into the opening of the deck and back down to meet his eyes. "That the East India Trading Company wants control over the seas. No other information of why it has been specified yet. But let's be honest with all the death threats we have gotten, it probably has to do something with wanting to commit genocide on us pirates."

"Okay, that's reassuring. " Abby replied blandly. "But Sao Feng is a pirate too, meaning he would have to die also."

"I know. I'm guessing no one has worked out the kinks yet." Sarah said, shrugging while standing back up, "But as a good person I am trying to become thought maybe I would at least warn you two. Now, I am going to eat some food."

"Save me some," Abby shouted after Sarah once she was on the deck.

Sarah lightly skipped along the deck of the ship under the moonlight with a roll in her hand that she managed to snag from one of the new crew members. Singapore was nowhere in sight anymore, which was a relief to Sarah. The crew all sat around the deck, some sleeping, others creating small talk, and Barbossa near the helm with the monkey Jack perched on his shoulder.

Tia Dalma stood by the edge of the ship, watching the water underneath and Elizabeth stood next to her. Sarah made her way over to them.

"There's no place left for Sao Feng to cower," Elizabeth stated. "Do you think we will honor the call."

Tia Dalma shook her head. Her dark eyes looked distant. "I cannot say. There's an evil on these seas that even the most staunch and bloodthirsty pirates have come to fear."

Sarah swallowed and said nothing. The roll felt heavy in her hand as she took in Tia Dalma's words and stumbled back away from them.. Inside she hoped that they would find Jack quickly so she wouldn't have to feel the dread and fear of their freedom being taken away for long. When they get Jack the Brethren Court will meet and discuss a plan immediately. She hoped at least considering she never stepped foot in the Court.

It was hard not to miss the Captain. Through the few months they spent planning and voyaging to Singapore to get the charts, Sarah couldn't help but notice everything felt off. Even with the crew. She knew it was the absence of Jack who somehow had a spark to the crew. There was nothing wrong with Barbossa of course, despite the fact he once kidnapped her, but he was not her Jack. Or their Jack whose shenanigans and clever schemes sent them in the most unpredictable situation it never got boring.

Sarah found herself back at the hatch and shook away those thoughts as she snuck down the steps to see Abby and Will still talking. Looking down at the roll in her hand, Sarah analyzed the distance from her spot to Abby. When she brought her arm up, something in her made her stop as she watched the two share smiles as they chatted. Tears started to form when the memories of Jack came back, but she blinked them away and stood back up straight. Sarah couldn't show any tears, especially when it was about a stupid pirate, and especially not now.

From all that has happened so far to Abby and Sarah, how do you think their story will end? Do you have an idea of what they will be like or where they will end up?

Is there something you want to see happen in the future chapters?

Any other thoughts you want to share?

I would love to hear what you all think!