Hewwo! Let’s continue, shall we!?

Chapter Three...

The crew of the Black Pearl raged through Port Royal, well, as far as Jack and Alkali could see. They were peering out their little window to try and see what was going on down in Port Royal. That’s when Jack saw the cannon come up.

“DOWN!” he yelled at Alkali and pushed her down onto the floor, then he sheilded her from the blast in the wall. When they looked up, the other inmates were escaping.

“My sympathy, friend. You’ve no matter of luck at all!” he said while leaving, cackling as he did so.

Alkali rubbed her head as she watched Jack pick up the bone in the moonlight and held it out through the bars in the cage.

He started whistling, “C’mhere doggy! Yeah, it’s just you and Old Jack now, isn’t it!”

“Hey, I’m here too.” Alkali moaned from the other side of the cell.

“Come on, doggy, little closer, little bit! Yeah, you mangy worthless mangy cat!”

There was a crash up above and the dog ran away.

“NO, no, no, no, no, no, no! I didn’t mean it!”

A guard fell down the stairs, dead, of course, and down came two Cursed Pirates.

“This ain’t the armory!”

“Well, well! Look what we’ve got here, Jack Sparrow!” he said, spatting at Jack’s feet. “Last time I saw you, you were all alone, on a God forsaken island.”

“His fortunes arn’t improved much!”

“Worry about your own fortunes, boys.” Jack said.

“The deepest circle of Hell... is reserved for betrayers... and mutineers!” Alkali finished, coming up to the cell bars, what happened after Jack normally said that.

The Pirate brought his hand through to Alkali’s neck, showing bone.

“So there is a curse... that’s interesting!” Jack said politely.

“You two know nothing of Hell.” he said.

“Maybe we should take the girly wi’ us!” the other guy said.

The first one looked at him... and smirked. They managed to open the door and brought out Alkali, though she struggled a bit.

She kept fighting them as they started up the stairs and as she was fighting, she hit her head, HARD, against the stone wall and fell limp.

“You won’t want to be with her when she wakes up!” Jack said, thinking up a plan.

“Why!”

“She’s a tough one to be with... she won’t be happy, probably take control of the ship and run it into his Locker.”

The two guys looked at each other with a look of great fear and threw her to the floor infront of the cell door.

O.O

The next morning, Alkali was still out and Jack was trying to pic the lock with the bone when Will came down.

“You, Sparrow!” Will said, not noticing Alkali yet. Jack, who was laying on the floor, looked up and said, “Aye?”

“You know that ship, the Black Pearl?”

“I’ve heard of it.” he said, examining his nails.

“Where does it make bearth?”

“Where does it make bearth!? Have you not heard the stories, boy?”

Will gave him an odd stare.

“Captain Barbossa... and his crew of miscreants sail from the dreaded Isle De Muta. An island that can not be found EXCEPT by those who already know where it is!” Jack said, sitting up.

“The ships real, so therefore it’s dockage must be a real place, where is it?”

“Why ask me?” Jack asked, looking at his nails again.

Will sighed, “Cuz you’re a Pirate.”

“And you want to turn Pirate too.”

“NEVER!”

Jack said nothing.

“They took Miss Swann.”

“OH! SO it is that you’ve found a girl!” Jack said all happily

Will stared at him and looked down at Alkali.

“Who’s she?”

Jack, thinking since everybody thinks she’s his daughter, he’d tell young Mr. Turner, she’s his daughter. “She’s my daughter.”

“Why is she out here?” he asked, going down onto one knee and trying to gently wake her up.

“The Pirates were here last night and tried to take her, she hit her head and they threw her back,” Jack said. “Well, if all you want to do is gallantly go out and brave all perils to win you Bonny Lass back, I see no profit in it for me.” Jack said, picking up a rock and throwing it at Alkali’s back, she only stirred a little.

“I can get you out!”

“How’s that, they keys run off.” Jack said plainly, looking off towards where the dog ran off.

“I helped build these cells. These are half-pin-barrel hinges. With the right leverage and the proper application of strength,” he said, putting the bench to the bars, “The door will lift free.”

“What’s your name?” Jack asked.

“Will Turner.” Will said.

Jack hesitated a bit. “That’d be short for William, I imagine... good strong name. No doubt named for your father, aye?”

“Yes.” Will said quietly.

“Well, Mr. Turner, I’ve changed my mind. If you spring me from this, I swear I’ll help you win back your Bonnie Lass.”

“Agreed.” Will said as they shook hands.

“Good, now get me out!”

Will got the door out and the crash woke Alkali, finally.

“What the?” she asked, rubbing her head and Will extended his hand to help her up.

“Hello, I’m Will, who are you?” he asked politely.

Alkali froze but regained herself and said, “I’m Alkali! Alkali Sparrow, Mr Tuner!”

“How do you know my last name?”

“She’s a psycho.”

“Psychic!” Alkali said as Will helped her up.

O.O

After a little while, Alkali found herself hearing her ‘father’ say, “Gentlemen, do not panic, we are taking over the ship!”

“Aye! Avast!” Will yelled.

The men started laughing.

“This ship can not be crewed by two men and a girl, you’ll never make it out of the bay!”

“Son, I’m Captain Jack Sparrow,” Jack said, aiming his gun, “Savvy!”

Norrington and a random Lieutenant were standing on the wall of the fort when the Lt spotted the rowboat.

“Sir.” he said and Norrington pulled out his spy glass.

“SIR! SIR! THEY’VE TAKEN HER! SPARROW, SPARROW, AND TURNER! THEY’VE TAKEN THE DAUNTLESS!”

“Rash, Turner, very rash.” Norrington said.

“Here they come.” Will said, running up to Jack and Alkali. They both turned their heads in unison and smirked.

When the Interceptor came alongside the Dauntless, the Navy men boarded quickly.

“SEARCH EVERY CABIN, DOWN TO THE KEEL!” Norrington yelled but didn’t notice behind him, Jack, Will, and Alkali swinging over to the Interceptor.

“BACK TO THE INTERCEPTOR, NOW!” Norrington yelled and several tried to swing over, but just swung into the water.

“Get the cannons ready, now!”

“Sir, we are to fire on our own ship?” the Lt asked.

“I’d rather see her at the bottom of the ocean than in the hand of a Pirate.” Norrington said.

“Sir, sir! He’s disabled the rudder change!”

The Dauntless then charged over the tiny rowboat, almost killing everybody aboard.

Norrington hung his head.

“That’s got to be the best Pirate I’ve ever seen.” Lt said.

“So it would seem.” Norrington said, highly annoyed.

O.O

Alkali was sitting at the stern with Jack and Will. Letting the Caribbean breeze lift her messy and (now) dirty hair. It felt nice. She listened to Jack and Will’s conversation.

“My father, William Turner, you knew him. At the fort, it was only after you learned my name that you agreed to help me. Since that was what I wanted, I didn’t press the matter. I’m not a simpleton, Jack. You knew my father.”

Jack sighed, “I knew 'im. Probably one of the few who knew him as Will Turner. The rest just knew him as Bootstrap, or Bootstrap Bill.”

“Bootstrap?” Will said, looking at Alkali, who was half staring half gazing at Will.

“He was a good man, good Pirate. I swear, you look just like him!” Jack said, turning towards Will.

“That’s not true, my father was a merchant. A good respectable man who obeyed the law!”

“He was a bloody Pirate-”

“A scallywag!” Alkali said brightly.

“My father was NOT a Pirate!”

A moment later, Will found himself hanging off the sail with Jack giving him a lecture.

“Good Lord, this’ll take forever!” Alkali said to herself, yet loudly. “How long till Tortuga?” she asked as Jack was bringing Will back around.

“Tortuga?” Will asked.

“Tortuga!” Jack said.

9-23-07