Pirates Of The Caribbean: What if you were there?

10: The Island

At a certain distance, an ugly and nearly bald short pirate told us all, "If any of you so much as thinks the word 'parley', I'll have your guts for garters."

The temptation was real. You couldn't hold it in so you just whispered it to Jack and he chuckled. That's when it blew up. The Interceptor with Will in it blew up. You were taken aback and disgusted by Barbossa's laugh.

Elizabeth had gotten out of her chains and attacked Barbossa whilst yelling, "you godless pirate!"

"Welcome back, miss," he replied, holding her wrists back. "You took advantage of our hospitality last time. It holds fair now that you return the favor." he threw her to the crew and they all started grabbing at her.

"Barbossa." You turned to see a wet Will come out of nowhere. Everyone stopped moving. Relief washed over you. "She goes free."

Barbossa walked up to him, "What's in your head, boy?"

"She goes free," repeated Will, gun in hand.

"You've only got one shot and we can't die."

"Don't do anything stupid," said Jack. You nudged him and he took your hand, holding it tightly, still looking at Will.

"You can't, but I can." Will ran to the edge of the ship, pointing the gun to himself.

"Like that," continued Jack and you nudged him again.

"Who are you?" inquired Barbossa.

Jack was going to say something but you covered his mouth and held him back. He turned to you and you shrugged.

"My name is Will turner," said Will. "My father was Bootstrap Bill turner. His blood runs in my veins. On my word, do as I say or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' locker."

"Name your terms Mr.Turner," said Barbossa.

"Elizabeth and Y/N go free."

"Yes we know that one, anything else?"

Jack kept pointing to himself and you stepped in front of him to stop him but he just hugged you and kept pointing to himself. You laugh in the most inconvenient moments.

"The crew, the crew are not to be harmed," said Will.

"Agreed," replied Barbossa.

That did not go according to plan. Elizabeth was to walk the plank.

"Barbossa, you lying bastard!" exclaimed Will. "You swore she'd go free."

"Don't dare impugn me honor, boy!" he spat. "I agreed she'd go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where."

The crew laughed and gagged Will. She was told to take of the dress and the thrown into the water. Jack was next. "I really rather hoped we were past all this."

Barbossa slowly broke down that this was the very Island Jack had been on last time. He took out his sword. "Off you go."

"Last time you left me a pistol with one shot."

"You're right. Where be Jack's pistol? Bring it forward."

"Seeing as there's two of us, a gentleman would give us a pair of pistols.

"It'll be one pistol as before, and you can be the gentleman and shoot one of the ladies."

"Ladies?"

"Bring her up." You were given Jack's pistol and thrown overboard. Jack followed you in.

The three of you reached the shore and Jack said, "That's the second time I've watched that man sail away in my ship."

"Maybe one day It'll be the other way around," you said mockingly. He frowned at you and walked away. 

"But you were marooned on this Island before," said Elizabeth, following Jack. "We can escape in the same way you did then."

"To what point and purpose young missy?" replied an exasperated Jack. "The Black Pearl is gone. Unless you have a lot of sails hidden under that bodice," he looked down, "unlikely, young Mr. Turner will be dead long before you can reach him."

"But you're Captain Jack Sparrow," insisted Elizabeth.

"Exactly," you said sarcastically. Today was not your day. You watched as Jack knock on a palm tree, take four steps and opened a trapdoor.

Elizabeth had been rambling on and concluded with, "Are you the pirate if read about or not?"

"How did you escape last time?" you asked, genuinely curious. Jack faced you and was reluctant to tell you.

"Last time I was here a grand total of three days. All right? Last time, the rumrunners used the island as a cache."

"Ah, you bartered passage onboard"

"Exactly. By the looks of things, they've long been out of business. Probably have your bloody friend Norrington to thank for that."

"Well if the business hadn't existed, he wouldn't have had to shut them down," you countered. He ignored your statement and gave you a bottle of rum.

"Welcome to the Caribbean, love."

You sighed and drank some. Then you got an idea. You whispered it to Elizabeth and she nodded. You'd wait till sundown.

_ _ _

Jack was drunk. You were on his back as he ran around the fire singing a pirates song with Elizabeth. "I love this song!"

He tripped and you fell on top of him. You were going to get up but he held you and flipped you upside down, now he was on top of you. He tilted his head curiously.

"What?" you asked

He cleared his throat and moved away, sitting down next to you. "When we get the Black Pearl back, we'll teach this song to the whole crew, and I'll be the most fearsome pirate in the whole world," he said and you smiled. "Wherever we want to go,  we go."

You looked at him, he looked out to the sea.

"That's what a ship is. You know. It's not just a keel and Hull and deck and sails. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is, what the Black Pearl really is, is freedom." He was so focused on the sea and then he faced you. You had never seen such intense eyes but for one man and it made your heart skip a beat. Maybe Jack had more than one layer. 

Then Elizabeth came and cuddled up to him saying, "Jack, it must be really terrible for you to be trapped on this island."

"Oh, yes," he said and wrapped his arm around you, gently moving away from Elizabeth. "But the company is infinitely better than the last time, and the scenery has definitely improved."

You leaned into him and said, "Captain-"

"-I don't believe that I've had enough rum to allow that kind of talk," intervened Elizabeth and you nodded.

"I know exactly what you mean love," he said and played with his mustache which made you chuckle.

You all gave a toast and Jack was the only one to drink rum. He passed out. You and Elizabeth looked at each other and laughed. "That was easier than expected."

_ _ _

Jack woke up the next morning to you and Elizabeth creating a fire. He rushed over. "No! Not good! Stop!" You didn't stop. "What are you doing? You've burned everything."

"Well, not everything," you said and you showed him a stash of rum you had saved for him. "In case you don't want to go with us when we're rescued, you can drink this."

He took a bottle and walked away mumbling insults. You looked at Elizabeth and started laughing when he was out of earshot.