To Join The Dying Breed

Chapter 11: The Backfired Escape Plan.

Chapter 11 - The Backfired Escape Plan

*Juliet's POV*
"Come on Jack! We need to board!" I say letting go of his wrist and walking over to the railing. "You know Juliet, although you're not a pirate yet you're definitely picking up the old habits." I heard Jack say behind me as he climbed on the railing. I had no idea what to say. "Thanks very much." I heard him mutter catching a rope from a boarding pirate, he looked at me extending an arm, "come on love, we need to go." I grabbed his hand hoisting myself onto the railing before clinging onto Jack as we swung to the Interceptor.

When we landed Mr. Gibbs was almost under our feet. "Jack! Juliet!" Mr. Gibbs said in astonishment, "bloody empty" Jack said to Mr. Gibbs handing him his canteen back to him from inside his coat pocket.

***

The battle against the two ships lasted a while, I can't recall how long exactly but it was very tiring and the crew of the Interceptor lost and became captives of Barbossa's crew.

We were tied up on to the mast's base as a group of Barbossa's pirates - Pintel and Ragetti I think were the two leading ones - started to point their weapons at us. "If anyone thinks about saying 'parley', I'll have their guts for garters" Pintel, I think, growled at us. I hissed at him glaring as he aimed his pistol at me. I don't know what came over but new found confidence hit me. Pintel just glared at me and I swear, if looks could kill we'd both be dead.

Pintel moved on and I was planning my escape from these stupid ropes until I saw the Interceptor blow up and Elizabeth slip under the rope. "Will!" She breathed out. Typical, she loves him and he loves her. I rolled my eyes. However, although I must have looked uninterested I was screaming inside, Will couldn't die on me like that, even if he was an asshole at times, he was one of my closest friends!
What shocked me the most out of the situation was that Elizabeth, she attacked Barbossa. Well that was something I never thought Elizabeth would do. "You've got to stop it! Stop it!"

Barbossa spun on his heels and greeted Elizabeth with a sinister grin catching her wrists, "welcome back, Miss. You took advantage of our hospitality last time. It holds fair now that you return the favor." He launched Elizabeth at the his crew causing them to turn into wild hungry beasts, lusting for a woman's touch. Elizabeth scream pierced my ears until a familiar voice shouted from the head of the ship.

"Barbossa!" I looked over towards where the voice had come from and smiled, Will had survived. Just as much as I was happy you could see how thrilled and relieved Elizabeth was. "Will." She breathed out as Will grabbed a pistol, cocked it and aimed it at Barbossa. "She goes free." Barbossa looked at Will with a puzzled look upon him, "what's in your head, boy?" "She goes free!"

Will you idiot.

"You've only got one shot, and we can't die." Barbossa explained to him as I heard Jack say to Will holding his hands in a prayer motion, "don't do anything stupid." "Jack, this is William for God sake, of course he will do something stupid." I whisper to him before looking back at Will. "You can't. I can." Will finished pointing the pistol to his chin.

"Like that." Both me and Jack said glancing at each other then back at Will.

"Who are you?" Barbossa asked and before Will could answer Jack stood in front of Barbossa waving his arms around, like usual, and explained who Will apparently was. "No one. He's no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice, though - eunuch." However Will had to ruin Jack's plan, "my name is Will Turner. My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins." Will explained sending Jack walking back with his head down.

"He's the spitting image of ol' Bootstrap Bill come back to haunt us." A pirate shouted, I think that was Ragetti. "On my word do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker." Will ordered, "name your terms, Mr. Turner." Barbossa said, "Elizabeth goes free." "Yes, we know that one. Anything else?"

Next to me I saw Jack point to himself and me as well, I think Will saw this as well but got the wrong idea. "And the crew," Will said pointing the pistol from his chin to Jack's crew, "the crew are not to be harmed."

A twisted smile formed upon Barbossa's lips sending a shiver down my spine, I had a feeling he was up to no good. "Agreed."

***

"Go on, Poppet, go! Walk the plank!" Pintel said thrusting his pistol at Elizabeth. What happened was that apparently Will hadn't explained well enough the terms he wanted. Due to that all of the crew were tied up together apart from Elizabeth (who was on the plank), Jack and I. We were tied up separately because apparently we were going to be marooned. "Barbossa, you lying bastard! You swore she'd go free!" Will shouted at the captain, "don't dare impugn me honor, boy. I agreed she'd go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where." Barbossa said as Will was being gagged. He turned back towards Elizabeth who looked at the crew. "Though it does seem a shame to lose something so fine, don't it lads?" Barbossa asked with an evil chuckle about him, "aye." The crew replied to their beloved captain.

"So I'll be having that dress back before you go." Barbossa said grinning at Elizabeth who looked back at him with fire in her eyes. She took off the red wine dress leaving her in her undergarments (which was just a thin white dress) and violently threw it at him.

While that was happening I heard Jack say to a pirate that he had always liked him which in return he just got a grunt.

The pirate who was holding me was gripping me by my hair and wrist and gripped too hard making me growl at him. "You're a fucking asshole you know that?" I hissed that the pirate who only just chuckled at me licking his lips. I honestly wanted to punch him in the throat sending him over board. Men like him I don't think deserve to be alive. He was just a cowardly little shit who only think of women as objects when in fact, we are not objects. Jack must have heard me growl and hiss at the man as he looked at me then glared at the pirate.

"It goes with your black heart" Elizabeth said to Barbossa with rage in her eyes. "Ooh, it's still warm." Barbossa chuckled pressing it against his cheek teasing and then threw it at his crew. "Off you go! Come on!" A pirate shouted as Elizabeth edged towards the end of the plank. Clearly she was taking too long as a bigger pirate stamped at the other end of the plank causing her to fall off. I tried to lunge forward but I was pulled back by the same bastard who held me.

"One down, two to go." Barbossa chuckled looking at me, I just glared at him with full on hatred. "Come on Miss, time to go." Barbossa chuckled as I was pushed forward to the plank. "You know, I don't know your name, Missy." I glared at him from the plank, "Juliet Nickel." I hissed as a look of realization hit him. "Oh, Miss Nickel, how's your brother?" He asked gaining chuckles from his crew. I glared at him hiding the fact I had no idea what he was on about. It seems like most pirates knew more about me and my family than I did. "You're a heartless bastard, Barbossa. You double crossing snake." I hissed at him before turning around and diving into the water. Mad, I swam towards Elizabeth who was heading towards land.

I heard a splash and looked behind me seeing the blurred sight of Jack diving into the water. After a couple of second I saw him resurface and swim over to me. "Do you understand how much I hate that man?" He asked me as I saw his hands tied, staying afloat I shook my head, "I can only imagine." I said as he tried to get free of the bonds, "here, let me, Jack." I said taking his wrists and easily unknotting the supposedly secure knot that held the rope tightly to his wrists. "Thanks love, " he smiled until a wave lapped over his face and into his mouth making him cough and splutter. I laughed before I continued to swim towards the small island, "come on, Jack. It's just you and I - and Elizabeth."