Dead Man's Sea (PJO & POTC)

Fate Intervened

The trip up the mountain was longer than Cordelia had anticipated. Will remained unconscious the whole time. It wasn't until they reached the top of the mountain did the cannibals put her down. They remained crowded around her forming a square around her. The ones carrying Will moved forward toward a throne. From her positioning Cordelia couldn't see who sat on the throne but three guesses that it was Jack Sparrow. Her suspicions were confirmed when Will stirred. "Jack? Jack Sparrow!" Will smiles a bit. 

"I can honestly say I'm glad to see you." She can see Jack stand up and inspect Will. "Jack, it's me. Will Turner. Tell them to let me down," He tells Jack. Cordelia remains silent. Why weren't the natives tying her up? Why didn't they mention her? "Lom eensy-weensy. Lom saysay eunuchy. Snip, snip," Jack tells them. 

The natives look at each other confused. "Ah Eunuchy," they say. "Jack, the compass. That and finding Marina is all I need," Will says desperately. From the gaps between her captors Cora watches Jack still. "Elizabeth is in danger. We were arrested for trying to help you. She faces the gallows!" Will blunders on. Jack hasn't moved. "What happened to Marina?"

"Elizabeth is in danger. We were looking for you and we must have gotten separated on the island."

"You brought her here?" Jack says, annoyed. Cordelia ignores the pang of hurt. He clearly didn't want to see her. Why should he? She should be used to this. "It's not like I gave him a choice," She says. Will and Sparrow look in her direction neither one seeing her past the wall of cannibals. Or maybe Sparrow doesn't want to see her on an island full of cannibals.

 Sparrow turns back to one of the cannibals muttering. She strains to hear better. The cannibals part without warning allowing her full access to the scene in front of her. Sparrow is wearing his staple outfit only missing his coat. His trusty hat has been replaced by a tribe hat with many feathers.

 "Savvy?" He tells one of the cannibals. They start cheering. They gather around Will and move Will away. When Sparrow turns she nearly gasps at the face paint. She's seen this before she should have remembered the multiple eyes painted on his face. The cannibal's way of making a god out of a mortal. She could almost laugh if the multitude of eyes didn't remind her of the hundred handed one. She pushes the strange connection aside. 

Sparrow meanders back over to Will. "Save me," He tells Will while wrapping an arm around Cordelia's waist. "Jack, what did you tell them? No! What about Elizabeth? Jack!" Will screams as he's carried away still tied to the pole. "Jack," Cordelia says, concerned. He shakes his head. "He'll be fine," He tells her. He sits on his throne with more grace than she thought he had. He pulls her down onto his lap. "I'm sorry love but I will not have more of my crew killed to make you a throne."

"It's a good thing I'm not an insecure tyrant then. Why are we here?" She responds. He places his hand over her legs while his other hand wraps around her back. He looks at her gravely. "Ever heard of Davy Jones?" Cora inhales sharply. She'd know this was coming but like everything that has happened the past 8 or so years she is never fully prepared. "Is that who drove you out of the water? Jones' leviathan?" His grip on her tightens. Jack looks around as if scared the beast would be conjured with mere thoughts of it. Di immortales. What has she gotten herself into.

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"That's a good girl. Come a little closer," One of the other prisoners says from his place at the cell bars. Elizabeth steadily ignores their discussing advances. A group of them had gathered at the wall between the two cells and continuously said sexual and rude comments toward her. "We don't bite. Go on. We won't bite you." She ignores them instead focusing on the door to her cell. She's shocked when she sees her father walking into the prison and opening her cell door.