Deadly Waters

Swashbuckler

I feel empowered.....whatever that means.

The next morning we emerged in Mermaid Waters. As I manned the wheel I saw Charlotte come out of confinement, she glared at me but did as she was told. Jack, seeing the tension between us, came up to me "why is she on deck?"

"If she is to sail on our boat she cannot be dead weight" I said matter-of-factly. He smiled sheepishly.

"Little hard, huh?"

"She was my best friend...but, I am not about to give up my happiness for her, that has happened too many times in my life" I growled, he smiled at me and kissed my cheek. Sadly, he had to go, mostly because Barbossa needed him, and his giant telescope. We came into the giant glacier to see all of  the other Pirate Lords impatiently waiting.

"Where the hell have you been?" Captain Ammand yelled, his face turning blood red as Jack and I disembarked from the Black Pearl.

"Cool your jets, her parents pirate napped her" Jack said walking past him, Ammand blew up.

"'Cool my jets'?...How can I cool my damn jets when we're behind schedule?" he yelled, his hands clenching into white fists.

 "Oh, so were going by a schedule now? Really, let's see. getting Brittney back or continuing the schedule without the person who this is all about...I suggest you think next time, after all, pirates don't need stupid schedule's" Jack growled turning and facing Ammand. Ammand threw down his sword and stepped closer to Jack, instantly backing away when he realized he didn't stand a chance against him.

 "Just....continue with the trials" Ammand snarled walking past Jack with his shoulders hunched, Jack was smiling victoriously.

"What's my next trial?" I asked excitedly.

*"Really?" I asked "really?" I asked again "I have to clean a damn ship!" I yelled, turning angrily towards the other Pirate Lords.

"No, you have to swash-buckle your way out of cleaning the ship" Jack clarified, standing next to Barbossa.

"Um hum....god I hate these" I growled to myself. "Who do I have to uh...did you say swash-buckle?" I asked uncertainly.

"Yes, and that man" Jack said pointing to a fat man with grease stains all over his shirt and  a chicken leg in his hand. I scrunched up my nose in disgust. "Yeah, real pig.....how about afterwards you and I take him and throw him in the pig pen...then, uh, maybe get to know each other..." he said wrapping his arms around me and twirling a strand of my hair. This scared me, yet, I wanted him to keep talking like that, I was nervous, and yet, so confident in myself, I wanted to tear away from him and at the same time, I wanted to throw myself into his arms. No one has ever loved me like this before (not counting Adam...I had never let him touch me like that) and I was afraid I was going to do something wrong or something too soon. I trembled for a moment and my face burned.

Jack, seeing how nervous I was, let go and said "I have to go" then went off to join the other Pirate Lords, yet again. I sighed in failure and hit my head on the wheel of the boat.

"Its alright" Kayla said soothingly, patting my back "Jack doesn't want to get you off your game"

"What game?" I asked in a defeated tone, my head still connected to the wheel.

The man that I needed to Swash-buckle (fight with swords...or, at least, that's what Jack told me, Kayla hit him and he winked to me, I'm still confused.) grabbed a sword and I pulled out my artifact otherwise known as the stone of Rasputin in my sword. I looked over at the fat man and he was staring at me fearfully. "Oh, please, don't make me win this easy.....I at least want a challenge" I said cockily. He gave a throaty growl and lunged for me, I steeped aside with ease and he hit the wall behind me.

He was stunned, but only for a moment. "Am I supposed to kill him?" I asked as I dodged a sword swipe.

"No, you must get him to say that he will clean the boat at your command" Barbossa yelled, watching happily.

"Man, I wanted to kill someone today" I growled to myself. The fat man tried to stab my chest but I fell down, into a split.

"This is going to be good" Jack murmured to the rest of the Pirate Lords. With that, the fat man tried to cut my head open but I caught his sword mid air, between the palms of my hands.  I just let the blood trickle down my arm with a sickly smile on my face. I yanked his sword away and stood up, then yanked the sword around and cut his arm. He threw his head up in pain and I kicked him in the face, causing him to hit the deck.

"Clean it" I growled, holding the sword to his throat. He nodded reluctantly, tears of pain welled in his eyes.

 "I will clean the boat at y-y-your command Miss. Turner" he stuttered and I smiled, blood was still dripping from my hand.

"Clean" I commanded in a less stern tone, and so, on my command, he grabbed a sponge and a pail of water and started scrubbing the deck where he lay.

"That's my girl" Jack whispered in my ear and kissing my cheek. Which made my face turn a cherry red. "Would you like to swash-buckle me into bed?" he asked and my eyes doubled in size.

"Jack!" Kayla cried, Jack only smiled a perverse smile, I knew I could match this perversity.

"That is the only thing I've been thinking of" I whispered, wondering where in the hell I got the thought to match the perversity of Captain Jack Sparrow. He looked surprised, then smiled...what should I say next? What should I do next? He saw the confusion and nervousness developing on my face, so, he made the next move, holding my waist tighter and ushering me into the Captain's Quarters.