A Sister's Journey

Chapter 4

By the time the group reached Tortuga night had fallen. Gently the company brought the Inceptor into port and disembarked. They then followed Jack to a pub and Violet pulled her hat low over her eyes. Jack and Will talked among themselves but despite being only a few steps behind them Violet couldn't for the life of her hear what they were saying. Jack and Will came to a halt until Jack spotted a woman walking over to him and bound forward. "Scarlett." he said. The women slapped Jack across the face and stormed off. Violet stifled a laugh. "Not sure if I deserved that." Jack said and turned round to see another woman. "Giselle." he said surprised.

"Who was she?" Giselle asked. This is getting interesting Violet thought to herself.

"What?" asked Jack earning him another slap. "I may have deserved that.". Giselle walked off and the company continued their journey.

The group soon reached a pigsty in which a man was asleep. Jack picked up a bucket and gave it to Will then picked up another. He then threw his bucket over the man who was sleeping in the pigsty. The man woke up suddenly and was shouting and holding a knife. "Mother's love, Jack, you should know better than to wake a man when he's sleeping, it's bad luck." the man said.

"Ah, fortunately, I know how to counter it. The man who did the waking buys the man who was sleeping a drink, the man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking." he said bending down toward the man.

"Aye that'll about do it." the man replied getting up with Jack's help as Will threw his bucket of water over the man. "BLAST, I'M ALREADY AWAKE!" cried the man.

"That was for the smell." Will said simply and the three men and Violet nodded in agreement.

The now larger company made their way to the pub so Jack could buy the man a drink. When they got there the man sat at a table, Jack headed for the bar and Will and Violet leant against a pillar not too far from the table. Jack walked over to the two of them. "Keep a sharp eye." he said to Will then made his way over to the man. Will leant against the side of the pillar furthest from Jack looking very out of place but Violet leant against the side facing Jack and the other man as she didn't trust either of them. The two men then began to talk in hushed tones causing Violet to suspect they were talking about something they either didn't want Will or her to know about. "Leverage." Jack said slightly too loud causing Will to look round at them. Jack then began tilting his head in Will's direction trying to indicate something to the other man. "Is he now?" the man said piping up. "Right!" Jack said getting up "Mr Gibbs will have a crew together by morning all we have to do is wait, savvy.". Jack, Will and Violet all made their way to the nearest inn and Jack purchased three rooms for the night.