Siren Song: Curse of the Black Pearl

Chapter 9

 "What's in your head that puts you in such a fine mood, Captain?" Gibbs questioned, the wind almost drowning his voice.

"We're catching up!" Jack grinned, he looked back to sea, enjoying himself in the wild storm. He could feel it in his rain soaked bones. Something good was on the horizon, and not just the end of the storm.

~- Day, Captain's Cabin, The Black Pearl -~

Roxanne let her mind wander as she listened to the rain pound the deck above. She liked rain, the way it felt on her skin. It didn't itch like it did when she bathed or was in shallow water, like she need to scratch her skin off..

It felt soothing to her. So when it stopped she felt rather disappointed. Elizabeth moved to the stern windows, looking out at the rolling sea below, her face displaying an array of emotions. They looked up at the sound of someone shouting, and Roxanne stood, trying to get a better listen at what their saying...

High on the main mast, Twigg cupped his hands to his face and called down:

"Isla de Muerta! Isla de Muerta, off the port bow!" Twigg shouted. Barbossa moved to the rail, a grim smile on his face as the storm clouds broke, and on the horizon a dark, ominous shape: Isla de Muerta. Cliffs and sharp rocks jutted out from the black island. The only sound around the island was the groaning, haunting wind and the sound of the slate grey sea lapping against the wrecked ships and rocks. Jacoby approached the brooding captain hesitantly.

"Orders, Captain?" He asked.

"Bring her in, not too close. I won't brave the reef, not until high tide. We lay anchor before dark." Barbossa instructed, not tearing his eyes from the island. Jacoby nodded, and hurriedly backed away. Barbossa continued to watch the island as if it would disappear from his sight.

"... That is, if it first doesn't sink back down to hell from where it came."

-- Day, The Black Pearl, Island Bay --

"Elizabeth... That is one of the stupidest idea' I've ever heard." Roxanne snapped at the older woman, who rolled her eyes.

"It's a perfectly good plan and you know it." Roxanne shook her head in exasperation.

"I refuse to use my voice like that. What if I eat someone?" Roxanne challenged.

"I highly doubt you'll eat someone." She scoffed. "Look, all you have to do is sing a little when we get out there, we make it to an escape boat, and we escape."

"Yeah but what about after all that?" Roxanne crossed her arms, a worried look still on her face. Elizabeth paused, and sighed.

"You have a point there Roxy... But I still don't like being stuck here, able to do nothing." The blonde moved to the window, and Roxanne sat down next to her.

"Neither do I, but how about we talk about something else?" Elizabeth looked up at her warily, before conceding with a nod.

"So what are we to talk about?" She asked, and Roxanne gave a dismissive shrug.

"Hmm... How obvious you are with Victoria." Elizabeth made a noise, and Roxanne giggled.

"I am not obvious!" Elizabeth huffed. "I am not that obvious... Am I?" And Roxanne shook her head, smiling.

"Oh a blind man could see it Lizzie." She joked. "But what I don't understand is why neither of you act on it." Elizabeth shifted uncomfortably.

"Well... I don't know either actually. But I'm not very good at that kind of thing."