Sisters in everything but blood

| Chapter 3 |

"And then they named me their chief." Jack finished his little tale,  the girls sitting on barrels of the Interceptor and then there was a splash as a figure fell fromthe fort to the water.

Jack, Murtog,  Mullroy,  Julia and Diana are still in shock from the sight. "Aren't you going to save her?" Jack asks the 2 sailors."I can't swim." Murtogg shakes his head "Me neither" Mullroy also shakes his head. Jack rolls his eyes "Some navy you are. "  Diana frowns,  sranding up along with Julia but Jack pushes them aside scowling. He has no choice. "Fine." He pulls a pistol from his sword belt, hands it to Murtogg; then hands the belt to Mullroy. "Don't lose these." And then he dives into the water, swims toward the figure in the water,  drifting down, unconscious. The current turns her, and a medailon slips loose from her bodice. The medailon turns slowly, until a skull is fully visible. A shaft of filtered sunlight hits it, and it glints.

The British flag flies, blown from an offshore breeze. Suddenly the wind dies, and the flag goes limp. Wood and metal fittings on the lines bang against mast, there is silence.
Then the wind has picked up again, but now blows from the sea toward the land. The British flag flies in the opposite direction, snapping in the new onshore breeze.

The medallion hangs below the young woman's unmoving form and then Jack is there. He wraps an arm around her and makes for the surface. Jack swims toward the dock, struggling. It is far more difficult than it should be. He stops stroking, and they submerge. Jack realizes that it is the noble woman's heavy velvet dress that is weighing them down. He pulls at the buttons on the back, and they give way. He skins her out of the dress, and kicks away from it. The dress falls like a cloud into darkness .
Jack swims with the woman, much more quickly. At the dock, Murtogg and Mullroy are there to help haul her out of the water. Jack climbs up, exhausted,  Julia and Diana helping him. The noble is on her back; Murtogg holds her arms above her head, pumping them. Mullroy puts his cheek to her nose and mouth. "Not breathing." Murtogg looks down; it seems hopeless. Jack steps up, drawing Murtogg's knife from its sheath. " Move." He pushes past Mullroy, kneels over the woman, raises the knife and slits the corset down the middle, yanks it away. she remains still. And then she coughs up water and gasps, choking on her first full breath. Jack is relieved." I never would have thought of that." Jack "Clearly, you've never been to Singapore." Jack flips the knife and hands it hilt-first to Murtogg and that's when he spots the medailon. Jack catches it up in his hand. " Where did you get this?" Before the noble can answer, the blade of a sword is at Jack's throat.  Julia and Diana startle,  but guns are pointed at them and they make no move.
"On your feet."
It looks bad ,Jack standing over tge noble womam, most of her clothes gone. He gets to his feet while rescuers reach the scene, including what seems to be the Governor. "Elizabeth! Are you all right?" The man in powdered wig asks and strips off his jacket, drapes it around her. "Yes -yes, I'm fine.Commodore Norrington, do you intend to kill my rescuer?" Norrington looks at Jack. Jack nods as best he can with a blade beneath his chin. Diana and Julia are both looking worried, glancing between each other and Jack.  Norrington sheathes his sword, and extends his hand. "I believe thanks are in order." Jack takes Norrington's hand after a while
They shake and Norrington tightens his grip, yanks Jack's arm toward him, then tears back the sleeve of Jack's shirt exposing a brand on Jack's inner wrist a large 'P'. "Had a brush-up with the East India Trading Company, did you ... pirate?" The others react in shock.  Norington mentioned towards the pirate sisters,  their arms are yanked and exposed,  showing the 'P's burned into their skin. The sailors are well-trained and in an instant, half a dozen pistols are aimed at Jack and the female duo.  "Keep your guns on them, men. Gillette, fetch some irons." Norrington notices something else below the 'P' brand is a tattoo,a small bird in flight across water. "Well, well... Jack Sparrow, isn't it?" he sneeres  "Captain Jack Sparrow. If you please." Norrington looks out at the bay. "I don't see your ship Captain." Murtogg finds it right time to speak up " He said he'd come to commandeer one,  he and the womem." His partner turned to him "I told you he was telling the truth.These are his, sir". He holds out Jack's pistol and belt. Norrington takes the pistol, examines it, notes the powder horn on Jack's belt. "No aditional shot nor powder."Jack shrugs. Norrington unhooks the compass from the belt, opens it. He frowns at the reading. Moves the compass this way and that, keeping it parallel to the ground. "A compass that doesn't point north." Jack looks away, a bit embarrassed. Norrington returns the compass to the belt. Draws the sword half from the scabbard." And I half-expected it to be made of wood." He slides it back into the scabbard, hands it to Mullroy. "you've got a pistol with only one shot, a compass that doesn't point north ... and no ship. You are without a doubt the worst pirate I have ever heard of." he sneers "Ah, but you have heard of me." Gillette returns with shackles, approaches Jack while Julia and Diana are beeing held back. "Carefully, lieutenant." Elizabeth steps forward,  Swann's jacket slips off her. She is unconcerned, but he is intent on putting it back on her. "Commodore, I must protest. Pirate or not, this man saved my life." Jack looks hopefull,  nodding along with his companions.  "One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness.* Gillette snaps the manacles closed on Jack's wrists. "But it seems to be enough to condemn him." Diana speaks up,  surprising everyone,  her strange accent making some look in her direction curiously. Norrington smiles. "Indeed." Now that Jack is safely chained, Norrington nods to his men. All but one stow their weapons, and two step forward ." Finally. " Before anyone can react , Jack has the manacle chain wrapped around Elizabeth's throat. Pistols are drawn again, but now Elizabeth serves as a shield. Norrington raises a cautioning hand to his men. "Commodore Norrington ... my pistol, belt and  the girls please." Norrington hesitates, balls his fists in frustration.  "Commodore!" Mullroy hands the pistol and belt to Norrington. Norrington holds them out to Jack, mentioning for the sisters to be released,  they imeadialty get behind Jack. " Now luv,i don't think i couth your name" Elizabeth seems more angry than frightened. "Miss Swann."  Diana raises an eyebrow,  Julia returning the look. " Miss Swann, if you'll be so kind?" She takes the belt and pistol from Norrington. Jack's quicker than she is, and takes the pistol from her. He jerks her around so she is facing him, belly to belly. "Now, if you'll be very kind?" She figures out what he wants: put the belt on him. " You are despicable." She spits out.  "Sticks amd stones luv. I saved your life; now you've saved mine. We're square." Done. He turns her again, and then backs up until he bumps against the cargo gantry,  Diana and Julia close to him. "Gentlemen ... m'lady ... you will always remember this as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow and the sisters of Sea." He shoves Elizabeth away, grabs a rope and pulls free a belaying pin Julia and Diana following suit, a counterweight drops and they are lifted up to the middle of the gantry, where they grab a second rope,pistols fire and miss. Theu swing out, out, out, away from and around the gantry. Norrington has held his shot. With careful aim, he tracks their trajectory but they drops from the rope even as Norrington fires. His shot tears the rope,as the trio plummets past one of the gantry's guy lines, Jack snaps the length of the manacle chain over the line and grabs hold of the far loop, Julia and Diana hugging him arround torso tightly , they slide down the line and drop to the deck of a ship. They run,  leaping to another ship, then out of sight
"On their heels! Gillette, bring a squad down from the fort!"