7Chapter 2-HELLO AGAIN
"A 'hello again' after the final goodbye is sometimes harder than just keeping the goodbye as it was"
They had sailed for three days now, still following the compass' direction. It felt like an eternity for Jack. He was very impatient and the crew noticed it but he didn't seem to care. All he wanted was to find his Spanish beauty. But again he was scared, very scared to meet her again. Sometimes he thought looking for her was a crazy idea and he just wanted to steer the ship elsewhere, but when that thought came to mind, he felt a tight knot in his stomach, a sudden urge to continue on his quest for the late Blackbeard's daughter.
It was like those feelings had a mind of their own and worse; controlling him! Jack and the feelings were in a battle, and it looked like he was losing. But again he was Captain Jack Sparrow, was he going to let some feelings win? He didn't know.
Bloody feelings!
Bloody women!
Women are like a never ending plague set upon this world. A world of men only would have been fine, but he knew that wasn't true and a very daft thing to say. He lost, he had no other option but to become a slave to those feelings.
Jack was acting strange for the past three days. Sometimes he had hallucinations about being attacked by an unhuman female, nightmares and he would complain about someone secretly screeching in his ear. Something was bothering him, not the feelings but something else.
LATER THAT DAY
"Teague!"
"Sparrow!"
"Teague!"
"Sparrow!"
"It's Teague!"
"It's Sparrow ye sea dog!"
Two crew members argued. The others just ignored them.
"What in the name of Davy Jones' locker is going on here!?" Gibbs exclaimed coming from below decks.
All the crew members hushed and all the activities ceased.
"'e started it!" the two squabbling men shouted in unison and pointing a finger at each other.
"They both arguin' abou' wha' the cap'n's real name be" one crew member answered with a bored look on his disheveled face and disinterest clear in his voice.
"Oh? I think we jus' have to ask the cap'n 'imself" Gibbs said taking a sudden interest in said subject.
"Ask the captain wha'?" Jack said approaching the men. They stared at him until he was in front of them
"They be arguin' abou' wha' ye real name is" Gibbs stated.
Jack raised an eyebrow.
"I told 'im it's Teague"
"Shut it scrum!" Jack retorted.
The other crew member started laughing.
"Ye too Larry!"
Scrum smirked at Larry who was frowning.
"There's a virulent and unending dearth of discipline on my vessel. Where be the provost?" jack asked. One man pointed to the main mast and their lied the person who was responsible for good behaviour on the ship dead drunk on the floor. Jack narrowed his eyes and returned his attention to the two men.
"Ye two feather-brains are forbade to go at any two towns we make port as punishment for questioning your Captain's dignity" Jack edictally said.
"But cap'n…"Larry and scrum pled.
"Belay that! They'll be no changing of minds here…because that sorta thing put us in a lot of trouble last time" Jack spoke and grabbed Gibbs' Rum bottle just before it reached his lips. With that Jack retreated to his cabin.
The crew was confused by the captain's last statement and looked at each other hoping for answers.
Larry and scrum started bickering. Blaming each other for what had happened. The activities and noise immediately resumed among the crew like nothing had happened. Except for Larry and scrum who looked similar to a person on the verge of tears.
NEXT MORNING
Captain Jack Sparrow aroused to an unbearable headache.
"Uh..." Jack groaned. "Bloody Rum" he mumbled. "But I still love ye" he added with his voice audible that time.
He stumbled to his desk with his hands to his head, he felt light-headed. He put on his worn out waistcoat and his frock coat, also his tricorne hat and put on his knee-high boots, he was ready to go. He advanced to the door. But he stopped in his tracks and turned on his heels. He went to the drawer located beside his bed and opened it revealing a bottle of rum. He reached his hand to get it but stopped.
"I think I should be sober for this" he told himself and he obeyed. He closed the drawer headed for the door and went out.
Captain Sparrow walked towards the helm dodging the working men.
"Oi"
"Ey"
"Yo" Jack went on saying dodging them.
"Ey you! Watch were ye goin lad" Jack warned the cabin boy who bumped into him. "Uh…uh. Sorry cap'n" the boy trembled and walked away quickly from Jack's wrath.
"Wonder how he got hired" Jack said to himself and resumed his journey to the helm.
"Cap'n" Gibbs called scurrying behind a hurrying Jack.
"Aye" Jack answered still walking and slightly turned his head to Gibbs.
"Land" Gibbs said.
Then Jack halted and Gibbs almost bumped into him. Jack's lips twitched.
CÁDIZ, SPAIN
The Black pearl made port in Cádiz. They lowered the gangplank and the men were very impatient, some were even drooling.
"You two know what to do" Jack told Larry and scrum who were not happy about remaining behind, "guard the ship with your lives, if anyone steals my pearl, I'm goin' to hunt ye two down" Jack said in a threatening tone.
"Aye aye Cap'n" they both said with fear evident in their voices.
"Gibbs let's go, John and Sam ye comin' with us and the rest ye go and come back at dawn on the morrow". The men scampered to town animatedly, everyone went their own way to their shenanigans. He was the best captain anyone could ever have.
Jack, Gibbs and the two other men followed the direction of the compass. The townspeople looked weirdly at them because of the clothes they were wearing that had a pirate flavor to them and whispered to each other in their mother tongue. They walked with nothing said among them. Jack said nothing because he was thinking about what will happen when he finds Angelica. Will she agree to come with him after all these years? He was very nervous.
Then Gibbs broke the silence, "Ah…Cap'n you're leadin' us out of town. Are you sure we are going the right way?" "Where the compass points is where we go Gibbs" Jack said while looking down at the compass making sure they didn't lose track. They kept walking until they stopped in their tracks. They all stared at what was in front of them in awe.
Mansions.
They were a lot lined up and opposite from each other, with a road embedded with stone cutting in the middle.
How could people live in such huge houses? They thought.
The place was clean, the vegetation was well kept. It was stunning. The houses were in various colors: Pinks, Blues, Whites and so on. The cream coating of the paint gleamed as the sun beat down on them, causing the men to squint. Uniquely twisted fencing kept the houses enclosed.
They followed the compass a bit further down the stone pathway until it pointed at a white mansion to the right and they sneaked inside. It was even more beautiful. The roof of the house was peaked, slanting down an angle. The windows had a royal mould to them. The curtains were hang on each side allowing the sunlight to stream in. A marble fountain sat towards the left side of the lawn. The water fell smoothly towards the crystal blue pool beneath it. The bushes were trimmed into various sorts of animals, shapes and people. The ground beneath their feet was concrete, no single trace of soil was seen.
They came to a halt when they heard a male voice with a Spanish accent in a distance. That sent shivers down Jack's spine.
"I'll be back at sunset miel (honey)" the voice said.
Gibbs and Jack looked at each other hoping for answers, the other two men just shrugged.
Why did the compass lead them here? What would Angelica be doing in the rich people's territory? But no one knew the answers to those questions.
"Cap'n I think we are at the wrong place, we should..."Gibbs tried saying but was interrupted by a female voice in the distance.
"Esta bien cariño, te extrañaré (okay sweetheart, I'll miss you)" the female voice said. Jack was even more confused, Gibbs only looked at him.
Then they heard a carriage approaching so they ran and hid behind some flower bushes. The carriage passed without anyone noticing the pirates hiding behind the bushes.
"So Jack what should we do?" there was no answer. "Jack? Jack?" Gibbs pushed.
"Wha…wha...what?" Jack stammered coming back to reality. "What should we do?" Gibbs said "Ah…ah…what do you think we should do?" Jack asked.
It's not that Jack didn't know what to do, he was too confused to think, those things were really getting to him.
"I think we should pay whomever this…woman is a visit?" Gibbs suggested but it sounded more like a question.
"Aye" Jack agreed.
They went up to the grandiose front door.
"Here goes nothing" Jack mumbled and raised his hand to knock but dropped it, again he raised it only to drop it again then finally he knocked. Jack's heart was thumping hard that it would even rip out of his chest. Then the door opened, Jack squeezed his toes.
"Buenos Días señores (good morning sirs). May I help you?" Jack gave a sigh of relief, it wasn't her or whomever the woman of the house may be.
It was another woman he assumed was the help, a young woman to be exact, a beautiful one at that. They were astonished by her beauty but Jack was not that interested unlike the other three men. Why did beautiful women find themselves in these places, that woman was supposed to be treated like a queen not doing back breaking work, he thought. Also relating to Angelica who he found trapped in a convent. Not that Angelica was doing back breaking work, he was talking about being trapped not having freedom. He heard on how these rich people treated the help, and it was not good at all.
"Uh…we are lookin' for one Angelica Teach" Jack stated. The lady looked confused "I am sorry sir but there is no an Angeli…" "¿quién es Maria?" (Who is it?) A voice interrupted and evident that the person was going towards the door.
A shattering sound was heard made by a porcelain plate dropped to the floor.
Angelica Teach.
Angelica's eyes locked with Jack's. She moved backwards nodding her head from left to right. It can't be.
What's is he doing here?
What does he want?
Her eyes were filled with hate, anger, disbelief and resentment. Jack's eyes were filled with remorse, penitence and…love.
They kept their eyes locked for a few seconds until Angelica broke the silence, "Maria go, I'll talk to the gentlemen" her voice was trembling in anger. Maria nodded and walked off. Angelica walked out of the house, onto the porch.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Angelica said angrily. "I'm fine love hope you are too" Jack said sarcastically.
"I'm not joking Jack, what you are doing here?! ¿por qué no puedes dejarme en Paz? (Why can't you just leave me alone?)She shouted. "Love you know I can't understand anything you are saying" Jack said. "Leave, Jack" Angelica said through gritted teeth.
"But I just got here" Jack protested.
Angelica let out a frustrated sigh. "Jack, please leave." "No I won't" Jack simply said. "You know security is high here, and am not afraid to raise the alarm" "I know you can't do that Angelica"
"You are a crazy man Jack Sparrow. Just leave me alone! I don't want anything to do with you, am happy right here and I won't let you ruin it for me" Angelica complained, her accent thickened.
Jack didn't know what to do to the Angelica who busy ranting. The words she was saying hurt him. What could he do to make it stop? The fear he had started becoming true, Angelica was rejecting him, rejecting him for some… man. So Jack caught her arm, turned her around and tied her wrists together.
"Jack! Jack what are you doing? ¡Tu diablo! (you devil) let me go!" "I'm sorry love but I won't be doing that"
Angelica yelled and screamed and that only annoyed Jack.
"Oh shut it!" "Jack! Let me go now!" Maria came running, "¿señora? Madam? Mada…"she stopped in her tracks when a dagger was at her throat.
"No they'll be no need in killing her just...tie...her up somewhere" Jack struggled in talking because of the nagging Angelica in his grip.
"Aye cap'n" John and Sam answered, so that's what they did.
They left the mansion. Jack lifted Angelica on his shoulder. He was hit on his face, on his back and in his stomach because of Angelica's fight for freedom but Jack didn't budge.
"Jack where are you taking me?!" Angelica exclaimed.
"Cap'n" Mr. Gibbs started leaving the n hanging in the air and Jack knew what he wanted.
"Mr. Gibbs…you can go have some fun" Gibbs wasted no time and ran to his shenanigans. The other two men looked at Jack with puppy eyes.
"Arrg...you too" Jack said waving his hand. And the two ran off.
Jack continued his journey to the docks with Angelica still hitting him. "Jack let me go!" "Where's the fun in that?" that made her even more angry and hit Jack even more and harder. He stopped walking.
"Okay. Okay love. No more hitting ol' Jack now." Jack said and put Angelica down and immediately gripped her arm.
He dragged Angelica along.
"¡Pendejo! ¡Hijo de puta! Let me go you bastard!" Angelica yelled.
Jack just ignored her and the weird glances from the townsfolk. Then the docks came in view and Angelica was still ranting. Jack dragged her towards the pearl, they reached the gangplank.
"No...No no, am not going on this ship! Esto no puede estar pasando" (this can't be happening). She tried to resist but with her wrists tied, it wasn't easy.
Jack managed to drag Angelica aboard the pearl and headed for the Captain's quarters.
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