Monkey Tails: Rivalry
Rivalry
Disclaimer: I don’t own POTC. I do, however, own a little plush “Jack the Monkey” toy.
Author: jedipati aka immortal_jedi
Characters: Jack the Monkey, Cotton’s Parrot
Rating: PG
Summary: Mr. Cotton’s Parrot and Jack the Monkey don’t get along very well, not that anyone else notices.
Author’s Note: This is the third of my Monkey Tails, and this little series is now complete. I hope you’ve all enjoyed this side trip into the animal world.
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The parrot and the monkey were both trying to recover from the dunking they’d received. Jack, for once, agreed with the parrot. What had the humans been thinking? There had to have been a better way to escape from the Locker.
The parrot fluttered over to land on his human’s shoulder. Jack the monkey scrambled to a perch nearby.
The familiar sounds of guns cocking drew their attention. The leaders- Captain Barbossa, Captain Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann, were locking in a standoff.
Jack the monkey pulled out his own little pistol and aimed it at the parrot. Finally, he had an excuse to get rid of the annoying bird! There was room for only one animal on this ship, and Jack was it!
“Parley?” the parrot asked hopefully.
Jack drooped a little when the leaders all started to laugh, but when they got serious again, he grinned.
But then the humans discovered that the guns wouldn’t work.
Jack chattered in annoyance. There had to be a way to rid of that blasted parrot.
Nothing presented itself for several days. Jack the monkey spent most of that time sulking. He’d had such a good chance, ruined!
Finally, Jack shook off his bad mood when the parrot flew away just before the battle. That would show the humans who liked the parrot better then him. Jack joined his human as they went to talk to the fish-man and the stuck up man. He didn’t understand why Turner was with them, but when Turner joined his human again, in exchange for the Other Jack, Jack was happy about that. He liked Turner better then Other Jack.
Jack stayed below deck for most of the battle. He wasn’t going to be very useful, and he didn’t want to get in the way of his human’s fights.
He followed the two bumblers as they peaked out to see how the battle was going. Turner and Swann were right in the middle of it all, kissing.
Jack didn’t quite understand that, so he screeched.
The bumblers didn’t like that, so they placed him in a cannon and shot him at the other ship.
Jack screamed as he flew through the air and landed on one of the other ship’s crewman. He just barely heard a “thank you, Jack” as he and the other crewman fell onto the deck of the ship.
Jack scurried away, hoping to hide from the fighting. Then, things changed for the worse. Jack watched as Turner was stabbed, and Other Jack did something to make sure Turner stayed alive.
Then, Swann and Other Jack got ready to leave the ship. Jack knew he needed to leave with them, and just barely managed to grab the end of the ropes as they were blown away.
Jack wasn’t happy about landing in the ocean, but he bore the indignity with the knowledge that he didn’t really have a choice, until he could clamber back on board his ship.
The parrot was gone now; it was his ship!
Not even Other Jack could take it away from him.
The crew handled another ship easily, as Jack knew they could. (Fine, they did have some help from the ship they had just been fighting.)
Jack watched everything from his perch on his human’s shoulders.
But, just as Jack was getting ready to celebrate everything, that blasted parrot came back.
Jack began to pout again. He’d had it! He was the ship’s pet! And then that blasted bird had returned!
It just wasn’t fair.
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So, this wasn’t as long as I had expected it to be, but I do hope you enjoyed this, the third and final Monkey Tail.
Hey, there had to have been some reason Jack pulled his gun on the parrot!
Also, since I did confuse my beta on this, I thought I’d explain Jack’s gender. In the first Tail, Jack is female, mostly for the humor potential. In the second one, I carefully don’t mention gender. In this one, Jack is male, since it seemed to fit better. Just as a reminder, these stories are only connected by the theme of “Jack the Monkey.” And we aren’t ever given a clear answer as to the monkey gender question in the movies. Since Jack is played by two female monkeys and two male ones, I figured I’d make it up as I went along.
And yes, as far as I’ve been able to tell, Jack the Monkey pretty much disappears between the Up is Down and Parley sequences.
Disclaimer: I don’t own POTC. I do, however, own a little plush “Jack the Monkey” toy.
Author: jedipati aka immortal_jedi
Characters: Jack the Monkey, Cotton’s Parrot
Rating: PG
Summary: Mr. Cotton’s Parrot and Jack the Monkey don’t get along very well, not that anyone else notices.
Author’s Note: This is the third of my Monkey Tails, and this little series is now complete. I hope you’ve all enjoyed this side trip into the animal world.
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The parrot and the monkey were both trying to recover from the dunking they’d received. Jack, for once, agreed with the parrot. What had the humans been thinking? There had to have been a better way to escape from the Locker.
The parrot fluttered over to land on his human’s shoulder. Jack the monkey scrambled to a perch nearby.
The familiar sounds of guns cocking drew their attention. The leaders- Captain Barbossa, Captain Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann, were locking in a standoff.
Jack the monkey pulled out his own little pistol and aimed it at the parrot. Finally, he had an excuse to get rid of the annoying bird! There was room for only one animal on this ship, and Jack was it!
“Parley?” the parrot asked hopefully.
Jack drooped a little when the leaders all started to laugh, but when they got serious again, he grinned.
But then the humans discovered that the guns wouldn’t work.
Jack chattered in annoyance. There had to be a way to rid of that blasted parrot.
Nothing presented itself for several days. Jack the monkey spent most of that time sulking. He’d had such a good chance, ruined!
Finally, Jack shook off his bad mood when the parrot flew away just before the battle. That would show the humans who liked the parrot better then him. Jack joined his human as they went to talk to the fish-man and the stuck up man. He didn’t understand why Turner was with them, but when Turner joined his human again, in exchange for the Other Jack, Jack was happy about that. He liked Turner better then Other Jack.
Jack stayed below deck for most of the battle. He wasn’t going to be very useful, and he didn’t want to get in the way of his human’s fights.
He followed the two bumblers as they peaked out to see how the battle was going. Turner and Swann were right in the middle of it all, kissing.
Jack didn’t quite understand that, so he screeched.
The bumblers didn’t like that, so they placed him in a cannon and shot him at the other ship.
Jack screamed as he flew through the air and landed on one of the other ship’s crewman. He just barely heard a “thank you, Jack” as he and the other crewman fell onto the deck of the ship.
Jack scurried away, hoping to hide from the fighting. Then, things changed for the worse. Jack watched as Turner was stabbed, and Other Jack did something to make sure Turner stayed alive.
Then, Swann and Other Jack got ready to leave the ship. Jack knew he needed to leave with them, and just barely managed to grab the end of the ropes as they were blown away.
Jack wasn’t happy about landing in the ocean, but he bore the indignity with the knowledge that he didn’t really have a choice, until he could clamber back on board his ship.
The parrot was gone now; it was his ship!
Not even Other Jack could take it away from him.
The crew handled another ship easily, as Jack knew they could. (Fine, they did have some help from the ship they had just been fighting.)
Jack watched everything from his perch on his human’s shoulders.
But, just as Jack was getting ready to celebrate everything, that blasted parrot came back.
Jack began to pout again. He’d had it! He was the ship’s pet! And then that blasted bird had returned!
It just wasn’t fair.
~~~~~~~~~~
So, this wasn’t as long as I had expected it to be, but I do hope you enjoyed this, the third and final Monkey Tail.
Hey, there had to have been some reason Jack pulled his gun on the parrot!
Also, since I did confuse my beta on this, I thought I’d explain Jack’s gender. In the first Tail, Jack is female, mostly for the humor potential. In the second one, I carefully don’t mention gender. In this one, Jack is male, since it seemed to fit better. Just as a reminder, these stories are only connected by the theme of “Jack the Monkey.” And we aren’t ever given a clear answer as to the monkey gender question in the movies. Since Jack is played by two female monkeys and two male ones, I figured I’d make it up as I went along.
And yes, as far as I’ve been able to tell, Jack the Monkey pretty much disappears between the Up is Down and Parley sequences.