Title: Lost You
Rating: Pg-13
Pairing: J/E
Disclaimer: Not mine. All hail the mouse!
Chapter 5
Night had fallen and Gibbs decided to go on deck to see if Jack needed some company. He climbed up the stairs that led up to the helm and stood beside his Captain.
“Ello, mate? How are ye this fine evenin‘?” Jack asked.
“Just peachy, Cap’n. And ye?” Gibbs smiled.
“Just fine an’ dandy. Oh, Mr. Gibbs? When we erhm…reach our destination…ye are comin wit’ me, right?”
Gibbs chuckled at Jack’s nervousness, “’Course, Cap’n. I wanna see the lady me self.”
Jack grinned, “Ye mean the ol’ wench?”
He looked at Gibbs and started to laugh that he passed on to him. When they were done, Gibbs wiped the wetness from his eyes.
“Ye know, Jack. Ye’ll most likely pay fer dat one right there…”
Jack just shrugged, “’hats okay. I’ll use ye fer a shield.”
They then broke into a fit of laughter yet again.
After they finished, there was silence. Not an tense silence, but a comfortable quiet.
“How is it like…knowing someone like her?” Gibbs asked.
Jack shrugged, “Nothing really special about it. It’s kinda like having a best friend who’s more famous then ye.”
Gibbs shrugged, “Well, Cap’n. I wouldn’t know about bein’ famous an’ all so…enlighten me.”
Jack chuckled, “Hm…lessee. It’s like if ye’re mum were the queen and ye were a peasant. Ye know, ye’re used to the questions an’ attention so it doesn’t mean nuffing that ye‘re mum is the queen, savvy?”
Gibbs just gave him a look of confusion. Thinking about it after a while, he laughed.
“Funny ting is Cap’n…ye’re mum IS the queen!”
Jack laughed whole-heartedly along with Gibbs as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Jack sighed, “Well…in a way, she is, ain’t she!”
Gibbs grinned and scratched his head. He was about to say something else but the feeling of wind whooshing against his cheek made him stop and look ahead.
In front of them, was the North Star along with a huge, gaping hole below it. The ocean’s waves tumbled and crashed with the intensity of the wind.
Gibbs stared at it with his mouth wide open.
“We’re here, Mr. Gibbs. Oh, pick up ye’re jaw from the floor! Ye act like ye’ve never seen the gate before.” Jack mumbled to him, obviously amused at his display.
Gibbs immediately snapped his mouth shut and looked at Jack.
“Would this be the time when I scream fer all men on deck?”
Jack just kept on look forward at the black hole. “Why yes, Mr. Gibbs. Right now would be nice.”
Gibbs nodded and started shouting while running below deck. “All men on DECK! ALL MEN ON DECK NOW!!!”
Jack could here the scurry of many feet below as they drew closer and closer to the big gap in the world.
“And why do I have ta go through this every time I visit her?” Jack asked no one in particular as he held the wheel tightly.
He saw Gibbs reemerge from below deck and yelled for him. Gibbs came running.
“I want all sails secure and ropes tightened, savvy?”
Gibbs nodded and went off to announce the order.
“It’s gonna be a bumpy ride,” he mused to himself as they fell into the deep black nothingness.
All the men screamed and hollered as they plummeted off, what seemed like, the earth.
Jack just kept on grinning. He couldn’t see a damn thing, but he knew exactly where he was going.
He heard Marty in the background screaming, “We’re gonna die! I’m gonna die! I’m gonna THROW UP, and then I’m gonna DIIIEEE!”
Jack threw his head back in laughter and for once in this horrible week, he felt free again.
Pintel and Ragetti was near tears as they held on to their ropes, “MOMMIE! TELL IT TO STOP!”
And like that, the feeling of your stomach coming out of your mouth stopped. Every thing was calm. After a few minutes, the light came back to them, and they were surrounded by a light fog.
Jack smiled to himself as he heard Ragetti whimper.
“It’s alright now, mates. Ye may go and clean up if ye soiled ye’re selves.”
Many of the crew laughed at their Captains words, but laughed even harder when a good number of them went below deck.
Jack grinned and shook his head. He carefully guided The Pearl around rocks that he need not see to know that they were there. He had the whole layout of this world committed to memory.
After a while, the fog cleared a bit to reveal an island covered with lush green and forestry. Soon after the discovery of said island, all aboard The Black Pearl heard something. The sound of eerie singing carried by the breeze.
Gibbs looked around nervously, “Sirens?”
Jack just shook his head, “No Mr. Gibbs. That is just the music of the lonely souls who linger in this world.”
Gibbs gulped and listened closely to the song that was being sung by the souls.
My heart is still with you
Even though you could not stay.
I only wish to be close to you
But your spirit was set astray.
Jack hummed along to their sad tune. It was nothing to new to him, that was what greeted him every time he came to this eerie confined world.
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