In about an hour, they had located the small ship and were coming up round the stern. When they had rowed close enough, Jourdanna put a hand out and anchored them against the ship with a few spare bits of line. She had attached a marlin spike to a longer line andhad hurled it upwards. In moments,she saw the makeshift grappling hook wrap itself around the rail on the poop-deck and then pulled down hard to secure there.
Ragetti and Pintel, had more than once been a crewmember aboard the Black Pearl and, as a result, the two had learned many tricks necessary for sneaking around. They always carried on their persons, tools for such mischief and they too had makeshift grappling hooks prepared. Following Jourdanna, the two threw their hooks and pulled them tight when they swung around the railing some fifteen feet above.
While Ragetti and Pintel hesitated and waited for orders to climb, Jourdanna already had both feet off of the boat when Gibbs put a hand on her shoulder to stop her.
"Don't be cimbin just yet, lass, 's'bad luck fer a lady to go ferst onto an enemy ship." Gibbs said in a hushed voice as Jourdanna reluctantly jumped back into the boat.
"Well, if you'd like to climb on up first, then be my guest." Jourdanna said matter of factly with a very Jack-like smile. Gibbs, smiling inside at Jourdie's behavior being so like her father's, backed off.
"So, What's the plan then?" Gibbs asked, rubbing his hands together as he so often did. He shot a quick glance at Will, who always seemed to be able to come up whith a scheme in moments.
- "Alright, Pintel and Ragetti sneak into the Captain's cabin and secure any weapons you find. It is most likely that he keeps the weapons there. Elizabeth and Jourdanna can create a distraction as you are both fine looking women. Then Luo, Barbossa, Gibbs and I storm in to catch them off guard" - Will suggested. Elizabeth glared at him.
- "That's the best you could come up with, Jourdanna and me mounting a display for them?" - Elizabeth asked.
- "They're men, they won't resist you" - Will said.
"Yeah, I could do that..." Jourdanna smirked as she adjusted her hat. "Spent my whole life in Tortuga, didn't I?" she said sarcastically.
Pintel and Ragetti wore smiles from ear to ear. Excited about raiding the Captain's cabin for weapons and other such goods, the two of them grabbed hold of their ropes and began to climb.
"Aye, good plan." Gibbs nodded as he readied his gun.
"Ready?" Jourdanna asked Elizabeth as she once again, took hold of her rope.
Soon, Ragetti and Pintel had dissappeared over the rail and onto the ship.
It took Jourdanna only about a minute to climb up and hop over the rail aswell. As she landed on the deck, all was quiet aside from the near silent footsteps of Pintel and Ragetti. The two had already snuck into the captain's quarters and had no doubt begun tying the captain up and securing the weapon supply.
(Yeah sorry been busy as hell)
Elizabeth made her way up the ropes and onto the main deck. She stood there waiting for Jourdanna and then a few men looked at her and Jourdanna.
- "Hi, we're lost, can you help us?" - Elizabeth said and the men were completely distracted by the two girls. Hearing voices, the other two men came from the galley and looked at the women in surprise.
Will took the rope and climbed on board and took out a pistol, Barbossa did so as well.
- "Well gents, women are powerful distractions aren't they?" - Barbossa said and grinned.
- "Surrender and you will not be harmed, we need to borrow this ship" - Will said.
Luo had climbed up quite clandestinely behind the small group of men, slightly dripping as he'd decided to take the other side of the ship instead of where the boat was, pointing the tip of his sword at the most senior mans neck his rough voice was menacing in tone, "I really do advise that you do as we say...or you wont live to see another sunrise...any of you..."
Ready for any resistence, Jourdanna smiled and pulled out her sword and pistol.
"Or, if you'd rather challenge pirates... Be our guests."
At that moment, Ragetti, Pintel and the captain(now bound by hands and feet) burst out from the captain's cabin.
"Loadem' into a life boat without oars?"
"Aye, That sounds mighty reasonable." Gibbs smirked and grabbed the nearest two sailors and a bit of line, and bound their hands behind their backs. He walked over to Pintel and Ragetti,while pulling the two frightened sailors with him. He pointed out a nearby lifeboat, and loaded the lads into it in. Pintel and Ragetti followed suit and loaded up the captain then moved to get the other captives. Jourdanna had already tied up a couple of the East India sailors and went to bind another when Gibbs shouted
"Hoist up the longboat we came in on!"
"Why?" Jourdanna asked bluntly then, almost instantly, she understood.
"Because it's the last bit o' the Pearl that we got left..." Ragetti said softly, his wood eye rolling about as he blinked and looked around at them all.
"Aye..." Jourdanna quietly said as she went to the stern of the ship once more.
"Thanks..." Jourdanna said quietly as they secured the boat.
"Weigh Anchor!" ordered Barbossa as he pet a monkey that had suddenly appeared out of no where. "We must get as many miles between us and this island as posible!"
After they had settled in a nice little cove on a deserted island many miles from the Isla Tortuga, the crew was permitted a few hours to rest. The crew quarters below were fairly nice, of course, even hammocks can look cozy after you've been working through the night. Luckily for the girls, the first mates cabin and the neighboring Navigator's cabins were indeed welcoming with their soft bunks and pillows. Jourdanna was overjoyed at this news, for when working on other ships, she had been going undercover as a young boy. There was nothing she hated more than a bunch of smelly sailors anywhere near her bunk.
Jourdanna awoke that morning to the sound of the water gently tapping the hull of the ship. She quickly got dressed and, trying hard not to wake anyone, scurried up the stairs to the main deck.It was a gorgeous day, the early morning sun was shining and there was a cool breeze. There water was calm and the ship only rocked slightly in the small waves.
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"Thanks..." Jourdanna said quietly as they secured the boat."Weigh Anchor!" ordered Barbossa as he pet a monkey that had suddenly appeared out of no where. "We must get as many miles between us and this island as posible!"
After they had settled in a nice little cove on a deserted island many miles from the Isla Tortuga, the crew was permitted a few hours to rest. The crew quarters below were fairly nice, of course, even hammocks can look cozy after you've been working through the night. Luckily for the girls, the first mates cabin and the neighboring Navigator's cabins were indeed welcoming with their soft bunks and pillows. Jourdanna was overjoyed at this news, for when working on other ships, she had been going undercover as a young boy. There was nothing she hated more than a bunch of smelly sailors anywhere near her bunk.
Jourdanna awoke the next morning to the sound of the water gently tapping the hull of the ship. She quickly got dressed and, trying hard not to wake anyone, scurried up the stairs to the main deck.It was a gorgeous day, the early morning sun was shining and there was a cool breeze. The water was calm and the ship only rocked slightly on the small waves.
{sorry for the double post}
Will stared with the telescope in hand and saw the shi´p that Jourdanna had seen moments before.
- "Barbossa, we got company! White sails behind us!" - Will called out to Barbossa.
Elizabeth peeked through the telescope and saw the ship too.
- "We can't get a moment's rest can we?" - Elizabeth asked mostly to herself.
"What colours is she flying?"Gibbs hollered as he appeared from the crew quarters.
At Gibbs' question, Jourdanna looked up above her. The British flag and the East India Flag still flapped slowly in the breeze.
At the sound of Will's voice, Barbossa emerged from his quarters and pulled out his telescope to see the ship that was just coming into propper view.
Jourdanna quickly grabbed a loosened line and slid down it as fast as she could. She landed next to on the deck with a bit of a thud.
"If it's a Brittish ship we can trick them, we've still got the flags of the previous owners of the ship. Then again, if it's not..." her sentance trailed off.
(Sorry my pc was down for almost a week)
- "Then were dead" - Will said and looked over to Elizabeth and then around the ship - "We don't have enough men to engage and I'm sure the trade company does not have women on board. You'll have to hide or find a way to look not so femenin".
Elizabeth nodded and reached into her pocket, she had a fake mustache and put it on. Still she looked rather funny but they would have to work so the other boat's crew would not see her.