CUT TO: Davy Jones' Locker. An endless white desert. Jack is sitting in the sand next to the Pearl, leaning in the shade of the ship. Elizabeth is next to him.
Jack: So then I sailed to the Mediterranean.
Liz: (mocking) to forget me?
Jack: Have you ever been to Alexandria? That's the place to forget women.
Liz: But you didn't.
Jack: For a week or two, maybe. But you can only stay in Alexandria so long, especially when you've been pilfering every establishment and corrupting all the sheik's daughters. (pauses) I figured you'd be married to the whelp by the time I got back.
Liz: And that would stop you from wanting me?
Jack: I've fought Mr. Turner once before and I've no intention of doing so again. At any rate, I thought maybe your marriage would turn you back in to the boring (though beautiful) stuck-up society lady.
Liz: You thought wrong.
Jack: Lizzie, Lizzie, why can't we ever just have a nice conversation without you arguing with everything I say?
Elizabeth just smiles at him.
Jack: You know the rest of the story, love. I came back to Jamaica, and was promptly caught up in a mess. Then you came along, unmarried and desperately in need of my services, and what could I do?
Liz: You could have kissed me on the Pearl, that time, instead of giving in to the good man inside.
Jack: I thought I was doing the right thing...
Elizabeth leans in, poised to kiss him, and Jack gazes into her eyes. He leans closer, and just as their lips are about to meet, she vanishes into the air. It was merely a hallucination.
Jack sprawls onto the sand, pounding it with his fist.
Jack: Damn that wench. Always disappearing just when we're getting somewhere.
CUT back to Norrington's Ship. (The Intrepid, ?)
The moment is still tense--- Anne has Norrington on his knees, with the sash around his neck. Elizabeth and Will are frozen.)
Elizabeth: It's impossible to kill Beckett now. He has a host of ships at his call. We have one ship and no plan. If you attack him now, we'll all be killed, and you'll be no closer to your revenge.
Will: Come with us! We'll take this ship and escape for now. We've got a friend who can help. (glances at Elizabeth, she catches on).
Elizabeth: A great pirate lord. Several, in fact. They hate Beckett as much as you do. If we convince them to join us, then we'll have a chance to defeat Beckett.
Anne has loosened her grip on the sash. She considers their words.
Anne: You aren't just making this up to save your friend?
Elizabeth: We know what it's like to be hunted and alone. We have our own vengeance to take against Beckett.
Will: Just wait for the opportune moment!
Anne considers another moment, then nods. She loosens the sash entirely, catching James as he slumps forward, breathing hard. She smiles wryly.
Anne: Sorry there, sir. I didn't mean any harm to you. A girl learns to look after herself in whatever way she can.
James: (with sarcasm) Apology accepted. It seems it's not difficult for women to use me for their own purposes.
Elizabeth blushes and Will smirks.
Anne: We'd best get away from here, then. Something tells me Beckett and his men won't wait around much longer for your decision.
James: Ah, Elizabeth. I was about to tell you--- a clever sailor payed a fortune to a certain voodoo mistress for something that should make this ship the fastest in the Caribbean.
Elizabeth: (smiling) Then we have a chance to outrun Beckett and find Sao Feng...
Picky picky picky. She's angry and fit and desperate. She summons strength. This would look very realistic on film....about as realistic as say, undead pirates and squid-people.
CUT TO...the Locker
(Jack is messing with his charts out of boredom and insanity. He hears a sound outside. Intrigued and still hopeful, he runs out only to see two small crabs scurrying along the sand.)
(He peers into the horizon and sees a small pack traveling in a line, each about two feet long and slightly cuter than "real" crabs.)
Jack (to the maidenhead of the Pearl): Stay here, darling. (follows them)
CUT TO....the Intrepid
Norrington: We'll have to gain speed gradually to throw Beckett off. We have to looks as inconspicuous as possible.
Anne: How do you know this pirate lord will help us? Pirates aren't known for their trust.
Elizabeth: We have our ways. (pauses. Runs down into the brig)
CUT TO...the brig
(Elizabeth enters)
Barbossa: 'Bout time, young Mr. Turner must have some skill in the satisfyin' department, methinks.
(Elizabeth ignores him and frees them)
Gibbs: We seem to be speeding up.
Elizabeth: Only a little. We have to lose Beckett.
Pintel: Why we just not attack? With us free, I figure we outnumber 'em by now.
Ragetti: How could you know that?
Pintel: I don't. I just wanted to fight.
Elizabeth: Will and Norrington are in charge of this right now. If you really want to fight, I'm sure they'd be happy to drop you off.
(Pintel and Ragetti look at each other and then shake their heads at her)
Gibbs: Get me on deck. We'll go with the wind and then we can go faster without him worryin'.
Barbossa: And just what's to happen when we land and Beckett lands not far behind?
Elizabeth: We'll figure it out when that happens AND we'll be watching you extra closely. (turns to go)
Barbossa: At this rate I'll never get back me ship.
Elizabeth and Gibbs: It's not your ship!
So Jack isn't rescued yet. He is still at DJ's locker hallucinating. I think I'll leave Anne to kate because that character just appeared out of nowhere and confused me.
CUT TO--
(At the Empress, we see Sao Feng and his crew following Barbossa's crew..)
Cho: Where'd they be headed?
(Sao looks into his telescope)
Sao: (chuckles) Looks to me they are finally heading to the rescue.
Cho: Aye. Sparrow.
Sao: They possess my charts and we still have a deal to finish. (smirks)
-CUT TO-
(Jack is still chasing after the two crabs. Mischievous little guys, somehow they seem to fascinate Sparrow. Or was this all in his mind?)
Jack: Fascinating creatures. I don't know if to play (Stomach grumbles) or to eat them...
(Jack tries to sneak up behind them. But they manage to escape two seconds away from Jack's grasp.)
Jack: You want to play, eh? If that'd be the case (pulls out his gun), you best know how to run.
(Suddenly, the crabs turned around facing Jack. Morphing into giants. Turning the tables of the food chain.)
Jack: Did I ever mentioned how much crabs fascinate me?
(One crab gets closer)
Jack: Ye don't want to chew me. I'm so hard to chew. (Chews his arm)
Jack: See? Hmm, so that's how I taste like.
(Both crabs steps another step closer.)
Jack: Methinks, I should start running and screaming. At least no one is looking. AAHHH!!!! (starts running)
I hope this works. I wanted to add Sao Feng 🙂.
I'm sorry if adding Anne in confused people. That wasn't my intention. I don't generally write things with a huge plan attached--- i just throw out ideas and see where people take them.
Essentially, we've written AWE like 4 times now... so I just want to make sure we're not re-writing the same thing over and over. There's plenty to explore and invent and see where we can take things. I felt a bit stale writing Will and Elizabeth, so I figured I would throw in a new character. You guys can do whatever you want to her... i think my thought was, it's always hard writing fanfics when there is only one girl and you have to disappoint the rest of the men. lol.
Originally posted by Minie Minalmao! i love that!!!Jack: Did I ever mentioned how much crabs fascinate me?
(One crab gets closer)
Jack: Ye don't want to chew me. I'm so hard to chew. (Chews his arm)
Jack: See? Hmm, so that's how I taste like.
(Both crabs steps another step closer.)
Jack: Methinks, I should start running and screaming. At least no one is looking. AAHHH!!!! (starts running)
(A little bit of time has passed and the gang is coming closer to Singapore. Barbossa is at the helm)
(Will and Gibbs are next to him. Liz is in the crow's nest)
Will: Is that Singapore straight ahead?
Barbossa: That it is, lad. Sao Feng should be easy to find once we land.
Gibbs: Easy to deal with be another question.
(Camera floats up to Liz looking out to sea. An unreadable expression is on her face. She sees something in the distance. She peers out)
Liz: There's a ship behind us!
Will: What? (crew runs to look)
Barbossa: Who they be?
Will: Flying a black flag.
Gibbs: Saints preserve us. That's Sao Feng there.
Will: Prepare for, well, negotiation?
Gibbs: Aye. Prepare for negotiation.
BELOW DECKS --- THE INTREPID
(Norrington walks to Groves' door, where a guard has been posted to make sure Anne 'rests'. Obviously Norrington is not willing to take any risks with her. He motions the guard to move aside so he can enter the room.)
( Anne is seated at Groves' desk. She looks up when Norrington enters, and she scowls. )
Norrington: (pleasantly) I see that you're up and about. Did you get any rest?
Anne: (angrily) I slept a little, but I was most disturbed to discover the guard outside my door. Am I to be your prisoner now?
Norrington: That depends entirely on the next few moments. Considering that you seem to lack a certain amount of common sense, I decided a guard would be in your best interest to prevent you from doing something else foolish.
Anne: (sputtering as she rises from the chair) How dare you insult me in such a manner! I will have you know that I --
Norrington: That you what? That you dove off a ship in the middle of the ocean? That you were picked up by another ship that you knew nothing attempted to board a ship you knew nothing about, and then you attacked the commanding officer on said vessel?
Anne: (draws herself up) I was out of options! What else was I to do? You work for him. For all I know, you're the murdering whoreson who sent my husband into battle.
(Norrington's eyes flicker slightly and she senses that she's hit a sore spot.)
Anne: (sneers) I've heard all about how you command your men. How many widows did you make due to your poor navigational skills, hmm? Two hundred, three hundred?
(Norrington moves swiftly, closing the gap between them in less then a second and glares down at her, his jaw tight, his green eyes blazing with fury. Anne looks almost afraid at the anger rolling off of the British officer, and she takes an involuntary half-step away from him.)
Norrington: (softly but harshly) You are lucky I am not the kind of man who is quick to reach for the lash every time someone does something foolish. But make no mistake about it; if you ever try to attack me, or my crew, again, you will be punished. Do I make myself clear?
(Anne is shocked into silence. Norringotn waits for a moment and then turns sharply on his heel to leave.)
Norrington: Very well. Your silence is answer enough. You will remain in this cabin until I decide what is to be done with you. Good day, madam.
(Norrington turns on his heel and leaves the room, slamming the door shut behind him. There is a crash as something from inside the room smashes against the door, and a dry, sarcastic grin flits across his face. Groves is waiting for him and looks vaguely amused.)
Groves: (casually, as there is the sound of stomping from the cabin) Conversation went well, did it?
Norrington: (as he hears another thud behind the door) Very well. I hope you don't have anything valuable in there.
Groves ( grins) No sir. I took the precaution of moving my personal affects before she was taken to my cabin. She can't harm anything
Norrington: Very well. I suppose we should go and see what our other guests are up to. It’s been too quiet for the past few hours, so no doubt we’ll find ourselves in another crisis soon enough.
(As if on cue, someone shouts down that sails have been spotted and the colors are those of Sao Feng.)
Groves: Well, that didn’t take long.
Norrington: (grim amusement) No, it didn’t. Put the men on high alert and man the battle stations in case things don’t go our way.
Groves: As you like, sir.
---ON DECK -- THE INTREPID ---
(Norrington goes onto the deck and begins to shout orders to his men to bring in sail and run up the flag of truce, then he turns to the group gathered on deck.)
Norrington: So do you have a plan, or are you just making this all up as we go along?
Elizabeth: We have a plan. Sort of.
Norrington: (looks sharply at Elizabeth and mutters) Wonderful.
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