Sorry! I have a concussion I got on Monday. I thought I was feeling better, and then I sort of...didn't feel better. But I should be able to post today sometime. I'm feeling more like myself. 😄
And yes, if any of you recall from the Norribeth story, this is my second concussion in six months. I got a very stern lecture about that from the doctor.
CUT TO...the rest of the ships.
(The rest of the heroes, led by Anne, race towards Beckett's ship to save Jack, Elizabeth, and James.)
Barbossa: (at the helm) Been wonderin' if you got a plan against the likes of Beckett and Calypso together, Miss Anne?
Anne: (rushign towards him) What? What do you mean?
Barbossa: (points off in the distance) Storm a'comin. Not natural that.
Anne: She'll want them alive for as long as she can. Gibbs! (signals over to another ship which Gibbs is captaining. woo hoo!) Stay behind this one.
Gibbs: Aye! (to the crew) Ease off, ye miserable oafs!
Crew man: Aye, Captain.
Gibbs: (to himself) Lives to be saved, villains to be thwarted...Captain Gibbs. (smiles at his own musings)
CUT TO...brig of the ship.
(James, Jack, and Elizabeth scramble to the deck above the brig. We see Beckett's henchmen run around every so often. So we have three unarmed pirates at a clear disadvantage.)
James: Would have been nice had you picked up a sword or two in addition to a set of keys.
Jack: Well if you want to go back in there, we could make an exchange...
(Elizabeth runs up ahead and gestures for them to follow her. If they run across to her, they could be seen. Looking very carefully, they sneak over to her.)
James: Now what?
Elizabeth: If we could get up to the top deck we could signal for help.
Jack: And alert every pirate hunter within 1000 kilometers. (Note: I know Liz says feet in COTBP, but this is about British people way back when and I don't know much about the metric system. Please insert unit of measurement if this makes no sense)
Elizabeth: And signal our own ships. Barbossa and Qao and Groves should be able to see some kind of signal.
(They see one soldier walking by, seeming nervous. It must be his first day on the job. Jack seems to perk.)
Jack: I'll handle this. (more to himself) Captain Jack's moment in the sun. (walks up casually behind the young bundle of nerves. Throwing his arms around him, he takes him to the ground and covers his mouth as he is about to yell for help.)
Jack: I know what you're thinking, mate. You're thinking, this is your chance to capture the most famous pirate in all history...
James: He flatters himself, does he not?
Jack: And while it may seem like you cornered, that you have no way of escaping, I'm willing to make you out to be the hero in this story. What say you to that? (slowly takes his hand off the youth's mouth)
(The boy nods)
Jack: What's your name?
Hopkins: Hopkins...Captain.
Jack: (sparkles at the unexpected use of his title) All right then, Tuttle.
Hopkins: That's Hopkins.
Jack: Since I am currently on top of you and am forming the plan here, I get to call you whatever I want. Now, stand up. (they stand. James and Elizabeth stay hidden)
Jack: That's a good lad. Now, (pushes himself so the boy has him in a headlock) Take me up to the top and announce you have me.
Hopkins: What?
Jack: Take me up to the top. That's where everyone can see and you can get your medal of valor or nice pat on the shoulder or whatever you want that's not included in your pay. Point that gun at me right, boy.
Hopkins: Oh, right. Um, 'I have you now.' (takes Jack up. He grins at James and Elizabeth)
James: Bloody brilliant.
Elizabeth: Quick. Follow me.
CUT TO...top deck
(Hopkins is growing more confident having "captured" Jack...unsuspecting twit. More soldiers have stopped in ther search to see what the commotion is. James and Elizabeth are nowhere in sight.)
Hopkins: Look who I found! Captain Jack Sparrow, out and about like he owned the ship. Where's Lord Beckett? He needs to see this.
(There is some cheering. James and Elizabeth hide behind some barrels. They take some rope and start filling it in the barrel, convenitently marked "rum." A small lamp is hanging up above them. They stand and watch it, waiting for the opportune moment.)
(Camera cuts back to Jack)
Hopkins: Let me see, I'll get a promotion out of this.
Jack: Damn right. (pulls a fast move and takes the gun Hopkins held and points it at him, the boy in a tight hold)
(The soldiers point their guns at him.)
Jack: Shoot me (they prepare to. Jack looks worried) Or DON'T shoot me, but either way, Tuttle will get it. That means put down the weapons. (the soldiers lower their weapons) That's all well and good.
(James and Elizabeth now take the flame from the lamp and throw it onto the rum-soaked ropes. Bright, smoky flames reach up into the sky.)
CUT TO... (Anne, watching the sea)
Anne: Look! (sees smoke off in the distance) That's where they are! Coax that wind, Mr. Gibbs!
So...climax anyone?