The Teardrop Of Immortality

Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean.


Chapter 11

“Hey, lass.” Gibbs walked into the cabin while holding an oversized shirt in his hands, “Found this in that woman’s things-…Oh.” He stopped short when he noticed Erik leaning over Nerissa.
“What are you doing here?” Gibbs asked and Erik turned to look at him with wide eyes.
“Nothing…She just…was crying when I walked in and I helped her roll over.” The younger man mumbled as he stared at his bloodied hands.
Gibbs approached them with suspicion written all over his face but when he saw Nerissa turned onto her side with tear stains on her cheeks he sighed.
“Oh, lass-…” he was cut off as Erik grabbed the shirt from his hands to wipe his hands.
“Her bandages need to be changed again.” Erik said and Gibbs glared at him.
“Aye. Want to help with that?” he almost growled and Erik curled his lip in distaste.
“No, I-…”
“I don’t want him to help me. Please.” Nerissa spoke up in a choked voice as she curled into a ball and buried her face into the pillow.
Gibbs looked at her sympathetically, “Aye, lass. You, get out and report to the Captain. He might have some chores from you.” He said and Erik stiffened.
“Chores? What am I? His cabin boy?” he sneered and Gibbs turned away so no one could see him rolling his eyes.
“Just go and ask if you can be useful.” Gibbs muttered as he looked at Nerissa’s limbs.
He patted her back, “I’ll just get new bandages. You’ll be clean in no time.” He told her and she looked up at him with red lined eyes.
“What about dead? Do you know when I’ll be dead, Master Gibbs?” she whispered and the man was at a loss for words before he sighed.
“I’ll be back, lass.” He murmured and on his way out he grabbed Erik’s sleeve and pulled him towards the door, “You come with me.” He snapped as they exited the cabin.
On the way to the galley they spotted Jack arguing with whom else? Angelica.
“Stop cursing at me in Spanish! You forget that I know your bloody language!” he snapped and the woman groaned.
“You drive me insane! Thank the Lord that you did not drink from the fountain! Eternity with you! Ha! How about hell?” she exclaimed in her thick accent and Jack sneered.
“Well, don’t flatter yourself. You ain’t going to find anyone to spend your eternity with! You’re annoying! A bloody female…beast!” he exclaimed with hand gestures and she scoffed.
“All this because of a shirt?” she exploded and his nostrils flared.
“A shirt? A shirt? No, it’s not about the shirt you won’t give to someone you hurt! It’s about the fact that you ain’t giving me the shirt because you hate me!” Jack snapped and Angelica pursed her lips, “Don’t you have no pity? I should have just let you die in the sea. You’re already staining my ship. You and your bloody brother!”
“If you would have let me finish, you’d know that I have already given Gibbs a shirt!” she slapped his chest hard and he narrowed his eyes as he turned to look at Gibbs.
“She did?”
“Aye. But he ruined it by wiping his hands on it.” Gibbs said with a glare towards Erik and Jack licked his dry lips.
“Great.”
“Why don’t you give her one of your shirts?” Angelica spoke up with a smirk and Jack scowled at her.
“Maybe I will.” He snapped.
“Or maybe you won’t because you refuse to lend your clothing to any ladies. Afraid of being tied down?” she asked with sarcasm, “If you did it, you wouldn’t have to look for a different woman every time you made port. Does it not get tiring?”
“As tiring as you, I’d say.” Jack spat as he crossed his arms over his chest and glared down at her, “I wonder how you had time to grab clothes before you jumped off the ship. I wouldn’t be surprised if you and your brother abandoned the ship first.” He told her with a smirk and she returned it with one of her own.
“Like you did?” she quirked an eyebrow and Jack’s expression soured.
“Right.”
Gibbs cleared his throat, “I beg your pardon, Cap’n, but we got bigger problems. The lass’ tail…eh, legs are all bloodied again. I need more bandages, sir.”
“Go get some then.” Jack waved his away before he turned to walk towards his cabin.
“Your cabin reeks of her, you know. The smell’s awful.” Erik stated and Jack stopped dead on his tracks.
He curled his fists and slowly turned to face Erik while Angelica covered her face with her hands as a reaction to her brother’s stupidity.
“Is that so? Does it seem that the smell has anything to do with what is going on right now? Or rather, are you complaining about something you caused?” Jack asked and Erik tensed.
“She caused it not me.”
Angelica glared at him, “Cierra la boca!” she hissed at him and he turned to her with a frown.
Jack smirked, “She means shut up.” He quipped and Erik glared at him.
“I know what it means!” he sputtered indignantly.
“You didn’t seem like you did.” He laughed but then he sobered, “Now, go and help with the sails. Do not go anywhere near the helm. Understood? We do not want to wind up like the Revenge, now do we?” he muttered before he walked away.
Gibbs stifled a snicker as he headed for the galley.
Angelica glared at her brother before she turned and headed for the bow, leaving him alone with a frown on his face.

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“Are you sure about this, Cap’n?”
“Aye.” Jack groaned as he picked up Nerissa and cradled her to his chest before he turned to walk them over to the steaming tub.
“Won’t it be worse?” Gibbs asked as Jack lowered Nerissa into the warm water.
“Worse than her rotting to death because of all the fluids? Don’t think so, mate. Grab the soap. Love, can you wash yourself?” he asked and she nodded once.
“Wonderful. Then we can bandage those pretty legs back up.” He grinned as she took the soap from him.
“Are you jesting with me, Captain Sparrow?” she asked him quietly while a grimace of pain passed over her features.
“Eh?” he rubbed his chin a bit as he looked down at her.
“You surely don’t think that this is anything worth looking at.” She scoffed weakly as she lathered her hands with the soap.
“Yet.” He winked and she flushed despite the constant throbbing of her limbs.
“Please, turn around.” She said quietly and when he did not move she looked up to his grinning face, “Please?” she said and he raised his hands up in surrender as he stepped back.
“Don’t want to alarm you or anything, sweet, but I’ve already groped everything. Happy bath time. I’ll be back soon.” He winked before he walked away and disappeared behind the screen.
Nerissa almost smiled.

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“Hold on to me.” Jack murmured as he pulled Nerissa’s hair up with one hand and with the other he pulled her shirt over her head. He released her hair and tugged the hem of the shirt down until it was covering her thighs. He placed his hands on her hips and regarded her two legs with a furrowed brow.
“They look better.” He said quietly and she looked down at her feet while she kept a firm hold of his shoulders.
“They do?” she whispered with a wince.
“Aye.” He chuckled as he wrapped an arm around her back and tucked the other one under her knees. With a strong pull she was out of the tub and tucked into his arms. He turned them around and placed her on his bunk before he grabbed a towel and some bandages.
“How do they feel?” he asked as he inspected the still poorly defined legs and feet.
“They hurt.” She said softly as he dubbed at the raw skin with the towel.
Once she was dry he started bandaging her legs.
“Why are you doing this?” she whispered and he looked up.
“What this?” he stroked a hand down the less bloodied side of her calf and she grimaced.
“No!”
He grinned before he resumed bandaging her up, “Then what?”
“Helping me.” She replied heatedly, “You know that I won’t survive to help you get what you want.” She stated and he raised both of his eyebrows.
“Don’t be so glum, love. Look at the bright side.” He murmured, focusing on his task.
“What is the bright side? That I am going to die before the fortnight is out?”
“You’re not going to die. Oak Island is not that far away. We go there, get the treasure and tear and then-…” he was severely cut off by her.
“You will take me to Calypso. Calypso? She never helps anyone!” Nerissa said and he tugged on the bandage. She winced and gasped.
“She will help me.” He said confidently.
“Why?”
“Because she owes me.” He smirked.
“Owes you what?” Nerissa paused.
“Many things.” He said cryptically.
“She is the goddess of the sea!”
“In human form.” He added in a smug voice and she paused.
“What?” she whispered and he looked up at her with mischievous eyes.
“You’re asking a lot of questions.” He murmured as he tied the last bandage and looked up at her, his hands on the only part of her that was not hurt; her feet.
“Can you blame me, Captain?” she asked as she focused her tired blue eyes on his dark ones.
“Do you not trust me?” he asked her contemplatively and she paused.
“I shouldn’t.” she replied and his face fell.
“Oh.” He deflated.
“I don’t trust any of you. Humans lie. A lot. It also seems to me that you have no friends, Captain Sparrow. And women seem to hate you. I wonder why. So, why should I, a creature, trust you?” she tilted her head to the side and for a moment he looked angry but then his face softened.
“Lass, I ain’t lying. I will help you. No matter what.”
“Even if I can’t help you get what you want.” She asked dubiously and he nodded.
“Aye.”
“Why?” she was confused and Jack grinned.
“Because I want in my life to have committed at least one good deed. Got to start from somewhere, eh?” he chuckled and she licked her dry lips.
Jack’s eyes followed the movement of her tongue and they darkened with a strange emotion. She did not notice.
“Are you afraid of God then?” she whispered and he paused, raising his eyes to hers.
“I’ve never thought of that before… But I’d surely love to go to that place where all the goody goodies get to go.” He grinned and she frowned.
“You mean Heaven?” she asked and he shrugged.
“Sure. Wouldn’t you?” he asked as he stood and walked over to his chest of things. He opened it and stared rummaging through various items.
“Of course.” She answered as she watched him curiously. Her fingers brushed over her covered legs and she winced, pulling her hands away.
“Aha!” he straightened and walked back to her, “Found it.” He handed her a comb and she took it from his hand curiously, “No need to worry, Siren. You shall go to heaven for sure.”
“Unless, of course, you corrupt her first.” Angelica’s voice rang in the air around them and Jack grimaced.
“Oh, you. What do you want? And no one asked for your opinion.” He snapped and Angelica smiled as she walked towards them.
“Your helmsman needs directions. You better give them to him.” She stated as she threw a shirt towards him. He grasped it and glared at her.
“Oh, I see she already has one on. Jack, I am shocked.” She gasped teasingly and Nerissa stopped looking at the intricate comb and stared at them with a frown.
“I am a surprising fellow. That is true.” He threw the shirt she handed him on his bunk and then opened his compass.
“Three degrees to port.” He announced with a forced smile, “Satisfied?” he snapped the compass shut and Angelica smirked.
“Unlike some, I am not easily satisfied. Surely you know that.” She said as she stepped around him and walked over to Nerissa.
“It is a comb. You use it to pull the knots out of your hair.” She explained as she took it from her and picked up a lock of her light hair.
Jack watched before he rolled his eyes and marched over to them. He slapped Angelica’s hand away from Nerissa’s blonde strands and snatched the comb from her as well.
She glared at him while Nerissa flinched.
“Do I need to remind you not to touch her?” he breathed quietly before he placed the comb gently on Nerissa’s lap and stepped back.
Angelica smiled and with a last look at him she headed for the door.
“Always so polite, Jack.” She called before she closed the door behind her.
Jack scowled.

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The rope felt heavy against Jack’s hand as he tied it around the helm and then stepped back. He stifled a yawn before he headed for the stairs.
“Master Gibbs, it’s your turn.” He called crisply and the older man woke up from his light slumber and straightened against the barrel he had been leaning against.
“Aye, Cap’n! Goodnight.” The older man smiled as he stretched and headed for the stairs.
Jack tipped his hat at him and walked languidly towards his cabin. As soon as he entered the small alcove that led to the captain’s quarters, a hand shot out and grabbed his arm.
“What the hell!” he exclaimed as he was thrust against the bulkhead.
“Scared, Jack?” Angelica murmured and her breath fell hotly onto the skin on his neck.
“Oh, you. Is that what you’re doing at nights? Creeping up on men you have tried to kill? Numerously?” he asked as he placed his hands on her arms, ready to push her off of him.
“I’ve heard some interesting news. You really need to watch your first mate’s tongue, Jack. He talks a lot.” She purred and he sneered.
“I don’t care about gossip.” He stated as he thrust her away from him and dusted his coat, “Mind my personal place next time, eh?” he turned to leave but her next words stopped him from making it far.
“So, is you travelling up river a gossip then? Or is it a ploy to get your pretty mermaid’s hopes up so she helps you get what you want?” She approached him from behind while he gritted his teeth.
“Just once in your life tell the truth, Jack.” She whispered and he slowly turned to face her, his features shadowed by the alcove.
“How much would it hurt your pride if I said that I value her life more than yours?” he asked her slowly, almost huskily and Angelica swallowed thickly.
“You know the answer to that.” She replied and Jack nodded.
“Then eat your heart out, love. ‘Cause it’s true. Would that be all?” he asked her and when she remained silent he turned to go.
“You never came back for me and you’ll strike a deal with the devil for her? For that?” she asked and he paused.
He turned around to face her again, “Don’t try to analyze my decisions, lass.” He murmured as he looked at her, his expression softer, “Because right now, I am not even sure why I am doing what I am doing.” He said and with a last look at her crestfallen expression he turned and entered his cabin, leaving her standing like a statue just outside of his door.


End of chapter 11

Author’s note: Filler chapter but I have to set the new developments before I proceed with the deeper plot. If you liked it and want more then please drop me a few words! They feed the muse!!

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