Time: Nearly 3am in the night

Place: Cellar of the Queen Anne’s revenge

Jack paced up and down the cell.They had all finished their shifts and was given the rest of the night. Their cells had been changed. Now it was Roy, Alex and Beth in one cell, Will and Jack in the other and the remaining was left for Jem and Ana.

Their plan will come into action exactly at 3am. Until then they had all the time to rest. Jem felt miserable. Their chances of escaping the ship were very slime.

Jem thought about poor professor Vera, who was in the captivity of Jones and about Nil and Nelinha, who were taken prisoners by the centaurs.

He had to save them.

Jack had already filled everyone the details of the plan and made sure everyone understood their part clearly.

As the old grandfather clock at the end of the cellar struck 3, their plan came into action.

Roy and Alex seized each other’s collar and started shaking each others head of while shouting insults at each other. It was just  a distraction. Their whole plan depended on Beth to succeed.

As the chaos continued, Jack and Will also joined in. Jem also wanted to do something, but the only person in his cell was Ana.
The pirates had a cruel sense of humour.

The distraction worked, as the shouting continued, the lock of the cellar door clicked. Will and Jack stopped and returned to their places as if nothing had happened but Alex and Roy continued their fight. They needed the guard to enter their cell in order for the plan to succeed.

The guard entered the cellar, bringing with him a strong and disturbing smell. Jem caught Jack’s eye and grinned. The guard was drunk upto the brink, just as Jack had expected.

Apparently the pirates had a tendency to get drunk, after sundown.

As the guard staggered down the steps, Jem noticed that he was barely able to walk.

Roy and Alex continued fighting while eyeing the pirate. They even shouted insults at the pirate, but he didn’t seem to register it.

Finally the pirate woke from his trance and managed to say”Oi! You two”. But Roy and Alex kept doing their business.

Unable to control them, the drunk guard decided to enter the cell and stop them himself.

He opened the lock and entered the cell, pulling out his sword and pointed his sword at the both of them and said “Stop it”.

Roy and Alex apparently unarmed decide it’s better to stop.

Phase 2 of the plan began…which Jem absolutely hated.

Suddenly Beth put her arms on the pirates shoulder and patted him. The pirate seemed to receive a shock of a thousand volts. “Uh…uhhh” he murmured. Beth smiled a beautiful smile. Jem had never seen her smile in such a way.

Then the conversation went on like this…

Pirate: Hello beautiful.

Beth(playfully): Hello my pirate. You know I love pirates like you. They steal my heart.

Pirate: Well I will steal a lot more than your heart.

The pirate moved in closer to Beth, trying to kiss her. Beth was still smiling…Jem couldn’t bear to watch it any longer. He turned around.

“CRACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK”

Jem turned surprised. Apparently Beth had kicked him in the groin and disabled him just as he was about to touch her.