Drabble: 'Chuffed'

[dwgm]

A hundred words of DMC Jack for the current drabble challenge at blackpearlsails...



~ Chuffed ~

One hundred souls. Three days.

Jones’ words bounced through Jack’s skull as the Pearl skipped along.

Cruelly inflated, of course. Ridiculously grandiose. A hundred souls. To compensate for the loss of his one? Utterly absurd.

And yet… there was this niggling sense of gratification.

One hundred souls.

Well, he was Captain Jack Sparrow.

Of course, there was that sticky business with Bill's lad. All rather complicated, these dealings with Turner. Turners. Though he’d meant well. Mostly.

But with a bit of luck, Will would manage. Family reunion. Key. Escape. All in a day's work.

He'd wager his soul on it.

~.~

Comments

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I feel sure Jack wouldn't have sent Will over to the Dutchman if he hadn't been fairly confident of him succeeding in getting the key, although there might have been just a little malice behind Jack's failure to give Will all the details. Will's awfully quick to draw that sword of his...