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Amidst The Change

Chapter 2: "Safe" at sea...the Stillborn...and the dreams that connect us...

 

~Meg's P.o.V.~

"Admit it love, we're lost!" I said. "No...I know exactly where we are!" Jack claimed. "Where are we then, Sparrow?" I asked impatiently, leaning back in the chair. He bent low over the maps we had spread across the table. I picked at my food and tapped my fingers impatiently. "We're...right here, love," he said, placing his finger on a spot between Florida and the Western Hemisphere. "That's the Bermuda Triangle, Jack," I said. Then it clicked,"YOU SAILED US TO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?!" I asked, a bit horrifyed. I mean...after all the weird stuff we had been through in our lives...we had to come across the Bermuda Triangle. I had every right to believe something weird would happen and we would...die or something. I was also hyperventilating. Jack handed me a bottle of rum,"Breathe, love..." he said as I took a long drink. The other thing was...we had spent 5 1/2 months at sea, straight with no stops. No one else but me and Jack...and some seagulls. I loved Jack and all...but I think...it was probably Cabin Fever.

"Aye...well...steer us...towards Maine," I said, putting the bottle down finally. "Um...I can't," he said. "Why?" I breathed. "Because...that would cause us to actually go straight through the Triangle because it's basically a complete turn-around. If I partially make a right though we should steer clear of the Bermuda Triangle and land somewhere along the Key Islands in Florida..." he explained. It blew me away that Jack was this smart. I loved him for all of his quirks though. "I see," I mumbled. So we were going to go 'past' the Bermuda Triangle. "And what are the chances of us miscalculating?" I asked. "50-50?" he said, shrugging as he rolled up the sea charts and the maps.

The 50 % that said we would go through the triangle was the chance we landed with.

I woke up with no one in the bed beside me, the ship rocking a lot and I walked up on deck. That's when I noticed all the fog. Thick, heavy, blinding fog. I snapped out of my hangover from rum last night and my Cabin Fever. We were goners. "Jack..." I said softly, hoarsely in a small voice. I listened to the noises around me, I could tell there was a ship really close. I heard shouts and yells. My heart dropped as I heard them say Jack's name and then Jack screamed. "No, no, no, no..." I whispered, shaking my head and backing up as I heard footsteps on the deck around me. Then a hand covered my mouth with a rag or something that smelled really weird. I struggled to scream and fight but whatever it was made me feel really sick. Then I passed out.

I woke up on a soggy, wet, moldy hay bale and muttered,"Okay...I am really getting fucking sick and fucking tired of getting knocked out..." My eyes were still a bit unfocused and when I finally regained my full sight and my partial consciousness I realized, to my utter and complete horror, that there were decaying corpses in my cell. Fresh, decaying corpses. I turned my head and gagged on nothing, wheezing while my stomach just lurched. I had nothing to throw up, basically which made me wonder how long I was passed out. There was some moldy bread on the floor but I wouldn't touch it. I'm not picky, but hell, it was pretty damn moldy and gross. I lifted my head and tried to peer through the darkness. I was definately in a ship, although it wasn't the Pearl. I had lived on the Pearl for almost 6 months straight so I knew what my ship looked like and this wasn't it. It was definately night outside too, wherever I was, judging by the way the water was moving. I could just tell. There were some faint candles lit around this weird...cross-like structure where someone would've hung from with leather straps and chains that were hooked onto the cross thing. There was actually someone hanging really limp from it too, which made me look away and tuck myself into the corner, hugging my knees to my chest. Then I looked at the man on the cross torture thing again. It was Jack. I screamed, I couldn't help it, my husband was on that thing for fuck's sake, looking dead! "Jack! JACK SPARROW, PLEASE LOVE DON'T BE DEAD!" I screamed, tears were rolling down my cheeks. I didn't even care how much noise I was making until finally someone spoke softly,"Meg...shh...calm down, you don't want them to come back, Meaghan..." I breathed heavy and tried to see the source of the voice, it was so familiar, a voice I hadn't heard in about 6 months. "Maxine?" I whispered softly. "Yes...shh..." she whispered back, sounding weak and exhausted. "Where are you, Max...I...I'm scared," I said. "I'm in a cell too...I had a dream about you Meg...I'm beginning to think we're all connected by our dreams or some crazy shit..." she whispered. Then she yelled out in pain,"Oh...fuck!" she yelled. "Max, what happened?" I asked. "Meg...don't freak out okay...Gods...I can't see anything, Meg...and I won't act brave...because I'm scared...but I'm in labor..." she whispered the last part faintly. "No..." I said. "Sarah and Kim weren't in my dream...you were and so was Jack...InuYasha is with Kim and Kaiba in Maine...they're so far away, Meg...I'm scared...I'm sorry, I'm scared..." she said. I stood up and groped around in the darkness,"Max...find my hand..." I whispered as I moved it through the bars of my cell blindly, across the floor. We both reached enough to where we had our hands held,"Max...just breathe, alright?" I said, whispering re-assuring words. She began crying and I tried to help her but I was just as helpless.

Maxine had grown quiet, way too quiet. I don't know what happened really. I tried to recall as I lifted my pounding head and moved myself closer to the bars again, trying to find her hand...someone had come down and taken her away...or so I thought. When they came back they lit a lantern that partially lit the cell room. It was more like a torture chamber I saw. They unbuckled Jack and threw him into a cell that was beside mine. He groaned lightly but that was the only sign of life he gave. I looked across and saw Max was huddled in her cell the whole time. Her eyes were red and her face was pale grey. There was vomit on the floor and blood on her clothes. Her arms were scratched and her neck was bruised from apparently an attempted strangling. On the floor, although it was a small cell, as far as possibly away from her was a small baby wrapped in rags. Most of the rags were ripped from Max's shirt. The baby's face was the only part uncovered and it had blue, glassy eyes. It wasn't blinking and it's face was deathly white...as if it were..."Dead...it's dead..." she whispered. Then the light got blown out. Someone or something opened my cell door just then though and wrapped it's hands around my neck and shook me, knocking my head against something hard. I felt blood trickle down my neck and they dragged me by my hair towards what I made out to be, considering it was so dark, a single board with straps along it. They threw me down and strapped me on it. Something was poking in my neck and head and then they lowered another board with nails covering it on top of me, less than a millimeter away from my body. I couldn't even cry and my head grew light and I passed out, just like that, hearing Maxine's cries in my ears.

~Sarah's P.o.V.~

I woke up from the dream I had been having in a cold sweat. It had been a dream at first of stuff me and Meg and Kim and Max used to do...then it changed into a nightmare. I shook it out of my head. Max was safe...in Maine, in bed according to Kim. Meg was safe with Jack at sea. I picked up my phone anyway and dialed Kim, even though it was now 1 AM and we'd just talked on the messenger two hours before. She picked it up instantly,"I was just about to call you...I had a nightmare..." she said softly. "Me too...is Max alright?" I asked, creeping out of bed into the living room of mine and Will's old apartment. "I'm checking now...I'm going down the hallway..." she whispered. "InuYasha?" I heard her say,"Where's Max?" I sucked in my breath. "I thought she was downstairs with you..." he said faintly. "Oh God..." she muttered. I crumbled to the floor,"What was your nightmare like, Kim?" I asked through tears. She was breathing heavy,"Max...Jack and Meg too...Gods...I can't even say it, Sarah..." she said softly. InuYasha was asking her what was wrong and finally she yelled,"THEY'RE GONE INUYASHA!" I was crying a lot now and Will was walking into the living room, giving me a questioning look. I whispered to him,"Max is missing...and we have right to believe Jack and Meg are too...they're...the baby's dead, Will..." I was sobbing, every vision of my nightmare in my head. He pulled me close and stroked my hair. "The twins are awake...Sarah, find a flight out here, I'll pay for it..." Kim said. I mananged a yes and hung up with her. Will got online without question and booked the quickest tickets. He stuffed some things into two bags and backpacks and took my hand.

Just like that...we were in Maine with Kim. Me and her were sitting in their living room, Kaiba and Will were sitting across from us. Me and Kim were shaking and finally Kim handed Reika, who she'd been holding, to Kaiba who was holding Aerylis. InuYasha was pacing the floor,"What do you mean, the baby...is dead?" he asked softly. "It's dead, InuYasha...we saw it...through Meaghan's eyes really...it was...so weird..." Kim replied softly. InuYasha slammed his fists on the glass coffee table hard and yelled,"SHUT UP, IT IS NOT TRUE!" a crack split across the coffee table. "YES IT IS, INUYASHA!" Kim screamed back, standing up. "SIT DOWN AND STOP YELLING!" I yelled, standing up as well,"Look at us! We're yelling at each other, we need to find them!" Kim glared at InuYasha and they both sat down. I sat down again. "How do we do that?" InuYasha snapped. "I...I don't know..." I whispered.

We sat there doing nothing, only snacking on stuff that was in Kim and Kaiba's pantry. We had no idea what to do. And it all happened in a matter of 6 hours...

~So...who's totally freaked out? Anyone...? Heh...not much to say...

till next time~