Chapter 8

"Hello cousin," he said again "it's been a while."
"Ross what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to visit you." Jack grabbed a line and swung to the Sangua Rosa, walked up the stairs and asked Hear ", who's that?" Hear sighed and replied ", my naive cousin Ross. The only reason he's captain of that ship is because my aunt got tired of his whining." She put up a finger as if to say "one moment" then said to her cousin ", you came all the way from FRANCE just to visit!" Jack whispered in Hear's ear "e looks like a eunuch." Hear smiled at the comment.
"Can't I sail out to visit my own cousin?"
"Not when I'm busy. Go home Ross!"
"Awwww! You never let me come on your adventures!" Then Jack said ", I can see why."
"You know Aunt Diana doesn't approve of you being around me and neither do I!" cried Hear. Ross drew his sword rather clumsily and said ", then I'll fight you!" Hear laughed ", two ships against one. Do you think it's wise to indulge in battle?" Ross smiled and said ", you may be good with a sword cousin Hear, but I'M better!"
"Ross we don't have time for this!" "Ready the guns!" Ross shouted. "Alright, we'll play your game!" cried Jack. "What?! You're not serious?" said Hear surprisingly.
"The sooner we get this over with, the sooner we can get out of here." Hear passed for a moment then sighed ", Alright. You take starboard and I'll take port. We'll surround him and fire." Jack nodded and swung back to his own ship and shouted ", hard to starboard!"
While the Black Pearl worked on getting to the right side of the French ship, Hear was already firing from the left. Then Ross started boarding the Sangua Rosa. He went straight for Hear. Attacking her when ever he could, they started moving up the stairs to the top deck.
When Jack finally gets to the starboard side they fired like hell. Then the Black Pearl started boarding the French vessel!

Hear and Ross, still at it, fought their way into a corner. Hear's back was facing the corner and nowhere to go. "I told you cousin, I'm better than you," Ross placed his sword under Hear's chin. Jack turned in time him do so. He quickly grabbed a rope hanging close by and swung to the Rosa. Ross raised his sword ", you upstage me any longer." He thrusted his sword forward! But the blade stopped short. Blood started dripping down his uniform. Ross fell to the floor and revealed Jack standing behind him, a layer of blood on his sword. A sailor who witnessed the murder shouted ", retreat! Back to the ship!"
Hear ran and hugged Jack, but not for long. She knelt by her cousin and said to Jack ", give me your sword." Jack handed her his sword, confused about what she was doing. Hear took the weapon and pulled out a dried, blacken rose out of her belt. She let the blood from the sword drip onto the rose. When she was satisfied, she placed the rose on her cousin and said "; I never thought I'd have to do this." Hear spotted one of Ross's crewmen and said ", here, take him back to Lady Diana. The sailor took the Captain and ran off.
After everyone settled down, Jack walked up beside Hear and asked "What was the rose for?" "Tradition. We take a dead, blackened rose, cover it in the captain's blood and place it on their chest. Do you know why a rose?" "No," he replied.
"Because a rose can mean many things. It could mean love, sorrow, beauty, romance, or, in this case, death."
"I see, but why the blood?
"Ahh. That's my touch. It means that that rose is for that specific person. Basically, just to personalize the rose."
"And you do this for everyone?"
"Everyone."