The ocean glimmered as the morning sun rose. It was a good morning out on the open sea. Jack stared out onto the horizon, it was going to be a good day. The Black Pearl was in good condition, he just finished fixing it up. He was heading for Tortuga, to see if he could re-supply the Pearl's supply of rum. There was never enough of that it seems. They had at least a few barrels left beneath the deck, but he was planning to go somewhere pretty far. He was planning to go to Singapore to try and see what Elizabeth was up to. She was meeting with the new Pirate Lord of Asia. Apparently, she wanted something that he had very badly, and he was too secretive and worried to send it out on a ship, so he had asked for her to come there. So, being a Pirate, Jack decided he wanted to know what she wanted, and if it was shiny - take it for himself.

The Pearl was roped up and unloaded when they reached Tortuga. It had changed a lot over the past ten years, it was nearly civilized! There were clean, British houses and roads. It looked a lot like Port Royal. Unfortunately, it had only done this to hide its bustling businesses with the Pirates of the Carribean. Jack looked around and stepped off the Pearl. He hadn't been here for so long, and he really needed to get to the bar. People turned around and looked at him in shock as he walked through the road smiling. He looked a lot different from when he was last here. He has streaks of gray in his hair, he is dressed in a British black Navy outfit with a skull and crossed swords across his chest, and got rid of all the beads in his beard. He finally got over the twitching thing as well. He can talk like a human again!

He walked around Tortuga for a while, checking out the changes, etc. After he was done, he walked into a fancy looking house. There was no one inside, except a parrot perched on the banister of a large, twisting staircase. He opened a trap door under a rug in the living room, and walked down the murky stairs into the new bar. The walls were tiled with black, shiny tiles and the floor was dirt. It was full for this time of day. He walked towards the bar tender, whose name was Akja Onda. He ordered a beer and sat down. He looked around the bar, and spotted someone who looked vaguely familiar. He stood up, leaving the beer at the table, and walked over carefully, trying not to be noticed. But, being Jack, it didn't work. Barbosa turned around at punched his shoulder lightly, like a way of saying hi.

"You look different, Jacky." Barbosa said in that weird voice of his.

"As do you, Barbosa. Seems your pimple problems getting worse." Jack said.

They looked at each other eye to eye, and then started laughing. They learned to forget their misdoings to each other a long time ago, but haven't met each other for a while.

"How is ma ship, Jack? You taken care o' her nicely I hope?" Barbosa said.

"My ship." Jack said firmly. "And yes."

They still hadn't gotten over that they both 'own' the ship.

"Where ya headed then?" Barbosa whispered "I know ya only come here when you're pitstopping for a voyage."

"Singapore. Swann is doing some transaction with Je Tin Li. I hear its very precious."

"You mean you don't know?"

"Don't know what?"

"She's already back Shipwreck Cove, in her extravagant palace like boat. And she came back wearing the Ring of Calypso."

"What's that?"

"God you are stupid, Jack. After the fight in the Maelstrom when we released Calypso and she exploded into those rock crab things, one of the crew quickly picked one of the crabs up. It happened to be Je Tin Li. He trapped the essence of Calypso in a ring with a sapphire band and a coral centerpiece. The ring has powers over water, as does Calypso. And Elizabeth has gone insane with power with it."

"Typical Elizabeth. Always the one for the jewelry. I should have never voted for her as Pirate King all those years ago."

"Yes, well, we can't change the past. And we can't make you any smarter."

"Barbosa, shut up."

"You continue on to Singapore and do nothing but piss off Je Tin Li and I'll make my way to Shipwreck Cove and get that ring for myself."

"Not if I beat you there."

"I get the Pearl!!" They both said at the same time.