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I tried to control my butchering of Jacks language in this one and now it still strikes me as funny but ah well I don't think I will ever be happy with it lol. Anyway onto another adventure and my second ever POTC fanfic. Warning may contain DMC spoilers.

thank you for R&R i appreciate it muchly

And the Chaos begins...

Chapter 1: Whirlpools and Body Paint

The waves stirred the ship only slightly, which was usual for the Black Pearl but today something was off by this and stirred me from my much needed rest. There it was again a quick succession of movement and with that I managed to open one eye wishing that the sun wasn't peeking in directly at my face. "Jack what's going on now?" I wondered opening both eyes and staring around the now familiar gray cabin. We had been sailing for nearly a month and the crew had been getting anxious to rest in Tortuga. I couldn't blame them, and liked the idea of seeing the pirate town without running for my life. I remember the last time I had been there with Jack I had managed to get shot and all of the risks we had taken to get to Sapphire Island back then came rushing back to me forcing me to mumble a curse thoughtfully. The ship lurched to the side then waking me rather rudely as I rolled from the comfortable confines of the bed and Jacks arms around my waist.

Crash

I yelped as I landed onto the floor of the cabin feeling empty rum bottles colliding with my head as I looked up at the desk I was next to. I had been asking Jack to keep those rum bottles in a box or something but as usual I was ignored and he would win out with some charming look or comment. "Why did I stay here again?" I thought staring over at the startled face of Jack who had just realized something was considerably off.

"Ye alright love?" Jack inquired bracing himself as the ship lurched again sending me backwards hard into the desk smacking my head.

"NO!" I shouted crossly as I placed a careful hand against my head and flinched swearing. "What the hell is going on?" I asked watching Jack scramble from the bed grabbing his coat and heading for the door. "Wait for me." I muttered hearing the door shut quickly behind him and sighing miserably as I slipped into my coat which Jack had given me upon my first adventure with him and sighed making my way out the door.

Crash

I collided with a thin figure who had been running toward the deck and heard a soft grunt as we both landed hard. "Elizabeth." I thought with a small smile as I sat up seeing she was surprised by the collision and smiled at me.

"That was graceful." Elizabeth quipped as I nodded rubbing my now even more tender body trying to find a spot that didn't hurt. "We had better get on deck and find out what's going on." She muttered as I nodded getting to my unsteady feet and following her quickly to the deck seeing all the crew were scattered around trying to follow Jacks orders.

"There's Will." I said pointing in Jacks direction seeing he was trying to assist Jack in controlling the ship. "What the heck is causing this?" I wondered as the ship lurched making me and Elizabeth bump into each other unsteadily.

"A whirlpool." Elizabeth gasped pointing over the side of the ship in the distance. I followed her gaze and felt my heart drop to my feet.

There off the side of the ship was a large whirlpool that was struggling to suck down the Black Pearl and the rest of us. "Holy shit…we're in trouble." I thought grabbing Elizabeth who started to slide across the deck from the water that was making its way on deck. This whirlpool was causing the ship to jerk so much waves were coming on board. I saw Jack and Will were both struggling with the wheel and everyone was trying to set sails and things to get away from the suction.

"We need to help." Elizabeth stated as I nodded going across the ship with her and assisting the others as best we could against the rocking ship. I saw another wave wash across deck and ran to help another crewman who had been shoved from his post.

"I hope we get away from this thing soon." I thought seeing Jack and Will weren't struggling as much seeing the ship was slowly moving away from the suction. I ran up to help Elizabeth who had lost her footing and in the process lost my own. Both of us went sliding hard into the railings of the ship and we both cried out in pain at the impact. "I think the storm was safer." I thought irritably rubbing my now even more aching body parts and seeing Elizabeth was massaging a nasty looking bump on her head and brushing blood from a cut she had received on her shoulder. Very slowly we came away from the whirlpool and once the ship was safe, Jack started around making sure none of the crew were casualties. I saw Will come running right over to Elizabeth and I to see if we were alright.

"Are you both ok?" Will asked looking at me as I nodded and then seeing Elizabeth had been hurt pretty bad. "Elizabeth…you're hurt." He said stating what I already knew worriedly.

"She will be fine…give me a minute and I'll take care of her shoulder." I said as Elizabeth gave Will a weak smile and grimaced trying to get on her feet. "Easy does it." I muttered as she stumbled hard into Will who easily caught her.

"Are ye two alright?" Jack asked making his way over to us after checking the status of everyone. I nodded in response and gently touched the lump on Elizabeth's head. "Ye don look so good Lizzie." He muttered as she pointedly glared at him for using that nickname.

"She might have a concussion…go sit her down in your cabin and I'll come down and look at her arm." I muttered giving Jack a warning look as he backed off his hands moving in a quick Jack Sparrow gesture and kohl lined eyes wide. "You…don't use that nickname right now." I grumbled as he gave me one of his annoying smirks and walked away in his usual drunken manner.

Later in the cabin Elizabeth had shared with Will I leaned over the open slash on her shoulder carefully plucking out slivers and washing it out with a cloth. I then watched her flinch using some rum on the cloth and hearing her muffled yell of pain, she glared at me as I shrugged wrapping the wound with a bandage and sighing. I was tired, had a rotten wake up call, a very frightening morning and most of all didn't want to do anything but head back to bed. I heard a tap on the door seeing Will come in and check on the status of his wife. I smiled making my way from the cabin and walking very slowly down the hall pausing to lean against one of the cool walls.

"Ye look tired love." Jack said startling me from my thoughts as I jumped turning to the sound of his voice. "She alright?" he asked curiously as I nodded and felt his hand gently slide down my arm a small smirk on his face.

"She's fine…will you stop that damn smirking…this was a very bad morning." I muttered dropping his hand from my arm and walking away hearing him following behind me. "Jack…I need to think otherwise I might start yelling at you just randomly to get out my frustration." I thought pausing as I heard a sound on deck and sighed. "Now what?" I wondered feeling Jack bump into me his attention turned to the sounds on deck.

"Jack!" called Gibbs pausing in the hall and glancing at both of us, his eyes wide in concern. "Ye might want to come up on deck." He muttered as Jack took off leaving me behind as usual.

I had grown used to Jack's way of captaining his ship and sighed following after him as quickly as I could. My body was lagging and tired from all the stress that had already happened that morning and I didn't think I could take much more. "NOW WHAT!" I mentally screamed stomping up the stairs to the deck and squinting at the bright Caribbean sun beating down on me mercilessly. I paused dead in my tracks seeing another ship was coming toward us and Gibbs was watching Jack looking out with the spy glass in hand. I could see something was making Gibbs nervous and Jack seemed more intent then usual. "Ok…do I care to know?" I thought making my way to Jack's side seeing he was still intent on the distant ship, his face scrunched in concentration. Jack handed Gibbs the spy glass made some weird hand movements and Gibbs dashed off leaving me standing there wondering what I had missed.

"That ship shouldn't have a captain." Jack muttered under his breath clearly unaware of my presence at his side as he turned and jumped startled hands flying about him in a manner only Jack Sparrow was capable of. "Ye scared me love…

"What do you mean Jack?" I asked cutting him off before he could continue.

"That be the Talon Whisper." Jack stated as I felt my mouth practically come unhinged. "I have no idea who has her now…don't want to fin out jus yet either." He muttered as I nodded and eyed him curiously. "I'll wait in Tortuga and see what I can find out." He then finishing our conversation made his way to the helm and barked a few orders making sure the Talon Whisper became nothing but a memory behind us.

Later that afternoon I was perched against my favorite railing of the ship, which was just across from Jack and stared down at the water brushing against the Black pearl in graceful silk style waves. It was a warm day and I was comfortably laying on my stomach watching the water starting to feel drowsy. It had been a long day and my mind hadn't stopped working since I had woken up that morning. I felt drained and irritable, which in turn made me drowsy and I allowed the sleep to come without much thought. I was startled as a hand came to rest on my shoulder and started awake lifting my head to see Elizabeth staring at me intently.

"Yes?" I asked trying not to sound irritated, but failing miserably. Elizabeth had grown used to this and rolled her eyes a small smile creasing the corner of her mouth. "What's up?" I asked shifting to a sitting position as she sat down beside me and sighed tiredly.

"It's been a long day and since Will is busy with the ship and everyone else……

"You basically needed someone to whine too." I finished for Elizabeth sarcastically as she turned giving me an annoyed look that turned into a mischievous smile.

"Aren't we in a good mood today?" Elizabeth muttered as I shrugged wondering what she had in mind. "I thought that maybe…we could do something before we got to Tortuga." She said softly as I eyed her alert for some sort of trouble.

"Like what exactly?" I asked her knowing that we had been constantly playing tricks on Will and Jack in our long time spent together. We had grown pretty close and it was amusing to torture both men with our practical jokes. The only problem was that eventually they would joke back or make sure to tease a little more then necessary during nightly affairs. "Last time I helped you play one on Jack…I didn't get a wink of sleep and he made sure of it." I mumbled feeling a blush creeping across my face as Elizabeth started to giggle.

"Hey Will has sort of picked up a few bad habits thanks to his and Jacks long discussions. Apparently we know more about each other then all of us care to admit." Elizabeth said trying to stifle a smirk at the shocked look on my face. "He's a pirate…remember." She quipped as I glared hard at Jack seeing he was too intent on his thoughts to notice.

"I remember…trust me." I stated rolling my eyes and smiling thoughtfully wondering what kind of prank Elizabeth had up her sleeve this time. "It's your turn to come up with the idea…I was the one that suggested we pretend to throw Jacks hat overboard…sadly he wasn't too happy when he came back up on deck soaking wet to see it sitting on the ship deck and the two of us laughing hysterically." I said scowling at the memory.

"I remember…Jack grabbed you and threw you overboard. A few minutes later I followed and heard Will and Jack both laughing at us." Elizabeth muttered sounding only a little bitter at them winning out on us. "This one's much better though…they won't notice until they wake up and come on deck." She said as I eyed her curiously.

Later that night when I was sure Jack had gone to sleep Elizabeth had come quietly knocking and I let her into the cabin watching her step over the sleeping Jack. She had something in her hand which I couldn't see until she smiled allowing me a peek. In her hand was what appeared to be red paint. "This is something out of a cartoon." I thought watching as she carefully started to make small spots on Jacks face and hands before stepping back eyeing her work. I followed her down to the room she shared with Will and did the same to him as she had Jack. "What do we do with the paint?" I wondered as Elizabeth grabbed my arm and led me up on deck over to the helm seeing Anna-Maria was on duty that night. Elizabeth smiled shaking her head at the questioning woman pirate and placed the paint next to the steps in plain view of where Jack and Will would see it when everyone noticed their body art.