Note: PLEASE go read Adventures of Jack Sparrow: Saving Will Turner BEFORE you read this one! Thank you! Enjoy!
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The Black Pearl was making its way through the Caribbean waters. It was a calm, dark night. Lights lit the Pearl, and music and voices filled the air.
"We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs, Drink up me hearties yo, ho!" the crew sang drunkenly. Gibbs and Jack were gulping down liters of rum and laughing.
"Let's sing another song, Mr. Gibbs!" Jack suggested.
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest. Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum." Gibbs whispered. The whole crew began to join in, making a loud, out of tune chorus of drunken men.
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest. Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum. Drink and the devil had done the rest. Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum!!!" They yelled and shouted.
Elizabeth came above deck, dressed in nothing but pirate clothes. She started taking all the bottles of rum from the crew. Jack looked at her quizzically.
"What are you doing? We're not done yet!" he whined.
"You are done with these." She paused and the whole crew looked at her. "Because we've got so much more to drink!"
The crew laughed and yelled, waiting for more rum. They started singing again. Elizabeth brought another load of rum from below deck. She handed them out, but didn't take one for herself. Jack stared at her, puzzled. She went below deck, and Jack followed her.
"Are you alright, luv?" he asked, worried. They sat down in their cabin.
"Will looks so upset. I worry for him." she explained.
"I'm sure he is just fine." Jack leans in to kiss her, but she pulls away.
"You know we still haven't found his father."
"Bill?"
"Yes. Ever since we found Davy Jones, and saved Will, he's been missing." Jack remembered that day like it was yesterday. He also remembered that a few days after that, Elizabeth married him. Still drunk, he paraded around the room.
"Have I ever told you that I love you Mrs. Sparrow?"
"Yes, many times, but I don't mind hearing it again." Elizabeth and Jack got up and searched the ship for Will, with Jack hung around her shoulder.
"I love you, Mrs. Sparrow." he remarked. Elizabeth laughed at the sound of Jack's slurred accent.
They found Will, sitting at a table in the dining room, with his head down. He was quiet and his breathing was so slow, they thought he was asleep.
"Will?" Elizabeth questioned. There was no answer.
"I guess he is asleep." Jack said, much louder than he needed to.
"I'm awake." Will mumbled.
"Are you ok?" she asked, as Will looked up at them.
He sighed, and then he slightly whispered, "Sit down please."
Elizabeth sat down, but Jack had trouble aiming for the seat. Elizabeth helped him, and they both listened. Will's face was filled with sorrow and panic. His hands were trembling, and could barely speak.
"Will? Are you sure you're ok?" she asked.
"I think he's had too much rum." Jack assumed. Elizabeth looked at him, a little angry. He pouted.
"I…..I saw something" Will began. "It was something…..terrible." Jack looked frantic.
"What? Is the rum gone?!" he asked. Elizabeth hushed him.
"What did you see?" she questioned.
"I saw…..I saw…blood." Elizabeth and Jack glanced at each other, concerned. "It was blood….and bones. There was a message under the stack, but I dare not touch it." Jack looked up, recovering from his drunkenness, and stared at Will, baffled.
"Where did you see that?"
"Why do you care?" he asked.
"Just show me and I'll explain"
Will looked at Elizabeth. "Alright, follow me."
Jack and Elizabeth followed down into the cellar where all the animals were kept. Will strutted towards the corner, revealing a pile of bones covered in blood. Elizabeth looked disgusted at the stench it uncovered. Jack stared at it, like it was the most terrifying thing he had seen.
"I'm glad you didn't touch this, mate." Jack remarked.
"Why is that?" Will questioned. He didn't answer. He covered his hands with a pair of gloves, then searched through the pile of mess, to reveal the message. Jack read it out loud:
Jack Sparrow,
I'm glad I've found you at last. It's been a long while since we last met. I think I have something of yours that you want, and you have something of mine that I want. You have five days to find me. All hope of finding your friend's father rest on your shoulders. If you give me your payment, I will uncover something you have lost. Or someone. You will find me and my crew on a shore of black. Remember, five days, or your loved one will be dead.
-Captain Silver Bones
Elizabeth and Will just stared at him.
"He's an old friend."
Will looked at him angrily. "Because you have another debt to pay, Elizabeth is in danger!" he shouted.
Jack stared at him and remarked, "He wasn't talking about Elizabeth." Will looked at him with confusion.
Jack went back to the dining room and sat down. "Have a seat, and let me tell you a little about Captain Bones."