Jack turned to glance at Catalina for a moment and stopped in his step, watching her. "What are you doing, lass?"

Catalina groaned. "Does it matter to you, Mr. Sparrow?" She asked, twisting her hair around her hand and tucking it underneath her hat. "My name is Carlos, not lass." She felt around her chest, and Jack turned around at that moment.

"I want my shillings." She commented loudly, watching the pirate start to walk away again. "I will get it one way or another, Jack!"

She continued to follow him, until they approached the docks where the big ship was. Catalina had to admit, Jack had good taste. "What are you going to do if you get caught?" She asked, tapping his shoulder.

He ignored her and continued to walk ahead of her. "You mean, if we get caught?"

Catalina raised an eyebrow at his back, and she laughed nervously, following him onto the dock now. "No, I meant what are you going to do if you-" Catalina went quiet as two men scrambled to stand in front of her and Jack. They looked fiercely at Jack and her.

"This dock is off limits to civilians."

"I'm very sorry, we didn't know." Catalina sent a pointed look to Jack. 'What is this we crap?' she thought. "If we see one, we shall inform you immediately."

Jack took a hold of Catalina's hand and quickly tried to maneuver around the two but they were quick as well and stepped in their way. Jack pursed his lips in thought. "Apparently, there is some sort of high toned and fancy to do up at the fort, eh? How could it be that two upstanding gentlemen such as yourselves did not merit an invitation?"

The thin guard seemed a bit at a loss for words before replying. "Someone has to make sure this dock says off limit to civilians." The larger one nodded in agreement and Catalina felt as though these two were left behind to do a pointless task.

"It's a fine goal to be sure but it seems to me that a…" Jack pulled Catalina along with him, apparently attempting to go around the two once again. Alas, they were thwarted as the two guards kept a firm stance in front of them. "A ship like that," he pointed to a far-away ship. "Makes this one here a bit superfluous, really."

"Oh, the Dauntless is the power in these waters, true enough, but there's no ship as can match the Interceptor for speed."

Jack put a finger to his chin, deep in thought. "I've heard of one, supposed to be very fast – nigh, un-catchable…The Black Pearl."

The larger one laughed mockingly. "Well," he made a pointed look at the both of them. "There's no real ship as can match the Interceptor."

The thin one made a side-ways glance to the other guard. "The Black Pearl is a real ship."

The larger one looked in disbelief at Jack and Catalina before looking back at his companion. "No, no it's not."

"Yes, it is, I've seen it."

"You've seen it?" Catalina resisted the urge to groan. This was such a useless conversation. The Black Pearl was indeed a real ship, or at least that is what Robert had told her.

"Yes."

"You haven't seen it." He shook his head.

The thin one nodded. "Yes, I have."

Catalina glanced at Jack to see he was no longer amused by this conversation as well.

The larger one leaned into the thin one's face and spoke in a low voice. "You've seen a ship with black sails, that's crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out?"

Catalina raised an eyebrow; that was quite a dramatic description. This man's story-telling skills could send Robert on a run for his money.

"No." The thin one answered in a quiet voice.

"No." The other one echoed, a satisfied grin coming onto his face.

"But I have seen a ship with black sails."

Jack pulled on her hand, and she looked to him. He nodded his head to the ship and pulled her along with him, leaving behind the two bantering guards. Catalina resisted the urge to laugh at how easy it was to slip under the radar of those two.

"Jack," she whispered in order to not be heard. "They'll eventually stop and see us on their ship."

Jack nodded as they boarded the ship together. "I am well aware, lass. Just go with it." He smiled as he placed his hands on the wheel and looked out to the sea. Catalina recognized the look on his face. It was the look of longing to be out at sea, which almost every pirate wore once they were grounded somewhere that was not above water.

"Hey! You two!" Catalina jumped at the yells and turned to see the two soldiers running over to the ship. The thin one boarded the ship and drew their weapon, pointing it at Jack and her as they stood firmly in front of them. "Get away from there!"

"You don't have permission to be aboard there, mate!" The larger one yelled, coming up behind the other one and pointing his weapon specifically at Jack.

"I'm sorry, it's just – it's such a pretty boat." He smiled. "Ship." He quickly corrected himself and looked to Catalina with a small smile on his face.

'Is this amusing for him? We're trapping on a ship, cornered by two idiots with weapons.' She held her hands up in defense, not wanting to be killed today of all days. If she were going to die, it would be on Robert's ship.

"What are your names?"

Jack nodded. "Smith, or Smithy, if you like." He placed a hand on Catalina's shoulder and grinned. "This here is Carlos, my Cabin Boy."

Catalina looked so quick at Jack, a pain shot through the side of her neck. "Ah," she groaned, rubbing her neck slowly. "Yes, what he said." She muttered, feeling more trapped than ever.

"What's your purpose in Port Royal, Mr. Smith and…Cabin Boy?" The larger one asked, looking Catalina up and down in question.

"Yeah, and no lies." The other one added, continuing to point his weapon at the both of them.

"Well, then, we confess." Catalina raised an eyebrow at Jack as he walked in front of her to face the two men. "It is our intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer our weasely black guts out."

Catalina look to the two guards in fear, wondering what would happen now due to Jack's recklessness. 'You're most possibly the worst pirate I've ever had the misfortune of meeting, Jack Sparrow.' She stepped back, thinking maybe she should just jump into the waters and swim as fast as she could.

On the other hand, Jack had her shillings still.

"I said no lies!"

"I think he's telling the truth."

"If he were telling the truth," This time, Catalina vocally groaned her annoyance. "He wouldn't have told us."

"Unless, of course," Jack started, making Catalina's hands clench up in fists. He would only make things worse from here on out, she was sure of it. "He knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you."

"Idiots." Catalina turned away, ignoring any more words that came from Jack's mouth or the other two. She covered her face and groaned lightly. How did all of it go so wrong? She was stuck in Port Royal with an idiot pirate who had just made her his unofficial Cabin Boy. "Robert, where in the hell are you?" She muttered, looking out to sea.

She jumped, hearing a splash and looked to see the waters moving by the cliff. She saw a rather large figure lingering in the water, sinking. It was too large to be a fish. "Jack?" She turned and looked at the three men who just stood there in silence, looking at the shifting water as well before they ran over to stand beside her.

It was a woman in the water, Catalina noticed but it appeared to her and the others that this woman was not making any efforts to reach the surface.

Jack pointed out to water and leaned to the larger guard. "Will you be saving her then?"

"I can't swim."

Catalina looked to him with a sharp glare as Jack looked to the other guard for help, who only shook his head in response.

"Pride of the King's Navy you are." Jack began take off his effects, handing his hat to Catalina and handing the rest of his effects to the guards. "Do not lose these." Before Catalina could voice any protest, Jack dived into the water.

Catalina stood there, clutching onto Jack's hat in fear. He had left her behind with two guards who could easily grab her at any moment and turn her in if they realized she was a pirate. She stepped back but stopped when she noticed the water suddenly quiver from where Jack was.

"What was that?" The thin one looked to the larger one and to her. She shrugged her shoulders along with the larger one, suddenly feeling the winds change.

'Something doesn't feel right..' She thought and jumped, yelping in surprise when she was suddenly grabbed by the larger guard.

"Come with us, now. We're getting off this ship, before someone sees we've let you on."

As the three of them headed off the ship, they noticed Jack climbing onto the dock, holding the woman over his shoulder. The two guards threw his effects and their weapons to the side to help him with the unconscious woman.

Catalina resisted the urge to grab one of their weapons for defense.

"She's not breathing!" Instead, Catalina rushed over to them, and watched as the guards struggled to do something to help the unconscious woman.

"Move!" Jack pushed the thin one aside and took a knife, cutting open the woman's corset, and instantly, the woman sprang back to consciousness, spitting up the water from her lungs. Catalina looked away, her cheeks red from seeing the woman without her undergarments. Catalina had seen worse but only from a pirate – not from what seemed to be a noble woman of sorts.

The larger one looked at Elizabeth in shock, and Catalina had almost snapped at him to look away – the woman wasn't decent, for goodness sake. "Never would've thought of that."

"Clearly, you've never been to Singapore." Jack commented, overlooking the woman before he took hold of something that was hanged around her neck. Catalina's eyes widened at the coin in Jack's hand. She recognized it from one of Robert's stories. "Where did you get that…?" He asked the stuttering woman quietly.

Jack looked up as a sword was drawn in front of his face and Catalina looked up to see nearly half of the King's Navy surrounding them now. She swallowed, still clutching onto Jack's hat in fear.

'What have I gotten myself into?'