Chapter 3 – Jak and Crystal.

"So, you're sailing to the edge of the earth, to rescue a passed Captain." Crystal smiled. "How thoughtful of you. But monsters live here, not spirits."

"But this friend, he was eaten by a monster, the Craken!" The smile faded immediately from Crystals face.

"Well, that is a different story then isn't it…" She looked deadly serious. They were sitting in her cabin. She had passed him a bottle of rum and insisted he tell her his story. She was sitting behind her desk. "The Craken…Davy Jones…" She trailed off muttering to herself in a foreign tongue. She stood suddenly and paced to the window. "Who is it that you're trying to save?"

"Captain Jak Sparrow…" Said Will. She turned to face him, she looked sharp and venomous.

"Jak Sparrow. That piece of vermin, Davy, tried to get the Craken to eat Jak!"

"You know him?" She laughed heartlessly.

"Mr. Turner, every Sailor in this side of the world knows Jak Sparrow!" She smiled. "You a friend of his?" She asked.

"Yeas, I suppose." Will replied.

"Good." Said Crystal turning back to the window. "I think you overstepped the line this time Davy…" She muttered. She turned back. "I tell you what, I know where the Craken lives, I know where it takes its prisoners. I'll take you to get Jak back, but you have to let me settle somethin' with ol' Davy before you kill him." Will nodded.

"Ok." He said. "But I should get back to the Black Pearl first. They'll want to come with us." Crystal nodded.

"I'll track the Pearl down. It shouldn't be too far, especially if Barbossa is still captaining it, he's been here before."

"He has?"

"Aye, the black pearl used to be a ship of monsters remember." Will nodded.

"Right." He looked up at the woman by the window. "So, were you and Jak lovers?" He asked. She laughed.

"No." She replied. "Jak…is my closest friend." She stopped a moment. "He saved my life many years ago." She said finally. "I owe him…and what better way to repay a life debt than to save his life?" Will smiled.

"Jak saved you?"

"Yes."

"How?" She gave him a sharp look.

"Why should I tell you?" She asked. Will didn't answer. She sighed. "You should get some sleep; I'll set the course for the Black Pearl." She opened the door to her Cabin and the ginger haired Sailor from before came in. "Jackson, find Mr. Turner a place in the crews quarters, and see that he has a decent dinner…" Jackson nodded.

"Aye Ma'am."