Joanna laid beside Barbossa as the Queen Anne's Revenge sailed late into the night. The children were in their bunks asleep. The crew was maintaining their course. Barbossa never told her where he got the information about going after Jack Sparrow. He only told her that they had business with the man. Joanna rolled onto her side and ran her hand across her husband's chest.
"I worry about you, you know?" she said.
"What do you mean?" Barbossa mumbled, not bothering to open his eyes.
"These secrets you hide from me. Hector, why won't you tell me who it is you talk to?"
"I don't want you getting involved with my affairs from the past. These are very dangerous bargains I made that I need to uphold when the time comes."
Joanna looked at Barbossa and wrapped her arm around his waist. Making himself comfortable, he moved his arm, wrapping it around her shoulders. The last time he made a dangerous bargain to uphold was his business with Calypso.
"I don't want to lose you", she said, pressing a kiss to his chest.
Barbossa opened his blue eyes, looking down at his wife. A statement like that was rather sudden and concerned him, especially with what was happening.
"Who says you're going to lose me?" he asked.
"Darling, you're not as young as you used to be. I don't want you doing dangerous tasks anymore. Hector, you and I are both getting older now. Why don't we entrust the armada to someone younger? Let's retire to someplace quiet and less dangerous for the children."
"Joanna, I be a pirate for life."
Barbossa sat up and pulled away from his wife.
"You ought to know that by now. I made this life for myself, for you and our children. I would die before ever retiring to a life on land."
"Don't talk like that, Hector", Joanna said. "We've been together for so many years. I don't know what I would do without you if I lost you."
Barbossa looked at Joanna, putting his hand over hers. He knew that for a fact. The last time he died, she killed herself just to be with him. That wouldn't be the case this time. Joanna still had the children to live for. She was going to have to continue on without him if anything were to happen.
"Think of the children, Joanna", Barbossa said. "Joseph, Arlene and Christopher still need ye."
Joanna rested her head against her husband's chest. She closed her eyes at the sound of his heartbeat, relaxing at the soothing sound. Joanna ran her hand up Barbossa's chest, letting it slide past the opening of his shirt to touch his bare skin.
"Promise me something, Hector", she said. "Once we get through this… no more big adventures. I think we've gone through enough journeys to last us a lifetime."
Barbossa looked at her and gave a chuckle. Everything they had gone through, being cursed for 10 years, dying and coming back to life, their journey to Davy Jones' locker, taking on Cutler Beckett, and looking for the Fountain of Youth. Anyone would exhausted of journeys after going through all that. Barbossa ran his fingers through Joanna's hair and kissed her forehead. He too was done with journeys and adventures, but he would not retire to land. With his family by his side, he was determined to live out his last days on the sea. The remainder of his armada would keep them safe from any attacks. He would trust his men to take care of the ship, leaving him and his family at peace.
"Go to sleep, Joanna", Barbossa softly said. "Everything is going to be alright. Nothing is going to happen to me."
