Chapter Four. Miles and Miles...

The Locker; full of death, chaos and souls of the dead at sea. Safa knew about the locker, she knew of people who had died at sea, but never thought she would be in the locker herself. She looked at Will, her eyes wide and scared. Will was shocked himself, he had been to the locker once before, but something was pulling the ship, directing it somewhere. "Starboard! Starboard!" Will shouted as he saw crashing waves heading towards the ship. Safa lifted Jamie up and ran to the back of the ship, Will following closely behind them, making sure they were ok at all times. Safa turned, her mouth open as she saw a huge wave approach the ship, Will already knew it was coming. "Get down!" He yelled to everyone around him. Safa bent down, putting her arm through a rope, Jamie was clinging on to her. Will ran over next to them, wrapping his arms around Safa, with Jamie in between them. He threaded his arm through a rope as to not slip or fall. Will turned his head up and looked around at his crew, all holding on for dear life. "Hold on!" He cried, he repeated it as the wave was a few seconds from crashing down upon them.

With one devistating crash on the ship, the wave plummeted down with full force. Freezing cold water crashed onto the boat, Safa took a deep breath as she felt the water cascade over her. She could feel the tightening grip of Jamie around her waist, his nails digging in as the water hit him. Will held Safa closer to him, his hands around her back. He could feel the small boy between him and Safa, he gasped as the waves kept crashing down upon the ship. "Cap'ain! The wheel! Port side! Port!" It was another crew member, holding on to a rope on the deck. Will looked up and then looked back at Safa and Jamie.

"Safa, hold on to Jamie!" Safa nodded as Will let go of the pair of them. The three of them were at the stern of the boat; it had the most protection from the waves, although it wasn't much better than anywhere else on the boat. Will struggled to get to the wheel, he clasped on to it turning it hard to the left. The whole ship moved suddenly and the clear waters were murking in the distance. "Hold on everyone!" People were flying from left to right across the ship, pirates shouting at the top of their lungs, checking if their fellow shipmates were ok. The ship became stable as Will steered out of the storm to much less choppy waters, the bow of the boat glided freely towards a sandy horizon. Will realised, he hadn't heard Safa or Jamie. He turned to see Jamie hanging on for dear life, but no Safa. "Safa? Safa!" He let go of the wheel and began looking for her around the ship, shouting her name He came across Gibbs. "Gibbs, you seen Safa?"

"No Cap'ain, where be the boy?"

"Behind the wheel, go look after him"

"Aye sir" Gibbs ran off up the stairs and helped Jamie to his feet. Will continued asking various pirates along the deck.

"Over there Cap'ain!" Will and a group of them ran up to the bow to find her standing at the bow of the boat. She had her arms folded and she was grinning.

"Safa! I thought you were overboard" Will shouted up to her, almost out of breath. She looked down at him and smiled.

"Of course not, i'm Safa Sparrow... no conditions are too powerful for me" The pirates laughed, most of them saying 'Just like her father'. Safa jumped down next to Will and smiled at him. "Well uh, thanks for protecting me and Jamie... it was sweet" Will blushed, he hadn't heard a girl compliment him in a long time. And the fact that it was Safa Sparrow, made it all the more special. Safa giggled and leant over the bow, seeing the sand fast approach them. "Will, what is that?" Will went and leaned on the side next to her. He looked ahead of him, seeing the miles of sand approach.

"That's the main locker... but what I'm wondering" He turned and faced her. "Is why are we here?" They both looked out to the sandy shore in front of them. "Drop the anchor! We row from here" A chorus of 'Aye' Aye' Captain' spread through out the boat. Will smiled at Safa, stroked her arm and walked down the deck. Safa let out a long sigh and placed her hand on the dangling piece of string around her neck. It stopped with a small bottle just resting on her ribs, in the bottle was a wrapped up scroll with red blood half filled. She looked down at the bottle, then back at the sandy shore. She turned around and walked up the deck, go into the Captain's cabin. She pulled her knee length dark purple coat off a hook and put both arms through it. She pulled the collar out and adjusted her hair, letting it flow down her back. She looked to see Jamie had kept her two pistols on his hammock she smiled, wrapping her gun belt around her waist, under her coat. She picked the two pistols up, practicing her dueling moves then sliding them in the pockets. Her sword had been left back with Lord Beckett, so she was in search of a new one. She flicked her hair and made her way upstairs. The boat was only swaying now, it wasn't actually moving. She saw the rowing boats had been raised, she saw Jamie and Will. She strolled over feeling nervous about stepping foot on dry land... but at the bottom of the ocean.

Will smiled when he saw Safa approaching him. He jumped down from the rowing boat and looked at her, from head to toe. "Ready Safa?" She smiled.

"As ready as I'll ever be" He smiled back and helped her into the boat, then she saw Jamie. She shook her head at him. He jumped up in the boat.

"Let's go! Let's go!" Jamie shouted with excitement. Safa continued shaking her head.

"Jay, you must stay here" Jamie's face turned shocked and sad.

"No Saf! I have to come! I have to!" Safa sighed, she never liked telling Jamie what to do. Will nodded in agreement.

"Jamie, Safa's right, it's too dangerous out there" Will said gripping the boy's shoulder. Jamie sighed.

"Come on Jay... these guys will look after you, won't you?" Safa looked up to see Ragetti and Pintel standing there; two pirates who had always freaked her out, put they were pleasant enough. "Hello you two! Didn't know you were on here" They both smiled.

"Yeah, but this guy here tied us to the mast... again" Pintel nudged Ragetti who cowered away.

"Again?" Safa asked, she turned to Will.

"Yeah long story" She giggled and unwrapped the rope from the ship. She looked at Jamie, who looked really upset.

"Jay, come on, gimme a smile" The boy looked up, smiled for a moment then went back to looking sad. She sighed and wrapped her arms around him, holding him tightly. "It's ok Jay..." Will turned and realised that it would be safer if all the crew came, that way Jamie could still be looked after. Will nodded to himself at the thought. He stood up holding on to the ship ropes. Safa was sat in the small rowing boat still, Jamie cuddled up next to her.

"Listen up men! We are all leaving this ship, all of us! So pack up, arm yourselves and be back here as soon as possible" Safa looked up at him appreciatively, but it was still so dangerous for a young boy. Jame grinned at Will, letting go of Safa and wrapping his arms around him.

"Thank you Will! Thank you thank you!" Will ruffled Jamie's blonde hair and told him to go grab a coat. He nodded and ran down the deck. Safa sat back and put her legs up. Will sat down by her feet, looking at all the items in her hair; the feathers, coins, strips of material. He smiled. Crew members were loading up boats with various weapons and ropes. Safa looked over at the sandy mounds ahead of her, she sighed, knowing her father might be among there somewhere, what she couldn't figure out is why? She had heard the rumours of Captain Jack Sparrow, being a pirate lord, a historical figure of their time. Jamie soon came back wearing a coat and boots, Will pulled him over and put him next to Safa, who still had her feet up.

"Got any rum?" Safa asked rubbing her forehead.

"You really are like your father" Will replied shaking his head. He ordered a crew member to get a bottle and hurry back, he sat down next to Safa. Gibbs stepped into the boat and sat next to Jamie.

"Gibbs?"

"Aye' young master Smith"

"Can you tell me the tale of Cap'ain Barbossa?" Will's head turned at the name. He smiled at Jamie, then threw a nervous look at Safa. Gibbs began telling the story of Barbossa, explaining very carefully his appearance. Will looked next to him at Safa, who had her elbow resting on the side of the boat and her hand rummaging through her hair. He smiled at her appearance. The crew member soon came back with a bottle of rum.

"Ahh" Safa said taking it off him. Ragetti and Pintel got in to the boat, as they were the ones rowing. Safa took three long gulps of rum. "Well are we leaving or not?" Will stood up, ready to announce once more.

"Ok men! We set out to Davy Jones Locker, we keep together and no funny business!" A cheer of aye' aye' started and Will ordered the men to lower the boat. Safa brought one leg up, so her knee was in front of her. The boat began dropping and soon the boat was in the sea. Safa passed the bottle of rum over to Gibbs, who she knew loved the stuff... nearly as much as her father. Ragetti and Pintel began rowing towards the sandy shores. Will leant back on the boat, listening to Gibbs continue the story of Barbossa. Gibbs held the rum out for someone to take, Safa was just about to take it back when Will grabbed it and took a few mouthfuls, she was impressed. Will Turner seemed to be coming out of his shell, finally. Within the hour the rowing boats all pulled up on the shore, all in a straight line along the beach. Safa jumped out, and lifted Jamie out. The boy began growing nervous, millions of dead pirates and sailors were in the locker... somewhere. Safa was willing to take the risk, as long as she could find her father. Miles and miles of sandy hills and mounds lie ahead. Safa turned to Will who smiled at her, she smiled back. "Alright! We stick together, we alert of any mishap! Let's go!" Jamie ran ahead, and began climbing the tall hill in front. The rest of the pirates followed, man after man. Safa tied up her boot laces and waited for a moment, looking around her for any sign of her father. She sighed and looked ahead at Will who was standing waiting for her. She walked over to him and the pair began walking together, in what seemed to be a never ending sand pit.