"How the blazes did you get off that island?" Barbossa asked and though he looked calm, Lexi could feel an underlining panic.

"Well," Jack started smiling, also feeling the hidden emotion "When you marooned me on that godforsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate." Barbossa raised his eyebrow "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."

"Ah, well, I won't be making that mistake again." he said and turned to the rest of the pirates a smile painted on his face "Gents, you all remember Captain Jack Sparrow? Kill him." All the pirates turned their weapons onto Jack and Lexi

"The girl's blood didn't work, did it?" Jack quickly cut in.

"You do have a plan, do you?" Lexi hissed quietly "I do trust you, but I hope you know what you're doing."

"Hold your fire!" Barbossa quickly shouted. The pirates reluctantly lower their weapons. "You know whose blood we need?"

"I know whose blood ye need." Jack said smugly

"He know whose blood ye need." Lexi repeated after him

"Well, whose blood do we need?" Pintel asked confused

"Ah, dear Pintel..." Lexi started "That is the question"

"You need it answered, and we have said answer. Therefore you should... how to put it mildly?" Jack mused

"How about not kill us?" Lexi asked

"Ah, yeah. That's it. We have said answer, therefore you shouldn't kill us. We give you your answer, you give us something in return." Jack said grinning slightly at Lexi. "Does that fit your definition of a good plan?" he whispered to her

"Yep, absolutely. If it works."

"Fine, what do you want for the information?" Barbossa asked with a slightly pained face.

*TOSTOSTOS*

In the cabin of the Interceptor Elizabeth was trying to bandage her palm. The cut was shallow, more of a scratch actually, but it burned like hell. Lizzy was tired and very confused. Will told her everything that had happened, but there were still some things she didn't understand "What sort of a man trades a man's life for a ship?" she asked. Will shook his head slightly at how naive she was.

"Pirate." he said grimly. He noticed her struggle with the bandage and took her palm in his hand "Here. Let me." he said and started putting on the bandage

"Thank you." Elizabeth said feeling a bit uncomfortable. She loved Will, but this was the most intimate that they ever had been. She thought about Lexi. Always lonely, not one soul that she loved. "What about Lexi?" Elizabeth asked curiously "You said she stayed with Jack. Why?" Will stayed silent. He felt really bad for leaving Lexi. He really did care for her. But Elizabeth was more important. And the fact that he was capable of just leaving her hurt him.

"You said you gave Barbossa my name as yours. Why?" he asked changing the topic and not answering the question. Elizabeth noticed, but decided against mentioning it.

"I don't know." Will tied the bandage and she winced as it tightened around her cut.

"I'm sorry. Blacksmith's hands - I know they're rough." Will said feeling embarrased

"No…I mean yes, they are but…" she stuttered "But don't stop." she finally breathed out blushing

"Elizabeth" she took out the medallion and handed it to him.

"It's yours." She said hesitantly. Will took it and instantly paled.

"I thought I'd lost it the day they rescued me. It was a gift from my father. He sent it to me." he said quietly. Then he faced her with a hint of anger "Why did you take it?"

"Because I was afraid that you were a pirate." Elizabeth said feeling small. "That would have been awful." Will sighed. She was so sweet

"It wasn't your blood they needed. It was my father's blood…my blood…the blood of a pirate." he said in horror. Jack was right. He had the blood of a pirate.

"Will, I'm so sorry, please forgive me." Elizabeth pleaded. Will looked at the medallion in disgust and slammed it on the table. Elizabeth quickly scurried out of the room. She was full of emotions. She was mainly scared. And in love. Awfully in love.

*TOSTOSTOS*

Jack, Lexi and Barbossa sat in the Captains cabin of the Black Pearl. Lexi was nervous. She trusted Jack to get them out this situation, but couldn't help but feel a bit scared. This was the first time she was in danger. At home she had guards and people looking out for her. So this was very new to her.

"So you expect to leave me standing on some beach with nothing but a name and your word it's the one I need and watch you sail away in my ship?" Barbossa asked slowly.

"No, I believe you're a bit off with that assumption." Lexi said smiling. It was her defense mechanism. She talked and acted unbothered when she was scared.

"She's right. I expect to leave you standing on some beach with absolutely no name at all, watching me sail away on my ship and then I'll shout the name back to you." Jack said grinning from ear to ear "Savvy?" he asked and glanced at Lexi. He winked to show her that everything was under control.

"But that still leaves us with the problem of me standing on some beach with naught but a name and your word it's the one I need." Barbossa said sighing in frustration

"Of the two of us, I am the only one who hasn't committed mutiny, therefore…my word is the one we'll be trusting."

"And I'm not even pirate. If you don't trust him, trust me." Lexi addded. Barbossa looked at her in surprise.

"Not pirate, eh? You could have fooled me..." he said curiously

"Yeah, yeah. But we are not talking about her." Jack quickly cut in, feeling uncomfortable "I should be thanking you because, in fact, if you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have an equal share in that curse, same as you." He bit into an apple and closed his eyes with exaggerated pleasure "Funny ol' world, innit?" He grabbed two apples and handed one to Barbossa and the other to Lexi who started munching on it. Barbossa only looked at it with slight longing. They sat in silence, Lexi and Jack happily eating their apples and Barbossa glaring at them. Suddenly the Bo'sun entered.

"Captain, we're coming up on the Interceptor." He said smiling greedily. Barbossa stood up and walked out without a word. Jack and Lexi ran out after him.

Barbossa was standing by the railing, looking at the ship, when Jack caught up to him and pushed himself in front of the pirate captain, blocking the view of the Interceptor.

"I'm having a thought here, Barbossa. What say we run up a flag of truce? I scurry over to the Interceptor, and I negotiate the return of your medallion, eh? What say you to that?" Jack said quickly, smiling nicely. Barbossa turned to him with exasperation.

"Now you see, Jack , that's exactly the attitude that lost you the Pearl . People are easy to search when they're dead." he said and turned to Bo'sun "Lock them both in the brig." he ordered. Bosun escorted Jack and Lexi below decks. Barbossa glanced at the apple in his hand and threw it away angrily.

Below decks Jack and Lexi sat in a wet cell. They were locked in. Water was slowly dripping in through a hole in the wood. Lexi sloshed the water around.

"Apparently there's a leak." she said keeping her face neutral.

"Yup. Blasted pirates, can't fix a thing." Jack added. Lexi looked at him and smiled slightly.

"What am I doing here Jack? It seems as if just yesterday I was a girl bored to death by her father, dreaming of an adventure. NotwI'm locked up in a cell with a pirate in a pirate ship, about to fight with other pirates that are also my friends. And with those pirates is my older sister and the love of her life. But they'll never be together, because apparently that's not proper. Oh well." Jack just looked at her.

"Yeah sorry. Rambling a bit. But still I wouldn't want it any other way."

"That's the spirit, love" Jack grinned at her. Oh, she was going to make a really great pirate someday. "But don't ya worry, good ol' Jack will get us out of here in no time."

"Yeah... right" Lexi said snorting in disbelief

"Oi! I will!"

"You better. This is not my ideal resting place." She said grinning widely at him. He huffed and turned around.

"You are so mean. What did I do to you? What did I do to deserve this treatment?" Jack wailed.

"Oh, do shut up." Lexi said still smiling. They sat there in silence. Then there was the sound of a cannon and men shouting.

"I guess it's started." Lexi commented. Suddenly a hole was blown in the side of the ship. Lexi and Jack lunged sideways, not to get hit.

"Stop blowing holes in my ship!" Jack cried out at the Interceptor. Lexi just rolled her eyes.

"Oh, come on. The shot destroyed the lock. Let's get out of this stinking cell." she said and grabbed Jack's sleave to get his attention.

"Yes, ma'am" Jack replied, mock bowing.

"Oh, just shut up and go." Lexi said, amused by his antics

"And there again is the rudeness. Are you always so mean?" Jack whined and placed his hand over his heart. "You wound me very deeply" he said with a pained expression

"Only towards you." Lexi replied

"Aw, thanks love." Jack said winking "I always knew you liked me."

"SHUT UP!"


And... that is it. It's short. I know, sorry. Hope you like it. Review, favourite, follow. You know the drill... :)

Anyway... does anyone follow the thing with anon hate on Supernatural fans? Does anyone have a list of the people affected? If you do, please can you send it to me? Thanks a lot. I'm really a bit of a mess with all this going on.

Merry (late) Christmas and a happy New Year!