We all know that Jack is the King of Negotiations! XD

Jack's POV

"But we have to save Will and Zarya!" Elizabeth told her father who shook his head.

"No, you're safe now we will return to Port Royal immediately not go gallivanting after pirates"

"Then we condemn them to death?!" Elizabeth protested.

I smirked because I was impressed on how devoted Elizabeth was to Will. And speaking of said love interest thoughts of my feisty sea dragon came to my mind. Like Will she had willingly gave up her life to protect mine and a woman had never done that for me ever. I just hoped she was safe because believe it or not I think I was starting to fall for Ms. Hart. While I thought about Zarya, Elizabeth was conversing with Commodore Norrington and what she said next shocked me.

"Commodore I beg of you please do this for me" Elizabeth paused before continuing. "As a wedding gift"

Her father, Commodore Norrington, and even I turned to her in shock.

"Elizabeth are you accepting the Commodore's proposal?" Governor Swan asked.

"I am" Elizabeth replied.

"A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" I exclaimed. Norrington shot me an annoyed look and I held my hands out. "I know clap'im in irons right?"

The Commodore was silent for a second before he came down the steps and said to me.

"Mr. Sparrow you will accompany these fine men at the helm with a bearing to Isla de Muerta, you will spend the rest of this voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase 'silent as the grave' do I make myself clear?"

"Inescapably clear" I replied before the two officers I had encountered back in Port Royal took my arms and they walked me past Norrington and Elizabeth.

Zarya's POV

I did manage to get some sleep but during the night I would wake up worried for Will and my fellow crew members. After getting Barbossa's approval I went down deck to see my friends.

"You missed a bit" Gibbs joked at Ragetti and the pirate slapped their cell bars with the mop he used in annoyance.

"Zarya!" Will shouted and everyone turned to see me. Pintel poor thing backed away from me in fear as I walked over to Will's cell.

"Are you faring okay?" I asked Will.

"For now I am" he replied.

"You definitely look like Rune" Ragetti said getting my attention.

"She was also pretty too" Pintel agreed giggling.

"You knew William Turner and Rune Hart?" Will asked Ragetti. Ragetti looked to Will and replied.

"Ol' Bootstrap Bill and Rune we knew them never sat well what we did to Jack Sparrow, the mutiny and all, said it wasn't right with the code, that's why they sent two pieces of the treasure to you two as it were, they said we deserved to be cursed and remained cursed"

"Stupid blighter and stubborn dragon" Pintel added.

"Good man and woman" Gibbs finished.

"But as you can imagine that didn't sit too well with the Captain" Ragetti continued.

"It didn't sit too well with the Captain at all" Pintel agreed chuckling.

He was so cute!

I really wanted to hug him but I decided not to so my friends wouldn't chew me out.

"Tell them what Barbossa did to them"

"I'm telling the story!" Ragetti snapped at his friend.

Pintel winced before Ragetti turned back to us.

"So what the Captain did he strapped a cannon to Bootstrap's bootstraps"

"Bootstrap's bootstraps" Pintel copied Ragetti.

"And the last we saw of ol' Bill Turner he was sinking into the black oblivion of Davy Jones locker, after Rune was stabbed by the Captain she didn't die just then, she had jumped off the Pearl shifting to her dragon form and she fell into the water, she bled to death on the ocean floor following after Bootstrap into the locker, course it was only after that we knew we needed their blood to lift the curse"

"And that's what you call ironic" Pintel finished before he and Ragetti laughed.

Barbossa stood behind the two comedy relief pirates and tossed ropes to them.

"Bring him"

Barbossa then came over to me and he offered his arm.

I reluctantly took his arm and he led me up to the deck while Will's cell was opened and Pintel tied his hands with the rope Barbossa gave them.

Later that Night
Jack's POV

Commodore Norrington looked through his telescope at Isla de Muerta from our rowboat. He then put it down and said to me.

"I don't care for the situation any attempt to storm the caves would turn into an ambush"

"Not if you're the one doing the ambushing, I will go in, convince Barbossa to send his men out with their little boats, you and your mates return to the Dauntless and blast the bejesus outta them with your little cannons, eh?, what do you have to lose?"

"Nothing I'd lament being rid of"

"Well let's just say that you have things to consider on the Dauntless like the safety of your men, the governor, the supplies, and the future of Mrs. Commodore"

Norrington's face paled when he realized I was right. Not long afterwards I was given a rowboat and I started to make my way towards Isla de Muerta.

Zarya's POV

The pirates did their chanting while Barbossa did the usual ritual talk. Will would be the first before I would go afterwards. I wasn't bound or held down while Will was.

"Begun by blood" Barbossa began and I suddenly saw Jack pushing his way through the crowd of pirates. I smiled at seeing my mate was safe and my dragon agreed with me as she roared. "By blood un"

Barbossa froze when he saw Jack was alive.

"Jack!" Will said surprised to see Jack as much as everyone else was.

"S not possible" Barbossa said.

"Not probable" Jack corrected.

"Where's Elizabeth?" Will demanded.

"She's safe just like I promised, she's all set to marry Norrington like she promised, you get to die for her as promised, Zarya will be spared like Barbossa promised"

Barbossa rolled his eyes because I never heard Barbossa make no such promise.

"So we're all men of our word except for Elizabeth and Zarya who are in fact women"

"Shut up!" Barbossa snapped. "You're next!"

Barbossa then gestured for Will to be lowered to the chest and he placed the knife under Will's neck.

"You don't want to be doing that mate" Jack told Barbossa.

Barbossa looked to Jack in annoyance.

"No I really think I do"

He then focused his attention back to Will.

"Your funeral" Jack said.

I placed a hand over my mouth to stifle my laugh as Barbossa rolled his eyes before looking back to Jack.

"Why don't I want to be doing it?"

"Well because" Jack began before he slapped Barbossa's first mate's grasp on him before he started to walk up towards Barbossa. "Because the HMS Dauntless pride of the Royal Navy is floating just offshore, waiting for you"

Barbossa's eyes widened while the other pirates began to murmur. Jack finally had come up to the chest standing in front of Barbossa.

"Just hear me out mate, you order your men to row out to the Dauntless, they do what they best" Jack said nodding at the other pirates who snickered and laughed. "Robert's your uncle, Fannie's your aunt, there you are with two ships, the makings of your very own fleet, course you'll take the grandest as your flagship and who's not to argue, but what of the Pearl? Name me Captain, I'll sail under your colors, I'll give you ten percent of me plunder and you get to introduce yourself as Commodore Barbossa, Savvy?"

"I like that title" I agreed with Jack. Barbossa turned to me and I only shrugged because I did actually like that title. Barbossa smirked before turning his attention back to Jack.

"I s'pose in exchange you want me not to kill the whelp?" Barbossa said eying Will.

"No, no, not at all, by all means, kill the whelp"

Will turned to Jack with a WTF look.

"But Zarya stays alive"

"That we can agree on she's a water dragon and will be a strong pirate" Barbossa agreed.

I felt my face turn red before Jack continued.

"Just not yet, wait to lift the curse until the opportune moment, for instance"

Jack then scooped some of the cursed medallions onto his grasp.

"After you've killed Norrington's men"

Jack then dropped some of the medallions he held back into the chest but kept one hidden.

"Every last one"

Will eyed the chest for a moment before he looked to Jack.

"You've been planning this from the beginning ever since you learned my name" Will hissed struggling with the pirates who held him.

"Yeah" Jack agreed.

"I want fifty percent of your plunder" Barbossa interrupted.

"Fifteen" Jack corrected.

"Forty"

"Twenty-five and I'll buy you a hat, a really big one, Commodore"

Barbossa smirked before he held his hand out to Jack.

"We have an accord" the two Captain's shook hands.

Jack smirked before pulling his hand out of Barbossa's grasp and turned to the crew.

He held his hand out.

"All hands to the boats!"

Jack blushed before turning to Barbossa.

"Apologies, you give the orders"

Barbossa smirked before turning to his crew.

"Gents, take a walk"

The pirates shouted out in glee and started to leave the cave.

"Not to the boats?" Jack asked turning to Barbossa.

Barbossa only looked to Jack and I satw Pintel and Ragetti get stopped by Barbossa's first mate. He then gave them women's clothing and I snorted because the part where the two of them rowed out dressed as women as a distraction it had been funny as hell. Three members of Barbossa's crew remained behind and Jack suddenly said.

"If you don't mind mate I wish to borrow Zarya for a moment"

Barbossa grunted giving his approval before Jack came over to me and he grabbed my hand into his pulling me away. He led us to a hidden space before suddenly pushing me against the wall and his lips were on mine. However I pushed Jack off of me before giving him a slap across the face.

"Damn you" I told him.

"Love I really didn't deserve that" Jack stated.

"Actually you did" I replied.

"And what did I do this time?" Jack inquired with a smirk.

"Because you out of all of the males in the world" I then shut my mouth.

"Zarya what is it you aren't telling me darling?" Jack asked.

If you dare back out telling him the truth I will give you hell!

My dragon snapped.

"Before you got marooned again my dragon half and I recognized you as our mate"

Jack's eyes widened in shock and I only turned my face away blushing like a fool. Jack then smirked before he used his hand to make me turn back to him.

"I had a feeling this would happen"

Growling my claws came out and I latched one hand onto his wrist.

"You then understand that you belong to me and no other female, savvy?"

"Aye I do" Jack purred before he got closer to me.

I closed my eyes as I allowed Jack to touch his forehead with mine.

"And you belong to me" he said.

"Your damn right I do" I agreed.

"Now will you let me kiss your properly then?" he teased.

"Make it quick" I replied.

"That's me girl" Jack replied before his lips returned to mine.

This time I didn't fight him as the kiss got more heated. Jack slid his tongue into my mouth and I shivered as our tongues danced for dominance. I had always fantasized about Captain Jack Sparrow kissing me and here it was happening for real. The kiss lasted for a few seconds before Jack and I pulled away.

"We can continue after this is all over, savvy?" Jack said.

For the first time I smirked and gave my mate a kiss on his cheek before I pushed him forward out of our hiding spot. Jack lost his balance for a second before he got it back. I rolled my eyes before following after him to make sure he didn't do anything stupid until the opportune moment.

About f**king time you two!