I know, I know, I actually haven't put one up for an age. I am so sorry, but who knew that you're last year of school could be stressful? Stressful enough to land you in hospital :S. Ah well, here's what I've done, and the next chapter is actually in the works now. I refuse to sleep until it is on this site! I love you all for reading this! MWA!

"I'm your daughter Jack."

His face morphed from calm to wide-eyed and overwhelmed. I was waiting for a response, but as I half expected, he could say nothing. We sat in silence for the longest two minutes I had ever experienced in my entire life. I was quite sure as to how to break the silence, so I decided to leave that up to him. From his shocked expression and blank eyes, I knew he needed some time. It was probably best he have it to himself. He obviously needed to pick up and place the pieces together alone.

I looked towards Barbossa, who was staring at Jack. He looked at the man with sympathy, he guessed the shock it caused him. He saw me gazing at him, with a hurt expression on my face. He unlocked the brig door, and held it open for me. I stood staring at the stairs and heard the familiar key turning in the door with a significant 'clack'. The oldest Sparrow sat in his cage, wings dropped to the floor. Before I could go back up the stairs, I turned to look at him one more time. I was surprised to see him staring back up at me. He was trying to say something.

"Jack?" I said. I turned to see if Barbossa had turned. He had. I turned back to my father. "Jack?"

"You?" He said. He honestly looked he had just found rum for the first time in years.

"Do you remember me?" I was surprised. There was a totally different reaction on his face.

"Kid," he was slow now, as if he was trying to piece it all together again. He looked up at me confused. "Do you have the wrong pirate?"

"Sparrow!" Barbossa exclaimed. He looked at the both of us. "It's like looking into a mirror!" His gaze flickered between our dreadlocks, outfits, kohl-covered eyes and then the likeness in our faces. "There is no comparison!" He began his trip up the stairs.

"I thought you were pathetic." I was disgusted. "This is a new low Jack." I followed my friend upstairs.

"B!" Jack suddenly said. Both Barbossa and I jolted. I turned.

"Buh?" It was my turn to be confused now.

"B…" Jack was obviously thinking, as he was intently looking into space. "Ba ba ba ba ba… Well it begins with a B." I raised an eyebrow. "Betty, Beatrix, Beatrice… ba-nooo!" The bottle of rum feel to the floor with a smash. "Bugger!"

"No, that's not it."

"What?" Jack looked more concerned at the rum on the floor.

"My name!" I enunciated. "That is not my name!" I had walked to the brig's bars, and stared at him on the floor.

"BELINDA!" He sprung up and I swear I was out of my skin within the instant. "Bernie, BOOTSIE! No, Bob? Tim?"

"That's a T Jack." Barbossa remarked.

"It's closer to Belinda." He continued to mutter.

"You oughta know, you named me!" I looked at Barbossa incredulously.

"Bell… Bella…" His head popped up to look at us. His finger was raised too. "Bella." He said, almost like something rang familiar. "Isobella Sparrow."

"Captain," I corrected him. "Captain, Isobella Sparrow."

"You're married?"

"Jack!"

"She's done well for her age." Barbossa said proudly, tucking me under his arm.

"You're right! What are you 10? 16?"

"You have no idea now close you were to losing your tongue!" I replaced my sword. "You're well known for a tongue moving faster than your brain."

"It's saved me."

"You're the perfect example. Stuck in a place where no one can hear you. Listening to your own thoughts."

"Listen to you both," Barbossa shock his head. "You're both just as witty as the other. There's only so much people can take of this mate!" He stormed up the stairs. We both watched him go up the stairs. I was the one to break the silence.

"What do you want?" He turned his gaze from the stairs.

"What?"

"Well," I turned to him and leaned on the bars. "You're obviously not in the brig for no reason?"

"Of course not!" I could just look at him. "Slight… captaincy problems…"

"Loser in the brig?"

"It's in negotiation."

"That exists, only in your head." He drew back.

"Want to be a good girl for daddy?" He looked at me. He then proceeded to give me the biggest gleaming smile of gold teeth, and hit me with the breath of the Kraken.

"What's in it for me?" I lifted my hands from the bars and began to dig throw my locks.

"Helping daddy?" His smiled only increased.

"Psh!" I remarked. "As if I could be bought for such a low price!"

"Bad kiddie!" He tried.

"Bite me." I retorted. He withdrew again.

"Teenagers are such hard work." He muttered.

"Look," I said, taking a bobby pin out of my hair. "If you want my help, and this, you will tell me what your plan is."

"Don't be difficult bubby," He lunged for it.

"Captaincy issues don't come out of nowhere," I said, stepping back. "What did you fall out on?"

"You're not stupid are you?" He said disappointedly.

"You two have obviously had something in the past, and probably not that long ago. So tell me, daddy," I leaned on the bars, "What happened?"

"Alrighty, how's about you spring me outta here, and then you get Barbossa down here!"

"What's that going to achieve?" I said, holding the pin away from him further. "You're basically switching positions!"

"Precisely! Do as you're told, and I'll tell you everything!"
"No you won't, you're a pirate! You are in bars, I have a way out, and you will tell me what's in your head!"

"I underestimated you child." He looked surprised. "You are indeed, a pirate."

"I'm a Sparrow." I showed him the inside of my left wrist. There was a tattoo of a Sparrow flying over a sunset. He was impressed. "And I don't wear the weapons for fun. What's in your head?"

"Well, springing me frees me legs," He wriggled his foot. "And secondly, I can claim me ship back, savvy?"

"Yes."

"But most importantly, why I need to Pearl in MY command…" He trailed off in thought. He smiled as if he had conquered his thoughts and leaned into the bars and whispered, "I want to live forever."

"Forever?" I said, curious.

"Aye." He said. "The Fountain of Youth my girl. It's waiting for me."

"What do you say to me coming with you?" I said, after a pause.

"What?"

"You'll need help." I said, looking at him seriously. "And who better than me?"

"I've been drinking longer than you've been walking."

"I'm quite sure you have, but I'm also sure that you and Barbossa will probably not make a good first make, captain relationship, and you'll need someone else."

"I have Gibbs."

"But Jack, you have me!" I took a breath. "Jack, I can take you to the Fountain, and I can supply you with extra crew and even a extra ship, Jack I'm offering you assistance."

"Why?" He looked at me questioningly.

"What do you mean, why?"

"Well," he took a step back. "You've just found me and you're willing to give me assistance straight off. What's the deal girl?"

What's the deal girl? The question hit me like a rock. Why was I so desperate to help my own father? I mean, the man had abandoned me for years. I haven't seen him since… since! What was the reason? Why did I want to help him so?

"I want the fountain myself." It came out selfish, although I didn't really intend it to be. I gave him the bobby pin and stormed out. I still couldn't work out… What's the deal girl?

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