Chapter 9:

Avengers Headquarters, one week later

A week after Ultron's attack, the Avengers had moved their base of operations to an old Stark facility in Upstate New York, leaving Avengers tower. The facility began training new recruits for SHIELD, as well as provided training for the new roster of the Avengers. Even Erik Selvig and and Helen Cho arrived to help. As Jack was standing on the balcony with Natasha and Fury, the other two discussing the Hulk's whereabouts, he was deep in thought about the Black Pearl and its crew, who were doing their best to help the Avengers and SHIELD in any way they could, while also learning about the new world.

"Trouble, Agent Romanoff," Fury stated, before walking toward Jack. "No matter what happens, trouble always comes up."

"Director Fury." Jack saluted.

"At ease, Sparrow." Fury said, before adding, "I know we sometimes refer to you as Agent Sparrow, but I think it's time we've given you a real codename, considering that you work in the field with Hawkeye and Black Widow."

"Aye, no arguing that." Jack said, before thinking. "I think I'll keep it simple and be named 'Black Pearl', in honor of me ship." Jack concluded, before looking downward in sadness.

"Speaking of which, Thor and I were able to compromise, and we found a way to bring you back to your world." Fury said. "But first, it's time I've shown you something I've kept for a while. Think of it as a token of my gratitude." Jack followed Nick to a hallway connected to a warehouse, confused at what Fury was saying.

"Ever since you came here, I've had my boys haul it back and repair it. It only took a couple months, but you'd said that you weren't quite ready to leave." Fury explained, before turning on the lights in the warehouse. Jack's jaw dropped, as he saw before him the Black Pearl, no longer destroyed than the last time he saw it three years ago.

"Ye brought this in after it was destroyed?" Jack said, barely believing what he saw. Fury simply nodded. "Why tell me now?"

"From what your first crew have said, your world is in danger. This… Davy Jones is exterminating pirates where you're from, so you must leave for the time being." Fury explained. "I've already informed your crew. We're to meet them by the docks." As he said that, the warehouse began rising into the air, as it became apparent that it was another transport, designed to take the Pearl into open water.

Once Jack and Fury landed, Jack noticed that not only the crew showed up, but also Steve, Tony, Natasha, Wanda, Rhodey, Vision, and Roger's friend, Sam Wilson.

"Where's Barton?" Jack asked, surprised.

"He's retired." Tony replied. "I might even take a page out of his book and get a farm." Nodding, Jack said, "Eh, Tony, if ye'd be so kind, I'd wish ye hold onto my effects. Not sure how the reaction would be if pirates from my time saw me with weapons a few centuries ahead." Tony simply agreed, and promised to hold onto them.

"Fury told me you had a way to bring me back." Jack said, turning to Thor.

"Aye, Odin had allowed me to use the Tesseract just this once." Thor replied, revealing the Tesseract from behind his cape. "Just say the word, and I'll get it to open a portal."

"And Jack," Tony said, as he gave the pirate a small comlink with a glowing blue orb in it. "Take this. It's just in case you have trouble over there, and I'll relay to the rest of the Avengers to arrive via another portal. Keep it secret."

"Thanks mate." Jack said, before saying goodbye to everyone. He then turned to Fury and Thor, letting them know he was ready. Jack and his crew boarded the Pearl, and as the transport dropped the ship into the water, Jack looked back at the Avengers one last time, before turning back at the sound of Thor opening a portal similar to the one in New York three years ago.

"Full sail!" Jack yelled at the crew.

"Aye captain!" everyone, even Barbossa, replied to the order, which surprised Sparrow. As the ship sailed into the portal, Jack saw a bright blue energy like before, then a blinding flash, and then darkness. Jack opened his eyes, looking around, and noticed that there were no buildings made of steel or concrete. No Avengers towers or facilities. Just a sea of water, and a nearby island that had a dead sea creature on its beach. Jack smiled, though at the same time, felt sorrow. He was finally home, but he had left his friends in the process.

"Where be our heading, captain?" Gibbs asked, as the whole crew looked at Jack. Having fought cursed skeletons, sailors corrupted by the sea, aliens, and now robots, Jack felt as if he had aged from his adventures. Shaking the thoughts off, Jack replied, "Weigh anchor! We're heading towards that small island!" Jack then approximated the rotations of the sun, concluding that while the crew it had been a few weeks during Ultron's rampage, it had only been a few hours in his world. Sighing, Jack grabbed a bottle of rum, taking a large swig, before joining Barbossa in rowing ashore.

The End