A/N: Sorry about the long update. Summer reading and all. By the way, this is my first attempt at a full action scene, and I don't think I'm too good at writing those. If you could just comment on that in particular.

Barbossa is Hungry

Hobbes was standing on the Interceptor. It was around midday. Gibbs explained to Hobbes all about Jack Sparrow, and the origins of the Black Pearl. Will was standing next to him, and Cotton was on the wheel.

"Hobbes, I'm sorry. I should have known Calvin would have followed me."

"Don't worry about it, Will," Hobbes said, patting him on the shoulder. "When you've known Calvin as long as I have, you get used to it."

"I'm just confused now," Will said. "Elizabeth took my medallion, then gave Barbossa my name. I just don't understand."

"Isn't it obvious?" Hobbes said, grinning. "She likes you!"

"No. She's in love with Norrington." Will bowed his head.

"Norrington…" Hobbes finally put two and two together. "Well, you like Elizabeth, don't you?"

Will looked up at Hobbes with an expression of sternness. The same expression Calvin would always have when Hobbes made fun of him and Susie.

"You love Elizabeth…" Hobbes mocked. "Paging Doctor love. Paging doctor I.M.N. LOVE!" Hobbes leapt around the deck.

"Hobbes…" Will laughed. "I don't think…" But Will couldn't finish.

"How you long to hold her in your arms, pull her tight, and never let go!" Hobbes made a kissy face. Will couldn't help but snicker.

Meanwhile, on another ship not so far off…

Barbossa was talking to Jack and Calvin in the dining quarters. Calvin was wearing the same leash as Hobbes was earlier because he bit Barbossa. Barbossa and Jack were talking, and Calvin was instructed to "let the adults talk." For once Calvin complied. Maybe he changed. Maybe it was because Barbossa was pointing a gun at him.

"So you expect to leave me standin' on some beach with naught but a name and your word and watch you sail away in my ship?" Barbossa asked.

"No," Jack picked up an apple and threw it to Calvin. 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. Savvy?"

"Ouch," Calvin said. Barbossa didn't seem like he was affected.

"That still leaves the problem of me on some beach with naught but a name and your word."

Jack picked up another apple. "Of the three of us, I'm the only one who hasn't committed mutiny. Therefore, my word is the one we'll be trusting."

"HEY!" Calvin yelled. "When did I ever commit mutiny?"

Jack and Barbossa turned to Calvin. Jack explained, "On the Interceptor back in Port Royal. You mutinied against Commodore Norrington and took the ship."

"Who told you that?" Calvin asked.

"You did," Jack took a bite of the apple. "Pirate Lord Calvin." he said sarcastically.

"I hate you…" Calvin muttered.

"That makes two of us," Barbossa said. "All three of us hate each other, so I don't see how a common ground can be found 'tween us."

"Well, I should be thanking you, Barbs." Jack sat down in a lazy manner. "If you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have an equal share in that curse, same as you." Jack took another bite. "Funny old world, isn't it?" Barbossa nodded, but had strong tension and aggravation in his eyes.

"Hit him where it hurts," Calvin thought as he laughed at Barbossa's torment, even though Calvin had no idea what the curse was.

"Well, seein' as you both can die, and I only need one of you…" Barbossa pulled out his gun. "And both of you know who we need to lift the curse…" He cocked the gun. "Why don't I get rid of some dead weight?" Barbossa pointed the gun at Jack. Jack pointed at Calvin, and Barbossa pointed the gun at Calvin. Calvin frantically pointed back at Jack, and Barbossa's gun followed.

"Captain," Bo'sun said as he entered. "We're coming up on The Interceptor."

"Lock this kid in the brig," Barbossa commanded while pointing towards Calvin.

Jack and Barbossa walked up to the wheel. The Black Pearl was closing on the Interceptor pretty fast. Jack soon joined Calvin in the brig.

"Well well well…" Calvin said, annoyed. "If it isn't the notorious Captain Jack Sparrow…" Calvin laughed. "So what brings you to my neck of the woods?"

"Barbossa," Jack responded bluntly. He looked down at the water. It only reached his ankles, but came up to Calvin's torso. "Apparently there's a leak," Jack joked. Luckily, there was a peephole that the impending action could be seen through.

The Interceptor crashed through the waves. Hobbes keen eyesight caught sight of the Black Pearl coming up behind them. The whole crew was panicking. They started throwing things overboard to lighten the ship. Hobbes was about to push a cannon overboard, but Will stopped him. "We're going to need that."

The attempt was futile; The Black Pearl was gaining.

"We have to fight!" Will said. "Load the guns!"

"With what?" Gibbs asked. "The tiger threw our ammo overboard." Hobbes forced a chuckle.

"Anything. Everything! Anything we have left!"

"Aye! Load the guns!" Gibbs complied.

"Will!" Hobbes pointed at the Pearl. "The Pearl is coming up on our left Quarter! It'll hit us before we can hit her!"

Elizabeth came up to Anamaria, who was now at the helm. "Lower the anchor on the right side." Anamaria looked at her like she had two heads.

"On the starboard side!" Hobbes said, clarifying.

"It certainly has the element of surprise…" Will thought out loud.

"You're daft lady," Anamaria said. "You both are!"

"Daft like Jack…" Gibbs said with a smile on his face. He gave the order, and the ship made a sharp turn to the right. Everything was thrown to the right of the ship as it made the sharp turn. Hobbes dug his claws into the deck to prevent himself from slipping. The rest of the crew had to hold on to something.

"They're Clubhaulin!" Barbossa shouted with surprise. "Hard to port! Rack the starboard oars!"

The sudden change made Jack stumble, and Calvin to fall face first in the water.

"Yuck…" Calvin said, spitting out a fish.

The Black Pearl was now parallel to the Interceptor. Both ships were facing the opposite directions. Calvin and Jack could see the hull of the Interceptor pulling up along side of them. Calvin could even see the faces behind the cannons in the cannon ports. There was a lot of yelling.

Gibbs came up to Hobbes, and Handed him a pistol. Hobbes extended his sharp claws, and Gibbs nodded, giving the gun to somebody else.

"FIRE!" Will, Elizabeth, and Barbossa commanded in unison. The battle started. The Interceptor scored a couple of good hits on the Pearl, but they weren't as effective without actual cannonballs. A cooking pot came crashing through the hull into the cell that held Jack and Calvin.

"STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP!" Jack yelled.

Smoke filled the small space between the Black Pearl and the Interceptor. The victor would always seem to change. First, The Pearl was geeing good shots, but then the Interceptor had the upper hand. Hobbes having no long range weapons was a disadvantage. He had to wait for the Black Pearl crew to board the Interceptor to do any damage.

Calvin noticed something floating by his feet. He picked it up. "Say Jack?" Calvin held it up. "What's this?" Jack snatched it out of Calvin's hand. It was a small leather flask. "Gibbs…" Jack muttered.

"Hey!" Calvin said, furious at Jack. Jack looked out the peephole.

The Pearl and Interceptor were deep in combat. Barbossa was getting tired of just watching the battle.

"Prepare to board!" Barbossa yelled. The Black Pearl crew threw out some planks so they could board the Interceptor. Will looked at Hobbes, and told him to get ready. Hobbes counted down. Three…two…one… "NOW!" Will yelled. Hobbes jumped onto one of the planks that connected the ships, and knocked two pirates off. The pirates behind them stopped for a moment. Hobbes got down on all fours, and bared his teeth. The pirates ran back. Hobbes laughed in his mind. The pirates returned, holding rifles. Hobbes yelped, and jumped back.

Calvin and Jack were wrestling over Gibbs's flask. Eventually, Jack's grip loosened, and Calvin claimed his prize. Unfortunately, he dropped it. Calvin got down on his hands and feet, looking for it in the water. His search led him to the cell's door, where he noticed that enemy fire had blasted the lock. The door creaked open. Jack and Calvin looked at each other. They then quietly ran out of the brig.

Hobbes was backing up Elizabeth on the Interceptor. Bits of debris from cannon fire were flying about. A pirate came up, and Hobbes pounced on him, and he fell overboard. Another pirate grabbed Hobbes tail. Hobbes jumped up in surprise, but Elizabeth returned the favor, and clubbed that pirate with her rifle. Hobbes thanked her, and attacked another pirate that was coming. Just at that moment, a pirate came to Elizabeth, and lifted his sword up. Something grabbed his arm, and the pirate turned around.

"That's not very nice," Jack Sparrow, the man holding the pirate's arm, said. Elizabeth followed up with a sucker punch to the jaw, which knocked out the pirate.

"Where's the medallion?" Jack asked.

"Wretch…" Elizabeth muttered, as he tried to slap Jack with her bandaged hand. Jack caught it. Once he saw the bandage, he realized…

"Ahh. Where's dear William?" Jack asked, smirking.

Elizabeth turned around. "Will.." she said to herself. Will had disappeared.

Hobbes was clawing pirate after pirate. He was getting worn out. "Man, fighting Calvin is a lot easier," Hobbes said to himself. As if on cue, a little boy shouted Hobbes name. The voice came from behind. It was revealed to be none other than Calvin.

"CALVIN!" Hobbes shouted. He ran up to his missing friend. "Where were you?"

"Long story, Hobbes," Calvin said, pulling out his sword. A pirate came up to him, but Calvin preformed a side sweep, and knocked him down. Calvin followed with an uppercut to the pirate's thigh. The pirate yelped. Two more pirates came, and surrounded Calvin and Hobbes.

"What do we do?" Hobbes asked.

"Remember when I wanted to be a human discus?" Calvin whispered into Hobbes ear. Hobbes remembered, and he picked Calvin up by one of his arms. Hobbes then began spinning around and around. Calvin used his free hand to hold his sword outward. This resulted in a razor sharp spinning top. Calvin's blade cut into many a pirates torso, and helped defend the Interceptor for a while.

"Retreat!" One of the pirates yelled. Calvin and Hobbes stopped spinning. Calvin tried to high five Hobbes, but missed and fell on the deck. Hobbes was equally dizzy. Gibbs ran up to the both of them.

"You two did it!" he yelled. Just then, a grapeshot (two cannonballs attached via a chain) went whizzing by, and smashed into the mast. Bits of wood went flying. After the dust had cleared, Gibbs, Calvin and Hobbes looked at the damaged mast.

"Dear Lord, no…" Gibbs said.

"What's wrong?" Hobbes asked.

""If that mast falls and the Pearl sails away, a slow lingering death awaits us all!"

"That does not sound too good," Calvin replied. The trio held their breath.

The mast of the Interceptor slowly started to lean, and then collapsed onto the sea. Calvin, Hobbes, and Gibbs watched, terrified.

"Onto the Pearl?" Calvin asked.

"Aye!" Gibbs quickly shouted.

Calvin, Hobbes, and Gibbs ran across the deck of their doomed vessel. They saw a plank of wood that connected the Pearl and Interceptor. Calvin led them to that bridge, but just before they climbed on, a monkey ran across. The monkey was holding something shiny.

"The medallion!" Hobbes yelled. Hobbes chased after the monkey. Jack Sparrow was chasing the monkey, and now was behind Hobbes. Calvin and Gibbs were standing there, dumbfounded.

The monkey ran to the Black Pearl and jumped onto the shoulder of a certain captain. Hobbes stopped suddenly, and almost plowed in the captains feet. But Jack couldn't stop, and he tackled Hobbes. Both tumbled to the feet of Barbossa, with the monkey on his shoulder.

"Why thank you, Jack…" Barbossa said.

"You're welcome?" Jack responded.

"Not you, we named the monkey Jack." The monkey jumped up and down.

The crew of the Interceptor was tied up on the deck of the Black Pearl. The Pearl had started sailing away. The last to be brought onto the ship was Elizabeth, and she was really fighting. Calvin was tied up between Hobbes and Gibbs. Jack was tied up in front. The rest of the crew was behind them.

"Well, it was worth a shot," Calvin sighed.

Elizabeth was still fighting, and trying to get away.

"I wonder what's wrong with Elizabeth?" Hobbes said.

Calvin looked around. "Hey? Where's Will?"

KA BOOM!

An explosion echoed in the air. The Interceptor's hull was blown sky-high. Pieces flew everywhere. The crew watched as the leftovers of the explosion sunk to Davy Jones' Locker. Elizabeth screamed. Hobbes was first to put two and two together. He bowed his head.

"What's up with you?" Calvin asked.

"Barbossa!" a familiar voice yelled. All heads turned to the port side of the ship. There, standing on the rail, holding a gun, was none other than Will Turner, albeit dripping wet.

"Yee Ha!" Calvin yelled. "Will must've escaped when we weren't looking." Hobbes smacked his head. Well, he would have if he wasn't tied up. Jack grew worried.

Will pointed the gun at Barbossa. "She goes free!" he demanded.

"What's in you're head boy?" Barbossa asked. He walked straight up to Will. "You've only got one shot, and we can't die."

"Don't do anything stupid," Jack silently begged Will.

"Hold it, hold it, HOLD IT!" Calvin yelled. All eyes were on him, except for Hobbes, who seemed to be exasperated. Calvin hopped up to Barbossa, and looked him in the eyes. "If there's one thing I can't stand, it's excessively pompous buffoons." Calvin sneered. "You aren't invincible!"

"Calvin…" Hobbes whispered worriedly.

"Not now, Hobbes…." Calvin continued. "You think you're so great…"

"Calvin…" Hobbes and Will whispered together.

"I'll handle this, guys!" Calvin yelled. "I bet I could kill you right now if I had the chance!" At this, the crew laughed.

"I'll tell you what…" Barbossa laughed, "If you can kill any of my men, I'll name ye Captain of the Black Pearl."

Will stood there, completely dumbfounded. Calvin had no idea what he was getting into. Elizabeth was standing on the deck, confused. Jack seemed to give up all hope.

Will stopped Calvin by yelling out Barbossa's name again. He pointed the gun to himself. "Maybe you can't die…but I can."

"Could this get any worse?" Jack thought to himself.

"Who are you?" Barbossa asked.

"Oh, he's Will Tu--" Calvin was cut off by Hobbes wrapping his tail around his mouth.

"Don't you think you've done enough?" Hobbes said.

"Nobody!" Jack quickly walked up to Barbossa. "He's no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice though. Eunuch," Jack lied.

"My name is Will Turner!" Will yelled. "My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner! His blood runs in my veins!"

Jack despondently walked away.

"On my word, do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker!"

"He'll do it; he's crazy!" Calvin said.

After thinking for a moment, Barbossa said, "Name your terms."

"Elizabeth goes free!" Will proclaimed, still holding the gun to his head.

"Yes, we already know that one. Anything else?"

Jack tried to send will a signal, but Will didn't pick up. "And the crew! The crew are not to be harmed! And Calvin should be set free as well!"

Barbossa approached Will. "Agreed…"

The Black Pearl was anchored near a tiny island. It was small, about as long as the Pearl, but twice as wide. On the Pearl, the pirates were eagerly watching a favorite event of theirs. The old fashioned "Walk the Plank" treatment. Elizabeth was standing on the plank. Calvin was tied up on deck. Hobbes was down below. Pirates were pointing their swords and pistols at Elizabeth, encouraging her to jump.

"Barbossa, you lying bastard!" A tied up Will yelled. "You swore she'd go free!"

"Don't dare impugn me honor, boy!" Barbossa retorted. "I agreed she go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where…" The crew laughed.

With that, the crew went back to business. Elizabeth had no choice but to jump. However, before she could, Bo'sun yelled, "Too long!" And pounded his foot on the plank. This caused Elizabeth to lose her balance, and she fell into the water, screaming.

Luckily, she was a pretty good swimmer.

Jack Sparrow was next. "I really hoped we were behind all this…" Jack tried to say. Barbossa put his arm around Jack's shoulder.

"Jack…" he said. "Did you not notice? That be the same little island we made you governor of on our last little trip."

Calvin remembered the story Gibbs told him. He gulped.

"I did notice." Jack told Barbossa.

"Perhaps you'll be able to conjure up another miraculous escape." Barbossa said. "But I doubt it." Barbossa pulled out his sword, and pointed it at Jack's neck, leading him to the plank. "Off you go.

"Hey!" Calvin shouted. "According to the code, you should have given us each a pistol with one shot!"

"By the powers, you're right!" Barbossa yelled. "Where be Jack's pistol?" A lanky pirate handed it to Barbossa.

"Seeing as there's three of us, a gentleman would give us three pistols." Jack looked at Calvin. "Two and a half…" Unfortunately, his request was denied.

"It'll be one pistol as before, and you can be the gentleman, and shoot the woman or child." Barbossa threw Jack's pistol overboard. "And starve to death yourself."

Jack jumped after the pistol. After the splash, Barbossa slowly turned around. "Who's next?" he taunted. Calvin screamed, and tried to run through the crowd. He was easily caught by Pintel, and brought forward.

Barbossa placed him on the plank. "Master Calvin, it's time for you to go ashore."

Calvin stared at the sea below him. He could see the dorsal fins of sharks. Strangely though, Calvin didn't seem afraid.

"Spaceman spiff, captured by Glorg Pirates, is now poised over the edge of a bottomless sea of caustic juices." Calvin narrated. The crew grew silent. Barbossa had no idea what was going on.

"Spiff boldly hatches a plan…" Calvin reached into his pocket.

"Freeze!" Calvin yelled, pulling out a rubber band. The pirates exchanged glances, and laughed. Calvin let loose the band, and it bounced off a pirates belly, and splashed into the ocean. Calvin stopped fantasizing.

"If you're worried about Hobbes," Barbossa said, "Don't worry. We'll take good care of him…" he laughed.

Calvin had no choice. He peered over the edge of the plank, only to be met with more sharks. Calvin gulped. "Couldn't we work something out?" he asked.

"The time for makin' arrangements is over…" Barbossa stated.

Why didn't I pay attention during those swimming lessons? Calvin thought to himself. He stuck a foot out over the plank. I can't believe I'm doing this… And with that, Calvin plunged into the water.

Calvin was sinking fast. He could feel his lungs shriveling up. Sharks were coming closer. Calvin closed his eyes, and waited for the end.

Suddenly, a pair of jaws wrapped around him. Calvin could feel himself…being lifted up! Calvin opened his eyes. It was none other than Hobbes! When they reached the surface, the Black Pearl was sailing away. Hobbes had to swim Calvin all the way over to the island. When they got on shore, Calvin asked, "Hobbes, how did you escape?"

"Oh, I figured out how to escape those ropes along time ago. Then I crawled to the side of the ship, and swam after you.

"Thanks, buddy!" Calvin hugged Hobbes. "You're a lifesaver."

Calvin looked around the island. Elizabeth was here, and Jack just came up onto shore. The island had a few trees and grass, but besides that, not much else. The Black Pearl was almost out of sight.

"Well," Calvin said. "Looks like we're stranded."