Disclaimer: I own sht, you know the drill. I do have certain rights to Rachel, and all rights to Vicki, because I writes her. HAHA. Writes and rights! Ok sorry, college has made me crazy.

"Vicki! Hurry!" I heard Rachel yell at me. Will and I had been soaring past third base upstairs, and while I hated to leave my poor William in his time of need, Rachel sounded desperate. I sighed, painfully pushing Will away from the wall (aaah, wall slammage) and smoothing out my clothes, ran down the stairs to Rachel's aid.

"God, what is it? I left Turner high and dry upstairs!"

"Eww. TMI, Vicki. I had to call you. Sparrow is going through serious Black Pearl withdrawal." I sighed and followed her into her living room. Jack was sitting on couch, sweating slightly and rocking.

"Jack, just calm down. You'll get back to the Pearl…eventually."

" 'S not just the Pearl, it's the whole ocean! I need water! Get me to the sea!"

"Um well, considering Virginia Beach is about 3 hours away and chock full of men sporting beer bellies and "I 3 America" T-shirts, I'm guessing that wouldn't be the best thing. There's the Potomac River like 2 minutes away, but you'd come out with a third eye or something – really polluted." I offered.

"Well there has ta be a lake or pond or something! Even a creek I can splash about in!" Jack was pleading. It was quite sad, really.

"I think I have an idea." Rachel said.

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Five minutes later, Rachel, Will and I were watching Jack play with a toy boat while sitting in the tub. Sorry, ladies, he had pants on. He did look happy though, and it was a temporary fix. But Rachel and I both knew they had to be returned soon.

"Okay, today we search for the monkey." I cringed at the idea but I knew that finding that little devil spawn was the only way to send our boys back.

" Well , where do you suggest we look? He could be anywhere."

" Please, he's still a monkey, he has needs." Rachel gave me a weird look.

"What?"

" Monkeys are going to want to be with other monkeys. You know for company and… moral support for when the moon comes out. Also Monkeys need to converse with other monkeys for the best poop throwing tips."

" OK, this means what?"

" It's at the zoo."

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" Jack you can't tame the tiger!"

" No I did it once it's OK. Ye just give 'em a lil' pat on the 'ed and they curl up like a big kitten. O' course, I think I did slip 'em some rum…" we were at the zoo and Jack had immediately turned into a little kid, running around, enthralled by the animals.

" Jack. Taming a cat that size would be a feat… even for you." Will was pulling Jaco way from the railing that separated us from the tiger pit.

" we're not here to play. We have to find the monkey!"

" I want to see the bunnies!" Jack pouted and clapped Will on the back, searching for some sign of agreement, but Will just looked at him as one might look at a crazy person. Well, This is Jack we're talking about.

We made our way to the monkey house, going to find a way to get the monkey out if indeed was inside. Past the guerrilla cage…nope, just big and hairy.

" Relatives Jack?" Rachel joked. No monkey Jack in the marmoset cage.

"I think I ate one o' them once."

"Gross, Jack."

" Actually with some mango sauce they are rather nice. Roasted…" all of the tiny, with red haired monkeys suddenly scampered away and did at that moment. We continued to own and searched the rest of the cages. Nothing. 5:00 world around And after convincing Jack that the polar bear would not be fun to ride, we sat down to think.

" OK, maybe we should split up." I offered. Jack looked at Will and an inched away from him, making a sign of disgust with his hands.

" Please Jack, try to be less of an ass." Rachel begged.

I grabbed will's arm, signifying our pairing, then pushed to Rachel towards Jack, who immediately grounds around the waist for a full moment before she pushed him off.

Just then, a loud voice came over the speakers overhead.

" Attention all zoo-goers..."

" That is so not a word." I argued.

" The park will be closing in ten minutes. Please make your way to the front entrance. Thank you."

"Yer not welcome!" Jack screamed, whipping his head furiously around and trying to find the source of the voice.

" So now what do we do?" Rachel asked.

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Five minutes later, we hugged the horizontal beams located under a bridge in the rain forest exhibit and tried not to look down at the obscenely large fish swimming to treacherously below us.

" What did you say this place was called again?" Will asked, eyeing the fish as well.

"Amazonia. I know…sounds like Xena's best friend." I answered.

"Who?"

"Never mind."

"Sshh! I hear someone!" Rachel whispered. We all hushed up and held our breath as the approaching footsteps got louder and louder. Finally, they crossed the bridge right on top of us.

"Bugger." Jack whispered. I mouthed 'shut up', and the footsteps passed.

" Can we get down now?" Rachel groaned as we relaxed.

" I think everyone's probably gone by now." I answered once again staring down at the dolphins sized jungle fish below us.

After a click maneuver from Jack, and a helping hand from Will, we were on the right side of the bridge again.

"So… where to now?" I asked, looking around. All I got back were bewildered faces.

"You're the brains of the operation." Rachel said.

"Right, because I have all the answers." I sarcastically retorted.

"Ye did bring us here, love." Jack answered.

"And you're the one who said we needed to get the monkey and the coin back. I just suggested the zoo!"

"Well unless you have a better idea, I'm going to ride one of those fish." Jack declared, starting for the side of the bridge. I quickly pulled him back.

"No, Jack." At that moment a distinct and vaguely familiar screech could be heard from up above. We all craned our heads to see and watched as a lightening fast fuzzy blur darted from branch to branch.

"MONKEY!" Jack bellowed, running to the nearest tree and starting up it.

"Jack! This is a national zoo! Do you realize what the fine could be for…snapping off a leaf?" Rachel cried.

This is not the whole chapter. Simply a preview until my co-writer Vicki, brings me the rest of the hard copy to type up, which WILL be done sometime this christmas season...hopefully. But I thought I would throw yall a bone since you've been waiting so nicely for the next installment. Rachel