Chapter 4: At World's End.

Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Present day, 2007: Meanwhile, back in 2007, Marty and Jeff quickly climbed off the boat from the Marina from the next town over and they went to their home along the shoreline in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Now was the time to file a missing persons report. Lara was gone missing out to sea. They had no idea of where she was. She could be anywhere. Jeff and Marty walked into the house with their sad looks on their faces. They didn't bother bringing their fishing equipment inside. What matters most now was to find Lara. Marty told the bad news to Janet. As soon as he told her the bad news, she broke down in tears. They need to call the Coast Guard, or even the Fire Department and the Police Department on this whole 'missing persons' situation.

On their way to Singapore in the mid 1700's: It would take days to a week to sail course to Singapore, but it depends of how fast the ship would take them. Everyone on the ship were getting their work done along with Gibbs and Marty. Elizabeth sat next to Lara and they were in a conversation and they became friend right away and Barbossa along with Jack on his shoulder was at the helm, steering the ship to the direction to their mission to find a way to retrieve the navigational charts, meeting Will and rescue Jack out of Davy Jones' Locker. They arrived at the dock, getting ready to meet Captain Sao Feng. Later on the ship Lara, Elizabeth and Barbossa had gathered half of the crew up on the upper deck. "Okay you guys. Gather around, because I'm gonna tell you about where I'm from." Hector smiled at her words. She told him and the others where she was originally from and she explained to some of the crew of her ordeal. Pintel and Ragetti were like, 'what?' They thought. Lara looked at them and she told them more of it. They were all fascinated about her when she told her true story. Barbossa was beginning to fall in love with her. He was struck by her beauty and her features. Hector was about to be changed because of her. He learned a few things from Lara that she was a 100% American and a few other heritages along with it. Lara's got guts, courage and she could be a little spit fire when it comes to sword fighting against the enemies, but she's also loving and caring when it came to her friends and family and others that she don't even know, who respect her for that. Lara don't tolerate people with disrespect and all of that fucking bull shit at all from anyone.

A week later and they were getting close to Singapore, Hector had Lara was about to change into her new clothes that Liam had gave them, before hell broke lose earlier last week in Tortuga in the Captain's quarters. She was with Barbossa in the Captain's quarters with her. She took her new outfit of a white long sleeve along with a brown waist coat and a pair of bark brown pants to put on, before they dock the ship. Lara looked up at Hector, who was looking at her, like he was waiting for her to do something when Lara had her new out fit that she was about to wear as she smirked at him. "Um, Captain, you can turn around and certainly no peeking when I get dressed in this new clothes that I got from Liam and Shansa earlier on that island, Tortuga that people call it that we were on." She said to him.

Hector gave her a smile with a chuckled as he turned around, so he could let her get changed into her was still wearing her tank top shirt, a pair of men's swimming trunks and a pair of swimming shoes that she took all of that off. Barbossa had his back to her when he softly sighed. "I'd stay with you ta keep ye safe from some of me crew out there. So, I'd come here with ye, madame Teague. 7 of me new crew seem ta naught like ye. " He said. Barbossa was becoming Lara's protector now after She saved his life from that soldier coming at him.

She got fully changed into her clothes, she put back on her swimming shoes until she could find some boots to go with it. So, she had to wait to get the boos to go with her outfit. She's a patient lady. Lara looked down at herself to make sure that she's decent and then she looked back up at Hector with a smile. "Okay, Captain, you can look now." She said. "How do I look though?" She asked him.

At her words, Barbossa turned around and he looked at her up and down at what she was wearing and he smiled gently at her. 'She looks beautiful in her new clothes that Shansa and Liam gave us.' Hector thought. "Ye look nice in them, madame Teague. When we're alone, me name's Hector." Barbossa said to her.

Lara agreed to that with a tender smile. "Okay, Hector, then you can call me Lara. I'm okay with it." Lara said to him. She had never heard of that name in a very long time. Lara remembered her Grandfather on Marty's side of the family, who was named Hector. But Lara's Grandfather was killed in action towards the end of the Vietnam War, before she was born and she never knew him. But her Dad told her stories about him when she was a kid then. Hector Teague was a General combat soldier in a Battalion that had well over 10,000 men. Her Grandpa was killed by a Vietnamese sniper. It hit Marty and his mother pretty hard when he was killed in action.

After Barbossa and Lara got to know each other better and well acquainted better, Gibbs then walked into the Captain's quarters, who he looked at both Barbossa and Lara. "Cap'n, madame Teague, we'd be dockin' this ship in Singapore pretty soon. Best be ready, aye, Cap'n and madame Teague?" Gibbs asked them.

Both Hector and Lara looked at each other and looked back to Gibbs. Barbossa spoke first. "Aye for that, master Gibbs. We'd be ready for the meetin' Cap'n Sao Feng. Shansa's told me ta gather Pirate Lords." He said to Gibbs. "Get the crew ready for dockin' ship soon." As Hector said this, Gibbs said 'Aye for that, madame Teague and Cap'n.' Before he walked out of the Captain's quarters. They were practicing sword fighting. Hector was teaching Lara more sword fighting and she had gotten better at it, but still. She was excellent at it that Barbossa expected it. Hector was falling in love with her and getting stronger everyday of it. Barbossa's crew, including Lara have plans being made of how to get past the British soldiers without being seen.

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The ship quietly docked in Singapore. Hector and Lara were walking side by side as his crew were getting off the ship in silence without any detection from anything, or anyone in particular. Barbossa had an extra hat for Lara to wear in his hand when he pulled Lara gently back by her arm. They were alone for the moment. "Lara," She looked at him. "Here. You'd may need this. Found it under the table." Lara nodded at him, before she placed the hat on her head and she also has her weapons with her in case of any attack, or raid. "You'd be careful there, Lara. An' go with Tia Dalma like I told ye." Hector told her. He saw the look on her face of nervousness and he lifted his hand to caress her cheek with his hand tenderly to reassure her that everything would go as planned. She hoped that the plan would go smooth as she thought it would without blowing their cover. But somehow, Lara had a feeling that it would happen when all hell breaks lose again. She leaned into his touch and then she came closer to Barbossa and she wrapped her arms around his waist and she rested her head on his chest, just above his heart and she felt his heart beat. Barbossa was not as bad as he seems to be to Lara. Hector stiffened as frozen ice for a moment and then he relaxed after that as he wrapped his arms around her. 'She feels so good in me arms.' He though. When they reluctantly pulled back apart, he told her to go as planned. 'This is going to be fucking fantastic.' Lara thought as she ran off with Tia, Jack the monkey and Cotton's parrot, who was talking away. And when Barbossa watched Lara go with Tia Dalma with a heavy heart, he felt something like a good pang in his heart. He hadn't felt anything of that in a long time in many years. Barbossa felt something like a spark between Lara and him when she saved his life back in Tortuga, fighting the red coats. He was falling for her hard and he was sure of it. The plan was now set in motion to get Will and the navigational charts and meeting Sao Feng.

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In Singapore, a small little boat sailed through the foggy waters. A person disguised as a regular citizen used a small pole to move the boat under the board walk docks. Elizabeth Swann was singing an old pirate song softly when she passed the people there. And then, she some British soldiers came running by along with Mr. Mercer. Elizabeth was singing some more.

'The bell has been raised from it's watery grave Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
A call to all, pay heed the squall and turn your sails towards home!'

Elizabeth seemed calm, so she kept her cool for the time being. She hoped that Lara and Tia Dalma got the 2 animals busy for the moment and she also hoped that Lara's doing okay with this plan. She looked with her brown eyes darted back and forth at the people and a fireworks contraption was swirling around a bit as Elizabeth sailed by. Elizabeth saw Jack the monkey ran by on a board walk bridge while she was still singing along until, she got to the dock and she tied up the rope to the boat.

'Yo ho, haul together, Hoist the colors high!
Heave ho..." Elizabeth sang some more and then, she was rudely interrupted by a man's growled voice.

"Thief and beggars, never say we die." A man and his other 2 armed men slowly walked out of an old sewer, walking towards Elizabeth. The man was Tai Huang glared at her with a murderous look in his eyes and he rested his hand on his sword. He looked at Elizabeth up and down at her features. "A dangerous song to be singing." Tai Huang said. "For any who are too ignorant of the meaning. He stepped closer to her. Elizabeth hoped at this moment that Lara can come right over and talk some sense into the second in command to Sao Feng and the 2 other men with her swords. But Lara was with Tia for the time being to keep the British soldiers busy. "Particularly a woman alone." He added.

"What makes you think she's alone." Barbossa said as Tai Huang and his 2 men turned at the rough voice of none other than Hector Barbossa, who was walking up to them and he have the men a fake smile. Tai Huang looked at him and then Elizabeth quickly pressed a dagger onto his neck, before she looked at Hector, who told Tai and his men that the fearsome Pirate Lord, Sao Feng was expecting them. Barbossa eyed Elizabeth, who was still having the dagger to Tai's neck. "And an unexpected death would cast a slight pall on our meeting." Barbossa said as he eyed Elizabeth's dagger, before she lowered it, but not holster it just yet. 'Me hope that Lara would be o right with plans at hand.' Hector thought to himself. They introduced to each other, just before they heard the running foot steps of the British soldiers and Mr. Mercer were jogging by and Tai Huang, his 2 men and the others went into the sewers to meet Sao Feng.

Meanwhile, Lara was with Tia along with Jack the monkey and Cotton's parrot as Tia rolled the cart with some tricks that she brought along. 'God knows what'll happen. This maybe really fucking nuts, but let's just hopes this plan works out good, or not. And I certainly take no bull shit from anyone.' Lara thought and she swallowed with a little nervousness. Tia saw her body language and she placed her hand on her shoulder to help reassure her that it would be okay. Lara looked at her and she gave her a smile. She and Tia were dressed disguised to look like Singapore citizens. Looked at Jack when she brought out a piece of a peanut for the monkey and another 1 for the parrot. "Here you go, Jack. I got a little something for you." She said quietly as the monkey looked at Lara, before he took the peanut from her hand and Jack screeched softly in thanks to her when she petted him tenderly. Tia smiled up at her at this. She figured out that the future lady has a love of animals, before Lara gave another piece of the peanut to Cotton's macaw parrot and he squawked in thanks as she rubbed his head lovingly. The bird leaned into her gentle touch. Good thing that Lara had her weapons with her just in case hell and blood shed breaks lose sooner, or later.

Underneath the bridge, it may look like coconuts floating into the water to make the red coats think that there were actually fruit floating there. But under each coconut was the members of Jack Sparrow's crew. Before they got into 1 of the old sewers hiding from the soldiers, Ragetti was the first to get his head above water with a coconut as a helmet and some kind of a wooden straw hanging from his mouth for breathing under water as his 1 good eye looked back and forth. Following behind Ragetti was Pintel, Gibbs, Cotton and Marty. When they swam fully the old sewer, they took off their coconut helmets carefully without making any noise what so ever and they swam towards the old metal bars that looked like jail bars, before they brought out the file tools to cut metal and they waited, but they had to wait of the signal when Tia and Lara pushed the cart filled with a birdcage of small birds along with Jack the monkey and Cotton's parrot. Lara gave Jack a little nudge to get him to play the instrument to distract the soldiers. This was what the Pirates in the sewers were waiting for the music that just started playing loud enough for them to act. At this, Jack Sparrow's crew started to work on filing through the metal bars to get through. After the music stopped, they got through the bars to go do their mission.

Meanwhile, Tai Huang lead Barbossa and Elizabeth toward a bathhouse in which was Sao Feng's hideout and was very well protected. Elizabeth was on hight alert as she looked around her to see if some were Pirates, or worse than that of a spy of the East India Trading Company. She looked at Hector. "Haven't we heard from Will, Captain Barbossa?" Elizabeth quietly asked him when she. She was eager to get Will safely out of this place as soon this was over, but there a war coming soon. Good thing that her and Lara had a few good conversations while they were on the voyage to Singapore.

Barbossa shook his head no. "The young master Turner is more than capable of taking care of himself." Hector pointed out to her. "But you...in the presence of Captain Sao Feng. You'll be wanting to show a bit more variation than is your custom." He said with a slight wink of his eye. He knew that Elizabeth was in love with Will Turner somehow, but Barbossa was towards more attention to Lara. He had a felling in his gut that something was about to happen and soon. Elizabeth looked from what's in front of her to look at Hector like, 'is Sao Feng that terrifying?' She thought, asking herself that question. Barbossa knew the look on her face. "He's much like meself." He answered her silent response. "Absent me merciful nature and sense of fair play." He grinned at her as Elizabeth shivered at that.

Tai Huang along with Barbossa and Elizabeth stood in front of a bathhouse building, knocking in a codded signal. A small opened space on the door and 1 of Sao Feng's crew opened the small opening, looking at Tai Huang and the others that were expected to see the fearsome Captain for a moment, before the man opened the door and letting them in. When Hector and Elizabeth walked inside with Tai, who he turned around to block their path. "No weapons when seeing the Captain. Do you think, because she is a woman we would not suspect her of treachery." He said Remove them please." He commanded. It was an order to them. This was no joke at all and this was no game to Barbossa. It made sense to Hector, but it made no sense to Elizabeth when Tai said 'please' to her at all. She would need an explanation for this when the time comes hopefully.

When everything was settled and after Elizabeth was changed into a robe where no weapons were seen, Tai Huang lead Elizabeth and Barbossa through the bathhouse where they saw Sao Feng. Hector and Miss Swann looked at the men and they knew that they were Sao Feng's crew by the look of a symbol of a dragon tattoos onto their backs. Captain Sao Feng then stepped out of a steam tub. Quietly, 2 ladies were dressing him in his Pirate clothes. At the moment, the Pirate Lord didn't noticed their presence, or was he just ignoring them. It was up to Hector to speak up to him first. "Captain Sao Feng." He said silkily. "Thank ye for granting me this audience." Barbossa added.

Sao Feng looked up at them. "Captain Barbossa, welcome to Singapore." He said to them. Then he turned to look at 1 of his crew. "More steam." He added softly. The man then pulled down a thin rope with wooden letterings on it to let the other men know that Sao Feng wants more steam. Then the the steam came up to sooth the Pirate Lord. "I do understand that you have a request to make of me?" He asked both Barbossa and Elizabeth. The fearsome Pirate Lord never knew about the future lady coming with them, so Barbossa and Elizabeth kept quiet about Lara being with them. They spoke some of the conversation as to why they came to Singapore up until Sao Feng spoke once again. "Earlier this day, not far from here, a thief broke into my Uncle's temple and tried to make of these." Sao Feng said to them when he walked over to 1 of his men and took a big wrapped up scroll, which it looked like a map of some kind from the man's hands. "The navigational charts." He added, before he turned to look at Hector and Elizabeth. "It is the route to the farthest gate." He said more to see their relations. They spoke some more, Sao Feng motioned a few of his men, who was near the bath They leaned over and got a man from the water, who was tied up with a wooden bar behind him with his hands tied with rope. The man lifted his face. Both Elizabeth and Barbossa recognized who the man was. It's no other than Will Turner. What would Lara's reaction when she meets Will Turner? We shall find out sooner, or later.