The next morning, jack awoke with a major headache, and then saw that a ship was anchored on the shore.

"JACK!" called a familiar voice.

"Aye?" Jack looked around, waiting for his vision to come back. Finally he saw who he was staring at.

"Gibbs!"

We thought you got killed, so he decided to follow the code" said Gibbs

"I thought you thought they were guidelines?" Jack asked him.

"well, this time we really thought you were dead" he said helping his first mate up.

"coming? Im heading back to Tortuga"

"what were you doing here?" Jack asked.

"Picking up some bottles of rum, but it turns out that someone already did that" Gibbs said, before catching Jack hide some empty bottles in the sand.

"what about the girl" Jack asked him.

"She can stay here" said Gibbs.

"No! she can't, but she will never fit in Tortuga" Jack said.

"Why do you care about her so much?" Gibbs asked,

Jack told the story about how he met her.

"And now Quintos wants her blood. Savvy?" Jack said.

"Ok" Gibbs said.

The both of them decided to cart Kate, who was pretending to sleep, onto the sail boat.

She had heard the whole thing and thought that Jack never really cared about her, only because Quintos wanted her blood for some reason.



*



"So, why exactly do you own a ship? Are you a pirate or something?" Will asked as he stared out into the vast sea. The first thought that came to Audrey's mind was yelling out; "Who told you!!?" but she thought better of it. She chuckled nervously.

"No, why would you ask?" she said.

"Well, you did say this was your ship." He said.

"That--that doesn't mean I'm a pirate. Can't a girl own a ship without being called a pirate?" she asked, staring out apprehensively ahead of her.

"No." he said.

"Well, I'm not." She said shortly.

"Funny..." he mumbled to himself.

"What is?" she asked.

"I just thought it was amusing when you get insulted over everything, yet, not as much when I called you a pirate." He said, looking at her.

"What are you suggesting??" she asked.

"Nothing. Never mind." He muttered. There was a long silence as they both stared out at the sea again.

"So, tell me, why are you this depressed?" she asked.

"That is none of your business." He said.

"Alright, alright. You don't have to be rude about it, I was just curious." She said. There was another silence. Will began feeling guilty at snapping at her.

"I apologize. The reason I am upset is because my fiancée died the night before our wedding." He said, lowering his head.

"I'm sorry." She said softly.

"Don't be, it's not your fault." He said in a tone that meant to drop the subject. Again, there was silence.

"I never caught your name." Will said, looking up at her again.

"I never gave it." She said.

"Well?"

"My name is Audrey Farren." She said.

"So, where are you taking me?" He asked.

"Just a little place I tend to sometimes call home." She said.

"And that would be?"

"Youll see." She said smiling.



*



When they reached Tortuga, at night, the town reeked with havoc.

"The girl has been quiet for a while now; you think she heard us talking?" Gibbs asked.

"Most likely" Jack said as they found the Faithful Bride Tavern and walked inside. In the pub, it was dimly lit, and there were a few murmurs of people talking about Kate. She obviously did not fit in Tortuga. They sat down and Gibbs ordered for them three Pints of Grog.

Jack had to get Kate to say something; she was starting to scare him.

"Lass, you have been quiet for some time now, what's wrong?"

"I just found out about your little secret Plan. The only reason why you want to save me all the time is because Im a part of some counter curse thing. The only way for you to counter something, I have to do it for you" Kate said angrily.

Jack stared at her for a second then said, "Yeah, why else would I save you??"

Kate looked a bit disappointed.

"I thought... oh forget it" she said getting up from the table.

"Why else would I save you? well, maybe because out of all the girls I've met, you have the best shaped body" jack said

before he knew it, Kate slapped him across the face.

"I may have deserved that"

Kate grinned sarcastically and nodded.

She sat back down and Jack tried to apologize.

"I apologize for what I said savvy? You must really understand the reason why I save you all the time. You see, Captain Quintos and his flesh starvin' men, need bloods for what you would call a GOD, and so the rest of the blood they need is a blood of a mournful soul, Blood of an enemy, blood of a bargainer, blood of the melancholy, and blood of a son of a whore, that means you Gibbs" Jack ushered.

"WHAT?! He wants me to??"

Jack ignored Gibbs' comment and continued with why they need the blood. "If they get out blood, their evil god will come back to life and kill us. it will only get treasure for themselves. So the only way to counter the curse is if you had that pendant around your neck' Jack said.

Kate looked at the pendant.

"I don't want to be the counter curser"

'Too late for that, love. You have the pendant, only you can counter it" Jack said.

They sat in silence for a sec then Gibbs got up,

"Well, Im going to find you a crew. Meet me at the docks at 6:00"

Jack and Kate sat there looking around, in awkward silence.

Jack was thinking of telling Kate that he liked her when suddenly he heard a familiar voice call for him.

"JACK SPARROW!" Jack glanced at a girl in a strange dress and eye make up and lipstick.

"Sophia!" Jack said surprisily. He glanced over, scaredly of what Kate might say. And before he knew it, Sophia slapped him across the face.

"THAT'S for not paying me!!!" she then walked away.

Before that was over, Jack heard another strangely familiar voice. A voice that made him cringe.

"Jack Sparrow!! There you are, I haven't seen you in years!!" Audrey cried, running up to him and hugging him tightly, nearly cutting off his air supply.

"NO... NOT HERE!! NOT YOU!!!" Jack gasped.

"now who is she?" Kate asked.

"I'm just a friend of his." Audrey replied, slightly loosening her grasp.

NO YOU AREN'T!! I would like to call you an aquataince instead of a friend" Jack said, pushing her off.

"Don't act like that, you know you like me." she said, grinning playfully.

"How do you know each other?" Will asked, walking up to them.

"WILL!!" Jack shouted surprisily. "She's no one... She's a friend of a friend of my cousin's friend's aunt. Twice removed on their aunt's side of the family"

Audrey stared at him strangely.

"I dont know a friend of a friend of your cousin's friend's aunt, twice removed on their aunt's side of the family" she said quickly.

"I see you two do this often." Will said.

"Noooo noo no... I haven't seen her for years" Jack put his hands together in a praying gesture and bowed his head in thanks to the lord.

"Oh yeah, this is Kate Farrel... She's the proper English woman I'm looking after for the Colonel" Jack said grinning at Kate.

"No.... you saved me from drowning and now Im stuck here with you" Kate said, " Can we get properly introduced?"

Audrey looked Kate over. She sighed and turned to Jack.

"Another whore?" she asked.

Kate narrowed her eyes. Jack whispered to her, "No she didn't mean it in that way"

"Actually Audrey, this isn't one of my whores, mate. She's Kate Farrel. She is marrying Colonel Brandon, and Captain Quintos kicked us off MY ship, and now we need to get me self a crew so we can have a little fun on the high seas savvy?" Jack said.

"Sounds like fun, aren't you going to invite me?" she asked sweetly.

"NOO!" Jack shouted

"How did you two meet?" Kate asked Jack.

"Well, it was quite a funny situation, you see, I was about to get hanged and --" she started.

"Wait, hanged? Why?" Will asked.

"Don't interrupt." she said.

"So, anyway, I was about to get hanged and it just so happens that Jack was around, lucky me. And just when they pulled the lever to drop the platform, he came swooping down on a rope, cut the noose and got me free." she said.

"Why did he save you?" Will asked. Audrey opened her mouth to speak but she paused.

"Good point, why did you save me?" she asked, turning back to Jack

"Very good question, WHY DID I SAVE YOU????" Jack asked himself. "Actually you made a deal with me. I said if I saved you than you would give me a few diamonds, gold anything that has to do with treasure, which you never gave to me"

Audrey smiled.

"I didn't think you deserved it. The rope still choked me on the way down, you took your time getting me down." she said, quickly hiding the rings and bracelets on her hands.

"I wonder why... anyway. Will Turner, HOW COULD YOU LIVE WITH THIS!!!??" Jack asked.

Will looked Audrey over.

"Actually, I don't, she barged into my quarters and made a deal with me to show me a good time or leave me alone," he said.

"Well... back to this plan I have... I need a new ship, so Gibbs is off to find one for me, and me onesies" Jack told Will and Audrey about the blood ritual that needs to take place and he told them that Captain Quintos and his men are after both, Audrey and Will as well as they are after Jack and Kate.

"You see... Remember Elizabeth?"

" HOW COULD I FORGET!!! SHE WAS MY FIANCEE!!" Will shouted angrily. He crossed his arms and lowered his head.

"Oh... Right, anyway. Captain Quintos needed her blood. the blood of a governors daughter, so that's why she died. And... They want your blood... the blood of a mournful soul, Blood of a bargainer, blood of the melancholy, and blood of an enemy. Which is me" Jack said

"Who are the others?" Audrey asked, sitting down finally and dragging an irritatingly silent Will beside her.

"Blood of the melancholy is Kate here, and Blood of the bargainer, is you" Jack said clenching his fists, knowing that she will have to come along.

"Aha, so like it or not, I'll have to join you." she grinned, right before taking a sip of her drink.

"That was what I was dreading" Jack said

"I dont think were all still formally introduced. This is my good friend, Will Turner, and I am the unmistakable, undeniable, ravishing young girl by the name of Audrey Farren." she said.

Jack muttered "Dont forget Irritating"

"Wait a minute!" Will said suddenly, "I still want to know why you were going to be hanged." he said, staring at Audrey suspiciously, once again.

"Well actually, it was because she was sneaking into people's houses, stealing jewels and leaving. So I saw her in jail one day, made a deal with her and I had to save her, which I regret. And you have your Colonel Brandon to thank," Jack said to Kate, " for hanging her. Shes a pir-"

Will interrupted him.

"You're a Pirate!!" Will cried. Audrey shot a murderous glare towards Jack.

"Of course I am, love. What did you expect?" she said.

"You're a pirate and a liar!" he said.

"You say it like it's a bad thing." she said. Will got up and left quickly

Jack rushed to catch up with Will.

" Will, please, you must do this for me... Either you die because they catch you, or we put a stop to all of this Savvy?" jack said.

Will paused, thinking over the situation.

"Does SHE really have to come with us?" he asked, referring to Audrey.

Well, actually, I really don't want her to come either" Jack said

Will gave a defeated sigh.

"Alright, lets go."

"GREAT!" Jack said raising his glass. "Drinks all around!!"

Will cracked a smile; his friend was still the same drunken bastard he always knew

Jack walked out of the Faithful Bride Tavern with Kate, Will and Audrey; it was time to go meet the crew at the docks with Gibbs.