Chapter Four- Torutga

The next morning you wake to find Jack absent from your side. Typical. Yet, the night you two shared was beyond words. The love that was expressed was insatiable. You get up and dress, gazing at the window into port. Yes. Sometime during the night the Pearl must have successfully made it to Tortuga. Suddenly there comes a knock on your doors. You hurriedly finish tying your corset, drop on the outfit, and straighten up.

"Yes? Come in!"

Mr. Gibbs enters and then bows. What is with all the pirates bowing to you?

"Just here to tell you that we've arrived in Tortuga, and Captain Jack requests you on deck also."

"Thank you. I shouldn't be more than a minute."

He leaves and as soon as you are fully decent, you step out on deck. Right away bright light and sound hits your senses. Men loading and unloading the ship, pirates yelling, people waking from sleep, and much more. Never having visited Tortuga, you are eager to tour the town.

"Ah love!"

Jack brings you back to reality by pulling you into a wonderfully tight hug. He then kisses you and the crew chuckles absurdly.

"Shall we proceed?"

"As you wish."

Jack yells to the crew to not have too much fun. They all laugh and tell him the same. You are finally off to the city. It is as nothing you have seen before. As you and Jack walk down the street he narrates his many wild adventures on the island and you come to a stop outside a bar. Once again, typical.

"Jack…"

You would rather go back to the ship then enter a bar. He looks concernedly into your face.

"Now you know I wouldn't let anything happen to you love. Just a drink is all!"

He parades inside.

"Yeah. Just one…"

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Ten drinks and five hours later you are still inside the bar. Dusk has set and Tortuga shows its real ugly face. Its total chaos. Men and women drinking in bars and on the streets. Fighting and more fighting. Jack has become unreasonable. He stays true to you, but at the same time he degrades you like a whore off the street, which to no doubt, there are many about.

"Love let's go to the ship and make love."

You are sitting on Jack's lap while he is talking to another sailor.

"Quite a" -hic- "beauty eh Jack?"

The man tries to touch you, but Jack slaps his hand away.

"Don't you bloody touch my woman."

"Jack let's leave!"

You stand up and pull him as hard as you can, but he won't budge. He pulls you down and begins to touch you.

"Aye Jack! What says you to a rousing game of whore hunting?"

Jack spits in his mug as you gasp. This one sentence has waken him up.

"What the bloody hell are you trying to say?"

"Whore hunting?"

Jack smiles and pops the man over the head with his keg.

"Are you bloody nuts? I'm not into that anymore."

"Anymore? What do y-"

"Jack Sparrow is that you?"

You and Jack turn to look. It is a tall dark woman dressed in rags. She had dark brown hair, and, to you, applied a little too much makeup.

"Scarlet…"

"Never saw such a pretty 'un Jack. Where'd you pick her up?"

Scarlet grabs you and stands you up.

"Um… Scarlet… don't do-"

"Aw shut up. You come with me love."

Horrified at the fact of leaving Jack's side you look at him. He stands up also and takes you back.

"Scarlet she isn't what you think she is."

"No. Right Jack. Well, when you're done with her, you know where to drop her off."

That's it. You cannot take anymore of this talk. Not glancing back you run out.

"Love! Wait!"

He catches up and stops you. You now have tears in your eyes.

"So that's it then? One time and I'm done?"

"I never said that. I would never-"

"Why not Jack? You've done it before. I can't believe I listened to you! After all we've been through?"

"No love it's not like that! You're different."

You, with full force, slap him.

"Not anymore. Goodbye Jack."

Ripping from his grip you run off down the street, not toward the ship, but toward the place Scarlet was off to. She, of all people, seems to know Jack best. So your plan is to get the information you need.

"Don't do this! I love you!"

Turning a last time you shout back.

"Go to hell Jack Sparrow! I never want to see you again!"