A/N: Hey everyone. Sorry I took so long again. Thanks for all the reviews. Glad ya like the story.

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Chapter 7

Brianna, Jack, and Will had gotten the Interceptor and were now on their way to Tortuga. "That was awesome! I can't believe we just did that! I can't wait to tell Samantha and Allison!" said Brianna.

"Who are they?" Jack asked.

"They're my friends. I wonder where they are." Brianna replied.

"Do they each have brown hair? One is a little taller than the other? Dressed... Like you?" Will asked.

"Yea, how did you know that?" Brianna asked curiously and sarcastically.

"Well, last night when the pirates attacked, I saw Elizabeth being taken away along with two other girls that were dressed like you." Will replied. Brianna's mouth dropped.

"What!? I don't believe this!" she began to talk to herself. "There here too! Holy shit! This is big." She turned back to Will. "You're sure that they were dressed like me? And did one of them have a red shirt on?"

"As a matter of fact, yes. The taller one had a red shirt on." Will replied. Brianna began to laugh. "What's so funny? You're friends are kidnapped." Brianna looked at Will.

"Well, I think it's funny because they're stuck with Barbossa while I get to be here with two hot guys!" Brianna told him.

"Hot?" Will questioned. Brianna just realized what she said. She was relieved that he didn't know what "hot" meant. "Nevermind." she told him. She walked up to Jack at the wheel. "Hey." she said.

"'Ello love." he replied.

"How long will it be till we get till Tortuga?" she asked.

"Won't be long now." he told her. She looked over at Will. "I think he's still a little mad about you hitting him with the sail." she told Jack.

"He'll get over it." Jack replied. She smiled at him.

It took them about another half hour to get Tortuga. They docked and looked around the town.

"Port and port alike it is a sad life that has never breathed deep the sweet, proliferous bouquet that is Tortuga, savvy? What do you think?" Jack looked like a little kid. His eyes lit up as he spoke.

"Wow." Brianna managed to say.

"It'll linger." Will replied.

"If every island were like this one, no man would ever feel unwanted." Jack said to the two of them.

"I wouldn't be to sure about that." Brianna mumbled under her breath.

Then they saw a woman in a red dress come towards them. "Scarlet!" Jack greeted. She walked right up to him and slapped him. "Not sure I deserved that." he said. Then another woman came walking up. "Giselle!"

"Who was she? And who is that?" she looked at Brianna in disgust. Brianna just glared at her. The woman slapped Jack and walked off.

"I may have deserved that." he said.

"But Jack, I thought you said that no man would feel unwanted here." said Brianna sarcastically. He just gave her an annoyed look and they continued. They walked up to Gibbs.

Jack splashed water on him. "Curse you for breathing, you slack jawed idiot! Mother's love! Jack! You should know better then to wake a man when he's sleeping. 'S bad luck." Gibbs told him.

"Ah, fortunatley I know how to counter it. The man who did the waking buys, the man who was sleeping, a drink. The man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking." Jack said.

"Aye, that'll about do it." Gibbs replied. Will threw another bucket of water at him. Brianna bit her lip to try to keep from smiling. "Blast! I'm already awake!" Gibbs shouted.

"That was for the smell" Will replied. Brianna let out a little laugh. She disguised it as a cough so no one would notice.

They were walking down the street, on their way to the bar. All of a sudden, this drunk man grabbed Brianna and began to pull her away. "Get off me you fucker!" she shouted. Jack heard her and looked back at her. He saw the man taking Brianna away and went and grabbed her back. But not before Brianna kicked the man between the legs. He fell to the ground. "Jerk." she said, before leaving with Jack. Jack wrapped his arm around her waist.

"Stick close love." he told her. She nodded. She felt a sense of security with his hand around her waist like that.

They approached the bar and entered it. Jack now let go of Brianna's waist. They sat down at a table. Will and Brianna decided to stay standing. "Keep a sharp eye." Jack told the both of them. They nodded and watched as he went and sat down.

"Do you trust him?" Will asked Brianna.

"Yeah, of course." Brianna replied.

"How do you know that he won't pull something on us?" Will asked. Brianna just shrugged. "I don't know. I just trust him." Then there was silence between them. 'I wonder what Sammy and Ally are doing right now?' Brianna thought to herself.

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Samantha, Ally, and Elizabeth were still locked up in the cabin. They still hadn't come up with a plan to get out. They heard a knock on the door. "Go away you jerks!" Samantha shouted. They ignored her and came in. It was Pintel and Ragetti. "You'll be dinin' with the captain. And he requests you wear this." Pintel said to Elizabeth, handing her a dress.

"What about us?" Allison asked. Samantha elbowed her in the arm. "What?" Allison asked, confused. Samantha just shooked her head and rolled her eyes.

"He sends you his apologies. He didn't have enough dresses for all of ye, but the two of you will be dinin' with him as well." Pintel told them.

"Well, you may tell the captain that we are disinclined to acquiesce to his request." Elizabeth told them.

"He said you'd say that. He also said if that be the case, you'll be dinin' with the crew and you'll be naked." as soon as he said this, Elizabeth snatched the dress out of his hands. He had an unsatisfied look on his face. "Fine."

Elizabeth put the dress on and the three of them went to the captain's cabin. Elizabeth, Samantha, and Allison sat down and got settled. Samantha and Allison were eating like there was no tomorrow but Elizabeth was the complete opposite. She was, of course, using her manners. Barbossa was watching her and said, "There's no need to stand on ceremony, nor call to impress anyone. Look at your friends. Come on, you must be hungry."

Elizabeth began to eat like Samantha and Allison. The food was fantastic. Barbossa handed Elizabeth a goblet with wine. "Try the wine." he told her. She took the goblet and took a big drink. Samantha and Allison took a drink from theirs as well.

"And the apples?" Barbossa offered. They each took one. "And one of those next." he said, pointing to some other food. Samantha and Allison kept on eating but Elizabeth stopped.

"It's poisoned." she said. "You guys, don't eat it it's poisoned." She warned. They didn't seem to hear her and kept on eating. Barbossa just chuckled.

"There would be no use killing ye Miss Turner, or your friends for that matter." he told her.

"Then release us, you have your trinket; I'm of no further value to you." Elizabeth said.

Barbossa took out the medallion. Samantha and Allison noticed this and stopped eating to pay attention to what he was going to say. "You don't know what this is, do ye?" he asked. Allison raised her hand like a little kid. Barbossa ignored her.

"It's a pirate medallion." Elizabeth replied.

"This is Aztec gold." Barbossa told her. "One of 882 identical pieces they delivered in a stone chest to Cortez himself. Blood money paid a stem the slaughter he wreaked upon them with his armies. But the greed of Cortez was insatiable. So the heathen gods placed upon the gold a terrible curse. Any mortal that removes but a piece from that stone chest shall be punished for eternity."

"Wow, that was a great story." Samantha said sarcastically. Allison gave her a look as to tell her to shut up.

"I hardly believe in ghost stories anymore, Captain Barbossa." Elizabeth said.

"Aye." Barbossa replied. "That's exactly what I thought when we were first told the tale. Buried on an island that cannot be found except for those who already know who it is. Find it, we did. There be the chest, inside be the gold, we took them all. Spent them and traded them. We frittered them away. On drink and food pleasurable company. The more we gave them away, the more we came to relize- the drink would not satisfy, food turned to ash in our mouths, and all the pleasurable company in the world could not slake our lust. We are cursed men, Miss Turner. Compelled by greed we were, and now we are consumed by it. There is one way we can end our curse. All the scattered pieces of the Aztec gold must be restored and the blood repaid. Thanks to ye, we have the final piece."

"Hey, this is getting good." Samantha said quietly. Allison just shook her head as if saying "I can't believe I'm friends with you."

"And the blood to be repaid?" Elizabeth questioned.

"That's why there's no sense in killing ye yet." Barbossa told her. Then he offered her another apple. She took out the knife she had hid and stabbed him with it. Samantha and Allison gasped when they saw this. Then they all noticed that he wasn't dead. Samantha and Elizabeth were shocked but Allison, having already seen the movie and knowing what was going to happen, just sat there as if nothing was wrong.

Barbossa chuckled. "I'm curious, after killing me, what was it you planning on doing next?" he asked. Elizabeth took one look at him and then ran out of the cabin.

"Elizabeth wait!" Allison tried to warn.

"Oh, too late." Samantha told her. Barbossa turned around to look at them. The two of them felt very uncomfortable. Then they heard Elizabeth scream. They got up and looked outside, standing next to Barbossa. They stared at all the skeletons on deck.

"Wow!" they both said at once. "They look so real." Samantha said in awe. Allison hit her on the back of the head. "They are real you dork." she told her. Elizabeth came running back towards them. Barbossa grabbed her and turned her around.

"Look! The moonlight shows us for what we really are. We are not among the living and so we cannot die but neither are we dead. For too long I've been parched with thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death and haven't died. I feel nothing, not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea, nor the warmth of a woman's flesh." he walked into the moonlight, turning into a skeleton as well. "You best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner; you're in one!" He took takes a bottle of rum out and drinks it. The three of them watched as it poured out over his ribs. Elizabeth ran into the cabin. Allison and Samantha followed. The crew began to laugh.

"That was so awesome!" Samantha said.

"Yea I know." Allison agreed.

"Have you two gone mad?!" Elizabeth shouted. "Look at them! We have to get out of here quick!"

"Elizabeth, I really think you should calm down. I mean, they did say they weren't gonna kill us." Allison said. Elizabeth just looked at her like she was insane.

"Look, I think we should just get some sleep. That was a lot for one night." Samantha spoke up. They all agreed and laid down, trying to fall asleep.

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Jack and them had already found a place to sleep. They were now getting settled and getting ready to go to bed. Brianna had just noticed that there was only one bed. There was a couch but Will had already called it.

"Uh, Jack. There's only one bed." she told him.

"Aye." he replied.

"Well, who's gonna get it?" she asked. He got a wide grin on his face.

"There's plenty of room for us to share." he told her. Brianna had a feeling he might say that. She laid down and scooted over to the part closest to the wall. She felt Jack lay next to her. She turned around to face him. She looked over at Will. He was already asleep. She turned back to Jack and kissed him on the cheek. He was taken aback by this.

"Just repaying you from earlier." she told him. He smiled at her. "By the way, why did you kiss me?" she asked curiously.

"It just seemed like the opportune moment." he replied. She blushed at this. She stared into his eyes. He stared back. This continued for a few minutes loner, then he went in for a kiss. It was a deep kiss. Brianna never wanted the moment to end. After what seemed like a long time, he pulled away. Brianna smiled at him.

"See, no man is ever unwanted in Tortuga." Jack said. Brianna let out a little laugh at this remark and then went in for another kiss. 'man this guys a hell of a kisser' she thought to herself. She pulled away. "It's getting late." she told him. "We should get some sleep. Big day tomorrow." Jack agreed. Brianna cuddled up next to him. She felt so warm and safe in his arms, like nothing could ever harm her. After a while, they both fell asleep.

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A/N: Well, did ya like it. I was pretty satisfied. How about you? please R&R!!