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"What'd I tell ya luvie? They're at Le Porta," Jack told Ria, who was very quiet,

"How do you suppose we save them Jack?" she asked quietly, Jack told the crew to lower the anchor near The Intruder,

"Don't worry luv, just follow my lead, don't speak, there'll be a way, I promise, savvy?" he wiped a stray tear off Ria's face.

"Savvy." Ria whispered, and put on a brave face, for Jack and for her children.

 They paddled to shore with Gibbs and slightly injured Mr. Cotton. As they neared the beach they saw about half of The Intruder's crew there. And as they drew closer still, they saw the two children standing on what seemed a type of stage, Jack looked again, and saw a familiar looking hanging frame, and two small nooses, around his children's necks. Ria gasped, and drew her sword; the rest of the four did the same, though it was evident that they were extremely out numbered. The four jumped out of the small boat and launched a chaotic attack on the enemy crew. Peter saw this from a distance and shouted for help, Ellie woke from all the noise and commotion and slipped, nearly falling off the man's shoulders, her hands and feet were still bound and the noose was burning her throat. She looked to her left to find her brother under the same condition, but screaming his lungs out and balancing on a chair.

 Ria slew four men before she was restrained and tied to a tree, facing her children. Gibbs and Cotton fought together but were eventually also tied to trees, but facing the sea. Jack was the only one left; the crew backed off to guard the prisoners. Jack found himself alone, facing a man with an ugly black mask, Jack saw his children balancing for their fate, Cotton, Gibbs and Ria with pistols pointed at their heads. And himself, at gunpoint, the man with the black mask stepped forward,

"Well, well, the famous… Jack Sparrow-"

"CAPTAIN, Jack Sparrow," Jack corrected him; still frustrated at the fact that no one got the name right. The masked man laughed,

"Lower your weapons and I wont kill ye precious treasures, savvy?" Jack dropped his sword, and tossed the gun at the masked man's feet.

"If it's me ye want, just let 'em go," Jack told him. The masked Captain shook his head,

"No, no. I tell you what to do." He smiled, "When this shadow reaches this line," He drew a line, about 1 foot and a half away from the shadow of the hanger, "My man leaves his place," he pointed at Bull's brother, with Eliza standing on his shoulders, Jack's eyes widened, Ria screamed and was gagged, the masked man laughed, "and, he will kick the chair away from your boy's feet." He pointed at Peter with a pistol, Jack stood very still, as if he was thinking if her moved, the shadow would too.

"What do you propose?" Jack asked,

"The deal is; every time you give me information I ask for and for fill my requests, I give you something; a pistol first, one bullet, and then another bullet. That's three questions," the shadow moved closer, "the idea is, that with those two bullets, you can shoot the noose when the shadow reaches the line," he paused, "but if you miss, well they are strangled to death, and if you miss and hit them. You give them an easy way out, savvy?" Jack nodded, anger boiled inside.

"Savvy." He said bravely.

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