A/N: I don't own PoTC, Disney does, and if they start to mess things up, so that Disney is about money and not family, I'm boycotting it! You rule Roy Disney!

I hadn't spoken to anyone since I had remembered that day. I had no idea about how to stop Barbossa, and if he got to me, before I got to him, then I had no idea what I was going to do. I had a lot of time to think, and I felt guilty more than anything. I had missed Mary's funeral, and now I was missing Jason's. The worst thing of all was to see how everyone seemed so distressed about their deaths, but it seemed to be nothing to me. Ever since I had been spilt up from them, things were different. They grew up differently, and had the love they needed. All I had was Tara and my hope of finding my family, exactly the way they were when I had left them.

It wasn't fair, it wasn't right. Everyone was being hurt by finding me again, and so I came to the final decision. I'd stop fighting them off. I'd settle down, and get married. For the first time, I didn't want to have excitement or danger. All I wanted was for everyone to be safe, and not have to worry about me. So there I was, finally agreeing with what Jason asked me to do before he died, and I couldn't stop the tears that welled up inside of me. There was a knock at the door, and Jack came in without me answering. I turned my back to him, letting the tears fall down my cheeks. I felt the bed sag as Jack sat next to me. Then, he kneeled in front of me, and whipped my face with his finger. It sent shivers up my spine, and I wanted more than anything to kiss him at that moment.

"What? Is this what I think it is? Abby, short for words? The world surly is at an end!" I smiled at Jack, and I leaned forward to kiss him, and we both hit each other, full in the mouth. Soon, my hair had tumbled out of its bun, and Jack's hand was going further up my back. I was dying for air, and Jack finally broke away from me, only to start all over again. His hands went over my curves, and every inch of me turned to a shivering mass of sweat and happiness. We fell back, and something are too private to share, even in your own story.

Hours later, I was lying in bed, the covers drawn up around me. Jack was asleep. His steady breathing calmed me. Or at least I thought he was asleep. I shifted slightly, and his arms came around my waist, he kissed my neck, and I turned to him. I lightly kissed him on the lips, and tried to leave. His hands held fast around my waist. His eyes were still closed, so I knew he was playing a joke. "Jack! Let me go!" He opened one eye, and grinned at me, pulling me closer. I gently slapped his arm. We have to go, or else someone's going to come looking for us." Jack smiled and kissed me, long and hard this time. His tongue even slipped into my mouth before I could stop him. "Then let them come and find us." I gave up, and fell back to the bed with a thud. Jack lightly blew into my ear, and I shirked. "Jack, what the hell are you doing?" We just starred at each other, and both at once, burst out laughing.

"I love you, Abby." I froze at those words. I turned to Jack, and remembered what my father used to look like when he kissed me good night. Jack's eyes were just like his, only the love in them went deeper than that. He looked like my father when he watched my mother intently, waiting for an answer. I didn't know what to do or say, just that I felt so happy all at once, and I felt like flying. I kissed him, and then what I had meant to be a simple kiss, turned into a longer one. This time my tongue was in his mouth, and Jack was the one who sounded like he needed to breathe. I stopped, and leaned back to look at him. He had a smirk on his face, but his eyes looked like they were hurt slightly, as if he was expecting something else. "What? What's the matter, Jack?" Jack kissed me lightly this time, and smiled. "Nothing. Nothing at all." I knew that something was wrong, and thought it was just something that had to do with Jason, or Barbosa.

I fell asleep again, and this time when I woke up, Jack was gone. There was a clean shirt and breeches on the bed, and as I was getting dressed, I wondered if it was me that was really bothering Jack. I walked out onto the deck, to see that no one was around. The ship was anchored and no one answered as I called out their names. I went into Jack's cabin, and no one was there. Then, very suddenly, the door closed on me. I spun around to see several pirates, looking me up and down. They weren't from the Pearl. I could have killed myself. I picked up a near by knife, for my cutlass was still in my cabin. They started to laugh hysterically, and one of them came up to me. I stabbed him in the chest. It didn't do a thing. The cabin once more burst full with mocking laughter.

I made a mad and unlikely dash to the window, but someone caught my arm. So I was being dragged out of the cabin, and as they lower one of the boats, they shoved me into it. Before long, my hands and ankles were bound with rope, and they started to paddle out into a dense fog. I didn't question them. I merely tried to untie my hands using what movement I was allowed to have. Soon, I saw a shape form out of the fog, and began to see and island take form. The boat started to near a cave opening, and I saw other boats from the Pearl, beached upon the sand. Many of them were missing their oars. I was pushed out of the boat, and I got a mouthful of grimy sand.

From my standing point, the whole place was a group of caverns, running from place to place. Every now and then, when the pirates thought I was moving to slowly, they hit the end of a sword at my, now bare ankles. I knew that they would start bleeding soon. It would only take one hard tap, and then I would hiss through my teeth. I didn't give them the chance to do it. I entered the largest chamber to see piles of treasure and gold everywhere. And there, running about the room was Jack fighting a skeleton. Jack had told me the story about Barbosa, but this time, Barbosa remained a skeleton. He never changed back to human. I heard Barbosa call out, "Too bad `bout ya lass, Jack. You'll be missin `er I assume?" Then I was suddenly pushed forward. Someone took a dagger out, and put it in front of my neck, cutting just slightly.

I rolled my eyes. "What is it with people, my neck, and knives!" Jack looked up, a slight smile taking the place of the mortal fear he showed seconds before. I kicked the pirate holding the knife to my throat right in the groin, and spun out of reach. I ran as fast as I could, and Jack kept Barbosa busy. I had to think of something. I picked up a sword out of the pile of golden junk, and flew at the nearest pirate. Fighting would help me think. The pirate I was fighting had a fake eye, and seemed to be rather clumsy with it. I would have had him dead soon, if it weren't for the shot that seemed to silence the entire cavern. I looked down at myself, to see a wound start to bleed freely in my arm. At first, it didn't hurt, and for a few seconds, I was able to keep fighting, but then the pain came rushing, hitting my arm with all the force it could muster, and the sword left my hand. Someone grabbed me by my hair, and put a knife to my gut. "At least it isn't my throat." I thought I heard a pirate chuckle. Barbosa stopped fighting, pulled out a pistol, and also aimed at me. Jack froze.

"Too bad, Jack. You could `ave `ad the world. Now you'll lose it." But this time, it wasn't Barbosa's gun that cut through the silence; it was someone else's. The man holding me flipped over, and fell a few feet. I could see a hole in his forehead. Everyone was looking around, trying to see where the gunfire was coming from. The pirate that fell wasn't moving. He shouldn't be dead. I picked up the nearest weapon, and was about to run for it, when Barbosa stepped in my way. "Odd, isn't it, Abigail. You know nothing of the situation you face, and yet, here you are, unsure of who you should be fighting." Jack ran over, and Barbosa grabbed for me, yanking me with him. I felt like I was going to be sick when I saw the fleshless arm keeping me in check.

"Ye see, Abby. I made yeh drink me blood as a child. Now the only way to end all of this is by killing yeh entire family. 'Tis too bad that you'll ave to die, Abby. By making yeh drink my blood, our connection runs threw every person in yeh family. Possessing people it the only way I live now. I can't leave this cave either. Now I'll make sure none of yeh do." I suddenly had an idea. Thanks to those stories my dad told me. I kicked Barbosa away from be, and he stumbled back. "Jack, give me your knife!" Jack tossed it to me, and saw, too late, what I was going to do. I ran to where the chest of Aztec gold was, and kicked open the top. Barbosa yelled for his men to stop me, but it was too late. If my protection of him can enter through my body, it can leave too. I slit my wrist.

Blood slowly began to drip down my wrist. Barbosa watched in horror, unable to stop what had just happened. A shiver ran through me. It seemed to do the same with a few of the pirates, and Barbosa. Then, I had this odd feeling. Like a huge burden of weight had been lifted off me. My mind was clear, and my head whipped blank of all thoughts.

Barbosa yelled. He started to jitter about, as if being shaken quickly. There was as loud popping noise, and he exploded into dust. The pirates that were left closed in on me and Jack. Then, as if they had been held back by something, the crew burst forward through a cavern, and the pirates were slaughtered right then and there. Gibbs handed me a scrap of fabric to hold to my wrist, for blood was quickly gushing from it. I walked around. There had to be someone, somewhere with a gun. None of the crewmembers had any, because they were being held up by the cursed crew, and their guns had been taken. I felt a little dizzy, and saw that my wrist was still bleeding. The cloth was almost stained totally red. I shook my head, and kept moving.

I had rounded a corner, when I heard something that sounded like humming. It was humming the very song that I had sung at Elizabeth's wedding, the song that my mother had taught me as a little girl. I ran to where the sound was coming from. And what I saw as I entered the next cavern, almost made my heart stop.