All Treasure is Not Silver & Gold

Disclaimer: As you all know I do not own any of the POTC characters. Therese, Quinn and some of the new pirates and sailors are my own creations!

Chapter 12 – Engaging the Goliath

"He's gainin' fast Cap'n!" Mr. Gibbs said to Jack with a worried look.

"Aye, that she is mate. Is the crew ready?" Jack asked

"Aye, as ready as they'll ever be." He replied

Jack knew the Pearl could not out gun the Goliath. He had a few tricks up his sleeve for Quinn; he was after all 'Captain Jack Sparrow!'

Part 2

When Therese had finally fallen asleep Will headed back up on deck.

"What's the plan Jack?" he asked anxiously

"Well we are gonna be very polite, we don't know if Quinn knows we have Therese. If all goes well, we are on our way, no problems. If not, we fight like hell and hope we live to see nightfall." Jack replied.

Part 3

"Do you want to overtake her sir?" Roy asked.

"Aye! I want Therese back! Lets do this now!" Quinn replied.

"Alright men! Full sails, oars as well, we mean to overtake the Pearl!" Roy yelled. The men snapping to action the moment the words left his lips.

"Let's see Captain Jack Sparrow get himself out of this one!" Quinn said with an evil grin.

Part 4

"Here they come! Everyone knows what to do aye?" Jack asked one last time. A round of aye's answered him back.

"Ahoy Goliath!" he yelled as the ship pulled up along side, "Who be the captain?" Jack knew he had to keep them talking in order to give the men a chance to put the plan into action.

"Quinn is the name!" A large man with cold eyes replied, "And you be Jack Sparrow I presume?"

"Captain Jack Sparrow is correct mate!" Jack replied with a slight bow. "Now this be a first for my eyes." He continued, "A merchant ship chasin' a pirate ship! Things seem to be a bit backwards mate!"

What Quinn couldn't see was Ryan and George slipping into the water on the far side of the Pearl. Both being good swimmers, neither had any trouble reaching the Goliath underwater. They were there to do some damage.

"It's not backwards when you have something I want returned." Quinn said coldly

"How's that mate?" Jack asked innocently, "I've not plundered anything in quite some time. Just what is it ye think I have sir?"

"You know damn well Sparrow!" Quinn roared, "You have my woman!"

"Your woman?" Jack asked shocked. "Ana Maria, is there somethin' ye need to be tellin' me luv?" he asked his first mate.

"No Cap'n. Yonder Englishman is too fat for my taste!" she replied causing the crew near her to snicker.

"Well then sir, I am afraid ye are mistaken!" Jack said to Quinn. "Ana Maria is the only woman on board, and she isn't inclined to want ye! Young Murphy there, now he's a eunuch, would ye be likin' him?"

"Enough!" Quinn roared. "Hand over Therese or I will sink your ship!"

"Therese?" Jack asked, "I haven't seen Therese since ye took her five years ago mate. If ye lost her you'll have to look elsewhere." Jack replied coolly.

"If that's the way ye want it Sparrow then I'll take her and your ship by force!" Quinn replied with a grin. "Prepare to board!" he yelled.

Jack stood on the deck of his ship calmly looking at the sailors of the Goliath as they prepared to board his ship. As they readied the ropes to swing across he yelled, "NOW!"

Netting suddenly dropped from the rigging giving the Goliath's sailors nowhere to land. "Fire All!" Will yelled. The crew below fired all canons at the Goliath causing considerable damage.

"Are the boys aboard?" Jack yelled over the return fire from the Goliath.

"Aye sir!" Ana Maria yelled as she finished helping Ryan aboard. "Is it done lads?" she asked.

"Aye, they won't be goin' far!" George replied

"And they be takin' on water too!" Ryan added

"Good work lads! Now let's help out here!" she replied as she drew her sword to help Will with the few sailors h\who had managed to get aboard the Pearl.

"Make sail...NOW!" Jack yelled to Mr. Gibbs as he swung his cutlass at the sailor in front of him cutting him down.

He smiled as he heard a man yell from the Goliath, "Cap'n, somehow he's disabled the rudder chain, and they have punched holes sir – we are takin' on water."

As the Pearl began to make its escape Quinn drew his pistol and yelled "This isn't over Sparrow. I'll see ye dead before I let you have Therese!"

Will heard the crack of the shot. He turned to see who had been fired upon. What he saw made his blood run cold.

"NO!" he yelled as he ran across the deck of the Pearl.