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 16 – The Search Begins
Mr. Gibbs had found a small, yet isolated bay to help hide the Pearl in case the Goliath had pursued them.
Just after sundown, Jack and the others rowed to shore. Jack had been torn on how many men to take with him. He knew Quinn wouldn't give up Therese that easily so he wanted to bring enough men to protect her, but at the same time he was concerned about the Pearl. He couldn't leave her defenseless in case the Goliath found her.
In the end Jack, Will, Therese, Ana Maria, Ryan, Georges, Voit and Murphy went ashore leaving the remaining fifteen crewman including Mr. Gibbs and Cotton to man the Pearl.
Therese was deep in thought on the ride to shore, as if she was looking at a mental map and checking for landmarks. When they reached shore they began to walk west. After a short walk Therese stopped dead and smiled.
"There it is – now we head north!" she whispered, pointing at a rock formation resembling a boot. "That was one of the landmarks Black Beard referred too."
The group carefully made their way north through increasingly thicker brush. After about ten minutes Therese found the next marker, a gnarled tree that seemed to be pointing northeast.
The group continued on in this manner, occasionally changing their course when Therese told them too.
With each direction change Will could see the excitement grow in Therese's eyes. He knew that she could sense her freedom.
Finally after searching for nearly two hours Therese turned to Jack and smiled. "There!" was all she said.
To a passerby the cave was totally hidden. It looked simply like the rest of the overgrown landscape, but to Jack's trained pirate eyes it was a gold mine!
"Shall we?" he asked with a wink.
Part 2
"They aren't far ahead sir!" Roy stated quietly
"Good, hopefully they will be inside the cave when we find them and we can ambush them on the way out!" Quinn replied.
The Goliath had anchored on the opposite side of the island earlier that day. Quinn had sent out scouting parties to gather information. One of these parties had found the Pearl's bay and kept watch, sending information back to Quinn.
They had quietly begun tracking the Pearl's crew shortly after they had made their turn at the gnarled tree and were now only twenty minutes behind them. Exactly the way Quinn wanted it. It would give him the element of surprise he needed.
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 16 – The Search Begins
Mr. Gibbs had found a small, yet isolated bay to help hide the Pearl in case the Goliath had pursued them.
Just after sundown, Jack and the others rowed to shore. Jack had been torn on how many men to take with him. He knew Quinn wouldn't give up Therese that easily so he wanted to bring enough men to protect her, but at the same time he was concerned about the Pearl. He couldn't leave her defenseless in case the Goliath found her.
In the end Jack, Will, Therese, Ana Maria, Ryan, Georges, Voit and Murphy went ashore leaving the remaining fifteen crewman including Mr. Gibbs and Cotton to man the Pearl.
Therese was deep in thought on the ride to shore, as if she was looking at a mental map and checking for landmarks. When they reached shore they began to walk west. After a short walk Therese stopped dead and smiled.
"There it is – now we head north!" she whispered, pointing at a rock formation resembling a boot. "That was one of the landmarks Black Beard referred too."
The group carefully made their way north through increasingly thicker brush. After about ten minutes Therese found the next marker, a gnarled tree that seemed to be pointing northeast.
The group continued on in this manner, occasionally changing their course when Therese told them too.
With each direction change Will could see the excitement grow in Therese's eyes. He knew that she could sense her freedom.
Finally after searching for nearly two hours Therese turned to Jack and smiled. "There!" was all she said.
To a passerby the cave was totally hidden. It looked simply like the rest of the overgrown landscape, but to Jack's trained pirate eyes it was a gold mine!
"Shall we?" he asked with a wink.
Part 2
"They aren't far ahead sir!" Roy stated quietly
"Good, hopefully they will be inside the cave when we find them and we can ambush them on the way out!" Quinn replied.
The Goliath had anchored on the opposite side of the island earlier that day. Quinn had sent out scouting parties to gather information. One of these parties had found the Pearl's bay and kept watch, sending information back to Quinn.
They had quietly begun tracking the Pearl's crew shortly after they had made their turn at the gnarled tree and were now only twenty minutes behind them. Exactly the way Quinn wanted it. It would give him the element of surprise he needed.
