Four hours after Amanda had locked herself up in the cell, a handsome pirate walked in. She somehow felt that she could trust him but still kept her saber across her knees.
"Hello, Miss Swann."
"Hello. I don't believe we've met." He smiled.
"Perhaps not. My name is William Turner, otherwise known as Bootstrap Bill." He held his hand out through the bars for her to shake. She stood and shook it but then sat down again.
"I suppose you came to persuade me to leave and go back to Barbossa."
"On the contrary, I came to talk to you about Jack." He looked around the room to make sure that no one was listening and beckoned her to come closer. "What they did to Jack was terrible. It does not agree with the code of the Pirates. I tried to stop it but Barbossa would not listen." She leaned against the cell door.
"Why did Barbossa mutiny?"
"Jack may be a pirate, but he has a pure heart. Jack came to Tortuga five months ago to hire a crew so he could find the island Isla de la Muerta. Barbossa got himself and his own crew hired for the job, but a few of us Jack hired himself." Amanda fiddled with the keys hanging from her belt. "Jack insisted that I be first mate because we were best friends at the time. But Barbossa weaseled his way to the position." William gripped the cell bars in frustration. "The day we found you, Barbossa had a little meeting with Jack. He said that since everything was an equal share with them, that also included the bearings of the Isla de la Muerta. Jack trusted his first mate so he gave Barbossa the bearings. I think you know the rest." Amanda nodded.
"That treacherous viper!" She screamed in rage. "As much as I hated him before, it has just doubled." William said nothing as he watched her. An elegant bird caged with no where to go.
He heard someone coming down so he ducked and hid while Amanda sat back down on the bench. It was Barbossa.
"Well, my pet. Having a nice time?" She glared at him so he continued. "We've sighted the island that we're headed towards and we should be there soon. When we get there, we will be rich men."
"Rich in stupidity," Amanda said under her breath.
"Are you sure that you won't reconsider coming out? I could make you very rich." She stared blankly back at him.
"The day I reconsider coming out is when Jack is standing where you are standing."
"Very well. More for me." He stomped out of the room and William came back to the cell.
"I am sorry but I can't stay. I will try to get you some food and water." He squeezed her hand and left the room.
Meanwhile, Jack's old crew prepared to go ashore to the accursed Isla de la Muerta. They entered the caves, plundering as they went. Barbossa set his sight on one big chest full of gold coins in the middle of the room. He brought it onto their full rowboats and put his hand on it during the ride back to the ship. Unbeknownst to him, this was the cursed chest of Cortez (scary music, lol).
Later that evening, he entered the jail, drunk and with a handful of the cursed coins.
"Hello, me beauty!" He strutted over to her cell in a drunken walk and breathed in her face. "Look at what you missed out on today!" He held out the coins to her and accidentally dropped one on the floor. However, he did not notice it. She slipped her foot out and caught it, hiding it under her shoe. "Do you like me now? I can give you money!" He wasn't really in the right mood for bargaining and Amanda knew it. "Come on! Jack can't offer you money!"
"No, he can't offer me money. But he can offer me happiness, and you can't." Barbossa put on an angry face, which was quite comical and Amanda almost laughed.
"Fine, have it your way." He left the room with difficulty, but finally made it out.
Amanda lifted her foot to look at the coin. As her fingers closed around it, a sound like thunder was heard and a wave of wind went through the cell. Hurriedly, she backed away from it.
William came from the darkness with a mug of water and some bread. He stopped at the sight of her startled face.
"What is wrong?" She pointed to the coin on the floor.
"It made noise." He set the food down and stooped to pick it up.
"It's just a coin. See, I've got another one." He reached inside of his vest and brought out an identical piece. "I got it from the chest that they brought up. Barbossa made me take one." He gave her the one from the floor but as she reached out to take it, a bit of moonlight came out from a hole in the wall. It landed on his arm and the flesh turned to raw bone with bits of cloth hanging off of it.
"Lord Almighty! What is that?"
