Summery: Can the place that has been her prison for four years actually become her safe haven? Can she ever trust again? And why won't 'Captain' Jack Sparrow leave her alone?

Disclaimers: I own Akiva, her mother, father, and any other ppl that were not in the movie. The Mouse owns everything else. I am not now nor will I make money off this, so don't sue me.

Rating: make it R to be safe, but I really have no clue.

{ } - indicates mind talking. / / - means personal thoughts.

~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ~Akiva~ "When do I get to use my powers? Huh? I wanna use my powers now, now, now!!"

~Rose~ "Kiva, babe, chill! God woman! I know that you are proud of your powers, but must you act like a child?"

~Jack~ "Rose, love, she IS a child." Jack opens his arms and Rose gets up and sits on his lap.

~Akiva~ "Why do you get to cuddle with Jack?"

~Jack~ "Captain, Captain Jack luv, and she gets to sit on me lap 'cause she is the author of our littl' story."

~Rose~ "I promise you will get to cuddle with Jack. Well, not cuddle so much as, well, screw, maybe."

~Akiva~ "Oh, that sound good. Can you PLEASE hurry up with the story then?"

~Rose~ "You heard her people, on with the story!!" ;}

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Akiva could hear the men on deck moving around. /"We must be nearing a Port. I hope the fort puts up a good fight, I wish this boat would sink, then I would be free."/

Suddenly the ship lurched to a stop. /"We've dropped anchor."/

For several hours Akiva heard cannon fire from both the ship and the fort.

/"I wonder which fort we are at."/

Of course she had no clue that the fort which they were sacking was Port Royal, the same port that was currently imprisoning 'Captain' Jack Sparrow, of whom she had heard the men talk.

About four hours after the fight began, the Black Pearl hauled anchor and left Port Royal and Jack Sparrow behind, with Miss 'Turner" onboard.

For over a week the Black Pearl sailed and during this time neither Captain Barbossa, nor Javier come to 'visit' Akiva. She had no understanding as to why they did not come for her, nor did she care. All she cared about was the fact that her body was healing and she was able to once again practice the fighting skills her father had taught her. During this time she discovered that she could move thing with her mind. At first she could only move little things, like small pieces of broken wood. After about a day of practicing, she was able to float the candle on the wall outside her cell, into her hand. She also found that when she was brought her daily meals, she could sense what the person was feeling.

These abilities were starting to scare her.

/"What if someone finds out? They will think I am a witch and burn me. I don't want to die! Daddy, where are you? You said you would always be with me. You said you would never leave. Why did you go? I need you. What is happening to me? What am I supposed to do? Please help me! Send me some kind of sign"/

For about another half hour, Akiva prayed to any god that would listen. She kept asking her parents questions, at time yelling at them for leaving her and asking them to help her.

That nigh she did something she hadn't done in over four years.

She cried her self to sleep.

She woke up to the ship slowing down and the anchor being dropped. For several hours Akiva heard nothing up on deck, no one came down and the ship didn't move. Finally she heard the men boarding the ship. About three hours later, the doors to the brig area opened. One of the pirates was leading what appeared to be another pirate to one of the holding cells.

"Apparently there is a leak."

"There has been a leak for months. Not like Barbossa cares if I freeze my arse off."

Hearing Akiva's voice, the pirate spins around.

"And who might you be?"

"Akiva. You must be Jack Sparrow."

"Captain. It's Captain Jack Sparrow, luv."

"Like I care what you call your self."

By this time both Jack and Akiva were sitting against the wall, staring at each other from across their cells.

"Ho'd ya know me name?"

"Javier mentioned you. Says you were the captain of the Pearl once."

"Aye, tills Barbossa mutinied. Who's Javier, ye boyfriend?"

When Jack asked if Javier was her boyfriend, Akiva jumped up and grabbed the cell door bars, glaring at Jack.

"Never!" She hissed.

"Then 'ho is he?'

"No one." Akiva muttered.

Jack, seeing as how this upset her, let the subject drop.

"So, how'd ye get here?"

"What do you care? Pirate."

For several hours neither one spoke. Both were lost in there own thoughts.

-Akiva- /"I wonder what he is doing here. Is this just another of Babrossa's twisted plan? Is he still trying to brake me?"/

See, there was one thing that Akiva had never done. She had never given up hope that she would one day be free. No matter how much Barbossa and his men beat her, no matter how much they starved her, and played games with her, they had never broken her will. Any time Barbossa looked at her, any time he touched her, he could see in her a strength that would not fail. It's not like he didn't try, because he did. He did everything and anything he could to get her under his total control. But it never worked. Things that had destroyed the strongest men barely fazed Akiva. There was something in her that would not stop fighting. That was the reason she was kept in a cell all the time. When she had first been brought aboard the Pearl, Barbossa had tried to keep her in his cabin at night. He had set up a little mat and blanket in the corner for her to sleep on when he didn't want her in his bed, but that didn't work for as soon as his breathing became deep and even, she would try to sneak out. The first two times, he would wake to her stepping on creaking boards. On her third day aboard, she spent the entire day walking around his cabin, learning were the creaky floor boards were. That night she waited for him to fall asleep and then very slowly and very carefully, she crept toward the door. When she got there with out him waking, she slowly opened he door and crept outside. She pressed herself as flat against the wall as she could. She crept to the shadows and made her way to the railing. Once there, she made quick business of jumping overboard. The pirates on watch that night heard the splash, ran to the railing with lanterns and saw Akiva surface.

They immediately called 'Man over Board' and woke the captain. Although she was swimming as fast as she could, Akiva was no match for the lifeboat the men had lowered and were rowing toward her. They hauled her up and into the boat, and tied her hand and feet so she could not fight them. That night Barbossa put her in the cell that was to become her home for the next four years.

While Akiva had been thinking about this, Jack still had not said anything.

-Jack- /"Who is she? Where did she come from? Why is Barbossa holding her captive? Probably some rich little girl he is wanting ransom for, though she don't look like a rich girl, if anything she looks like a gypsy. A half starved one at that. Interesting, very interesting."/

Both jack and Akiva were pulled from there thoughts when the Pearl suddenly lureched to the side and then stopped. They could both hear screams from above deck. When Jack lucked out the small hole in the wall, he saw another ship. Very soon the firing to and from both ships started. After About ten minutes a cannon ball, among other, more interesting things, blow a large hole in the wall of Jack's cell.

"Stop blowing holes in my ship!" He yelled to on one imparticular.

"Um, Captain Sparrow?" Akiva said in a weird voice.

"What?" Jack asked, a little annoyed.

Then he saw that the lock on his door had been blown away.

Slowly he pushed the door open, as if he didn't believe it was really unlocked.

As he was walking toward the stairs Akiva called after him.

"Could ya let me out?"

Jack turned around and looked at her, then continued up the stairs and out onto the deck.

"Guess not."

The fighting continued for about another hour. Then there was a huge explosion. Things quieted down after awhile and the Pearl started moving again. About six hours later the Pearl started to slow down.

/"What now?"/ Akiva wondered. After another twenty or so minutes, a rather large group was brought down onto the brig. A young man of about twenty was put in Akiva's cell and every one else was put into the third, unbroken cell. For the next two hours Akiva told the other prisoner who, who turned out to be Jacks crew, who she was and a little of how she had gotten to be prisoner of Barbossa and they in turn told her all about how Will, who was her cell mate, fought and lost to Jack in the smithery. Will also told her that they port the Pearl had just attacked was Port Royal and how he broken Jack out of jail, helped him 'commandeer' the Interceptor, the ship that had blown up earlier, and how they had picked up a crew in Tortuga. Will also told her about Elizabeth and the cave, the battle and how Barbossa had made Elizabeth and Jack jump and swim to the island.

"So that is how I ended up with fourteen fellow prisoners?" She asked.

"Yes." Will answered.

"Fun."

After they had shared there stories, Pintel and Regetti came down and started mopping with truly vile looking water.

"(Squawk) Shiver me timbers." Cotton's parrot says.

Mister Gibbs glances back at Cotton and the parrot.

"Cotton here says you missed a bit." Gibbs comments to Pintel. Pintel bangs the mop against the cell door and the water splashes Gibbs and Cotton.

Pintel returns to mopping.

Will is standing and leaning against his cell door.

"You knew William Turner?" He askes.

"Ol' Bootstrap Bill. We knew him," Pintel answers, "Never sat well with Bootstrap, what we did to Jack Sparrow. The mutiny and all. He said it wasn't right with the Code.

That's why he sent off a piece of the treasure to you as it were. He said we deserved to be cursed. And remain cursed."

"Stupid blighter." Regetti comments.

"Good man." Gibbs says.

Pintel glances at Gibbs and continues talking.

"Well, as you can imagine that didn't sit too well with the captain."

"That didn't sit too well with the captain at all. Tell him what Barbossa did." Regetti half said, half laughed.

"I'm telling the story!" Pintel yells at Regetti and then turns back to Will.

"So, what the captain did. He strapped a cannon to Bootstrap's bootstraps."

"Bootstraps bootstraps." Regetti mutters.

"And the last we saw of of Ol' Bill Turner, he was sinking to the crushing, black oblivion of Davy Jones' locker. 'Course it was only after that we learned we needed his blood to lift the curse." Pintel finished.

"That's what you call ironic." Regetti says. Him and Pintel look at each other, shrug and laugh. Everyone's heads turn as they hear footsteps. They see Barbossa and two other pirates standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Bring him." Barbossa says and tosses the keys to Regetti.

During all of this Akiva had been sitting in the corner of the cell she shared with Will. As he left, she said "Be careful."

"I will."

For hours Jack's crew and Akiva sat, or stood as the case may be, in almost total silence.

No one talked. The only sounds were of the ship creaking and the waves hitting the sides of the ship. All were lost in there own thoughts. They were all pulled from there thoughts when they heard footsteps.

"Shh!" Hisses Gibbs, who was sitting on the floor. He turns his head so he can see the stairs and grabs the cell bars with both hands.

"Miss Elizabeth!" He says.

Akiva stood up and went to the door.

"What are you doing here," she asked, "I thought Barbossa left you and Jack on an

island."

"He did. I will explain later."

Elizabeth then broke the locks on the cell doors. When they got on deck, they all stopped and stood in shock. They had heard the sounds of a distant fighting, but what they saw made them stand still. There was another ship, and on its decks were Barbossa's men fighting the British Navy men. They quietly pulled up one of they life boats and waited.

When the two men who were supposed to be keeping watch on them came up on deck and walked to the railing, they let the lifeboat swing. It crashed into the two skeletal men and smashed them to little bits that fell into the ocean. They all screamed in victory as the boat swung back and fell to the deck.

"All of you with me!" Elizabeth said as she ran to the boat and grabbed the ropes, "Will is in that cave. We must save him. Ready. And heave!"

When the boat didn't move Elizabeth turned to the crew. They were all just standing there looking at her. Akiva was standing off to the side, watching them.

"Please, I need your help! Come on!" Elizabeth said to them.

"(Squawks) Any port in a storm." Cotton's parrot says.

Gibbs looks over a Cotton.

"Cotton's right." He says, "We've got the Pearl."

"What about Jack? Are you just gonna leave him." Elizabeth asks.

"Jack owes us a ship." One of the pirates to Gibbs' left says.

"There's the Code to consider." Gibbs tells her.

"The Code?" She looks at them with disbelief in the eyes, "You're Pirates. Hang the Code, and hang the rules! They're more like guidelines anyway."

They just look at her.

"Akiva? What about you?" She says

"Look, I would love to help you, I would, but I just got me freedom back, I think, and Gibbs said they would drop me off at any port I chose. I'm sorry, but I can't. I do hope you can help them and that you and Will are happy, I really do, but I can't help ya."

"Fine." Elizabeth answers, "Will you at least help me got the lifeboat in the water?"

"Yeah, sure." Akiva says.

For the next few minutes Akiva, Elizabeth and Gibbs, work on getting the boat in the water. When it is in position to be lowered, Elizabeth climes in, they lower her into the water and her rows off.

Akiva then turn's to the crew and says, "What do you want me to do?"

For the next three days Akiva woks along side the crow. She learns the basics of working on a ship and she gets back the tan she once had. Seeing as how she is on a pirate ship, she decides there are something's she may need to know. She looks around and finds Anna-Maria.

"Anna-Maria?" She says.

The black woman turns around from the rigging she was working on.

"Yeah?" she says.

"Can we talk?" Akiva asks.

"Sure, let's go to me room." Anna-Maria knew the younger woman would eventually come to her with questions, so she let her to her quarters.

"So, what is it ye be wantin' to talk about?

"Well, first off, why did we leave Jack behind?"

"Well, one Jack likes to be called 'Captain' Jack Sparrow or just Captain Sparrow. Two, we pirates live by what is called The Code, well any good pirate does. Sees, it is actually called The Code of the Brethren. It was set down be the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew. It is a bunch of rules saying what pirates are and are not to due. One of the rules is 'Any man that falls behind, is left behind'."

"But didn't Elizabeth say they were more like guideline?"

"Yes, but what would she be knowin'? She is a Governors daughter, not a pirate," said Anna-Marie with a hint of anger in her voice.

For a few minutes both women sat in silence.

"Akiva, how old are you and how long have you been Barbossa's prisoner?"

"I don't know. After a while, I lost track of time. On the night of my thirteenth birthday, our camp was attacked."

"Your camp? Were you a Gypsy?"

"Yes. All my life I had been with my mother and father and the rest of our clan. The night I was taken, everyone I had ever known was killed. I don't know why Barbossa didn't kill me, but I hope he is rotting in hell. What is the date and year?"

"The year? It is November 30, 1681. Why? How long have you been here?" Anna- Maria asked.

Akiva sighs heavily, "Four years. It has been four years since my life went to hell."

They just sat looking at the ground for a few minutes.

"What are you going to do now that you have your freedom back." Anna-Maria asked.

"I don't know. It's not like I can just go live in a town like Port Royal?"

"Why not?"

"Because I am a Gypsy. We have never been accepted by 'Polite Society' and probably never will. Besides, if I did go live in a proper town, I would most likely be accused of being a witch."

"And why is that?"

"Promise you won't tell anyone? Please Anna-Maria." Akiva asked with a touch of desperation in her voice.

"Fine, but with one condition." Anna-Maria said, slightly amused.

"What is it?" Akiva said, slightly worried.

"Call me Anna."

"OK."

"Good. Now, why would you be accused of being a witch?"

Akiva smiled and said, "Watch."

She then started looking intensely at a cup on the table in Anna's room. Slowly, the cup started lifting off the table.

"Oh my God." Anna gasped.

Akiva then slowly lowered the cup down.

"Anna, you ok?" Asked Akiva in a worried tone.

"Yeah, how did you do that?" Said Anna in a slightly awed tone.

"I don't know. I just can. I just focus on something I want to move and it moves. Hey Anna, please call me Kiva."

"Fine. Do you have any other abilities?"

"Yeah, kinda."

"Like what?"

"Well, every once in a while I can feel what others are feeling. I can't hear what they are thinking. I just sense what their emotions are. Don't worry, I have no clue what you are feeling."

"That's interesting. Ye be right, ya know. The people in Port Royal or any town, they would hang ya. Since ye can't live in a port o' town, why don't ye stay on the Pearl? You learn fast and work hard and I know the crew wouldn't be mindin' if ye stayed, thought Gibbs might mutter 'bout it bein' bad luck to have a woman 'board ship." Anna-Maria said with a small smile gracing her lips.

"This ship has been a living hell for me for four years. I don't think I will be stayin'."

Both women stopped talking for several minutes.

Suddenly Anna-Maria looked up and asked. "Did you meet Jack?"

"Yeah. He was in the cell across from mine in the brig."

"Did you talk?"

"Not much, we exchanged names, he started asking questions I didn't like, so I basically told him to sod off. What will happen to Jack?"

"I suppose that he will go with Elizabeth and Will back to the British ship."

"What will they do to him?"

"Take him in to custody, most likely."

"Are they going to hang him."

"They are British, and he is a pirate."

"So you are just going to let him swing?" Akiva yelled. She could not believe that Anna could do that to someone she obviously knew.

"No," Anna said, "Let's go talk to Gibbs." Both women got up and went to find Mr. Gibbs.

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Jack comes up behind her and wraps his arms around her.

~Jack~ "Calm down love. I am sure Rose is doing her best to make you a really powerful witch. Gypsy, sorry."

~Rose~ "He is right I am. But, hey, I promise more power fun soon. I will update soon, promise!"

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So, what did you think? PLEASE review! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!! ;}Thanx! Rose