Chapter 8

They followed Jack around the city as he asked several people about the whereabouts of Mr. Gibbs. Marina and Eris had a wondrous time just enjoying the atmosphere and looking at the various booths. Will just seemed to be very angry and annoyed which only added to the girls' enjoyment. They also noticed the many whores and ladies who flirted with Jack and became somewhat jealous. They hung onto Jack's arm and gave the girls glares.

Finally Jack discovered some clues as to where Gibbs had been hanging out and they went to check out the area. They discovered him in the stables behind one of the nosiest pubs in Tortuga. He was snoring with a very fat pig as his pillow. Jack looked at Gibbs for a moment before smiling and walking back outside.

"Wha..." Will asked.

"Quiet!" Jack hissed as he stopped at the well just outside the door. He filled one of the buckets and handed it to Will and filled one himself. He then led them back inside the stables and stopped in front of where Gibbs lay and threw the water on him.

Gibbs woke with a start, his gun drawn and ready to shot whoever hade awoken him. He said several curse words and threats before he saw Jack. "Mother's Love. It be Jack. You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleeping. 'Tis bad luck."

"Fortunately, I know how to cure it." Jack stated and squatted down so that he was eye level with Gibbs. "The-man-who-did-the-waking buys the- man-who-did-the-sleeping a drink and the-man-who-did-the-sleeping drinks it while listen to a proposition from the The-man-who-did-the-waking." He rambled. Marina giggled at the confused expression on Gibbs' face.

"Yea, that'll about do it." He said, as he stood up. He was soon drenched again do to Will dumping his bucket of water on him. "Blast! I'm already awake!"

"That was for the smell." Will said plainly. Eris, Marina, and Jack looked at Will for a moment before bursting out in laughter. Will did not seem to be to happy.

They finally made their way up to the pub and stumbled through the door. It was crowded and noisy. Perfect for talking in private. Jack talked to the bartender for a moment before ordering drinks for himself and Gibbs and heading to a room off to the side where Gibbs was already seated. Returned after a moment to put the drinks down. He tossed a few coins to Marina and Eris.

"Go get a drink, girls." Then he turned to Will. "Keep a sharp eye." He said pointing to the rowdy pub. Will gave a disappointed look but sighed and put his back to the wall and watch the men and women laugh, gamble, and drink and he strained to hear was Jack and Gibbs were talking about in the room over the noise. He didn't have much success.

Eris and Marina didn't care. They had seen the move and knew exactly what was being said, so they decided to have some fun. They ordered themselves some rum and sat at the bar for a while. After only a few sips Marina was tipsy and Eris was loud. Eris was extremely excited when a fight broke out between two men and escaladed to an all out bar brawl. Eris was quick to join in but Marina was repulsed. As Eris started punching peoples' faces in, Marina climbed up on top of the bar to get out of the way but couldn't stop giggling as Eris whooped the men's' butts.

Several bruises, drinks, and giggles later, Marina noticed Jack come out of the side room with Mr. Gibbs. She smiled, took another swig from her mug and waved. She looked around where she was standing, as if just noticing that she was several feet above the floor. She couldn't figure out how to get down with the brawl still going. She gave Jack a semi-frightened look. He smiled and gracefully made his way around the brawl to stop where she stood on the bar.

He reached up, took her by the hips, picked her up, and carefully lowered her to the floor. She swayed slightly as she stood on her own and started giggling again.

"Where's Eris?" Jack asked.

Still giggling Marina and pointed to where Eris was flipping some poor guy over her shoulder so he landed hard on the wood floor behind her. Another guy took a running start and rammed into her, knocking her over onto the only upright table left in the pub. Jack shook his head and walking over to her, making his way through the chaos without wavering at all. He was just about to pull the man off of Eris when she bit his ear and rammed her knee into his groin. He fell to the floor in pain. She stood upright, smiled at Jack, and started to rejoin the fight.

Jack caught her arm. "It's time to go." He said.

Eris pouted, "But I'm having fun." She swayed, "I'm gonna get another drink, though." She turned her back on the fight and started to make her way to the bar but jack caught her arm again and steered her to where Will was trying to keep Marina from falling over.

"Neither of you are having anymore to drink ever again." Jack stated. "You two are worse than me." Marina and Eris laughed and Marina started to fall over again. Will went to help her up again but he got hit several times when she took his trying to help the wrong way. Soon they all left the pub, Eris and Marina hanging on to Jack so they didn't fall over. Gibbs went off to find the crewmembers and Will followed them in silence.

"What's we gonna do now?" Marina asked Jack.

"We are going to find you two a place to sleep and I'm gonna hide all the rum. I don't want you two to decide to take a liking to it and I loose all my good rum." He stated leading them to one of the more quiet Inns. He got two rooms from the Innkeeper and helped them up the stairs.

"I don't see why we don't just save our money and go back to the Interceptor." Will complained as he followed.

"Do you really think they'd make it?" he asked opening the first door. He tossed a key to Will and pointed to the next room. "Get some sleep." He said before disappearing into the room with Eris and Marina.