Hey guys! Sorry I didn't update for so long, I was on vacation and away from my computer. But I'm sure you don't want to hear about that, I'll just get on with my story. LOL! Also, check out my NEW STORY, 'The Blood of a Pirate!' Hope ya enjoy it and this chappy!!!

Chapter Nine: The Reason Why

Lissie and Beth were thrown into a room roughly.

"Get in there, lasses!" yelled Bósun.

Lissie hit the floor hard, and fell over.

"Why do you have to treat us so badly?!" Beth yelled. "We've gone through enough already, can't you just leave us alone?!"

"I have to agree with you on that, Beth," said Barbossa as he appeared in the doorway. "We're not trying to treat you badly, to be quite honest with you, we want you alive. But I'm afraid we can't just leave you alone. We need you girls, but I'm guessing you know the reason why already, don't you girls?"

Tears began to fall from Beth's eyes.

Barbossa smirked. "Yes, I thought so. We're using you as a trap to lure Sparrow and Turner into our nets. You two are just the worms on the hook."

Lissie's cut was bleeding badly now, but she was extremely angry all the same. She pushed herself up and looked Barbossa in the eye.

"Why do you have to be so cruel?!" she screamed.

There goes the last of her energy, thought Beth.

"Cruel? I'm not trying to be cruel, I want you to be in nice accommodations. You're just making that hard for me, because I'm battling with myself to lock you in a jail cell with a tarantula or seven if you don't shut up."

Lissie did indeed shut up; spiders were her worst fear next to Elijah Wood (HA HA, BETH!!!), but also slumped back onto the floor.

"One more thing, and if she hasn't passed out," he said, indicating Lissie, "if they do come, don't spill the beans, or else it will be," he ran a finger across his throat, "for all of you."

And with that, he left the room, shutting the door behind him.

Lissie opened her wet eyes, and realized Beth was crying too.

She dazedly sat up and at the same time, they both hugged each other and sobbed.

"Oh, I hope they don't come," whispered Beth.

"You know them, they're going to!" said Lissie softly. "They'd… they'd do anything for us…" she broke off.

"Why, WHY did we have to come back?!" Beth asked angrily.

"I just hope they won't get themselves killed," said Lissie shakily.

~*~

"OUCH!" yelled Jack. That belly flop had finally started to shock him, but before he knew it, he found himself looking upon a familiar sight. (Oh geez here I go again… RETURN OF THE KING!!! Go see it!!!! NOW!!!)

"Will? You here, mate?" asked Jack, his voice strained from the pain on the front of his body.

"Yeah, you really did a belly flop?!" asked Will.

Jack grinned, but suddenly remembered why they were here. "Any sign of the Pearl?" asked Jack.

Will looked around, and shook his head.

"Dammit!" said Jack. "You'd think a big ol' ship would be easier to keep track of than a car…"

"Woah! We're back in our old clothes!" exclaimed Will.

"You're just noticing? Come on, let's get out of the ocean, we've got a lot of work to do."

They climbed out, and Will remembered how Lissie and Beth had on the day that he first met them.

"Am I still a wanted pirate here?" Jack muttered.

Will shrugged. "Where's Elizabeth?" he whispered.

"Behind bars where she belongs… hopefully."

"Not much has changed," said Will.

"What did you expect? I think this takes place only a day or two after we left…"

"Wait!" exclaimed Will suddenly. "I'd better get some swords from my shop… we're probably going to need them."

"Yeah… why don't you do that and I'll find the ship. If something is to happen, the parrot will… I dunno, fly around squawking. Okay?"

"Great plan Jack," said Will sarcastically.

Jack grinned. "They always are."

The two of them split off in opposite directions, Jack to the other docks and Will to his shop. He grabbed one of his well-made swords, his hatchet, and was just about to leave when the door opened. Will whipped around, and he almost dropped his hatchet.

It was Elizabeth.

Will started to walk to the door, and just brush past her, not even to notice her, but she stopped him.

"Wait," she said, grabbing his arm.

Will wrenched himself out of her grasp and began to walk to the door yet again.

"Will, I'm sorry!" she said.

He stopped. No… he was not going to let this happen…

"I know what happened, how you went back for her, and I'm guessing the reason she's back is because she's been kidnapped?"

He turned around. "How… how did you know?" he asked in disbelief.

"Why else would you be back here? And who kidnapped her?"

"It's none of your business," Will said shortly.

"What if I want to help you?" she asked, her voice getting fiercer.

"Why would I want a murderer by my side?!" Will yelled.

"That was a long time ago… I've changed…"

"I DON'T CARE! You can't change the past… and besides, Lissie and I are already married. I'm never going to look back onto what we almost had… what would have ruined my life…"

"Will, please, listen to me! I realize now that you two belong together, and I wouldn't do anything to separate you two!"

"You already did," said Will softly as he walked out, but he made sure Elizabeth heard him.

"Jack, you big idiot!" said Will once he had found him. "Elizabeth just came into my shop!"

"Wow, so she is out of jail!" exclaimed Jack.

"Duh. So, are we going to leave or what?"

"Yeah, why don't we just swim all around the Caribbean to find them. In case you didn't notice, genius, THE PEARL'S NOT HERE!"

"Uh, Jack…?"

"What?"

Will pointed to a place beyond the fort, where there was a ship approaching.

Jack stared at it. "I am an idiot."

He then began to jump up and down and wave his arms in the air, so as to get their attention.

It was Gibbs that first spotted him. "Look!" he yelled. "It's Jack!"

Anamaria came running up to the front, grabbing the telescope out of Gibbs' hands and looked through it, shaking her head. "Just as crazy as he was when he left."

"Do you think he ever got Beth back?" asked Gibbs.

"I dunno, he must have, or else he wouldn't look so happy."

They got to the dock, and let Jack and Will on board.

"Welcome back, Cap'n!" said Anamaria.

"No time for warm welcomes, Will and I are on a mission!" said Jack, running to the wheel.

"What sort of mission?" asked Gibbs.

"Jack and I went to the future to get back to Beth and Lissie," Will explained, "by taking a medallion, making us temporarily immortal. But they got thrown back here, and we think they've been kidnapped. So we came back, and now we need your help."

"Wow, that's a lot to go through."

"Quit your yapping!" yelled Jack. He turned his head to the horizon. "We've got two damsels in distress to find!"