Hi! I dont think this chaps gonna be good... Oh well^^

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Penelope woke up, startled. She coughed up some of the sea water she had swallowed, then saw Jack. He had a worried look in his face.

"Are ye feelin' alright?" He didn't take his eyes off Penelope as he asked.

"I'm fine, thank you." Penelope had to think back a little to get what had just happened. After a while she asked Jack, "What were they? On the ship..."

"They says they're the spirits of the crew that were aboard there... But they wont come back fer us... well you." He paused. "They didn't want yer to leave, guess they didn't have much company fer a while." He said, half as a joke.

Penelope smiled. She could only manage smile, because her ribs were sore. "I think I need to lie down, Jack." She told him.

Before Penelope got up, Jack helped her into her cabin. He laid her onto the bed and was about to leave and steer the ship.

"Jack..." Penelope called quickly. Jack turned around to face a questioning Penelope. "The Black Pearl, where is it heading again?"

"Tortuga luv." He answered.

She nodded. "I thought so..." She coughed and then drifted to sleep.

As Jack steered the ship again, he thout to himself. 'If I find me Pearl, would Penelope stay?' He asked himself. He wanted her to stay, which was quite abnormal, for Jack.

After he thought about it, he could just see Tortuga in the view. Then he had another thought. 'Maybe Penelope's happier with Elizabeth. Maybe she wants ter go home or be with 'er family...' His thoughts subsided while he docked at the bay of Tortuga.

Jack knocked on the door to Penelope's cabin. When there was no reply, he opened it and saw Penelope still asleep. So after Jack woke Penelope up, both of them walked the streets of Tortuga.

He put a shawl around her and gripped her tight to protect her. "It's not a very nice place, luv... Better ter stick close with me." He whispered looking around.

They both noticed a lot of people looking at them, mostly whores glared at Jack, and sometimes Penelope. One of them walked straight into Jack, saying it was an accident and slapped him, saying that was an accident too.

Penelope laughed quietly as she walked off. Jack had one eyebrow raised. "I'm, sure I didn't deserve that, really." He mumbled, which made Penelope laugh more. So both of them laughed until eventually they stopped.

"Now, the whole point of coming to Tortuga, wasn't it to find if the Black Pearl was still here?" She asked.

"You've got a point!" Jack exclaimed, "But first..." He pointed to a nearby bar in front of Penelope. "I need ter get me rum!" And walked in, with Penelope.

Penelope looked around, at the people, the pirates, the rum! The place was a bit hot and stuffy, and had the scent of rum and other drinks. She followed Jack up to the counter.

"Well, if it ain't Jack Sparrow!" The bartender asked. By now, Penelope noticed nearly everyone on this island knew Jack.

Jack nodded, slightly annoyed. "I told yer millions, call me Captain Jack!"

The bartender grinned, "Alright, alright... Captain... What would do you? A good pint of rum?" He asked.

"Make it two." Jack looked over at Penelope.

Penelope shook her head, "No thank you Jack, not at the moment." She said politely.

"Well, more rum fer me, the better!" He said happily. So he drank his and Penelope's lot, which probably wasn't enough for him as he turned to talk to the bartender again. "And I'll buy a big supply of rum, too! Packed in a bag if ye don't mind..."

When the bartender went out of sight, Jack bent over and grabbed a small bag (probably full of money) and placed it in his pocket. All done very quick.

No-one seemed to notice, except Penelope. "Jack!" She hissed.

"mmm?" He asked, as if he'd done nothing wrong. Then they heard the bartender's footsteps, as he entered again. He roughly placed the bag of rum on to the counter. "Ah! Handle with care, mate! It's rum." Jack reminded him. He paid the bartender the small bag, he pinched (no, borrowed.) earlier. "Cheers." And went out with Penelope.

"I can't believe it worked!" She cried out as soon as they stepped out. "Do you that all the time?" She asked Jack.

Jack looked innocent. "Do what?" Then saw the expression on Penelope's face. "Oh, I told yer before, I borrow things from starngers, and friends..." He said with a grin.

They walked along to the docks and ate some bread, borrowed by Jack. As they were on there way back to their ship, Jack stopped. "Jack? What's..." Penelope looked up the direction jack was looking at.

"It's the Pearl, me Pearl." He said as he walked for it, his fingers playing on the grip of his sword.

Penelope rushed to stay with him. "Jack, you're not going to go fight them on you're own right?" She asked anxious and worried. He had a differnet look in his eyes, the way he was looking at the Black Pearl, revenge.

"No, we're going ter find Anamaria!" He said turning back on his heels.

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This story is probably gonna end around at about chappter 12, so don't get too attched to it! Coz to tell you the truth, I'm not attched to it. I'm kinda getting sick of this fic, anyway. But plz review! It makes me feel good! LoL