This chapter has bad things in it. Torture and implied rape. So if you like Norrington, Don't read it. He is my bad guy, cause I don't like him. So deal with it. Lol. Enjoy this chapter there's at least three more after this one!

Chapter five stories and waking.

Emily was having a lovely dream. She was walking on a pretty beach some where on an island. It was a beautiful place. Emily found herself tripping into the surf, getting wet and waking up. One of the Commodores men put down the bucket that had held the water that drenched Emily. "She's awake Sir, shall I bring her above?" with out waiting for an answer, the man grabbed Emily and dragger her from the cell she was in.

"Yes, bring her up and tie her to the mast." The Commodore seemed to be in a good mood. Emily was dragged across the deck of the Integra and she was secured to the mast with ropes. Her front pressed against the wood, exposing her back to the soldiers the Commodore had hand picked to chase down Jack Sparrow. "Now, Miss Cross-Star, perhaps you'd like to tell us where Jack Sparrow is? Oh that right, you can't talk. Or can you? Maybe a few lashes will loosen your tongue." Emily blinked twice, before the first blow fell. Then a second blow, then a countless number after that blow. All Emily could do was scream silently. The Commodore was disappointed, he had hopped that the girl would have broken, he had assured his men that she would be talking within six lashes and after fifty, his men were beginning to become restless.

"Commodore, is it possible that the girl can't talk?" the Commodore considered that question for a second, drew his gun and shot the insolent man in the face. The body tumbled backwards and splashed into the dark waters below.

"No sailor, she just needs encouragement. All of you back to work; we'll follow the Black Pearl we have to save the Governor, head to the Isle D'moiuter, that's where the Pearl makes birth. We shall recapture our beloved Governor there, before the pirate kills him." Another crewmember braved speaking up.

"What shall we do with the girl sir? Can she be made to talk?" the Commodore smiled a chilling smile, "I'll make her talk. Don't worry about that." Emily shivered as the Commodore stroked her cheek. "And if I can't I'll throw her to the sharks."

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"So Emily was marooned with her mother and sister, and was rescued by pirates?" Will looked at Jack.

"Yes, but they were rescued after their mother had died." Jack added the information, he had been question after question and all he really wanted to do was go back to his rum,

"and Emily is a, wind-catcher?"

"Sky-chaser, she knows the weather, and she knows how to conjure up winds and things that pirates need."

"And she doesn't talk because she's cursed?" Jack nodded, having found a bottle of rum. "Jack pay attention. You said that she was on the Rose? What is the Rose?" Will looked at Jack as he took a swig of rum.

"The Rose, or the Black Rose, was the Pearls sister ship. Identical in every way, except for the name plates of course. Emily lived on the Rose and Josie lived on the Pearl. Unfortunately, ships got into a terrible battle with the royal navy, the Rose was lost and Emily was the only survivor. For a while she lived on the Pearl too. Then I was marooned and I don't know what Barbossa did to them. I would believe what Gibbs said, but hear-say isn't the same as the truth, savvy?" Will looked thoughtful. He and Jack had woken early the next morning and were sitting on deck talking, Elizabeth and her father were still asleep below in Jacks cabin.

"What happened to Josephine? You said that both her and Emily were living on the Pearl." Gibbs looked up from where he had been sleeping and answered the question, changing his original story to what the crew has told him,

"Legend has it, when Barbossa dropped Bootstrap off the ship, both Emily and Josephine jumped in the water after him. Allegedly all three made it to an island and lived there together for a number of years. That's the trader's talk though. No one knows what really happened. Allegedly, Josie and Bootstrap are still living on the same island." At the mention of his father Will became very interested,

"which island?" Gibbs looked at Jack who took over the story. He began in a spooky voice,

"The fabled Island of Los' Isobel, the most haunted Island in all the world. Because of its topographical placing and the reefs surrounding it many ships have been lost and many people killed there. They say that the ghosts still walk the shores, searching for living flesh to feast on. Cortez himself feared that place. Its also the last know hiding place of the famous D'Lecher treasure. The Captain Athelstien buried it there and left every man who helped him bury it on the island to guard the treasures resting-place. There are no maps to the treasure and every one who's gone searching for it has never been heard of, or seen again. That's the island that Gibbs is talking about, the one Boot Strap is living on." Jack finished his story and took another sip of rum.

"My father is residing on a cursed and haunted island?" Jack nodded, "I don't believe you. If he was, why haven't you rescued him?" Jack patted Wills back and offered him some rum,

"Look mate. The islands impossible to get to, the only way in is if your guided by a Sky-Chaser, Athelstien's Chaser was Emily and Josie's' Mother. Besides, its haunted, pirates don't like ghosts."

"So, you're saying that my father is alive, and there's no way of getting to him?" Jack shook his head.

"No I'm saying that your father MAY be alive and that the only way to get to him would be to Shanghai a Sky-Chaser, who are prone to possession, and make her take us to the island, then trip around it trying to find some one who might be dead." Will looked at Jack,

"What?"

"You said Emily was a Sky-Chaser, she could take us there, you said she used to live there." Jack held up his hands,

"Gibbs said that, no one knows what happened to the Cross-Star twins, they are one of the oceans big mysteries. So don't go thinking that they can answer all of your problems." Will looked at Jack stubbornly, "okay, if, and only if, we get Miss Cross-Star, then we may have a chance of finding your father, but I won't promise anything, remember Norrington has her." Wills eyes went dark, and Jack looked at him in a confused way.

"What?"

"You're right, Jack" Will agreed, Jack looked pleased with himself.

"I am? How?"

"Norrington has Emily, think what he's going to do to her. He knows that she knows you Jack." Jack looked stricken, "Jack what's wrong?" Jack didn't answer; he addressed his crew, who had been bustling around the deck during the heated argument between Jack and Will.

"Mates, it's a fine day to attack a ship. Now Mr. Cottons parrot has informed me that an old friend of ours, Emily Cross-Star, has been taken hostage, but not like our own hostages, by our old friend Norrington." Many of the crew booed. "Now as you all should remember, Miss Cross-Star was the sky-chaser on the Rose, and after that sunk she joined her sister Josie on the Pearl, under Bootstraps watchful eye." The crew all "Aye'd" at Jacks speech, agreeing with him. "So mates, the plan is, we turn the Pearl around, find the Integra, rescue the girl and find Bootstrap, because if we don't young Mr. Turner here is going to kill me." The crew was silent. "Well?" Jack could tell the crews enthusiasm was faltering. "It's only a little ship," Ana Maria spoke up,

"You want us to sail to Los' Isobel to find Bootstrap?" Jack nodded, "you're crazy" Jack smiled, a big wide smile,

"You've trusted my crazy plans before." The crew were beginning to become convinced, "oh well, I guess we'll give it up then, if you don't want to go," Jack turned his back on the crew and winked at Will "it's a pity, we could have found that treasure, with Emily's help." Jack turned back, the crew had scatter and were working on turning the ship back towards Port Royal. Jack smiled at Will, a maddening glint appearing in his eye at the thought of the adventure ahead of them. "Well it looks like you might meet your father after all."

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Elizabeth and her father wandered up onto the deck of the Pearl just as Jack was sending Will down, "Good morning, darling, said Elizabeth as he climbed down the ladder, Will kissed Elizabeth's cheek and nodded good morning to the Governor,

"oh, Elizabeth, Dear, Good Morning." Jack jumped down the ladder and stood next to Will. "I need you three to stay down here, were going to do some hostage negotiations and if you're in sight they won't work." Elizabeth looked from Jack to Will, "your dear William will explain everything to you, but I'm going to need to lock you in my cabin, so if Norrington's men storm the boat it doesn't look like your willing participants." The Governor nodded and turned to leave, Elizabeth questioned Jack,

"Has Norrington caught up to us? How could he even find us in the ocean?" Jack looked sheepish,

"We turned around."

"What?" Elizabeth was exasperated,

"Will and I have decided to rescue Miss Cross-Star from Norrington."

"How do you know that Norrington has Emily?"

"Mr. Cottons Parrot told me."

"Mr. Cottons parrot told you what?"

"That Norrington has Miss Cross-Star."

"You're kidding? Mr. Cottons Parrot told you that Norrington has Emily."

"On the Integra," prompted Jack.

"Mr. Cottons parrot told you that?"

"Not is as many words, but the general feeling was there." Elizabeth rubbed her temples, "come on Elizabeth, Will can explain everything, and I need to lock you all up now." Elizabeth allowed herself to be lead down the corridor towards Jacks cabin by her husband. Once they were all locked safely inside Elizabeth pinned her husband to the bed and looked him in the eye. She had some serious questions for him.

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"Commodore" a man was banging on the cabin door, Emily felt the bed move, why was she lying in bed, the last she remembered, the Commodore had untied her, where was she?

"What is it? What's wrong, I told you not to disturb me while I'm breaking the prisoner," the Commodore sounded angry.

"I'm sorry sir, but the Black Pearl, its in front of us, it looks like she's turned about sir, she's heading straight for us," Emily only half heard what the man had said, she was trying to roll off the bed, but she couldn't.

"The Black Pearl, good, that means that Captain Jack Sparrow wants to negotiate. Weight Anchor and load the guns, but don't fire, we must get the Governor and his kin back safely." The Commodore sounded so concerned, Emily thought about why he was such a nice man.

"And the prisoner Sir, what will we do with her?" Emily tried to roll of the bed again, then she tried to look at her hands, for some reason they were above her head and they didn't want to come down.

"We'll use her in the bargaining, once we've got the Governor back we can blow the Pearl out of the water," the Commodore and the young officer laughed. Emily didn't know why they were laughing. The sound of a door shutting brought Emily back to full consciousness.

"Now my dear, where was I? Oh yes, I was playing with you," The Commodore moved towards Emily in a menacing fashion, he jumped back onto the bed, lay next to her and played with the rope that bound her hands to the head board. "You look so pretty all tied up, Miss Cross-Star, it's a pity you don't belong to me," he ran his hands down her bare arms, Emily shivered under his touch, it wasn't a good shiver either. The Commodore bent his head and tried to claim her lips with his, Emily pulled away. "You little whore." A sharp stinging feeling crossed Emily's left cheek. Four seconds later, she registered that the Commodore had hit her, two seconds after that she realised that she was naked. The look on her face made the Commodore laugh, "Oh, you've noticed that your clothes are gone, well I better dress you, your going up on deck, have to make you all pretty for when Jack comes to save you." The Commodore rolled off the bed and started rummaging around on the floor, Emily thought about what he had said,

'Jack who? Where are my clothes, what happened last night," a nasty though struck her, as the Commodore moved back towards the bed, carrying a pair of pants and a shirt, she looked at him in a questioning way.

"You're wondering about last night no doubt? Well I enjoyed myself with you Miss Cross-Star, it's a pity that you passed out." With that thought ringing in her head Emily went numb. The Commodore dressed himself, clothed Emily, untied her from the bed and then bound her hands behind her back again. "Let's go above my dear. I can't wait to see what Jack says." Emily was still wondering who Jack was when the Commodore dragged her above deck. The bright morning light hurt Emily's eyes but she could make out the silhouette of a ship, a big ship with black sails. 'THE PEARL,' thought Emily, 'Norrington can't mean Captain Jack Sparrow, he's dead.' Norrington shoved Emily towards two beefy men who grabbed her arms and dragged her along behind the Commodore. 'This is going to be interesting.'

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