A/n: Thank you again Piratechick for your reviews along with all other ppl who review. Again I'm really sorry for any grammar spelling mistakes. Hope you all enjoy this chappie even more than the last ones.

Ellie turned praying she could uphold this fight; she didn't feel she had the strength or the mental ability to take this tonight. She opened her eyes to the destructing, killing world around her and ran into the fight she would always remember.

Ellie heard a loud yell from behind her and turned only in time to block a huge black man who had tried to chop her head off. "No! You're not going to kill me!" she screamed with furry. "You take thing that don't belong to you and you will pay!" "I can't die, missy!" he said in a gruff voice. They seemed to have fought each other for an hour; really he swung at her she ducked is more like what the did. She suddenly heard . . .Jack's voice? And then was completely caught of guard. /how did he get out of that room, it was locked/

She ran away from the huge man and down the deck till she saw him . . . on the floor, holding his side; he was bleeding. "Jack! Oh my god . . ." she knelt down beside him but only was pulled upward again by a new pirate this time, thank god they hadn't seen Jack's face or he would have been dead. Jack had been stabbed in the side from all the commotion, but why had he even come out to help? He got up as best he could and ran down the hall to a room and then disappeared from Ellie's sight. She was being grabbed all over and now she thought /this alone is going to drive me mad/ as she began to fight them off with all her might. "Let me go! You filthy bastards!" the men held her tighter as the captain came closer . . . "Barbossa" Ellie breathed "The one and only miss and what might your name be eh" she did not reply until moments after he had cocked a pistol at her temple. "are ye goin' to tell us what your name be lass or will I have to make you . . . you know he haven't had a lass in a while . . ." "you wouldn't dare," Ellie said very uncertain of herself. "Aye, I would and then I'd take the pleasure of killin' ye after watchin' ye squirm." h said evilly, but truthful all the same. "Fine . . . ye want me name . . . It's . . ." "yes?" Ellie thought. "Sara . . . Millers" she spat out. "Ah, right then Sara, tell us what we want to know and we'll let you go.

All the while Jack had been in a room in the back of the ship watching. He hadn't ever wanted them to see him or anything; he didn't even know why he stayed with this ship. Maybe it was because he had a friend here. He didn't know, he felt bad for Ellie he almost wanted to come out and save her, but he couldn't. He was going to bleed to death if he didn't get bandaging soon. So he waited and he watched and all he could do was hope Ellie would be ok. He thought I guess I stayed cause I liked the lass, maybe I even stayed cause she needed some help and it was a ship; he was at sea that's all he truly needed to say happy . . .

"What do you want to know . . .?" Ellie questioned skeptically. . .?had they seen Jack , Oh god/ she though. "What be your captain's name first off; they lucky to have such a nice ship, the Lady Kalian isn't it?" "Aye, this be the Lady Kalian. The captain of this ship be Neely Jones. I have no clue where she be if you where going to ask." "Right, so the captain is a woman? Well it don't look like this be the ship we needed so please go on your ways and don't mention your run in with us to anyone or we will kill you next time; we be taken all your valuables first though . . ." and so they did she sat back and watched along with the crew; the captain was no where to be seen nor was Jack. All Ellie kept think was is he ok? God he better be . . .

After the pirates had left she walked to the room she thought jack had gone to; she really didn't care where her captain was at this moment. "Jack . . .?" he appeared from a small closet. "Aye?" "Are you all right, god that looks horrible!" she stared in shock at his clutched side." "Tis, love; needs bandaging bad." "Oh are you going to be alright?" she was still stunned. "If it gets bandaged, may hap you could do that for me?" "m–me?" "Yes, love." "Right, I'll be back." She left the room in a pure panic, then she noticed the captain was still not about and the first mate was the only one giving orders.

"Hey, Samson, where be the captain?" "She was shot did ye not hear it, before ye got threatened?" "What?!" Ellie asked in disbelief "she's dead?" "Aye I'm afraid so, she got thrown over board when the Black pearl left . . .tis really sad; she was good Lady, a good pirate, eh?" "Aye . . ." Ellie was about to scream, she was stuck on this ship with jack, no one she could trust enough to talk to now that Neely the former captain was dead and she seemed to being going insane bit by bit.

She was absolutely distraught, she found the bandages in the captain's cabin; now Samson's room. She also grabbed a few bottles of rum and wondered back to the room jack was in. She wanted to throw herself over board, yet part of her kept telling her it's gona be alright, you're not going to lose your mind, just relax, you can leave at the next port if ye have to . . . Jack was laying on the bed half naked; taking Ellie by surprise. She gazed over his tan, amazingly muscular chest. She dropped everything she had in her hands, the bandages, the rum, a wet cloth . . . "Ye might want to bandage me up first love . . ." he joked with her. "What? Oh god . . . Jack, you are incredibly daft not to mention shallow!" she said annoyed with him now. "Ah, love its ok, no one yet has been able to resist me" he smiled cockily with a half suggestive tone. "No" is simply all that she could say.

She bandaged him and noticed he was eyeing her rather seductively; he looked very desirable, like he could make all he problems go away . . . just for now maybe. /what are you saying, Ellie you are mad if you are thinking of sleeping with him . . . / She handed him a bottle of rum as she opened hers and gulped half of it in one swig. "Looks like yer in more pain than me," "did ye know yer friend, my captain died just 40 minutes ago?" she said disbelievingly. "Yeah, I saw her get shot that's what made me come out, I got stabbed in the commotion; I think by one of her crew . . ." he said sadly. "I see . . ." she had entirely drunk all of her rum and grabbed another; she drank another after another as Jack watched, he was only on his 2nd and Ellie had well passed her 6th bottle. "Ye may want to slow down there, love," "Ye are very intoxicating, you know that?" she reached for him, but he moved from her reach. "Love, I am, but the rums got ye way past drunk, don't want ye to do anything you may regret eh?" "No I want you, Jack sparrow . . ." "aye, if ye won't regret it . . ." "I don't think I could, its not every day I get to sleep with Jack Sparrow . . ." with this Ellie grabbed him and Jack kissed her with equal passion "its captain, love" She didn't remember anything after that, it was all a blur, one she WOULD regret in the morning, but she had promised she wouldn't. . .

It was late the next morning and she felt hands draped across her body; she hadn't felt this sense john had died. She had to admit she had missed this, but she feared the person she was with was not someone she would be too happy about. She closed her eyes and turned her body to meet . . . Jack's gaze "Ello love, sleep well?" he smiled at her "/ohmygod/ what have I done . . ." she mumbled to herself. She smiled awkwardly at Jack and tried to remember all she could of the night before.

End of flashback*

Ellie awoke in a hospital bed, she had had a terrible dream, more of a memory, the same on Jack had been remembering when he drown himself in his rum the night before. That had been the first night she slept with Jack. Sure she regretted it at first, but then she got over it; she fell in love. The memory had been struck up by the events of the night before, in her home down the street. She had loved him almost more than John, but he had hurt her so deeply she swore it threw her over the edge for real. Ellie was on a medicine for the insane, but it hardly worked, she only needed it for times like the night before. Jack had slept with another woman; some whore. Ellie had walked in on them in bed, of course Jack tried to explain, but she didn't take his lies; she left him, with a whole broken heart this time on the verge of break down.

Jack was up now too, he had dressed and gone down to breakfast. Though he wasn't hungry, he felt miserable for what he had done to Ellie. He had pushed it away for so long he didn't realize he had hurt her so deeply. Jack would go see her later, he needed to tell her something about their past together, something that might change her life forever.

Jack had found something left to her by Neely . . . something Ellie had participated in when she was a pirate. She had found a map to a treasure that had never been found before; it was cursed and anyone who tried to go after it died before they even saw it. Ellie had become a good friend of Neely's before she died, they had found the map together and where in search of it when the ship was attacked by the black pearl and Jack had been with them; he had been helping them with the clues, etc. He had seemed to be able to do this sort of thing better than Neely so she asked him to come aboard when they ran into him at Tortuga. He never gave up the opportunity to find treasure and since he had no ship he agreed; and having Ellie there made it worth while.

Jack left the tavern. He made his way to the small clinic to see if she was doing alright. He wandered casually up the steps and in the door; he would have made it upstairs if he hadn't been stopped by a clerk at the desk who had eyed him suspiciously and then asked him to please wait, while she went to see if Ellie could accept visitors yet. "Excuse you Mr. but no one is allow upstairs with out permission of the patient,"

"I assure you I have her permission . . ."

"Who would you be visiting today and may I have your name?"

"I'd like to see Ellie Hones, tell her it's an old friend who'd be visitin' 'er, if ye want my name though it's Mr. Smith . . .Just don't tell her that,"

"Right sir . . ." The clerk left her place at the desk and up the stairs.

"Miss Hones?, there's man here who said he would like to have a word with you; said he's an old friend and you'd like to hear what he has to say . . ."

"Did he give name" Ellie said hoarsely

"Well yes, but he said he wanted to surprise you,"

"Send him, I guess,"

"Right miss Hones," She wandered back down the stairs leaving Ellie alone in the bedroom.

With in minutes there was a man in the shadow of the doorway; she couldn't make out his face, although she took note of the unusual clothing. "Ellie Hones, Eh? Been a long time 'asn't?" he said with a grin she couldn't see. Ellie knew that voice, a voice she had hoped not to hear again. It took her a moment to respond and then "Jack . . .Jack Sparrow, how dare you came back after what ye did to me; you bloody bastard, get out!" "I didn't know ye had such hatred in such a small lil thing as yerself . . ." "I said get out . . ." "I think ye might want to hear what I have to say first," "And what would that be?" "I found that map you and Neely found to the treasure of the Lost Seadimond; only weeks before her death . . .and well," "Aye, what about it? I'm not a pirate anymore . . ." "ye should be you were a damn good one . . . don't see why you left the sea . . ." "Because I needed to, I couldn't take it anymore, Jack!" "OK listen love, ye can have whatever life ye want, but I'm hear and I'm back forever if ye ask me too stay . . . and this is for ye," he handed her the map. "Ye can take it, ye can come with me, but frankly it doesn't matter anymore if ye aren't gona trust me," "It's not that I didn't like the life I had, it's that it all changed and I don't know if I can go back, let alone with . . .you." "It's your disition love, I'll be docked here for the next 3 days, and you can come anytime you want or not . . ." he set down the map on her side table. "The last day I'm leavin' at 9 am sharp," he looked at her as if there was more to say, but turned and left.

Ellie sat there in her bed, totally shocked; she had not expected to ever see Jack again or that map. She sighed heavily and leaned back deep into the pillow. "Oh Jack, I love you, but I can't take risk like that now" she looked up at the ceiling and closed her eyes; a tear slowly trickled down one off her soft cheeks. Ellie glanced over at the map . . . 'thought I'd never see this again either' she thought and then she grabbed it and opened it; a piece of old parchment dropped from the rolled up map. 'What's this?' she thought. Ellie opened the note and read it quickly but carefully.

Dear Ellie,

If we don't find the treasure or something happens to me, I want you to have this. This map is for you, you found it and it should belong to you . . . You're a great crew member, a Damn good pirate and a great friend. All my wishes to ye and jack!

Your friend and Captain, Neely

Ellie dropped the note, with shock that her captain would have ever left her a note and wishing her and jack luck fat chance on that working out . . . Jack had found Neely's map and taken it to its rightful owner, her, but had he read the note?

2 days had passed and jack doubted Ellie would come. He sat on the docks watching ships take port or leave for a new horizon. He knew he would be leaving alone, but that's not what bothered him, it was the fact Ellie had no clue she had a gift and her gift was torturing her mind because she didn't know it was there or how to use it. He wanted to tell her, but he didn't know how to her parents had always been a touchy subject and if he let her know they weren't who she thought they where she might as well die for all the grief it had given her. He was thinking his troubles over with a bottle of rum to help the time seem more enjoyable than it really was. Being drunk always seemed to make things for fun than when not drunk, but drinking had always given him troubles he hadn't wanted or even known about because he was un-sober. It had made him lose Ellie . . .

But jack wasn't the only one with troubles of his own, Ellie had them too. She didn't know if she could leave with Jack and just start over or even be his friend or crew mate . . .or anything. She wanted to feel the adventure again, the sea aginst her face, the salty smell of the ocean's air . . .she wanted it, she even craved it . . .

The sea had been her enemy though, she had lost her sanity because of its harsh life style. She had lost the only thing that had mattered to her, her love. The man who ghad takn her first one was a man who had been a pirate, but a ruthless one, and her second jack because of pirate ways . . .She has never really lost Jack it had been her choice to leave and with it she took her freedom, The thing she missed the most. She wanted it back . . .she always would . . .

a/n: so sry I have taken forever to update, hopefully school will settle down a little now, I just had 4 projects all due In the same month errr! Well in the next chappie what will Ellie choose her freedom or her sanity, what will the hospital do when they see she has left without authorities approval and how will jack deal with what has finally faced him . . .I have a really cool idea lined up so keep checking back!