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A/N: Okay, here we are with our second chapter. The last we saw, Captain Jack had docked the Black Pearl in Tortuga at night. In the morning, they were going to enter Tortuga to spend the day. As I said before, please read and review. It means a lot me to see reviews. I also want to thank Sedus for reading my first chapter for me. And the same with this one.

Summary: A year has passed since Jack escaped his hanging in Port Royal, Jack is back on the Black Pearl. He is now accompanied by Elizabeth and William Turner who are married. His crew has remained the same, and Gibbs still loves to drink. William is more of a pirate than ever, and Elizabeth is still a fancy, young lady with pirate tendencies. Once docking in a town, Jack finds out a surprise that will change his life forever. How will he cope with it? Can he even handle it? He is soon to find out.

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A Secret Surprise

Chapter 2

All on the Black Pearl was quiet and silent. The only movement seen was Gibbs on deck drinking from his flask, which undoubtedly held some rum. He had stayed awake through the night thanks to the people of Tortuga. It was hard to sleep with screams, gun fire, punches being thrown, and drunk men running around. Thankfully, none had tried to board the Black Pearl or cause any trouble.

As Gibbs looked around, he could see on the horizon that the sun was beginning to rise. "Finally." he said sighing. "Mornin'. We'll be enterin' Tortuga soon enough, and I can get me some more rum." He looked sadly at his flask which he had just taken the last drops out of. Standing up, he moved the box back to where had found in the night before and stretched. He walked around the ship doing a quick once over of it to make sure there wasn't a single thing wrong. "Don't want Cap'n Jack to be gettin' mad at me." he said to himself. "Especially when I am on night watch by meself."

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In Jack's cabin room, he stood up and stretched. Nothing had woken him up, but this was his normal rising time. It gave him enough time to get ready and watch the sun rise outside on the deck of the ship. The first thing he did however was grab the bottle of rum he had a couple sips from last night and took a couple more. "It always helps wake me up." he said quietly to himself while looking fondly at the bottle. By the side of his bed lay his boots, and he grabbed them. He pulled them on quickly and reached over to his shirt which he then put on.

Stepping out side of his cabin, he could just see the sun starting to rise. He walked to the edge of the ship where he was nearest the sun. He began to hum his favorite song. He had never stopped humming or singing it since Elizabeth taught it to him. Soon, he saw Gibbs walking around and nearing him as he made a check of the ship. "Everythin' go alright last night Gibbs" Jack asked him.

"Prefect Cap'n." he told Jack. "Not a single thing wrong." Jack nodded his approval and Gibbs continued on his way.

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Back in Elizabeth's and Will's room, the sun began to filter into the windows. It awoke Will first as he stretched and opened his eyes. As he turned over, he saw Elizabeth still sleeping. 'She looks so beautiful and peaceful.' he thought. 'I hate to wake her up.' Normally he wouldn't since he knew Jack could live without her helping, but since they were entering Tortuga today, she had to get up. He leaned over and kissed Elizabeth on the lips. A smile slowly spread across her face, and her eyes opened slowly.

"Mmmm…" she mutter quietly. "That felt good." She looked over to Will who was already out of bed and getting dressed. She pretended to pout at him. "What, no more kisses?" she asked him

"Come on Lizzie." he said teasing. "You know you don't get anymore kisses until you get out of bed and get dressed. We have to go to Tortuga." He opened the door and looked around before closing it. "I don't see anyone out there, but I can assure Jack is already awake and ready."

She sighed before swing her legs over the side of the bed. She stretched before walking over to look through her dresses. She knew not to wear anything to risqué for they were in Tortuga. She ended up choosing a light blue, covering dress. "Fine." she told Will in a couple of minutes after she was ready. "I'm done, but now where is my kiss?" She walked over to him, and he leaned over to kiss her. She smiled afterwards, and they went out of their cabin room.

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Hearing a noise behind him, Jack saw Elizabeth and Will walk up from their room. "Mornin' Elizabeth." he said to her taking off his hat and giving a light bow to her. He smiled before turning to Will. "And mornin' to you to Will." He looked towards the horizon and noticed that the sun had fully risen up. Nothing more to see there.

"Mornin' Captain Jack." they said in unison to him. Jack couldn't help but grin at this. Anyone else would have thought he was smiling because of the way they had said it at the same time, but he smiled because of something different.

"Ye did it!" he told them. "Ye finally got Captain in there with out me having to remind ye." The fall of many boots on the wood beneath their feet signaled that the crew was coming from their bunks. Within a minute the whole crew appeared actually bright eyed because they knew the day ahead was free. "Now ye all ready to head into Tortuga?" Jack yelled to them.

"AYE!" they all responded. They walked down the dock and soon arrived into the main part of Tortuga. It was much quieter during this time of day. There were no prostitutes around for they were either sleeping or still with last nights customers or were sleeping. The men weren't nearly as drunk which lowered the noise, fights, and sexual harassment of the town.

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The group split ways, but Jack, Elizabeth, and Will had stayed together. They walked around the town together spending the day buying stuff for personal needs such as clothes and stuff needed on the ship such as food supplies. Elizabeth ended up with a new dress and some more pants and shirts for her to work around the ship on. Jack and Will had found little things, but nothing too major.

Soon night began to fall on Tortuga and the town came alive. Jack, Elizabeth, and Will headed to a local tavern in the town for some food and drinks. Elizabeth was a little apprehensive, but Jack and Will assured her nothing would happen to her. "You're with Captain Jack Sparrow, luv." he told her. "And Will here too. Two men around you is sure enough to shoo most men away. Convinced, she decided to go in with them.

Fights had already broken out, and some early drinkers had already passed out on the floor around them. The prostitutes were back looking for more business. A waitress came over to them. "Hello Cap'n Jack." she said to him. "What will ye all be havin'?"

Jack thought for a moment before respond. "Three specials and three bottles of rum." Elizabeth shot a glare at him and grinned sheepishly. "Make that two bottles of rum and one water." Elizabeth smiled and nodded at Jack for his correction. Jack just shrugged.

As they waited for some food and drinks, they began to talk. Elizabeth was seated between Jack and Will. Just then, some rowdy, drunk pirate came up to them and placed his hands on Elizabeth's shoulders. Elizabeth stiffened under his touch, but she did not say or do anything. "How much ye want for her?" the pirate asked them. "I be willin' to pay a good amount for this lass. She looks like she'd be some fun."

Jack and Will were outraged. "She's not for sale!" Will shouted at him drawing his cutlass out. The pirate just smirked at him. "Fine then, I'll just take her then."

Jack, quick on the draw, drew his cutlass as well and put it underneath the guys chin standing up. "Let go of her and leave." he growled at the man. "Or ye'll never be able to touch a woman again." Nervous with two cutlasses pointed at him, the pirate spat on the ground near Will's feat before turning and walking out." Both Will and Jack replaced their cutlasses in their holders as he left.

Once released from his grip, Elizabeth loosened her body and shuddered slightly. She put her elbows on the table and rested her head in her hands. Jack put his hand on her shoulder. "It's alright, luv." he said soothingly to her. "He's gone now, and he'd be pretty stupid to come back again." Elizabeth nodded and smiled to him, while Will looked at her questioningly to see if she was okay. She smiled at Will as well, and he relaxed to.

Elizabeth turned to Jack to ask him a question. "Jack, do you think we could take our food and drinks back to the Black Pearl?" Jack could tell she was still shaken up and nervous. He didn't even bother to tell her to call him Captain this time.

He just smiled sadly at her and nodded. "Of course luv." Jack stood up and walked over to the counter where he gathered their food and drinks. He tossed some shillings on the counter to pay for it. He handed the food and drinks for Elizabeth to carry. They stood up and walked out of the tavern.

As they made their way to the ship, they had to duck punches, and Jack in particular had to avoid many slaps of the girls there. For once, he had escaped Tortuga without getting slapped once. They had already dropped of their rest of the stuff at the Black Pearl before so Jack and Will weren't carrying anything.

As they came up to the ship, Elizabeth climbed in with the help of Will. Will followed her up right after. Right as Jack was about to climb on, he heard the scream of a girl. Although this wasn't too uncommon for Tortuga, he looked behind him anyway. From what he could see, the scream had come from a girl who looked to be no more than 15. She was dressed like a pirate and was clearly not a prostitute. Behind her, Jack could see the same guy that had come up to Elizabeth chasing her.

The girl ran down to the end of the dock not even noticing Jack. She looked over the edge knowing she had run into a dead end. He could see the fear in her eyes as she looked over. Jack drew out his cutlass and walked over and grabbed the girl by the shoulders. She jumped and screamed as she saw he was a pirate as well. Her fear was smart for she knew most pirates were ruthless and had never met any such as Jack who was a pirate yet a good man.

Jack walked up to the man who was chasing her. "See ye're still after innocent girls, eh?" he asked putting the point under the guys chin once again. "Why don't ye go find yourself a prostitute? They'll be willin' to help ye out."

The pirate pulled out his cutlass as well. "Don't be thinkin' ye'll take this lass away from me." he said spitting at Jack's feet. "Ye already took one, and ye ain't going to take another."

"I'm not eh?" Jack and the pirate began to fight. It was clear Jack was better with a sword than the other and easily had him pinned against a pole. Jack held his sword underneath the guys chin. "Ye're goin' to turn around and leave, and I don't ever want to be seein' ye again, savvy?" The pirate knew he had loss and turned to leave. He walked down the dock never looking back.

Jack turned back to the girl. As she approached him she spoke quietly. "Leave me alone." she said. "I don't want anythin' to do with ye." It was obvious she was still scared. She thought that this pirate was after her as well and just saw her as something to play with.

"It's alright, luv." Jack said in a calming voice. "I ain't goin' to be doin' nothin' to harm ye." It was obvious the girl wasn't trusting him. For every step Jack took towards her, she took one back. Soon though, she ran out of room and fell back into the water. Elizabeth and Will who had been watching gasped. Jack watched the water for her to resurface, but after a couple seconds, he knew she wasn't going to.

Throwing of his hat and anything else of importance, he dove off the deck into the water. In the darkness, it was impossible to see anything under the water. He swam deeper reaching around blindly hoping to find her. Finally his hand hit something hard, and he registered it as the girl. He grabbed hold of her waist and swam upward. As he resurfaced, he looked down at her to see her unconscious. He lifter her onto the deck and climbed up after. He picked her up and carried her to the Black Pearl.

Will grabbed a hold of her while Jack climbed on board. "What should be do with her?" Will asked referring to the girl in his arms. Jack looked at her small form. He could now see for sure that she was young, and he had been right before. She was no older than 15. Jack sighed and took her out of Will's arms.

"I'll be takin' care of her." he told Will and Elizabeth. "Ye two head off to bed. Get Gibbs to take the helm for me. Tell him to keep it all night as well. It all depends on the girl when I'll be back to take over." Will nodded and headed off with Elizabeth to find Gibbs while Jack walked back to his cabin room.

Upon entering, he sat the girl down on his bed. He pulled off the girl's boots. He set them aside for them to dry. He heard a knock on the door and opened it. He saw Elizabeth outside holding a pair of clothes. "I figured she could use some dry clothes when she woke up." she told him. "How is she?"

Jack smiled at her kindness. "She is still unconscious. We'll just have wait and see." He took the clothes from her hand and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek in thanks. Elizabeth knew it meant nothing and so did Jack. It was a sign between two friends and nothing more. "Thanks, luv." he said before turning around and closing the door. He locked so that no one would barge in any time soon although everyone knew better.

Jack set the clothes on the table and walked over to the girl. He pulled out the covers beneath her and covered her up with them. He went into a closet and pulled out an extra blanket and laid it on top of her as well. With wet clothes, he didn't want to take a chance of her getting sick. Assuring one last time that she was out, he took of his own clothes and quickly slipped into some dry ones.

Walking over to a shelf, he grabbed a bottle of rum. He sat down in chair next to the bed and pulled the cork out of the bottle. If he was to keep an eye on her, he knew he would need the rum. As he looked at her, he noticed what she looked like for the first time. She was fairly tall for a girl, but didn't surpass his height. She was thin, but she still had muscle on her. The girl had an attractive face and looked peaceful. Her face was shaped by black hair that hung down to her shoulders. Jack leaned over and wiped a piece out of her face before leaning back and drinking his rum.

The night passed fairly quick for Jack. He kept a sharp eye for any changes in the girl, but she didn't seem to have changed her condition over the night. Jack began to worry because normally, someone wouldn't be out this long. The sunlight soon began to filter into the room through on of the windows. Sunlight shone through the window and onto the girls face. It was then Jack noticed her scrunch her eyes up tight and the sudden brightness. A quiet groan of pain escaped her mouth, and Jack stood up quickly to walked over to the side of the bed. He sat down next to the girl on the bed and looked to her face. "Come on, luv." he said quietly to her. "Open yer eyes. Come on…"

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The girls eyes fluttered open and she groaned in pain again only this time louder. Her head was throbbing, and she didn't know why. Her vision was slightly blurry, but she could see sunlight and a figure above her. Her body tensed slightly, and he vision became more clear. She then remembered what had happened the night before. She looked up to the figure and remembered the man in front of her as the one who had saved her, but had come at her as well. 'What if he had just been trying to save me?' she thought to herself. 'What if he wanted nothing more.' She shook the thoughts from her mind before taking in where she was.

She recognized the room she was in as the Captain's quarter because of the size and what was in it. She realized she was on the bed, with who seemed to be the captain sitting next to her. She looked into his eyes questioningly as she wondered what had happened last night. As she shifted into a sitting position, she could still feel all her clothes in place, and she had relaxed slightly. 'Perhaps nothing happened…' she thought to herself.

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Jack smiled at the girl. He was relieved that she was awake. "Good to see ye awake, luv." he said soothingly to her not wanting to scare her. He could see the nervousness in her eyes. "It's alright. Ye're safe now. Welcome aboard my ship." he told her. "Now, why don't ye tell me yer name."

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A/N: Okay, phew. That was long for me. I hoped you all liked it. It was a bit more exciting than the last, but please don't kill me for the semi-cliff hanger. I know it wasn't an exciting cliff hanger, but trust me, the next chapter you will find out so much more. Now remember to review now. Just go to the little box in your bottom, left-hand corner and click on go next to it saying "Submit Review". I would very much appreciate it. Next chapter coming soon! My goal is to have this be one of the most updated stories. Especially considering the whole story is in my head.