"It's always so good to see you Captain Tranko," Sonja coldly told the man standing before her.

It was obvious to the captain and crew that she was not pleased to be there or see them at all.

"Is that any way to treat an old friend?" asked the captain, a small smile on his face.

"You've never been a friend of mine," she retorted as she slightly struggled in her captor's arms.

"I know that and don't make any demands: you're not the position to do so. Alige, Parto, take our guests to a cabin below decks," Tranko told them.

Will and Sonja were immediately taken away as the captain walked back to his quarters.

"She'll agree to help us men. All we have to do is give some time and a little persuasion," Tranko told his crew with a laugh in his voice. "And I know how to persuade her."

###

Elizabeth groaned and began to rise. Her head still hurt a bit from when she hit the side of the building. She looked towards the ceiling to see her father and Commodore Norrington hovering above her.

"Father?" she quietly asked.

"Stay still Elizabeth. Commodore Norrington and I found you near a building by the docks. What happened?" her father replied.

"Will! They've taken Will!" she cried.

"What are you talking about?" Norrington wondered.

"Don't tell me that you didn't witness the attack on Port Royal last night?" Elizabeth told him, not believing what she was hearing.

"Oh, yes. I know of the attack on the town last night. I was there. Those pirates who attacked Port Royal last night did about as much damage as the last attack," Norrington replied, referring to the time that Barbossa's crew attacked the town.

"Why would have they taken Will? As far as I know, he knows nothing that they want or has anything either. Unless, of course, they wanted to take someone prisoner and he just happened to be there," wondered Swann, placing a hand on his chin. "Do you know what they want?"

"They wanted the pirate that found their way into Port Royal, that's what they wanted," she replied, regretting that she had to let Norrington know.

"You mean they took another pirate? It must be that pirate I saw before. The one that Turner had to defend," sneered Norrington. "Good riddance. I didn't want that man skulking around here anyway."

'Oh my,' thought Elizabeth. 'He must think that Sonja's a male pirate. I think that would be a funny thought any other time.'

It was then that she finally looked around at her surroundings to find that she was back in her room. The young woman figured that the two men must have found her by the building and they brought her back home.

"We were very worried about you. We're both so glad that you're alright," Swann told his daughter, a relieved smile on his face.

"But we have to go find Will," she protested as she tried to sit up.

But her father was preventing her from doing so. Elizabeth almost appeared to be angry at this action.

"You're going to stay in bed for the day so you can get better. You've been out since before we found you," Swann said in a stern voice.

Elizabeth sighed as she lay back down on the bed. She was already making plans to leave her room and go find Will. Her main problem was that she didn't know where to start looking for him and even know who would allow her onto a boat. She gave an inward sigh, as she knew that put a dent in her plans. She had to figure something out.

###

Jack led the 'Black Pearl' through the water. He was still wondering about the last place they visited. He really wanted to know what had occurred in the town several years ago as Anamaria walked up behind him.

"I have to know what happened to her," he muttered to himself, not realizing that Anamaria was standing behind him.

"Have to know what happened to who?" she asked, startling him out of his trance.

"Anamaria. Didn't realize you were there," Jack told her. "Why would you want to know?"

"And I think you're trying to avoid my question. Whom were you talking about just now?" she said. "Maybe I can help."

"You can't help me Anamaria. No one can. The person I'm wondering about is probably dead," Jack replied, his stare going back out onto the ocean.

Anamaria sighed, knowing that he would not tell her anything no matter how much she tried.

'He's changed since we landed at that one town. I wonder what's going through his mind?' she thought to herself before heading back to what she was doing before.

###

Some time later, Jack Sparrow looked around the ocean at his surroundings. He saw Port Royal off to one side of the ship. He stared at it for a few moments, wondering how before realizing there was smoke rising out from various places from in the town.

"What is going on?" he quietly asked himself. "It appears as if they had been attacked."

He glanced back at his crew. They soon began to look in the direction of the town and they were slightly surprised by this.

"What could have happened for them to receive an attack like this?" Jack wondered.

Mr. Gibbs walked up behind him, curiousity in his eyes.

"What are your plans Jack? Surely you don't mean to go back there. I mean, the people there almost hanged you," he protested.

"I have to go back Mr. Gibbs but I have to help at least somewhat before I leave here. I will risk no one but myself," Jack told him. "If I don't come back by nightfall, leave without me."

Mr. Gibbs sadly nodded as he took the wheel and Jack headed for one of the life rafts. The older man watched him do so.

"Good luck Jack. You need it," he muttered to himself.

Jack was soon heading towards the docks. He was being cautious as he did so: he didn't want to be found by Norrington and be sent to the gallows again.

"I have to find more information," he quietly said to himself as he rowed the boat up to the docks.

He climbed onto the dock and looked around. No one was anywhere to be seen. He smiled at this as he headed towards the town. He looked around and was vaguely recognizing the destruction that littered the city. He gasped as he did so.

"It looks like the work of Captain Tranko. He's been here looking for his 'human map' whoever that is," he muttered to himself.

He glanced at a nearby building before knowing what to do: go find Elizabeth or Will. He figured they must have seen something during the attack, whenever it happened. He also figured that it occurred sometime during the night.

"I have to go find them and see what happened," he said before heading towards the blacksmith shop.

###

"I'm fine Father," Elizabeth told her father as she climbed to her feet.

"You are still slightly hurt. I won't let you go anywhere," Swann told her as he tried to stop her.

"I have to go find Will. He's been taken by pirates and we have no idea why," she protested as she turned to look at him. "Something has to be done and done now! Now please leave, I have to get changed."

Governor Swann couldn't help but watch his daughter head over to her closet before leaving the room.

"Sometimes, I wonder about that girl," he quietly said to himself as he headed down the hall.

Elizabeth was changing her clothes as fast as she could before hurrying down the stairs and out the door. She long decided not to deal with the subtle approach. She headed down towards the docks, wondering how she could get on a ship and head after Will. She sighed as she stared at the ships sitting in the water.

"I will be after you Will. I just have to find a way after you," she quietly told herself.

She was walking by the side of a building, heading towards the corner of it.

###

Jack Sparrow looked around him as he walked besides a building, hoping Norrington or any of his men wouldn't see him.

"They've certainly done a job to this place," he said to himself as he headed towards the corner of the building.

As soon as he got there, he ran into someone and he stumbled back a bit. Jack looked at whom he ran into to see it was Elizabeth. He gave a snicker.

"Elizabeth!" he cried.

"Jack Sparrow! Is that really you?" she cried out in disbelief. "Why are you doing back here in Port Royal?"

"I came here to see what had happened but I could see who it was without even asking anyone. Not even you," he replied.

"You mean to tell me you already know who took Will and Sonja?" Elizabeth wondered.

Jack's eyes perked up at the second name. It appeared to Elizabeth that he was very interested with this news. She also figured that he was not expecting it at all.

"So it's a woman he's been after all this time? I never expected his 'human map' to be a woman. This is very interesting," he mused.

"'Human map'?" Elizabeth repeated, sounding a bit confused.

"That's what I said darling. 'Human map'. That's what Captain Tranko has been searching for, for some time now. So he can be shown the way to a great treasure with the help from this person," Jack explained, a smile on his face.

Elizabeth was surprised with this as she stared at him.

TBC...