Jack gazed over the water, as if something was wrong. He became inwardly worried about this feeling.

"Something's about to happen. I can feel it," he muttered to himself.

He stared in the direction of the island and the treasure of Cortez. In the distance, he thought he could see a ship. He squinted his eyes to see better and he was surprised for it was.

"Well, at least we're catching up with them. They won't get away with this," he said before turning to give orders to the crew.

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Tranko peered off into the distance. He could see an island was slowly appearing near the horizon. He could also tell that it was slightly different than the other islands he had seen before.

"That must be Isla de Muerta," he quietly said to himself. "Bring her out here! I want her to confirm this information! If it is truly the isle, we will be rich men."

Alige and Parto heard this and nodded before opening the door, walking inside to greet the two.

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Will and Sonja heard the door open and saw the two walk inside. She growled once she saw them but was caught off-guard when Alige grabbed her wrist and pulled her to her feet.

"We are soon at our destination," Alige told her with a laugh in his voice.

Both of them gulped as they glanced at each other. Sonja was soon taken outside and towards the wheel.

"Is that what we are looking for dear Sonja?" asked the captain as he turned enough to look at her.

She reluctantly nodded, the despair and fear now evident in her eyes. She began to think about what her fate was going to be and what was going to happen of Will. She really did hate bringing him into the whole mess.

"Captain!" came a frantic voice.

Tranko turned around to see a crewmember running up to them.

"What?" demanded Tranko. "Can't you see I'm busy at the moment?"

"A ship is following us captain. We can't tell what it is just yet but from here, it almost looks like the 'Black Pearl'!" the man cried.

"What? The 'Black Pearl'? I never thought they would be here at this time! This is impossible!" roared the captain.

Tranko had to look towards the stern of the ship to see that another was indeed after them. He growled to himself as he turned towards the bow.

"Be prepared for battle everyone! We have company!" Tranko yelled to his crew.

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Jack led the ship towards the island. He soon saw a ship in the distance.

"Prepare yourselves men!" yelled Jack as he glanced over at Anamaria and Elizabeth. "And women. We are going into battle!"

The crew scrambled to get ready for the coming fight with the other ship. They knew Tranko was on board and that he was dangerous.

"What do you expect us to do Sparrow? For all we know, we could be heading into a trap," Anamaria wanted to know as she hurried up to the captain.

"Then we head into a trap. You know that he won't stop after he gets that treasure. He'll be just as bad as Barbossa if he does," Jack replied as he turned his head enough to face her.

"You're daft. You always have been," she told him before turning around and heading away from him.

Jack gave a small laugh at the statement as he continued to lead the crew towards the island.

"And I have to find out about this Sonja," he muttered to himself.

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Tranko led Sonja onto the island when they reached it. He looked out onto the water to see the 'Black Pearl' was growing ever closer to them. He growled for he knew that he could possibly be stopped by the man that was captain of the ship that was about to arrive at the island soon enough.

"Whoever it is will soon be dead," Tranko muttered to himself before leading the young woman up to the treasure of Cortez.

He looked around at all the golden treasure that littered the cavern. Sonja could see the obvious glint of greed in his eyes.

She glanced down the mound of gold to see that Alige and Parto were hauling Will inside the cave.

"Alright Sonja. Tell me where the treasure is. Tell me the area where those jewels are hidden," Tranko demanded. "I know what you're thinking, there's all this treasure lying about here but you know that I know about those hidden treasures. Tell me now or else your friend here will be killed."

Sonja gulped as she looked at Will, a pistol being pointed at him. The man had no idea what they were talking about but it didn't sound good to him. He slowly shook his head to tell her not to tell him. She saw this and gave him a look that said 'I have to do this'. She looked at the man beside her, holding the pistol and she sighed.

"I'll tell you where it is," she snarled.

She jerked her hand away from his grasp before heading down the mound. She looked at the walls before her, as if trying to remember where the hidden cavern was located. Tranko was becoming impatient. He felt as if she was stalling. He growled as he hurried up to her.

"Show me where it is!" he demanded.

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Jack Sparrow hurried through the tunnels that led towards the treasure of Cortez. Elizabeth was following him and he sighed. He wanted her to stay back on the 'Black Pearl' but she insisted that she come with. The two of them soon came to the area where the treasure lay to see the group standing in there. Elizabeth looked at the woman with them. She recognized her as Sonja.

"Jack, that's Sonja! The one I was telling you about!" Elizabeth quietly told him.

Jack carefully looked over the woman amongst the group of pirates. He narrowed his eyes as he studied her longer.

'Can it really be?' he asked himself. 'It can't be! The man said... The man said... I don't believe it. It is her!'

He thought about something before deciding to quietly head down towards the other men. He heard what Tranko told the woman. He lifted up his pistol and aimed it at them.

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"Is that any way to treat a lady?" came a voice.

After it was said, a familiar sound of a pistol cocking was heard. Tranko lifted his head and turned it to see where the voice came from.

"Let the young lady be. She should not be here by rights. She should not be part of this," the man before them.

"Jack!" Will managed to cry out before his mouth was gagged.

"Well, well, well. I had to figure that it might be you that's after me. Ever since the first time we met, you hated me," Tranko snickered. "She has to be here. She has to tell where the hidden treasure is and then it will be all mine."

"Hate is such a strong word though. I prefer dislike," Jack told him as he began to walk up to the man. "Now let her go before anyone gets hurt."

Tranko put his arm around Sonja's neck and aimed his pistol at her head. She wanted to struggle but soon realized that if she did, she might get a bullet in the head.

"Come any closer and she dies Captain Jack Sparrow," Tranko threatened.

Jack stopped and lowered his arm. He soon came into eye contact with Sonja. She appeared to be surprised to him.

'Sparrow. Is he the one I've been looking for all these years?' she thought to herself.

TBC...