A/N- Yeah. Thanks for the reviews, I went away for a while and when I came back I had reviews for only 2 chapters. I know my editing isn't the best, but I'm a writer, not an editor, I have a beta reader, but she's on vacation (damn her to the depths of hell!!!)- I can't edit, but I can write. Thanks sooo much for the reviews and this chapter will be my last before finals week engulfs me like a avalanche…

Chapter Two: Lost

Starr felt a very strong urge to scream, Thieves, no matter how frightened, never screamed, but she didn't have any of her effects, her fists would be no match for Jack's pistol, rapier, or him, to be exact. "Leave me be," Starr backed up against a far wall, "don't you come any closer." Jack's lip curled up and he advanced, pinning her to the wall, his lips inches from her ear, he growled huskily: "Starr, I won't leave you be again, of that I swear." Starr went to rush past him, he caught her cloak, she fell forward; he caught her, and there she lay in his arms, staring into his cruel, black eyes; fear curling up her spine.

"Jack…why are you here? I liked it when I thought you were dead."- her voice held a doubled edged note of panic, and her green eyes flashed desperately; escape was on her mind, however, it was the last thing on Jack's. "Starr, now if I told you my plan, where would be the fun in capturing you?"

"Old Crooked save me, you will not have me."

Jack's smile twisted into an mocking jib of a smile, "I've already had you, you can't undo the past, you can undo the future, and you can redeem yourself of the follies of your person, but you can't undo the past." Starr punched him.

"Tell me why yer here!"

Jack leapt forward without an answer, and grabbed Starr with the force of twenty men. He carried her up the cobblestone stairs, out to his ship, and down into the Captain's quarters; Starr fighting him all the way.

"She still out?" Will asked with casual indifference.

Jack retorting lightly: "I haven't a clue, why don't you go check." Ana-Maria happened to be on deck and gave both Jack and Will a perturbed looks from the other side of the sails, neither of them willing to go check on the hostage.

"For Slalom's sake!" she cried, "I'll go check the bird, 's not like you two help any."

"Thanks, Ana, you saved my ass."

"If you'd done to me like you did our bird, I'm not so sure I wouldna done the same thing, I mean, tying you to a bed an all, the murder makes her a bit teched in the head." Jack gave her a quick pat on the back, "Careful Ana, our bird's a minx, no telling what she could've done by now." Ana-Maria's mouth quirked into a cat-like smile, "I'll handle her, a thief ain't nothing to fear."

"A murderer. Is that something to fear?"

"Jack, I'm a pirate, I've been in my fair share of murders."

"Don't underestimate her, an never let your defenses down, that's when she strikes."

Ana-Maria sighed, "Jack, you were her lover, I'm going to down to offer her something better."

"Freedom?"

"Friendship."

"Aye, that'll do it," Jack said sarcastically, "While you're at it, why don't you offer her a gun and her choice of loot?" Ana-Maria shook her head, laughing, she began to make her way to Jack's quarters, not sure of how she would find the bird, or how badly the bird would react…

"Jack, you're going to let Ana-Maria go check on the prisoner." Will's eyebrows were cocked and full of confusion, "Suppose I am, what's the difference if I went?" Will gave Jack a very pointed look and a flood of understanding washed over his weather-beaten features. "Ana-Maria!" he cried, "Don't open that door, don't you open that door!" he glared at Coton, "Why didn't you tell her not to open that door?!" Coton's parrot responded: "Over the wind, over the wind." which no one understood, but it still did nothing to calm Jack's nerves.

Jumping up in a flurry of panic, Jack raced over the deck- unfortunately, the two deck swabs swabbing away at a certain part of the deck, didn't see him, and neither did Jack see them, he slipped on a puddle and went sprawling into the ship's mast…his race to rescue Ana-Maria had ended miserably before it had even begun.

When Ana-Maria entered the room, the bird was sitting at the cabin window; Ana-Maria was at once stunned by her innocent beauty, and a bit jealous. The disheveled curls that littered her head were black as sin and just as wicked. Her wide eyes were the gleaming transparent green of real emeralds, they were set and hard, all features cold as stone.

Ana-Maria approached with caution, "Ana-Maria." she held out her hand, the bird looked at the hand, but made no move to accept it so Ana-Maria pulled back, "Captain Jack doesn't usually take prisoners so I don't know what 'e has planned for ye." the bird stood. She wasn't tall, at least not as tall as Ana-Maria, but something about her drew ones eye and made them look at her, so she wasn't tall in height, but was almost overbearing in persona. When she spoke, which she finally did after glaring at Ana-Maria for about half an hour, her voice was smooth, like Jack's only in a female form.

"You don't know why I'm here."

"Not really."

The girl moved lethally, backing Ana-Maria to the door, "I'm here," she smirked, "to appease Jack for something he can't square with, something that happened ten years ago, maybe more. I'm here, because Jack couldn't leave well enough alone -" the door opened and Jack barged in, shooting Ana-Maria a look that read clearly "leave now" he approached Starr with the same lethally calculated steps that she had shown Ana-Maria only a few seconds before.

"Starr, I'll have to tell you not to converse with my crew, they're honest thieves, not murderers like you." she lunged at him, forcing him back out the door she took a running leap and bounded up the steps. Once on deck, she ran for the starboard side and blanched when she realized that they were at sea…all hope she'd had of returning to the Roiben, flew off into the clouds as a lost feeling crept over her mind.

"Welcome to my ship, Starr, I hope you can stay a while," a tear slid down her cheek and the last signs of turf drifted out of sight, Jack continued, "because I don't plan on letting you go until I'm done with you." he pulled her around, Starr struggled in his grasp as his lips sank down onto hers, muffling a cry of anger and stirring long forgotten emotions.

A/N- How did I get reviews for only 2 chapters? I suddenly am forced to realize that I am no the only PotC obsessed person out there, I applaud all of us, we rule the planet and someday soon, the universe, send me more reviews and I will love you all for all time.