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The nighttime had come and Buffy knew that they were getting close to their destination. After Will and Jack had been forced to walk the plank, Captain Barbossa had hung her from one of the beams by her hands. She felt herself becoming incredibly thirsty as the last of the sun's rays slipped beneath the horizon. The remaining days sun had beat down upon her. At first she struggled trying to get free, but soon found it useless. Her agony had taken on a new level when Barbossa men thought it would be fun to hit the piñata. She had taken several hits to the stomach which left her breathless. Once the sun had gone down they dropped her unconscious body to the deck. They added more chains to secure her knowing that she was much stronger than she looked. They took her below and placed her in a separate cell from the rest of the crew. They had laid her down on the floor. The crew winced upon seeing her for she looked like death warmed over. Pintel and Ragetti threw a ladle of water at her face to revive her.

"More." Buffy said hoarsely.

"Want more do you poppet?" Pintel asked. Buffy head nodded slowly. 'Beg for it Poppet."

Buffy knew she needed the water. Her mouth opened but her throat was too dry for any words to come out.

"If you want her to live mate…" Gibb's let the sentence hang.

Pintel nodded to Ragetti who held the ladle to Buffy's mouth. Getting a mouthful she swallowed what she wanted and sprayed the rest at Ragetti. She pretended to cough.

"Went down the wrong way."

She said hiding her grin. Ragetti wiped his face clear. Pintel came in and kicked her in the stomach before leaving. The blow was hard enough to knock the wind out of her.

Buffy had slept for a bit. Pintel and Ragetti had come in to mop and the noise woke her up.

"Shiver me timbers." Cotton's parrot spoke.

"Cotton here says you missed a bit." Gibbs said provoking the two pirates.

"You knew Benjamin Summers?" Buffy asked.

"Ol' Bootstrap Ben. We knew him. Never sat well with Bootstrap what we did to Jack Sparrow. The mutiny and all. He said it wasn't right with the Code. That's why he sent off a piece of the treasure to you as it were. He said we deserved to be cursed and remain cursed." Pintel told her.

"Stupid blighter," replied Ragetti.

"Good man," said Gibbs.

"Well, as you can imagine, that didn't sit well with the captain."

"Didn't sit too well with the captain at all," said Ragetti. "Tell him what Barbossa did."

"I'm telling the story!" Pintel yelled at Ragetti. "So, what the captain did. He strapped a cannon to Bootstrap's bootstraps. And the last we saw of Ol' Ben Summers, he was sinking to the crushing, black oblivion of Davy Jones' locker. Course it was only after that we learned we needed his blood to lift the curse."

"That's what you call ironic." Ragetti said as two laughed. Buffy felt disgusted with these two. Barbossa footsteps were heard.

"Bring her."

Buffy saw Barbossa tossed the keys to Ragetti, who quickly opened the door. The pirate known as Bo'sun picked her slinging her over his shoulder.

The pit in Buffy's stomach began to tremble the closer they got to the cave. She knew that they had no intention of letting out of there alive. The longboat soon docked and she once again thrown over a shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"No reason to fret. Just a prick of the finger. A few drops of blood." Pintel said. Another came up behind them and spoke.

"No mistakes this time. She's only half Turner. We spill it all!"

"Guess there is reason to fret." Pintel said laughingly.

Bo'sun took her over to the mound where it was all to take place. Finally Barbossa undid the leg chains so she could stand on her own two feet. Bo'sun and another pirate held her over the coins. Barbossa picked up the knife. The crowd was chanting loudly.

"Excuse me." A voice made its way through the crowd until it was in front of everybody.

"Jack!" Buffy said upon seeing him.

"It's not possible," said Barbossa.

"Not probable."

"Where's Will?" Jack came to stand in front of them.

"He's safe, probably thinking about that "Willow" tree back home." Jack said emphasizing the word Willow. Buffy nodded slowly.

"Shut up! You're next." Barbossa said.

They pushed Buffy down roughly and she soon felt the cold steel of the blade against her throat

"You don't want be doing that, mate." Jack warned.

"No, I really think I do."

"Your funeral."

Barbossa stopped and stared at Buffy who gave nothing away.

"Why don't I want to be doing it?"

"Well, because…the HMS Dauntless pride of the Royal Navy is floating just offshore waiting for you."

Jack said moving to stand right in front of them as the crowd begins to mummer.

"Just hear me out, mate. You order your men to row out to the Dauntless. They do what they do best. There you are with two ships. The makings of your very own fleet. Of course, you'll have the grandest as your flagship, and who's to argue? But what of the Pearl? Name me captain. I'll sail under you colors. I'll give you 10% of me plunder. And you get to introduce yourself as Commodore Barbossa. Savvy?"

"I suppose in exchange, you want me not to kill the lass."

"No, no, no. Not at all. By all means, kill the lass. Just not yet. Wait to lift the curse until the opportune moment."

Buffy met Jack's eyes and saw what she needed to see.

"For instance…" Jack says picking up several coins. "After you've killed Norrington's men. Every last one."

Jack begins to put the coins back. One by one, he drops them back. Buffy notices that he palms the last one." Buffy struggles a bit as she plays her part.

"You've been planning this from the beginning. Ever since, you learned my name."

"Yeah." Jack said with bright eyes.

"I want 50% of your plunder." Barbossa said.

"15%"

"40%"

"25% I'll buy you the hat. A really big one, Commodore."

"We have an accord."

"All hands to the boats!" Jack yelled. Barbossa looked at him. "Apologies. You give the orders."

"Gents. Take a walk." The pirates cheered as they headed toward the water.

"Not to the boats?" Jack asked Barbossa. Buffy knew that this couldn't be good.

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