(A/N: Once again thanks to the reviewers! Sorry this is taking longer to update!)

Disclaimer: You know the drill.. I own Isabelle and nothing else.. Blah blah blah. Would Disney honestly waste their time suing me?

Isabelle's hangover had seemed to subside somewhat, much to Jack's relief. You could barely tell that she had ever been drunk and that's the way that Jack wanted to keep it. He had since hidden any and all alcohol that he carried with him so that no more unfortunate 'accidents' would occur.

Isabelle was playing contently with her toys when she looked up in alarm. "Ack!" She stood up and ran over to Jack, who was on the couch.

"What?" He barely looked up.

"Bad!" Isabelle yelled and pointed to the window.

"I haven't done anything!" Jack protested. Isabelle shook her head.

"No! Bad!" She motioned again to the window. Jack shrugged. "Bad!" Isabelle insisted as she took his hand and tried to pull him to the window.

"What are you doing?" Jack looked at her curiously.

"Here!" She went to the window. Jack followed her and peered out to the street. He didn't see anything, then he thought he saw a figure.

"What was that?" He looked around, hoping to catch another glimpse. Isabelle sighed.

"Bad!" She repeated.

"Oh I see. Someone's out there." Jack nodded, proud that he could once again crack the code of two-year-olds. He paused for a moment. "Wait. Someone's out there?" He looked again. "That's not supposed to happen." He mused, still searching for the figure.

The figure flashed by again. "Uh. Probably just a passing citizen of the town. Yes, that's it." Jack said more to himself than Isabelle. Isabelle attached herself to Jack's right leg and held on as tightly as she could.

"Toy!" She suddenly remembered and went off to find something. She returned a few moments later with her toy sword in hand.

"I thought I hid that thing. I don't think anyone's going to hurt us or break in or anything. Just calm down." Jack assured her gently. Isabelle shook her head and held on to her sword.

Suddenly there was a noise at the back door. "What was that?" Jack jumped a little then tried to calm himself down.

"Bad!" Isabelle cried and ran to the back door. Jack chased after her and grabbed her.

"No! Just be very quiet." He said. Isabelle struggled to get down.

"Toy." She said, as if to assure him that she could take care of any intruder with her toy sword.

"Well you certainly are your father's daughter, aren't you? That is just what Will would have done. Probably would have gotten himself killed too. I say we skip that part, eh?" Jack tried to hold onto Isabelle as best he could.

Another noise at the back door and this time the door was starting to move. "Okay, that's just not good." Jack stated. "Wait. Will's a blacksmith. He's got to have some kind of sword around here somewhere." He searched momentarily before finding one hanging on the wall.

Just as he grabbed it, the door opened and the figure stepped in. "AH!" Jack and Isabelle both screamed for a moment before Jack, remembering that he had a sword, advanced towards the figure.

"Wait! Jack!" The figure held out it's hands in protest. Jack stopped in confusion.

"Gibbs?" He recognized the voice.

"Aye. Nearly killed me there." Gibbs stepped into the light, revealing himself.

"Bad!" Isabelle yelled before charging at Gibbs with her toy sword and hitting him on the shin.

"OW!" Gibbs fell and held his injured leg.


"You should know better than to come sneaking into another man's house. It's bad luck." Jack took the sword away from Isabelle and ushered her over to the couch.

"I tried knocking. No answer. Had to break the lock open. Why are ye over at Turner's?" Gibbs rubbed his shin then carefully stood up again.

"Baby-sitting." Jack replied dejectedly. Gibbs promptly burst out laughing.

"Never thought I'd see Captain Jack Sparrow baby-sitting." Gibbs had tears in his eyes from his laughter.

"Quiet or I'll let the kid after you again." Jack threatened. "I'm only doing it as a favor to Will and Elizabeth." He continued after Gibbs had stop laughing.

"I didn't know Will 'ad a little girl." Gibbs mused as Isabelle watched him with a careful eye. Jack nodded and sat on the couch, motioning for Gibbs to sit next to him.

"So what do you need with Young Mr. Turner? Another curse he needs to lift?" He asked sarcastically.

"Nothing like that. I was actually looking for you. Wanted to see if he had seen you." Gibbs explained.

"Me? What do you need me for?" Jack wondered.

"We need ye to be our Captain! You got the Pearl back and then came to Port Royal and abandoned it." Gibbs replied. Jack sighed.

"I didn't abandon it. I'm just waiting for the opportune moment." He said.

"For what? Jack, you're a born pirate. You can't stay away from the sea for long. No good pirate can. It's in your blood. Besides it's not safe here. It's only a matter of time before the Commodore finds you." Gibbs pointed out.

"That bloody fool doesn't even know I'm here." Jack said with a confident smile.

"But it's only a matter of time before he does. I'm only looking out for ye." Gibbs stated gently.

"Well thank you, but I can take care of myself if you haven't noticed, mate." Jack remarked dryly.

"I know ye can, but sometimes ye don't think Jack. Staying here is foolish and ye know it." Gibbs said.

"Ack!" Isabelle suddenly piped up. She handed Jack a small plastic figure that had been snapped in two. "Broke." She informed him sadly.

"Isabelle, you have plenty of other toys to play with. Let the big people talk." Jack waved her back to her toys. Isabelle's eyes watered and she began to cry again. "No, no! Not again!" Jack moaned.

"Would you rather be doing this, or sailing on the Pearl with the wide horizon in front of you?" Gibbs questioned as Jack picked Isabelle up and tried to quiet her.

"It's not always about what you want to do." Jack answered softly, after a short pause.

"Now you sound like Will." Gibbs chuckled.

"It's awful, isn't it? I'm descending into the depths of insanity." Jack groaned, finally fixing Isabelle's toy and getting her to calm down.

"Just think about it Jack." Gibbs smiled and left. Jack sighed.

"Well that's an interesting turn." He sat back on the couch.

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