CHAPTER 4 – Meet Captain Lange
The blindfolds came off and Jack's eyes adjusted to the dark. He looked this Captain Lange up and down, searching his mind for some memory of him. He found none.
"I'm terribly sorry, mate, but I don't believe I know you. So unless your quarrel is with young Mr. Turner here, I believe you have the wrong men."
"You are the captain of the Black Pearl, are you not, Mr. Sparrow?"
Jack, proud of his ship, straightened up as best as he could. "The one and only!"
"Then I believe I have the right man. As for the young whelp here, well...wrong place, wrong time. I didn't want your crew, Mr. Sparrow, only you. We were told you'd be alone. But we certainly couldn't leave any witnesses, could we? No, Mr...Turner, wasn't it? Mr. Turner would've run to your crew who would've made a gallant effort to rescue their beloved captain, and that is just more stress than I need. So your young friend will have to suffer the consequences of faulty information."
Jack stared blankly at Captain Lange. For once, he was at a complete loss for words. No one knew he was alone on the ship. No one but his crew... "That's impossible! My crew wouldn't betray me!" At least not this crew, he thought.
"Don't be naïve, laddie. Everyone has a price. Even a member of your valiant crew." The captain clapped his hands together. "But we're getting off topic. It doesn't matter how you got here as long as you're here! He knelt down and got inches away from Jack's face, choking him with foul breath. "I have some questions for you, Jack."