Okay I changed this chapter. In the last one I had Jack proposing and I along with Rachel Sparrow thought it was a little off, so I changed the chapter. Hope you like this one, please review!!!! Read on!

Chapter 21

He Awaits

The dark man walked down the crowded streets with a gloomy look upon his face. He was unhappy to be here. The new Sultan had offered a reward for the capture of his brother's killer and he meant to claim it. His ship had been in a bad fight with the ship though and had been damaged. They had to pull into this Port Royal to get repairs. He had lost everything of importance to those damned pirates, and he meant to get it back when he brought his liege the head of the Captain, the one that had killed the first Sultan. He would get that ship, but first he had things that needed to be attended to. He had to meet with the Commodore and try to get free supplies, perhaps the Navy would help him with his crusade.

Saihrena and Jack came downstairs rather early, she had wanted to go shopping quickly so everything could be readied. Three weeks wasn't that long when it came to preparing a wedding, and two would be even more difficult. Saihrena would be the maid of honor, by mutual agreement. They had tried to put Ana Maria in the wedding too, but she had just laughed and walked away. Finally Liz, Gabby, and Kasha came downstairs and gathered for breakfast.

"We should leave early to get started on the wedding dresses, fabric needs to be ordered, our sizes need to be taken, and colors need to be picked today. So let's hurry up," Saihrena said as they all sat to eat.

"You are right, there is a lot of work to be done before the wedding in three weeks," Liz said with a sigh. An air of excitement hung over the table, and every woman there finished her breakfast before the men, they were even faster than the manner-less pirates. When they had finished they excused themselves, after kissing their men goodbye, and went straight outside to the waiting carriage. Today was going to be so much fun. They made it to the dress makers quickly, the excitement still hovering around them. When they entered the shop no one was at the counter, or even in the store it seemed. The store was beautiful, dresses lined the walls, bolts of cloth lay everywhere there was room. A young woman in her twenties suddenly appeared, making the four women jump in surprise.

"Mary you must not do that," Liz said, holding her hand to her heart.

"Sorry to frighten you Elizabeth, who are your friends?" Mary asked.

"Oh, where are my manners? This is Saihrena, an old friend of mine from England, and Rakasha and Gabriella. They are to be married and we need dresses in three weeks, can you do it?" Liz asked, her eyes sparkling.

"Of course I can," Mary declared with a bright smile. "Which ones are to be married?"

"Rakasha and Gabriella."

"Well then I shall take their measurements first, then yours, Saihrena was it? And I still have yours Elizabeth. Then we shall pick out fabric and discuss patterns," the woman said as she walked into the back room, the four women following like lost puppy's as she detailed the rest of their day.

The man was leaving the Commodores office with an interesting piece of information, and the actual man, when he saw them.

"It couldn't be," he grumbled as he saw the three women leaving a dress shop and laughing with a fourth unknown woman.

"What couldn't be Mr. Huske?" The Commodore asked confused.

"Those women look just like the Sultan's wives who were killed at sea by that pirate," Huske said. The Commodore's eyes fell upon the women who were laughing and walking down the street to a food shop.

"Why that is Elizabeth Turner and friends visiting from England, Saihrena-"

"Rakasha and Gabriella," Huske cut him off, the Commodore turned and stared at him.

"Y-yes, but how did you... Sparrow," the Commodore hissed. They had lied to him, they had seen Sparrow. For all he knew Sparrow was still in Port Royal. "Damn them," the Commodore cursed.

"The Sultan would pay dearly for the return of his brother's wives," Huske said mildly.

"Would he?" The Commodore asked quietly, his fingers brushing his chin in thought.

"Yes, as he would pay for the Sparrow's head."

"Come with me my friend, I think we can come to some sort of an arrangement," the Commodore said, walking back towards the office he had just vacaed.

"But what of them?" Huske asked.

"I know where they live, they will not be leaving anytime soon."

The girls returned home in time for dinner. They were utterly exhausted having spent all day shopping, getting measurements taken, and walking around the streets of Port Royal. The men pounced on them as they entered the door, demanding to know why they had been gone so long.

"Worried were we?" Gabby smirked at Jonathon after giving him a long hello kiss. The three pirates glared at their women, daring them to think they would be worried about anyone.

"Worried?" Jack scoffed. "We were bored, thought ye could liven the place a bit." Saihrena laughed at this kissing him hello as well.

"Well it's rather nice to know we were missed," she mumbled. "But you had better get used to it; this will take long hours and many days to prepare Jack." The others nodded in agreement. The pirate's frowned, all except Blair who had barely said two words the entire time here. Saihrena often forgot he existed. He was smiling, his eyes sparkling with laughter as he watched the exchange between her and Jack. She took a moment to study him. He was rather plain looking, brown eyes, brown hair, he could lose himself easily in a crowd if necessary. And then it dawned on her, the reason Jack had brought him. If something were to happen this man could blend in with the crowd and escape, which none of the others could do being too flamboyant, too well known, or women in fancy dresses. She smiled at him as she thought this. He might be their only hope someday.

"Let's eat," she said, taking Jack's arm by force and having him walk her into the dinning room. The table was set and ready when they entered and she sat, her mouth watering for the food that James was bringing in.

The ship was being stocked and fixed as he watched. The Commodore had promised it would be ready to leave by weeks end. That meant he just had to sit back and wait, and stay out of the women's way for if they saw him all would be ruined. They knew him like the back of their hand no doubt. He had served them quite often. When the first Sultan had ruled he had been an eunuch in the harem, and personal servant. Once he had died the new Sultan had given him a ship, as he had to most other men in the palace, and ordered them to scour the sea for his brother's killer. While he was happy being Sultan he had loved his older brother, and he had been happy sitting back and reaping the benefits of his older brother's rule without actually doing any of the work. Now he was quite upset and would do anything to get back at Sparrow.

Huske sat and watched his ship being repaired. The plan had been set, and everything was being readied for him to grab the wives of his master and leave. He knew they would not want to go, all three of them had been sold into slavery to the Sultan in fact, but the good Commodore did not need to know this, it would only sway his decision in the other direction, and he could not have that. He would wait until they were at sea to escape the man and then head back to his master and reap the rewards that he had earned. He smiled as he thought this, he had most definitely earned them.

I know I promised you action in this chapter, but I think enough has happened in it to satiate your needs. I will have the next chapter up tomorrow and that one will be the action packed one. Heh, but I want a lot of reviews for this one! All I wanted was to make it to 100 with the last chap and you couldn't even do it, sure I could wait to post this one but I'm not mean like that, it's just not in me. Just try and give me more k? K!

:-P Hope you enjoyed this! Thanx everyone for your reviews of my last chapter!