Author's Note: You guys are the coolest... Anywho, this story gets a lot better and a lot more twisted as the chapters progress. So enjoy...

Oh yes, I've gotten several requests about Sammi and Jack gettin' the 'hook up' here. Well, I just have to say I have plans for future chapters involving these two and I think these plans will live up to your expectations. They live up to mine. I suppose you could say Sammi and Jack fill the 'romance' portion of this story. Although, it's a little more complicated than you would think. Crap, I'm giving too much away already...

Chapter 5: Deals and Ideas

Danielle was still on the floor when Captain Ratner came into the room. "Ah, lass, what did you try to do that made you fall over? Escape, perhaps?" he said with a smile as he placed his hands behind his back and leaned on towards her.

Danielle started yelling so loud that she couldn't even be understood because the handkerchief was still around her neck. Ratner waltzed up to her and pulled the gag down so she could say what she had to say.

"I hate you! I hope you die!! ...And real soon!!" were the first words out of Danielle's mouth.

"I don't think you'd want to be sayin' that to me. What if I never helped you up and you just laid there until you died of starvation? Or until your arm turned purple?"

That's when Danielle realized that she really was laying on her arm. "That's not good." she grumbled, trying to somehow scoot herself into another position.

Ratner laughed.

"Listen Captain Ratner," Danielle said, getting into her negotiating mode, "I need you and you need me. I need you to keep me alive, which would be helpful, and you need me to get you to the island. So how's about a deal?"

Once Samantha fully processed what had happened, she jumped up out of her seat and chased down the boy. She didn't even know if Jack was following her or not. "Get back here!" she screamed as she chased him out of the bar.

Suddenly a man stepped in front of her, knocking her down. "What the hell??!!"

Rolland knew, from what he was seeing, that this woman was catching up to Jotley. After the boy took her ring, she sat there stunned, but then she quickly got up and went after him.

Rolland knew he had to stop her if he was going to get that ring. He knew if he didn't do something the woman would catch up to Jotley and get the ring... and then probably seriously injure him, considering the severely pissed off look on her face.

He quickly got up and left the bar and as he did so, he stepped in front of her, sending her to the ground. Rolland looked back to see Jotley running towards the Dark Knight. He smirked before he looked down at the angered woman.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't even see you!" he said with fake guilt.

Jack quickly ran out of the bar as well and found Samantha on the ground and the man, Rolland hovering over her.

Jack knew who this man was. Oh, indeed he did...

Rolland looked at Jack and suddenly became nervous and fidgety. To escape the chance of catching Jack's furious glare, Rolland grabbed Samantha's hand and lifted her up. He continued to stare at her, he found her even more attractive up close.

"What are you up to, Rolland?" Jack said dangerously.

Rolland sniffled for a second. "Nothing of your concern, Sparrow."

"Really? Nothing of my concern, eh? So it's none of my concern that your nephew took Sammi's ring?"

"What?!?" Samantha squealed. She didn't know that the theif was this man's, this Rolland's, cousin, let alone the fact that Jack actually knew this man.

Rolland could have kicked himself over this one. He met Jack when he, his captain, and the crew were with Barbossa's men and they found they Black Pearl. Jack had met both Rolland and Jotley, and under bad circumstances too, I might add.

Danielle was now on deck with the captain and the rest of the crew. She didn't look like her pleasant self. In fact, she looked rather annoyed and upset, but she has her reasons, of course. Oh, and how could I forget to mention that she has her hands together behind her back?!? She looked utterly dismal.

The crew members looked at her strangely. "'S all right, boys. We striked up a deal." Captain Ratner said with a smug look on his face and soon the rest of the crew went back to work, ignoring her.

A man, another pirate, ran onto the ship in a hurry and down the stairs to the lower decks he fled. Danielle didn't know it at the time, but the man was Jotley, and he had Samantha's ring...

A second man then came up the stairs and stood in front of Danielle and Captain Ratner. "Dinner is served below deck, captain." And then he quickly walked away.

Captain Ratner then grabbed Danielle by the arm and dragged her down the stairs, but not before yelling, "Alright, boys, raise the anchor, we got what we needed!"

They got what they needed, yes, but they didn't have everything...

Jack suddenly whipped out his gun and aimed it directly at Rolland's heart.

"But Jack, I thought you never loaded it?" Samantha said as she become nervous.

"After my experience with this pirate and the rest of the crew, I learned to load the damned thing." Jack said quietly. His eyes never moved from Rolland's. Samantha had never seen Jack this angry before. It was like a whole other side to him.

Rolland stood there silently. This 'Sammi' character was a woman, she wouldn't let him get shot.

"Jack, put the gun down. Please?" Samantha pleaded. Rolland smirked.

Jack eyed Samantha, then Rolland, then off into the distance, then he slowly lowered the gun. "Look over there, Rolland." Jack sad smugly.

Rolland whipped around, towards the docks, and he saw a ship leaving, his ship. "No!" he yelled out, but he knew he'd never reach it. He would never reach his ship.

Jack then went back into happy-mode and he grabbed Rolland's arm and began to walk away, Samantha trailing behind him.

"Jack! Jack, wait! Where the hell are you going?!?" Samantha yelled.

Jack looked behind him at Samantha. "Ya want your ring back, right?"

"Yes..."

"And I want my ship back."

Samantha finally caught up with them. She saw that Rolland wasn't pleased. Why would he be? His ship had left without him and now Jack was leading him somewhere at gunpoint. Yes, gunpoint. Jack had the gun aimed at his stomach as the two walked along.

Danielle and Captain Ratner walked down the stairs and into a sort of dining room, which looked very similar to that of the Black Pearl.

Ratner looked at her clothes and then slowly shook his head. "Sorry, lass, you'll not be wearing that here." he said as another pirate walked into the room with a green fluffy dress. Ratner sat down at the table and Danielle slipped the dress on over her outfit. Her green sneakers could be seen out of the bottom of the dress and her orange and red hair contrasted her look greatly.

Danielle looked down at herself and then at Ratner, who was smiling at her. "Si'down, Ms. Jibowski. You ain't goin' no where."

"I hate you." she said as she sat down and piled food on her dish.

Ratner chuckled. He was now completely content, now that Danielle was going to show him where the island was. "You're goin' ta eat my food, and then you tell me you hate me, eh?"

"Yeah."

Jack, Rolland, and Samantha came to a house on the outskirts of Tortuga. They stood on the steps and Jack banged on the door loudly.

"Where is this, Jack? Who lives here?" Samantha said as she listened to the noise from in the house.

"Gibbs!" Jack yelled, ignoring Samantha for a moment. "I have someone here you'd love to see!" he said with a smile on his face.

Rolland mumbled something inaudible.

"'Member my old crew from the Interceptor?" Jack said as he turned to Samantha and smiled.

"Yes..."

"Well some of 'em live her now."

"Oohh." Samatha said with a nod of her head.

Gibbs opened the door. He looked the same way he had two years ago, and so did Jack. But that's not the point. Gibbs stared at Rolland with anger in his eyes. "What are you doin' with a rat like him, Jack?"

"Let's go inside for a moment, Gibbs. I have a proposition. One that will benefit all of us..."

"But not me." Rolland grumbled.

Gibbs gave him a wicked stare. "Course not you! No one likes you!"

Author's Note: Does Jack Sparrow seem out of character or something? I need second opinions on that one... Please review... :-)