Author's Note: Chapter 6!! YAY!! But sorry I haven't updated in a while. I got distracted from my writing due to stupid people who seem to be causing problems for me. Not to mention I've been kinda busy. I'm not such a hermit anymore. :-)

And once again, thank you for all the reviews...

Chapter 6: Of Propositions and Interrogations

Samantha, Jack, and Gibbs sat at a round table in what looked to be the dining room of the house. Rolland was tied up to a chair that sat in the corner of the room.

It was a small house, but it was perfect for those who lived there, which were Gibbs and several others from Jack's old Interceptor crew.

Gibbs eyed Jack and then Rolland suspiciously.

Samantha just stared at Jack. "Jack?"

"Yeah, Sammi?"

"Are you insane?" she asked.

Jack looked at her as he took a swig of his rum. "Possibly, but a definite answer will be given at a later date, love." he said as he then smiled.

"No, Jack, really. Are you? Because this idea is so stupid and impossible that it really is insane."

"Aye, Jack. It's just a ring." Gibbs butted in.

Jack looked at Gibbs and Samantha as if what they were saying was blasphemy or some kind of sacrilege. "Just a ring?! That's a very special ring. It's Sammi's ring and no one's else's." Jack then gave her this charming grin that Samantha had never seen before. And that, my friends, is the start of the awkward yet unique relationship between Jack and Samantha.

"Well... uh, thanks..." she said awkwardly.

Rolland gave a snort of disgust.

Danielle and Captain Ratner were still sitting in the dining room area. They had been eating in silence. You could just see the happiness radiating from Captain Ratner, but Danielle on the other hand was rather mopey.

Ratner looked at her for a moment before speaking. "Why don't ya say something, lass? From what I know of ya, you like to talk."

Danielle wanted to leap over the table and strangle him and kill him, which was actually possible because these pirates weren't cursed or anything... But then Danielle decided to take the risky chance of questioning Ratner. "Ok. I have something to say. Why do you want to get to the Isla de Muerte so bad?"

Ratner looked up from his plate rather quickly. "That's none of your business." he said darkly.

"Yeah, I think it is. I'm the one leading you there so it's very much my business."

"I think this conversation is over, Ms. Jibowski." Ratner said as he stood up.

"Why can't you just tell me, man? Seriously..." she said as she continued to eat. She was getting on his nerves and she hoped that he would give in instead of kill her.

Ratner sighed and sat back down. "Alrigh. You really want ta know? I'll tell ya, but ya better not ask me anything else like this again. Got it?"

"I most certainly do, captain!" she said cheerfully.

"Aye then..."

Jack, Gibbs, Samantha, and several members from the old Interceptor crew were walking along the streets of Tortuga towards another house on the opposite side of the town.

"Where are we going?" Samantha asked as she tagged along behind Gibbs and Jack. There were some of the old Interceptor crew with them such as that really short guy, and they were holding Rolland, who was in a really bad mood at this point.

"We, my dear Sammi, are going to visit an old friend." Jack said as he trotted along.

"It be Ana Maria." Gibbs sighed. Jack always had to make everything so damn dramatic and mysterious.

"Why do we need her? I mean, she's cool n' all, but seriously, why do we need her?"

"She has a boat that we can use." Gibbs said.

"Ship, Gibbs! A ship." Jack interrupted.

"Right, a ship." Gibbs rolled his eyes.

It was quiet for a moment before Rolland had to open his mouth. "And why do you need me, Sparrow?!" he yelled from the back of the group, but he was then pushed up to the front.

Jack looked at him and grinned smugly. "Your a bartering tool, Rolland. We use you, and then we're done with you." But then Jack leaned in so only Rolland could hear him. "But you can be sure you won't make it out alive..."

Rolland looked at him. He sure was pissed, but then he remembered how alomst lovingly Jack looked at Samantha. Then he knew how to get to him. "Quite a pretty lass ya got there, Sparrow. A woman like that shouldn't be tied to just one man."

Jack held his foot out and Rolland tripped right over it and he ended up kissing the dirt. "Whoops, sorry about that, Rolland. How clumsy of me."

Captain Ratner had paused for quite some time before actaully beginning his tale.

"Uh, captain, are you gonna tell me?" Danielle said sheepishly. She knew this was a sore subject for Ratner and so she tried to be careful.

Ratner just stared at his plate but then he looked up quickly. "Got lost in a thought there. Now, as I was saying, me n' me crew were promised gold by Barbossa's men if we got them out of Port Royal's jail. In fact, we were promised the Isla de Muerte. Once we broke those damned, back-stabbing pirates loose, we helped them find their old ship, the Black Pearl, which Jack Sparrow was now in command of. We let those dirty scallywags have the Pearl and they sent Jack and his crew to Tortuga due to the fact that Jack saved them from the curse. And then off the Black Pearl went."

"They never told you were to find the island, huh?" Danielle said almost sadly. She felt rather bad for this captain and his men.

He looked at her with a rather annoyed look on his face. "No, lass, we were never told where the island was. If we were told, we wouldn't need you and you'd be dead by now."

"Heh, right..."

"As I was saying, the Black Pearl left us. And that was two years ago and since then we've always been one step behind them cockroaches. They even kidnapped some young couple from Port Royal. But now that we have you, you can lead us to the island and revenge will be mine." Ratner smirked evilly at that thought.

Danielle was actually kinda scared now. "Well, uh, that was a fascinating story. Really, it was, but I'm kinda tired and so, uh, I'm gonna go now."

Before Ratner could say a word, one of the crew members ran into the room. "Sir! We're missin' the first mate!!" he said. It was Jotley. He had the ring in his pocket but he would never give it to the captain. The boy would never see it again!

"What!?"

"I will NOT go with you!"

"Oh, come now, Ana Maria, I know you love adventures!" Jack said as he and the others stood at the doorstep t Ana Maria's house in Tortuga.

"You can go to hell, Jack! That last little 'adventure' we had almost got us all killed... first by Barbossa and then by those other damn pirates!" Ana Maria yelled. "And where is my ship you promised, you bastard!"

"Don't you have another ship, though?" Gibbs butted in and questioned.

"Yes, but I want the ship he promised me!" Ana Maria squeaked as she pointed a finger at Jack.

"Hmm," Jack said as he looked to the ground for a second, "so you're not going to let us borrow your ship?"

"NO!" And with that she slammed the door.

Jack then turned around to the rest of his new crew. They looked rather crestfallen. "Well, since she won't let us borrow her ship, we'll just have to take it."

Author's Note: I think I might dedicae the next chapter to Will and Elizabeth. I don't know, though. Maybe. Maybe not. Anywho, please review.