-Chapter 4 -

Not the good number

"And?"

"Still unconscious, cap'n."

"Wake him!"

Jack could hear voices but he didn't recognise them. He felt that he lay on rough ground. It also stank like hell.

I'd say a dungeon or a brigg. He thought.

Then suddenly someone threw a bucket off water in his face. COLD water! ICE COLD water!

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

"He's awake cap'n!"

"I'm well aware of that fact."

"Why the hell did you do that for!" Jack screamed.

"One because I felt like it and two to wake you 'cause I wanna have a chat with you!"

"That's not a way to treat your guests!"

"You're not my guest, you're my prisoner."

They were indeed as Jack thought in the brigg of a ship and beside Jack, who was sitting on the floor (with his hand bound), there stood the captain and another pirate.

"Alex, take him to my cabin and I hope for your sake you do it better then the time before!" she commanded and walked away. Alex approached Jack and grabbed him harsh by the arm.

"Easy, mate!" Jack said, but that didn't help, he was literally dragged the whole way up, over the deck and to the captain's cabin. Jack noticed that the door was black as the most of the ship but that they had painted a huge diamond in blood red on the door.

"How original!" He thought as they went into the cabin.

It was rather dark in there so Jack couldn't see were the captain was.

"You can go!" she suddenly said from the shadows and Alex left, leaving Jack alone with the captain of The Ruby.

"Where are you?" Jack asked.

"Why? Why should I answer?"

"Because I like to see you."

"Is that why you were hunting me?"

"Not really."

"Why then? Why were you interested in me? What did you hear about The Ruby or my crew?"

"Easy, luv, one question at a time!"

In a flash she was just in front off his face.

"I'm not your love!" She hissed and as fast as she appeared she was gone again, into the shadows.

"OK! You're not me luv. Which question do you like me to answer first?"

"Why were you hunting me?"

"I didn't want any woman in the Caribbean not to know me."

"Don't lie!"

"I'm not lying."

"Off course you are. I can see it in your eyes."

"OK then. I'm lying. So what?"

"I don't like someone lying to me. You know what happened to the one who lied to me before you?"

"No, I don't."

"Let's say you won't find any piece of him that is big enough to see just with bare eyes."

"Charming."

"Now answer my question and no lies! Or wait……let me guess. You heard the rumour off the treasure? The treasure existing of 500 diamonds?"

"Why where you asking if you already knew it?"

"Just testing you. I like playing games. You're probably curious if the rumours are true?"

"Quite, indeed."

"I'm terribly sorry to inform you that they are not."

"Pity."

"There are 623, not 500."

Hey everyone, I know you are going to kill me, leaving you all with such a cliffhanger ;-)

Till the next chapter, I hope you all enjoyed this one.

CU

PS : thanx for all the review so for and yes my dear sister I know it's in the family! (except for you off course ;-) )