(A/N) Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!
"Jon what are we going to do?" Eve whispered to Jon as they held their hands up.
"See what he says." Soon the attack on Jon and Eve's ship stopped and Payne stepped on board.
"It wasn't easy to find you." Payne said as he walked around them. "Many were not willing to give you up…" Payne then stopped behind Eve, stepped closer to her and smelled her hair.
"What are you doing!" Eve spun around quickly to look into his eyes.
"Smelling your fear." He growled at her.
"Fear? Something must be wrong with that big thing in the middle of your face! Fear is one thing I do not feel."
"I beg to differ. You certainly had the look of fear in your eyes when you thought your husband was dead…I was there…remember me…" Eve then thought long and hard…in fact he did look familiar, he was a member of Barbossa's crew, one she had little contact with.
"So what do you want with us?" Jon asked.
"Not you in particular…your wife has very valuable information…and I must have it." Payne then turned back to her. "Where is it? Where is the diamond?" His voice rose slightly.
"I have no bloody clue where your diamond is! The last I saw of it Barbossa was running off the beach with it in a sack. When he came back to the house, he had nothing with him, not a blessed thing."
"You're lying to me…" He voice was low and bitter.
"I am telling you the truth." He then started pacing back and forth talking to himself. Eve and Jon gave each other a look.
"Fine then. You will help me find it." Jon then got an idea.
"Is it treasure your after?" Jon asked.
"Wealth, why?"
"Well there is an island that isn't all to far from here…we could help you get that one."
"How's that?"
"Well you see, my wife is a Turner…and I assume you know of the curse of the Aztec gold, that is held at the Isla de Muerta."
"Yes…"
"Well, she could hand it off to you…give you the entire treasure, with just a drop of blood." Eve shot him a look, and he gave her one to relax by.
"Is that possible?" Payne asked Eve. Eve wasn't paying attention, so when he directed the question at her she jumped.
"Oh…yes, just a drop of blood, and it's yours. I know all about the curse, it would work, I swear."
"Then why haven't you and your family taken it."
"Sacrilegious." Payne then started pacing again, and talking to himself. He then looked up at his ship.
"Take them aboard! Lock them in the brig!" Jon breathed a sigh of relief.
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"I can't believe you!" Eve shouted at Jon.
"What? He would have killed us! He is crazy, did you see the way he looked at us?"
"I saw the same thing, but to bring that bloody curse back into our lives is ludicrous! Jon, I will have to be the one to handle the coins, I am not to pleased with that…" Eve then leaned up against the bars. "We don't know what to expect, what if…"
"Nothing will happen, we won't even make it to the island."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Kingston is extremely close to the island. Our small army is there."
"Our small army has no clue where we are headed. Plus we don't have the speed of the Pearl on our side." Eve then sat next to Jon. "If the curse is released…I want you to stay away from me…" Jon then looked at her.
"What are you talking about?"
"If the curse is released, and whatever it is, is directed at me, lock me in the brig, keep me away from everyone…I don't know what is going to happen. I remember that my parents never wanted to talk about what happened to my mother…but eventually when I was about thirteen, I snuck up to the cabin…"
"We can't tell them anything about that bloody curse!" Will shouted at Jack. Elizabeth sat in the corner of the room, not saying a word.
"The more they know, the better they can handle themselves when their older…if some think by going through your children is the key to getting the treasure. Will, there is a lot of treasure there, sooner or later…someone is going to go after them."
"If they don't know about it they can't tell them anything." Will said as he sat down.
"That could also get them killed." Jack said sadly. Elizabeth then looked up at Jack.
"We tell them enough for them to know to stay away from it. I won't have one of my children turn into the monster I became…we sit them down and explain it. Will, William is eighteen now, he should know, he may be going off on his own soon." Elizabeth looked at him.
"Fine. We'll tell them about the curse, enough that they stay away, and their curiosity doesn't kill them."
"So what I know isn't the entire story. What I know is enough to keep me alive…but my mother…what she must…" Eve then turned to Jon. "I want you to promise me, if it gets out of hand you lock me in the brig."
"Eve…"
"Promise me." Eve pleaded.
"I promise." Jon then realized he had made a mistake, a big one. Jack had never explained to him about the curse, Eve had some clue, but not enough. Jon made another promise to himself that night, he wasn't about to let Eve suffer, he would die before he would allow that to happen.
(A/N) The return of the curse...forget about the diamond, he wants the cash! And Eve is now in a world of trouble...and soon we have another character coming in the mix...just a little bitty hint...