A/N: Sorry I couldn't get this chapter to you until now, fanfic cancelled one of my other stories so they froze my account for a while...
Chap. 8 The Island
The next day, early in the morning at about 3, the Black Pearl reached the beautiful Isle de Guerra. Beautiful, yet deadly name. Gibbs went to tell Jack.
'Jack,' Gibbs said opening his door slowly, 'we're almost ready to get on the island.'
Jack was silent while balancing sitting on a chair on it's two legs. His legs were propped up on a table, arms crossed.
'Jack?'
'I'll get the treasure meself, Gibbs.'
'But, Jack, you'll be 'ere all night.'
'Aye. Now leave.'
Gibbs was telling Anamaria what happened when Kaillyn over heard.
'Jack actually said he was going to do it all by himself?' asked Kaillyn.
'Aye, lass. And still in a terrible mood he is.' said Gibbs.
'This new personality of Jack's has gone on long enough.' said Anamaria, 'We all want to 'elp with the loot and we all want some o' it.' She crossed her arms tightly and tapped her foot angrily and continued, 'What are we going to do?'
'I'll talk to him.'
'No, Kaillyn, wait til after the treasure is found.' said Anamaria.
'But-'
'No, i've known Jack for a long time. There's no talkin' sense into him while he knows there's loot to be found. We'll all just have to get comfortable if he's going to go off by himself like an ass.'
'Aye, lass, I agree with Anamaria.' said Gibbs.
Kaillyn took their advice and left Jack alone.
An hour later, Jack walked passed his crew, not saying a word, grabbing a large bag filled with guns and digging tools. He jumped off the ship, he didn't even go down the ramp. He silently walked into the trees on the island.
The ship was docked on the Isle de Guerra for a week, then one day the crew saw Jack.
'JACK!' they cried. 'JACK!'
He walked back to them, covered in dirt and sand, with the large filled bag. He walked up onto the ship, using the ramp. The crew noticed he was carrying nothing but the bag.
'Where's the loot, Captain?' asked a crewmember anxiously.
Then Jack said, 'This 'ere bag ain't filled with tools.' He then dumped out the contents of the bag on the ship deck, revealing gold pieces and jewels. The crew gasped.
'And there's more where that came from! Gibbs, Anamaria and a few others, follow me.'
The crew smiled at each other, one, for the treasure, and two, for Jack's old self to return.
While the crew looked through the treasure, and separated it into piles of gold, rubies, and emeralds, Kaillyn watched. She felt as though she must confront Jack, but didn't want to cause him to go back to the way he was.
James came out of their cabin and asked Kaillyn, 'Did Jack find the loot?'
She smiled and said, 'Yes. Go take a look at it.' She smiled and excused herself to go to the bathroom. He then ran off to go see.
'I've never seen anything like it!' cried James to a cabin boy.
'Isn't it marvelous? The Captain, Gibbs, Anamaria, and Cotton are coming back with more every 20 minutes.'
'What do you do with it all?'
'The Captain usually'll divide it up that night. He usually gets 45 of the loot for 'imself, which is fair, he is the Captain. He'll give 25 to his first mate, Gibbs. 15 among the 2nd's, those like Anamaria and Cotton. And then he'll give the last 15 to cabins like me. Usually Captains aren't so fair, but Captain Sparrow, no matter how cross he can get sometimes, has always been fair, even to us cabin boys.'
'What do people do with their share of the loot?'
'Most will spend it on rum, whores, and weapons like new guns or swords. Captain always sets aside some of his loot for the Pearl and her repairs. Like 10 of his money goes to her. She's his most prized possession.' said the boy dreamily.
'It is a nice ship.'
'It's the best...oh look! 'Ere come the Captain!' the boy cried pointing to Jack, Gibbs, Anamaria and Cotton, all carrying bags of treasure.
'How much more, Captain?' asked a crewmember.
'Aye, plenty more. I think we should eat supper 'n go out again tomorrow. What say ye, Gibbs?' asked Jack.
'Aye.'
