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Chapter Three

Norrington had to endure a constant stream of pirates coming to check on him during the day, none of which told him anything. Every time one came in he would try to get them to tell him who the captain was or what ship it was. Every time, however, his questions would be ignored. Then, finally, the pirate who brought him his supper said, "The cap'n will see ye soon."

"When, exactly, is soon?" Norrington said stiffly. He was getting very impatient and wanted to know what was going on.

"After he eats his supper", was the response he got as the pirate exited the room.

Norrington wasn't sure how to feel, on the one hand he was glad he was finally going to see whom the Captain was, but he was also a little nervous because he figured the Captain was coming to size him up and decide what he wanted to do with him.

The Commodore ended up waiting for about an hour. It was dark in the cabin now and he wanted to turn on a light so he could see the Captain when he came but the only lamp he saw was on the desk and he was still to sore and bruised to get up. Suddenly a voice that came somewhere from the shadowy doorway said, "How are ye feelin' Commodore?" The shadowy form moved through the room and sat down in the desk chair and faced the bed.

"I'm as well as can be expected" Norrington said stiffly. The man's voice seemed familiar to him but he couldn't quite place it. "Who are you?" he asked.

"I am the Captain of this ship," the man said simply.

"I was hoping for a name," Norrington snarled.

The Captain seemed to consider him a moment before he said, "What's the last thing ye remember Commodore?"

"I don't know that, that is any of your business", Norrington said, "nor do I think it is relevant to my question."

"It's relevant Commodore, 'cause ye saw me afore ye passed out", the Captain said.

"Well whoever you are, why are you helping me? I assume that is what you are trying to do? As you haven't killed me yet", Norrington said.

"Killin' ye wouldn't be very fun now would it?" the Captain said sounding amused. "Besides, I am very curious as to why ye were drunk in Tortuga."

There was a nasty silence here, as Norrington desperately wondered how much, if anything, this captain knew and what he should say next. Finally he settled for saying, "If you are going to interrogate me you could at least have the decency to turn on the light so I can see who you are."

"Well…. Alright then, I could do that", the Captain said, and then he lit the lamp and looked expectantly at Norrington.

"Sparrow!" Norrington gasped, "I should have known!"

"CAPTAIN, Captain Sparrow", Jack corrected calmly.

"So I'm on the Black Pearl then", Norrington said more to himself than to Jack.

"Aye, the Black Pearl, are ye enjoyin' yer stay so far mate?" Jack asked.

"No, Sparrow, I am not enjoying my stay. When are you going to let me go?"

"Captain Sparrow, and I dunno when I'll return ye to Port Royal", Jack said.

"No!" Norrington shouted, "I don't want to go to Port Royal!"

Jack grinned slyly and said, "But why wouldn't ye want to go to Port Royal? It's where ye live, isn't it?"

Norrington was silent a moment before saying, "You knew I wouldn't want to go back to Port Royal when you said that didn't you?"

"I've heard some things", Jack answered evasively. "After all, I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?"

"Unfortunately", Norrington muttered, "what are you planning to do with me Sparrow?"

"For the last time it is CAPTAIN Sparrow!" Jack said exasperatedly.

"Fine!" Norrington said sarcastically, "Captain, what are you going to do with me?"

"To tell ye the truth Commodore, I haven't decided exactly what I'm gonna do with ye. Right now I'm just tryin' to figure out exactly what happened."

"I thought you said you'd heard things", Norrington said suspiciously.

"Aye, but I still have questions about it all", Jack said, "and I'd like to hear it from ye."

"Well I'm sorry to inform you", the Commodore said stiffly, "but I am not in the mood to talk about it, and even if I was I would not choose you to talk to."

"Very well", Jack said as he stood up, "we will be in Port Royal in a few days, so ye have 'til then to decide if ye wanna tell me or not. If ye decide not, then I'll leave ye in there with no way out, and I'll make sure the whole town is aware of ye", Jack said and walked to the door before turning back and saying, "Have a good night Commodore", then he shut the door and left Norrington to his thoughts.

"Cap'n, will ye really leave him in Port Royal?" Gibbs asked after Jack told him where they were headed.

"Why not?" Jack asked.

"Well ye said last night that he may not really be welcome there" Gibbs said.

"The fact is I'm not going to leave him there, I just told him that so he'd tell me what I want to know", Jack said as though this were perfectly obvious.

"What makes ye think he'll take the bait?" Annamaria, who had been listening to the conversation asked.

"Cause from what I've heard, if he is found he'll likely be hung, so I think, to avoid that, he'll tell me", replied Jack.

"Aye, faced with those odds, I'd tell ye", Annamaria agreed.

Back in Jack's cabin Commodore Norrington was weighing his options. The way he figured it, if he didn't tell Jack what was going on he would be forced to Port Royal where he would be killed. However if he did tell Jack he may have a chance at survival.

'After all', Norrington reflected to his self, 'Sparrow had made it sound like all he wanted was to know what was going on.' It was the why of it that had Norrington puzzled. The pirate captain actually seemed to be, in his own way, trying to help him, and Jack Sparrow was the last person Norrington had expected to find as an ally. Sure he had given him a one-day head start, and thereby let him escape, but that did not make them friends. Norrington didn't trust this situation much, but the only way to stay alive seemed to be to tell Jack what was going on. So with the thought in mind that he would do so in the morning, Norrington fell asleep.