Disclaimer: Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann belong to Disney along with the rest of the Pirates of the Caribbean characters.
Chapter Four
Captain Jack Sparrow, thank you very much, sat contently in a tavern located on the outskirts of Tortuga. It was not
his usual drinking sector, but there was only so much one person could take from a crew that haunted his usual spot.
Gibbs had been spinning superstitions all day and night, while Ana Maria had been particularly mulish during this
journey. At least, more than usual. Looking around at the dingy room with rafters hanging sinuously from the patch hole
ceiling, he found himself wondering how he could have ever ended up here. Glancing around to seize up the occupants,
Jack's gazed focused on two men who were bent over a peeling parchment arguing over something. Aye, maybe it was
a long lost treasure map. The last raid had ended quite disappointingly. He really didn't want to talk about. He would
just avoid any ship sailing under the French flag for a little while... Shaking his clinking beads off of his face, he
widened his eyes suspiciously. He knew he found something familiar about the two men and it was not their stench. He
leaned even closer to the twosome trying to pick up some words.
"Eh, the ol' guy promised that tis' be the real thing."
"Aye, but that guy don't seemed to have been completely there. How do we know if tis' man could be trust?"
"He swore on the code."
"And here I was a thinkin' that the code was just guidelines!" The man with the corkscrewing orange hair banged his
companion up side the head in anger. "Linkus, somethin' tells me you get more dumber every second!"
"Now a wait just here a moment. He not onl' swore, but gave his name! He seemed to be in a desperate need to give
it away and was a quite willing to hand this olde thang over."
"Errr…you dumb drumsticks, do you a member it?"
"Aye, of coursing. It was Phil…no Bob…ah…Bill! That it was. Bill! Bootstrap Bill! Now I a wonder why a they
called him that? He don't have any bootstraps on?"
Captain Jack Sparrow fell out of his seat in astonishment…