A/N: Sorry you guys for not updating in like...forever. But yeah, my friend who had the notebook that all of this is written in didn't give it to me for a nora!....and then she finally gave me the rest of the papers...shakes head middle skoolers...wotcha gonna do? Well, here is at least another chapter! Enjoy, and please review, even if u don't feel like it, cos I wanna know who's reading my story!

Chapter Eleven: Leverage

The Dauntless

"Weeeeeeee!" Megan cried, swinging on a loose rope. But as she swung back, something grabbed her around the waist and pulled her off the rope.

"'ey! That's not fair!" she turned to face the owner of the arms. "I hate ye, jack. So go smell the coffee!" she said, following him to the wheel. Jack stood there, confused about what she just said. Suddenly, Alexa gave a little yelp, and Will walked over to Jack.

"Here they come..."

The Interceptor

"Bring her around! Bring her around!" Gillette shouted. Finally the Interceptor came side by side with the Dauntless. The soldiers swung over to the ship, following the commodore's orders. "Search every cabin, every hold, down to the bilges!" But none of the sailors noticed five people swinging over to the Interceptor. Not until it started sailing away.

"Now!"

One sailor attempted to swing back over, but the ship was too far away. Jack smiled and waved his hat. "Thank you Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We'd have a hard time of it by ourselves!"

Norrington glared. "Set top sails and clean up this mess." he barked.

"With the wind a quarter astern, we won't catch them." one of the officers argued.

"We don't need to catch them. Norrington replied. "Just get them in range of the long nines." The man nodded and turned to the crew.

"Men, come about. Run out the guns!" he turned back to the commodore. "Do we fire at our own ship, sir?"

"I'd rather see her at the bottom of the ocean then in the hands of a pirate." Norrington replied.

"Suddenly, one of the sailors piped up. "He's disabled the rudder chain, sir."

The officer smiled lightly. "That's got the be the best pirate I've ever heard of."

The commodore glared. "So it would seem."

The Black Pearl

Christie, Alex, and Elizabeth sat in the cabin beneath the deck.

Christie was realizing that her plan wasn't fully formed, and continued to think of ways to finish it.

Alex was scared, and regretting the fact that she never saw the movie, because otherwise she would have known what was going on.

And Elizabeth was wondering what kind of plan Christie had up her sleeve, and what part she'd play in it. She wasn't entirely glad that she was following the plan of a child, but she was glad that someone around here was at least, thinking of a way to get off of this dreaded ship.

Suddenly she heard a door open and looked up. There she saw Ragetti walk in. Elizabeth looked over at the other girls and saw Christie smiling. The young girl stuck out her foot as the pirate walked by. He tripped and hit the floor-hard.

As he did, his wooden eye came out, and he swore out loud and turned around to look at Christie.

"What?" she asked innocently. "Trying to blame me for tripping over your own two feet?"

Ragetti scowled but said nothing. He picked up his eye, popped it back in, and left with out doing what he came in to do.

When the door snapped shut behind him, Alex and Christie burst out laughing. Elizabeth smiled. AT least it wouldn't be boring on the dreaded ghost ship.

Tortuga

"More importantly, it is indeed a sad life that has never breathed deep the sweet, cruciferous bouquet that is Tortuga, savvy?" Jack asked Will as they walked through the pirate port.

The girls walked in the back, looking as though they were going to be sick from the sights. Well, Jenny and Alexa were. Megan sniggered at them.

"Lovely place, Tortuga, isn't it?" she asked, and Will made a face.

"It'll linger."

Megan laughed and looked over to Jenny, whose face was a pale green. "Oi, Jack! I think someone is going to be sick!" she cried.

Just as though on cue, Jenny "got sick" in the middle of the street. When she was done, she stood back up and smiled shakily. "I'm better." she said uneasily.

Jack laughed. "I'm telling' ye, mate," he said, continuing with his walking. "If every town in the world were like this one, no man would ever feel unwanted."

Alexa nodded grimly. "Aye, but the women would take one look at this place and run away." she noticed a group of women in front of them. "Well, most women." she added.

One of the girls from the huddle noticed Jack and walked over the them. Jack smiled when he saw.

"Scarlet!"

Megan doubled over from laughter as the woman slapped him on the cheek. "I'm not sure I deserved that..." Jack muttered.

Megan started to laugh even harder when yet another woman walked up.

"Giselle!" Jack cried.

"Who was she?" Giselle asked.

"Wh-"

But before Jack could answer, he was slapped yet again, causing Megan to laugh harder.

"I may have deserved that..." he commented as he glared at the girl who was laughing even more, causing her to fall over on the floor.

Jack glared even more at the gilr and walked over to her and offered her his hand. Megan accepted I and got pulled up. "Thank yo-"

Jack slapped Megan straight across the face, causing her friends to laugh.

"Hey!" she yelled as the gourp walked away from her.

She walked past her friends and grabbed onto Jack's arm. "We're sorry, Jack." she cried, hanging onto him. "We didn't mean it, did we precious? Oh, no, we did not."

Jack stopped walking and Megan stood up. "Alright!" Jack said. "Just stop talking as though there is two of ye. One is definitely bad enough." Megan glared, but followed the group over to a man sleeping with some pigs.

Jack picked up a pail full of water and threw it on Gibbs. Megan stood next to Jack, determined not to laugh, and Jenny and Alexa stood next to Will.

"Curse ye for breathing, you slack jawed idiot!" Gibbs yelled. He looked up at the throng of people surrounding him.

"Mother's love!" he cried as he recognized someone. "Jack! You should know better then to wake a mane while he's sleeping. 's bad luck!"

Jack smiled slyly. "Ah, fortunately I know the counter curse. The man who did the drinking buys the man who was sleeping a drink. The man who was sleeping drinks it, while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking."

Megan nodded in agreement, still keeping quiet as understanding dawned on Gibbs.

"Aye, that'll 'bout do it." he said, accepting Jack's hand. But as soon as he stood up, Will threw yet another bucket of water on him.

"Blast, I'm already awake!"

"That was for the smell." Will replied honestly.

Jack led the group over to a corner of the tavern away from the crowds, carrying three mugs of rum. Will, Jenny and Alexa stood against a wooden post as Gibbs sat down.

Jack leaned over to Will and the girls. "Keep a sharp eye." he warned before he and Megan went over and sat down at the table with Gibbs and Jack distributed the rum.

Megan, who never had rum before, took a big sip from the mug and found it quite good. (A/n: I have no clue really what rum tastes like. But if Jack likes it, Meg likes it)

"So," Gibbs said. "Who's the girl?"

Megan glanced at Jack, getting permission to speak. Jack nodded and Megan stood up.

"I'm Megan. Or Meg, if ye like. My friends are Jenny- she's the brunette- and Alexa- that's the blondish redhead." She held out her hand and Gibbs shook it before she sat down. Satisfied, Gibbs continued his conversation with Jack as Megan downed more rum.

"Now, what's the name of this 'venture your'n?"

Jack took a sip of rum and put down his cup. "I'm going after the Pearl." Jack paused as Gibbs nearly choked on his drink. "I know where it is and I'm going to take it."

"Jack, it's a fools errand." Gibbs said. He paused looking between Jack and Megan. "Well," he said with a sigh. "You know more then I the tales of the Black Pearl." Jack nodded.

'That's why I know what Barbossa's up to... all I need is a crew."

Gibbs looked at Jack again before speaking. "From what I hear tell of Cap'n Barbossa, he's not a man to suffer fools, nor strike a bargain with one."

Jack smiled and looked at Gibbs over his cup. "Well, then, I say it's a very good thing that I'm not a fool, then, aye?"

Gibbs didn't reply to him. "Prove me wrong." he said after a moment. "What makes ye think Barbossa will give up his ship to you?"

Jack smiled slyly. "Let's just say it's a matter of leverage, aye?"

Megan nodded in agreement as Jack nodded towards Will and the girls. Finally, Gibbs took the hint.

"The kids?" he asked.

Jack and Megan followed his gaze. Will was being hit on by some drunken lady, and Alexa and Jenny were bent over double from laughing so hard at him. Megan giggled as they turned back to there drinks.

"Not the girls, Gibbs." she said. "Use yer head! They're only thirteen! Too young!"

Gibbs just stared at Megan. "Aye, if ye say so."

Megan nodded. "I do."

Gibbs turned back to Jack. "The kid?" Jack nodded, taking a sip of his rum.

"That is the child of Bootstrap Bill Turner." he explained. "His only child, savvy?"

Gibbs smiled as he understood. "Is he now?" he said, stroking his beard. "Leverage says you? I feel a change in the winds, says I. I'll find us a crew. There's bound to be some sailors on this rock as crazy as you."

Jack grinned and picked up his tankard. "One can only hope."

Megan and Gibbs followed in suit. "Take what you can!" Jack said.

"Give nothing back!" Gibbs agreed.

They looked over at Megan as she smiled. The three of them clinked together their cups as she cried out "Drink up me hearties, yo ho!"

A/N: okie dokie then, a long chappie..actually, one and a half, if you look in my book, but still, all the same. Cool, some one reviewed and said that their name was Megan and that it is an awesome name...but I don't have up right now...yes megan is an awesome name! It's my name! Of course it's awesome if it's my ....our.....name!

Alright, I think that tiredness actually does exist, therefore I shall hafta go to bed now. So I will say nighty night, and review, cos if I don't get three, no new chappie. And I appologize to those story readers that are patiently waiting for another story to be updated. All I can say is a suck at updating right now cos of too much hecticness. Well, off to bed!

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