OK, new rule: It depresses me to see flames, so don't. If you think I can IMPROVE, tell me. Done just say: MARY &()( SUE!

Sorry this one took awhile to put out. I've been busy & I didn't know what to do with the hat, so there is a simple solution to that…

Some people were also a little confused, so I put in a little summary in this chapter, so I hope I can clear a few things up!

Enjoy!

Anna slapped a hand over Jack's mouth, "He's not ready." She opened the door & pushed him out the door. She looked back at Will. He wasn't ready all right. All of the information that he just heard was making his head spin! He walked past here onto the deck where Gibbs was shouting at Jack about being a captain or something like that. Jack was not listening to a single word, he was just sitting in a chair, drinking & whispering to the rum.

When he finally gave up on him, Gibbs came over to Will.

"Did she wake up?"

Will nodded, "She's also his sister."

"Since when has Jack had a sister?"

"I don't know, but it's confusing me. It almost seams as if he's been running from her over a bet so he could have the Pearl…"

"The Pearl?"

"Yeah, that's what all the gun shots were. Jack was suppose to give her the Pearl in exchange for…" He paused.

"For what!"

"Do you know what's so significant about Jack's hat?"

"Is that what he was getting from the Pearl!"

"Yeah."

"Well, I just know that he likes it & that he treats it better than any of us…" Will gave him a strange look.

"He treats it better?"

Gibbs sighed, "Come on. I shouldn't be doing this…"

Will was still in a fog, but he followed Gibbs down the dark, musky hall anyways.

They got to what must have been Jack's cabin. Gibbs pushed the door aside.

Will put a hand over his mouth to keep from laughing. He took a deep breath, "That's where he puts the hat?" Gibbs nodded his head sadly, as if he wished he got that treatment. "I didn't even know he had that kind of money…"

"He's a pirate."

"Oh yeah, you forget that sometimes…" Gibbs lifted an eyebrow, but he turned back to where Jack's, or Anna's (no one was sure yet), hat would lie at night.

There was a red, plush pillow that was trimmed with golden tassels on a table in a corner. There were candles at each corner of the pillow. Will tried to fight back the urge to laugh.

"Hey" Will & Gibbs jumped. It was Anna, "Ummm… It's Will, right? What's over there…" She looked & started to laugh, "Don't even tell me that's for the hat?" Will burst out laughing. After what seamed like hours of laughing, Gibbs pulled them down the hall.

"We're not suppose to be down here!" he said.

"And I'm suppose to have mush ship!" said Anna.

Will shrugged, "She has a point." All of a sudden, he heard something. As he listened closer, he realized that it was a cane. He stopped them, "We have to get out of here. Someone's following us."

Anna drew her sword, "I can…"

Will grabbed her by her arm, "But you won't!" They ran down the hall & out onto the deck. They could hear that the other person was also running. Will looked back. It sounded as if they were right behind them.

"Jack! Someone's on the ship!" Will shouted.

"Yes! There's you, & me, & Gibbs…"

"SOMEONE THAT SHOULDN'T BE ON!"

"Well, why didn't you say so? Why do you think that?"

"There was the sound of a cane &…"

Jack started to laugh. "It wasn't a cane."

OK, that's a long story from how that came up, but I only found it appropriate to put in. If I had the full effect of it, he would also be stroking the bottle, but I didn't think Jack would do something like that… That's for you, Akita!

Hopefully the next one doesn't take as long to get out, because I can't wait for the reaction, if there is one…