Author's Note:

Ok, this chapter is a little short, sorry. Thank you very much to Readerfreak10, Sphinx Jinx, enigmagirl2727 (thanks again for beta-ing this!), and Little Miss Sparrow. You guys are great, thanks for reading!

Chapter #3

"That's crazy Jack."

"You're out of your mind," Mr. Gibbs echoed Anna Maria, "she won't go for it. As soon as she sees you she'll-"

"She won't see me," Jack said, "you two pretend to be people from another pirate ship. Anna, you can be the captain."

"Wait just a minute," Anna Maria said, "who is this she you two keep referring to?"

"Umm…"

"Well."

"She is my daughter, Jackalyn Sparrow, the Black Fox, or Jacky as I call her."

"When she was ten Jack sent her to live with me," Mr. Gibbs interrupted, "well she was going to boarding school but I was to watch over her. She stayed with me on vacations. They kicked her out after a year. Then after six months the next school kicked her out, then the next, and so on for three years. Then she got fed up and ran away."

"I looked all over," Jack broke in after a long swig, "but I never found her. And then, as I sat in that prison she came to visit. She was furious at me. I want to make it right and get to know my daughter."

Anna Maria sighed, feeling herself give in to the sob story Jack had told.

"By hiring her to break the law for you?"

"I'm not hiring her," Jack reminded Anna Maria, "you are."

The next day Anna Maria found herself sitting across the table from the Black Dove, who she now knew was Jack's daughter. And she did look like a mirror image of Jack minus the facial hair, with longer hair, and less make-up.

For a second Anna Maria wanted to burst out laughing at the last comparison but refrained herself and paid attention to the Black Dove who was talking.

"So," she was saying, "that's all I have to do? Steal a treasure map from a house. That's simple," she asked suspiciously, "is there a catch?"

"A rival pirate crew is after it," Anna Maria invented on the spur of the moment idea, "the crew of the Black Pearl."

"I'm aware of their interest," the Black Dove said with a careless wave of her hand, "but they aren't the only interested party. Don't worry, it won't be a problem. Come here every night at midnight. Wait for exactly one minute, if I don't approach you leave. Do not approach me yourself." And with that she stood up and stalked away.

Anna Maria chuckled, Jack would have stuck her with the bill too.

"Captain Murray," the soldier said saluting as he came in the room.

"What is it?" The captain snapped. He had been in a persistent foul mood ever since Jack Sparrow had slipped out from under his grip.

"The Commodore is here," the soldier replied.

"Finally," Murray snarled, "he certainly took his time."

"You should learn to have some patience Captain," a voice drawled from behind the soldier, "it's a virtue after all."

"Commodore Norrington," Murray gasped, "I'm terribly-"

"Spare me," he said with a careless wave of his hands, "now tell me why you have asked me to come here."