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Chapter Sixteen: Bloody Tobias

Stupid bloody Tobias.

Jack's mind was a hot, almost painful blur of anger as he stormed around the ship, looking for Tobias. Carmen had almost been raped- or worse- today, and as far as Jack was concerned it was all Tobias' fault. The image that stood out most vividly in Jack's mind was the relief Carmen's eyes had held as she saw him standing in the doorway.

"Captain-" Tobias stood up as Jack entered the young man's cabin.

"Explain." Jack was fighting the urge to beat this man to a pulp, and it worried him. Emotions never usually ran away with him.

Dark eyes looked back at him, empty.

"I'm not kiddin'," growled Jack. "Explain, now, lad."

"What can I say?" Tobias asked. "So your whore was almost killed, the heartache."

Whore? Jack's fist collided with Tobias' head with a loud crunch. Carmen was no whore. Great satisfaction filled Jack as Tobias fell to his knees, his hands over his face. Jack pulled back his fist to strike again, when a strong hand grabbed his wrist from behind.

"Jack, no!" Will cried.

"Let go of me, lad, yer don' know wha' this scum's done," Jack snarled at his friend, catching sight of Will's shocked brown eyes over his shoulder.

Will struggled to hold Jack. He stared at Tobias. "What on earth have you done?"

Tobias lowered his hands, fixing Jack with an evil grin. There was blood on his face but he didn't seem to care. "His poor lady was almost killed today."

Will sighed. "You were supposed to be watching her."

"Let go of me!" Jack repeated, thrashing wildly. He realised, vaguely, that he cared a lot for Carmen- a great deal- too much. "He doesn't care! He doesn't give a damn!"

Will had never seen Jack lose control like this. There were few people who had. Will held Jack as tight as he could, but it was obvious to all three men he was going to break free.

"Jack," Will said softly. "Jack! Calm down. Calm down. Think of Carmen, how would you act if she was here and needed comforting? Calm down!"

Will's honeyed words, soft as cotton, cooled Jack's temper, and he fell still in his friend's grip. Will sighed in relief behind him. Jack gently shook him off, shaking his head, then looked back at Tobias, who was looking at Jack with hatred etched in every line of his sun-weathered face.

"You think you're so wonderful," he said quietly, sneering. "Well you aren't. You are a dried up, lost pirate. Lost to that girl! You've lost your head over her!"

Jack managed to keep his cool, even managed a golden smile. "What I am is not important, lad. It's who I am that matters, and I am Captain Jack Sparrow."

Tobias grinned but did not reply.

"Get off me ship," Jack said. "Get off and never, never come back, or I promise you, I will kill you." And then he smiled. Jack Sparrow could be so scary.

Tobias glared, but stood up. His dark eyes were dark and evil. He walked calmly past Jack and Will, out of the door, then he stopped, turning to face them, laughing coldly. "So great, aren't you?" he breathed. "So wonderful? I know who she is, Sparrow." His eyes were truly demented. "I know. And I'm going to get her, Jack. I promise you that."

Then he was gone, hurrying off the ship, disappearing into Moia crowds.

Jack turned to Will, who was biting his lip. "Are you okay?" Will asked.

"Fine, now that that bastard's gone." Jack did not think much on Tobias' threat. He never much thought on threats. "Bloody useless pirate."

"I've never seen you like that." Will's observation was quiet.

Jack shrugged. "He really angered me, mate." He chewed his lip. He knew he had completely crossed the line, completely snapped with Tobias. And it was all because of Carmen... It was time for her to know the truth. "Set sail for Evaneta, Will. I'm going to go and talk to Carmen."

Will nodded as Jack walked off.

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She nodded. There was no way she was going to share her worries, her feelings, with Jack. "Fine, thank you. Just fine. Er... thank you for the tunic, and everything..." She trailed off, realising she'd sounded a little weak.

That wonderful golden smile again. "No problem, luv- tisn't every day I have a girl like you in me cabin!" Then he winked wickedly to show he was just joking. He crossed over to her, sitting down on the bed beside her and kicking off his boots to reveal grubby, hairy brown feet. Grinning at her surprised look, he collapsed back onto his back.