A/N sorry this took so long to update but I was finishing up another story first…please let me know if anyone is still reading this and what you think of it. Thanks..
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It had been about a week or so since I had cast off from Port Reyes and I was letting the wind guide me to the treasure that lay before me. But I couldn't help shake a feeling something was not right.
As I gazed onto the calm water, almost to calm, I quickly turned my head to the sky. "Damnit" I swore seeing the still sails above me, of course there would be no wind, why else would I be this close to the treasure and still being held back.
Growling in frustration I retired to my cabin to check the maps again. It didn't take long before Lucas appeared at my door.
"How far away are we?" I heard him ask. I once again played with the map laid out on the desk, "Id say about 2 days now, the island should be seen on the horizon shortly, if we get wind back."
"I'm having all the sails dropped to catch any wind there might be"
"Thank you Lucas" I said signaling for him to leave my cabin again. I waited along with the crew for half a days time for the wind to pick back up, enough to move the Sea Hawk once more.
Like I had figured it was close to 2 days travel until I saw the island's outline growing larger as my smile grew as well. Finally the Isla De Fuego was mine to look upon.
"Land Ho! I heard from the crow's-nest. I rolled my eyes; the land had been in view for some time now.
"Yes thank you" I shouted up to the man. I once more looked upon the island before I made ready the ship to dock. The crew was ready faster than I expected, they were eager to go ashore and claim some treasure for themselves as well.
Lucas was once more at my side, "Here we are captain."
"At last, gents let us go ashore then, and find this treasure!" I yelled motioning for them to move forward. Walking through the dense forest I kept an eye open for any danger from within. I hadn't heard if this island was habited or not, and right now I didn't want to find out either way. The tall grass soon became shorter as it opened up to the mouth of a cave.
I could see light coming from inside the cave, and silently I moved forward into the small cave. Inside I was met with a fairly big chest; I lightly ran my hands across it, taking in the sight. I smiled and looked up seeing the crew now inside the cave as well.
I held my hands out as if showing off the chest; they all seemed to be speechless as I unlocked the chest with a key I had been hiding under my shirt. The gold and silver that filled the chest was everything I had been looking for for months.
"Alright lets get this back to the ship and count it" a few men stepped forward to carry the chest back through the forest. Something was still making me uneasy and I wanted to get back to my ship.
Once on board, Lucas and I went to tally up our booty, as I put the crew to work getting us back to Tortuga.
But about 10 miles off the shore of Isle De Fuego I heard what I had feared; "Ship Ho" I put the treasure to the side and left my cabin to check on this approaching ship. The man who spotted it handed me a spy glass and pointed to the right.
I didn't need the spy glass to know who was following us, I could tell that ship from miles away. Knowing they would catch up anyways, I left the speed the same and maybe they wouldn't find a reason to stop us.
It didn't take long before I saw the ship pulling up beside us,
"Well luv, it seems that you have something of mine" I heard from the side of the other ship.
I raised an eyebrow, "And what would that be Captain Jack Sparrow?" I leaned on the railing staring back at his figure.
"Why the treasure you just found on the Isla De Fuego."
"I'm sorry could you refresh my memory, why is that your treasure, when I in fact had the map…and the key to the chest?"
"Well your not that only one that knew of this treasure love, I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy. And I do recall a certain captain who told you where to find this key"
"Aye but I never told you what the key went to, and you didn't ask, therefore it is mine" I started to turn away when I heard a thump behind me. Frowning I turned around to see Jack standing on the deck in front of me.
I turned back around and headed to my cabin with Jack in tow.
"I want a cut of the treasure." He finally said when we entered my cabin, "Since I did help you in this hunt in all."
"If I was to say yes to giving you a cut, I think I deserve a cut from the Isla de Muerte, since I did get you off that island with the rum runners, which then in turn helped you to get back to the island" Jack seemed to think this over in his head before he opened his mouth and pointed at me. I smiled and waited for the response, "Pirate"
I laughed at his statement knowing that I had convinced him the Isla de Fuego was my find.
"If that is all Sparrow, I'm in need of some new supplies, and for the record, Nathan was the one that got the key, so the treasure would be his"
Jack nodded at my statement before smiling, "Then I'll see you in Tortuga…it seems my rum is all gone and I'll be needing some more on the lonely sea." I shook my head as I followed him out of my cabin.
As I watched him board the pearl my mind drifted to Nathan, He was the one who got the key, but he had lost his life in doing so. Right now I would have rather no treasure and key, if it meant I could have him back at my side.
"Get this ship back on track, we are needing to celebrate, and we don't have nearly enough rum on this ship!" I yelled as the crew sprang back into life, setting the course to Tortuga.
