You Forget One Very Important Thing Mate – (34)

After a lot of looking, the crew where all back on board the Pearl, preparing to set sail, however Gibbs looked very worried, and seemed to be very jumpy.

"Jack?" He asked.

"Aye?"

"Can I have a word with ye in yer cabin?"

Jack frowned, this was unusual, but he supposed it was something important.

"Aye,"

They walked into Jack's cabin and sat by Jack's desk. Gibb's sighed, this was going to be a hard thing to have to tell the Captain of the Black Pearl.

(To Ashley!)

Still mourning the loss of her friends, Ashley didn't feel much like doing anything. The past days had not been her best. She was taken captive by a crazy island queen, caught a terrible illness, discovered all of her friends were dead, read a letter that basically said that her mother didn't give a damn about her. But to make things worse the presence of a very annoying Elizabeth Swann aggravated Ashley even more.

Especially as all Elizabeth seemed to be doing was either staring at her or playing with her hair. At this particular moment, out of the corner of her eye, Ashley could see Elizabeth looking right at her.

"What?" Ashley snapped.

"Nothing, I didn't say anything," Elizabeth replied.

"Then stop bloody looking at me," Ashley scowled, crossing her arms.

Elizabeth looked away, and for about two seconds, Ashley was fine. Until that is that Elizabeth once more turned to stare.

"That's it!" Ashley moaned, standing up from the coil of rope she had been leaning on, she walked over to Elizabeth.

"Will ye stop bloody well looking at me or do ye want me ta shoot ye?" Ashley asked, pointing her pistol at Elizabeth.

However, Elizabeth couldn't reply, only sigh in relief as Cotton walked behind Ashley and took the pistol from her hands.

He had been doing this a lot lately, as there had been a lot of fights between Ashley and Elizabeth. But he always gave the pistol back when he thought Ashley had calmed down.

(To Jack and Gibbs)

"Jack? Do ye know what day it is?" Gibbs asked.

"It's Friday...why?" Jack replied.

"Davy Jones,"

Jack eyes widened.

"Ye made a deal with him Jack, he raised the Pearl from the depths for you, and 13 years you've been Captain. He will come soon Jack, and we'll all be in danger,"

"Danger? Danger? Yes, we'll all be in danger...even Ashley?" Jack asked dimly, the reminder of his fate had stunned him.

"Aye,"

"Then we must put her ashore, and Will and Elizabeth too,"

"Aye, Port Royal isn't far from here, and the traders routes are close, perhaps we could drop them onto one of the ships heading into Port Royal," Gibb's replied.

"Aye...but what about Ashley?"

"Port Royal is a no for sure, Tortuga is not good at all especially after what you told me about those hangin's"

"Where then?"

"I can think of only one place where she'll be out of harms way, but it's not the best, and I don't rightly know if she will take Ashley," Gibbs said.

"She?…you mean Tia Dalma?" Jack asked.

"Aye,"

"Then let tha' be the place, for there seems to be no other option," Jack agreed.

"But what if Ashley won't go?"

"She'll have to, Tia Dalma will be grateful for some company, especially a young girl like Ashley. Maybe Tia will teach her a few tricks," Jack said, trying to sound cheerful.

But the thought of loosing his daughter once again saddened him. Though he supposed it was probably a better fate for a Sparrow child then to meet Davy Jones. Imagine what he'd do if he found out Jack had a daughter?