Chapter 15

I couldn't think of a name for this chapter. Ok the results from the poll are…

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B) 6
C) 8

No more tie. It was a tie for the longest time.

Madison leaned on the wheel, barely awake. Everyone on the ship left her alone. Whenever they looked over the left side of the ship they could see a big shape swimming next to them. They knew it was the Kraken and it made some worry while it made EVERYONE (except Madison of course) uneasy. They didn't know what Madison had planned…if she had anything planned at all.

"It seems like we're never going to get married." Elizabeth muttered. Will looked at her.

"You two are getting married?" Bill asked.

"We were supposed to." Will said. "But then we got arrested and that's how we started on this whole adventure."

"Well if Jack was here, there wouldn't be much of a problem." Bill said.

"Why's that?" Will asked.

"He could marry us." Elizabeth said. "He told me that. When I first joined." Will looked between Elizabeth and his father.

"Well couldn't you do it?" He asked.

"I'm not a captain." Bill said. "I don't have any authority to do that." Elizabeth saw something out of the corner of her eye and looked up at Madison to see her more bent over then usual. She frowned as she watched the younger girl wince every so often then drop to the floor.

"Something's wrong!" Elizabeth said. Will and Bill looked up at Madison before running up to her.

"Maddie." Bill said. He put his hand on her back and she flinched away from him.

"OW!" Madison said.

"Why would your back hurt?" Will asked. Elizabeth, who had joined them by now, gingerly lifted the back of Madison's tunic then gasped. Will and Bill both looked and did the same. Madison had big red marks on her back. As they stared, Madison winced again and another one showed up. She whimpered slightly.

"What are they doing?" Bill muttered.

"How are they doing it?" Will said.

"Maybe…" Elizabeth said. The men looked at her.

"What?" Will asked.

"Well…what if…somehow…Madison is, in a way, connected to Jack?" Elizabeth suggested. Will and Bill looked at each other then back at Elizabeth.

"They're whipping Jack…and Madison feels it." Bill said. "Do you think Jones would know about this?"

"He couldn't, or else he wouldn't do it." Will said.

"No…he would." Madison said. They all looked at her as she slowly sat up. Bill, who was behind her now, put his hands on her shoulders. "If he knew…he would do it."

"Why?" Will asked.

"Because he probably thinks that if I feel Jack's pain then I'll try to get there to stop them." Madison said. "If I do that…then he's got me…right where he wants me." She groaned and Bill's grip tightened on her shoulders. "All because I look like, and can do, what stupid Calypso can do." She moved her hair out of her face. Will helped her stand up.

"Are you alright?" Elizabeth asked.

"No." Madison said. "But I'm not going to be alright until all of this is over." She went down to Jack's cabin and lied on the bed, on her stomach. She stared at the wall but her attention turned to Gibbs who had knocked and entered, carrying something.

"Your father figures you could use this." He said.

"What?" Madison asked, propping herself up on her elbows.

"Some sort of cream. For your back." Gibbs said. Madison tilted her head and Gibbs walked over. He put the bowl he carried down on the bedside table. Madison sighed and lifted the back of her shirt over her head so that her front was still covered and pressed onto the bed. She moved her hair and looked at Gibbs.

"Do what ya gotta do then." Madison said. Gibbs just stared at her. "I can't reach my own back Mr. Gibbs."

"Right then, lass." Gibbs said. He dipped a cloth into the bowl, covering the end of it with a pale green coloured cream. Using the cloth (his hands were dirty after all) he spread the cream onto Madison's back. As soon as it touched her skin, Madison flinched. The cream was cold and, where her skin was marked by the shadows of the whipping Jack got, it stung for a few seconds. Madison bit her lip and closed her eyes. Gibbs finished and looked at her. Madison opened her eyes. There was a silence for a while.

"Have you ever loved someone?" Madison asked. Gibbs sighed and rubbed his head.

"Once." He said. "Why?"

"It's crazy isn't it?" Madison said. Gibbs chucked. Madison sat up, gingerly felt her back, then slowly pulled her shirt back over her head.

"Aye. That it is." Gibbs said.

"What did you do about it?" Madison asked. There was a silence then…

"Nothing." Gibbs said. "I never had the chance to. She left. I never saw her again."

"I'm sorry." Madison said. Gibbs didn't say anything. Madison looked at him sadly.

"You love Sparrow." Gibbs said. Madison opened her mouth to say something then thought better of it. She closed her mouth and nodded. "He loves you."

"How would you know?" Madison asked.

"It's obvious." Gibbs said. "The man never was good at hiding things." Madison smiled. There was a knock on the door and Bill come into the cabin slowly. Gibbs picked up the bowl and left. Madison watched as her father walked to the window and looked out it.

"There is an island a short distance from here." Bill said. Madison raised an eyebrow. "When we get there, I want you to get off and stay put."

"Again?" Madison said.

"I don't want you getting hurt." Bill said.

"Dad…look at me." Madison said. Bill kept his eyes on the window. "Damn it Bootstrap! Look at your daughter!" Slowly, he turned his head to look at her. Madison had got off the bed and was standing in front of him. The look on her face was a mixture of pain and desperation. "Dad…this is Jack we're talking about. Leaving me on an island is not going to keep me safe anymore. Whatever pain he seems to feel…I feel."

"Maddie…" Bill said. He looked ready to break down as he stared at his daughter. One hand was on her cheek. Tears escaped Madison's eyes and ran down her cheeks.

"I…" Madison said. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before staring up into her father's eyes. "I love him. I know it sounds weird and…and unnatural but I do. Please daddy." Her eyes were pleading. "Please don't make me stay behind."

"Oh Madison…" Bill said, wrapping his arms around her and hugging her tightly. "I couldn't stand it if anything happened to you but…"

"I know." Madison said. Bill held her at arms length and brushed her hair away from her face. Madison looked at him.

"You've grown up." Bill said.

"My birthday is next week so we better get Jack back and this whole thing over with by then." Madison said. Bill smiled.

Jack laid on a cot on his stomach. His back was bare and his arms were hanging over the sides of the cot. His eyes were closed and, if it weren't for the occasional twitch, anyone would have thought he was dead. His back was covered with dry and fresh blood and his arm had a few streaks of blood running down from the gash left by the knife.

A woman, barely visable, with soft curves, waist length dark brown hair, luminescent skin and bright green eyes walked, or more glided, towards the cot and dropped down to her knees next to it on the side that she could see Jack's face. Her hand trailed over Jack's back but didn't touch him.

Calypso, great-great grandmother of Madison and lover of Davy Jones was now staring at Jack with sad eyes.

"It wasn't meant to be this way." She whispered. Jack's mouth twitched and he muttered something incoherent. "My granddaughter will be yours Jack, have no doubt of that." Her hand fell back to her side. Where once Jack's back was ripped up and red, it was now mostly healed until it resembled an open wound version of Madison's back. The wounds no longer bled though. "This is all I can do for you." With that, Calypso vanished completely and Jack's eyes opened. He pushed himself up and looked around. The pain in his back, which had been unbearable when he lost consciousness, was now just a slightly numbed sting. He sat up and gingerly reached behind him, running his fingers over as much of his back that he could feel. It still hurt but when he looked at his hand, he saw no blood on it. He looked around again but saw no one.

"Well…that's interesting." Jack muttered. He ran his fingers over his back again and looked at them. Still, no blood. "That's very interesting." His gaze turned to the roof when he heard the thudding of Davy Jones' peg leg. Jack's eyebrows disappeared beneath his bandana as he wondered why Jones was stomping around more heavily then usual.

Well there you go. This won't be the last time you see Calypso but it will be one of the few times. Had a little father/daughter bit there with Bill and Madison. And some bonding type stuff between Madison and Gibbs.