"Look!" Elizabeth cried, as she pointed to the Pearls deck.
"What is it?" Will asked,
"Someone's got Jack and he's taking him to that small sail boat over there" Elizabeth Exclaimed.
"That's Barbossa, how is he still alive?" Will cried with disgust,
"Come on!" they ran down the gangway towards the sailboat, but it was too late, the boat was sailing away with unnatural speed. "What are we going to do now?" Elizabeth moaned turning to go back to Tortuga,
"I don't know." Will sighed turning to leave as well. But as he looked down the walkway he noticed a circle floating in front of him and Elizabeth, it was at least six feet tall and just as wide; it had a white glow at its edges, the rest of the circle looked like some kind of town. "What is it?" Will asked,
"I…I think it's a portal," Elizabeth whispered.
"What?" Will asked looking at her.
"You know the thing that Jack saw when he sent Katy back to her world." Elizabeth explained remembering how elaborately Jack had woven that tale.
"But what would a portal be doing here now? Is…is Katy coming back?" Will asked hopefully. Knowing that if anyone could help them it was she.
"No, we would have seen her by now if she were coming, we have to go get her, and tell her Jacks in trouble, she's the only one who can help us." Elizabeth confirmed Wills thoughts. Somehow knowing what to do. Will looked at her and nodded,
"Lets go!" he cried. They took a deep breath and jumped into the portal.
Jack awoke with his head throbbing. "Where am I?" he mumbled to himself as he looked around. He was in what looked like a cell; he was sitting on a cot the only piece of furniture in the room, the walls were made of gray stone, the only thing that broke the walls smooth look was a wooden door that had a bared window near the top. The floor and ceiling were also made of stone. The floor also had little bits of straw sprinkled on the floor near his bed. Jack picked up some of the little straw pieces and began to fiddle with them. After a while he became uninterested in what he was doing so he dropped the straw pieces to the floor. Soon after that he heard footsteps coming to his door. The door opened and to Jacks utter astonishment Barbossa entered the room with Jack the monkey on his shoulder. "You're supposed to be dead!" Jack cried standing up. His heart began to race, "How're ye still alive?"
"Ah, now that's the question of the hour isn't it? Well I'll tell ye. It happened ten years ago right when me crew and I first came to Isla de la Muerta; I went to explore the island while the lads explored the caves. While I was in the jungle a bolt of red lightning struck me, I fell to the ground writhing in pain when I opened me eyes I saw something like a glowing blue mist, somehow I knew it was me life force, I watched as the mist changed into the form of a small monkey, thus Jack was born." Barbossa concluded,
"That still doesn't answer me question mate." Jack pointed out. Barbossa rolled his eyes
"Alright this is how it works, you can't kill me unless ye kill the monkey, ye can't kill the monkey because he's cursed and because he's cursed I'm cursed." It was then that Jack noticed the Aztec medallion that hung from the Jack's neck.
"How would you be affected by the monkey being cursed?" Jack risked another question knowing full well he was testing Barbossa's patience, and he enjoyed every minute of it.
"The monkey is connected to me whatever happens to'em happens to me." Barbossa explained.
"Oh, so if I killed that wretched ball of fur you'd die?" Jack asked finally getting what Barbossa had been talking about.
"Aye, if Jack weren't cursed." Barbossa countered.
Jack sat down on his cot and leaned his back on the wall letting what had just been said sink in. he opened his mouth to say something but Barbossa beat him to it. "I'll bet ye be wondering why I brought you here, eh?" Jack slowly nodded; not liking that Barbossa knew what he had been going to ask.
"I brought ye here to suffer in the same way I am now, starvation and thirst. But I also brought ye here so you wouldn't cause me trouble as I look for the Aztec Crystal."
" Aztec Crystal?" Jack asked curious.
"To put it simply," Barbossa sighed, "It's something the Aztecs made to use Cortez's curse to work to their advantage. If the one who took a gold medallion also possessed a special crystal they could again eat and drink while still under the curse. But the Aztecs, knowing the crystal would be dangerous in the wrong hands gave the crystal to the Incas to keep hidden." With that Barbossa left Jack locked in his cell to ponder what had been said.