16. Bargains

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After a long and arduous task of rocking the ship and flipping it over to get out of the Locker and back to reality, Barbossa and Jack argue about who is captain for the remainder of our time aboard the Pearl until Will points out that there is an island we can restock on food and water before our journey. Meanwhile, I just mill around the deck looking for random shit to do, hoping Jack notices me.

"Lindsey! Yer needed below deck—stock the barrels!" Barbossa finally orders me as we sail for the island.

"Yer needed on deck—t' the mast!" Jack orders me, cutting off Barbossa's request.

"Below deck, I say!" Barbossa cries out.

"On deck!" Jack projects louder. Suddenly the two captains are surrounding me—Jack grabbing onto me left arm and Barbossa grabbing onto my right arm pulling me towards the stairs below. They tug at me and I just keep turning my head towards each one of the them as they argue.

"Enough already! I'm going to the crow's nest! Neither of you can tell me what to do!" I exclaim finally. They drop my arms immediately and look at each other, eyes wide.

"So sorry, pet," Jack murmurs as he eyes Barbossa.

"M'lady," Barbossa gestures to the rope ladder that leads to the nest. I shake my head and climb above everyone to the nest high above.

From the nest I quickly spot land, and soon another argument from Jack and Barbossa.

"I'll stay on the ship while ye go on land!" Jack exclaims, and Barbossa exclaims the complete opposite.

"How about you both go on land and I'll take over the ship!" Will finally exclaims. The two captains look at Will with serious and wide eyes, "Only temporarily!" he adds on. I just shake my head at their quarrels.

"Wait! I want to go ashore too!" I exclaim from above. Jack looks up at me and smiles then turns to Barbossa. He shakes his head.

"Ye stay put up there!" Barbossa calls up to me.

"Come on down, luv! Yer comin' ashore!" Jack ignores Barbossa's request. I quickly make my way down the rope ladder and land on deck just as Barbossa and Jack and other crew members descend from the Pearl into the ocean in the long boats.

"Jack wait!" I cry out to him from the ship.

"We'll be back soon, pet!" he calls back from below.

"But you told me I could go with you ashore!" I retort.

"Next time, dahling!" he replies as they row towards land. I turn away from the railing and smack right into Tia Dalma.

"I'm so sorry!" I quickly apologize, knowing her true nature as Calypso the Heathen Goddess.

"No worries, child," she says, "it is not your fate to go with de Jack," she says finally as I begin to walk past her. I spin around immediately.

"What?" I ask, my heart sinking.

"I know ye love him like he love de ocean, but you cannot go with him on dis journey," she says.

"No kidding, I have a journey of my own I need to tend to!" I exclaim, not meaning to offend her.

"Der will be a time when Jack will see into his heart for you. Even Jack Sparrow can't hide his heart forever," she says with a sly smile and walks away, clutching the heart pendant around her neck. I watch her go and my eyes direct towards Will.

"Will, what are you looking at?" I ask, walking towards him as he leans over the railing.

"Sails—" he says cautiously.

"What?!" I exclaim, looking in the direction he's pointing.

"Sails," he says again, a blank stare on his face.

"That's a ship from Singapore!" I exclaim once again, a panic setting over me.

"Stay calm," he says.

"They're here—what do we do?!" I shriek as I can see Sao Feng aboard the vessel.

"Let me handle this," he says calmly.

"Will!" I cry out as he walks away.

I see crew members from Sao Feng's ship begin to walk the beach and all I can think of is Jack. Suddenly, I turn around from facing the shore and see a crew of Sao Feng's men climbing aboard the Pearl.

"WILL!" I scream as they crowd the ship alongside our crew members.

"Sao Feng," Will greets, "Captain Turner," he introduces himself.

"Captain Turner," Sao Feng repeats and bows to Will slightly.

"Where is Jack Sparrow?" Sao Feng asks immediately.

"He went ashore," Will replies coolly.

"Then I am sure he will be returning shortly," Sao Feng retorts, "As for this ship—Captain Turner I am willing to make a bargain with you,"

"I need this ship to rescue my father," Will says firmly, as Jack and Barbossa and the others reemerge from the island with Sao Feng's other crew members.

"Will?! You never told me this!" Elizabeth states shocked.

"It was my burden to bear," he says, a slap in the face from a conversation they had had below deck earlier about her kissing Jack to make him stay behind.

"Will wants the Pearl to save his father, Barbossa wants the Pearl and Jack to summon the Brethren Court—did none of us save Jack for the sake that we simply missed him?!" I finally exclaim in disbelief at everything that has been said and going on.

"She's right—I'm going to stand over next to her!" Jack states finally, walking over to me.

"Jack, there is an old friend you must be meeting," Sao Feng says, as he summons his crew members to grab a hold of Jack.

"I don't know how many more old friends I can take..." Jack says as he struggles in the arms of Sao Feng's crew members. I turn around and notice there is another ship docked anchored beside the Pearl called the Endeavour.

"Lord Beckett," I murmur under my breath as Jack is taken away back to the long boats. "Jack! Wait!" I exclaim suddenly as he's being lowered to the sea once again.

"Someone grab her and lock her in the brig," Sao Feng orders one of his men. I feel arms tightly around me as I am being led down below deck.

"Stop it! I'm not doing anything—you can't lock me away on my own ship! Tell them Will! Barbossa! Tell them I'm not any trouble! Elizabeth! Will!" I cry out as they drag me away. Elizabeth looks at me with longing eyes and then turns to Will who seems to be making a deal with Sao Feng. She looks back over at me as though she can get me out of the brig. I see her mouth something but I can't tell what she said as I disappear into the blackness below.

I sit in the brig for what feels like hours, but is really only a matter of minutes. I keep thinking of Jack and what is going on with him and Beckett on the ship right next to me. I keep thinking about what is going on above me—what Will is bargaining and what Elizabeth tried to tell me.

"Lindsey!" I hear a voice whispering to me from below the deck. I turn around and see Elizabeth running down the a key.

"Elizabeth!" I exclaim.

"Shh. I bargained for you. You and I are going to Sao Feng," she says as she unlocks the brig.

"What?!" I shriek in a hushed voice, "why the hell are we going to Sao Feng?! He'll probably kill us!"

"It was part of the bargain..." she explains.

"What bargain? Is Jack back from Beckett's ship?" I ask quickly, looking around.

"Not yet. Will gets the Pearl to search for his father and Sao Feng wanted me aboard his ship so I agreed to make the trade as did Barbossa. I bargained for you to come with me," she says.

"What good are we on a pirate ship amongst men we don't trust?" I ask her, unsure of her decision.

"I promise we'll be fine. We know enough about pirates," she explains as we walk up to the main deck. I don't want to leave Jack—not after we just got him back!