Just as agreed, Jack met Jess and Elizabeth. "Ladies, you still have time to change your mind. Elizabeth you should be in bed and Jess, my dear, well you should be taking care of said girl."
"Jack, I'm going with you. Will is out there and we are all going to get him and bring him home. He should be here and we should be getting married…" Elizabeth's voice trailed off as the tears started to fall from her eyes.
"No, no, no. Please not the tears, not again with the tears," Jack pleaded placing his hands together as if he were praying. "Alright, alright, into the boat. Careful, don't want to get your feet too wet." Jack helped Elizabeth and Jess into the boat. Once they were settled, Jack started rowing. He hummed a familiar tune, one that Elizabeth taught him on the island. Tears came to Elizabeth's eyes once again. "What, what now?" Jack was asking.
"When I taught you that song, It was when Will had gave his life to save us. Oh Jack, we must find him."
"And soon," Jack muttered under his breath.
The rest of the boat ride was done in silence. Elizabeth and Jess studied Port Royal and how it looked as they were leaving. They did not know how soon they would return and they felt a slight sadness leaving it behind.
"Captain, we be ready to get underway," Gibbs announced as he approached his Captain.
"Very well Mr. Gibbs. Back to Tia's with haste."
"Aye sir, we'll give it our all."
Elizabeth and Jess went down below to a small cabin that Jack had told them was for their use. It was dark and small but at least they had some privacy away from the rest of the crew. When they felt somewhat settled, Jess talked Elizabeth into getting some rest. Since Elizabeth was still exhausted, it did not take much to convince her that she still need to recover from the effects of the poison. Jess decided to explore the Pearl so Elizabeth could fall to sleep.
Jack saw Jess as she appeared at the top of the stairs. Her long curly hair blew in the breeze. She saw Jack at the helm and walked up to where he was.
He noticed that she had changed into pants. "Trying to fit in and be one of the crew love?"
"What? Oh the pants. I just didn't think a dress would be appropriate on a pirate vessel."
"Ship dear, the Pearl well she is the finest and fastest ship in the Caribbean."
"And you're her Captain, you must be so proud."
"Aye, ye all are proud of our Pearl," answered Anamaria.
"Jess, this is Anamaria. Anamaria, Jess. Now that the introductions are out of the way, Anamaria take over the helm. We need to make the best speed that we can."
"Aye, Captain."
"Shall we," Jack asked as he offered Jess his arm.
"Mr. Sparrow…"
"Jack, remember?"
"Jack, I do not wish to offend you but I am not the type of girl who is looking for a relationship with a pirate."
"And I love did not recall offering one."
"I just thought…"
"Ah, that's the trouble love, you don't know enough about me to think."
Jess looked at him with puzzlement and Jack returned the look with a smile. "If you will excuse me I have to plot a course." With that Jack left Jess standing on the deck as he walked to his cabin.
Jack closed his cabin door. "Women," he said to himself and sat down to look at the map. "Bloody women," he picked up his mug, "empty." He walked over to retrieve a bottle of rum. His thoughts went to the woman that he had left on the deck. He shook his head and poured himself a drink. After finishing his drink, a small nap seemed in order after all he had been through in the past few days. Jack had a restless sleep but it was more than he had expected. He decided to go up and check on the Pearl's progress.
Jack walked up the stairs and started to the take over for Anamaria when he was stopped dead in his tracks. He blinked his eyes then rubbed them. No, he must have drunk more rum than he had thought. Surely his eyes were playing tricks on him. He walked over to Gibbs. "Mr. Gibbs, can you tell me exactly what I am seeing with my eyes, which at this point I can not trust."
"Ye eyes be fine Jack. Seems Miss Elizabeth's friend here knows a thing or two about the use of a sword. She be practicing with some volunteers from the crew."
"Jess knows how to use a sword?"
"Aye, Captain."
Jess looked up to see Jack staring at her. She quickly thanked her training partners and walked over to Jack.
"You can close your mouth now."
"Where does a girl from Port Royal learn to fight like that?"
"Do you forget that I am friends with one William Turner?"
"Ah yes of course. I was pleasantly surprised."
"Surprised?"
"Well that is that well you seem like such a girlie type, well not really girlie but more feminine than the normal, well not necessarily normal per say…"
"Jack. Surprised, that would be the word," Jess said as she started laughing. Her laughter was cut short by a scream. It was Elizabeth.
Jack and Jess ran as fast as they could to Elizabeth. "What's wrong," Jess questioned her after finding her sitting in the room.
"I had a dream about Will. Someone grabbed him and was taking him away from me and Will was reaching for me. I couldn't reach him and they took him away to where I couldn't find him."
"Shhhh, It's ok now Lizzie. I'm here and we will find him," Jack held her as she cried. Jess watched and was taken aback by his compassion.
"Not how I thought a pirate would act," she thought to herself.
The rest of the voyage went uneventful. Elizabeth had the dream a few times but either Jack or Jess would be there for her. Although it wasn't that long of a voyage, to Elizabeth it seemed to last forever. Finally, some hope seemed to come to her eyes as Jack finally said that it was time to go to Tia Dalma's.
Tia had been dreading this day, the day that Jack would return to find that Will was no longer there. As her door opened, Jack and two women stepped inside.
"Tia, this is Elizabeth, Will's fiancée and her friend Jess. We've come to fetch the boy."
"'e's not 'ere any more Jack. 'e be taken soon after ye left."
"Who took him? Where is he? Where's my Will?" Elizabeth's voice was getting more and more panicky. Jess went over and put her hands on Elizabeth's shoulders. Elizabeth shrugged her off and went closer to Tia. "I want to know where he is and I want to know NOW!"
"I do not know. 'e would not tell me cause 'e know I tell you."
"Lizzie – no worries love. You can use me compass," Jack said calmly as he started to hand her the compass.
"Won't 'elp ye. There be a power-ful black maj-ic hiding William. Ye won't find 'im wit dat."
Now it was Jack's turn to panic, he knew if Will was alive that the compass to find him was there only hope.
"Jack it's my dream. He was reaching for me and now they've taken him away from me. We have to find him Jack."
"Seems that you are our only hope in finding Will now Tia darling. Tell us what you know."
Tia sat them down and told them the whole story. Everything she knew about Abrafro and how he worked for Mami Utai. She wanted Will Tia explained. She was not that much help at all. She could only tell them was that Abrafro could be found in Tortuga.