"Savannah? Flint's here?" Bill asked urgently,

"We wouldn't have gotten here if it weren't for…"

"…Me." Savannah appeared, from behind a large wooden chest. She stood on the chest, and sure enough, there was her pistol. Her grandfather's pistol. No one knew she had it with her. If they had, Jack for one might have guessed something was wrong. She never used that pistol. She hadn't used it since Joseph had died. Savannah smiled, unpleasantly. "Alright there Bill?"

Everyone's jaws dropped. Savannah, Savannah Flint had just betrayed them? She had used them to get here?

"Flint… What are you doin'?" Bill said slowly, keeping his eyes on the barrel of the gun.

"Savannah…" Jack looked on in disbelief, his face an image of betrayal, and annoyance at himself for not foreseeing this.

"Well, I'm not sure," Savannah started sarcastically, "But I think I'm just about to blow your head off you murderous bastard." Marti ran out in front of Bill, knowing that she was in the bullet's path, but not caring,

"Teeny don't be a bloody idiot!" Jack yelled, and pulled her back, "Savannah you know perfectly well if you pull that trigger you won't leave this room alive."

"Really?" Savannah didn't break eye contact, and seemed delighted that she could see fear in her opponent's eyes. "Shall we test that theory?" She took aim,

"No!" Will and Marti both ran forward at the same moment, Marti tearing herself out of Jack's grasp. Savannah rolled her eyes,

"Give me one good reason not to, and I might think about it. But don't get your hopes up, because I'm feeling particularly vengeful right now."

"Vengeful for what?" Will demanded desperately, "What are you talking about?" Savannah's eyes flashed, and she looked more dangerous than the crew could have ever imagined.

"There's a lot you don't know about your dear old dad, William," She said, bitterly, "Did you know he's a murderer?"

"He's a pirate." Will said bluntly.

"Oh yes. And we're all murderers because of that are we? Now, I'm not talking about random slaughter. Oh no. I think Mr Turner here knows exactly what I'm talking about."

"Flint… I know what this is about, and I'm givin' y' me word I had nothing to do with it," Bill kept his voice calm, but he flinched slightly when Savannah laughed loudly.

"Oh, and I'm going to believe you am I? You murdered him. I know you did. I found a certain letter, I heard several conversations, I found a bullet, one that only came from your pistol. I know it was you." Savannah pointed the gun, and her expression changed. It was as if she suddenly couldn't hide any more, she couldn't put on her cool, calm, collected act. If the situation hadn't been so serious, Clay would have grinned. This was what he had been waiting for. Savannah was about to break down. This was what she had been hiding all that time. "You took away a husband, and a father. Did you know Joseph is a father? There's a little girl some where in this world who will never know her father because of you. Now, I might feel some guilt about taking Will's father away from him, the lad's done nothing wrong, but I'd be saving him a lot of grief later in his life in my opinion."

"Flint, Barbosa killed Joseph. I saw him. You might not believe me, but it's the truth." Savannah aimed again, and her fingers hovered over the trigger. Jack saw she was going to pull it, there was no way she was going to believe what Bill was telling her…

A shot rang out. But no one fell to the ground. Instead, Savannah's pistol dropped to the ground. Rosaline was shaking. She had never fired a gun in her life. She didn't even know what she was doing. Never the less, the pistol she held was smoking, and Savannah was distracted by the pain that shot through her hand. She didn't loose concentration for long, but it was long enough. Clay grabbed her from behind before she could get another pistol.

Savannah kicked her leg right over her shoulder and smacked Clay in the face twice. He stumbled back, his vision blurred. Savannah took her chance, and ran full pelt out of the door.

Everyone was to shocked to even chase after her, and Jack knew there was no hope in trying. Savannah didn't want to be caught, and she wouldn't be.

Rosaline's pistol dropped to the floor breaking the silence. Ana pulled herself out of her state of shock and went over to her.

Will, Marti and Bill stood staring at each other. None of them could quite believe what had just happened. Jack was not staring quite so dumbly though.

"Why would Savannah believe so strongly that you were the one who killed Joseph Barritto?" He asked Bill, his voice indicating that he was not in the mood for lies.

"I wrote a letter, to you in fact, when Joseph was killed. Of course, I didn't accuse Barbosa of it. He were Captain then, and if he found that letter… Flint must have got the wrong end of the stick. By then the crew had about had it with me, and the feeling was mutual."

"What about the bullet?"

"It was my pistol, I don't deny that. Bloody Barbosa, still causin' trouble even after he's dead. I take it he is, now the curse is broken?"

"Aye, dead as a doornail." Jack grinned, "By the very pistol he gave me, ten years back."

"Revenge is a powerful thing. As Flint has proven to us."

"What are we goin' t' do about Savannah?" Marti demanded, "She would have shot you!"

"What you have us do? Hunt her down and leave Elena orphaned?" Jack suggested, pointing out to Marti that she was being foolish. "I'll go find her." Ana Maria stopped him, and spoke to him quietly,

"Leave her, she needs time to think." She said, "In the meantime, there's someone you should be talking to." Ana looked at him meaningfully, and Jack leant side wards so he could see Rosaline behind her.

"Right…" He said, not looking forward to this one bit. "But maybe you, bein' a woman and all, should stay here with Rosaline, while I find Savannah."

"And maybe you, bein' Jack Sparrow should stay here with Rosaline, unless you want to drive her away even more by going after Savannah. And don't say you want to drive her away, because you know perfectly well that you don't. Not really." Jack knew Ana was not going to let him past unless he agreed to stay.

"Fine." He said, "But I am not happy about this." He pointed his finger in her face.

"I'm sure you'll thank me. One day." Ana added, stepping aside and letting him through.

A slightly more high spirited conversation and reunion was going on, on the other side of the cave. Marti had stepped back so that father and son could reunite. Will had introduced Elizabeth, who discovered where Will had got his honourable nature from.

Gibbs greeted Bill with a 'long time no see', and Mort and Clay introduced themselves, (and Cotton).

Jack watched all this from where he a sat beside Rosaline.

"Y' know, y' did somethin' plenty of experienced pirates couldn't even manage." He offered, still looking at the scene in front of them, "Y' managed to get a shot in Savannah Flint."

"Who cares who it was? Guns and me don't mix."

"But you saved Bill." Rosaline head snapped up,

"Well that's all that matters then isn't it. Now if you wouldn't mind, I'd rather be on my own. Or at least, not with you." Jack had been expecting some kind of hostile response. Could he really have pushed her away so far that he couldn't redeem himself?

"Well, I would mind actually." He said, remembering what Savannah had told him. Even though she had just tried to kill one of his oldest friends, he could help but still believe in her advice. He was going to stick at this, no matter how angry he got, no matter how angry she got. He was going to find a way to make it work. Jack had realised, out in the woods, just how much Rosaline had come to mean to him in such a short amount of time. But what had put him off, was the thought that he had been torn between her and his crew. He had actually been unable to decide which was most important to him. A situation like that could make a lot of trouble for a Captain. Could he actually be falling in love with this woman? "That isn't all that matters, because you obviously aren't very happy about what you did."

Rosaline said nothing. Her face was set, determined that she didn't need to hear any of what Jack had to say.

"Roz, you might not believe it, but I care about you being upset. I care a lot."

"Yes, just like you care about Savannah, or Martina. I wonder what would have happened if it was one of them that you were left stuck on that island with?" Realisation dawned on Jack. He should have seen it before, Rosaline was jealous. Jealous of the other women on the ship that he flirted with because it was what he always did. But how was she to know that? He should have paid more attention, he should have noticed earlier, but he was too busy… Jack sighed… He had been busy. Busy with Marti.

"If I was stuck on that island with Savannah, I wouldn't have got very far, because no man has a hope with her. Her heart belongs to Joseph, as you've probably gathered. And I wouldn' have anyway, seein' as no matter how many times I approach the woman, she always cuts me short. It's just a bit of fun Roz, there's no meanin' in it." Rosaline made a sort of, 'yeah right' sound. Jack shook his head,

"What do I have to say to make you believe me?"

"There's nothing you can say, because I saw the look on your face when Marti was with Will's father. You saw how much she cared about him, and you want her to feel the same about you." She accused. Then, completely unexpectedly, Jack laughed. "What's so funny?" She demanded,

"Because you're exactly right." He said, "I do want her to feel the same way about me, I always have and there's nothing I can do about it. But you don't know how she feels about him, do you?" Rosaline was confused, but shook her head anyway, "She loves him like a brother. He was always there for her when she was growing up, and he protected her, and taught her how to protect herself. I should have been the one to do that, but I didn't want to know."

"What are you talking about?" Rosaline demanded, Jack's voice grew low,

"Martina will never be me girlfriend Roz, because she's me bloody sister!"

MBM, glad you and Steph like the story. Hows being king of England working out for ya? Anyway, since you commanded, I have obeyed! Heres the next chapter, hope you enjoyed it.

Savvy Z