Will, Beth and Jack were standing at the docks of Tortuga in front of what was supposedly Jack's "able-bodied" crew.

"So this is your able-bodied crew?" Will asked.

"You read my mind," Beth muttered under her breath. Jack paused for a moment.

"You! Sailor!" Jack yelled in the man's face.

"Cotton, Sir," Gibbs told Jack the man's name.

"Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders to stay true in the of danger and almost certain death?" Jack demanded in one breath.

"I hate this bloody line! Where are the writers, I need to kill them!" Beth quoted behind his back. Everyone looked at her.

"What?" She asked, grinning her insane grin.

Jack turned back to the man, "Answer, man!" He demanded.

"He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out so he trained the parrot to talk for him," Gibbs explained. Cotton stuck out his non-existing tongue. Jack stuck out his own tongue, slightly disgusted. "No one's yet figured how," Gibbs continued.

"Mr. Cotton's...Parrot!" Jack repeated, somewhat hesitantly. "Same question!"

"Wind in the sails! Wind in the sail!" It squawked.

"I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say that means yes?" Beth said.

"Aye!" Gibbs nodded.

"Of course it does! Satisfied?" Jack turned to Will. He rolled his eyes.

"Well, you've proved them mad!"

Jack pointed to Beth, "Then the girl will fit right in."

"Yep!" Beth laughed

"WHAT'S THE BENEFIT FOR US?" A feminine voice yelled. They walked over to the sailor with a hat on. Jack removed carefully peeked under the hat removed it as if he didn't want to see what was under it. Long brown hair came flowing out from under it.

"Anamaria!" He addressed her.

SMACK!

"Oh yeah! Girl power!" Beth exclaimed.

"I suppose you didn't deserve it either?" Will asked sarcastically.

"No, that one I deserved," Jack said honestly.

Ana nodded furiously behind him, "YOU STOLE…MY…BOAT!" she accused him.

"Actually-" Jack tried to say.

SMACK!

"Borrowed! Borrowed without permission!" Jack tried correcting himself.

"Wow, this is another reason why you should work hard, learn well, and come to peace with the fact that you will NEVER be a cool as Johnny Depp!" Beth said happily.

"Who's he?" Jack asked

"No one, continue with you ranting, Anamaria!"

Jack went back to ignoring her. "But with every intention of bringing it back!" He told her trying to redeem himself.

"BUT YOU DIDNT!" Anamaria yelled.

"You'll get another one!" Jack promised.

"I will," She growled, pointing a threatening finger at Jack.

"A better one!" Will came to his rescue.

"A better one!" Jack said with the manner of a mother telling her child he'd get two cookies instead of one if he waited.

"That one," Will pointed.

"What one?" Jack asked, hoping it wasn't what he thought it was. "That one!" Jack choked out, frowning at Will.

Will gave him a certain look. Jack said with some difficulty, "Aye! That one! What say you?"

Ana didn't even hesitate before accepting. "AYE!" The rest of the crew yelled "AYE!" as well.

"No, no, no, no! It's bad luck having a woman onboard, sir!" Gibbs warned Jack. "Let alone, two!" He added.

"You're so sexist!" Beth complained.

Jack looked at Gibbs, "It would be far worse not to have them." He looked up at the sky, clouds gathering for one heck of a storm. Beth promptly followed Jack leaving Will and Gibbs to stare up at the sky curiously.

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Rain slammed on deck as if they were under a waterfall. Lighting flashed and thunder boomed loudly overhead. Beth had refused to stay inside, and when Jack tried to force her, and kicked him in the shin making him double over and she had ran out of his grip. Pulling the ropes with Will and Gibbs, the three staggered to keep balance.

"How," The blacksmith yelled to Gibbs, "Can we sail to an island that no one can find…with a compass that doesn't work?"

"Aye! The compass doesn't point north! Be aren't trying to find north are we!" Gibbs said wisely.

"Why was Jack an idiot enough to barter it from Tia Dalma in the first place?" Beth grumbled under her breath.

"What's in your head that puts you in such a fine mood, Captain?" Gibbs yelled to him

"We're catching up..." Jack told them looking satisfied.

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Madeleine and Elizabeth were sitting in their "room". Elizabeth was still freaking out from what had just happened.

"They-they-they're skeletons." Elizabeth was utterly freaking out

"Yeah, so?" Madeleine said, rolling her eyes.

"You didn't see them" Liz retorted.

"Did so! But this would probably be, like, the 20th time I've seen them. They're not that scary" Madeleine said, looking at one of the books. It was titled "The British, and Their Ways". There next one was titled "The French, and Their Ways". Bored, Madeleine looked over at the door.

"And Pintel and Ragetti should come in right…now!" She said as they stormed into the room.

"Time to go, poppets!" Pintel growled.

"Cool!" Madeleine said excitedly, and she bolted out the door only to have Koehler grab her.

"Well, this sucks!"

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"Dead man tell no tales..." Cotton's parrot squawked.

"Except for, the crew of the Pearl and the Dutch..." Beth started but Jack kicked her.

"Puts a chill in your bones how many honest sailors have been claimed by this passage," Gibbs said solemnly.

"This place is soooooooo cool! Look at all the sharks! And about the honest thing, I'm guessing only like 10 of those sailors were actually honest!" Beth said, leaning against the railing next to Will and Gibbs. The first-mate gave Beth a look that pretty much said, "Why must you ruin my scary story?", but then turned his attention toward Will when he noticed the young man starring at Jack and his compass. Will blinked and looked away as Jack shut the compass with a flick of the wrist.

"How is it that Jack came by that compass?" He asked Gibbs.

"Not a lot's known about Jack Sparrow before he turned up in Tortuga with a mind to after the treasure of the Isle de Muerta," Gibbs told Will casually. "That was before I met him, back when he was captain of the Black Pearl."

The explaining about Jack being deserted on the small island and escaping to Tortuga began. Beth, being able to recite the whole thing from memory, found this extremely boring and started to zone out.

"What if we don't find Madeleine, what if she's dead, what if she 'accidentally'killed Liz? Well that wouldn't be so bad, but then Will would hate me. I mean I don't like him that much, but having him hate me would be kind of hard," She was snapped out of her trance when Jack came over.

"Lower the anchor! Young Mr. Turner and I must go ashore!"

Beth stood up straight. "Aren't you forgetting someone?" She asked Jack testily.

"No," Jack said shortly.

"Ahem!"

"Oh right," Jack said, as if remembering. Then he said, "No you are not coming!"

Beth scowled "Jack, darling, would like a bruise on your shin to match the other one?" She asked in her sugary sweet voice. Jack visibly winced.

"That's what I thought! Come on Will, let's go," Beth started climbing down to the boat.

"Bloody wench!" Jack grumbled

"Yes I am Jack, now deal with it!" Beth said as she, Jack and Will started rowing toward the cave. Or, rather, Beth sat in the boat while Jack and Will rowed.

Will looked around the cave when they reached it and grimaced when he saw a skull sitting on a ledge. "What Code is Gibbs to keep to if the worst should happen?" He asked as if he was afraid of the answer.

"Pirate's Code," answered Jack.

"Any man that falls behind, is left behind." Beth finished dramatically.

"No heroes amongst thieves, eh?" Will said almost sarcastically.

"Why must you be so pessimistic? What Jack is doing is sacrificing himself to save his crew. It's quite heroic actually."

"I agree, you know," directing his attention to Will, "for having such a bleak outlook on pirates you're well on your way to becoming one. Sprung a man from jail, commandeered a ship of the Fleet, sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga…and you're completely obsessed with treasure." The three climbed out of the boat.

"That's not true. I am not obsessed with treasure," Will declared angrily. Poking his head up over the ledge, Jack thought for a moment and then grinned. "Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate."

"And for all you Sparrowbeths that does NOT imply anything!" Beth exclaimed. Unfortunately Will heard her, and he was able to dissect the names. He frowned curiously. Beth noticed his face.

"Dude, don't worry I am all for williz," Beth said assuringly. Will just nodded.

Barbossa was perched atop a particularly large pile of treasure with both the chest of gold and Elizabeth standing next to him, looking terrified. Madeleine was standing on the other side of Barbossa, who was clutching her with his hand. "Gentlemen, the time has come! Our salvation is nigh! Our torment is near at end!"

"Elizabeth!" Will breathed anxiously.

"For ten years we've been tested and tried…"

"OH MY GOD MADELEINE!" Beth screamed, recognizing her friend. "Jack, we have to go, like, stab them or something," she declared furiously.

"Not yet. We wait for the opportune moment," Jack said in his Jack-ish way.

"…881 we found, but despaired of ever finding the last."

"When's that? When it's of greatest profit to you?" Will accused as Jack began hurrying to another part of the cave. He was hit with a sudden idea and turned around.

"Jack, for one very unusual time I agree with lover-boy and disagree with you!"

"May I ask you both something? Have I ever given you reason not to trust me? Do us a favor? I know it's difficult for you, but please stay here and try not to do anything stupid."

"And who among us has paid the blood sacrifice owed to the heathen gods?"

"And does he listen?" Beth asked, annoyed.

"Begun by blood, by blood undone!"

Will picked up one of the oars and hit Jack on the head, knocking Jack out and ending the argument. "Sorry, Jack . I'm not going to be your leverage." He started walking off.

"NO!" Beth said as she tried to revive Jack. He wasn't supposed to knock out Jack! Did EVERYTHING have to happen the way it did in the movie.

"Bloody eunuch" Jack slurred, unable to stand.

"Yeah he is," Beth agreed feverently.

"Go back to the ship and make sure he doesn't destroy it, savvy?" Jack said, his eyes rolling around. He went unconscious again.

"Yeah, fine whatever," Beth said since she saw the pirates coming. She figured they must've figured out it wasn't Liz. Beth ran over to the water and began swimming back to the ship. "You know what? For once I'm soooooooo happy Coach Di works us to death at swim team," Beth thought to herself while swimming. Then she reached the Interceptor. "Let down the stupid bloody rope!" Beth yelled up. "Boy is Will going to be sorry!" she said to herself as she pulled herself onto the deck. Will ran over to help pull her up.

"Are you ok?" He asked in a concerned tone, holding her. She threw his arms off of her.

"One, stop acting like my big brother! Two, WHAT THE IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!" She yelled, shoving Will away from her. "YOU JUST HAD TO BE ALL NOBLE, DIDN'T YOU! YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU ARE THE BIGGEST IDIOT EVER!" she said as she slapped him across the face.

"Beth..." He started.

"You know what? Save it, I'm soooooooo sick of Mr. Noble, so just leave me alone!" She said, storming downstairs below deck.

"That didn't go so well eh?" Madeleine said from behind Will. He just shook his head.