It had been a week since Belle started looking for Barbosa's ship and so far, no luck. In the absence of her father Belle was captain of the Pearl and spent all day at the helm with Gibbs chasing after The Red Devil. Being captain of a ship was a big responsibility to take on, but watching her father do it everyday, she picked up the qualities of a good captain and that was exactly what the crew thought of her.

One morning Belle woke up and decided to lay in for a few hours and just as she was about to get up to go on deck Gibbs burst through the door.

"Miss Belle! There's a ship on the horizon!" said Gibbs rather loudly.

"A ship?" asked Belle eagerly standing up and running up on deck. Belle ran to the side of the ship and saw what looked like to be Barbosa's ship from the week before. She got Jack's telescope out to get a closer look. "That's Barbosa all right."

"You sure?" asked Gibbs.

"Positive."

Almost half a day later The Black Pearl now floated next to the Red Devil. As Belle stood on the railing at the side of the ship she saw Barbosa looking at her with shock on his as she waved to him in a teasing way.

Barbosa walked down to the main deck of the ship as the Pearl lined up next to it and he saw Belle standing on the railing of the ship. "What do you want?" he yelled as the crew of the Pearl put the gangplank across and Belle walked over it onto the Devil.

"You bloody well know what I want!" she said angrily.

"And what would that be?" asked Barbosa evilly.

"I want my father back," said Belle. Barbosa and the crew just laughed at her.

"What's so funny?"

"We had an agreement. I let you and the Pearl go and I keep Jack forever."

"You and me had no agreement. That was yours and his agreement," said Belle.

"You're right it was," said Barbosa.

"At least let me see him" said Belle sadly.

Barbosa looked at her for a moment. "Why should I?"

"Because I'm all he's got left in the world, and he's all I've got left" she said almost in tears.

Barbosa pondered this for a moment. "Fine." He looked at Ragetti and nodded.

Raggeti motioned for Belle to follow him. He went below deck to the deepest, darkest part of the ship where the brig was. Ragetti opened the door with Belle right behind him and he walked to the very back of the room and unlocked a cell and left the room for Belle and her father to be alone.

After Ragetti left, Belle slowly walked into the cell and saw Jack lying in the corner with his eyes closed. She knelt down next to him and saw that he was all beaten and bruised. "What have they done to you?" she gasped. "Jack," she whispered. No answer. "Jack." She whispered again and sounded as if she were about to cry. "Dad?"

Jack heard someone open the brig door. He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. He then heard his cell door being unlocked, someone's footsteps and the brig door being shut again. He felt the presence of someone in the room but still pretended to be asleep. Then he heard them kneel down next to him and start whispering his name. "Jack" they whispered, "Jack" they whispered again, the voice sounded as if they were about to cry. He thought it was a member of the crew playing tricks on him again. Then the mystery person said something that only one person in this entire world could ever call him. "Dad?"

Jack opened his eyes and saw a young girl about eighteen or so looking down on him. He slowly sat up to look closer at the girl before him, she had bright green eyes and long brown hair. "I know your face" he said and he saw her smile at him, he definitely recognised the smile. "Belle." She nodded smiling even more. "My little girl" he said and Belle started crying as her father hugged her and she hugged him back. "I missed you so much," he said.

"I know I missed you too" sobbed Belle. She let go of him, and now that he was sitting up she managed to get a better look at him. He had several scars down either side of his face, a black eye and cut lip. "What have they done to you?" she gasped hugging him again.

"I'm a grown man, I can take it" said Jack.

"Yeah, but still" said Belle. "You don't deserve it. What else did they do to you?"

Jack showed her the scars on his back where he had been whipped. "Like I said I can take it."

"That son of a bitch!" Belle said angrily.

"Tell me about it" said Jack smiling a little and Belle smiled back. "So, tell me how long it took for you to work it out?"

"About a day. And I've been looking for you ever since" said Belle.

"I knew you'd work it out eventually" said Jack smiling.

"C'mon" she said standing up. Jack looked confused.

"C'mon where?" asked Jack.

"Back to the Pearl. Remember he can't touch me so he can't stop me" said Belle.

Jack smiled as Belle helped him stand up. Belle with one of Jack's arms around her shoulder walked out of the cell, grabbed Jack's effects and opened the brig door and saw Ragetti standing guard.

"Um, you, your crew and your captain can't touch me remember?" said Belle as he tried to stop them. He nodded. "Good. Now get out of my way!" Ragetti did as he was told.

Belle and Jack emerged from below deck in front of Barbosa's crew.

"What do you think you're doing?" yelled Barbosa.

"Taking what I want" said Belle as she helped Jack cross the gangplank onto the Pearl. Barbosa stood there helpless he couldn't do anything to stop Belle as he had promised Jack not to touch her.

Belle took Jack into his cabin and helped him lay down on the bed. "You'll be safer here" said Belle.

"Thank you" said Jack sitting up a bit. "You are without doubt the best daughter in the entire world." Belle smiled.

"I'll be back in a minute" said Belle standing up.

"Where are you going?" asked Jack grabbing his daughter's wrist.

"Don't worry," said Belle trying to free herself from his grasp.

"I will worry. Where are you going?" said Jack more seriously. Belle didn't answer. "Don't you dare go back to that ship, you'll get yourself killed."

"That maybe so, but if I don't try he is just gonna follow us round for the rest of our lives, and I'm not going to let him hurt me or you again" said Belle fiercely. Jack let go of her wrist.

"Be careful" said Jack and he carefully stood up and kissed the top of his daughter's head, and with that Belle left the room. "Gibbs!" shouted Jack sitting on the bed again.

"Aye Captain!" said Gibbs opening the Captain's quarters doors.

"Keep an eye on Belle for me" said Jack helplessly. Gibbs nodded and closed the door again.

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