Chapter 3- Tortuga
Three weeks had passed since Barbossa had attempted suicide. Jack decided to go take the crew to Tortuga for a week. He and Gibbs were the only ones who knew the reason why though. They thought it would be a good idea to give Barbossa something else to occupy his mind. Barbossa was in better spirits already. As soon as they arrive Barbossa says silently "Rachel, if you're up there forgive me for my insanity. I love you!" He heads over to the tavern with Gibbs trailing. He rolls his eyes at the thought he would not be able to get away from Gibbs. They set down in the tavern after getting some rum. Barbossa drinks some rum and looks around. His eyes focus on a girl about 18 at the bar serving beer. She had the same sharp green eyes Rachel had. They amazingly had the same fierceness of his though with a hint of trickery. Her hair was golden bronze with natural raven-black highlights. Rachel had had raven-black hair like that and he had golden bronze hair the same tint and shine she did. She was tall like him. Gibbs starts to notice where Barbossa is looking. He sees the girl and notices that except for a few differences she looked like a young female version of Barbossa. He started to wonder to himself. Barbossa takes one more sip of his drink and walks up to her. He says to her, "Miss, can I ask you something?" "Sure, what do you want to know?" "Is your mother named Rachel Valdez?" "Yes, she is. Why do you want to know?" "Can you tell me where she is? I used to know her from when she was still living in Tallavesta." "Is your name Hector Barbossa?" "It is why?" "You must come with me if you want to see Rachel Valdez." He follows her out of the tavern. Gibbs silently follows them. They came to a small apartment. The girl knocks on the door. A middle-aged woman opened the door. The woman was Rachel. Rachel asks the girl, "Alexis, who is this you have brought me?" "Mother, this man is Hector Barbossa." Barbossa looks her in the eye and she starts to cry and says to Barbossa, "Come in, we need to talk." Turning to Alexis she says, "Close the door behind you." They all go into the apartment. Gibbs listens at the window. When they have all sat down Rachel asks Barbossa, "When did you get here Hector?" "We just arrived in Tortuga today. I never expected to see you here. How did you escape Tallavesta?" "Well you see I wasn't in Tallavesta when it was destroyed. I was not far though. That was the fateful night Alexis was born. She has a twin brother named Hector. I named him after you. He lives here but he is still at work. He looks more like me than you. By now you must have figured out they are your children Hector. I have not been doing well since they were born. I almost died giving birth to them. I have been doing all I can to find you all these years but I finally had to admit defeat." She starts to cry. Alexis makes a move to comfort her but, Barbossa beats her to it. He holds her close to him. He was full of happiness at the thought that he had found his love at last. At that, moment there is a knock at the door. A boy about the same age as Alexis walks into the room. It was Hector. He was medium height like his mother with his mother's hair but his father's eyes. He sees his mother crying and this man holding her. He thinks Barbossa is trying to hurt her. He starts toward Barbossa but Alexis steps in and whispers something to him. His anger fades into confusion. Rachel stops crying and looks up at Barbossa, her eyes full of joy. He leans his face to her and places his lips on hers. She welcomes the kiss and puts her arms around Barbossa's neck. As quickly, as it came Barbossa broke it. He looks over at Alexis and Hector sadly then breaks into a smile. They nod and Hector says to his father, "We'll leave you two alone." Barbossa chuckles at that. Rachel leads him off to her room to continue what they had started. Gibbs decides it is time to leave. He had to report this to Jack Sparrow. He walks off to find Jack.