Chapter 3

As Barbossa dragged Jewel behind him through the jungle, he completely ignored Jewel's complaints every time she was pulled over a rock or through a puddle or through incredibly thick bushes. Mostly because it was annoying that he did it every time he saw the things in question, but also most of the things he dragged her through hurt to be dragged through.

After the tenth rock, Jewel decided to stop, considering talking was doing nothing. After that, Barbossa dragged her over a fallen palm tree, instead of going around it. He pushed through a fern and stopped in front of a small stream. In the rest, Jewel tested her leg. She could move it. She stood up and put pressure on it, it felt fine. She walked in a small circle, satisfied.

"Finally." she said

"It's fresh. Drink up Sparrow." Barbossa said. Jewel raised an eyebrow before kneeling in front of the water. She looked over at Barbossa who was drinking it with his hands. If he was drinking it, then it should be safe. Jewel cupped her hands and let the liquid pool in the center before bringing it to her lips.

"Lets move." Barbossa said, standing up and causing Jewel's arm to jerk, the water falling away from her lips.

"Not yet." Jewel said pulling back. Barbossa moved forward to let the chain go slack, and smiled when Jewel fell into the water. He chuckled while she drank from it. She glared at the man and stood up.

"Was that funny?" she asked, a smile on her lips.

"Exceedingly so." Barbossa said, arms crossed.

"Honestly, I think your face is even more humorous." Jewel retorted. Barbossa's smile disappeared. Jewel giggled at his frustration. She stepped over the stream and looked in the opposite direction from where Barbossa was standing.

"I say we go that way." Barbossa said, pointing in the direction the stream flowed.

"I say we go that way." Jewel said, pointing in the direction she was facing.

"We can keep doing this, but you will never win, Sparrow." Barbossa sighed

"No." Jewel said, pulling on the chain suddenly. Barbossa was surprised and unprepared, and almost fell to the water, the action only making Jewel giggle again.

"Do not test me Sparrow." he warned her.

"You've tested me for too long, Barbo, it's only fair I do the same to you." Jewel mocked. Suddenly, Barbossa punched Jewel in the jaw. She fell back in surprise and rubbed at her sore jaw.

"You... bloody!" Jewel said. She was about to attack, before Barbossa took off in the direction he pointed, and thus dragged Jewel behind him as she tried to catch up. It felt like they were going up a hill.

"I'm going to kill you Barbossa, for everything you've done!" Jewel yelled, she strafed to the left, still trying to keep up with him, but getting an idea.

"Aye, that'll be the day Spar-Oh!" Barbossa said. Jewel grabbed a palm tree quickly, the results being Barbossa falling back because of the sudden jerk on the chain. She stood over Barbossa.

"No time like the present!" Jewel said raising her foot. Barbossa pulled down on the chain, making Jewel fall down. Barbossa quickly stood behind Jewel, the chain around her neck, and pulled on it.

"Today is not your day." he remarked. Jewel moved her head forward and brought it back sharply, feeling Barbossa's face make contact with the back of her head. She took this opportunity to turn the tables and stood behind him with the chain around his neck, but her head just below where his is.

"This is for my mother!" she cried out. Barbossa kicked a foot back and caught Jewel's shin. The both of them fell backwards, with Barbossa landing on Jewel. She moaned when he rolled off of her and stood up. They glared at each other before pulling out what weapons they had, and Barbossa picked up a sturdy large stick from the ground. Jewel swung her cutlass only to have it blocked by Barbossa. The mutinous pirate however, did not want to use one of his shots on such a creature as Jewel, and decided to attempt to hit Jewel in the head with it. Their odd and amusing fight continued as they went unknowingly up a hill. That is until they saw the cliff. Barbossa had pushed Jewel and she had one foot on the edge of it, while the other was in the air.

"Oh God!" she breathed, trying not to fall. Barbossa swung his pistol at her. She ducked and went under his arm, before hitting him with the guard of her blade in his chin, before kicking him in the shin, both blows making him stumble backwards.

"And that was for my father." she remarked. Barbossa put both feet on the ground, but began to lose his balance. Jewel tried pulling him back, but he was too heavy. It did not take long before the two fell over the cliff into the trees below. Their falling continued until the chain that kept them together was snagged on a large and thick branch. The result of the two pirates fall being cut short was that they both crashed into each other, dangling above the low ground below.

"I blame you for this." Jewel said, holding her sore head.

"Of course. I am always the one to blame, although the battle we had was started by you." Barbossa said

"What? What? This was all clearly your fault! If you listened to me and went in the direction I pointed in, we wouldn't be in this situation!" Jewel cried out

"If you weren't so stubborn to trust me in the first place, we wouldn't be here at all!" Barbossa yelled back

"Trust you, of course. Such a simple thing, but you have done nothing to gain my trust in the past and right here and now." Jewel said angrily. Barbossa composed himself.

"And here we are." he said. He looked at the branch and noticed Jewel's arm was closer to it. She was lighter than him, of course. He looked at the ground, then at Jewel.

"Grab the chain with both your hands." he said

"Why?" Jewel asked

"Because..." Barbossa said, before he sighed, "if we get off of this island alive, and intact, I will let you be captain of the ship to save your father. I will tell you where the charts that lead to World's End are, then I will leave you to your own devices." Jewel stared at the man. She didn't want to trust him. The man could never be trusted.

"You swear. You swear you will leave once I get what I need to save him? Just like that?" she asked, still suspicious of him.

"Aye." Barbossa said, "Of course, that is if we get off of this island first. Do we have an accord?" he held out his right hand. Jewel looked up at her own right hand, which was the one shackled to Barbossa's left. She slapped her left hand into Barbossa's and shook, nodding her head.