They were brought to Sao Feng's ship and immediately Barbossa said,
"Sao Feng, you showing up here, 'tis truly a remarkable coincidence."
"Jack Sparrow," Sao said ignoring Barbossa, "you paid me great insult once."
"That doesn't sound like me." Jack said. As he did Sao gave him a hard punch in the nose causing most of the crew to flinch at the sound. "Shall we just call it square, then?" Jack asked,
"Release her." Will demanded referring to Elizabeth, "She's not part of the bargain."
"Oh no…" Marie said, "Will's striking bargain's now?"
"And what bargain be that?" Barbossa asked Will.
"You heard Capt. Turner." Sao Feng said, "Release her."
"Capt. Turner?" Jack asked incredulously,
"Aye, the perfidious rotter led a mutiny against us." Gibbs said,
"He's learning from the best…" Marie said nodding toward Jack and Barbossa.
"Hey!" Jack said,
"I need the Pearl to free my father." Will explained, "That's the only reason I came on this voyage."
"Why didn't you tell me you were planning this?" Elizabeth asked him.
"It was my burden to bear." Will answered. Marie felt there must've been more to what he said for Elizabeth looked hurt by the statement.
"He needs the Pearl!" Jack began sounding a trifle upset, "Capt. Turner needs the Pearl! And you felt guilty." He said pointing to Elizabeth, "And you and your Brethren Court!" He said nodding at Barbossa, "Did no one come to save me just because they missed me?" Marie and Gibbs rolled their eyes, feeling no need to respond to such a question. But Ragetti, Pintel, Marty, Cotton, and Jack the monkey all raised their hands,
"I'm standing over there with them." Jack said.
As he tried to join them Sao stopped him saying,
"I'm sorry, Jack, but there's an old friend who wants to see you first."
"I'm not certain I can survive any more visits from old friends." Jack said nervously.
"Here's your chance to find out." Sao said.
Jack was put into a row boat and Marie talked her way into going with him, which surprised Jack to be sure. They were rowed to the Endeavor and brought into Beckett's office. He didn't look at them, but out a window. He said quietly,
"It's curious. Your friends appear to be quite desperate, Jack. Perhaps they no longer believe that a gathering of squabbling pirates is enough to take down the Flying Dutchman. And so despair leads to betrayal. But you and I are no strangers to betrayal, are we, Jack?" As he spoke Jack searched around his office. Marie looked at him curiously and he said, "It isn't here, Jack."
"What? What isn't?"
"The heart of Davy Jones." He said turning to look at them, "It's safely aboard the Dutchman, and so unavailable for use as leverage to satisfy your debt to the good Captain."
"By my reckoning, that account has been settled." Jack said.
"By your death? And yet, here you are."
"Close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream. That's how I get by."
"Sounds about right." Marie said quietly. He gave her a look and Beckett said,
"And if Davy Jones were to learn of your survival?"
"Wouldn't be good, to put it gently." Marie said.
"Indeed it wouldn't." Beckett said looking at her, "Perhaps you would consider an alternate arrangement, one that requires absolutely nothing from you but information." He said turning to look back at Jack.
"Regarding the Brethren Court, no doubt? In exchange for fair compensation, square my debt with Jones, guarantee my freedom?"
"Of course. It's just good business."
"Were I in a divulgatory mood, what then might I divulge?" Jack asked,
Marie looked at him curiously but didn't comment. Beckett said softly,
"Everything. Where are they meeting? Who are the pirate lords? What is the purpose of the nine pieces of eight?"
"Sounds fair…" Marie said trying to get Jack to look at her. He did and she cast him a questioning look. He gave a reassuring one, and said to Beckett,
"Alright, you can keep Barbossa, the belligerent homunculus and his friend with the wooden eye both, and Turner...especially Turner. The rest go with me aboard the Pearl, and I will lead you to Shipwreck Cove, where I will hand you the pirates and you will not hand me to Jones. Bloody fair deal, don't you think?"
"And what becomes of Miss Swann?" Beckett asked, causing Jack and Marie to look at him curiously,
"What interest is she to you?" Jack asked. Beckett grinned and said to Jack,
"Jack. I've just recalled, I have this wonderful compass which points to whatever I want. So for what do I need you?"
" It points to what you want most, and that's not the Brethren Court, is it?" Jack asked,
"Then what is?" Beckett asked,
"I want to hear this one…"Marie said looking at Jack.
"Me, dead."
Marie gave him a confused look and Beckett replied,
"Although if I kill you, then I can use the compass to find...Shipwreck Cove, was it? Cut out the middleman, as it were."
"With me killed, you'd arrive at Shipwreck Cove, find its stronghold nigh impregnable, able to withstand blockade for years, and then you'd wish, "Oh, if only there were someone I had not killed inside to assure that the pirates then come outside..." Jack said cunningly.
"Clever." Marie commented.
"And you can accomplish all this, can you?" Beckett asked,
"You may kill me, but you may never insult me. Who am I?" Jack said cockily,
Beckett had no suitable reply and Jack replied sounding a bit put out, "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."
A cannonball blasted the ship, rocking it enough to knock Beckett over. Jack shook his hand while he was distracted,
"Done." He said running,
"Nice doing business with you." Marie said running out,
Jack quickly loaded a canon with a cannonball tied to a rope. Marie looked at it for a moment and said,
"You can't be serious."
He handed her the fire and held onto her with one arm while the other held the rope. She clung to him tightly and saw Beckett come out of his office. He said to Jack,
"You're mad!"
"Thank goodness for that, because if I wasn't, this would probably never work."
Marie fired the canon and they were suddenly shot up, both of them yelling at the top of their lungs. They vaulted back to the Pearl. They hung on as they landed. Jack quickl y pulled her to her feet and put on a nonchalant pose. She crossed her arms and shook her head when he said,
"And that was without a single drop of rum."
They hopped down and Jack said angrily to the crew referring to Will,
"Send this pestilent traitorous cowhearted yeasty codpiece to the brig."