Ello poppets! Okay, I kinda lied. Jack's gonna be mentioned a lot, but he won't be in it just yet. He has to have his grand enterance, as usual.

DISCLAIMER: I still don't own POTC.

"How is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me?"

Chapter 3

Matthew left the house as soon as he was done with his breakfast and joined Tucker. She left shortly after her son and saw Elizabeth walking ahead of her. When the mothers finally caught up with their boys, the boys were sitting along the sidewalk talking. "Mother, I have some bad news. We ran into a man and he said that Captain Sparrow isn't coming until later this week. Sorry we made you think he was coming," Matthew said in a low voice. Angelica immediately felt relief. "Oh, it's okay. Don't worry. I'm sure he'll come sooner than you or I think," she said but the last part in a more quiet voice. "Well, let's all go back to bed so we can be rested for the rest of the day," Elizabeth suggested. "Yes, let us go and rest. Matthew, come along with me to the house, please," Angelica said. "Yes, mother. See you later, Tucker," Matthew said to his friend. "Yeah, see you later," Tucker mumbled.

Back at Elizabeth and Tucker's home, Tucker went to bed and slept for almost an hour. Elizabeth just sat in the kitchen chair with a drink in her hand. Then, she heard some commotion outside. It sounded like people running and yelling at each other. She could make out one of the phrases. "Stop" and "Fire". Then there was gunfire. Elizabeth ducked under the kitchen table until the gunfire ceased. Then the front door opened. There was a man, about 5'10, was looking out the window and watched the soldiers pass the house. He then sat on the floor with a sigh of relief. He had mutton chop that were a whitish gray color and he had a bag that was stuffed to the gills. Elizabeth had seen this man before, countless times. "Mister Gibbs?" The man looked in Elizabeth's direction and smiled. "Elizabeth! What are you doin' under the table?" the man asked. "I heard gunshots so I tried to protect myself. What are you doing here?" she asked. "Aye. I came with your friend, Mr. Sparrow. And I have no idea where he went. All we heard was 'stop' or something like that and we started runnin'. Jack turned a corner and I haven't seen him since then. What about you? I haven't seen you in what, about ten years,"

"I have a child. His name is Tucker and it's been more than ten years because he's fourteen. So it sounds like normal to you two."

"Aye. That be true."

"So why did you two come here anyway?"

"We need to find a Miss Angelica Teach. The daughter of Blackbeard if that rings any bells."

Angelica. The daughter of Blackbeard. No, that's not true. Her father's name was Nathan Teach. And why do they want her? And what if she lied to protect her identity?

"Angelica Teach?"

"Aye. Do know her or have you seen her? We need to find her. Don't ask why yet, though. Jack's got it all figured out, I guess."

"Oh. Uh... I can help you, but we have to be quiet down here. Tucker's sleeping."

"Okay. Just come with me and we can find Jack together."

"Sounds good. Let me just get..."

"Where are you going? And who... who is that?" It was Tucker. "I heard the whole conversation. And I'm coming with you, then." "No, Tucker. It's too dangerous. I'm not risking that," Elizabeth said. "Mother, if Blackbeard is truly Matthew's grandfather, I'm going to be the one to tell him. So I am coming with you," Tucker demanded. "Who's Matthew?" Gibbs whispered to Elizabeth. "Angelica's son," Elizabeth said short. As Elizabeth turned around to Tucker, Gibbs's reaction was priceless. And he started laughing. "What's so funny?" Tucker asked Gibbs. "Oh nothing, boy," Gibbs said, still laughing. "Let's get going, then," Elizabeth stated. The three started out of the house cautiously, because the soldiers might still be looking for Gibbs. They headed in the direction of where Gibbs first lost sight of Jack. As they looked down the alley way, they saw dead soldiers along the ground. Gibbs walked up to one and looked at his wounds. "Gunshot and looks like a knife in his neck. This is definitely not Jack's handiwork. Someone else was here with him." But who else would be here that he knew? Elizabeth thought of this for quite some time until she thought of the injuries to the soldier. "Oh God," she whispered. "What is it mother?" Tucker asked his mother. "I know who was here. Follow me." They followed Elizabeth until they reached what looked like a small shack. She knocked on the door twice. A man answered it. He had short black hair, a nicely groomed beard and mustache, green eyes, tattoos on his arms. "Who is it? What do you want?" the man said. "My name is Elizabeth Swann. Do you happen to be Clifford Jones?"

"What if I am? What's it to you?"

"Please, sir. I need to ask you a question. But tell me your name first."

"It's Cliff. Not Clifford. Just Cliff. Cliff Jones. And if your someone in authority, I guarantee that if anything happens to me after this with the law, you're the one who's gonna be sorry." That scared Elizabeth because the man was also very, very muscular. "I am not someone in the law and I need to know if you know Captain Jack Sparrow."

"Aye. Captain Sparrow. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a while. But I did help him today, though. Killed off some soldiers for him I did. And how do you know me, miss?"

"I know you from the papers that come every morning. How you killed off at least fifteen people at a time with nothing but a knife. And your technique, a gunshot to the knee and stabbing them right in the neck, so they bleed out slowly and die painfully. That's how I know you."

"If I wasn't as much of a pirate than Mr. Sparrow is, I'd think you follow me. Wait, Gibbs. Joshamee Gibbs. 'Ello. Remember me. New Guinea. Four years ago. Remember." Gibbs was shocked that the man said his name. "Oh. Cliff. Cliff Jones. Aye. I do remember you. You nearly killed me." "Yes but I also saved your life also. Anyway, what else do you want from me, miss?"

"Where did Jack run after you helped him kill those soldiers?" Elizabeth asked. "I don't know. He said something about Blackbeard's daughter or something and he was also trying to find you, Gibbs, but he didn't know where you went. So, basically, he's wandering around Port Royal like some lost puppy," the man answered them. "Okay. Thank you, sir," Elizabeth said. Then, they tried to think of all the possible places Jack could be. Gibbs then thought of something. He reached down onto his belt and pulled a compass off it. "Jack gave this to me before we got here," he said. Elizabeth smiled and said, "What is it you want the most?" Tucker stood there confused of the whole entire ordeal that was unfolding. But he had the suspicion that his mother lied to him when she told him the story of how his father was saved. He thought that this Smithy was just a cover-up name for someone he was yet to meet. And he also had a suspicion that his mother was more than a friend of Mr. Sparrow's, and he would soon hear the story of how the two met all those years ago.

Poor whelp jr. He's sooo confused. God bless him...

~Sparrow789