Disclaimer: the characters of the Pirates of the Caribbean do not belong to me no matter how awesome

P.S.: hope you enjoy this chapter! And please review and tell me what you think!

"Dad" whispered Melinda as she hugged her long lost father.

"Dad, I'm a pirate now. With my own crew, my own ship…" she began as William Turner looked at her, both worried and proud,

"Why are you here?" he firstly asked as Melinda explained the trade she made with Davey Jones as her father looked at her with shock,

"What are you doing? You can't do that! This place is a living hell; people rot here instead of death. I don't want that to happen to you" He explained as Melinda was still not shaken by all of her father's warnings.

"Dad, I think I can handle myself, I have been doing so for about 15 years." Melinda said as she kissed her father on the cheek, "Dad, I know how to take care of myself, don't worry… and Will is coming soon, I can trust him." She said as her father lightened his face slightly,

"I am very proud of you… I heard you've been making quite a name for yourself." He said to his daughter with a smile as Melinda hugged her father once again," I love you dad." Melinda said as she noticed the foot steps of someone approaching causing William Turner to move back to his bunk.

Melinda looked over; it was none other than Davey Jones.

"What do you want?" Melinda stated bitterly as she tried to avoid eye contact.

"Listen, we both know what you really want," Davey Jones began, as Melinda scoffed, she knew that this was business, but she was not going to compromise especially with a man like Davey Jones.

"And we also know who's troubling you; not only in your life but that someone is making my life difficult as well…" Davey Jones continued as Melinda knew who he was talking about, "And you know damn well we're talking about Jack Sparrow…now, I have a proposition for you… I saw the way he looked at you; I think you can win his heart and have him experience the wretchedness of a heart break… and then I can take his soul… a love-sick soul is worth a lot Ms. Turner; especially from a man like Sparrow," Davey Jones finished as Melinda looked at him shocked,

"And why do you think I would work for you?" Melinda spat out

"Because, if you do this for me, I free your father… and I will leave your family alone ever after…if …you complete this compromise." Davey Jones stated as Melinda now considered everything she did not want to listen or think about.

"I'll give you time to think this over." He said casually as he walked off leaving the shocked Melinda- baffled and still tied up.

The next day, she was once again forced to work, she didn't mind, all of this work gave her time to contemplate on this deal; was she to take it? Or would she degrade herself for dealing with someone such as Davey Jones?

"Jack Sparrow did…" she thought to herself, "but am I as low as him?" Melinda thought as she remembered the sole reason she detested him was because of his selfishness, this had given her a reason to disregard this deal between her and Davey Jones.

That night when she was to tell her answer to Davey Jones, a boat crept behind the ship as Will came up and told her to make a run for it,

"Come on! Let's go Melinda!" Will whispered as Melinda was not sure of leaving; she was beginning to reconsider the proposition.

"Let's go!" Will yelled out again as Melinda decided to forget about the deal, for not wanting to sink low as her enemy; Jack Sparrow. Davey Jones noticed her escaping, he stopped his men from recapturing her… he had a satisfied smile and yelled out,

"Reconsider Ms. Turner… I know you will." Smiled Davey Jones as Melinda shook her head, she never wanted to reconsider being a… seducing whore; this was not her.

"What was that about?" asked Will,

"Nothing," muttered Melinda as they went back to the boat.

The Black Pearl stood next to Melinda's ship, her crew welcomed back their lost captain.

"Had fun with Davey Jones?" said Jack sarcastically with an added fake smile, but when Melinda looked at him directly; something jolted in him, as if something woke him up from the dullness that surrounded him.

"Of course" Melinda replied with the same sarcastic tone as she patted Jack on his shoulders which made Melinda uneasy for she could have sold him off to Davey Jones, while Jack on the other hand, felt the jolt again.

"Nothing a little rum won't fix." Jack thought to himself as he went to his captain's room that following night to drink.

While Melinda was in her own room, she heard Davey Jones' voice once more,

"Reconsider Ms. Turner… I'll leave your family alone." Melinda heard the voice say, "I'll free your father." The voice said once more, Melinda did not know what she was getting herself into; in fact she wanted to hear the truth; she needed to find the truth if Jack was the traitor that broken apart her family or if she had made a mistake about Jack; she needed to find out before she made a deal to sell him off to everyone's ultimate enemy.

She infiltrated the enemy camp… the Black Pearl. She jumped aboard and came into Jack's room. She sighed, not wanting a truce with her life long enemy.

"Can I join you?" Melinda said with a sincere smile as she opened Jack's room; Jack frowned but waved her in.

"Gee I can see your generosity…" Melinda said sarcastically noticing his frown as Jack pointed out the seat across from him as he poured in rum into a cup as Melinda raised it and drank it down.

"So what do you want?" questioned Jack

"I don't know…I needed company." Melinda said half-heartedly as she poured another glass into her's and Jack's as Jack gave her a questioning look, "Ok…I actually need to hear your side of the story Jack…" Melinda said, "Why I heard so many people tell me that it was your fault my father is on that… that hell on earth?" questioned Melinda as Jack continued to frown, he dropped his glass,

"All I can tell you… Ms. Turner; is that whoever you heard this from… it is a lie. I never betrayed your father." He said as he looked straight into Melinda's eyes; Melinda was not completely convinced, she looked down; Jack knew what her eyes were saying, "You don't have to trust me or believe me. But I owed my life to him; I never would betray him for Davey Jones" Jack said as Melinda now stared into him, he seemed different to her now; she could see someone that was truthful, she knew when people were lying… and always recognized Jack as a lying man from the moment she saw him at the port of England; but now he was a different man… Melinda felt at ease for a moment,

"What am I doing?! This is the enemy! Jack Sparrow!" she thought to herself.

"Anything else you want to interrogate me about?" Jack said as Melinda shook her head,

"Thank you…for your honesty" She said sincerely as she got up and pecked Jack on his cheek and left without turning around; Jack placed his hand on his cheek in which Melinda kissed him. It was the first time anyone ever did anything remotely close to showing him an emotion. He grabbed another glass of rum and tried to wash this new feeling out of him.

Melinda was embarrassed,

"I can't believe I just did that… he probably thought I was some idiot!" she thought to herself as she ran into her own room in her ship and got her own bottle of drinks and drank in shame of herself, or so she said,

"Why did I see him differently?" she began to think, "He didn't seem like the enemy." She thought when something seemed to bring her back, "This is Jack Sparrow! He is used to this kind of things! Don't let him get to you." It said while another voice shot back,

"Why do you say that? Maybe he isn't who you expected… maybe he might be so much better than you expected?"

The next day, the two ships went into a small harbor, to stock up on supplies. Melinda gave orders to her men as she decided to venture off to discover what Lieutenant Gillette had done to her wanted poster, she liked remaining anonyms and enjoyed the name "The Phantom".

"That bastard." She muttered to herself as she noticed her face now on the wanted board for it read,

Melinda Turner: The Phantom

REWARD: $5,000

Quick in her business, swift

Height: 5'6 ft.

Weight: 135lbs.

Almost always in disguise

With a very accurate picture of her next to her descriptions, she now had to be careful; they now can figure her out quicker for now everyone knew "The Phantom" was a woman. Now frustrated; Melinda began to walk to try and brush this frustration off as some began to whisper behind her back. Not caring about the voiced she walked over to a hill that over looked the port, I view of the sea was all she needed to calm herself down. When something rustled in the nearby bush, Melinda placed one hand on her sword; ready to draw it whenever needed.

"It's her… if we just grab her; its easy money." Said someone from the brush, Melinda was offended that someone believed it would be that easy to capture her.

"You know, I can hear you." Melinda said as she kicked the bush around until she pushed out two men who was now shaking at the sight of Melinda, "now do I have to actually use my sword?" asked Melinda as the two ran away.

"Amateurs…" Melinda said as she knew who they were; they were bounty hunters, "or wannabe's in this case." She thought to herself as another group of men (four to be exact) were blocking her path back to the harbor.

"Excuse me." Melinda said politely as the men just smirked at her, "I said move." Melinda said now getting angrier by their smirks.

"Pardon me… Ms. Turner." One of the men said as another said, "Or Ms. Phantom." They said as Melinda was now realized that they were the professional bounty hunters who only try to arrest the most wanted criminals.

"So the old fashioned way?" Melinda asked as she pulled out her sword and was ready to take on the four men who still were smirking at her.

"No, your just coming with us." One of them said as she was grabbed from the behind, this did not stop Melinda, she used the handle of her sword and jabbed it into her attacker, now angered all four bounty-hunters were all after her, the fight nearly ended as Melinda fought off most of the men until one of them had cut Melinda on her side of her stomach and another strike on her leg; the man claiming to be the leader began to rant at Melinda,

"Now Phantom, or Ms. Turner… we all assumed you were a man. You're pretty much a man if you can take on my group… we're the best in the business…" this man began insulting as Melinda got up from her injury and pointed her sword at this man as he continued; clearly making fun of Melinda, "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is John Angelo. The leader of our own bounty-hunter group… now I'm going to turn you in and collect the money, all you have to do is stay quiet and listen to me while I tie you up and take you in, where they will hang you." He said clearly enjoying Melinda's agony and the pain she was suffering from her injuries.

"You'll never be able to use me as a bounty." Replied Melinda, as pointed her sword, ready to fight; when someone came from behind causing John Angelo to fall on the ground.

"Your welcome" Replied the voice as Melinda looked at his face and noticed a familiar face, Jack Sparrow, who had knocked him unconscious by bashing his gun into his skull. He then held out his arm to support Melinda, they began to walk but when Melinda winced in pain after a while; Jack ended up carrying Melinda down hill, Melinda was already embarrassed, she hated to act as a "damsel in distress", "I'm a pirate" she thought to herself, but something felt right being in the arms of Jack,

"Funny, you seem to weigh 125 more than 135." Jack said jokingly, noticing her wanted poster; this broke her chain of thoughts as Melinda blushed and punched him and walked the rest of the way back to their ships.

When the two finally reached the port, everyone was still away. Alone with Jack, Melinda viewed the sunset that reflected on the surface of the sea, making everything sparkle; Melinda placed her head on Jack's chest, "Thank you." She said to Jack as she limped her way back to her ship to bandage her injuries.