"Jack!" Elizabeth ran toward him forgetting that he was still very mad at her.

He gave a "What in bloody Mary's name are you doing?" face and patted her shoulder as she hugged him.

"I am so glad to see a familiar face," she said. Her beaming smile wiped off quickly from her face as she let go of Jack. Her eyes were full of concern. "…Jack what…what are you doing here? Where's the Pearl? The crew?"

Jack gave a look that clearly meant 'please shut up and let me talk and DON'T speak of my missing …items'

"Gone," he said bitterly.

"Gone?" Elizabeth questioned.

"Yes, gone," he repeated with the same, if not, more, bitter tone.

Elizabeth not knowing what to say looked back at the water. She knew Barbossa must have stolen the Pearl yet again, and Jack was going to ask for her help.

Jack looked over to her feeble looking tent, a slight look of disdain entering his face if only for a moment. "Nice house you have there," he said, smirking.

Elizabeth rolled her eyes, trying to hide her slight embarrassment. "I believe my question is still unanswered. What are you doing here?"

Jack didn't speak at first. He just walked circles around her and then stopped when his back was to hers.

"Barbossa stole me ship…And me crew…Yes, again…but…"

"But?"

Jack glared at her calmly. "You haven't any patience, have you, love?" He smirked again. "I have the advantage…You see, Barbossa actually gave me the idea."

Elizabeth responded rather coldly. "May I ask, brilliant Captain Jack, what brilliant idea you have received by Barbossa? Hmm? One that you will surely need my help in and get us all into more trouble than we need in our lives? Hmm?"

Jack smirked yet again. "Now, now, no need to be harsh."

Elizabeth was clearly getting angry. "No need to be harsh? Well, that's funny," she said, spitting at Jack, "Because I see all the need to be harsh! Jack, I know what I did to you was horrible but I went back to right my wrongs. I also apologized and you chose not to accept! I risked everything to save you, and you felt the need to be harsh about it!"

Jack started to pace, her back still to him. "Ahh, yes…How could I forget? You killed me, then you go back to save me because you "missed" me? No, I don't think you did, now did you?" He spun her around so that she was facing him. She looked boldly up at him. "You saved me to rid yourself of guilt."

They stood in silence; Jack was smirking at her. She knew he had a point AND not only was he mad at her but he risked what he wanted to save Will.

"Now, I came to propose to you a bargain," Jack said to her. "See, love, you have something I want…and I have something that you want very dearly…"

Elizabeth looked at Jack warily, as though trying to read his eyes. He stood strong as a rock. "Well. There is nothing that I want more than Will and seeing as you cannot give him to me…" She paused. Tears were building in her eyes. "Jack, I'm really grateful for what you gave up for Will and me, I truly am. But, I can only see him once every 10 years, and I want to be sure I am here for when he gets back. If I go with you, something could go wrong and I would never see him again. What I want, you can't give to me…and besides, I have nothing, so what could you possibly want?"

"It's funny how things work, love." Jack was clearly taking advantage of Elizabeth's vulnerability. "However, dear, you are in my debt…and we all know very well that debts are meant to be paid. I can give you what you want, you know. I know someone who can tell you something you need in order to get to the thing you want, but first, helping me to achieve what I want and therefore sealing the deal. You are free to use what you learned to your advantage to get what you want…by agreeing to help me first. Savvy?

"Jack did you not listen to what I just said? What I want, I cannot have."

"Says who?"

Elizabeth looked into his eyes. Although Jack had given her reasons not to believe him, he was a good man and kept his promises. Jack smirked and pointed out the way to the boat.

"Ladies first, Elizabeth," Jack said, smiling.