She turned around to see someone coming behind James with a dagger and right then and there they both had de ja vu moment "James behind you."

Her more than anyone had a de ja vu moment when she felt something pierce her skin but unlike before, she turned around and stabbed the person who hurt her and recognised the face of the man who stabbed her six months ago aboard the Dauntless.

The man on the floor stopped the fight and almost everyone was looking at her but instead she was looking at the guy who caused this exact same kind of scenario six months ago but now he was the one injured but unlike her dead.

Some of the men from the fight went around her and picked up his body and left with it knowing she defended herself also they liked her and didn't want their favourite maid dead.

James walked up to her "You're hurt and you should have thought about yourself before calling to me."

"I think about others before my self and if I hadn't you may be dead right now or badly hurt."

Recognition flashed across his face and he asked "All this time you never told me your name."

"You never asked." Melinda's heart was pounding after realising what happened.

James took her to her house pulled the dagger out of her then cleaned as well as stitched it up.

"I am going to leave here tomorrow and go to another part of Tortuga to ask if anyone has seen or know when Jack Sparrow is to be back." He didn't want to ask if she was Melinda or not and she was too scared to tell him.

So when morning came he left even though she didn't really want him to and neither did he.

Three months passed and she only got glances of him then came the day Jack Sparrow returned and she knew it wouldn't be too long before James was in The Faithful Bride again.

When Jack came in he said his normal hello to her that is until she said "I want to join your crew Jack."

He looked at her in shock "I would love you on my crew love but is there any particular reason you've changed your mind."

"You will find out soon enough Captain." She told him looking into his eyes and all he saw was the sea looking at him, her eyes where filled with so many emotions that it was like the sea crashing about and deciding whether to be calm or aggressive.

"Ok love welcome to the crew." He shook her hand and went to join Gibbs.

Looking at Jack Melinda noticed something different about him but decided to ignore it as he always seemed different when he was in Tortuga again.

When she looked to one of the corners of The Faithful Bride she saw someone watching Jack and was curious to who it was and was about to go and talk to this stranger when James walked in and spotted Jack.

Melinda knew either a fight was going to happen or a disagreement.

He went up to the table and Gibbs asked him "What's your story?"

"My story... it's exactly the same as your story, just one chapter behind. I chased a man across the Seven Seas. The pursuit cost me my crew, my commission, and my life."

Gibbs looked up at him disbelief apparent on his face "Commodore?"

"No, not anymore, weren't you listening? I nearly had you all, off Tripoli. I would have, if not for the... hurricane."

Melinda shook her head knowing where this was going she was about to go and drag James away when Amy stopped her saying "Don't be going and hurting yourself again."

Gibbs looked at James in shock "Lord. You didn't try to sail through it?"

"So do I make your crew, or not? You haven't said where you're going. Somewhere nice!"

The music stops, everyone stares at the altercation. Meanwhile Jack grabs a branch from a vase, carries it in front of his face, he attempts to walk out unseen but does not succeed much to his discretion.

Norrington looks at everyone and says "So am I worthy to serve under Captain Jack Sparrow?" Norrington spots Jack sneaking off behind him, points a pistol at Jack "Or should I just kill you now?"

Jack looks at the gun then says 'joyfully' "You're hired."

"Sorry. Old habits and all that."

A man bumps into Norrington which causes his gun to fire as it fires upwards the ball ricochets off the chandelier, breaking a man's bottle as he's drinking from it and all hell brakes loose.

The man whose bottle broke slugs a man next to him, the music starts back up as a brawl ensues.

Jack looks at Gibbs and says "Time to go?"

"Aye."

Someone throws a bottle against the wall above the stairs, Jack ducks as it smashes above his head. Jack makes his way upstairs, trading hats a few times along the way as he Melinda noticed he didn't have his on when he entered.

Norrington threateningly holds a bottle in his left hand "Come on, men! Who wants some? Form an orderly line, I'll have you all one by one. Come on, who's first?"

From behind, the person Melinda noticed earlier grabs the bottle from Norrington, smashes it over his head, knocking him out then says "I just wanted the pleasure of doing that myself!"

Melinda follows when they chuck him outside she sees someone knelt next to him and puts the tip of her sword at the strangers neck "Stand."

The person stands turns around and asks her "Do I know you?"

Recognizing the voice Melinda asks just to be sure "Lizzie?"

Elizabeth hugs her friend and says "Melinda we thought the worst had happened to you when you never wrote to us."

Looking at James who was still Unconscious she began lifting him up then Elizabeth helped her drag him to her house where she began packing clothes both for her and him.

She got changed out of the dress into the clothes she wore on the day the curse was broken.

She strapped all her weapons where they should go then went into the room the still unconscious James lay.

Elizabeth looked at her "You look different."

They picked James up again except this time Melinda had to bags on her back.

Dragging him to the ship was much harder than they thought but they got there in time.