Author's Note: So um, I would first like to state before anyone reads this chapter that my French is really bad. I mean, really bad. I was going to say rusty, but I would have had to have been good at it for that to apply. I took it for three years in middle school. That was a little over five years ago. So, I used an online translator. If whatever I say is wrong in anyway and you are good at French, I apologize for my terrible language skills.

Also, if you're confused as to why I need to know French, you'll see soon enough. I hope you enjoy!

AND guess what this chapter has more of. Go on, just guess. JACK!

Disclaimer: I don't own Pirates.

"How did you swing getting onto this ship?" Kate asked Gillette. It was the middle of their second day of sailing and Kate had been bothering Gillette the entire time. She was currently sitting on the railing of the ship, smiling at him.

"Beckett put me on it," he waved off her comment, "Will you get down from there? Please? And did you have to wear that this entire trip? You should have worn a dress and changed before we stopped in Tortuga."

Kate rolled her eyes, mocking him behind her back. Another one of the former Commodore's men, Theodore Groves, saw this and chuckled to himself, smiling at her. She smiled back. Gillette looked up and followed Groves' gaze to her and looked back and forth between the two. He sighed heavily, turning to Groves, "Get back to work, Theodore!"

"Nathaniel," Kate rolled her eyes again, finally hopping down from the railing, "You're so uptight. You need to relax, mate." Gillette's response was just a glare and Kate took it as her cue to go and find Will.

When they finally made it to Tortuga, numerous sailors departed the ship. They were to return in an hour to head back to Port Royal. Groves and Gillette were going to stay on board, however. They wanted no part in the mysteries of Tortuga.

Kate finally found Gillette, smiling politely at Groves as she stole his friend. She frowned, twisting her fingers together, "I'll see you when I return to Port Royal, then?"

"Please be safe, Katherine," he glanced down at Turner who was waiting impatiently for the young girl. "I shall see you when you return," he nodded curtly. Kate hugged him, completely throwing him off guard and causing him to stumble. He heard Groves laugh before turning it into a cough. Kate then ran off to meet Will.

"What was that about?" Will nodded up towards the ship.

"Gillette is my friend," she shrugged, "And in case anything should happen, I don't want his last memory of me to be a stuck up nod."

Will nodded, "So, who do you think we should ask about Jack?"

"What about that guy?" she nodded to a man on the docks. Will glanced at her, "Any particular reasoning or do you just figure you'll pick random people?"

"Is there ever any rhyme or reason to what Jack does? You never know," she moved over to the man. "'Ello, sir," she paused, "Have you seen Jack Sparrow?"

"Jack Sparrow?" The man frowned. "Owes me four doubloons. 'Eard he was dead." Kate's eyes widened as Will muttered a thanks, pushing Kate away from the man. She was stunned.

"I'm sure he's wrong," Will muttered asking another man. He said something completely different and Will frowned, "The docks are obviously not going so well," he took Kate's hand in his own and made his way off the docks, her following.

Kate then turned and asked a man on the beach the same question she'd asked earlier, "Have you seen Jack Sparrow?"

"Singapore," the man answered, nodding. "That's what I heard. Off with a smile on his face. Sure as the tide, Jack Sparrow will turn up in Singapore."

Will thanked him, moving along, "That was easy."

Kate frowned, "Jack told me he wasn't allowed in Singapore, Will. Also the man said it's what he heard. I think we need to keep trying. What about them? They're the girls he talked to last time," she pointed at two women nearby. One was a redhead and the other was a blonde. Will shrugged, moving towards them.

"Excuse me, ladies. I was just wondering if you had seen Jack Sparrow at all?"

"Jack Sparrow?" Giselle, the blonde one, smiled at him. She sounded a bit excited and insulted at the same time.

The redhead, Scarlett, frowned uninterested as she shrugged, "'aven't seen him in a month."

"When you find him will you give him a message?" Giselle asked sweetly, stepping forward. She immediately slapped Will and turned on her heel, walking away with Scarlett. Kate snorted with laughter and covered her mouth with both hands to try and keep her laughter quiet. She rubbed the side of Will's face tenderly before they continued all about the town.

"This is useless!" Will shouted out as they left a tavern. Kate sighed, leading him towards the docks again. There was a young, black man with dreadlocks fixing a fishing net. She took a deep breath and went towards him.

"Excuse me sir, I really hate to bother you, but I was just curious, have you ever heard of Jack Sparrow?"

"Jack Sparrow?" he spoke up. He had an accent that she couldn't quite place. "No, I can't say I ever heard of him."

"What about the Black Pearl?" she tried again, desperately. Where was Jack that no one had seen him? "It's a marvelously grand ship with black sails that-" Will had stepped up behind her as he saw her losing it. He put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed. She closed her eyes and nodded, "I'm sorry, sir. For wasting your time."

As they made to walk away, the man shouted out, "Wait!" They turned back to him. "Cannot say about Jack Sparrow," he spoke up, "But there's an island just south of the straits where I trade spice for delicious lum pork. Cannot say about Jack," he repeated, "But you'll find a ship there, a ship with black sails."

Kate glanced up at Will. This was the most accurate information they had received yet. She stepped closer again,

"When did you last see it there?"

"Just yesterday," he commented. "We had to stop here to make repairs, but we're going out that way tonight. Should be there by tomorrow afternoon if you want to come with us."

She glanced at Will, "It's much better than anything! And if he's not there, surely someone there will know his next stop."

Will nodded, they had tried everyone else in Tortuga. "How much for us to go with you?"

"Free," the man shrugged, "Please do not worry about it." He knew deep down that to take their money when he was bringing them to a place such as that island would add insult to injury.

"When are you leaving?"

"In about an hour.

"We'll be here then. Thank you again," Kate smiled widely.

About an hour later, Will was carrying a drunken Kate out of one of the pubs and up to the ship. The captain allowed him to put her into an empty cabin which Will shared with her for the night. The next morning, they woke up and ate breakfast with the crew before the man from the docks said that his brother was to row them ashore. He also told them that his brother only spoke French. They thanked the man again, increasing his guilt for dropping them off at the island.

Once in the longboat the man's brother rowed almost to the beach, but stopped about fifteen feet away. Kate frowned.

"What's wrong? The beach is right there," Will frowned. The man glanced at him, confused.

"Quel est le problème? La plage est juste là," Kate repeated what Will had said in French.

"Je ne vais pas plus loin. Vous aurez à nager," the man spoke quickly. He nearly babbled, so it took Kate a moment to figure out what he said.

"He said he's not going any further, we have to swim," she frowned.

"What?" Will cried out.

"C'est trop dangereux."

"What?" Kate's eyes widened and she looked back at him. Will jumped overboard, not even curious as the man wished him a good trip.

"Qu'est-ce? Qu'entendez-vous trop dangereux?" What? What do you mean too dangerous?

He just smiled sadly, "Bonne chance, mon ami." Good luck my friend.

Kate sighed, nodded, and dove off the longboat as well. She swam ashore and wrung her hair out, standing next to Will.

"What was he saying?"

"He said it was too dangerous, but he wouldn't tell me why," she glanced up at the ship that looked even more of a ghost ship than it had when Barbossa was captain.

"Jack!" Will cried out, "Jack Sparrow!"

Will's answer was dead silence. Kate tried this time, "Jack!" her voice rang loudly as she cried his name out. "Jack are you here?"

"Marty?" Will tried. "Cotton?"

"Gibbs!" Kate screamed.

"Anybody?" Will tried, discouraged.

"He's got to be here, Will. Jack wouldn't just leave the Pearl," Kate began to walk towards the forest and Will paused, uncertain.

"Oh! Parrot!" she cried out, rushing towards the colorful bird which was perched nearby.

"It's so nice to see a familiar face," Will grinned at it.

"Don't eat me!" The bird squealed out.

"What? That's horrible, why would I eat you?" Kate's eyebrows raised up into her hair.

"We're not going to eat you," Will frowned.

"Don't eat me!" It squawked back, flying off.

Kate frowned now, "Honestly. Parrot. Can't be very filling anyway," she huffed, pushing past some leaves. "Don't you find it a bit funny though, how that sailor said he trades with the people here, yet we haven't seen a single person?"

"I was actually trying not to think about it," Will sighed, turning his head to face her. As he looked forward again, his face lit up. "Gibbs," he whispered. He picked up the drunk's lost canteen and furrowed his eyebrows together. There was a string tied to it.

"Stay here for a moment," he mumbled to Kate, following the string.

"I don't think you should-" she sighed, he was already lost behind the trees. She heard Will give a shout and then all she saw was black.

Will groaned at the light. Why was it so bright? He opened his eyes to face the sky, was he on his back? But he was moving…how would he- he sighed, looking around. He was tied to a long stretch of bamboo and the villagers that had attacked him were carrying him across a bridge. He tried to look all around, frantically. Where was Kate? Had his friend escaped?

The cannibals carrying Will had stopped moving and one of them spoke up, "Kali kali ten dada."

Will glanced up. That wasn't…was it? As the man in the chair turned, blinking, Will could see behind the drawn on eyes, there were three on each cheek and one on each eyelid, that it was Jack Sparrow. Will nearly laughed, "Jack, Jack Sparrow! I can honestly say that I'm glad to see you."

Jack walked up to him and looked at him before poking him and turning away. Will frowned, "Jack, it's me! Will Turner!"

Jack was facing the cannibals, "Pase ko."

"Idada esipige," one of the cannibal's told him. The rest of the group repeated the second word, all looking down.

"Jack!" Will cried out. "Tell them to let me down!"

"Kelay lum," Jack began. "Lum piki piki. Lum eensie weensie." He moved back over to Will and made a face. "Lum say say eunuchey," he made a motion like scissors with his fingers, "Snip snip." The cannibals all made disgusted faces, repeating the word 'eunuch'.

"Jack!" Will tried again, seeing the compass. "The compass! That's all I need! Elizabeth is in danger! We were all arrested for trying to help you! She faces the gallows!"

Jack fingered his compass for a moment, turning around, "Snay say sha. Smomy lama shuku, savvy? Bon liki liki."

"Bon liki liki!" All of the cannibals cried out.

Jack turned to Will and whispered out, "Save me."

"Wait! Jack! No! What about Elizabeth? Jack!" he cried out as he was carried away. "Kate! She's here somewhere! She came with me!" Will began to cry out as he was carried away, "She was with me when they took me! They have Kate here somewhere. Jack!"

Jack frowned, the girl was here? Then why hadn't they brought her straight to him? His frown grew, what were they doing to her? One of the cannibals then placed a necklace of severed toes around their chief's neck and Jack thanked him. He stared around for a moment before biting a piece off of one and then spitting it back out.

"Welcome, dear William," a familiar voice spoke up as Will was shoved into a cage. He glanced around at who was there. Gibbs, Cotton, Marty, a man he didn't recognize and- "Kate!" he cried out, hugging her.

"Why didn't they bring you to Jack?"

"Probably because I'm a woman. Perhaps they didn't feel threatened enough by me. You saw Jack?" she asked quickly as their cage was lowered down a cliff.

"Yes, I believe he's the chief," Will nodded, turning to Gibb's who nodded. "Then why would he do this do us?"

"Aye, the Pelegostas made Jack their chief," Gibbs agreed, "But he only remains chief as long as he acts like a chief."

"So he had no choice," Will frowned, "He's a captive then, as much as the rest of us."

"Worse," Gibbs frowned. Kate looked up at him, eyes wide. "See, the Pelegostas believe Jack is a god in human form. And they intend to do him the honor of releasing him from his fleshy prison," as he spoke, Cotton grabbed two of Gibbs' fingers and bit down on them. Gibbs shouted out in pain before continuing on, tearing his fingers away from Cotton, "They'll roast him and eat him."

Kate gasped, eyes tearing up. How were they going to save him?

"Where's the rest of the crew?" Will frowned.

"These cages we're in weren't built till after we got here," Gibbs gave him a glance. Will gasped, taking his hands off of the cage and finally noticing that the bars were actually human bones. Kate frowned, she'd seen them putting the last of the bones together when she was brought there. "The feast is about to begin," Gibbs continued on and they looked back at him, "Jack's life will end when the drums stop."

"Well we can't just sit here and wait, then can we?" Will asked.

"How do you expect we get out of here, then?" Gibbs glanced at Will.

Kate paused, thinking something over in her head. She pushed past Will who was currently pressing up against her back and she pushed the one man in the back aside. She bit her lip and slammed herself into the wall of bones. Like she thought, the bones were sturdy and the cage flew backwards before going forward a bit and stopping. She grinned at Gibbs, "I have an idea."

"I love the way that mind of your's works, lass," he ruffled Kate's hair which she'd let loose after being in the cage; Cotton had kept tugging on her braid.

After a few minutes, the other cage of prisoners had caught on and done the same and after a few minutes more, they were holding onto the vines on the cliff.

"Put your legs through," Kate ordered, "Start to climb!"

"Come on, men," Will tried to encourage after a moment, "It'll take all of us to crew the Black Pearl!"

The other prisoners were looking at each other and one finally spoke up, "Actually you wouldn't need everyone…'bout six would do."

The drums stopped beating and Kate's heart nearly stopped. They were going to eat Jack! She glance up at Gibbs who looked at Will before nodding and they began their race to the top.

"Heave!" Marty was shouting from his place on Cotton's back, "Give it all you've got!"

They were getting closer and closer until Will told everyone to stop and be quiet. Everyone did as they were told before noticing the cannibal walking across the bridge near them.

Leech, the leader of the other bone cage told his men to be quiet as he started to climb up the edge slowly. Will and Gibbs did not allow their men to continue going, but they tried to get Leech to stop. Kate smirked when she noticed that the man didn't pick up a vine that time but a-

"Snake!" he cried out screaming. He threw it down and his men began to scream, letting go of their vines. Their cage flew backwards and downwards until the rope holding them up snapped. The cannibal on the bridge noticed this and made eye contact with the cage that was still intact.

"Move!" Kate ordered at the same time as Will as the cannibal ran off. As they made it to the top of the cliff, Will ordered them to find a rock with sharp edges to cut the rope. Kate found one and handed it to Marty who, still on top of Cotton, could reach. He sawed at the rope with the rock until it was cut loose. Kate noticed the cannibals coming towards them and shrieked.

"Roll the cage!" Will ordered. They began to push the cage, running in it as it rolled. Kate looked back to see them pursuing the cage and began to scream a bit more, trying to move the cage faster. They hit a tree and stopped moving, all landing in a heap. They got up quickly, still hearing the cannibals.

"Lift the cage!" Kate ordered.

"C'mon lads, lift it like a lady's skirt!" Gibbs relayed the order, smiling sheepishly as he realized that Kate was, in fact, a lady. "Sorry, lass."

"Whatever gets them working," she shrugged, assisting them in lifting the cage up and running. Kate glanced back to see the cannibals still running and sighed, exasperated, "Do they ever give up?"

"Run! Run faster!" Will cried out.

"I think we're all running as fast as we-" Kate was cut off by her own scream as they ran off of a cliff and fell into a river down below. The rocks in the river busted the cage open and they swam out.

"This way," Gibbs ordered, moving down the water. Kate held in a scream as an arrow almost pierced her head and she hid herself behind Gibb's, pushing her small frame up against his back.

"Take cover!" Gibbs cried out as they pushed themselves up against a wall, under a ledge. He kept Kate somewhat behind him and Will so that nothing would happen to her.

A young cannibal ran up to the group above with a fork and knife and began to shout in their gibberish language before the group all ran off.

"After Jack, I suppose," Kate rolled her eyes, "Let's go!"

They made their way down the river until they got to open beach and made a mad dash for it. Kate could see two men near the ship, one on it and one on the ground.

"Haul loose the mooring line!" One of them shouted. Then, frustrated, "The mooring line!"

Kate narrowed her eyes, weren't these two back in jail at Port Royal with her just a week ago? How did they get here? She then saw the jail dog, keys in it's mouth, tail wagging happily.

"Excellent," Gibbs grinned as they made their way up to the two men. Pintel and Ragetti, Kate remembered their names. "The work's half done!"

"We done it for you, knowing you'd be back for it," Pintel smiled nervously. Kate rolled her eyes at him and he shrugged.

"Smithy!" she finally cried out as the dog bounded towards her. She scratched behind his ears, "Where were you when I needed you, eh?"

"Make ready to sail boys!" Gibbs cried out. He looked at Kate and frowned, "And lass."

"What about Jack?" Will shouted, "I won't leave without him."

"And you're madder than Jack if you think I'm leaving without him," Kate stood up from petting the dog and brushed the seat of her pants off, sand flying.

They looked up to see Jack running around one of the hills and onto the beach. They all grinned until they saw the cannibals following him. Will gulped, grabbing Kate's wrist as he pulled her towards the ship, "Time to go!"

"But-" Kate protested as Will simply picked her up by the waist and held her as high as he could at the side of the ship until Ragetti grabbed her wrists and tugged her up. She nearly fell on top of him, but Gibbs was nearby and he helped to steady her. She huffed until she noticed Jack on the netting of the side of the Pearl.

"Alas my children, this is the day you shall always remember as the day that you almost-" a large wave rushed over him, cutting off his speech, "Captain Jack Sparrow," he muttered, climbing up. Kate frowned as she saw the cannibals chasing after the dog. Poor thing.

"Let's put some distance between us and this island and head out to open sea," Gibbs suggested as Pintel and Ragetti placed Jack's coat on his shoulders for him. He grinned, shoving his arms through the holes and adjusting it.

"Yes to first, yes to the second, but only insofar as we keep to the shallows as much as possible," Jack nodded.

Gibbs frowned, confused. As he opened his mouth, someone else spoke for him.

"That seems a bit contradictory, Captain."

Jack turned to face the source and grinned, "Kate."

"Jack!" she cried out happily, running towards him and wrapping her arms around him. He hugged her to him before pulling back. As she furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, his lips crashed down upon her own and he dipped her much as he had back at the Fort some months ago. Will and Gibbs each coughed, clearly uncomfortable as they looked around Deck. Ragetti stared dead on as if he'd never seen the Captain with a woman before. Which, clearly, could not be the case because this was Captain Jack Sparrow.

As Jack and Kate pulled away from each other, he smiled, "I can honestly say that you are the only woman whom has not ever once greeted me with a slap." He thought about it for a moment, "Save for me mother."

Kate smiled, amused, "Perhaps I should start then?"