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It was early afternoon the next day when Mr. Gibbs went up to Jason. The teenager was busy swabbing the decks with the rest of the crew, and looked up when Gibbs arrived.
"G'day, sir-" He began saying.
"Yes, yes, nice to see you, too." Gibbs said quickly, "Listen, Jason...I feel like we should," He paused, searching for the right words, "Get to know each other."
"Oh!" Jason nodded.
"Yes! I mean, we are taking you across the sea just to rescue your mother..." Gibbs said, "And I hardly know anything about you except the fact that you know a ritual to open a bottle."
Jason nodded, "I understand, sir." He said, continuing to swab his spot, "Well, what is it that you want to know?"
"Well..." Gibbs scratched the top of his head, thinking hard on how . "...where are you from?" There. Just start with the basics.
"I grew up in Spain, with my mother and great-aunt." Jason said, "My mother was the one who told me how to open the bottle. She told me a lot of things, actually..." He looked off into the distance, as if a memory was coming back to him.
"Like what?" asked Gibbs, hoping this might get him a clue of who his mother was.
Jason shook himself out of his reverie and answered, "Just how to use a sword and stuff."
Gibbs sighed as Jason put his mop back in the wooden bucket. "Your mother," Gibbs began slowly, "She knew Jack, right?"
Jason nodded, swashing the water onto the deck for him to mop, "She only mentioned him a couple times in stories before we were invaded."
"Invaded?"
"Yes, why else do you think I need Captain Sparrow's help?" He told Gibbs, "We were at the tavern where my mother was working as a barmaid at the time. I was only visiting for some lunch, and we were the only ones there at the time. She was cleaning the counter and then suddenly we heard screaming." He looked up into Gibbs's eyes. "Pirates were invading the town, and not just any pirates. They came for only one purpose:" He paused to stop his swabbing, "To kidnap my mother."
Gibbs didn't know what to say, so he asked, "And not you?"
Jason looked down, "Mum told me to leave before they broke into the tavern. She grabbed my shoulders, a look of terror in her eyes, and she told me to find Captain Jack Sparrow. To start in Tortuga, and to keep searching for him, and when I asked why all she said was that he would know what to do." He glanced up at the older man.
Gibbs was too busy taking in this information that he forgot to say something at first. "Did she ever say how she knew Jack?"
Jason shook his head, "I honestly didn't think he was a real person when I heard his stories for the first time. I was only four, and when I got older I eventually asked her. She told me he was an actual pirate, but I didn't think she actually knew him."
This was troubling to Mr. Gibbs. If Jason didn't know how they met, then how can he figure out who she is? Then a voice said from behind him, "Mr. Gibbs!"
He turned around and saw the captain standing before him. "Aye?" Gibbs asked.
Jack motioned for him to come towards him. When he arrived by him Jack whispered, "Did I overhear what I thought I overheard?"
Gibbs gave him a confused look, "You mean the part that I still have no clue who is mother is?"
The captain stared at him. "Sure. That part."
"Well, it seems like she did know you at one point, or heard of you at least. She ordered the boy to go after you for help. And-"
"Um, are you two talking about me?" They both turned to see Jason staring at them, leaning against his mop with an eyebrow raised.
"Of course not!" Gibbs said, just as Jack told him, "Absolutely!"
Jason just looked more confused. Jack walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder. He then lead him away from the crew and up by the wheel, where they looked over the sparkling ocean. The late afternoon sun shined down on it, as clouds made large shadows over them.
Mr. Gibbs came up behind them, asking, "Jason, do you have any idea why those pirates wanted your mother?"
Jason looked out into the sea, holding on to the cross necklace he wore. "No...except maybe..." He trailed off.
"Maybe what?" Gibbs and Jack asked in unison.
"She seemed to know a lot about pirates, and she even taught me how to wield a sword...but I don't think she ever-" Jason began saying, but suddenly was interrupted by a loud noise.
A monkey jumped suddenly onto Jason's shoulder. The teenager laughed, "Who's this?" He asked, scratching the monkey's head.
Jack scowled at the Capuchin as it buttered up to Jason, making little screeching noises at him. Gibbs was the one who answered the question, "Oh, that's Jack."
"And he won't die." The captain growled, crossing his arms over his chest.
Jason simply laughed some more, "You named the monkey after yourself?" He asked.
"No!" Jack defended himself, "Barbossa did!"
"Oh, the captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge!" Jason said. Jack the monkey screeched again. "I've heard of him!"
"Ugh." Jack the captain said to the monkey. "Anyway...you were saying about your dear mum?"
"Huh? Oh yeah!" Jason let the Capuchin climb up the mast before continuing, "Sometimes she seemed to be in deep conversation with my great-aunt, especially when I was younger. I remember them talking about how Mother used to travel a lot, but I don't think she was ever a pirate or con artist or anything." He shrugged, "At least, no one ever told me."
Jack paused, thinking, "What of your father?" He asked.
"Never knew him. Mother said he left before I was born."
"Maybe he had been part of those pirates." suggested Gibbs.
Jack snapped his fingers, "Or maybe he is one of them! And he came to take your mother because he needed her help or something!"
"Uh...I guess?" Jason said, unsure.
"And wherever this compass," Jack pointed at it while it was hanging from Jason's belt, "is pointing, that's probably where his ship is!"
"Yes! And all we have to do is politely say that we need her back because her boy needs her!" Gibbs said, slapping Jason on the shoulder.
"And if they attack us...?" Jason pointed out, rubbing his shoulder.
"Eh, we'll figure that out when we get there." Jack answered.
"Cap'n" Ragetti cried from below the steps. They all turned toward him as he said, "Cotton's spotted some land in the horizon!"
Jack quickly got out his telescope and peered at the edge of the ocean. Cotton wasn't lying. It was quite a ways away, but you could defiantly tell there was an island there.
"Captain Sparrow sir!" Jason yelled, looking at the opened compass. Jack stared down at it as well, noticing the red arrow was pointing at the island.
He smiled. It might take until nightfall, but Jason was going to be reunited, and then Jack would finally get some more answers. And another thing that was bugging him:
Where had he seen that cross necklace before?
A/N: Shazam! Chapter 3 is done! What do you think? Thoughts? Theories? Review!
Oh, and prepare for a new villain in the next chapter :)