Now that I'm over the flue here's another chapter for you guys :) Our story is coming to an end very shortly only about five more chapters left.

As always I own nothing...as much as that would amuse me

Adam watched as Port Royal slowly disappeared from his view as he made his way to the black ship sitting in the harbor. He boarded the ship slowly, an eerie creepy feeling spread through his whole body and he shivered. His eyes traveled around to the men that were on board and landed on a rather large one who was glaring at him. The large man turned to glare at the two that had brought him here, "I didn't know we was takin on prisoners." The skinnier one replied, "He invoked the right of parley with Captain Storm." Adam stepped forward and opened his mouth only to be backhanded by the large man. He winced and touched his cheek before glaring at the larger man surprised to find what appeared to be the Captain behind him. "We shall not lay a hand on those under the protection of parley." The man nodded his head and gave Adam one last glare before departing to another part of the ship. Adam stepped forward again and spoke, "I am here to negotiate the cessation of hostilities against Port Royal." The Captain laughed at him before replying, "There are a lot of long words in there; we're naught but humble pirates. What is it that you want?" Adam rolled his eyes before speaking again, "I want you to leave and never come back." A few of the pirates let out a chuckle and the Captain spoke again "I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request." Adam stared at the man for a few moments before he laughed and smiled, "Means no." Adam scoffed and shrugged his shoulders; "Very well then", he made his way over to the edge of the ship and took the medallion from around his neck and hung it over the edge, "I'll drop it."

The Captain laughed again, "Me holds are burstin with swag." Adam shrugged his shoulders and let his grip loosen just a bit causing the Captain to become uneasy, "Why?" Adam scoffed, "It's what you've been searching for. I recognized the ship. I saw it eight years ago on the crossing from England." The Captain smirked, "Did ya now?" Adam gave a smirk of his own, "Fine. Well I suppose if it's worthless then there's no point in me keeping it." And with that he let it slip through his fingers almost all the way causing every pirate on the ship to lunge forward and gasp. Adam let out a small laugh and pulled his hand back over the edge and smiled smugly at the Captain, "Don't want it huh?" The Captain laughed, "You got a name son?" Adam panicked and blurted out the first name that came to mind, "Reso….Adam Reso. I work as a stablehand in the Governor's household." The Captain nodded his head, "And how does a stablehand get to own a trinket such as that? Family heirloom, perhaps?" Adam glared at him, "I didn't steal it if that's what you mean." The Captain held out his hand, "Very well, you hand that over and we'll put your town to our rudder and ne'er return." Adam stared at the open hand for a few seconds before dropping the medallion in it and watching as the hand closed over it.

The Captain smirked and turned around, "Still the guns and stow em, signal the men, set the flags and make good to clear port." Adam's eyes widened when he realized what was happening, "Wait you have to take me to shore!" The Captain laughed, "Taking you to shore was not a part of our deal." Adam opened his mouth to protest but was swiftly hit over the head with a blunt object. He grunted as he hit the ship's deck and heard several laughs around him. He struggled to open his eyes and saw the Captain kneeling in front of him, "Welcome aboard the Black Pearl ."

-Port Royal-

Jason awoke with a grunt and immediately shielded his eyes from the light streaming into the window. He blinked a few times and looked around and that's when the panic set in. He jumped up from the bed and threw on some clothes and bolted down the stairs. He searched all around the house and even went to the stable where Elizabeth, Adam's horse, was kept and still couldn't find him. He dropped to his knees in the dirt outside and began to sob into his hands. It was all his fault they had taken Adam, he was never going to forgive himself for this. As much as he hated it he needed to go to the Commodore, he sighed and wiped away his tears before he strode towards the fort. He threw open the door to where the Governor and the Commodore stood and looked back and forth between them, "Adam is gone." The Governor gave a small sad smile, "Glad to see you're awake. We weren't sure you'd pull through."

"I'm fine!" Jason snapped, "But what about Adam?" The Governor gave him a sad smile, "He was taken…but were doing everything in our power to get him back." Jason looked from the Governor to the Commodore, who seemed completely uninterested in the subject, and sighed, "But what of something happens to him?" The Commodore shrugged his shoulders, "We're doing the best we can." Jason snapped and slammed his fist down on the small table, "That's not good enough!" The Commodore stood now and walked over to Jason, "Mr Reso is it? Don't make the mistake of thinking you are the only one who cares for Adam." Jason opened his mouth to respond with a snarky comeback when the doors came flying open again and Alex came bursting through them.

"I've heard they've taken Adam." He spoke. The Governor nodded his head, "Yes and were doing all we can." Alex sighed and quickly a thought popped into his head, "What about the pirate? Surely he knows where the ship could be headed?" The Commodore shook his head, "No. They left Chris Sabin in his cell therefore they are not allies." Alex huffed, "He could still know something!" The Commodore slammed his hands down on the table, "Now that is enough! I have heard enough from the both of you! Now leave!" Alex rolled his eyes and grabbed Jason's arm and dragged him out the room. When the pair entered the hallway Alex took him aside, "Listen. If they aren't going to help us were going to do this ourselves." Jason nodded his head and listened closely, "We're going to be breaking a handful of laws but it's the only way to get Adam back." Alex said. Jason smiled, "What did you have in mind?"

Chris sat in his cell, hat pulled down over his eyes as he tried to pick the lock of his cell with the broken bone he had. He grunted as he heard the door open and tossed the bone across his cell and laid on the floor trying to appear asleep. Several items came clattering down the stairs and he lifted his head to see what the commotion was. He was surprised to see the blacksmith from the other night and a blonde boy that looked oddly familiar. He sat up all the way now and stared at the pair and rubbed his eyes. He blinked a few times and stared at them, "William? Patrick?" Both boys turned their attention to him now and gave him a strange look and he shook his head and pulled his hat down back over his eyes and lay back down. 'I'm definitely losing my mind' Chris thought, 'Seeing people from your past isn't something normal'

The boy's exchanged glances before Alex spoke up, "You. Sabin!" The pirate made no move to get up but responded, "Aye." Alex rolled his eyes, "You are familiar with that ship? The Black Pearl?" Chris sat up now and pushed the hat away from his eyes, "I've heard of it." Alex and Jason looked at each other for a few seconds before Alex tried again, "Where does it make berth?" Chris rolled his eyes, "Where does it make berth? Have you not heard the stories? Captain Storm and his crew of miscreants sail from the dreaded Isla de Muerta. It's an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is." Alex and Jason looked at each other again before Alex sighed, "The ship's real enough. Therefore it's anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?" Chris laughed and stood up, he walked over to the window and looked outside and then turned his attention back to the boys, "Why ask me?"

Jason used this as his turn to speak up, "Because you're a pirate." Chris laughed, "And you two are looking to turn pirate yourselves?" Both boys let out a simultaneous, "No!" Chris laughed, "So why do you need my help?" Jason sighed, "They've taken Adam. I need to get him back." Chris cocked an eyebrow and looked at Alex, "And you?" Alex blushed and looked away, "I'm just here to help Jay." Chris sighed and sat back down, "Well seeing as I'm locked away in here nothing is happening." Alex smirked, "I can get you out." Chris scoffed, "How? The keys ran away." Alex smirked, "My dad helped to build these cells. These are half pin-barrel hinges." He looked around and spotted the bench and lifted it putting it underneath the hinges on the door and smirked, "With the right leverage and the proper application of strength, the door will lift free." Chris stood up and looked at him, "What's your name." Alex cocked an eyebrow, "Alex Shelley."

Chris nodded his head and looked towards the other boy, "And yours?" He sighed, "Jason Reso." Chris nodded his head, "Well, I've changed me mind. If you spring me from this cell I swear on pain of death I shall take you to the Black Pearl and you to your bonny lass. Do we have an accord?" The boys looked at each other before nodding, "Agreed." Alex stuck his hand out and shook Chris' own as did Jason. Chris smiled, "Now get me out of here." Alex rolled his eyes and pushed down on the bench and the door flew open with a large clang. "Hurry, someone will have heard that." Chris shook his head and ran a few steps across the room, "Not without my effects." He grabbed them from the chain they were hanging from and ran after the two boys.

They made their way down to the docks without being spotted and were currently hiding underneath a bridge as Chris told them his plan. "We're going to steal a ship?" Jason asked. Alex cocked an eyebrow and looked over at the Dauntless, "That ship?" Chris rolled his eyes," Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term." They nodded their heads and Chris sighed and turned to Jason, "One question about your business, boy, or there's no use going. This boy, how far are you willing to go to save him?" Jason looked at him for a few seconds before responding, "I'd die for him." Chris clapped his hands together, "Oh, good no worries then." A plan quickly formed in Chris' head and he leaned over to whisper it into the ears of his partners in crime. As they walked on the bottom of the ocean floor a paddleboat above their heads giving them oxygen Alex shook his head, "This is either madness or brilliance." Jason laughed and stepped carefully following Chris' and Alex's lead. Chris smirked, "It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide." They finally reached their destination of the Dauntless and climbed aboard startling the men aboard the ship. Chris smirked, "Everyone stay calm! We are taking over the ship." The man in charge laughed, "The ship can't be crewed by such a small group of men. You'll never make it out of the bay." Chris laughed and pointed his gun at the man's face, "Son I'm Captain Chris Sabin. Savvy?"

The Commodore noticed a small paddleboat floating in the water and his men standing in it. He cocked an eyebrow and listened as the man aboard it yelled out to him, "Sir, they've taken the Dauntless. They've taken the ship. The pirate, Reso and blacksmith – they've taken the Dauntless." The Commodore swore under his breath and put his spyglass to his eye and aimed it at the ship noticing the pirate aboard with Reso and the blacksmith. The Commodore shook his head and closed the spyglass, "That is without doubt the worst pirate I have ever seen." The Commodore signaled to his men to get to the Interceptor and make their way to the Dauntless. The boys looked up from what Chris had instructed them to do and Jason spoke up, "Here they come." Chris nodded his head and directed them to where they needed to be hiding.

As the Commodore and his men boarded the ship he looked around and spoke up, "Search every cabin, every hold, down to the bilges." His men nodded their heads and did as they were told and began to search for the three men. Chris nodded his head and the three men swung from the Dauntless over to the Interceptor smoothly landing on the deck and Chris instructed them to take their positions. The Commodore turned around just in time to spot the Interceptor sailing off and began to panic, "Sailors, back to the Interceptor! Now!" The men grabbed the ropes and tried to swing over but missed the ship and ended up landing in the water. The Commodore growled and Chris laughed and shouted to him, "Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We'd have had a hard time of it by ourselves." The Commodore growled again and spoke to the man next to him, "Set top the sails and clear up this mess." The man shook his head, "With the wind at quarter astern, we won't catch them." The Commodore rolled his eyes, "We don't need to catch them just get them in range of the long nines." The man nodded his head and sighed, "Hands, come about. Run out the guns." He turned to the Commodore now, "We open fire on our own ship, sir?" The Commodore sighed and stared after the Interceptor, "I'd rather see her at the bottom of the ocean than in the hands of a pirate." A sailor ran up to the Commodore and stared at him wide-eyed, "Commodore, he's disabled the rudder chain, sir!" The Commodore shook his head and turned his attention back to the Interceptor surprised to find it coming towards the ship at accelerated rate. "Abandon ship!" he shouted as several men jumped overboard to escape being crushed. The man with Commodore Gangrel shook his head, "That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen." The Commodore scowled, "So it would seem."

-To the sea-

Jason sat down on the deck staring out at the ocean as Alex steered and Chris sat staring at the pair. "So where are you from?" Chris asked looking at Jason. Jason smiled, "England. When I was a lad my mother raised me by herself. After she died, I came out here, looking for my father." Chris nodded his head and turned towards Alex, "And you?" Alex rolled his eyes, "As if you care." Chris rolled his eyes and murmured under his breath, "Git." Jason laughed as well, "He's from England as well. Or so we assume he came here one day with his sick old dad. No one knew what was wrong with him but they assumed it was from years out on the sea. The old man opened up the shop and when he got too ill to work anymore he trained Alex." Chris nodded his head, "Is that so?" Jason sighed, "My father, William Reso. At the jail, it was only after you learned my name and Alex's that you agreed to help. Since that's what I wanted, I didn't press the matter. I'm not a simpleton, Chris. You knew my father and Alex's as well." Chris sighed, "Me and Alex's father go way back. Patrick was a good man. I met him years ago when I was around your age and he took me under his wing taught me almost everything I know. As for your father that's a different story. I knew him. Probably one the few who knew him as William Reso. Everyone else just called him Bootstrap or Bootstrap Bill."

Jason cocked an eyebrow, "Bootstrap?" Chris nodded his head, "Good man. Good pirate. I swear you look just like him." Jason stared at him in shock for a few seconds before he jumped up, "It's not true. He was a merchant sailor. A good, respectable man who obeyed the law." Chris laughed and looked up at him, " He was a bloody pirate, a scallywag." Jason growled and drew his sword pointing it at the man, "My father was not a pirate."

Chris rolled his eyes, "Put it away before you get hurt boy." Jay scoffed, "You think I can't fight?" Chris stood and glared at him, "No. I know you can fight. It's in your blood." Jay growled at him now, "My father was not a pirate." Chris shrugged his shoulders and went to turn away, "If that makes you feel better." Jason growled and watched as he made his way to the wheel and took over steering for Alex. Jason not on for being annoyed lunged at the man only to be hit by the ship's sail and swung out to sea. His sword dropped to the deck and he clung desperately to the sail and dared to look at the sea below him. Chris stalked over to where the boy was clinging to the sail and smirked at him, "Now, as long as you're just hanging there, pay attention. The only rules that really matter are these; what a man can do and what a man can't do. For instance, you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday. Now, me, for example, I can let you drown but then you're friend here would be very upset with me and I'd have to get rid of him as well and I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesy, savvy? So?" He turned the wheel now and swung the boy back to the deck and he landed with a hard thud. Chris picked up his sword where it lay and handed it to him. Jason took his sword back and went to stand over near Alex who had been rooted to his spot staring wide-eyed at Chris. The pirate smirked and looked at the two boys, "Can you sail under the command of a pirate? Or can you not?"

The boys looked at each other briefly before Alex spoke up, "Tortuga?" Chris smirked and looked at the sea and pointed off into the distance. Both boys' eyes traveled to where he was pointing just barely being able to spot what appeared to be a small island in the distance. Chris went back to the wheel and flipped open his compass. He turned the wheel and smirked, "Tortuga."

-Tortuga-

Chris smirked as he took in Tortuga it hadn't changed since the last time he had seen this place. He turned around and spoke to the boys who were following closely behind, "More importantly, it is indeed a sad life that has never breathed deep this sweet, proliferous bouquet that is Tortuga, savvy? What do you think?" Alex wrinkled his nose and spoke up, "It'll linger." Chris laughed and threw an arm around the boy, "I'll tell you mate, if every town in the world were like this one, no man would ever feel unwanted." Alex glared at him and Chris smirked when he saw a red headed woman headed his way. "Scarlett!" The woman promptly slapped him and walked away in a huff. Chris rubbed his cheek and turned to the boys, "Not sure I deserved that." At the same moment a blonde came wandering over and Chris smiled, "Giselle!" The blonde woman gave him a small glare, "Who was she?" Chris cocked an eyebrow, "What?" and again he was slapped. Jason was laughing now as Chris rubbed at his cheek, "I may have deserved that."

Alex rolled his eyes, "You're foul." Chris laughed and turned to him, "Says the boy who kissed me." Alex blushed and his eyes immediately went to Jason who was being hit on by a rather large drunk woman. Chris smirked and grabbed his chin, "Don't think I forgot about that darling. You're unlike anyone I've met." Alex tore his chin from Chris' grip, "Maybe because I'm a man?" Chris laughed and cupped Alex through is trousers, he leaned forward and whispered into Alex's ear, "Maybe that's what I like about you." Alex had turned at least two different shades of red and Chris walked off without even a backwards glance. All of a sudden Jason was clinging to his arm, "I've been hit on by a portly prostitute." Alex looked at him and swallowed the lump in his throat, "And I was just violated by a pirate." Jason cocked an eyebrow and burst into a fit of laughter causing Alex to smack him round the back of his head. "It's not funny." Jason laughed and spotted Chris leaning against a wall waiting for them, "He's waiting. Let's go. You don't want to keep your lover-boy waiting." Alex glared at Jason's retreating form but ran after him when the portly prostitute sent a glance his way. Alex shook his head as he ran, "It'll linger alright."

Sooooooooo?

Adam: I hate you

Me: No you dont :)

Jay: I got hit on by a fat woman?

Me: No a portly prostitute.

Alex: I was molested.

Chris: You liked it.