'Aren't you happy to see me love?' asked Jack, with his signature smirk on full display

'Would I've never been more unhappy be a sufficient answer?' groaned Scarlett, her head was in a spin and hurting like hell.

'Oh darlin' I'm pleased I make you feel that way' Scarlett rolled her eyes as Jack continued 'Look, I have a proposition for you, you help me find Gibbs and gather a crew so I can go after the Pearl'

Her eyebrows furrowed trying to understand Jack's idea, 'You're planning to take the Pearl? Jack, did that island sun melt your brain? Barbossa would never give it up to you'

'On the contrary love I have a plan, so if you help me with this part of the plan, I will make sure that your part in this part of the plan does not go unnoticed, you can have a drink, not sleep on the ground, if you play your part in this part of the plan well. Savvy?' Everyone was looking at Jack as if he was insane, each cog moving in their heads was practically in plain view, as they both stared into deep space, comprehending what Jack actually meant.

'Wow my head hurts far too much to listen to those rants again, I'll just say yes.' Said Scarlett, wiping the sea water from her face. After agreeing she earned a smile from Jack, and he held out his hand so she could get up. Just as she started to get up Jack was called by a blonde woman who caused him to let go of Scarlett and send her back to the cold sand. She landed with a thud, which by the look on her face hurt her head more.

'Who is she?' the woman asked jealously.

'What?' replied the Captain, which earned him a hard slap on the cheek, re-illuminating the red mark from earlier. He was snapped out of hit daze by the laughter and sniggering of Scarlett and Will, 'Oi, stop dallying about we have a job to do, get off that sand or I'll leave you there'. Scarlett stood up and started walking with Jack and Will towards Tortuga. 'Thank you darlin''

Scarlett quickly spun around to Jack 'don't call me darlin' or I'll use that pistol to castrate you'. She turned back around and continued walking.

Jack smirked and said 'I love it when you talk dirty'

The group eventually made it to a pig sty, the last place they were going to look, and found Gibbs, an old friend of Jacks. Gibbs was always a superstitious man, who worried about the consequences of every action. His traditional views were seen as endearing in a way, and he did act as a father figure to the rest of his old crews, being at least a few years older. Yet, here he is, lying on a fat pig with a stench coming from him that could even make the rats run away. Jack soon picked up a nearby bucket of water and threw it on the old man; Scarlett felt a pang of sympathy for the man, considering it was close to what just happened to her. 'Curse ya for breathing, you slack-jawed idiot' shouted Gibbs, clearly furious at being awakened by Jack. 'Mother's love, Jack. You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleeping, it's bad luck'

'Ah but fortunately I know how to counter it, the man who did the waking buys the man who was sleeping a drink, the man who was sleeping drinks it whilst listening to a proposition, from the man who did the waking'

'Jack, again with the rants.' Said Scarlett, holding her head in her hands, her hangover still not diminishing.

'Aye, that'll about do it' said Gibbs as he made his way towards the group; Will took his chance to throw another bucket at him. 'Blast I'm already awake!' the man now drenched in water hollered.

'That was for the smell' explained Will.

After contemplating Will's actions she decided it was a 'Fair point'. The group then made their way to a nearby tavern, different from the one Scarlett was just thrown out of, as Jack wasn't in the mood for a fight, neither was Scarlett who in her state of half drunkenness, half sobriety would more likely hurt herself with a sword than an attacker. Will had his arm around her waist, helping her walk in a straight line without falling over, whilst Jack eagerly sped towards the tavern to tell Gibbs his proposal about the Pearl.

Just as they were approaching the door of the tavern, Scarlett felt an all too familiar feeling in her stomach. It growled before pushing the sickly liquid up her throat, Scarlett quickly clenched her stomach and threw up onto the dirt below. Luckily, she didn't hit anyone; she held her hand on the wall for support while listening to Jack's disgust 'ew, that's not nice.' He walked to Scarlett and put a hand on her back 'Listen love, we'll go inside while you bring back up all the rum you owe that tavern. I'll leave the whelp with you.' He clicked his fingers at Will and instantly disappeared into the Faithful Bride.

A couple of minutes later Scarlett's stomach had settled and Will decided this would be the moment to expel all his curiosity about the girl 'So, why were they throwing you off the pier before?'

'Well, drinking copious amounts of rum every day sort of dulls the voice in your head reminding you, you have no money. And when the tavern staff came to collect, they found out that fact, and threw me out. It was some gentlemen trying to get into the girl's bed who threw me into the sea. I guess it was something that impressed them because I haven't seen 'em since.' Replied Scarlett, still panting from throwing up.

Will continued, 'How come you have no money, and why would you drink that much anyway? Rum is vile.'

'It may be vile to you but it does just what I require'

'And what's that?'

'I need to forget' she paused. 'But every time I wake up, the memory's still there and so I drink again' she shivered, the mix of cold air and sea water on her skin made the girl freezing. She looked around and saw a passed out man on the floor, she took his long coat off him and wrapped it around herself.

Will saw how fragile she looked, clearly a life of little food and constant drinking was disagreeing with her, he wanted to be a hero and return her to a safe home but it didn't seem like she had one. 'Do you not have a life outside of Tortuga?' he asked.

'I used to, had a ship, a crew, all the money we could plunder.' She looked down as her emerald-green eyes glossed over 'But a while ago, we had just split up in a town in England, stealing Knicks and knacks from everywhere, but the company caught sight of the ship and started searching for us. The boys sailed away without me, and that's when I lost my ship and crew.' Scarlett felt bad for lying to the boy, but she couldn't even admit it to herself what really happened that day. Just as Will was beginning to think of more questions Jack emerged with Gibbs.

'We have an accord. We'll have a crew by morning' the pirate captain smiled.