Hello everyone! I am back with another chapter! Whew...things are going crazy in this story isn't it? Abby and Sarah have yet to wait to see what lies in store for them at the end of this story! It pay be predictable, but it also may be surprising. You never know!

I am using way to many exclamation points...

Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to Pirates of the Caribbean. I only own Abigail Unger and Sarah Williams.

Chapter 8:

Bargaining

When Abby stepped foot onto the Black Pearl, she didn't expect so many pirates to be crowded on the small deck of the ship. Abby almost tripped as she made her way onto the ship as she stared at all of the men. Some snarled at her and the others, some having their whole attention on their captain who stood in the middle of them all.

Sarah stood next to Elizabeth with a deep frown. Her hands were shackled together and it was obvious from the angle that her hands had to be in was uncomfortable. She shifted her hands and laced her fingers together, but it didn't ease the discomfort. Everything from spotting the other ships, to Sao Feng and his men boarding was in a flash. One moment she was teasing Will about his love life and then the next she was chained up and feeling claustrophobic.

Sarah watched Abby being thrown into the inner circle where they stood. Abby narrowed her eyes at her and Sarah knew that look.

What the hell did you do? Abby seemed to ask. Sarah looked the other way, not having the energy to explain it all to her through eyebrow movements and mouthing.

"Sao Feng," Barbossa greeted as he strolled up to him, "You showing up here; it is truly a remarkable coincidence."

"Coincidence my ass," Sarah muttered earning a jab in the arm from Elizabeth's elbow as a sign to keep quiet.

With a tight smile, Sao Feng turned around and spotted Jack hiding behind Barbossa. "Jack Sparrow. You paid me great insult once."

Jack, who was biting on a finger nail, pulled his hand away from his mouth and stood up. "That doesn't sound like me."

In a flash, Sao Feng brought his fist up and slammed it into Jack's nose. It took a while for Jack to respond as he was hunched over, holding his nose. After a moment of cursing under his breath, Jack tilted his head back up. "Shall we just call it square, then?"

It was obvious to Sarah that Jack had yet another bad history with another pirate. Hiding behind Barbossa at first was cowardly, she had to admit, and it gave her a twinge of annoyance.

Apparently the Locker had no effect on him in any way. She shifted her hands once again and winced as the metal dug into her skin, leaving an indent.

On time, Will appeared. He pushed through the crowd in front of her and pointed to Elizabeth. "Release her," he said, "She's not part of the bargain."

Elizabeth's eyes narrowed and she leaned over to Sarah. "What bargain is he talking about?"

Sarah swallowed, knowing exactly what bargain he was speaking about. After all, she, Abby, and Will did have a discussion about it once they set off from Singapore. "No idea," she lied.

"And what bargain be that?" Barbossa asked, just as skeptical as Elizabeth was.

There was a pause as all eyes were on Will. He didn't waver. Instead Sao Feng spoke up before he could reply. "You heard Captain Turner. Release her."

Captain Turner? Abby thought. The name did have a ring to it, but the way Sao Feng said it made it odd. It was the bargain for the Black Pearl wasn't it?

"Aye, the perfidious rotter led a mutiny against us!" Gibbs accused as Elizabeth was being released from her shackles. Sarah held up hers too with a small smile at Sao Feng, but she was ignored.

"No!" Abby shouted. "That's not his case."

Gibbs's eyes flickered to hers "What do you mean? It's obvious isn't it?"

"I need the Pearl to free my father," Will claimed, "That's the only reason I came on this voyage."

Elizabeth jerked her hand away from the shackles once they were unlocked and she marched towards him. "Why didn't you tell me you were planning this?"

"It was my burden to bear."

Abby had to look away from the betrayal in Elizabeth's eyes.

Sarah looked over to Jack and motioned for him to do something. He stuck out his head from behind Barbossa and moved back but it was only for a second before he stepped out. Jack spoke. "He needs the Pearl. Captain Turner needs the Pearl. And you felt guilty. You and your Brethren Court." He paused and waved his arms around. "Did no one come to save me just because they missed me?"

The deck fell silent as the question sunk in and everyone aboard looked at one another, curious to see who did indeed save Jack because they missed him. Marty shot his hand right into the air following by Pintel, Ragetti, and a few others. Even the monkey raised his hand. Jack smiled and nodded at each of them and then his eyes landed on Sarah.

Hesitantly, while looking at the others, she raised her hand slightly. Jack's smile widened. "I'm standing over there with them." He trolled over to their side when Sao Feng pulled him back by his hair. He muttered something to Jack.

"I'm not certain I can survive any more visits from old friends," Jack replied. Sao Feng spun him around and dragged him to the side of the deck and pointed over to another ship nearby. The sails were white and crisp with an East India Trading Company flag waving high above them.

"Becket?" Abby wondered aloud. "How on earth did anyone manage to be taken off his target?"

"We came to…an agreement," Sao Feng answered through his teeth as he pulled Jack back over to the other side where the longboats were. "Now, Jack Sparrow, you wouldn't want to keep him waiting."

The protests from Jack were cut short as he was dropped down off the ship and into a longboat heading towards the other ship.

Shackles were placed on Elizabeth once again and along with Will. Sarah stood rigid as she glared at Sao Feng. "So what are you going to do with us while Jack over there? Lock us in the brig because you are all big and bad?"

After speaking a few words with Mercer, Sao Feng was tense and did not respond.

Abby sighed next to her and leaned over close to Sarah's ear. "There goes our little vacation. We can never escape trouble can we?"

Sarah shrugged. "We are technically pirates. It's in our job description."

Abby sighed.

"Shame they're not bound to honor the code of the Brethren, isn't it?" Barbossa stepped forward Sao Feng.

"Wait, what?" Abby asked.

"Sao Feng wanted the Pearl!" Marty harshly whispered to her.

"Oh." Abby shook her head, trying to wrap her mind around all that was happening at that moment. So many people want the Pearl. It was just a ship for goodness sakes! But it was pretty fast and was raised from the depths of the ocean.

"Because honor's a hard thing to come by nowadays…" Barbossa trailed his words, waiting for a reaction from the captain in front of him.

"There is no honor to remaining with the losing side," Sao Feng snapped. "Leaving it for the winning side, that's just good business."

For a second, Sarah had to process what he had said, then she stepped in. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. There is no honor remaining with the losing side and going over to the so called winning side is good business? Who said anyone is losing or winning so far? And you would prefer to betray your brethren to run off with some stuck up guys?"

Sao Feng turned towards her. "They have the Dutchmen. Now the Pearl. And what do the Brethren have?"

"Uh…" Sarah paused. "Rum? Guns? Cool beards?"

"Calypso."

Sao Feng's head snapped towards Barbossa who had hint of a grin playing on the corner of his mouth. Sao Feng looked over Barbossa's shoulder at the three girls and laughed. "Calypso. An old legend."

"No. The goddess herself, bound in human form. Imagine all the power of the seas brought to bear against our enemy. I intend to release her. But for that I need the Brethren Court." Barbossa lifted the pendant that Sao Feng wore. "All the Court."

"Since when do we have…Calypso?" Sarah asked Barbossa. "Who is it?" Barbossa slightly tilted his neck towards Tia Dalma; who glared at him. Sarah's eyes widened. "Oh."

"What are you proposing, captain?" Sao Feng demanded, holding his red cloth up to his nose and brought it back down.

Barbossa strolled up close to him, adding edge to his proposition. "What be accepting, cap'n?"

"The girl."

"What?" Elizabeth raised her eyebrows.

Abby narrowed hers. "Which girl?"

"Please tell me it's not me," Sarah said.

Sao Feng smiled. "Her…Elizabeth isn't it? Elizabeth Swann?"

Sarah stepped in front of Elizabeth, blocking her from Sao Feng's path. "No. You will not take her. She will not be part of any bargain."

"You can't do that, Sarah. It's not your bargain," Abby warned her friend.

"But she is right, Abby." Will stepped up next to Sarah. "Elizabeth is not part of any bargain."

"Out of the question." Barbossa waved his hand with a nod.

"It was not a question," Sao Feng stated.

Heart pounding in her chest, Abby watched Elizabeth ponder the deal. Her eyebrows her furrowed as she pressed her thumb to her lip for a moment before bringing it back down. "Done."

"What?" Will exclaimed. "Not done."

Sarah nodded. "I second to that!"

Elizabeth shook her head, her teeth clenched together. "Will, you got us into this. If it frees us, then done!"

"Elizabeth, they're pirates."

"I have had more than enough experience dealing with pirates!" Elizabeth shoved her hands into Will's chest, pushing him away.

Sarah stood still. She could see the determination and honesty in her eyes that told her no more than she was going to go through with it no matter what. It was just Sarah feared for whatever will lie ahead for Elizabeth. However, if Sarah was in her place, she would do the same thing. "If she wants to, let her."

Will spun around to face Sarah. "You're changing your mind?"

"Hey, I can't control her. She is her own person, you know."

"And I am standing right here," Elizabeth seethed.

Barbossa leaned in. "Then we have an accord?"

"It seems so," Abby affirmed, swallowing the small lump in her throat.

A canon fired nearby. The sound roared through the silence that followed the discussion. On instinct, Abby ducked and felt the ship shake as they were hit. The scraped of swords being pulled from their sheaths rung through her ears and she stood back up, pulling her own out and swinging.

Chaos broke out onto the deck as man against man pushed against each other and slit each other's skin. Out of the corner of her eye, Abby saw Elizabeth being pulled off the ship.

Sarah reached out for Abby and pulled her aside.

"What?" Abby shrieked at her.

Sarah winced, but spoke. "We need to hide."

A man that she had went to the island with and brought her back with a gun pointed at her head came after Abby and she swung her sword, slicing his unguarded side. He fell down in an instant. She spun around back to Sarah. "You are running?"

"Uh...sure, yeah I need to find a safe way to get off this ship and over to the other to retrieve Jack."

"I'm pretty sure he has his own ass covered, Sarah." Abby rolled her eyes. "At first I thought you were hiding because you were going into coward mode."

"Hey!" Sarah objected. "I was not! Well…not yet anyways…"

A bullet flew in between them and they flew apart. Abby landed on her elbows and groaned, grasping tightly onto her sword that nearly flew out of her hand. From above her, she heard Jack's familiar yelp and looked up. He flew right over her head as he held onto a rope.

Pushing herself up from the ground, Abby watched him land somewhere on the other side of the ship. The usual few were gathered to where Jack landed, peering over the edge with their brows creased. Abby looked around to find Jack above her, leaning on the back part of the ship.

"And that was without even a single drop of rum," he quipped, smirking.

"I'm impressed," Sarah said, crossing her arms. "I'd never thought you would be so clever on your escapes sober."

Jack jumped down and held out his arms. "I'm always full of surprises, aren't I?" Dropping his arms back down to his side, he turned to Will with a dark expression. "Send this pestilent, traitorous, cow hearted, yeasty codpiece to the brig."