Almost Familiar Faces.

A/N: The beginning of this chapter should bring us to where the story started.

Disclaimer: Don’t own ‘em.

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During the next three months Will had shown himself to be an ample member of the crew. Elizabeth, on the other hand, did not fair nearly as well. Unaccustomed to the food, lack of bathing, and what she referred to as ‘delinquent behavior’, she was ready to go back to her father and hang up her pants (she couldn’t very well go running around a ship in a dress). By then the flame between her and Will had died, and they were both aware of it.

Jack couldn’t help but to dwell on the fact that he might be losing Will when they returned to Port Royal. He had tried to get Will alone so that he could speak to him about his staying, but it seemed that the boy always had a woman around. Elizabeth was Will’s best friend. ~And I’m not.~ Jack took a deep breath and let the air out slowly. If it wasn’t Ms. Swann then it was Ana. She had become very protective of the boy and had taken him under her wing. It seemed that the young Jade had also taken a liking to Ana. Both were women and both were pirates, and above all, they both loved harassing Jack. It also turned out that Jade liked to ruffle Elizabeth’s feathers as well. She was much gentler in her teasings of Ms. Swann and Elizabeth took the jokes in stride. Elizabeth was far from defenseless herself though, and it had become mealtime entertainment to watch their banter.

Jack had been bothered at first by Will and Jade’s relationship. Jade obviously found the boy attractive and seemed to like his gentle nature. ~Not something you see a lot in this line of work.~ Jack chuckled. The light touches that Jade had started out with had seemed innocent enough. A hand on Will’s shoulder, patting his knee and so on. At first Jack thought nothing of it. Now he was becoming suspicious of Jade’s intentions.

The night before the Black Pearl reached their destination, Jack had decided to talk to Will no matter which woman was around. Jack had found Will and Jade talking on deck. Will had been sitting on a crate and Jade was standing in front of him. Jack took a seat on a barrel across from Will and Jade moved to the side so that Jack could speak. They started off with small talk, Jack hoped to work his way to what he needed to say. Jade had let them speak for a few minutes before changing position. Walking behind Will, she leaned towards him and draped her arms around his neck, resting her head on his shoulder. Will had seemed startled at first, but soon smiled and took one of her hands in his own, placing a kiss on the back of her wrist.

Before Jack could show his surprise Jade had tackled Will, knocking him off of the crate. They spent the next few minutes trying to pin the other one down, chasing each other in the process. ~Almost like brother and sister~ Jack thought.

Suddenly Jade stopped in front of Jack, stepping to the side, narrowly missing Will’s attack. She looked closely at Jack as if thinking about something. Raising an eyebrow she began to grin mischievously. “I think our captain feels left out.”

Will looked at Jack for a moment, “I do believe you are right.”

Jade’s eyes gleamed, “We should fix that.”

Jack didn’t get a chance to protest before he found himself pinned to the ground by Jade. Jade’s smile slowly turned into a frown as she realized that her prey was not struggling. “Yer takin’ all the fun out of this.”

Before she knew what had happened, Jade was on her back and Jack was using most of his weight to keep it that way. She wasn’t even sure how they had gotten that way. “See, I can have fun like the rest of ye.” Jack grinned at the thought that Jade had wanted to include him in their game. Jack looked down at the girl’s face, hoping to see a look of defeat. He was stricken by the look of pain in the girl’s eyes.

“Jack, you’re hurting me.” Jade push out the words. It was the first time she had called him ‘Jack’ instead of ‘Captain’ or another title of resp

“Jack, get off of her!” Will had come up next to them and was pulling Jack up.

“I don’t understand. I didn’t do anything!” Jack looked at Will when he said this. He saw a look of fear in Will’s eyes as the boy went to help Jade up. He had pulled open the coat that Jade had been wearing. The shirt underneath was soaked with fresh blood.

“It’s all right Will. I think it tore open is all.” Jades face was becoming pale.

Jack opened up the shirt so that he could get a good look at the wound. He made sure that nothing ‘personal’ of the girl’s was showing. He gasped at the sight of the wound. It had been sewn shut and taken care of relatively well before it had just torn open again. Taking Jade into his arms he brought her to his cabin and had sent Will to get what and who they needed.

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A few hours had passed since Jade’s wound had been discovered. Jack wasn’t able to ask her what had happened. She needs rest. Instead he went to Will.

“What happened to her Will? When did it happen?” Jack had found Will whispering to Ana in one of the storage areas below deck. Ana quickly left so that the two could talk alone.

“It happened a few days before we met her. She had refused on of Lucient’s ‘punishments’. During the struggle she had found herself with a sward in her side. Passed right through, front to back. As far as we could tell, there are no life threatening internal injuries.”

Jack seemed frustrated, “Why did no one bother to tell me that she was wounded?”

“Because she asked us not to, Jack. She thought you would think her weak if you had known about the ‘punishments’. I think she’s afraid. Afraid of what you’ll think and of what you’ll do.”

“You mean that they had tried before that? To rape her?” Jack was more than frustrated, he was furious.

Will spoke softly, almost inaudible, “They did more than try Jack. She was on that ship for at least two years. I don’t think she can even count the amount of times they succeeded.”

“Bastards.” Jack growled. ~She’s in no shape to be walking, let alone doing the work I asked of her.~ A new prerogative implanted itself in the captain’s mind. “First we drop off Elizabeth and pick up some supplies. I want Jade to have her own room on board, next to mine. Then, we are going to find the Golden Arrow.”

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Dun dun duuuuuun...

Will Jack be able to track down the Golden Arrow? How will Jade react to Jack knowing about her "punishments"? What other secrets are Will and Jade hidding? To find out, tune in next time to "How the world turns... around Captain Jack Sparrow's sexyness and Will Turner's hotness".

Yeah? You don't think that name is a little long?

A/N: Well now, if your wondering why Jack didn’t pick up on any of this before, I don’t know what to tell you. Ifr wor wondering why Jade was able to hide her condition such a short time after the wound was inflicted, I don’t know what to tell you. Let’s just say she’s that stubborn. How does that sound? If it still doesn’t make any sense, shush yourself. Oh, and I love you all. Hehehe.

I am very distressed over the disicions I will have to make for the rest of the story. I was so happy with Jade and Will but I want Will and Jack. Hmm. Maybe I can work with that. The story might start to get a little more serious. Hope it doesn't kill it. For about half an hour after I updated this (I noticed some mistakes and am back to fix them) I thought I had the story out of my system for a few days. Well apparently not. I can't get it out of my head. I've never written this much before, nor have I planned on continuing it.

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