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A/N: Yay! A new chapter! Still lagging a bit behind where I'd planned to be, but I keep chasing plot bunnies, so I hope you're enjoying them! Anyway, I'm finished with Harry Potter (14 hours - woo!) and I greatly enjoyed it, but that's not the reason we're here, so let's get to it. I wanted to tell you all that I'm now posting 'The Flying Dutchman' on Live Journal, and I've already seen several of you over there! Thanks for helping me feel welcome, and if anyone is really awesome about using the dang system, I'd love a few pointers, cuz it's confusing as hell. I'm curious to see if anyone would be interested in reading if I decided, in addition to posting chapters, if I wrote a bit about some of the ideas and processes in writing there. Some of you have asked me questions, or we've gotten into conversations on one topic or another, and I thought it might be interesting to have a place to go and talk about writing, PotC, or even my cats, if you like. My username over there is still BrethlessM, so if you're interested, visit me there and let me know what you think, what you'd like to see from me, or whatever. Or you can just comment in your review here - whatever. Anyway, enough rambling. I'm begining to feel better now, and I appreciate all the love and well wishes. I hope you enjoy the new chapter and I'll see you again in a few days! - Kimberlee
Chapter Five

Jack smiled brilliantly at the woman now before them. A woman, William knew, who was not really a woman at all. Not in the usual sense, anyway. The boy watched as an aura of genuine affection eased over Jack, even as he took two tiny steps that put himself between the goddess Calypso and William.

�Tia, darling!� Jack exclaimed, throwing his arms open in welcome. �It�s been too long! To what do I owe the pleasure of your company?�

Calypso � or Tia Dalma, as Jack had always persisted in calling her, although he�d known her secret since he was fifteen � grinned at him even more broadly. �I thought you said you would never set foot in Toamasina again, Jack. What purpose could possibly bring you so far from de warm Caribbean waters?�

�Oh, this-n-that,� Jack made a vague gesture with his hands. �Supplies, a bit of misplaced nostalgia for me old stomping grounds�� without turning, he took the shrunken head from William�s hands behind him and pulled it around in front so that it was visible to Tia. �And a sudden desire to find out more about this,� he said in a serious voice.

Tia�s smile vanished. The goddess stared at her daughter�s manipulated skull with an intense expression that William couldn�t quite decipher. �De are dead, dem what did this thing,� she said with only a hint of emotion. �I know not by whom, but vengeance had already been taken by de time I came to seek it.�

Jack knew the answer to that question, especially if Tia said she had nothing to do with it, but he kept his mouth shut. Instead he said, �Chief told me he sold her out to the Caplata�s. I repaid the debt not more than twenty minutes ago.�

A hint of her grin returned. �De dark priests sought to use der Vodun magicks to free your mother�s spirit and harness her power for der own.� Her face darkened. �De did not succeed.�

Jack nodded. �Good to hear it.� He put the head down on his desk and continued looking at it. �That�s not a power just anyone should be playing with.�

Tia slunk closer to Jack, smile widening into its regular brilliancy. �It could still be yours, Mpanjaka� Jack� you have managed to block,� she put a hand on his biceps, covering the series of tattoos that William knew were there, �my influence, but just say de words� de power dat you gave up, dat you - �

�That you,� he stepped away from her touch, �tried to kill me with,� he said with a laugh. �That you manipulated a foolish young man into taking.� He shook his head. �No, Tia, I still stand by the decision I made when I ran away from you. I�ll not be a god, thank-you.�

William waited for her to explode at Jack, and though a sour look of anger did rise on her face, she continued to stare at the pirate as though she wanted to devour him.

Jack seemed as unaffected by her as always. He smiled in an almost tender way and went to put an arm around her shoulder. �Come now, Tia, let�s not squabble about old matters we both know will only lead to our mutual dissatisfaction. You know me, darling, and you know how I hate to see you dissatisfied.�

She looked hungry all of a sudden as she curled a arm around his waist. �As I have said� I don�t know you as well as I�d have liked��

Not bothering to hide his expression of almost humorous distaste, Jack carefully removed himself from her grasp. �And if you weren�t, in fact, me own flesh and blood, I might find myself�� he swallowed uncomfortably, �tempted� by that prospect.�

Tia looked as though she would respond, but froze instead. Her eyes fell lazily closed and her head fell back languorously, rolling slightly on her neck so that for the first time, William noticed that she was really quite attractive, though the idea disturbed him. She inhaled deeply, and when her eyes snapped open, there was an understanding in them that held Jack in place, holding his breath.

She chuckled softly. �A storm is brewing� a powerful storm, headed straight for you, Jack Sparrow. But it is not of my making.� Tia tilted her head at him in curious amusement. �What have you done to de worshipers of Yemanja that would give them de power for such a thing as dis?�

Jack said nothing, but she didn�t seem to expect him to. With unnerving accuracy, Tia�s eyes scanned directly across the room to William, whom she had hitherto ignored. He tried not to react under the fierce power of her gaze, but found that he couldn�t move anyhow. The goddess slowly made her way toward him, grinning madly again, and crouch down directly in front of him.

William felt naked before her, but he did not move to cover himself. One of her hands took his chin gently in its grip, turning his face from side to side as she examined him.

�William Turner,� she drawled in an amused voice. Standing, she circled him tightly, examining every inch of him with her eyes. When she saw the raw tattoo on his back, she stopped moving and looked up at Jack in absolute delight. �William Turner!� It was almost a shriek, and William finally did move when she exploded into laughter, so powerful that she appeared about to collapse.

William looked at Jack with wide eyes, but Jack continued watching Tia convulse with hysteria. After a minute he exhaled deeply through his nose and picked up the chair before his desk, bringing it closer for Tia to sink into. She did, clutching the arms of the chair tightly as she slumped back against the wooden frame.

�After all de work we did to insure dat you would not have a child without your consent� Jack Sparrow is a father!� Tia dissolved into laughter again and Jack leaned back against the edge of his desk, crossing his arms and feet as he waited for her to recover.

Calming slightly, Tia held out a hand and waved for William to come closer. �Come here, small one, let Tia have a look at you.�

William felt that she�d seen quite as much of him as he wanted her to, but Jack nodded that it was all right - although without expression on his face � and William felt a strange comfort in the fact that Jack didn�t seem too nervous in the goddess�s presence. Hesitantly, he stood in front of her.

Tia�s amused eyes scanned William�s face carefully, coming to a rest when her eyes met his, and her smile broadened. �So like his father� not you, Jack� she chuckled again, keeping her eyes on William. �His blood father� very like him, but in looks only. His spirit is much closer to yours, or to�� her eyes lit with excitement, �his mother.�

William saw Jack move slightly, out of the corner of his eye, but he wasn�t about to break the gaze Tia continued to hold him with. Without looking anywhere but at William, Tia said, �I could get her for you, Jack. Though I cannot take her from there for my own purposes, for costing me my captain� I could take her from her hell for you,� she swiveled her head to face Jack, �in exchange.�

�In exchange for what?� Jack asked. There was no humor in his voice now.

Standing up, she went to Jack, a slow sway in her step. �De Dutchman needs a captain, Jack. Will is free from his duty, despite my efforts��

Jack nodded, and when he spoke there was a steely quality to his voice. �Yes, you�ll recall I was there for a portion of that little escapade. It was your hand stirring the tempest in that teapot, was it?�

Tia gave a low chuckle, not fooled by Jack�s calm demeanor. �Be angry, Jack� I can taste your spirit when you rage.� He didn�t rise to her, and she moved closer to him. �You wanted her, and she would have denied herself what she wanted most to be the woman she thought she should be.�

Jack shook his head, �She was honorable,� he said tightly. �And it was her honor that did you in, in the end, wasn�t it? You didn�t anticipate she�d choose death over�� he hesitated.

Tia�s face was very close to his. �Love?� she finished for him, and Jack couldn�t tell if she was serious, or mocking him. She moved away, looking over at William, who stood watching them in silence. To Jack she said, �She freed Will, and though I�d like to take her from the Locker in repayment, I am forbidden from such acts of vengeance against a martyr. But if you were to agree to serve� just ten years of de eternity you�ve won for yourself��

Jack said nothing, and Tia turned to William again. �Or him,� she said, still speaking to Jack. �Leave me de boy to raise, as I should have you, and I will give Elizabeth to you without consequence.� She knelt before William again, and the boy couldn�t help being caught in the fascination of her eyes. �You would learn to command de waters, William, and all de creatures dat dwell in their depths. You would have de power to ride storms and sink cities� you�d be a god.�
Her voice had sunk to a seductive whisper, and her face was beseeching him to say yes, but William simply turned his head to look at Jack. The pirate had not moved from his place beside the desk, and though his hand was clenching and unclenching at his side, when William met Jack�s eyes he saw only pain there. It was not the kind of pain that said he wanted to accept Tia�s offer to trade William for Elizabeth, nor was it the kind of pain that said he regretted denying the offer of power that had always been his to claim. Instead, William somehow knew that Jack was pained because William had to make this decision on his own, and he was afraid of which decision he would make.
Finding his voice, William spoke to the goddess, �We�ll find Mother ourselves.� Remembering the respectful familiarity Jack accorded her, William made a very small bow and smiled. �Thank-you anyway.�
Ever so slowly, Tia stood up and looked from William to Jack. She was no longer smiling when she spoke. �You will not free her on your own,� she said.
Jack finally moved, going to put an arm around William�s shoulder. �Oh, no worries, Love. We�ll manage to find a way.�
�If you succeed� I will have a debt to settle with Captain Swann.�
�Then I suspect we�ll be seeing you again,� Jack said with a glint in his eye that was not humor. �And you�ll be dealing with me.�
She stared at him shrewdly, but after a moment she nodded and smiled once more. Thunder exploded in the sky above them and torrents of rain suddenly followed, as if frightened from its bed by the sound. William looked up at the ceiling in alarm, and when he looked back, the goddess had disappeared. He stood in silence for a moment as Jack continued to stare at the spot she�d last stood.
Finally William said, �She�s� kind of scary.� He shivered.
Pulled from his reverie, Jack chuckled softly as he looked down at William and squeezed his shoulder. �You handled her just right, Mate.�
�Does she scare you?� he asked.
�Oh, absolutely. She�s bloody terrifying,� Jack grinned. �But I�ve known Tia nearly all me life. Lived with her a while too.
William nodded. �When she tried to kill you?� he asked. He was confused by the complexity of the pirate�s relationship with his grandmother.
Jack sighed, but nodded. �Went to Tia when I was a boy � needed her help to get me off the island. She gave me the two circular tattoos on my shoulder blades, which counterbalanced the one the ombiasy gave me, binding me to Madagascar. She gave me my freedom only, when she was done, I somehow wasn�t so eager to set out anymore.� He looked carefully at William. �She fed me the same offer she gave you� power, storms, all that. Well, I was mad with it � didn�t know she�d tied me to her in place of the damned island � and I drunk my fill of godhood until I realized what she was doing.�
William waited for Jack to continue, not sure he understood. �I was born a human, and to become a god, I�d have to die,� he said, his eyes became distant again. �She was clever about it� hadn�t a clue she was poisoning me until I began suspecting � �spose I�m lucky she wasn�t one for quick deaths. I left for Tortuga, but it was like suddenly going without opium when you�ve been taking it for months,� he looked down at William and waved away that explanation, searching for a better one.
�I was full of the power she�d been feeding me� high on it� and not having it suddenly was a death unto itself. But I got away, and she always expected I�d come back someday, when I was ready to stop being mortal.� Jack shook his head.
�So that�s why you don�t want to be a god?� William asked. �Because you�d have to die?�
�Oh, no,� Jack said. �Maybe that was part of it at first, but� it�s just another prison, and I want no part of it.� He walked towards his desk and picked up his mother�s head. �She wasn�t immortal, but she should have lived a life much longer than any other mortal�s. And what was that life but day after day of service to a group of people who cared not a whit about what she wanted, so long as they had her? In the end, their devotion couldn�t even save her.�

Jack stared at the eyelids, sewn shut, and William felt for the first time, the absolute horror of seeing this son having to cradle his mother�s head in the palm of his hand. �I left her there,� Jack said. �She understood � I knew she did, but�� he sighed, uncomfortable about where his emotions were taking him, and put down the head again.
�And anyway,� Jack continued nonchalantly, �You saw her, right? Calypso? She may look human, and she may feel emotions, but they are decidedly not human.� He shook himself. �I enjoy my emotions far too much, thank-you, even if they are� sloppy.�
William grinned, and was about to respond when a gunshot sounded outside the cabin, and men began shouting. Jack had already drawn his pistol when William looked back to him.
�Wait here, Mate,� Jack said as he headed towards the door, but before he got there, Gibbs threw it open.
�Get out here, Captain. There�s something you�ve got to see� a survivor!�
Jack followed Gibbs and William followed Jack, hoping he wouldn�t notice and order him back inside. The Islander stood in the middle of the deck, surrounded by ten pirates, all of whom had their pistols and cutlass�s aimed at him. His small stature gave him the appearance of youth, although his body was lean and hard with muscle. One hand was pressed to his shoulder and blood leaked through his fingers. William noticed the pattern of the wrap he wore much higher than the other men he�d seen � and that�s when he realized that the Islander wasn�t a boy at all, but a woman. He looked at Jack.
�She�s been shot,� Gibbs reported. �Must�ve gotten hit in the brawl and hid behind some of the barrels. We found her trying to escape just a few minutes ago� she shot Hyrum,� he added, pointing to a man who was now examining a hole through his knee. The injury came just above a old amputation, and though it didn�t seem to hurt him much, the wooden stump below was shattered to pieces.
�He�s only got the one good leg, if she�d shot it, we�d be in a right mess!� He approached the woman, who was still holding a pistol out in front of her, fending off the pirates. �If you�ve thrown him off his cooking, I can�t be held responsible - � he stopped suddenly, staring at her face. �Lantoniaina?� he asked softly.
She�d aimed the gun at him when he�d started in her direction, but when he said her name, she hesitated. Lowering the pistol, she stared intently at him, coming closer until she could reach up and touch his face. Recognition suddenly lit her eyes. �Mpanjaka Fody?� she said, unbelieving.

Dispatching his crew to their duties, Jack swept the woman off to the mess where he immediately set about scrounging up some food for her as William tentatively approached the wounded woman. She flinched when he tried to move her hand from her shoulder, but after looking long and hard into his face, she let him look. It was a clean wound, the bullet had gone straight through, and it only needed to be sewn on both ends and then watched to prevent infection.

He reported his findings to Jack when he returned with biscuits and some fruit, which the woman began devouring hungrily, and the captain returned to the tiny kitchen for the necessary tools to perform the surgery before sitting down behind her and beginning to sew without so much as a warning. The woman grunted in pain and annoyance, but let him work.

�Who is she, Jack?� William finally whispered when he couldn�t wait any longer.

Jack looked up from her wound briefly before answering. �This is Latoniaina � daughter of the chief of my tribe,� he tried to speak as though he had not killed her father that night. �Ina,� he continued, pronouncing it �eye-na�, �and I were supposed to be married once.�

�Before you left,� she said through a mouthful of food, but there was no malice in her voice.

�You didn�t like it any better than I did, dearie,� Jack chided as he broke the thread with his teeth. �And you would have probably castrated me if I�d come anywhere near you on our wedding night with designs upon your sumptuous person.�

For the first time, she smiled and gave a full-throated laugh that made William smile too. �Damn right, Mpanjaka Fody.�

Jack grinned and moved to her other side to stitch up the front. �It�s just Jack now, Ina, dearie. Less cumbersome.� She nodded as if she understood the explanation.

�Why were you fighting us if Jack was your friend?� William asked.

The look Ina gave him was assessing, and for the second time that night, William felt naked. �I did not know� Jack� she said, trying out the new name, �was the one we were attacking. Father did not give any details. Our village was attacked, one man killed, we did what we have always done in these matters.� She looked at Jack for a moment. �Why come back, after all these years? Surely you were not homesick for the geckoes and the lemurs?�

Jack laughed, finishing the entrance wound too. He sat back and looked at her. �The lad here and I are on a mission; we needed supplies.�

�What kind of mission?�

Jack glanced at William before answering her. �We�re going to rip the lad�s mother from the mouth of hell itself.�

Ina�s hand paused inches from her mouth and she looked between the two of them to see if he was joking. Deciding he wasn�t, she took the interrupted bite, and chewed as she contemplated her next question. Finally she asked, �Your wife?�

�Um� no. Just � shall we say, a good friend?�

Ina looked at William. �So the boy is not your son?�

William answered first. �Not by blood.� He grinned at Jack, who echoed it with one of his own.

Frowning as she looked back and forth between them, Ina said, �But� the ombiasy tattooed him. I saw it when he turned around.�

Jack nodded grimly. �And therein lies the source of contention between your father and yours truly, my dear.

She nodded, staring at Jack for a moment. �What did she do?� Jack frowned in confusion. �The boy�s mother� to end up in hell?�

�Ah,� Jack said. �Well, she pissed off old Tia by sacrificing herself in the name of love... to begin with.�

�Sacrificing herself for love� but not for you?� Ina clarified. Jack didn�t answer, but she didn�t wait for one. �And you know how to find her?� she asked.

�Of course,� Jack tipped his hat to her. �I�m Captain Jack Sparrow.�

Ina stared at him for a moment before sputtering with laughter. �You still look like puny Mpanjaka Fody to me.�

Jack�s mouth fell open in offense and William couldn�t stop the laughter that rolled out of him. Jack narrowed his eyes at them both and leaned across the table to point at William. �I was never puny,� he said firmly, but that made William only laugh harder.

And so it was that over the next two weeks, Ina decided to become a pirate. She moved right into the hold with the rest of the crew, and any threats from Jack to kill the filthy bastard who dare touch her were unnecessary; the crew was scared stiff of the warrior woman. Rightly so � for she slept in her hammock with the dagger Jack gave her firmly in hand, and as time went on, she proved to be a more able crewman than most of the hardened veterans.

This came in very handy, as the seas only continued to get rougher with each day. No one but Jack could handle taking the helm, so the captain had finally lashed himself to the wheel as he struggled tirelessly against the furious storm. Jack had been serious when he�d said they would make no more stops for rations before reaching Shipwreck Cove, but this proved not to be a problem; everyone was far too seasick to eat anything anyway.

Ina learned all she needed to from Jack and William, as even Gibbs succumbed to his superstition about women as an excuse not to talk to her, but it was she who would most often climb into the yardarms to make adjustments against the weather, or to secure sails torn free by the driving wind. Not a man among them could deny that she was a powerful sailor, a natural, and slowly the temperature began to settle towards her.
It was this spirit of determination that reminded William of his mother, and he found that he liked the woman. She was not warm, the way Elizabeth was, and she spoke little, especially about herself. When not on duty, she spent most of her time with Jack and William at the helm, listening to them talk and plan, or occasionally reminiscing with Jack about the things they had done together as children.

And though at first William worried that she might care for Jack the way he believed his mother did, he soon learned that the affection the two had for one another was of a completely different nature. They had been friends � best friends, it seemed � and though the seas were rough, and Jack was never away from the wheel, the time she spent in his company seemed to give the pirate back some of the confidence he�d lost after Elizabeth�s death.
It was due in part to Jack�s renewed spirit that the voyage to Shipwreck Cove took only two short weeks � an impossibility, even in fine weather. William thought it might also have something to do with the small mermaid charm Jack held tightly in his fist throughout the journey, which he rubbed absently with his thumb from time to time. Still, the crew was too relieved to see the entrance to the Devil�s Throat � the perilous entrance to Shipwreck Cove � to waste time on their superstitions. Unnaturally fast or otherwise, they were just happy to see the end in sight.
The Devil�s Throat was only the beginning of the fortress that was Shipwreck Cove, and the long dark tunnel leading through the tiny islands within the South China Sea gave them protection from the unyielding storms for the first time since leaving Madagascar. No one spoke in the voluminous darkness, though whether out of fear for their safe passage or just to revel in the unfamiliar silence, William could not tell.
For the first time in weeks, they could hear each other without shouting, but no one dared open their mouth until the end of the tunnel was within reach, and it became clear that they would arrive safely in the belly of Shipwreck Cove � the last safe pirate haven in the world.
Gibbs began assigning men into teams, half of which would stay with the ship while the other went into the city before switching duties twelve hours later. No one knew for how long they�d be there, but the desire for dry land had, for once, overtaken their need for the freedom offered by the sea.
The only one of them who appeared willing and able to continue on indefinitely was Jack. Though he�d had no sleep in the entire time they�d been caught in the storms, and though he was soaked through to the bone by the rain, there was a steely determination in his eyes that had been missing for months. Now that they were closer to their ultimate goal, Jack was not ready to lie down just yet.
Pulling into the well-disguised port of Shipwreck Cove, Jack said little as the preparations to go ashore were made. William watched quietly as the pirate scanned the towering collection of broken ships that barricaded the city and made up its mass. If he was apprehensive about seeing his father, he didn�t show it. Turning to find William watching him, he indicated that the boy should join him at the rail.
William went to stand beside him, staring out in the same general direction as the captain. Jack spoke quietly. �You and I stick together, savvy? No one is to come with us when we go see the old man; he�s not quite keen on company.�
William nodded. �Will we see him today?� he asked.
�Just as soon as we reach shore, assuming he�s in,� Jack added. �Though I�m not worried; as Keeper of the Codex, he�s not of a habit to roam about much.�

�Are you scared?�
Jack turned to stare at William with a look of incredulity, but a grin stretched the boys face, and he realized he was joking. Grinning back, he patted William�s shoulder, and looked him over as he did. �That reminds me; we should get you a few more bits of clothing while we�re here. That shirt of mine is much to big for you, and I can�t have your mother seeing that I�ve let you fall into dereliction while in my care.�
�Do you really think he�ll help us get her back?� William asked.
�I hope so, mate. I hope so.

Once again, William found himself thinking that he�d never seen any place as wondrous in all his life. From the outside, Shipwreck Cove was just an impressive, towering m�lange of crippled ships, reaching towards the sky. Inside, it was clear that the city had been built up using some of the damaged parts of the same ships that gave it its name and reputation.

It was more than just a fortress or a refuge; it also served as home to quite a number of denizens of all ages, occupations and genders. Shops of every kind lined poorly marked dirt roads, and pirates, prostitutes, retired seamen, and sailors wives, all worked and lived side by side amid the wreckage in houses that looked as though they�d weather a flood by simply floating atop the deluge.
Lights appeared in the porthole windows of many of the towering pieces of wreckage that walled in the city, and William couldn�t help wondering who�d dared to live in such precarious dwellings. He was soon to find out. It was towards one particular collision of vessels that Jack directed their feet, and as they drew nearer, William realized that the twisted mass of ships � at least four altogether � had formed into something like a manor house.
A hole had been carved into the hull of one of the ships, more or less in the shape of a door, but the barrier that covered it appeared to have been carefully fitted into the space, so that it could be shut and locked securely against intruders. Only here, facing the door to his father�s home, did Jack show a moment of hesitation, but looking down at William he recovered himself and rapped firmly on the door.
A shuffling noise was heard inside, and than a long pause, as though they were being observed and assessed. A dry, old voice asked them to �state your business!�
Jack rolled his eyes. �Lawrence, you old goat, I know you can see who I am, so just open the door before I decide to shoot my way through.� There was another pause, and then keys were heard rattling before the door swung inward, revealing an old man with frizzy white hair beneath a red knit cap, wearing a blue and white striped shirt.
Smiling, Jack stepped forcefully inside, and William followed quickly. �Lawrence, old friend! How are you getting on? Keeping busy, I see? Making friends?� he gestured to the big shaggy dog that stood beside the old pirate, holding a ring of keys in his mouth.
William�s eyes grew bright at the sight of the dog, and he immediately patted his leg to call him over. Jack opened his mouth to tell him not to bother, but the dog surprised them all by going to William excitedly and standing to place one paw on either shoulder. William laughed, taking the key ring from his mouth so that the dog could lick his face.
�Well, I�ll be buggered,� Jack said. �Lawrence, there�s a severe lack of discipline aboard this ship, I�d see to it before the Captain found out if I were you. Now, be a good man and fetch him for me, would you? There�s a good chap.�
Lawrence continued gaping at the visitors as if astonished by their presence, but at Jack�s pointed stare, the man vanished up a winding flight of stairs. Satisfied, Jack led William and the dog into another room, where he began searching intently among the many selves lining the walls.
As he walked, William realized that they were once again on the water. He could feel the slight movement of the currents just beneath his feet, and the structure creaked as it swayed gently with the motion of the tide. A noise of satisfaction from Jack drew his attention, and he saw the pirate pull a nice sized decanter from behind a collection of books.
Locating a very fine crystal goblet, Jack poured himself a healthy glassful, saying, �at least the rum isn�t gone!�
A voice from behind them said, �Only a fool lets his rum run out, boy.�
Jack�s body became completely still, but William spun around to see a tall man in a fine red velvet coat with hair quite similar to Jack�s, observing them from the entryway.
�What are you doing here, Jack?� Captain Teague Sparrow asked.
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