Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

Jack leaned forward, conspiratorially. “Who is ‘he’?”
“Why, he’s the devil. He’s magic, he is,” Tommy assured him. “I
seen him that night, on his ship. Lookin’ for survivors, he was, in the
water. Not to save ’em. To kill ’em. The smoke was so thick, it hid us.
Only reason we survived. ’Cause when the devil wants ye, he takes ye.
Right?”
“Absolutely,” Jack said.
“Saw him last night, too,” announced One Tooth Tommy,
meditatively, sucking on his tooth. “He’s here.”
Jack stared at him in shock, then recalled that the old pirate was
very, very drunk. “Here? In Shipwreck Cove, mate?”
“Aye, here. Saw him on the deck of his ship. ’Twas him all right.
But he…”
One Tooth Tommy broke off, cringing back, his eyes fixed on
something past Jack’s shoulder.
Jack turned around, to find Christophe approaching, clearly
impatient. “There you are!” he said. “Esmeralda has finished her
woman-talk, and asks that we take her outside for some air, Jacques.”
He stopped, eyeing Jack and the old pirate. “But, of course, if you are
busy, I could take her myself.…”
“No,” Jack said, hastily, rising. “I was just going. Nice to meet
you…Tom,” he said, over his shoulder, as he followed his friend back
into the melee that was now the taproom of The Drunken Lady. The old
pirate, bottle still clutched to his chest, gave him a tentative wave.
Jack was so intrigued by what the old pirate had said that he
decided he’d try to talk to Tommy again, after he and Christophe took
Esmeralda back to Venganza by the appointed hour. Accordingly, he
went back to The Drunken Lady later, alone, to search for him, but
Tommy wasn’t anywhere to be found, and nobody recalled seeing him
leave.
He looked for One Tooth Tommy the next day, also to no avail.
And the next night. Nobody remembered seeing him around.
Jack began to wonder whether the old pirate had managed to get
a berth on a ship that had departed. Pirate vessels went in and out of
Shipwreck Cove nearly every day.
The next night, after spending the morning with Christophe and