Will and Elizabeth stayed on the Black Pearl as the rest of the crew went into town to celebrate their victory over Davy Jones.
"We can finally have our wedding." Will said coming over to Elizabeth, who was sitting on the stairs of the Pearl, deep in thought.
"Yes, I suppose we can." She said with a lack of enthusiasm.
"What were you thinking about?"
"I was thinking about our wedding of course."
Will smiled at Elizabeth; she smiled back but looked away.
"We should have it here."
Elizabeth turned to her fiancé, "You want to have our wedding in Tortuga?"
"It isn't my ideal choice of location, but we can't go back to Port Royal."
"Is there even a church here, or a priest?"
Will looked around thoughtfully, "Probably not."
"You want to know what I think?" A drunken Norrington said as he leaned on Will.
"No not really?" Will said as he pushed him off of him.
Norrington fell to the floor and said, "Marriage is for fools."
Elizabeth sighed and walked away from them. Norrington shrugged and offered Will his rum.
"You'll need it with that one." Norrington said as he took a swig from it.
Elizabeth walked down the gang plank and onto the dock. She wasn't sure she wanted to marry Will, but she didn't want tell him that, knowing it would hurt him. She needed to get away to clear her head. As she walked the streets of Tortuga she was stopped abruptly by a large, filthy man who smiled at her, showing his rotted teeth.
"Pretty lil' thing ye are. Bet I could make a good profit off ye." He said pulling her closer.
"I wouldn't bet on it if I were you, now let me go!" She said trying to pull herself from his grasp. He laughed and squeezed her wrist harder causing her to wince in pain. Just as suddenly as he had grabbed her, he let her go. She looked up to see a pistol held firmly against his head.
"You should really listen to her mate." Jack said as moved closer to Elizabeth, keeping his pistol on the man. The man began to back up slowly before running away. Jack turned to Elizabeth. "You should be more careful, they like to take pretty girls like you and sell them as slaves."
"I had it taken care of." Elizabeth said as she stepped away from Jack.
"I see, where were you heading to?" Jack said suspiciously.
"And why would that interest you Jack?" Elizabeth said stubbornly.
"Is the happy couple not so happy? I don't see will anywhere." He said ignoring her question and pretending to look for him.
"Will and I are fine; in fact I was just looking for someone to perform our wedding ceremony." She lied.
"You won't be finding a priest here luv. But I can do it." He said knowing she was lying.
"Really?" Elizabeth asked in disbelief.
"No, not really." Jack said as he walked away.
"Well, even if you were, I wouldn't have asked you to do it." Elizabeth argued as she followed him.
"So you admit you don't want to marry Will." Jack said as he turned to her.
"I said no such thing." Elizabeth said angrily. Jack smiled to himself; he loved it when he could get her all fired up like this.
"You don't need to say it, it's quite obvious." He said edging her on even more. But before she could reply, Gibbs came over to them.
"Captain, there's something waitin' for ya in the tavern."
"What is it Gibbs?" Jack said impatiently.
Gibbs smiled secretly making his eyebrows go up and down. Jack smiled back and patted him on the back.
"Excuse me Miss Swann; I have some business to take care of."
"Of course you do." Elizabeth said as she rolled her eyes and walked away. She looked back and saw Jack put his arm around the shoulder of one of the many strumpets that plagued this god awful place. She felt a sudden pang of jealousy from the sight before her. She turned her head away and marched back to the pearl.
"There you are Elizabeth." Will said coming over to her. "I was looking for you."
"I was only gone a moment."
"Yes, but a moment too long." Will said embracing her in a hug. She hugged him back reluctantly.
"Will, come down here we need your help getting more men." Gibbs shouted.
"I must go." said Will as he kissed Elizabeth lightly on the lips.
Elizabeth was relieved watching Will leave. She began to pace the ship thinking of Jack. She didn't understand why she was even thinking of him, she was getting married to Will. She went down to the hold to look for some rum. As she began rummaging through things she heard a yelp. She turned around quickly seeing who else was down here. There were two girls huddled up together, behind a barrel.
"Are you alright?" Elizabeth asked walking toward them slowly. "How did you get on the ship?"
She didn't get an answer, "It's alright I'm not going to hurt you. You're safe here."
"Should we trust her?" One of the girls whispered to the other.
"We have no choice." The other girl whispered back.
Elizabeth noticed how frightened they were so she extended her hand to the girl who talked first. The girl hesitantly took her hand and stood up.
"What is your name?" Elizabeth said softly to her.
"My name is…"
"Do not tell her your name." the other girl said as she clamped her mouth shut.
"It's alright you can trust me." Elizabeth said.
"I'm Katherine, this is my friend Isabella."
"Kate!" Isabella shouted.
"It's alright, are you ladies in trouble?" Elizabeth asked eyeing them intently.
"Yes we are, we came to this island to be sold into slavery."
"And we are ladies not some common whores." Isabella said.
"I think I had a run in with one of your captors earlier." Elizabeth told them.
"Please help us." Katherine pleaded.
"You will be safe here, just make sure no one sees you." Elizabeth said as she looked around to see if anyone was coming.
"I want to be as far away from this island as possible." Isabella said.
"You can say that again." mumbled Elizabeth.