Will Turner frowned at the letter he had gotten when they made port two days prior. It was from his sister. He was surprised she even kept up with where he would port soon during his own letters to her. One word- name, rather, in the letter, stuck out. "…Applegate?" Will wondered aloud. "George Applegate left when I was thirteen. There's no James in his family… at least that I know of." He musedto himself, searching his memory for the man in question. He glanced out at the water. It had always been one of the few things that cleared his head. He figured he would need that, if a mystery- even a small one, was going to be added to the list of things that needed to be taken care of.
"What was that, Will?" Elizabeth Swann asked, moving from her spot at the ship's railing. She walked over to him and stood beside him to look at the letter.
Will held up the letter with two fingers, letting her take it and read it. " Anna's latest letter. My sister is trying to find Norrington for us. She hasn't had any luck yet. No one's seen or heard from him. The closest person to the description and name we have her is this… James Applegate… but I've never heard James Applegate. There was only George. Any man in Port Royal came to me for swords. Besides your father, there aren't any men without swords in Port Royal" Will explained. "His appearance seems too convienient."
"Yes, and Applegate doesn't sound familiar to me at all, either. You don't think that… Applegate is actually Norrington, and she said something to him so he came up with a false name, do you?" Elizabeth asked.
Will shook his head. "No. He just did one of the most low things he could ever do, but that would be too low, even for him." Will replied, then raised his eyebrows. "Then again, he is a changed man..."
"Might I be as humble as to ask what be you two wondering about?"
Will and Elizabeth turned sharply, both knowing the voice too well now. Sure enough, Captain Barbossa was a few feet from them, watching them with his usual grin. It angered Will and Elizabeth, knowing that Barbossa was under the impression he had to know everything that was going on on the ship as it occured. However, they all knew that, being captain, he had every right to- and could arrange bad things to happen to them if they went against his clear curiousity about the letter. Will sighed and took it from Elizabeth, handing it to Barbossa. "My sister's letter. She's come across trouble back home while helping us with our little last" Will replied.
Barbossa glanced at the name at the bottom of the letter, then let out a low chuckle. He had been half annoyed, half surprised when he found out that there was another Turner in Will's generation. A female Turner, no less. If he had known about her existence months prior, he would have just kidnapped the Turner girl, taken her blood, and been done with his task of ridding himself and the crew of the curse easily. However, God was never a merciful man for him, so he had to deal with fighting the woman's brother. "What trouble would that be? If she takes after you, I'm sure she'll solve the issue by breaking plans and ruining everything." He replied.
Will laughed sarcastically in return. "Oh, no… Captain. You see, I take after her with most things. She thinks things through, unlike me. She'll figure out what to do about the missing heart perfectly fine without screwing things up. She's a lot tougher, too. I imagine if she was in my place when we met, you may've been put through hell itself with the curse, but it would've been worse with my sister- if you toy with her- she assures that you pay. It might've been the equivalent to taking you through Hell twice or more." He replied.
"Is that so?" Barbossa grinned mockingly again. For some reason, he believed Will about his sister and her attitude, so he was in no mood to accept beinf proven wrong- even if Will hadn't heard the captain's theory on Anna. "I'll have to meet her someday, then. She say anythin' else about our dear Commodore's whereabouts?"
"Not at all..." Will and Elizabeth replied simultaneously.
Barbossa frowned at the letter, read part of it, and then sighed, tossing it overboard.
Will and Elizabeth started to stand up to object, but, upon realizing it was a bad matchup powerwise, and the fact that they already both knew what was said in the letter, they settled down.
Barbossa offered another rotten smile, then turned around. "Jack!" He called, and his loyal pet monkey came running from one of the riggins. He jumped onto Barbossa's shoulder, and the man walked away.
Will waited a few moments, and then leaned back. "I hate him. I would die then let her be subjected to this after what we've been through." Will snapped.
Elizabeth gave his shoulder a reassuring squeeze. "He'll be gone soon enough. Worry about your sister's predicament. We're taken care of, here." She kissed the side of his head, and then went off in her own direction.
Will watched her, and then glanced out at the water once again. He didn't understand why, after seeing Barbossa, he hadn't left to go try and save his father on his own. He didn't at all like putting his trust in the man who tried to kill him months prior. Not to mention after Elizabeth's… action, he wasn't even sure who he could trust anymore, next to his own kin. If it was one thing he knew, it was that when they got Jack back, and when they saved his father, he was going to kill Barbossa- again. There was no other way to go. He looked down at the dagger that he had tucked in his his belt. He went through possible theories of how he would save his father in his head. He spotted the letter floating away and sighed.
Anna's loyalty and love to him was endless. It had been sheer luck that he had reuinited with his sister as a child. Years ago, when Will was four and Anna was sixteen, his sister had left home to stay with her aunt and be educated with her cousins. Their mother had argued that Will was too young to travel. The parting lasted four years. That had changed when he was eight and Anna was twenty. The family's world crashed down that year. Their mother died, and Will had boarded a ship, looking for their father. The ship in turn, was attacked. Most knew the rest of the story- how Norrington, Gibbs, Elizabeth and the rest of the crew found him and took him aboard, then by some miracle- to Port Royal- exactly where Anna and their also-recently-passed aunt had lived. Anna found him and took him in, and the rest was history. He owed his older sister so much, but she didn't care. She just kept giving. He barely ever returned the favor for various reasons. This situation was no different. He felt horrible about it, secretly.
He shook his head, going back to his work. He knew if he was caught daydreaming, Barbossa might have his head. However, his hard work didn't last long. He kept thinking of what other Applegates he could have ever come across. He still came up with none.
