Chapter 2
"Father, how am I supposed know if she hasn't been lying? How am I supposed to know if you haven't been lying?" Will said furiously as he walked the cabin floors.
"William, I would never lye to you! And neither would Elizabeth! She loves you, she's your wife!"
"I know she's my wife but—"
"This is ridiculous William, you are wasting your energy, I won't argue with you anymore about this!" Bootstrap said as he began to go towards the cabin door.
"She and William don't disserve all this!"
Bootstrap stooped and turned around, "Of course they don't, no one disserves to go through what the three of you have gone through. But it's part of life, you knew what would happen if you took this duty. I understand that you did it to live but still, you did it William."
Will had started to come down as he sat in the chair across the room.
"I was about to dye, I don't even remember it that well. I just remember thinking, I can't leave her! Not now, not like this! Then I saw Jack next to me with the heart and then it goes black. The next thing I knew I was waking up to see you and the crew hovering over me, the first thing I said was, 'Where's Elizabeth? Is she okay?' and then you told me what had happened and that we had to finish the job quickly," Will said trying to calm down.
"If she loves you as much as I think she does, then you have no worries Will. When you see her and William you will remember how strong your love is for each other and forget all the hard times you've been forced through. You can all start a new life together."
"Nothing in the world could make us forget this, it's been ten years since I last saw her and I have never seen or met my own son." Will said emotionless.
"I don't know what to tell you, all I can say is persevere. Ten years of pain and antagony for a lifetime of happiness," Bootstrap said patting him on the back and then going out the door to the deck.
Will sat there, still emotionless, this was nothing new for him. Since he no longer had a heart present he never felt emotions. He knew they were there, he knew when he should feel them but they never came. He was beginning to truly feel heartless, mentally and physically. He tried to tell himself that soon enough he would feel them again when he met with his family on shore and that everything would change. But some part of him, deep, deep down, he wondered what would happen to him if she was not there. He would be forced to captain the Dutchmen until someone else came along to take his place, and he would pass on.
He began remembering all the times he spent with Elizabeth; everything since they first met when they were just children. He remembered saving her life with Jack, he remembered attempting to marry her in Port Royal, he remembered her betraying him by kissing Jack and not telling him when really she was just leaving Jack to be killed by the Kraken. But still she didn't tell him that it was nothing, so Will suffered for months thinking that she loved Jack, even though she didn't.
He went over and laid down on the bed, he then dozed off thinking of his beloved Wife.
"Will? Will?" a voice exclaimed.
He opened his eyes, he was outside lying under a tall tree, and it was nighttime. He was near the ocean. He looked up to Elizabeth a few yards away.
"Come on! We don't want to miss it!" She said running.
Will jumped up and began running behind her. They then reached the sand, "Sit down, hurry! They're about to start!" She said excited as they sat on the sand. Will then heard running behind them so he turned his head around, it was a young boy.
"There you are! Come and sit!" Elizabeth said lovingly.
The boy came and sat next to her. Elizabeth was now in the middle; Will on one side and the young boy on her other side.
"I was worried about you, you're just like you father! Always adventuring." She said hugging the boy.
Will suddenly realized it, the boy was his son! It was William! Will wanted to embrace the two of them as hard as he could but he then heard a loud boom.
"Look! They're starting!" Elizabeth exclaimed pointing out to the sea.
It was fireworks, they were magnificent!
"Isn't it wonderful," Elizabeth said putting her head on Will's shoulder.
"Unbelievable," Will said putting his arm around the two of them. He finally was holding them; he never wanted to let go. But then the rushing feeling of joy and happiness started going away, he felt empty.
"Will, is something wrong?" Elizabeth said worried sitting up. Little Will looked over worried.
Will started getting a horrible pain in his chest, where his heart would be.
"Will, what is it?" Elizabeth said almost panicking.
"Papa?" Little Will said worried.
"I… I…," Will tried to speak but he couldn't. The pain was horrible and worsening with each breath. He closed his eyes as he fell back.
He could still hear their voices, "Will? Will?" Elizabeth explained.
"Papa, what's wrong?"
Will suddenly, woke up, he was lying down on the bed, trying to catch his breath, and he was sweating horribly.
He stood up and ran out to the deck to get fresh air. He took a large breath in of the cold, sea air as he returned to breathing normally. The pain in his chest had past and now he once again felt the emptiness, which he had learned to know oh so well.
