Missing

King Phillip stormed the hallways of Buckingham Palace, his face contorted in fury and in worry.

"Adelaide!" He shouted, looking through every doorway. "Adelaide, come here right now!"

King Phillip had not seen her all day, and Olivia had not heard a word from her since yesterday. All of the servants were looking for her. They looking in every room on every floor, the courtyard, and the garden. There was no sign of her anywhere. But the servants had neglected to check Adelaide's room, which was where King Phillip was headed.

"Adelaide, come out here this instant!" King Phillip shouted. When there was no response, he became nervous. Was she even in there? He slowly opened the door, unprepared for what his eyes were about to see. King Phillip let out a gasp as he looked over at the balcony, where there was a makeshift rope made out of all her old clothes. He looked down, only to find it led to the ground.

"No." Phillip said in a whisper. Someone had kidnapped his daughter.

"OLIVIA!" King Phillip shouted, his voice echoing across every hallway in the castle. Olivia immedietally arrived at the scene and gasped as she looked at the scene before her.

"Yes, sire?" Olivia asked.

"Fetch him." King Phillip said. Olivia didn't need to have a name, she knew who to get. Not a moment later, the man he had summoned entered the scene, only to have his eyes grow wide.

"You summoned me, Your Excellency?" He asked, his face quite calm compared to the chaos around him.

"Someone has kidnapped Princess Adelaide. I want you to find her." King Phillip said.

"I will organize a search party immediately." The man replied.

"It is more likely they will go out to sea with her. Go get a ship, the best one in my fleet, and track her down. Kill whoever has her and bring her home." King Phillip said.

"Of course, sire." The man replied.

"And if you succed, I will give you a reward, a great reward." King Phillip said.

"As you wish, sire." The man said.

"Go." The King ordered again.

And without a word, Lord Beckett left the scene, smiling as he went.

"And this is the crew's quarters..." Jack said as he led Adelaide down past the crew's quarters, which were currently empty since the crew had not yet returned from London.

"Wow. It's very..." Adelaide looked at all the filthy clothes that were sloppily thrown across the floor, along with a variety of other things that belonged to the crew.

"And this is the galley." Jack said as he walked into another room with two huge tables lined with at least a dozen chairs to each side. The number of the men on this ship must have been huge.

"It's so...big." Adelaide said.

"You act like you've never been on a ship before, love." Jack chuckled.

"Umm...yeah." She said and Jack looked at her in surprise.

"You've never been on a ship before?" Jack asked in amazement and Adelaide shook her head.

"I've never even seen the open ocean."

Jack's jaw dropped. How could she have never seen the open ocean?

"Where have you been living, love? Under a rock?" He asked.

"Practically." Adelaide replied, her eyes never meeting his.

"Well, I'm going to show you the open ocean." Jack said. "I'll teach you everything there is to know about being on a ship!"

"Really?" Adelaide asked, her eyes lighting up.

"Absolutely." Jack said. He would never had admitted it, but he was quite excited about it himself. Spending most of his time being with the most beautiful girl in the entire world, it was going to be perfect.

"So...when do we leave?" Adelaide asked.

"Actually, we leave in the morning with the tide." Jack replied.

"That's good." Adelaide said. "I would have liked to have left a little earlier, but..."

"What's wrong with leaving in the morning?" Jack asked and Adelaide bit her lip nervously.

"Umm...I just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible." Adelaide replied.

"Well, morning will come sooner than you think." Jack said reassuringly.

"Yes, you're right." Adelaide agreed.

"And last but not least, I'm sure you'd like to know where you're sleeping." Jack said as he continued on with the tour. Adelaide followed him down the hallway past the galley and the crew's quarters until they reached the first door before they went out on deck. As they walked in through the door, Adelaide's eyes met a huge cabin. It was obviously Jack's cabin, since he was the captain. There was a desk covered in maps and giant bay windows in the back. There was a small closet over to her left and a bed over to her right.

"This...this is your cabin." Adelaide said.

"Yep." Jack replied.

"But...there's only one bed." Adelaide said in confusion.

"Ummm...yes." Jack said. "If there's a problem, I can always..."

"No, no." Adelaide said. "It's fine. I've just...I've never..."

"Shared a bed with a man?" Jack said, seeing her innocence.

"Yes. And I don't want that to become a problem." Adelaide said.

"It won't become a problem, love." Jack said. "I promise. We're just sharing a bed."

Adelaide still seemed a little uncomfortable about it.

"I'll tell ye what, love. I'll give ye a hammock right across from me cabin, alright?" Jack suggested.

"No, I could never..."

"It's no problem at all." Jack said.

"But..."

"It's been empty for a while now." Jack said.

"Alright." Adelaide agreed.

"Agreed." Jack said. "Now, I'll just leave ye to get settled and I'll later I'll introduce ye to the crew, alright?" He said and Adelaide nodded. He left the room and started out on deck when he bumped into Gibbs.

"Sorry, Gibbs." Jack said. "Didn't see ye there."

"Cap'n, do ye really think it's wise to bring that girl on board?" Gibbs asked.

"Gibbs, it's fine." Jack said. "You know very well we have Elizabeth on board and has she ever caused a fuss?"

"Well, in the beginning..." Gibbs said.

"Gibbs." Jack said sternly. "As captain, it is my right to bring on board anyone I please..."

"I was just warnin' ye captain." Gibbs said. "I just have a bad feelin' about this one."

"I appreciated your concern, Gibbs, but I don't think this one will be a problem." Jack said. "Now if you'll excuse me." He said and he walked off.

Maybe Jack's right. Maybe she's not bad luck.

But Gibbs couldn't help but think that there was something about this girl, something that made her stand out. Gibbs shook his head in confusion. She was probably just an ordinary girl who had needed a home. Little did he know how wrong he was.

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