Take to Land

A/n: Wow imagine my surprise when I woke up and checked my reviews to find 8 reviews waiting for me. Then over the course of the day to get even more for that single chapter. Thank you all so much for the comments and reviews, so glad you liked it. Here is the next chapter like I promised. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Disney owns POTC

Chapter Nine

Elizabeth froze at the words that passed his cold lips, she could feel all eyes upon her at this statement. She dared not turn around and face her father, the very man who had raised her single handedly from when her mother sadly died. Elizabeth made a quick decision, not tearing her eyes from Beckett. She would not let Beckett win this she would not force her father to face the humiliation that would soon follow.

"I did not you are mistaken" she lied her voice cold with contempt.

"My my I was expecting more from you" he replied his voice smug. "Perhaps a bullet to my heart, a couple of threats even a gun to my head"

"Well it seems that you are once again mistaken"

"I am never mistaken Elizabeth my dear you will soon find that out"

She cringed slightly at the word dear, for he gave it a whole new meaning. One she didn't want to be part of, it gave her the feeling he was up to something. She didn't bother to reply, after all what more could she say?

"Well then if you insist that you are not married" he continued pacing slightly.

"I guess there is nothing stopping you for becoming Lady Beckett, now is there?" He finished.

She tore her eyes from the ground, which they had once again found themselves staring at. She glared at him, sending dozens of daggers at him. She gave a furious tug at her chains, only to be restraint by the guards.

Beckett walked forward so that he was mere inches away from her face. He stood silently admiring her beauty, did he dare to touch her? To crease her cheek? To steal a kiss and later make her his own? To raise his children while he is away, to be there when he returns with nothing more than love in her eyes? Never

Elizabeth Swann was not that kind of woman, she was kill him the second he dare lay a hand upon her fair skin. However…considering her current circumstance, it was worth a shot.

Reaching up he gently touched her cheek, waiting silently for the reaction she would most likely give him. Her flame would once again ignite and he would burn from her mere touch.

She didn't disappoint.

She watched silently seeing his green eyes go soft from the mere contact he had on her. Just looking at him, a man deprived of love. Never did anyone give him a thought, never did they care for him. He was a man no one cared for, no one loved. She would give him a moment, to know what it feels to have a woman there in front of him not biting down his throat.

Then he hit a nerve.

His hand went down wards, resting on her bare shoulder. It was this intimate contact that worried her, it was the fact that the object she held most dear was mere inches away for his greedy fingers. She knew what he would do if he found the ring, tearing it from her would just be like tearing Jack away from her. No one would stop him if he found it, there was the proof, a ring with a single black pearl in it. Who else but Jack would give her that ring? Wasn't that a sign of the love they shared? No, but it was a sign they were married that she was taken. That she had lied and indeed married a pirate.

He watched her with curiosity as her eyes seemed to follow his wandering hands, occasionally darting to a single chain that hung around her neck. No doubt holding something she cared about. But what? That was the only question on his mind.

Governor Swann watched as his daughter was handled by the very man who had threatened him and his daughter. As she let his fingers feel around her bare skin, as all she did was watch. No words could come to him, he released the breath he was unaware he was holding. All he could do was watch, watch as he daughter was once again slipping away from him turning into a woman.

That's when he struck. He grabbed the chain that hung from her neck and pulled it with such force that the clasp instantly broke and the necklace began to fall.

Elizabeth's eyes filled with horror, she reached up and grabbed the single object hanging on her ring and held it tightly in the palm of her hand. She looked up at Beckett his hungry eyes looked at her with a look of pure lust. The chains had informed him that she had taken something before he noticed.

"So tell me Elizabeth, what do you have in your pretty little palm?"

She needed to buy time, she had to hide her ring. However the only safe place seemed like her finger, the place where the object belonged.

"Tell me" he demanded once more the anger rising in his voice.

She smiled her honey brown eyes warm with laughter as they watched him get more and more angry with each passing second.

"Fine then if you wont tell me, I guess I shall have to change your mind" he started.

"Well good luck, my mind is not very easy changed" she told him her voice confident.

"Perhaps you will like to reconsider, bring her in" he ordered the two guards.

The guards looked up suddenly, snapping back into this world from where ever they had allowed their minds to wander. Without wasting another second the guards quickly disappeared into one of the many hallways.

Elizabeth looked from Beckett to where the guards had disappeared. Had Beckett not entered from the main door? How did he get the "prisoner" into the house without anyone noticing? Most importantly who on earth could it be?

That was when she heard a very familiar female voice coming from the hallway. What confused her the most was the fact that this person was not one likely to be caught, especially by the likes of Beckett. Did she come willingly? If so, then why?