Persuade Me

General Disclaimer, don't own pirates (darn!) No author's note today, just more story! YAY!

"Jack congratulations," said Elizabeth smiling. Now Alex felt ready to throw up. The captain's daughter, she had done that to the captains daughter! Alex knew without a doubt that she was in for it now. Will walked quietly up to his wife and spoke in hushed tones so that Jack could not hear.

"He says the compass can't lead us to it."

"Why? Can't one of us hold it so it'll point to what we want most?"

"I don't know, but if Jack had wanted one of us to hold it then he would have given it to me."

"He probably doesn't want to loose it or something. Give me a minute alone with him, I'll get the compass." With that Will and Alex left the room leaving Elizabeth and Jack alone.

"She's beautiful," said Elizabeth sitting on the end of the bed.

"Thank you," said Jack smiling at his daughter, "be careful though Katarina is like a rose, upon first glance she's beautiful and gentle but get too close and she'll bring out the thorns. Alex is quite the beauty herself."

"Thank you, Jack, Will tells me you won't let us use the compass."

"I'd love to help but unfortunately I don't want to find this box badly enough and I'm not letting my compass out of my sight." Just then Will came downstairs, to inform Jack his crew had returned but more so to make sure Elizabeth wasn't using any "persuasion". (come to reality for a sec. Tehehehe couldn't resist that line sorry.)

"The crew's back," he said to Jack.

"Tell them to stay in the other parts of the ship for now, and keep them out of the bunk room."

"With that Will quickly left the room. Elizabeth was ready now, she would manipulate Jack into finding the box for her in the same manner he had manipulated her into finding the dead man's chest for him."

"Jack, are you certain you don't want to find that box most?"

"Of course I know what I want! Why?"

"It has something to do with a trinket that you lost some years ago," Jack's eyebrows raised at this "A locket, a gold heart that matches Liliana's. The one you lost in the mutiny, ringing a bell?" Jack's eyes went wide in shock.

"How did you find out about that?"

"That doesn't matter, the point is that box can give you back that locket therefore what you want most is to find that box." In that moment Elizabeth saw Jack's eyes change, her method of persuasion had worked. However what she and everybody else on the Pearl was completely oblivious to was the reason he now sought out that box.

"Well Elizabeth I've changed my mind," he said standing up. Jack walked quickly to the stairs and out onto the deck. He was now ready to find that box and he wanted to find it bad. "ON DECK YOU SCABBER'S DOGS! To your stations get ready to make sail," he shouted. Jack walked over to the wheel and opened the compass. "Sawyer, tend to Kat," he said to the boy. He nodded to the captain and went below decks.

O.k. What do you think, not very much right? I know but that is because this and chapter 8 where all suppose to be one chapter, I split it up. Anyway next chapter coming up at the same time as this one so review people!