Jack and The Black Pearl belong to Disney. The nameless stowaway is mine. This is a little graphic.

Chapter 10

"A son." Jack paced in his cabin a few hours later. "Gibbs!"

"Yes, Captain?"

"I'm going to have a son." Jack was especially giddy. Unfortunately, Tatiana did not share his enthusiasm. She refused to celebrate and Jack knew why. She was afraid for her son. What if it turned out to be a girl? What if Tatiana was wrong?

"Gibbs, cast off." Jack ordered more solemnly, looking at his wife. "My wife and I must go to Russia to visit the Tsar."

"Right away, Captain." Gibbs carried out the request and Tatiana sat, knitting.

"What is it, Tatiana?" Jack asked.

"What if I have the child before we reach Russia?" She asked quietly.
"I know you are scared. But you have to trust the men to do the right thing. They will get us to Russia. They will get us to the Crimea. I promise." She seemed to accept this.

FIVE MONTHS LATER

The crew had made it through most of the Mediterranean Sea. Tatiana had grown happy that she was closer to seeing her brother. She saw the crew work feverishly for the past two months and was moved by it.

When they arrived on shore, the Tsar, Peter the Great was there to greet his sister. They embraced in a hug and Peter picked her up and brought her to the guest suite at the palace villa he was staying at.

"How are you, Tati?" He asked, doting on her as always.

"I am well."

"When will the child be born? Will you stay for awhile?" Peter asked, wanting to know everything.

"In a few weeks, the child will be born. I will stay until I am well enough to go back onto Jack's ship." Tatiana smiled. "Jack has helped me a lot these past few months."

"Have you found the Fountain of Youth yet?" Peter asked Jack.

"We were waiting for the child to be born before we would try for such a feat." Jack replied, gracefully.

"I see. Well, I am glad you are here. Why don't you join me for lunch? On the veranda?"

"I would like that, Peter." Tatiana replied.

"I have an announcement for everyone when we get there. We have many guests here to see you, Tati."

They all made it out for lunch, where a very long table was filled with people. The Tsar sat at the head of the table with his wife to his right and his sister on his left. Jack sat next to Tatiana and doted on her.

"All of you, I have a wonderful announcement. My sister, Princess Tatiana has come to see us with her husband, Captain Jack Sparrow." The gathering looked immediately at Jack. The most feared pirate was here among them. What he had done to the Princess? As if answering the thought, Peter said, "Jack has doted on Tatiana unbelievably so and that is why I extend the title of Prince to Jack. His and Tatiana's children will be Princes and Princesses as well. I am very happy for Tatiana and we will christen her child very soon, I expect." There was applause at this decree and Tatiana mouthed a thank you.

"Peter, what you have done, I can't thank you enough." She said.

"Don't worry, Tatiana. I promise that you will always be taken care of, as long as Jack and I are alive. I just gave him part of the wealth the Romanovs have to accomplish that feat." Peter smiled.

"What do you believe will happen, Peter?" Tatiana asked, laughing.

"I think that, after the child is born, you and Jack will leave Russia and return to Russia to watch over my descendants. I know you and Jack will find the Fountain. I don't doubt it at all." Peter said with conviction.

"I just wish…" Tatiana doubled over in pain.

'Tati?" Peter asked.

"The child is coming…" Tatiana winced as Peter carried her to her room. Jack and Peter were shooed from the room as the women tried to care for the princess as much as possible as she gave birth.

Some five hours later, the nurse in charge came out. "The princess is healthy, my Tsar and Prince. As is you son, Prince Jack." She smiled and opened the door.

"Jack, your son has your eyes." Tatiana said as her face filled with joy.

Jack held his son for a long time and Peter held Tatiana. Peter was worried she would succumb to her fever and had her doctors take care of her until she got better.

"Jack, if Tatiana dies, what will you do?"

Jack thought about it for a moment. "I will kill your doctors and lay waste to the Caribbean with my son at my side."