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TEASER: What will happen now that Jack has freed Will? And how did Elizabeth manage to arrange those papers?
GENRE: Angst/Drama
WARNING: Rated PG13 for violence.

Torture Aboard The Black Pearl CHAPTER X

Lord Beckett watched in utter frustration how the merchant ship was sailing away, becoming a little dot on the light blue horizon.
"You know you're facing the gallows now, do you not, Miss Swann?", he asked and turned towards Elizabeth who was still aiming the pistol at him.
"Forcing a man of the King to emb his seal on a full pardon for a pirate… by gunpoint. Say, when did you switch sides?", Beckett asked and tilted his head a bit. Elizabeth merely squinted her eyes a little:
"When I saw the look in Will's eyes", she said coldly, but turned around on her heels when the two mahogany doors were brutally swung open with a loud quirking noise. In stormed four soldiers along with
the commodore. Norrington stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the sight before him:
"Elizabeth!", he burst out as he saw the gun and where it was pointing.
"What on earth do you think you're doing?", he whispered under his breath, but didn't move an inch – neither did the soldiers.
"I'm doing the right thing… which is unfamiliar territory to you I believe… and it's Miss Swann", Elizabeth said and kept pointing the gun at Beckett. Norrington blinked a few times… how had she seen through his deceit? Well, it didn't matter now. Elizabeth knew that she was in a rather bad predicament right now… so she did the only thing she could think of. With a quick move she laid her forearm around Beckett's neck and pressed the pistol against his temple:
"Retreat… I'd rather not be remembered as a pirate AND a murderer!", she hissed and all of the men in front of her let out a loud gasp. Norrington carefully took a step forward:
"Eliza… Miss Swann, for goodness sake! You do not know what you are doing! Put down the gun at once!", he commanded, yet Elizabeth only pressed the cold metal harder against Beckett's skin:
"I know exactly what I'm doing, commodore. Now leave!", she hissed – but the men didn't move. Elizabeth's big brown eyes flickered for a moment and she repeated her command… but there was no reaction. She
felt how she started sweating… and shaking… this wasn't good… this wasn't going according to her plan… at all. Suddenly Beckett swung around on his heels, sweeping her off her feet with one of his legs. With a thump and a shriek Elizabeth landed on the wooden floor, dropping the gun as her elbow smacked down on the hard mahogany. Before she was even on her feet, looking for the gun – four swords were pointed at her neck. She froze completely. This wasn't part of her plan at ALL… but luckily the merchant ship along with the papers were far away by now. Norrington walked up to Elizabeth:
"Why did you do that? Now my fiancé is facing the gallows….", he said in a rather sad voice. Elizabeth just looked at him:
"Since when have I accepted your proposal, commodore? I think you must be delusional from the Caribbean sun to think that I would ever be with you… snake!", she hissed and the commodore's cheeks immediately flushed with anger… and sorrow. This was never part of HIS plan.
"Take her away", the commodore sighed and Elizabeth was grabbed by the four soldiers.



The heavy metal door smacked down on the stone floor of the cellar with a loud bang'. Immediately Will was out of the cell and faced Jack:
"Thank you!", Will broke out and had to really control himself in order not to give Jack a big hug. The pirate merely smiled:
"No problem, mate… now let's get out of here. Someone must've heard that", he said and started towards the stairs which led up to the fort. Will quickly followed, but not before he had taken his sword which had been hung on the wall opposite the cell. As he followed Jack up the three first steps, both of them suddenly stopped – someone was coming. And by the sound of it more than one.
"Bugger", Jack mumbled and drew his sword.
"How many?", Will whispered and listened carefully. They had to be at least three and they were moving quickly towards them. There was no place to hide in the cellar…. They would have to fight their way out, but without alarming the rest of the troops.
"What a lovely predicament!", Jack grinned and patted Will on the shoulder. Turner just looked at Jack:
"This is all a game to you, isn't it?", he asked and readied his sword. Jack smiled a skew smile, which made his brown, sneaky eyes twinkle. He didn't answer though, and now the footsteps were closing in. Jack and Will looked at each other… and with a simultaneous roar they both ran forwards, up the spiral stairs with the swords raised – however they quickly stopped and glared at the sight which met them: four guards with a shocked expression on their faces… and between them…
"Elizabeth?!", Will burst out.
"Will!! I'm so sorry!", Elizabeth whispered and made an effort to wriggle free of the soldiers' grasp – how ever to no avail.
"How did you get out…!? And how did you get in?!", one of the guards asked with a perplexed and kind of scared look on his chubby face.
"Sea turtles, mate", Jack smiled as he raised his sword again and smacked the guard right on the cheek with the flat side of the sword, making him stumble backwards in surprise – this left an empty space for Elizabeth to take advantage of. And she did. Knocking her bruised elbow into the ribs of the soldier to her right she managed to slip past the other soldier on her left side and she jumped down, landing just in between Will and Jack.
"Nice move, luv", Jack said and laughed as the shocked guard drew his sword:
"Ready your weapons, sound the alarm!", he yelled, but almost before he finished his head was rolling down the steps.
"No alarms", Jack said coldly and looked at the blood at his sword. Now the three soldiers remaining just looked at each other – and with a shriek they turned around and started fleeing up the stairs.
"Woop, woop, after them – the alarms!", Jack spat out and all three of them started running after the soldiers, who had now gained quite a lot of distance between them. Will was the fastest and within a few seconds he was just behind one of the soldiers dressed in the red and white uniform. With a swing of his sword, Will cut a long line down the soldier's back, making him fall down and cry in pain. Will didn't want to kill anyone… he just wanted out. WITH Elizabeth. However Will wasn't fast enough to reach the two other soldiers and he suddenly heard the sound of bells ringing all over Port Royal.
"Bugger", he heard Jack say from behind. Finally all three of the pirates reached the upper fort… and what
met them wasn't a pleasant sight: three rows of soldiers with their weapons ready, pointing straight at them.
"Double bugger", Jack mumbled and looked at Will:
"So… Hope to miss the rocks? Or hope to be cut down fast and painlessly?", Jack asked.



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