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"But we've got to save Will!" protested Elizabeth when she, Jack and Becky were aboard the Dauntless.
"No, you're safe now. We will return to Port Royal immediately, not go gallivanting after pirates!" said Governor Swann.
"Then we condemn him to death" said Elizabeth.
"The boy's fate is regrettable, but, then, so was his decision to engage in piracy."
"To rescue me, to prevent anything from happening to me."
"If I may be so bold as to interject my professional opinion" began Jack.
"Professional?" asked Becky.
"Yes professional!" said Jack. "The Pearl was listing near the scuppers after the battle. It's very unlikely she'll be able to make good time. Think about it. The Black Pearl, the last real pirate threat in the Caribbean, mate. How can you pass that up?"
"You've got a plan I take it?" whispered Becky into Jack's ear.
Jack smirked. "All shall be revealed in due course" he whispered back.
"By remembering that I serve others, Mr. Sparrow, not only myself" said Norrington heading towards the helm.
"Commodore, I beg you, please do this. For me, as a wedding gift" said Elizabeth shocking everyone.
"No!" gasped Becky trying to run forward but Jack held her back.
"If we are going to get out of this, we have to go along with it" whispered Jack.
"Elizabeth, are you accepting the Commodore's proposal?" asked Governor Swann
"I am."
"A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around," cried Jack. "I know clap him in irons right?"
"Mr. Sparrow and Miss. Sparrow, you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with a bearing to Isla de Muerta. You will then spend the rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase 'silent as the grave'. Do I make myself clear?" said Norrington.
"Inescapably clear" said Jack.
"Wait, does this mean I'm gonna get hung when we get back to Port Royal?" asked Becky in an annoyed tone.
"Yes" stated Norrington.
"Becky!" hissed Jack.
"Why? What exactly have I done that's engaged in piracy?"
"Well you helped your father and Mr. Turner commandeer a ship, did you not?"
"I didn't help them I was only there when they stole it!"
"But you were still there" said Norrington calmly.
"A word please, Commodore?" asked Jack. Norrington nodded as him and Jack were left alone.
"If my daughter and I end up coming back to Port Royal, I am asking you now, please don't hang her" said Jack.
"No."
"But she hasn't done anything wrong!"
"Yes, but she is on your side, and isn't she involved with everything you do?"
"Yes but-"
"Then she has engaged in piracy."
"She's not like me, she not some rum-soaked pirate! She's a good girl. And you know it to. The only reason you want to hang her is because she's the daughter of a pirate."
Norrington looked at Jack for a moment. "How old is she?"
"Sixteen" answered Jack.
"Sixteen, well then Mr. Sparrow it seems your prayers have been answered."
"They have?"
"Yes. As she's only sixteen years of age she's too young to be hung by law. Instead I'll keep her locked in her cell until her eighteenth birthday, when she will be hung" said Norrington with a slight smirk.
"And you say pirates are evil," said Jack wiping the smirk of Norrington's face as he made his way up to the helm to join Becky.
"Well which way do you go then?" asked one of the redcoats.
"I don't know, I don't have the compass!" said Becky.
"Well where is it then?" he asked getting angry.
"He has it," she said nodding towards Jack who was standing behind the soldier.
"Give us it then!"
"I believe I'm supposed to provide the bearing. Besides you don't know how this compass works!" said Jack. "It's unique." The soldier gave Jack a dirty look as he made his way downstairs until Jack stopped him and whispered in his ear. "And don't you dare speak to my daughter as if she's nothing" he said in a threatening tone as he went to stand next to Becky at the wheel.
"They are all staring at us like we're the most dreaded thing on this planet," said Becky quietly.
Jack looked round at all the soldiers. "I'm a pirate, what do you expect?" asked Jack.
"So what's this plan of yours then?" asked Becky.
"Quite simple really, after we've defeated Barbosa and his crew we take the Pearl for ourselves."
"And that's it?"
"I said it was simple."
"So what's unique about this compass then?"
"Can you keep a secret?" asked Jack. Becky nodded. "This compass points to thing you want most in this world."
They both had to admit that the awkwardness that was once there between had gone.
"So the thing we want most at the moment is the Isla de Muerta?"
"Exactly!" said Jack.
"Right" said Becky with a tone of sadness, which Jack noticed.
"Something wrong?" asked Jack.
"It's just that, that island isn't what I want most in this world," said Becky sadly.
Jack paused for a moment. "Becky I'm-" sorry, hebegan, but the words didn't come out and he saw Becky looking at him waiting for him to finish his sentence. "Never mind."
"Have you spoken to Becky?" asked Elizabeth as her and Jack stood at the side of the ship. Jack nodded. "And?"
"She still believes I don't care about her," said Jack solemnly.
"Jack you need to show her you care."
"I have. On many different occasions. But she sees straight though it" said Jack. "Maybe it's because I didn't care for so long."
"Well, what do you want to say to her?" asked Elizabeth.
"That I'm sorry" said Jack looking at Becky who was up at the helm by herself. "For being a lousy father all this time."
"You just need to wait for the right moment, Jack, then talk to her," said Elizabeth. "And you didn't tell either of them about the curse."
"Becky knew, she's known ages, and I noticed you didn't tell Mr. Turner either. Same reason I imagine."
"He wouldn't of risked it."
"Could've gotten him drunk" said Jack who got a 'shut-up Jack' look from a Elizabeth. "Don't get me wrong love, I admire a person who's willing to do whatever's necessary."
"You're a smart man Jack," she said looking at him. "But I don't entirely trust you."
Jack walked up to get closer to her. "Peas in a pod darling."
"Jack!" said Becky from behind making him turn around. "The Commodore wants you," she said handing him back his compass.
"Thank you" he said with a smile and walked up to the helm.
"He does care about you, you know," said Elizabeth when Jack was out of earshot.
"I highly doubt that," said Becky leaning on the side of the ship and looking at the water.
"Right then, with me Sparrow" said Norrington.
"I'm not leaving this ship until you guarantee Becky's safety," said Jack firmly.
Norrington sighed. "Fine, lock Miss Sparrow in my quarters."
"And I would believe there is also a risk for the future Mrs Commodore."
"Miss Swann as well."
"Thank you" said Jack.