Chapter 10
It has been a few days since Jack, the crew, and Will escaped from the ship. Leaving Becka there as she had requested. Jack, Will, and the others have taken over the Navy ship and are following Dunkin, at a safe distance. Will, agreed to go with them. He has been sitting on the railing of the ship looking out onto the horizon thinking of everything that has happened in the past couple of months. He thought he had everything figured out. He was going to marry Elizabeth finally, and live happily after that. Now, everything is turned upside down. He has fallen in love with a woman he barely knows, and he can't do anything about it. The images of that kiss are still in his mind; her soft succulent lips rubbing against his own, her small delicate hands gripping his upper arm so tightly. He enjoyed it very much, and that is what is keeping him here. If he still feels that way after this whole ordeal is over, maybe he is meant to be with Rebecca, not Elizabeth.
Jack watches him, and hands over the steering to one of his crew. He walks over to Will and looks at him. "Yeh worried bout 'er mate?"
"Yes, only God knows what Dunkin has done to her for helping us escape. I hope that she is all right Jack. If that bastard has laid a hand on her I will kill him. She must be miserable over there. No one to talk to, I knew I should have stayed with her. At least then if he did anything, she would have someone to comfort her," Will sighs frustrated. "Jack, am I an awful person for falling in love with her, when I'm engaged to another woman?"
Jack chuckles softly, "Mate, yeh dun' know who yer meant ta be with 'til it happens. Can yeh see yer life withou' meh sister in it? Can yeh imagine yer life withou' Elizabeth as yer wife? If yeh truly loved Elizabeth yeh wouldn' 'ave left 'er ta save Rebecca. Yer not a bad person William. Yeh found yer soul mate, an' if yeh decide no' ta accept Rebecca as tha' than yeh'll always be havin' doubts lad. Yeh'll always wonder wot would've 'appened if yeh 'ad married 'er an' not Elizabeth. Make yer decision wisely mate, I dun wont meh sister ta get hurt." Jack walks away from him to let him think about everything.
Will, more confused now than ever reaches into his pocket, to find that Rebecca left him something. He pulls it out, and realizes what it is. It's her locket. He smiles softly, and now understands why she made him leave. Her plan all along was to get rid of the locket, so Dunkin could never get what he wanted. He turns and looks at Jack, he's going to save Rebecca and figure it all out later. He places the locket around his neck as not to lose it, and looks out to sea, at the ship before them. He doesn't know what he is getting himself in to, but he doesn't care much.
Becka, on the other hand, is being kept in the brig, after Dunkin found out she was the one who helped Jack and the others escape. She was punished properly, beat with the whip, and thrown in the brig with no food for days. She is sitting, her back in so much pain, and dried blood covering her dress. She doesn't care what Dunkin does to her, as long as Will and the others are far away from them with the locket. The only thing on her mind is Will and that last farewell kiss between the two of them. She didn't mean for it to cause any problems, but after hearing him say the words she's wanted to hear for so long, it's very hard for things not to be complicated. She sighs gently, thinking of that kiss. What a passionate kiss it was. Tears form in her eyes as all the possibilities of why he kissed her back come to her mind. Maybe he just told her all that so she would be happy, and thinking he would never see her again it was all right. Maybe it was just a cruel joke, and he was laughing about it right now with Jack and the crew, or maybe he really does have feelings for her and kissed her back because he wanted to.
Now, Becka thought, she would never know. She is snapped out of her thoughts when Dunkin comes down to check on her. She prays that he doesn't figure out she doesn't have the locket anymore. He looks at her, a smile across his face. "Well, darling," he says, "We have arrived at Isle De Boleges. Are you ready to fulfill our destiny?" He opens the door to the brig, and takes her arm pulling her up from the floor. "Finally, Rebecca, you and I are going to control the world. Well, more like I will control the world, you will just help me." He holds her up, and let's his men tie her hands together tightly.
Becka smiles to herself. When he finds out that she doesn't have the locket, he will have a fit. That's okay though, as long as he doesn't know who has the locket. What is even better, only Becka and Jack can touch the orb, so he can't kill her yet. She leaves the ship with them peacefully. Isle De Boleges is a very large island, with many trees and no sign of life besides the animals that inhabit it. Dunkin was leading the way as a few of his men followed, and then Rebecca and the rest of the crew. Becka looks around trying to find some way if she is to escape that she can get away. She looks back out to sea, before going into the forest, to find what looked like the Royal Navy ship that they had battled with only a few days prior. She was quickly pushed along and turned away walking straight into the heart of the forest.
Will, Jack, and some of the crew had just come onto shore, when Becka and Dunkin went into the forest. They rushed as quietly as possible, to catch up to them. Will, and Jack took out a couple of the lagging pirates behind Becka and got in line. They followed Becka at a safe distance as not to cause attention to themselves. Will looked over Becka from behind. He saw the healing scars of her whipping, and the dried blood on her dress. He felt an anger take over he didn't know was in him. He pulled out his cutlass, just wanting to slaughter the whole crew and Dunkin himself. Jack grasped his shoulder and whispered to him, "William, now no' be tha time fer it."
Will nodded and put his cutlass away. Soon enough Jack and Will were right behind Becka. Becka sighed softly; wiggling her hands that were bound so tight even the slightest movement hurt her frail wrists. Will rests his hand on the small of her back and along with Jack pulls her off into the forest and away from the rest of the group. Becka startled attempts to scream, but Will quickly covers her mouth. He whispers softly, "Don't worry Rebecca, it's me and Jack."
Becka sighs in relief. Will removes his hand from her mouth and turns her around to face them. "What are you doing here?" Rebecca inquires. "I thought you'd be long gone, back to Port Royale."
"We couln' jus' leave yeh ta fend fer yerself lass," Jack replies. "Stay 'ere with William. I need ta ge' tha rest o' tha crew. Dun move!" Jack nods to Will and leaves quietly to get the rest of the crew who were waiting for instructions.
"Rebecca, about what happened on the ship before I left---," Will starts to say, but is cut off by Becka.
"Will, I am so sorry, I didn't mean to put you into a situation like that. I know that you are to marry Elizabeth, and that I at the moment thought I would never see you again. I acted on impulse and I want you to know that is how I truly feel about you. I have felt that way for months. I just didn't tell you, because of Elizabeth. She is a dear friend of mine, and I wouldn't want to upset her. I wouldn't blame you for being upset at me. It was not my place to kiss you like that." Becka sighs softly happy to get that off her chest. Now she is waiting for the moment of truth to come. She is waiting for him to say it was a mistake and that he only said the things he did to comfort her. That didn't come.
Will looks at her and smiles softly. "Rebecca, in the beginning I thought that Elizabeth was who I am supposed to marry. I believed that after everything we had been through as a couple, it was the next step in our relationship. That was until I met you. That kiss we shared, the first time on the shore. I know we both said it was forgotten, but I can't forget about it. I tried to forget about you, everything I did wasn't working. I've accepted that we kissed and I was going to marry Elizabeth. Then, when you kissed me again everything changed. Becka, I'm in love with you. All I've thought about for days is that kiss, and how I want to kiss you again," Will rests his hand on her cheek softly. "I've fought this long enough. I don't want to fight these feelings anymore."
Rebecca looks at him a small smile forming, "What are you saying Will?"
"I am saying that I---." Just then Jack came back with the crew. Will sighs softly, frustrated that he was interrupted from what he was going to say. Becka laughs softly and hugs Will tightly. Jack smiles and turns away to give them a moment of privacy. "As I was saying, I love you and want to be with you, Rebecca."
She smiles and looks up at him, "I've wanted to hear those words, but I thought I never would." Will, cups her cheek gently and leans down kissing her softly.
Jack sighs, and clears his throat, "Sorry ta break up tha kiss o' yers bu' we need ta be goin'."
Becka nods gently. "I know where to go, you still have the locket Will?"
"Yeah, I still have the locket, but are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes, it has to be destroyed so no one will come after it or me again. Dunkin probably already has noticed that I am missing. So we need to hurry. He probably has men everywhere looking for me. If they do catch me, I will just tell them that I escaped. I want you all to stay hidden, and do nothing if he does anything to me. He'll know I don't have the locket if he catches one of you as well. You need to take this path until you get to the cave, once there Jack can open the door with the locket and destroy the orb that is past the doors. Only, Jack or myself can touch the orb so don't let Dunkin capture both of us. Is that understood?"
Everyone looks at Becka and nods gently, and take all of her instructions very seriously. Becka, and Will lead the way followed by Jack and the crew. They all have their weapons out, and are being very quiet not wanting to be found. They walk on for the whole day, mostly in silence. The tension that is in the air is fatal. Becka leads all of them onward. Will walking next to her, their fingers brushing every so often. After walking for what seems like forever, they come to the cave. Becka's adrenaline is pumping and Will hands her the locket. She looks around to make sure no one else is there, and opens the locket placing it in the stone-engraved shape on the cave door. Instantly the door opened and Becka followed by Will, Jack, and then the crew all entered. They walk down the torch lit hallway and into a big room.
Will looked around the room. There was treasure of all sorts, from all countries; gold, silver, diamonds, mountains of rubies and golden coins, crowns with the rarest jewels incrusted in them. The crew immediately ran to the mountains and looked over all the treasure. Becka, Jack, and Will on the other hand looked for the orb. It was located in the middle of the large room, on top of a huge mountain of gold and jewels. Becka ran to the mount and started to climb up it, determined to destroy it as quickly as she possibly could.
A gunshot rang out stopping Becka dead cold in her tracks. She turned to see Jack and Will being tied up and the crew as well. Standing with the locket in his hand was an angry looking Duncan. "Thank you darling for showing us the way."