Thanks to Pirate-on-fleet-street and Cabbage_Merchant for reviewing the last chapter. This chapter is a lot shorter than what I normally write, so I apologize. It's just, I started school back up so this all I had time to write. Hopefully there will be a new update next weekend.


James Norrington had been pacing the deck of the Flying Dutchman for sometime now. They had captured the crew of the Empress along with their captain, Sao Feng, on of the 9 pirate lords Beckett had been searching for. The whole crew was surprisingly unharmed, not being injured by the Dutchman's cannons or it's crewmembers. The captain had surrendered immediately, willing to give them the information they had not succeeded in getting from another, as long as he remained on the winning team. He had also bargained with Beckett to let his crew off at the next port unharmed. Little did Sao Feng know that his crew was to be followed.

James was sick all of this; the battles, the betrayals, the deaths, and the deals, it was against all of his standards.

What would the Governor say about him now? He would have been so disappointed in his behavior. But James had sworn an oath to Beckett when he took his position, so he had no means of leaving unless he planned on joining up with the pirates.

But he couldn't just stay there and watch them hurt innocent people. Most of the people they had hung went even pirates at all. They had just met one before. Is that a crime now? If so shouldn't all of the army be hung as well?

James gazed out at the sea, trying to decide what to do. What about Elizabeth? She could be in harm too.

Then a memory popped into his head. She had chosen this life. He had let her go with no protection. He had ended their engagement…after a day!

Since when! He thought to himself, though he knew that it was true. He had let her have what she wanted most, her freedom. She had gone out to sea in search of it. And she had left him behind.

Now she was being hunted down like all the rest of the pirates, facing the noose any minute. He couldn't let that happened to her. He still cared for her, even if things didn't workout between them. And even if not for her, he had to do it for her father. Governor Swann had done so much for him over the years, been almost like a father figure to him. He couldn't let his daughter die. He had to protect her, find someway of getting her safely to England where she could live with her father in peace.

Norrington had decided. He had no other choice. He had to join up with the pirates and find Elizabeth at Shipwreck Cove. He now knew the directions thanks to Sao Feng and he had the pirate's piece of eight too. But how was he going to escape without having them come after him.

James had an idea. He would destroy his coat and hat, and then place them in the water, making it look like he was attacked and thrown overboard. As for an explanation of the boat missing, he would throw some wood from the barrels over too, so it looking like the boat was destroyed also. That should work shouldn't it? For two seconds, he wished he were Jack Sparrow. Making plans would be so much easier.


Elizabeth dashed down the streets on Port Royal at night, dodging the people moving the opposite direction. They all gave the governors daughter funny looks once more as she ran in and out of them rather unladylike, grasping her skirt in her hands.

Once Elizabeth came across the street she wanted, she stopped running. The light from the moon reflected in the windows as she continued down the street to her destination. She didn't really know why she had run anyway. Maybe it was because Jack only had limited time to live or because she was so excited she was free, she didn't know. All she knew was that she needed to get out of Port Royal fast, but not with out Jack.

"Will!! Will! It's Elizabeth!! Open up!" Will heard her yell from outside. Was it really Elizabeth? What on earth was she doing there at this time of night?

"Miss Swann?" He called, his ear next to the door listening to see if it was really her.

"Of course it's me! How many Elizabeth's do you know!" She shouted slightly heated.

At that Will hurried and opened up the door, not wanting to anger her anymore then he apparently already had.

Will say a vision of beauty when he opened the door. There the girl of his dreams stood, cheeks slightly flushed pink and brown eyes sparkling in the moonlight.

"What is it you want?" Will asked politely.

"I need you help." She stated as she rushed in, not even looking at him, but looking around at the walls, searching for something that could get Jack out.

"Help with what? Can't it wait till tomorrow? You really shouldn't be here." Will warned, confused why she was there.

"No. It can't. By this time tomorrow I plan to be far out at sea, as far as I can get from this place." Elizabeth finally looked at him, her eyes telling him not to question her why.

"Then what do you need my help for?" Will couldn't think of anything else but the fact that she was leaving him.

"I need you to help me free Jack." She said as though it was no big deal.

"Jack Sparrow?" Will remembered how she had helped the pirate escape from him yesterday and the way she had acted towards him. But Elizabeth had just met Jack. She had known him for 10 years. It's not fair. I love her, and he never will. He's a pirate. It's against his nature.

"Yes. Hurry. We must escape here before sunrise." She said motioning to him to pick up his tools, but Will just stood there.

"I'm not going to help a pirate escape. I could get arrested myself." Will didn't move a muscle.

"Please Will. He's my only chance of getting out of here. He said he'd take me anywhere I want to go at no charge. And you don't think he deserves to die, do you Will? You can't! He really is a good man deep down inside. I can sense it." Elizabeth pleaded with him.

Will stared at her stunned. She really did like this pirate. She may not admit to it, but he could tell. And Jack had offered to take her wherever she wanted. He doubted Jack had good intentions though. What would she say if he said he wanted to come with? Would she let him? Probably not. She probably wants alone time with that fabulously handsome pirate of hers. Will hated this. It's not fair!!! Do I just get forgotten! What about her father! Her fiancé!

"What about you father and the commodore?" Will was willing to do anything to make her stay. But the look in her eyes now was so desperate, like he held her life in his hands.

"It's fine. I talked to my father. He understands, and so does James. I'm free Will," She said in almost a whisper "and I don't want my freedom taken away from me again."

He couldn't stand it. The women he loved most in the world stood before him, practically begging for her freedom. It disturbed him on many levels. This was Elizabeth. Elizabeth, the girl he used to play Pirates and Sailors with in the garden. How far had they grow apart over the past few years, ever since he left that garden and their adventures behind. They were like complete strangers nowadays. And she had been so tough when she was young, not doing anything she was told. But she had grown up when he had decided to, and so the story ends. Elizabeth was trapped in a world she didn't belong. And all because of him.

But now was his chance to make it right. She could have the freedom and adventure she has always wanted so badly. He can fix things between them.

"So?" Elizabeth was nervous. Will was taking an awful long time deciding. "Are you going to help me free Jack?

Will had almost forgotten about Jack. He ruined everything.

"I don't know…" Will said reluctantly. There goes his perfect plan to win Elizabeth

"Please Will! Don't you like him?" She asked naively. Elizabeth had not picked up on the fact that Will was madly in love with her. Not even after all these years. Why wouldn't someone like Jack?

"I know you do." Will said, jealousy in his voice.

"Of course I do. He's really not that bad once you get to know him better."

So she had gotten to know him better. Will bite his tongue before his jealously completely took over him.

"Fine. Come on lets go." Will said at last, surrendering the fight. He could always just…


Jack woke up, hearing some noise outside his cell. He looked around his cell for a moment, but then not seeing anything he laid back down.

"Jack" He heard someone call from the outside.

He stood up quickly and went to the barred window. There, a few feet beneath him was his Lizzie. He had come to calling her as his because he couldn't ever think of her with someone other than him, even if he had just met her. He felt strongly for her.

"What are you doing here love?"

Before she could answer his question, Will came into Jack's view. His Lizzie with someone else.

"Are we going to do this or not?" Will said impatiently, not wanting to see their little reunion.

"Yes we are Will." Elizabeth growled through her teeth in response. Man he is annoying!

"What is it exactly your doing?" Jack hesitated in asking. Why would they come here? To rub it in my face? Grant it I've only known the lass for like 2 days, but still! I thought I knew her, like we had some sort of connection. Now it's all lost because of this stupid whelp!

"We are getting you out of there, and then we are running away." Elizabeth said while she stood on a crate and hooked a metal bar through the bars, being face to face with jack the whole time. "How does that sound?" Elizabeth questioned once she was done.

"Lovely. Pray may I ask where you two intend on running off to?" Jack said, covering up that it hurt him to know that she was running off with another man. Didn't she want to run away with me?

"Not Will, Jack. Us." Elizabeth blushed red. Maybe he didn't want to go somewhere with me. Maybe he doesn't like me.

"Oh…then by all means, get me out." Jack smirked at her, relieved. So the whelp is nothing then.

Will moped in the background, not being noticed by either of them. This is how he was to be treated, ignored, when he was going to do all the work to get this pirate free.

"Elizabeth. Move away." Will said firmly. Will using her first name caught Elizabeth off guard, so she moved. Finally!

"What?" Jack questioned, confused as to what was happening. Maybe the whelp is a problem.

"Jack, you might want to back up." Elizabeth warned.

"Why?"

Will then hit a whip on a horses back and the horse pulled the rope, causing the bars to come off in a cloud of dust.

"Jack!" Elizabeth cried. He hadn't moved back. She heard some coughing coming from the cell. She perched herself on top of the barrel again, and looked through the hole in the wall.

Jack stood up, still coughing, and swaying a bit more than usual, and came over to Elizabeth.

"I'm good. No worries darlin'." Jack said, his head still spinning a bit.

"Are you sure? You seem a bit dizzy." Elizabeth smiled at how silly he looked, almost falling over when he was standing up.

"I'm fine." He insisted

"We have to hurry! I'm sure someone heard that!" Will called from down below, witnessing there whole scene.

"I forgot he was here." Jack admitted, sad that he was.

Elizabeth just shook her head in response. She wanted Will gone too.

"Come on Jack, lets get out of here." Elizabeth smiled, turning her back to him to leave.

"Just one question love," Jack called to her, causing her to look back at him, waving his hands in the air, and stumbling, "Which ways out of here?"

Elizabeth laughed at him, and grabbed one of his hands, leading him to the exit.

"Come on Captain. We've got a ship to commandeer."


No one had heard them. They had made the loudest racket possible, but no one had heard them, so they were free to walk the streets, in no hurry.

Will lead the way, moving rather quickly, way faster than his companions that's for sure.

Jack and Elizabeth walked behind him slowly, Elizabeth telling Jack stories about her town. This was the last time she would see it. They walked together, Jacks arm around her waist, her's around his shoulder. It was originally because Jack needed help to walk straight, but that had pasted a long time ago. Now neither one wanted to let go.

"That over there is where I first scraped my knee." Elizabeth giggled, pointing to a street corner at the end of the road. " And that is where I had my first ball." She pointed to a pretty building across the street.

"What a exciting life you nobles live." Jack joked, earning more laughter from his partner.

"If you really want to know what its like, you should come to a ball sometime." Elizabeth turned her attention back to Jack.

"Yes, well I'd highly doubt I'd get invited. Especially with these." Jack picked up one of his dreadlocks and twisted it in his finger.

"I could invite you." Elizabeth flirted, patting his dreadlocks down.

"I'm deeply flattered Lizzie, but I don't think you'll be able to anymore." Jack said apologetically. He didn't want to ruin things for her.

"Oh…yes…quite the scandal it will be, running off with a pirate." Elizabeth teased, letting Jack know that she didn't care.

"Oh yes." Jack smiled at her, his golden teeth shining in the moonlight.

"Will you to keep up?" Will turned to look at them, jealousy taking him over. A pirate gets to hold her like that and I don't

"Sorry Lad. We're going as fast as we can." Jack said cockily, looking down at how they where walking.

"Well maybe you should cut the chatter, and focus on the matter at hand. Do you realize I could get arrested for this?" Will said through his teeth

"Yes, and I thank ye for your services. Now if you don't mind, I've got a ship to steal." Jack said noticing that they were at the harbor already, and moved past Will to climb aboard the Interceptor.

"Come on love." He said, helping her onto the ship.

"She's beautiful." Elizabeth said looking around at the masts and the sails. Everything was already ready to go.

"I've heard that she's suppose to be the fastest ship in these waters." Elizabeth gave him a look of disbelief. " Next to the Pearl that is." Elizabeth smiled at him. She felt like she'd known him for so long, even though it's only been 2 days.

"Could you toss that up son?" Jack asked looking back at Will still on the dock, watching them.

"What this?" Will said, pointing to the rope attached to the dock.

"Yes that, what else?" Jack rolled his eyes. Really this boy can be so stupid at times!

Will did what he was told and watched as the ship slowly moved away from the dock. Elizabeth was leaving, unprotected, with a pirate.

"Thank ye. You shall all ways remember this as the day that Jack Sparrow did…"

"Really Jack." Elizabeth gave him a stern look. "Goodbye Will. Thank you so much. I will forever be indebted to you." She shot him a smile and Will smiled back. He couldn't let her go alone. It wasn't safe. So while they weren't looking Will grabbed a hold of a rope and climbed aboard, not being noticed by either one.

Elizabeth looked back at the harbor and saw no Will. Strange. He must have left. She then turned to Jack. "Orders captain."

Jack smiled at her and pulled on his hat. "Hoist the main sail."

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