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TEASER: What will happen to the three
pirates now that they face three rows of soldiers on the top of the
fort?
GENRE: Angst/Drama
WARNING: Rated PG13 for
violence
Torture Aboard The Black Pearl CHAPTER XI
Both Will and Elizabeth stared at Jack, who
seemed to be overly calm about the rather frightening situation. Will
figured it had to be all of the rum flowing in Jack's veins. The
soldiers started to move closer with their sword ready to end all
three of them – even the governor's own daughter.
"Well,
think faster!", Jack said as he backed away a little, his
cutlass pointing straight up in the air for some weird reason Will
looked from the rows of soldiers to the edge behind him which offered
a free fall and maybe death. So, sword or rocks? It wasn't much of a
pleasant choice to make.
"Elizabeth!", a shocked voice
suddenly boomed from behind the rows of soldiers – and using his
elbows governor Swann made it through just to stop in front of the
three escaped prisoners. He couldn't believe that his daughter had
ended up like this.
"Father!", Elizabeth burst out and
wanted to run to him, but on second thought she would probably be cut
down before reached her father's warm embrace. Unless… he had
rejected her because of her actions. She could see the despair and
sorrow in her father's eyes and she definitely didn't like it.
"For
the love of god, put your swords down!", the governor said and
looked around as silence spread like a suffocating blanket over the
rows of soldiers. No one seemed to pay attention to Governor Swann.
Suddenly there was some noise behind the rows and a loud voice
boomed:
"Dear governor… you know you have no influence
here. Step aside and let justice take its course", Beckett said
coldly and made his way through the soldiers, who immediately stepped
aside, creating a little path for him – then gathered again when
Beckett was standing next to the frustrated governor.
"You
cannot do this! She is my daughter for Christ's sake!", the
governor almost yelled, but was harshly interrupted by Beckett:
"Your
daughter who engages in piracy, yes. You know the law, governor. Men?
Cut them down!", Beckett yelled and stepped aside, watching the
men move towards the three frozen pirates. However the governor
refused to move – and this resulted in him ending up on the cold
stone, being stepped on by several pairs of feet.
"Father!",
Elizabeth yelled and wanted to run to him – but Jack grabbed her
arm and forced her backwards:
"It'll do no good other than
the death of both of you!", he hissed and turned to
Will:
"Escape like a pirate or die like a noble man?",
he asked and raised an eyebrow. Will hesitated only for a few
seconds… a part of him wanted to be cut down in battle but another
part would do anything to prevent the death of himself and thereby
the death of his beloved Elizabeth.
"Hope to miss the
rocks!", Will yelled as he pulled both Jack and Elizabeth up on
the edge, which opened the view of a steep fall, ending in the rather
shallow and rocky waters of the Caribbean sea.
"But
Will…?!", Elizabeth started – however the words turned to
screaming as Will grabbed her hand and jumped into the abyss. Jack
stared at the two falling bodies, leaning a bit over the edge. As he
saw the hit the water he turned around to face his enemy:
"This,
gentlemen, will be the day you will always remember as the day you
almost captured…", he began, but was cut off by a yelling
voice:
"Where is Elizabeth?!"
Jack
looked around confused and rather annoyed. Someone had spoiled his
famous monologue. The soldiers were just standing there, pretty
shocked, and almost tripped over each other in a domino-effect as
the
commodore made his way through them:
"Jack Sparrow!", he
hissed as he faced the pirate. Jack sighed:
"CAPTAIN?",
and lifted a dirty index finger for emphasis.
"Oh, shut up…!
Where is Elizabeth?!", the commodore hissed and drew his sword.
Jack let out a little grin:
"Well, ya see, mate… I don't
know if she's dead or alive… or drowning for that matter… However
I can
comfort
you by finding out myself. Tada", Jack said and let himself fall
backwards over the edge. A loud gasp sounded from all of the
soldiers, except the commodore, who rushed to the edge. He couldn't
really see anything… bubbles of water… from… three splashes.
Elizabeth! And Turner!! This was just unbelievable. But then again
incredibly stupid – where were they to go? Only back to the noose.
But… somehow he hesitated to command the men to the boats.
Elizabeth…
"Commodore?? Orders??", one of the men
asked as they all just stood there, waiting for Norrington's command.
The commodore didn't answer… he just stared at the three foaming
rings in the water far
down… Elizabeth… could she ever forgive
him? Norrington regretted his deceit, he felt it in his bones, in his
entire body. Nothing was more important in this world
but…
"Commodore!", the man insisted and watched
Norrington's pale, expressionless face.
"Commodore, you
cannot let them slip! Then you would be nothing but a pirate
yourself!", the man fearlessly said and then paled a little as
Norrington slowly turned towards him. There were a few seconds of
silence before anyone spoke:
"What is gold, silver and jewels
if the power of a man whose heart belongs to what vexes all men is
nothing more than a seal on a pjece of paper?", Norrington
whispered under his breath. The man looked utterly confused and
stared into the commodore's grey blue eyes, which looked unusually
sad and…
"Burn the papers… fore before you stands a
pirate", Norrington said as he spread out his arms and let
himself fall. He felt the harsh winds on his face… the tickling in
his stomach… but no fear… in fact
he hoped to hit one of those
rocks. Especially if Elizabeth had done the same.
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