Chapter 11

Will never returned from his "Talk" with Beckett, and this pleased Elizabeth greatly. Before his out burst, she had been feeling terribly guilty about her feelings for Jack, she had lost countless nights sleep trying to work out how to let him down gently. In someways, she was glad that he already knew, that she would not have to break the news to him, but in other, she felt hurt at how he had reacted, she knew he had the right to be angry, but his bitter words had eaten at her soul. They had been very friends for a long time now, and she did still love him, just not as much as she thought she once had. She knew she did not love him at all after his tantrum, it had shown a very ugly side to him that she never knew existed.

She had just sat on the floor on the brig sobbing, not caring that the whole crew saw. Pintel was the only one brave enough to talk to her, patting her on the shoulder, and saying "It will be alright poppet", as an attempt to be comforting. Elizabeth had tried to thank him as sincerely as she could.

A lot had happened that day. Shortly after the incident in the brig, Elizabeth was taken onto Sao Feng's ship. For reasons unknown to her, Sao kept calling her calypso. Elizabeth had just gone along with it, until he had been brutally killed when a cannon ball from the dutchman had ripped through the hull of the ship. To Elizabeths shock, he had made her Captain. She and her crew were lucky to escape from Jones ship, something Elizabeth could not take credit for. Her crew had snapped into action in a matter of seconds, guiding the Empress from the Dutchman. The only damage it took was a few cannon holes and Sao was the only casualty. The crew were not happy to learn of their Captains death, but accepted Elizabeth to some degree. Elizabeth was grateful her first mate knew how to get to shipwreck cove. Letting her first mate man the helm, Elizabeth took the time to contemplate her situation. She still desperately needed to talk to Jack, but she knew there were more important and life threatening grievances that needed to be attended to. Beckett was becoming more powerful by the day. She knew he had the heart and full control of Jones. She had no idea if he still had possession of the Pearl or Jack. Elizabeth could only hope that the Pearl would turn up at the cove, with its rightful Captain. Elizabeth sighed. Along with Captaincy she was now also a Pirate Lord. She worried about the uncertainty of it all.

"Captain! We are approaching the cove!" Called her first mate.

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"Elizabeth Swann". Jack cast his vote,a strange smile on his face.

"What!" Elizabeth said, her voice high with surprise.

"I know, curious isn't it?"His voice smug, but not mocking. The other Lords began to grumble,some of them rising from their seats in anger. Elizabeth continued to stare dumbfound at Jack, it was only when he asked her what her course of action was.

"Prepare every vessel that floats, at dawn" She said with the most authority she could muster.

"We are at war" She saw Jack give her an approving nod out of the corner of her eye. It sent shivers up her spine.

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Elizabeth spent that night working out battle plans with Barbossa and Jack. They spent endless hours going over strategies that had worked in the past, and that could work for them now. By the time they retried, Elizabeth felt as thought they might of have a chance of winning.

She did get the chance to ask Jack why he had made her king.

"Its simple love"he had said, a glint in his eyes made Elizabeths heart pound"Anybody else would have said we run, I knew you would say we fight".

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Elizabeth stared in horror as she was faced by the sheer expanse of the armada that the Navy had rounded in up. The ships were lined up as far as the eye could see. Any hope she had had was now totally engulfed by fear. Resisting the urge to throw up, she shallowed loudly.

"Ye not scared are you?" Jack asked her slightly worried.

"No of course not" she said unconvincingly.

"Jack!" Barbossa yelled from the helm of the pearl, "It looks as thought they want to talk"

"What do yah mean!" Jack yelled back.

"Well it seems as thought its only the Dutchman and the Endeavor are approaching. "

"So fish face and Becky want to negotiate ae " Jack said to Elizabeth "Whats your call"

"We talk to them, the Pearl and the Empress go forward, the rest wait here for the signal"

"The Empress?" Jack Questioned

"We not going to purposely out number ourselves Jack."

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It seemed an eternity before the Pearl finally came close the The Dutchman and the Endeavor. Elizabeth barley had time to register what she saw on board the Dutchman, before she heard Beckett's snide voice.

"Ah I would Introduce you to the new Captain of the Flying Dutchman, being as you already know him, Im assuming that won't be necessary"

Elizabeth heard the other members of the crew gasp as they recognized the new captain of the Dutchman. She fought the urge to scream.

It was Will.