DISCLAIMER: Disney owns everything.
TEASER: Will, Elizabeth, Jack and Norrington have let themselves fall into the abyss - are they lucky??
GENRE: Angst/Drama
WARNING: Rated PG13 for violence

Torture Aboard The Black Pearl CHAPTER XII

The feeling of suffocation was progressive as Will fought against the weight of the water, dragging Elizabeth behind him towards to surface. With a splash his head appeared above water and he shook his head, spreading drops in all directions. Quickly he pulled Elizabeth up, put himself halfway on his back in the water and supported her on his chest.
"Elizabeth…?!", he gargled, still spitting out sea water. Her body was limp, but Will uttered a deep, relieved sigh when he saw her open her hazel eyes.
"Will…", she smiled and looked up at him. A happy grin spread across Will's handsome, tanned face:
"I thought you were hurt…! I can't believe we made it through the rocks! But where are we to…", Will talked so fast that he almost stumbled over the words, but suddenly he was interrupted:
"Go?", sounded a voice behind them and Will turned around, pulling Elizabeth with him. Will's face paled a little:
"Yes. Where are we to go but back to the noose?", he asked and thought about how Jack had made them only prolong their death sentence. Jack looked around for a moment, looking rather uninterested. Will ground his teeth a bit.
"Jack!", he insisted, but the pirate didn't even look at him.

"Where's me hat?", Jack mumbled and Will sighed an irritated sigh as he picked up the hat from behind him and threw it at Jack – it hit him square in the face with a wet splatter. Jack removed the drenched hat from his face and nodded:
"Thanx, mate… now your question. See the…?", he started but all three of them jumped in surprise, causing rings to spread in the water, when a sudden loud splash sounded, almost a deafening sound in the calm of the shallow waters.
"What was that??", Elizabeth gasped and turned her head towards the sound. By a big rock there was a huge, bubbling ring in the water. Both Will and Jack stared as well – what was this now? Was one of the soldiers dumb enough to follow them here?? Suddenly a white wig swam to the surface and drifted just past Will and Elizabeth. Elizabeth's eyebrows rose in shock:
"Commodore??", she whispered under her breath and suddenly uttered a little yelp as the bubbles coming from below brought a red colour to the surface.
"Where is he?? Will?! Jack?!", she gasped and looked at the now pink water, which had started to calm again. Only the wig testified the commodore's presence. Elizabeth snapped her head to the side, staring at Jack:
"Jack, do something! He's hurt!", she yelled and looked up, where she could barely see the outlines of several soldiers looking down at them from high above. Jack just tipped his head a little:

"Umm… your point being, luv?", he asked and corrected his hat.
"As I was saying, if you look just to the right of the bay you will see some recognizable sails and…", but Jack was interrupted by a screaming Elizabeth:
"Get Norrington! NOW!", she almost howled, making Jack raise his eyebrows. A short silence followed with a harsh stare from Elizabeth – then Jack finally rolled his eyes and placed his gun and sword AND his hat in Elizabeth's hands.
"Don't lose these", Jack merely said as he dived and disappeared into the pink water. Will looked at Elizabeth:
"Why do you…", he started, but Elizabeth interrupted him:
"Because even though he might be a bad egg I don't want to be part of his death!", she said in a harsh tone and watched as Will's glance flickered a bit. She was right. Not doing anything would be the same as killing him by one's own hand.
"I understand", Will said calmly and made a grimace as he suddenly became aware of the painful throbbing in his entire body, especially in the back of his head. Small white dots were flying back and forth in his vision and he shook his head.


"Are you alright, Will?", Elizabeth asked and Will opened his mouth to speak, but just as he was about to answer a splash interrupted him. Jack appeared above the waterline with a body clenched in his embrace – Jack had a disgusted look on his face:
"You owe me, puppet", he said and pulled the commodore above water. Elizabeth grimaced as she studied the sick colour on the commodore's face – he wasn't breathing!
"Help him!", Elizabeth yelled and stared at Jack who now looked like he was in utter shock:
"Look, luv, I might rescue a man from drowning, but when the drowning already has taken place, I don't think I'm quite your man to kiss one of my most hated enemies. Sorry, luv", Jack said and reached a hand out for his effects. Elizabeth let out a loud hiss, tossed Jack's effects at him and let go of Will, who watched her
swim to Jack and grab a hold of his shoulders, tipping the commodore's light blue face upwards, clearing the airways. With wide open eyes Will watched as Elizabeth put her full lips to the commodore's and started blowing air down his lungs as she closed his nostrils with her other hand. There was no reaction. Elizabeth
started blowing harder, getting more and more frantic.
"Easy, luv. Don't cry over spilled mi… commodore", Jack mumbled and Elizabeth stared at him teary-eyed:
"How can you be so cold?!", she screamed and suddenly slammed her fist into the commodore's chest – and with a yelp Norrington coughed up a quarter of a gallon of sea water.
"Commodore!?", Elizabeth smiled and managed to achieve eye contact with Norrington, whose skin had started to regain its normal colour.
"My leg…", the commodore coughed and leaned his head back in pain.The water was still turning more and more pinkish red… the blood oozing from the open fracture added more and more colour to the otherwise crystal blue Caribbean sea.
"Oh my god… Jack!", Elizabeth whispered. Norrington would need to get the wound (as she thought it was) bandaged and cleaned before he passed away from the blood loss.
"Yes, luv?", Jack muttered, busy as he was with trying to get his drenched hat to fit his head perfectly.
"What are we to do? Where are we to go?!", Elizabeth gasped and didn't notice the hurt look in Will's eyes as she brushed a lock of hair away from the commodore's face. Jack finally regained attention and looked at the dripping wet damsel in front of him:
"The Pearl. Let's say I made a bargain…", he said and pointed towards the mouth of the bay, where The Pearl with her black sails were just to be seen behind the cliffs. Will's face turned white as a sheet.
"No…", he just said and swallowed as he almost lost control of his legs, which were fighting to keep him above water. Elizabeth turned towards Will:
"It's our only chance…! Start swimming!", she yelled and in the same second the Dauntless appeared from the port – heading right towards them. Gunfire was initiated. And without thinking the three of them, including Will, started to swim as fast as they could towards the mouth of the bay, dragging the moaning Norrington behind them.

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