Joanna laid in bed in pain waiting for Barbossa.
After Sao Feng left with Elizabeth and freed her, Barbossa and the other pirates, they fought against the navy soldiers. Joanna once again disobeyed Barbossa's orders. She picked up a sword and fought alongside with him. With one hand protecting the child inside her and one hand holding her sword, she did not do so well as she normal does. The fight resulted in a sword cutting along her leg. Barbossa was not particularly happy with her.
"What were ya thinking Joanna?" Barbossa angrily asked. "It's those kind of actions that could kill the baby!"
"I am not about to sit around and watch you get killed a second time!" Joanna argued back. "Especially now when we have a chance to be a family."
She looked down at her growing belly and laid her hands on it.
"Hector, I don't want our child growing up without a father. Especially if it is a boy. How can I raise our son without a father?"
"nd what if it be a girl?" Barbossa asked. "How can she survive without a mother?"
He sighed as he sat next to her and put his hand over hers on her belly.
"I can't live with meself if 'nything were ta happen ta ye or the baby."
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Joanna asked. "I can't leave your side without worrying if you'll be okay."
"Yer gonna have ta", Barbossa said. "When we get ta Shipwreck Cove ye'll be staying there until everything's taken care of. Ye 'nd the baby will be safe there."
"Hector, I can't do that! How long will it take before you finish off Beckett and his army?"
"I dunno. Days, weeks. It'll take a while fer us ta get ta Shipwreck Cove. We need ta make repairs 'nd resupply."
"But what if I go into labor while you're gone? I don't want you to miss the baby's birth."
"Joanna", he smiled. "By the time we get ta Shipwreck Cove ye'll only be eight months along. I highly doubt ye'll go inta labor while I'm gone."
Joanna pouted as she crossed her arms. Barbossa took her leg ta look at the cut. It was long and deep. It went from just below her knee to above the ankle.
"It looks bad", he said. "We'll need ta stitch it up."
Neither of them said a word as Barbossa cleaned Joanna's leg and stitched it up.
"Darling", she spoke. "How will we raise our son? We're not even married. He may feel like a bastard child when he's old enough to understand."
"Our daughter", Barbossa said. "Will not be a bastard child. She won't know if we never tell her."
"So you want to lie to a child?"
"It won't be lying if we never say 'nything. We won't tell the child we're not married."
"Whatever you think is best", Joanna sighed.
Barbossa got up to leave. Joanna gasped and quickly sat up.
"Hector, wait!" she said. "Come here!"
"What is it?" he asked quickly walking back to her. "Is it the baby?"
"I can feel it! Give me your hand."
Barbossa held out his hand. Joanna took his hand and gently placed it on her belly. They waited for a second before they felt a tiny kick. It was soft, almost like a flutter.
"Your son's saying hello", Joanna said smiling.
He chuckled as he knelt down next to her. Barbossa gently rubbed her belly and pressed a kiss to it.
"Hello ta ye too, my daughter", he whispered. "What are ya doing inside yer mother?"
He and Joanna smiled as they felt another flutter.