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"I still don't understand why you don't want me to make you my first mate." Elizabeth mumbled. "It doesn't make sense..."
"Yes it does, Elizabeth." I stopped her. "The men listen to Tai Huang, and for now Tai Huang is listening to you. If you remove him from the mate position, there's sure to be a mutiny. All I want right now is to get to Shipwreck Cove in one piece, and that in itself has proven hard enough to do. We don't need any other obsticles."
"I guess you're right then." She sighed.
"I know I'm right." I smiled slightly. "So, Captain. Orders?" I asked, and I could see her trying to hide a prideful smile.
"Raise the fore-sail." She shouted from our place by the bow of the ship. "The faster we can get to Shipwreck Cove, the better." Almost immediately, the crew jumped into action to do as she had ordered.
"Captain." I heard Tai Huang's voice and Elizabeth and I spun around to see him walking toward us. "I checked the maps and our current latitude, and I think we will arrive in Shipwreck Cove by nightfall."
"Thank you, Tai Huang." Elizabeth nodded and smiled politely, and he turned to walk away. "Nightfall, hmm?" She looked up toward the sky. "It's getting there."
"You can see the yellow on the horizon. It won't be long." I nodded, agreeing with her. She sighed solemnly, looking down at her feet. "And it won't be long until you see Will again." I added, knowing exactly what she was thinking. She looked up at me, seeming surprised that I had known, but really, he was all she every thought about.
"I know." She said quietly. "I feel horrible, though, about how I treated him on the Pearl. He was just looking out for me..."
"And you were just looking out for the rest of us. It's okay, Elizabeth. Everything is working out fine; everything is going to work out." I stopped her.
"When we were locked down in the room, you were talking about your doubt for everything working out..."
"But that's when we were being held prisoner by one of our worst enemies. It's hard to see anything but the dark side in those positions." I shrugged. "I...I just think things are going to work out for us..." I smiled, but deep in the pit of my stomach, I had a feeling that things weren't going to work out to our advantage. But there was no way I was going to tell Elizabeth that...
Nightime was here, and I could see lights in the distance. Lights meant land, and land meant we were near our destination. Shipwreck Cove was less than a mile away, and I couldn't have been more nervous about it. I was finally going to find out whether Jack had been able to get away from Beckett or not, and the anticipation was eating at my nerves. Then, of course, there was the fact that all the greatest pirates from around the world would be in one room together, and I was sure that wasn't going to be the greatest (or safest) thing ever. And there was the actual matter that we were all comming to discuss. Fighting the EITC. Would they all go for it, or was this meeting a total waste of time? There were so many questions, and only one way to solve them...which required patience; something I've never had. And that feeling in my stomach just kept eating at me...
"Selesta?" Elizabeth snuck up behind me and grabbed my shoulder. I jumped, but turned around quickly. "Are you alright?" She questioned my jump.
"Yeah, I'm fine; just lost in my own little thinking world." I shrugged.
"We're almost there, so I thought I'd come get you so we can run to the meeting once we've docked. We are rather late..." I nodded, and we walked away from the bow of the ship where I'd been standing. I sighed while watching the crew scampering about the ship doing what they needed to do to prepare her to dock. I'd felt so useless on this voyage. Even though I'd sailed on a Junk to the end of the world, I still no idea what to do. Looking back toward Shipwreck City, I could finally see the dock more clearly, and my heart skipped a beat as my eyes spotted the Black Pearl. I bit my lip and took a deep breath to compose myself. 'Please let her captain be here.' I thought as the Empress glided into her spot at the dock.
"We will go, and leave the most crew here to dock the ship." Tai Huang walked up toward Elizabeth and I. Elizabeth nodded, and we walked down the gangplank and onto the dock.
"Do you know the way to the meeting, Tai Huang?" She asked. He nodded and stepped in front of us to lead the way. Elizabeth and I walked silently behind him, a few of the crew following us. Through the streets, turning here and there, we walked, my heart pounding. I was so, so nervous...
"Here we are." Tai Huang stopped suddenly in front of a door. Inside we went, and I could hear the slight sound of talking farther in. We walked through a hallway and the talking got louder. "When you get inside, to let everyone know that you are now the Pirate Lord of Singapore, you need to take your sword and stick it into the globe near the door. Put it where Singapore is on the globe." Elizabeth nodded at Tai Huang's instructions, and we continued walking. To tell you the truth, I was confident that this was more of a practice to disarm the Pirate Lords rather than to have them prove who they were...
Closer, and closer...and I could make out specific voices, now. Then inside the room we went, and the first thing I heard was Jack's voice, finishing up what was probably some long speech as he was prone to do. But I didn't care! A huge weight was lifted from my shoulders...Jack was here!
"...to wait until Sao Feng joins us."
"Sao Feng is dead." Elizabeth stepped into the room and sheathed her sword into the globe as Tai Huang had said to do. "He fell to the Flying Dutchman."
"The Flag Ship!" Someone yelled, as Elizabeth, Tai Huang, and I walked farther into the room. Jack was here! I could have danced from joy. Gibbs was also here; Pintel...
"And made you captain? They're just giving the bloody title away now!" Jack said, while my train of thought continued. There was Ragetti...
"Listen." Elizabeth commanded. "Listen to me." Everyone grew quieter. "Our location has been betrayed. Jones is under the command of Lord Beckett, they're on their way here." Barbossa was here...unfortunately. But...
"Who is this betrayer?" One of the men seated at the table stood up threateningly. Will? Where was Will?
"Not likely anyone among us." Barbossa said. Will wasn't here...
"Where's Will?" Elizabeth finally asked what we were both thinking.
"Not among us." Jack answered both her question, and the Pirate Lord's. Will had betrayed us...