Elizabeth ran down the stairs and saw Will standing at the door with a sword and a small hatchet in hand. He looked at her as she said to him quickly,
"Gwen is upstairs in the guest room. She's hiding in the closet." Will nodded his head and said,
"Knowing her, she won't stay there long." He looked out the small window on the side of the door to look at the situation. Pirates were slowly making their way up the hill; they were already at Governor Swan's house and pillaging it for all it was worth.
"Where are they Will?" Elizabeth asked.
"At your father's house." At once Elizabeth replied quickly,
"Why are they at my Father's house? He is dead. There's-"
"Perhaps they don't know that he is dead, or that you are married." Will answered quickly. "Elizabeth, there is a musket in my shop downstairs, take it and go to our room, from there shoot at any who approach the house, I'm going to go down the hill to your father's house. Be smart and if anyone comes in the house get out. He hugged her tightly and said, "I love you Elizabeth, please, live for me." Elizabeth nodded and let go of her husband. She went to a door under the stairs and entered in it. Will looked up stairs and called to his daughter, "Gwen, wait there, I will be back for you! I swear!" With that he ran out the door; after he left, Elizabeth came out of the door, a musket and shot in hand. She ran up stairs and stopped briefly outside the room where her daughter was, she yelled into the room,
"Gwen, if you get in trouble, say 'Parlez.' They can't hurt you, and they will take you to the captain. Be safe love!" As Elizabeth yelled into the room a small hammer protruded from the thin wood shades on the closet doors. The hammer banged on the wood, cracking it and making hole large enough for and arm to get through. Suddenly Gwen's arm came from the hole and reached for the spoon in the handles. She pulled it out and then kicked the door open; she came from the closet hammer in hand and her dress somewhat torn. When she was out she turned back to the closet and shifted through it. This was where her father stored his old Blacksmith items, when he received new things; the old ones went in that closet, lucky for her.
She rummaged and found a sword. She pulled it from its sheath and examined it, it was old, and worn, but it would work for now. She sheathed it quickly and went to the door; it was locked, so she brought out the hammer and smashed the doorknob, allowing the door to open. She opened the door slowly and looked in the halls, the house was quiet and no intruders yet. She slowly walked to her room expecting anything to advance upon her. Suddenly, the sound of a gunshot echoed through the halls of her house and caused her to jump badly.
Will snuck silently along the side of the Governor's old house and looked into the window. There were pirates in the house rummaging through the bookshelves and everything looking for valuables; periodically they found things and threw them into a burlap sack. Will watched silently when he saw another man sneak down the stairs into the room; he wore servant's garb and he carried a fire prong with him. The man snuck up behind the tallest pirate and smacked him over the head with the metal stick; at the sound, the men turned to see their comrade fall to the floor unconscious. They drew their swords and they began to fight the boy. Will took advantage of this and snuck back to the kitchen door where he entered the house.
He walked quietly into the kitchen and looked into the room with the men. The boy seemed to be no older then eighteen or so, and the other three men were definitely pirates. The man was holding off the two pirates well enough until the third one came back to consciousness. He snuck behind the boy and grabbed him around the chest, one of the pirates took advantage of that and punched the boy's face. The boy's head flopped to the side and he dropped his metal prong. One of the pirates grasped the boy's hair, pulled it upward so they could see his face and asked roughly,
"Where's Swann?" The boy said nothing and he was punched again. The man held the boy's head up again and yelled, "Where?" The boy breathed deeply and said,
"Governor has been dead for nearly six years." The three pirates laughed and punched the boy once more. The third pirate still stealing for the house said,
" 'Ear that Mays? He tinks we's lookin for the Gov'ner!" The man called Mays knelt before the boy and said to his fellow pirates,
"He thinks we're looking for Governor Swann!" the men laughed and Mays said to the boy, "What makes you think we're looking for the Mister Swann? Where's the 'Miss' Swann?" Will listened in shock and the boy did not answer. The pirate rolled his eyes and said in a very annoyed voice, "Lad, I'm getting' tired of punchin' you, so just tell me where the lady is, Savvy? Or I'll have Tiny, start punchin'." The big man who held the boy smiled and the third pirate laughed. The boy finally said,
"There is no Miss Swann here." The kneeling pirate frowned and said,
"A man goes to hell fer lyin' lad, and don't think that it's going to save you. We know a Miss Swan lives in this town and we want to know where she is. So tell me!" With his last words he punched the boy once more. The boy breathed hard as his blood fell to the floor.
"Miss Swann is betrothed sir. She is now the Mrs. William Turner." The men laughed and the kneeling pirate said to his friends,
"Well gents! It seems that the Miss Swann is married! To think tha' we didn't receive an invitation! Now I think it's only proper for us to venture to her home and, congratulate her." They laughed as they left the house. The boy fought against the pirate called Tiny but he was too strong. Tiny asked in a deep menacing voice,
"And what of the lad?" Their leader looked at the boy and said,
"Well, don't he seem to be just the fountain of information. Take 'im on board. There may be some use for 'im yet." The man called Tiny smiled and hammered the back of the boy's neck. Immediately the boy's body went limp and he became unconscious. Will seeing this slipped back outside, and tried to follow the pirates. He followed slowly and drew his hatchet, as he prepared to throw it at the largest of the three men a pirate appeared behind him, grabbed his arm and twisted it back. Will let out a grunt of pain as his arm was twisted. Will quickly took the flat of his hatchet, smacked the pirate on the side of his head, then took the heel of his sword and forced it into the pirate's face. The pirate let go of Will's arm and grabbed at his face where Will had hit him. Will went toward the man with his sword but before he reached him another pirate came from behind and wrapped a chain around his throat. The man lifted Will so his feet didn't touch the ground; Will couldn't do anything, he could feel his heart panicking and his lungs burning for air. At that moment the sound of gunshot rang in Will's ears and he felt the chain loosen around his neck. His feet touched the ground and he looked to his strangler behind him; there was a large hole in his forehead that was bleeding profusely. He looked around and saw that he was outside the gates of his house and his wife sat reloading his musket in the window; he smiled a proud smile as he looked at her. She smiled back briefly, but immediately her smile was replaced by an expression of fear. She shouted, "Will! Look out!" At that moment, a pirate behind Will and hit him across the back of the head with a large wood plank. Will's body crumpled and he hit the ground hard. The pirate laughed at will as he fell to the ground and then kicked him off the road into the bushes.
"NO! Will!" Elizabeth screamed and ran from her bedroom. She brought the musket with her as she ran down the stairs and out the front door. As she exited the front door pirates approached her left and right, but with firm smacks with the butt of her musket they fell and cleared one by one. As she stood at the gates of her home she saw a man charging at her, she pointed the musket and shot it directly at him, but the bullet passed through him. "What?!" She exclaimed then suddenly a pair of rough and tattooed arms wrapped around her torso and held her. The man whispered into her ear,
"Why Miss Swann? Or should I say, Miss Turner." Elizabeth fought and at once a single word came to her mind,
"PA-" at that moment, the pirate cupped his hand over her mouth and said,
"The Capn' thought you'd might say that so he said to tell you that, if you says it, I'll cut your tongue out." He then brought a dirty dagger out of his pocket and held it to her throat, he uncupped his hand from her mouth and he asked, "Miss Swann, were you sayin' something." Elizabeth did nothing but sneer at the pirate. "Didn't think so. Now come on!" The pirate then dragged Elizabeth down the street toward the bay.
Gwen looked out from behind the linen closet door for her mother. She was no longer in the hallway, so she went to her mother's room and looked carefully out the window. Below she saw her mother run to the gates of the house. She watched in shock as her mother fought three pirates that came at her by jamming the butt of the musket into their heads. Then she saw a man charge at her mother and she shot at him, but the bullet passed right through him. What? She then saw her mother captured and dragged down to the bay.
"No!" Gwen said silently then backed away from the window as she saw three pirates with torches run toward her house. They threw them at the house and one flew through the window into the room where she stood, immediately the floor caught fire and smoke began to fill the room. Gwen immediately went to her parent's closet and opened, it on the floor was her father's safe. She took her hammer and smashed to lock, inside was a pistol and a small wad of British pounds. She shoved the money in her dress and the pistol in the rim of her skirt. She ran from her parent's room and found her way down the stairs. The smoke was now filing the house, making it nearly impossible to see. She ran to the parlor and felt around on one of the shelves; there she found her secret box. She opened it and felt around for something on the inside. She found her necklace and draped it around her neck quickly. At that moment, she heard a large crack and looked up, one of the beams in the house began to fall. It fell and as it did, flames seemed to roar from it. She dove underneath it and it missed her, but some of her dress was caught under the beam. It began to flame and Gwen shouted out in surprise. She quickly took the sword and cut off that section of her skirt and headed for the window. She was coughing madly in the smoke, and she picked up a chair and smashed it against the window. At that moment, she heard another cracking noise; she looked up and saw another beam begin to fall. She then covered her face, dove out of the window, and she landed in a coarse bush as the beam hit the floor and part of her house collapsed into flames.