A hand pressed up against her back, and she was shoved roughly to her knees. In front of her was the cave with all the infamous booby traps that Barbossa was so fond of informing her about.
In reality, the cave itself did not look very intimidating from the outside. Actually, Elizabeth had been imagining in her mind a huge, gaping entrance, with bats and a sinister glow. This was more of a small hole, with nothing menacing about it, but, as the saying went, appearances can be deceiving.
Surprisingly, Elizabeth was not worried about entering this cave to what seemed to be certain death. If death was what to come, she would accept it with open arms. For she had lost the two people that she had loved more than the world to the damned sea, and she knew that she would not be able to live without them.
On the other hand, though, if she were to make it through these reputed 'impassable' booby traps, she prayed that this object that Barbossa spoke of was truly real. If it wasn't, she swore to let no one else touch the treasure and doom this island to a watery grave.
These dark thoughts in her head frightened her a little, but she knew that she meant them. If she was destined to die in these caves, so be it. It seemed liked that eventuality would be true anyways, since who would rescue them here? James? Her father? True enough, the entire Royal Navy WAS probably after her and her daughter, but how would they know what ship they were on, let alone find it. No, it seemed to Elizabeth that it was to be her final resting place, and she knew it.
Two hands suddenly grabbed her shoulders, and she gave a small gasp of shock. She had not expected that, being lost in her thoughts so deeply like that. Elizabeth was yanked violently to her feet, where she came face to face with her daughter's murderer, Jonathon Barbossa.
His mud-brown eyes bored into her emerald ones. A crooked smile appeared onto his face, and she unconsciously took a half-step backwards.
"Well, me lassie, this is where we part ways. Good luck, darlin'."
Before she could respond, he grabbed ahold of her shoulder and shoved her into the cave, Bill right behind her. She turned around to the mouth of it, but Barbossa's crew was lined up there, muskets in hand and sinister grins plastered on their faces.
"If you don't get movin', we'll get ya moving!" yelled Barbossa from his place in the line. His men cocked their guns, and pointed them at Elizabeth and Bill.
"C'mon." said Bill, placing a hand onto her arm and directing her into the cave. As they turned the nearest bend of the cavern, she could hear the pirates start to laugh, and it sent chills down her spine....
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For the second time in less than an hour, Will Turner was swimming in the ocean. Jack was a few paces behind him, as the disgruntled pirate was still irate about having to swim to this 'bloody, godforsaken island'.
Will knew though, that Jack wanted to rescue Elizabeth almost as much as he did. Elizabeth, to Jack, was the girl he would never get, and that was intriguing to him. Plus, the pirate captain was Will's best friend and had already helped rescue her once before.
Holding his breath, Will dove down, and immediately touched sand. He swam forwards a few more feet, then was able to walk the rest of the way out. Jack followed only a few feet behind.
"So, what's the plan, mate?" asked the sopping wet pirate, looking to Will.
"Plan? I thought you were the one with the plan!" exclaimed Will, exasperated.
The pirate captain looked pensive a moment, which was remarkable hard to do with the numerous bangles and affairs hanging from his hair and his soggy clothing. "Right, right... the plan. No worries, mate, I remember it now!"
Will just rolled his eyes.
Jack lead them up the nearby hill, and they crouched down at its top. Down below, Will could make out a group of people he could only assume to be pirates, judging by their attire and state of cleanliness. They stood congregated in front of the mouth of the cave, a cave that Will presumed to be the one with the treasure. Just inside the lip of the cavern, though, he spotted...
"Elizabeth!" he breathed. "Jack, she's down there!" He made to get up, but a rough hand closed around his forearm and yanked him back down.
"Quiet!" hissed Jack, "Do ya wanna 'em to kill 'er before we get there?"
A quick shake of Will's head answered Jack's question.
"Then, be quiet. I suspect they're gonna send 'er in, and then we'll..." Jack's voice broke off as he spotted another prisoner being shoved into the cave with Elizabeth. A prisoner that seemed vaguely familiar to Jack...
"What is it?" asked Will, seeing Jack staring at the second person.
"Nothing, nothing." Jack responded hastily, drawing Will's attention away from the cave and back to himself. "Alright. We're gonna sneak down the side of this 'ill, then get to Lizzie through the back entrance."
Will's mouth dropped open. "How'd ya know that there's another entrance... have you been here before?"
Jack just shot him that devilish grin. "Now, c'mon Will, 'Lizabeth's waiting...."
*Ha! Another cliffhanger! Muahahahaha!
I also split up the POV, which is something that I HATE to do, but it was necessary in this case.
Only about two more chapters to go…
~Aelan*
