Chapter 4: A new ally
A/N: This does not follow the movie, so please don't expect it to. I wrote this fic before POTC was released.
The woman who had been sleeping in the cell woke up suddenly and looked at them curiously. "Who are you?", she demanded. Cassandra stared at her with equal curiosity. This woman was clearly not a pirate. Instead she looked as if she came from a wealthy family. Interesting. Apparently they weren't the only ones that Barbossa intended to use to break the curse. Cassandra introduced herself and her companions then explained how they had come to be aboard the Black Pearl. To her surprise and relief the woman accepted her story without question. She sighed before saying, "My name is Elizabeth Turner. I'm not sure how much you know about our situation, but we are in very grave danger." "Yes, I know about the curse. I am also painfully aware of what is happening to us." "No, the painful part's gonna come later.", Will said. Cassandra glared at him, "Not funny."
Chris ignored the conversation, and Will's lame attempt at humor. He was lost in his own thoughts. Elizabeth Turner. That was the name of his great-great-great-great-great grandmother. One of his hobbies as a boy had been genealogy, and he could trace his family tree very far back. If he remembered correctly she was married to a man named Will Turner. "Excuse me, but are you by any chance married to a man named Will Turner?", he asked her. "I'm not married.", Elizabeth replied, "But I have a childhood friend named Will Turner. Why do you ask?" "Just thinking about something.", Chris said, "It's not important." "Yeah what is important is that we're locked up on a pirate ship heading God knows where and we're going to die a horrible death. Unless, of course, we can come up with a good plan to escape. Because right now the only ones I can think of involve breakining out of here, attacking a bunch of undead pirates, and dying a really painful death sooner rather than later.", said Will. "Fear not, Commodore Norrington will send the fastest ships in the Royal Navy to rescue us.", Elizabeth said calmly. "Great, so tell me why I'm really not feeling reassured.", Chris said sarcastically. There was a loud bang outside immediately following his words. "Okay, I'm thinking because of that.", Will said. Cassandra on the other hand was suddenly in a much better mood. "Looks like the cavalry's here!", she said with a smile.