CHAPTER FOUR
That night, aboard the Black Pearl, lying comfortably in Jack's arms, Elizabeth woke with a start. She looked around, and saw Jack lying next to her sound asleep. Nothing seemed out of place, so she couldn't figure out why she had woke so suddenly. She leaned back into Jack's arms, and then heard an explosion, and panicked voices on deck. Jack muttered groggily.
"Jack, wake up!" Elizabeth said, shaking him slightly.
"whassamatter, love?" he slurred, still trying to wake up.
"Somethings wrong, I heard an explosion." Elizabeth said hurriedly.
Jack suddenly became more alert. He jumped out of bed, and Elizabeth followed him out of the Captains cabin.
"Gibbs!" Jack hollered, "What be the matter?!"
"Attack! We're under attack! It's the Royal Navy. They're after, you, Cap'n, and her!" Gibbs said, pointing at Elizabeth.
"what? why are they after me!" Elizabeth asked angrily.
"well, i s'pose they think they're coming to rescue you. It's the bloody commodore on the Dauntless, and looks like they think you've been kidnapped by Jack."
Elizabeth could find no words for this last statement.
"They've hit us pretty good, jack" It was Will, with Anamaria standing beside him. "we can still out run them, but they'll stay close behind."
"It's me they're after, this is all the Commodores doing, he just wants me to marry him." Elizabeth spat angrily.
"We can't outrun em forever Cap'n!" Anamaria stated.
"Jack, I will not be responsible for your death!"Elizabeth said, "if i go over the Dauntless, they will most likely stop chasing the Pearl...."
"No." Jack said, "you're staying right here with me"
"cap'n, they'll catch us eventually, it will be the death of us all!" Anamaria shouted over the loud cannons.
"Jack, there's no other way. If i go over to the Dauntless, i can convince the commodore to stop the attack."
"I don't want you to leave, love" Jack said.
The pain in his eyes was almost unbearable for Elizabeth "Jack, i don't want to leave, but if i stay, you'll be killed! you must see this Jack! I don't want to killed!"
Jack said nothing, and Elizabeth could tell he was thinking. He led Elizabeth over to railing on the other side of the ship, where 4 smaller boats were tied. "ok, go, Elizabeth. I don't want you to, though. Go back to Port Royal. When it's safe, I'll come back for you! Just stat in Port Royal and whatever you do, don't' marry bloody Norrington. I'll come back and get you!"
Elizabeth nodded, and kissed Jack passionately, before lowering herself into a lifeboat. As she began to row away, Jack leaned over the rail and said "Elizabeth, I love you!"
Elizabeth stopped rowing, and gazed up at him. "I love you, too, Jack." and with that, she made her way across the black water to the dauntless.
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Elizabeth climbed over the rail of the Dauntless easily now that she had a pair of breeches borrowed from Anamaria. She sighed as both of her feet hit the deck. This was the last place she wanted to be, on a Navy Ship, with the commodore, and-
"Elizabeth!"
"Father?" Elizabeth questioned, and turned to her left, where her father came striding towards her.
"Oh, thank heavens you're safe!" he said pompously. "Bring those blasted pirates down, Norrington!"
"Father! Commodore, do no such thing!"
"Elizabeth!" said the commodore, who hadn't noticed her. "Are you all right? Were they horrible to you? What-"
"Stop this attack at once, Commodore! These pirates saved my life when I was marooned on the island, and now they've returned me to you unharmed!"
"Marooned on an island? They marooned you?" Governor Swann inquired.
"Not *these* pirates!" said Elizabeth exasperatedly, "these pirates saved me when the pirates who attacked Port Royal marooned me!! Now, i beg of you, please, order you men to abstain from firing!"
The commodore opened his mouth, but no words came out.
"Gillette, order the men to hold fire," the commodore said to the man at his right.
"thank you, commodore" Elizabeth said, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"we make for port royal men!" the commodore told the sailors, and retreated below deck.
"Elizabeth, what are you wearing?" Governor said, breaking the silence that had fallen upon them, looking at her breeches. "It is not appropriate for a lady of your status to wear such things."
"When you're aboard a pirate's ship, a corset and skirts are not exactly appropriate, Father! Use your common sense!" Elizabeth snapped. She would not be taking any more from her Father or the Commodore. She'd had enough.
Elizabeth stomped off into the room she had been locked into when the men were planning to attack the Isle de Muerta.
She would just have to wait a little bit for Jack and Will and the rest of the crew to come back to Port Royal for her.
That night, aboard the Black Pearl, lying comfortably in Jack's arms, Elizabeth woke with a start. She looked around, and saw Jack lying next to her sound asleep. Nothing seemed out of place, so she couldn't figure out why she had woke so suddenly. She leaned back into Jack's arms, and then heard an explosion, and panicked voices on deck. Jack muttered groggily.
"Jack, wake up!" Elizabeth said, shaking him slightly.
"whassamatter, love?" he slurred, still trying to wake up.
"Somethings wrong, I heard an explosion." Elizabeth said hurriedly.
Jack suddenly became more alert. He jumped out of bed, and Elizabeth followed him out of the Captains cabin.
"Gibbs!" Jack hollered, "What be the matter?!"
"Attack! We're under attack! It's the Royal Navy. They're after, you, Cap'n, and her!" Gibbs said, pointing at Elizabeth.
"what? why are they after me!" Elizabeth asked angrily.
"well, i s'pose they think they're coming to rescue you. It's the bloody commodore on the Dauntless, and looks like they think you've been kidnapped by Jack."
Elizabeth could find no words for this last statement.
"They've hit us pretty good, jack" It was Will, with Anamaria standing beside him. "we can still out run them, but they'll stay close behind."
"It's me they're after, this is all the Commodores doing, he just wants me to marry him." Elizabeth spat angrily.
"We can't outrun em forever Cap'n!" Anamaria stated.
"Jack, I will not be responsible for your death!"Elizabeth said, "if i go over the Dauntless, they will most likely stop chasing the Pearl...."
"No." Jack said, "you're staying right here with me"
"cap'n, they'll catch us eventually, it will be the death of us all!" Anamaria shouted over the loud cannons.
"Jack, there's no other way. If i go over to the Dauntless, i can convince the commodore to stop the attack."
"I don't want you to leave, love" Jack said.
The pain in his eyes was almost unbearable for Elizabeth "Jack, i don't want to leave, but if i stay, you'll be killed! you must see this Jack! I don't want to killed!"
Jack said nothing, and Elizabeth could tell he was thinking. He led Elizabeth over to railing on the other side of the ship, where 4 smaller boats were tied. "ok, go, Elizabeth. I don't want you to, though. Go back to Port Royal. When it's safe, I'll come back for you! Just stat in Port Royal and whatever you do, don't' marry bloody Norrington. I'll come back and get you!"
Elizabeth nodded, and kissed Jack passionately, before lowering herself into a lifeboat. As she began to row away, Jack leaned over the rail and said "Elizabeth, I love you!"
Elizabeth stopped rowing, and gazed up at him. "I love you, too, Jack." and with that, she made her way across the black water to the dauntless.
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Elizabeth climbed over the rail of the Dauntless easily now that she had a pair of breeches borrowed from Anamaria. She sighed as both of her feet hit the deck. This was the last place she wanted to be, on a Navy Ship, with the commodore, and-
"Elizabeth!"
"Father?" Elizabeth questioned, and turned to her left, where her father came striding towards her.
"Oh, thank heavens you're safe!" he said pompously. "Bring those blasted pirates down, Norrington!"
"Father! Commodore, do no such thing!"
"Elizabeth!" said the commodore, who hadn't noticed her. "Are you all right? Were they horrible to you? What-"
"Stop this attack at once, Commodore! These pirates saved my life when I was marooned on the island, and now they've returned me to you unharmed!"
"Marooned on an island? They marooned you?" Governor Swann inquired.
"Not *these* pirates!" said Elizabeth exasperatedly, "these pirates saved me when the pirates who attacked Port Royal marooned me!! Now, i beg of you, please, order you men to abstain from firing!"
The commodore opened his mouth, but no words came out.
"Gillette, order the men to hold fire," the commodore said to the man at his right.
"thank you, commodore" Elizabeth said, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"we make for port royal men!" the commodore told the sailors, and retreated below deck.
"Elizabeth, what are you wearing?" Governor said, breaking the silence that had fallen upon them, looking at her breeches. "It is not appropriate for a lady of your status to wear such things."
"When you're aboard a pirate's ship, a corset and skirts are not exactly appropriate, Father! Use your common sense!" Elizabeth snapped. She would not be taking any more from her Father or the Commodore. She'd had enough.
Elizabeth stomped off into the room she had been locked into when the men were planning to attack the Isle de Muerta.
She would just have to wait a little bit for Jack and Will and the rest of the crew to come back to Port Royal for her.