Jack came into the house and slammed the door behind him, almost whacking in the face. She growled and opened the front door herself. "I know you did not just do that Jack!" she yelled after him. He gritted his teeth and turned around.
"I'm pretty sure you know I just did that luv!" He yelled back, "Don't get cute with me Dinah! I'm mad and when I'm mad I'm going to be vulgar and rude! I'm not gunna go around openin' doors for you if you make me mad!"
Dinah's mad exterior went away and she crossed her arms over her chest and stared at him as if daring him to do what he was saying he would. He breathed hard for a few minutes and then said, "AH! You women are bloody impossible! I don't know why I even agreed to-"
"Don't even think about, buddy." Dinah said pointing a finger at him, "There are other people around you know." She said referring to Ana, Will, Elizabeth and the baby who were all in the kitchen eating.
"I don't bloody care!"
"Then what? You don't know why you agreed to what?"
Jack forced him mouth shut for a few seconds and then seemed to explode, "I don't know why I agreed to break Evan out of jail, but I'll be tellin' you one thing, I'M NOT GUNNA!"
Ana grunted and Dinah narrowed her eyes, "Well if you're not, then I will!"
"You and what navy?" Jack argued.
"Don't argue with me! You're not going to do it so I am, savvy?"
Jack paused at the use of his word coming out of his wife's mouth. My wife, He thought, trying to remember what got him so mad in the first place. "Yer not goin' out there." He said calmly yet sternly.
"Why not?"
"'Cause if Norrington catches you, you'll be hung. And I can almost guarantee that you'll be caught."
"What makes you so sure?"
"Because you won't know what you're doing. And I can't risk my wife and my child. No. You're not going."
"Well someone has to! And if you're not, then I will."
"Nobody has to luv, it's not like we've told Evan…"
"Uh…" Ana started. Jack slowly turned toward his friend, anger already in his eyes. "I wouldn't be so sure of that Jack…"
"And why not?"
"Because Will and I have already gone down there to tell him about it."
"What? How? There are guards at every cell!"
Will smiled meekly, "I kinda created a distraction…"
Jack sighed, looking at Elizabeth. She shrugged, "I couldn't stop them Jack…I'm just an innocent bystander."
"Well fine then. What did you tell the fool?"
Ana sighed, "That the night before the hanging we'd break his crew out of jail and then they'd go to their ship. Then that morning we'd somehow get Evan out and then he'd come with me-"
"To deliver a batch of piglets to my mothers…" He said rubbing his forehead. "How did you expect we'd get them to their ship? There's going to be men everywhere!"
"Not if my son is missing…" Elizabeth said smiling.
Jack glared at her and then looked at all of them, "This seems like a lot of trouble just to get some pigs to Barbados!"
Dinah rolled her eyes, "This isn't all for the piglets Jack…it's for Ana." Jack looked at his friend; she had one hand on the table and the other on her stomach. Her stomach, Jack thought, the baby. "The baby needs a father Jack…"
"No offense, but Ana, you don't even know if he'll wed you."
Ana stopped. The thought never seemed to cross her mind. He's right, I don't know… "But Jack, I need to do this…"
He sighed, not sure why she needed to if there was a huge chance that she'd get hurt again. But she was in love, he guessed and that was enough reason for her. She wouldn't go on such ridiculous reasons if she didn't have the babe. The thing is makin' her hormones all out of order…The Ana Maria I know is the one who's level-headed and calm. Who doesn't base decisions on blasted emotions. He sighed again, knowing he must've acted this way with Dinah.
"Fine! I'll do it."
The day of Evan's hanging he was the only one in the jail. The night before Jack and Ana had gone to the jail to break out the crew. Will had somehow gotten the keys off Norrington without him knowing. Dinah and Elizabeth had gone to Will and the Commodore next telling them the baby had been kidnapped. In turn, Norrington sent out most of his men to look for the baby.
Jack and Ana and Evan's crew walked carefully to the harbor, where The Challenger waited. Finally the crew was gone and too far away when the Commodore finally noticed. Right after his men found the baby he went to check the cell. The bolts were broken on both of the cell doors.
The five returned to the house, happy with their success but Norrington wasn't far behind them. He knocked on the door with two of his men with him. Will opened the door only a crack while Jack and Ana ran to get to their rooms. "Yes Commodore?"
"May I come in?"
Will opened the door wider and let the three men come in. They stepped in to see Elizabeth rocking her baby, Dinah trying to sew, sitting on the couch. Jack or Ana no where in sight.
"Where are the pirates?"
"In bed, why ask, Commodore?" Dinah asked, getting up.
"Evan's crew was broken out of jail. The exact way Will broke out Jack."
Will swallowed. "They've been here all night, Commodore, ask the servants."
He eyed all three of them, trying to decide if they were telling the truth. "May I go take a look?"
Dinah panicked, not sure if they would be ready, "You don't believe Will?"
He looked at Dinah and then at Will. He directed his comment at Dinah while he walked through the house, "Will Turner has been known to stretch the truth at the most…opportune moments- as Jack would say." He and his men walked up the stairs, with Will and Dinah close behind. He quietly opened Ana's room, which was dark with her window open. She lay there; eyes closed facing the doors in a night shirt. Dinah breathed a sigh of relief. The Commodore seemed satisfied and moved to Jack's door. He opened it to see pretty much the same thing. They walked down stairs to the living room until the Commodore finally said something.
"Don't think my men and I won't be looking for Jack and Ana Maria. And anyone else who might mess this up."
"But what if Evan didn't do it?" Elizabeth said suddenly before he left.
"What?"
"What if Evan didn't do it?"
"Well then, circumstances might change, but otherwise. He has a date with the gallows at noon tomorrow."
When the Commodore left Will asked what was up with the question. "Francois gave me this when I came in. He said that it was slipped under the door when we were all gone." She held up a small envelope.
"Well what does it say?"
"Shouldn't we get Ana and Jack?" She answered. Will and Dinah agreed and Elizabeth and Will went to Ana's room while Dinah got her husband. Once they were gathered in Ana's room, Elizabeth opened it and took two pieces of paper out of the envelope. She stared at it and then said, "It's addressed to Ana…"
"Well read it mate. I haven't read in quite some time, so do me a favor."
Elizabeth obeyed. The letter read:
Ana Maria-
Didn't expect for this to happen, did you mate? I'm hoping you'll get this the day before
Your lover's hanging. But if it doesn't, then I'm sure this letter will make you more…surprised.
When you, Captain Jack Sparrow and his wife left my house with me tied up, thanks to you, I was
a little more than irate. How dare you interfere with my business you wench! I could've had Jack
in my control if it wasn't for you. So now, I'm making you pay. I first was going to go after you
but Captain Miller seems evermore appropriate, don't you think? So I basically framed him.
Good luck luv, finding a new lover is so hard these days, don't you think?
Sincerely,
Scarlet Fredrick
"No way…" Ana said.
"So Evan was tellin' the truth…" Jack said, not sure what else to say.
"Do you think she'll be there tomorrow?" Dinah asked.
Ana looked at her, the thought never crossing her mind. "She will be. She wants to see me suffer; she'll know I'll be there so she will too."
"Well then we need to find her before Evan takes a quick drop." Will assumed.
"Then what? We turn her into Norrington? We have no proof." Elizabeth said. Ana rolled her eyes and pointed to the letter. "Oh yeah…"
The next morning brought Dinah wearing one of her elegant dresses, Ana wearing on of Elizabeth's and Elizabeth wearing on of her own, with little Jackson dressed up. Along with the three women came Will, hidden underneath Jack's hat and new old coat, with a sword strapped to his said. Then Jack, with his mustache curled up, his two braids undone and curled into one big curl, his new coat and Will's huge feather hat. The two were barely recognizable under their hats. Will stayed back, leaning against a wall; Jack was lost in the crowd and the three women were up on a ledge with the Commodore and Elizabeth's father.
Evan was brought out and almost immediately his eyes locked on to Ana's. She ripped her face away from him and scanned the crowd for Scarlet. Dinah found her. She had a large hat on, but Dinah could clearly see her face. She nudged both the women and nodded toward her. Elizabeth nodded and wavered. She suddenly fell, Dinah barely catching the baby. Jackson started crying and Will and Jack both looked to Dinah as the Commodore and the Governor started fanning the 'fainted' Elizabeth.
Dinah nodded her head toward Scarlet and Will moved toward her. Jack back up behind the crowd and reached for his gun. Evan was roped and someone began reading the charges against him. Ana watched carefully as Will drew out his sword, and pointed towards Scarlet's neck. The people around them gasped and back away. Scarlet quickly reached for her gun but Will was quickly. He knocked it out of her hand with a flick of his sword and cut her hand. The man tightened Evan's rope and walked to the lever to pull it and Ana suddenly shouted, "WAIT!"
The man was so taken aback by her comment he pulled the lever. Ana screamed. Norrington shot up and looked around. Jack shot at Evan's rope and hit it, causing Evan to tumble to the ground. Scarlet ran, Will, not sure what to do, dropped his sword and ran after her, finding that dodging people was easier for her than it was for him. He finally caught up with her and jumped and tackled her by her legs.
Norrington shot blanks up in the air to get the peoples attention. Everyone stopped except for Ana, who ran to Evan. She loosed the noose and took it off his head. She helped him sit up. He leaned against her, almost making her fall over from his weight. He had been rescued, thanks to the woman he rejected. As he tried to breathe he faintly heard Norrington walk down the steps and come near them, saying, "Has the whole Port gone mad?"