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"Where are they taking mother?" Peter asked his father, he had been asking questions the moment they got onto The Pearl. Jack just didn't answer any of them; he didn't know what to tell Peter. The more Jack shook his head, the more Peter asked.
Eliza, on the other hand was silent as they followed The Intruder towards Tortuga. She leaned against the railing, looking towards the horizon, holding the knife that her mother gave her. Jack watched his young daughter as he followed the other black ship, he could see everything in Eliza that was in his beloved Ria; from her long black hair to the sly smile they both had when they succeeded in their goals. He looked down to find Peter, sitting next to the wheel, watching it spin as he turned, he saw the innocence in his son and hoped that he would stay that way a bit longer than his quiet sister.
"Father?" Peter asked looking up at him and Jack managed a smile,
"Hmm?" he replied, Peter took off his bandanna to retie it,
"Is mother going to be alright when we find her?" he ask, his brown eyes wide and anxious. Jack nodded and looked towards the horizon. Peter knew it was all right; mother was going to be all right.
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"You can't defeat all of my men, let alone me." William Robins said with a smile,
"Shut up." Ria said, bringing the pistol closer to his head. "I could kill you right now-"
"Then why don't you?" he asked. Ria didn't say anything. "I spared you, niece."
"You didn't spare my father, or my mother."
"Ah, your mother, Victoria… she loved me you know." His eyes narrowed, "But Henry stole her, that's why I killed him."
"You killed everyone."
"All I met, but you… Alexandria." He reminded her. They heard a shout from above,
"WE'VE REACHED THE ENTRACE OF THE COVE. SPARROW WAS RIGHT, TWO LEAGUES SOUTHWEST OF TORTUGA." Ria looked at the door where a shadow of a man was, Robins gave a twisted smile, and knocked the pistol from Ria's hand and pointed Ria's own knife at her neck.
"Master swordsmanship, but useless with a pistol, did your parents ever teach you to handle a gun little Alexandria, for I take it they did not." He went on, Ria stared at her knife, "COME 'ERE BULL AND TIE SPARROW'S WOMAN UP!" he yelled to his first mate, Bull stomped in with a stupid grin,
"Alright Cap'in," he eyed Ria's figure and licked his lips,
"Bull, this one's not for play. She's come'n with us, keep her bound, we don't want her escaping again." Ria kept quiet as her wrists were tied tightly again with thick rope.
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