"Jack!?" Will yelled, half embarrassed and half excited, "I thought they'd
made you and your crew walk the plank by now!"
Jack sighed, annoyed. "It's CAPTAIN Jack, mate." he replied, "I 'ave no clue what they plan ta do to us, not ta mention ta you two as well... " he said the last few words to himself.
"Bu' no worries!" he added, reassuringly, after a short pause "We'll find a way out - - we always do!"
"Oh shut up Jack!" Anamaria replied, as Jack winced at his name being said without the word 'captain' before it, "S'all your fault we're 'ere in the first place!"
Jack sighed, "Anamaria, I already told you this!" he said in self-defense, "I thought they were telling the truth when they requested to be part of the crew! Anyhow, we needed some DECENT pirates on this ship."
Jack instantly knew he had said the wrong thing from all of the dirty glares thrown at him.
"Got any ideas, mate?" Jack asked Will, trying to change the subject.
Will sighed, and glanced at Elizabeth, "Not at the moment." he said.
Jack moaned as he sat down on the wet floor, and instantly got up.
"Gibbs!?" he yelled, angrily.
"Yes, Cap'im?" Mr. Gibbs replied.
"I told you to mop up this floor this morning!" Jack said.
"Yes, Cap'im, and I did as I was told." he answered.
"Well then why is there still water on this side of the ship?!" asked Jack in an infuriated, sarcastic, and soft voice.
"Well, Sir, you never told me to fix the leak." Gibbs answered, smirking.
Jack continued to quarrel with his crew to the point where Elizabeth chose to ignore them, and sat down on the floor, tired of standing.
Will slid down beside her, and opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He closed it, and looked at the ground, causing an uncomfortable silence.
After a few minutes, Elizabeth shifted her position, while wrapping her arms around herself.
"... are you cold?" Will asked, concerned.
Elizabeth smiled weakly, "Just a bit." she replied, for she was only wearing a shaft.
"Here," Will said, as he took off his overcoat, surprised that he still wore it, and put it on Elizabeth. "take this."
"Thanks... " Elizabeth replied, as she smiled. Will smiled in return. Then came the uncomfortable silence, once again. All they could hear was the sounds of Jack, still arguing with Anamaria.
Will felt stupid not being able to talk to Elizabeth. He felt stupid... not to mention embarrassed. [I should start a conversation.] he thought to himself. [But what do I say?!] He opened his mouth, but once again, closed it. He just couldn't do it. Not after what had happened just minutes ago.
Not knowing what to do, he stood up and walked to the front of the cell, sticking his head through the bars.
"Anamaria, 'course I respect yeh!" he heard Jack say.
"Oh no you don't! You don't respect any women!" she replied angrily, "Yeh never have, and yeh never will!"
"Of course I... er... respect you!... Er... as a... um... woman, of course!" he said, guiltily.
[Where HAS this conversation led to?!] Will thought to himself, chuckling. He turned around, and saw that Elizabeth had fallen asleep.
She was curled up in a ball, one of her hands under her cheek, the other loosely at her side. Her chestnut curls covered half her face.
Will walked over and tenderly brushed the hair concealing her face behind her ear, and smiled at the beauty before him. He had kissed her, and she had kissed him back. It didn't last long, but it felt like eternity. Will couldn't believe it. He smiled, remembering what had happened.
It was not long until he, too, dozed off, not far from Elizabeth.
* * *
Elizabeth was rudely awoken by a dirty, cold, and rough hand clasped over her mouth. She tried to scream, but her voice was muffled. She then tried to somehow touch Will, to wake him up, but could not reach him. Elizabeth tried to get out of the Pirate's grasp, but after not succeeding more than once at trying this plan, decided that they were all just too strong for her, as she soon gave in, and was dragged to the top of the deck.
When there, they pulled Will's jacket off of her, threw her into a thick wooden pole that held up the torn pirate flag, and held her there, while another pirate tightly wound rope around her. After about twenty times around, he decided that that should hold her back, and boy was he right, she could scarcely breathe! Her arms were level with her waist and were under the rope, and her feet were of no use either, because they were tied as well, and as if she wasn't bound enough, Pintel then took a dirty piece of cloth, and tied it around her mouth.
A few hands reached towards her, hungrily, but Bo'sun yelled at them, saying that it was not the time yet, as they reluctantly went back to work, while Elizabeth stood, tied to the pole, extremely confused as to what would happen to her.
* * *
Will woke up to find that Elizabeth was no longer there.
He looked around the cell for signs of her, but found that she was no where in sight, and that the cell door was left open.
[Elizabeth wouldn't escape and leave me here, would she?] he thought. [... no... she'd have no where to go anyhow... ]
He started to get worried. [Was she taken? Is she even on the ship anymore?!]
Will quickly got up and walked out the door. He looked around the lower deck, and saw that Jack and his crew were all sound asleep.
He then climbed up the stairs, leading to the top deck, and opened the trap door, which caused a huge noise. All the pirates stopped doing their work and ran to different places of the ship.
* * *
Elizabeth waited for about a half hour, as the pirates completely ignored her, which made her even more confused. Just then she heard a great sound from the other side of the ship, which caused all of the pirates to instantly stop their work, and run to her, with sickening smiles on their faces. [What's going on?!] Elizabeth thought nervously, as the pirates got closer, their hands outstretched.
* * *
Will knew that something weird was going on, when he heard the pirates laughing, and a faint muffled scream from the other side of the ship. [Elizabeth!] he thought, as he instantly jumped onto the deck, to see a crowd of pirates huddled around something, but no sign of Elizabeth.
He raced towards them, yelling, "Get off of her! Get your filthy, ruddy hands off of her!!"
Finally he was able to push through them to find Elizabeth. She was wearing nothing but a shaft, her hair was messy and tangled, her legs, arms, mouth, and waist were bound to the pole, one of her sleeves was ripped off, as well as the bandage on her arm. He saw, for the second time, the huge gash in it. Bo'sun held a knife to her throat, smirking at Will's expression. A tear slowly dripped down Elizabeth's soft, rosy cheek, as Will noticed what else Bo'sun was doing. He was slowly, and painfully running his finger across Elizabeth's wound. Her skin was extremely sensitive at this time from the big gash, which was causing her much pain as he put pressure on it.
Will's countenance changed from sad and horrified, to angry enough to kill. He was about to take a step forward when Bo'sun took his finger off of Elizabeth's wound for a minute to signal him to stop. "Tis, tis, tis!" he said, "Although this is quite fun, I must admit, we didn't do it for no reason."
Will took another step forward, and Bo'sun pressed the knife harder against Elizabeth's throat, as she gasped. "No!" Will begged, "... tell me what you want! I swear I'll give you anything, just don't hurt her! ... Please don't hurt her... " he whispered the last sentence.
Bo'sun lowered the dirty cloth that was around Elizabeth's mouth so that it was now hanging around her neck. Her tears were more visible now. However, he still kept the knife to her throat.
"You already know what I want, Mr. Turner." Bo'sun replied, "You to be my Commodore."
The crew smirked.
Bo'sun continued, "I want you to stay on our ship, do dirty deeds... " he then looked down at Elizabeth, "do dirty things..." He smirked.
Will sighed, "How long?" he asked.
Bo'sun laughed. "Forever."
"Will, no!" Elizabeth suddenly yelled.
Bo'sun quickly pressed down harder than before onto her wound causing her to scream out in pain.
"Ok!" Will yelled, "I'll do it, but you have to PROMISE not to harm her!"
"Dea -- " Bo'sun started to say.
"AND let her, Jack, and his crew all go." Will added.
"It's too much." Bo'sun said, shaking his head in disagreement.
"Well then do you want me as your Commodore?" Will asked.
"Do you want the girl to be safe???" Bo'sun asked, pressing the knife hard down on her neck, almost enough to slit her throat. Elizabeth gasped.
"Stop!" Will said, "I'll do it! Alright? I'll do it!"
"Then we have a deal." Bo'sun said as he took his hand away from Elizabeth and reached it out to shake Will's.
Will looked from his hand to Elizabeth, who was shaking her head frantically from side to side whispering "No, Will! No!"
Bo'sun saw that Will was hesitating, "Boys," he said, "Looks like we get Elizabeth all to ourselves!" he smirked as the pirates once again rushed towards her as Bo'sun turned around to join them.
In one swift move Will spun Bo'sun back around, grabbed his hand, shook it, and yelled, "Deal!"
All the pirates stopped, and sadly went back to work. They were hoping Will wouldn't agree.
For the first time Bo'sun smiled. He then took his sword and cut the ropes that bound Elizabeth loose.
From being tied up for so long, her legs gave away and she fell to the floor, sobbing.
* * *
OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS! I am SOOOOO extremely sorry for not updating for like, what? Four or five months? I'm especially sorry to Turners_girl:), who begged me numerous times to write write write! haha. Well, I can't promise another chapter real soon... but I'll try not to take as long to update as I did this time! R/R :)
Jack sighed, annoyed. "It's CAPTAIN Jack, mate." he replied, "I 'ave no clue what they plan ta do to us, not ta mention ta you two as well... " he said the last few words to himself.
"Bu' no worries!" he added, reassuringly, after a short pause "We'll find a way out - - we always do!"
"Oh shut up Jack!" Anamaria replied, as Jack winced at his name being said without the word 'captain' before it, "S'all your fault we're 'ere in the first place!"
Jack sighed, "Anamaria, I already told you this!" he said in self-defense, "I thought they were telling the truth when they requested to be part of the crew! Anyhow, we needed some DECENT pirates on this ship."
Jack instantly knew he had said the wrong thing from all of the dirty glares thrown at him.
"Got any ideas, mate?" Jack asked Will, trying to change the subject.
Will sighed, and glanced at Elizabeth, "Not at the moment." he said.
Jack moaned as he sat down on the wet floor, and instantly got up.
"Gibbs!?" he yelled, angrily.
"Yes, Cap'im?" Mr. Gibbs replied.
"I told you to mop up this floor this morning!" Jack said.
"Yes, Cap'im, and I did as I was told." he answered.
"Well then why is there still water on this side of the ship?!" asked Jack in an infuriated, sarcastic, and soft voice.
"Well, Sir, you never told me to fix the leak." Gibbs answered, smirking.
Jack continued to quarrel with his crew to the point where Elizabeth chose to ignore them, and sat down on the floor, tired of standing.
Will slid down beside her, and opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He closed it, and looked at the ground, causing an uncomfortable silence.
After a few minutes, Elizabeth shifted her position, while wrapping her arms around herself.
"... are you cold?" Will asked, concerned.
Elizabeth smiled weakly, "Just a bit." she replied, for she was only wearing a shaft.
"Here," Will said, as he took off his overcoat, surprised that he still wore it, and put it on Elizabeth. "take this."
"Thanks... " Elizabeth replied, as she smiled. Will smiled in return. Then came the uncomfortable silence, once again. All they could hear was the sounds of Jack, still arguing with Anamaria.
Will felt stupid not being able to talk to Elizabeth. He felt stupid... not to mention embarrassed. [I should start a conversation.] he thought to himself. [But what do I say?!] He opened his mouth, but once again, closed it. He just couldn't do it. Not after what had happened just minutes ago.
Not knowing what to do, he stood up and walked to the front of the cell, sticking his head through the bars.
"Anamaria, 'course I respect yeh!" he heard Jack say.
"Oh no you don't! You don't respect any women!" she replied angrily, "Yeh never have, and yeh never will!"
"Of course I... er... respect you!... Er... as a... um... woman, of course!" he said, guiltily.
[Where HAS this conversation led to?!] Will thought to himself, chuckling. He turned around, and saw that Elizabeth had fallen asleep.
She was curled up in a ball, one of her hands under her cheek, the other loosely at her side. Her chestnut curls covered half her face.
Will walked over and tenderly brushed the hair concealing her face behind her ear, and smiled at the beauty before him. He had kissed her, and she had kissed him back. It didn't last long, but it felt like eternity. Will couldn't believe it. He smiled, remembering what had happened.
It was not long until he, too, dozed off, not far from Elizabeth.
* * *
Elizabeth was rudely awoken by a dirty, cold, and rough hand clasped over her mouth. She tried to scream, but her voice was muffled. She then tried to somehow touch Will, to wake him up, but could not reach him. Elizabeth tried to get out of the Pirate's grasp, but after not succeeding more than once at trying this plan, decided that they were all just too strong for her, as she soon gave in, and was dragged to the top of the deck.
When there, they pulled Will's jacket off of her, threw her into a thick wooden pole that held up the torn pirate flag, and held her there, while another pirate tightly wound rope around her. After about twenty times around, he decided that that should hold her back, and boy was he right, she could scarcely breathe! Her arms were level with her waist and were under the rope, and her feet were of no use either, because they were tied as well, and as if she wasn't bound enough, Pintel then took a dirty piece of cloth, and tied it around her mouth.
A few hands reached towards her, hungrily, but Bo'sun yelled at them, saying that it was not the time yet, as they reluctantly went back to work, while Elizabeth stood, tied to the pole, extremely confused as to what would happen to her.
* * *
Will woke up to find that Elizabeth was no longer there.
He looked around the cell for signs of her, but found that she was no where in sight, and that the cell door was left open.
[Elizabeth wouldn't escape and leave me here, would she?] he thought. [... no... she'd have no where to go anyhow... ]
He started to get worried. [Was she taken? Is she even on the ship anymore?!]
Will quickly got up and walked out the door. He looked around the lower deck, and saw that Jack and his crew were all sound asleep.
He then climbed up the stairs, leading to the top deck, and opened the trap door, which caused a huge noise. All the pirates stopped doing their work and ran to different places of the ship.
* * *
Elizabeth waited for about a half hour, as the pirates completely ignored her, which made her even more confused. Just then she heard a great sound from the other side of the ship, which caused all of the pirates to instantly stop their work, and run to her, with sickening smiles on their faces. [What's going on?!] Elizabeth thought nervously, as the pirates got closer, their hands outstretched.
* * *
Will knew that something weird was going on, when he heard the pirates laughing, and a faint muffled scream from the other side of the ship. [Elizabeth!] he thought, as he instantly jumped onto the deck, to see a crowd of pirates huddled around something, but no sign of Elizabeth.
He raced towards them, yelling, "Get off of her! Get your filthy, ruddy hands off of her!!"
Finally he was able to push through them to find Elizabeth. She was wearing nothing but a shaft, her hair was messy and tangled, her legs, arms, mouth, and waist were bound to the pole, one of her sleeves was ripped off, as well as the bandage on her arm. He saw, for the second time, the huge gash in it. Bo'sun held a knife to her throat, smirking at Will's expression. A tear slowly dripped down Elizabeth's soft, rosy cheek, as Will noticed what else Bo'sun was doing. He was slowly, and painfully running his finger across Elizabeth's wound. Her skin was extremely sensitive at this time from the big gash, which was causing her much pain as he put pressure on it.
Will's countenance changed from sad and horrified, to angry enough to kill. He was about to take a step forward when Bo'sun took his finger off of Elizabeth's wound for a minute to signal him to stop. "Tis, tis, tis!" he said, "Although this is quite fun, I must admit, we didn't do it for no reason."
Will took another step forward, and Bo'sun pressed the knife harder against Elizabeth's throat, as she gasped. "No!" Will begged, "... tell me what you want! I swear I'll give you anything, just don't hurt her! ... Please don't hurt her... " he whispered the last sentence.
Bo'sun lowered the dirty cloth that was around Elizabeth's mouth so that it was now hanging around her neck. Her tears were more visible now. However, he still kept the knife to her throat.
"You already know what I want, Mr. Turner." Bo'sun replied, "You to be my Commodore."
The crew smirked.
Bo'sun continued, "I want you to stay on our ship, do dirty deeds... " he then looked down at Elizabeth, "do dirty things..." He smirked.
Will sighed, "How long?" he asked.
Bo'sun laughed. "Forever."
"Will, no!" Elizabeth suddenly yelled.
Bo'sun quickly pressed down harder than before onto her wound causing her to scream out in pain.
"Ok!" Will yelled, "I'll do it, but you have to PROMISE not to harm her!"
"Dea -- " Bo'sun started to say.
"AND let her, Jack, and his crew all go." Will added.
"It's too much." Bo'sun said, shaking his head in disagreement.
"Well then do you want me as your Commodore?" Will asked.
"Do you want the girl to be safe???" Bo'sun asked, pressing the knife hard down on her neck, almost enough to slit her throat. Elizabeth gasped.
"Stop!" Will said, "I'll do it! Alright? I'll do it!"
"Then we have a deal." Bo'sun said as he took his hand away from Elizabeth and reached it out to shake Will's.
Will looked from his hand to Elizabeth, who was shaking her head frantically from side to side whispering "No, Will! No!"
Bo'sun saw that Will was hesitating, "Boys," he said, "Looks like we get Elizabeth all to ourselves!" he smirked as the pirates once again rushed towards her as Bo'sun turned around to join them.
In one swift move Will spun Bo'sun back around, grabbed his hand, shook it, and yelled, "Deal!"
All the pirates stopped, and sadly went back to work. They were hoping Will wouldn't agree.
For the first time Bo'sun smiled. He then took his sword and cut the ropes that bound Elizabeth loose.
From being tied up for so long, her legs gave away and she fell to the floor, sobbing.
* * *
OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS! I am SOOOOO extremely sorry for not updating for like, what? Four or five months? I'm especially sorry to Turners_girl:), who begged me numerous times to write write write! haha. Well, I can't promise another chapter real soon... but I'll try not to take as long to update as I did this time! R/R :)