Nightmares
Barbossa lead Elizabeth to his cabin and locked the door. She tried to get away but his grip was firm. "Now luv I won't be hurtin ye." he said his smirk growing to a large grin. He brushed aside a loose lock of hair that had fallen across her face and tucked it behind her ear. Elizabeth flinched as his cold-callused hand brushed against her face.
"Please just let me go." Elizabeth said with a small whimper as Barbossa's hand moved from her face and down her neck to her chest. He just laughed enjoying her discomfort. He pulled a rope seemingly out of nowhere, there was dried blood crusted to it.
"Have a seat," he said motioning toward his bed with his free hand. "If you'd be so kind." When she didn't move he grabbed her wrist once more and pushed her on to the bed and tied her wrist to the headboard.
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Katie watched over Jack all night fearing that if she fell asleep something would happen to him. She watched his chest steadily rise and fall as he slept somewhat comfortably in her arms, but her legs were beginning to stiffen after staying in the same place all night. When she moved slightly to adjust them Jack awoke to a searing pain in his side and let out a small groan of discomfort. "I'm sorry," she said with a cringe at his groan. She slowly moved Jack off her lap and leaned him against the wall. He sighed as he regained a comfortable position.
"I..." his voice broke as another cough racked his body. Blood filled his throat and he began to choke on it coughing harder. Katie quickly leaned him against her shoulder and whispered to him trying to calm him. After a few moments the coughing ceased as the blood spilled from his lips on to Katie's lap. Jack made an attempt to speak again but before he could Katie moved a finger to his lips.
"Don't talk just rest." she said lowering his head back onto her lap no longer caring about the previous stiffness. He relaxed for a moment and began to fall back to sleep when he heard whimpering coming from the other side of the brig. Jack tried to turn himself over to see where the sound was coming from but Katie held him still. "It's only Will," she said wiping the smudged coal from his cheeks.
"Will! I forgot about Will." Jack said sitting up quickly pushing Katie over. Jack's vision went blurry for a second and then as it cleared he saw Will and Kathryn sleeping in their cell. Will curled up in Kathryn's arms sobbing in his sleep. Even from their cell Jack and Katie could see each tear as it slid down his cheek. Jack decided to wake them up so they could work on a plan to escape. He looked around their small cell for something to throw at Will and Kathryn. "Luv, you see that bone over there?" Jack asked pointing at what appeared to be a human leg bone.
"Yes Jack" Katie said hoping he wasn't going to ask her to do what she thought he was.
"Throw it at them." he said motioning towards the other cell wincing at the effort it took to talk. Katie was glad to see that his sense of humour was intact but she didn't like the idea of touching the bone.
"Can't we just yell at them?" Katie asked knowing that they would be able to get their attention just as effectively. Jack rolled his eyes at his wife's lack of creativity.
"Alright go ahead." Jack said coughing again causing Katie to look at him worriedly. She knew he probably had internal bleeding and needed a doctor badly. Jack didn't want her to worry so he tried not to show how much pain he was in.
"I'm fine luv just wake up the bloody whelp," he said smiling a little even though his vision was beginning to blur again. Katie yelled for Will and he jerked up suddenly throwing Kathryn quite painfully into the wall they were leaning up against.
"I'm up, I'm up!" Will said looking around for a moment as he remembered where he was. He looked over at Kathryn who was rubbing her head and swearing under her breath. "Bloody, I'm sorry." he said helping her to her feet. This only doubled his embarrassment as he remembered what had happened last night. Kathryn noticed Will's face turning a slight shade of red and heard him mumble a quiet thank you as he composed himself wiping the tears from his eyes. She nodded acknowledging his thanks before turning to see who had awoken them from their Simi-peaceful sleep.
"We should probably work on escaping now." Katie said as she pulled angrily at the bars of her cell. Jack snorted at her bluntness and nodded trying to stand without aggravating his side to badly. "No, you sit." she said pointing at him before he had a chance to make it all the way. Jack eased himself back down and looked up at her like an injured puppy. She patted his head affectionately before turning her attention back to Kathryn and Will who were looking at them curiously surprised at Katie's sudden change of attitude. "Any ideas?" Just as she asked the question heavy footsteps were heard coming down the stairs of the brig.
"Looks like we're a bit late luv." Jack stated as he hit his head against the wall in anger at not acting sooner.
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