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Chapter 5 The Big Adventure Begins!

"Elizabeth, isn't it?" Jack asked with a grin.

"Mrs. Turner actually," she blushed.

"Ah, you and dear William finally hitched up! And what's this?" Jack asked, gesturing to the baby.

"This is our child Noelle," Elizabeth proudly told him.

"Oh," Jack looked at her.

"You may hold her."

Elizabeth watched Jack take Noelle in his arms with surprising ease, like he had experience with babies before. She noticed Jack blinking his eyes as he held her.

"Jack, are you alright?" Elizabeth asked, the same sad tone entering her voice as she remembered Will.

"Aye lass, I'm fine. How 'bout you?" Jack asked, reversing the inquire.

Elizabeth couldn't hold it in. She broke down, explaining everything from Will's disappearance to Norrington's obsession. "The worst part is, Norrington thinks Will was leaving me on purpose!"

Jack laughed heartily. "That is a wonderful joke! Tell me another, savvy?"

Elizabeth stared at him in shock.

"Norrington's being the bloody frog that he is because he wants you. Will wouldn't leave you - trust me! He's obsessed with you mate! Also, you just had a kid. Will is a lovesick pansy with his-"

Elizabeth suddenly shoved Jack to the ground, landing on top of him, with Noelle safely in between. A bullet rushed past the spot where his head would've been if he stood there a second longer.

"Elizabeth! Get away from him!" Norrington ran up to where they lay in the street.

"No!" Elizabeth scrambled up with Jack behind her, still holding Noelle. "He's a good man!"

"Really Elizabeth, be reasonable. How dare you let Jack Sparrow touch your daughter?" Norrington cried angrily.

"Oh you're just mad that you don't get to touch Nora!" Jack snapped.

"Noelle," Elizabeth whispered quickly.

"Right," Jack nodded. "D'you want to find Will with me?" he whispered while eyeing the Commodore evilly.

"You're looking for Will?"

"I'll explain later," Jack told her. "Commodore, you will always remember this as the day you almost got Elizabeth!"

Jack turned to Elizabeth, "Run!"

They took off for the Black Pearl, Jack gripping Noelle tightly with Elizabeth at his heels. The 3 runaways ran between shops and down cluttered streets, desperate to lose Commodore.

They stopped under a dock in the corner of Port Royal.

"Where are we going? What's going on?" Elizabeth plopped down on a rock, exhausted and annoyed.

"Oh come on, darling. You loved running from Norrington. Just loved it!" Jack looked at her and winked.

Elizabeth blushed, "ok I did. I admit it. I don't understand why he can't get over me already."

"Because you're so irresistible!" Jack raised one seductive eye towards her, then laughed to himself. Elizabeth couldn't help but smile.

"How are you so good with Noelle? It's like you've had experience." Elizabeth asked suddenly.

"I have had experience," Jack muttered to himself.

"Where are they? I suspect Sparrow could've done something horrible to her by now!" Norrington's voice could be heard in the distance.

"Bloody fool!" Jack sighed, "And I thought Will was obsessed!"

"We have to get out of here!" Elizabeth wrung her hands anxiously.

Jack's eyes grew bright, "the Pearl."

Noelle whimpered.

Jack cursed under his breath as her heard footsteps stop, "lass, what do we do?"

Elizabeth grabbed a rock, stood up quickly, and flung it into an open window of a house nearby.

The footsteps turned away.

Jack stared at Elizabeth in complete shock and utter amazement.

"Go! Hurry!" she whispered harshly.

Jack padded though the water with swift hard strokes, all the while holding Noelle above the water. Elizabeth doggie-paddled behind.

They rounded the outskirts of Port Royal until they were hidden in the shadows. They stopped by a rock. Jack handed Noelle back to Elizabeth and she calmed down the startled baby.

Suddenly a wild call of a bird echoed through right next to her. Elizabeth jumped a mile.

"What was that?"

"Oh, that was me," Jack laughed. "Call of the Sparrow."

Elizabeth chuckled to herself. She'd never understand the wonders of Jack Sparrow!

The Black Pearl was appearing now in the approaching evening. The fog was settled. An excited chill went down Elizabeth's spine.

A rope was thrown down and moments later, she found herself staring into the eyes of Jack's old familiar crew. She greeted Mr. Gibbs, Marty, Mr. Cotton, and the others. Someone was missing.

"Where's Anamaria?"

Jack's face became troubled, yet determined, "That's why I'm searching the Caribbean. We are both out to recover our lost loves."

Elizabeth's eyes widened, "Jack."

Jack lifted her chin to face his. Elizabeth stared into his dark, mysterious eyes. "And recover them we will, Mrs. Turner!"

The ship set sail on the gorgeous horizon.

*** Thanks for waiting! I'll be faster on this next chapter, I promise! I will post only when I get 5 reviews, savvy?