Title: The Old, the New and the Unexpected

Author: Legolas-gurl88

Summary: Same as last time.

Disclaimer: I wish I could own Pirates of the Caribbean! I really do! I suppose we all can't get what we want. But Disney did. Huzzah for Disney! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! I still don't own anything you recognize from the movies. As you have guessed, Disney owns Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm just an obsessed fan girl trying to make it feel like I am part of creating the story.

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On with the story!

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3. Is this the end?

Will yelled and sat up. A rough hand pushed him back down again.

"Quiet, Will." He heard the voice of Jack.

"What happened?" He croaked, and his breath tasted of cold, salty water. His eyes opened. They stung so badly that he shut them about two seconds.

"Jack, did you see his eyes?" He heard Anamaria say from behind Jack. "They're so red!"

"Ann, I'm not color blind. I can see." Jack said. "Get the boy something warm to drink. And get something for Diann, too."

"Diann!" Will yelled, sitting up. Despite the stinging of his eyes and the chill in his body, he swerved around to see Diann lying unconscious about six feet away from him. Next to her, sat Natalie and Mr. Cotton.

As Jack tried to force Will down again, Will knocked his hand away and scrambled over to Diann. Her hair was wet and her face pale. Her eyes were closed tight. Will opened one to see if her eyes were infected as bad as his. Luckily, they were only a pink tinge. As though in protest, her eye snapped shut again. Will breathed a sigh of relief: Diann was still alive.

"Will, lie down again." Jack said.

"But Diann-"

"She's in safe hands. If you're not going to lie down, then sit at the side of the ship." Jack ordered, placing his hand on Will's shoulder and guiding him to the side of the ship.

Anamaria came back, holding two cups of steaming cups of tea. She handed one to Will, who took a sip and then gave the other to Natalie. Mr. Cotton held Diann up as Natalie poured the tea down Diann's throat.

"Ann," Jack said, turning to his wife, "Get a cloth with fresh water on it. We need to get the salt out of Will's eyes before they get infected.

"Aye, cap'n." She said and ran back downstairs.

"Will, why did you jump in? We almost lost you!" Jack said.

"I couldn't let my oldest daughter die if there was something I could do to prevent it, Jack. You should know." Suddenly, a chill ran through his back and he shivered.

"Keep drinking, Will. We'll get you into bed in a minute. Once Ann comes back with that cloth."

Will took several sips before Anamaria had come back, holding a basin of fresh water and a cloth. Jack took the cloth, dipped it into the water and without ringing it out placed it over Will's eyes. The coolness of the cloth made Will feel feverish. He leaned back and fell asleep, thinking it would be all better in the morning.

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But the morning did not come with good news. Both Will and Diann had been moved into their cabins.

Will was now so sick that he could hardly move without aching. There would be times when the fever made him so hot that he would sweat so badly and whoever was caring for him at the time would have to put a damp cloth to his forehead. There would be other times when he would be so cold that he would have shivering fits and no one could do anything for that except take the covers off him and unbutton his shirt.

Occasionally, Jack would visit him, telling him that Diann was fine, only a lot worse than he was. She was retching far to often to not be worried about. To Will, this did not sound like 'fine,' and he was worried. Even when he begged Jack, the captain would not let Will see Diann.

"S'not worth her getting you sick or you getting her sick." He would say before turning around and leaving Will to think of his daughter and what his own promise of bringing her with him, brought upon her.

To make matters worse, the storm had held them back longer than they thought and they would be arriving in Tortuga ten days from then. Will thought he had to get off The Black Pearl only for a short while and go somewhere where he could ponder to himself without being bothered.

Five days later, Will was feeling almost himself again. He was no longer having fits of heat and coldness and he could sit up without feeling sick. His legs were still too weak to walk, but he promised himself that as soon as he could walk, he would see Diann, no matter what Jack said.

That day came two days later. Even if he was feeling fatigue, he could walk and he took that opportunity to see his daughter. Jack did not object, to Will's surprise but let him in immediately.

As Will stepped inside, a horrible smell of sickness came over him. He walked to Diann's bed to find her paler than he had last seen her and definitely skinnier. She opened her eyes slowly.

"Dad?" She said weakly, holding up her hand. Will took it. He sat down next to her.

"I'm here." He said. "How are you feeling?"

"Sick." She answered. "I'm really hungry, but I can't eat anything."

"Have you tried keeping your food down?" Will asked.

"Yes. It doesn't work." Diann started to shiver. Will took a cloth that was by Diann's bedside and mopped his daughter's forehead with it. "Why are your eyes so red?" She asked him.

"I opened them in the ocean." He said.

"What were you doing in the ocean?" Diann asked. Will chuckled softly.

"Who do you think jumped in after you?"

"Oh, Dad, I'm sorry!" Diann said, sitting up and hugging her father.

"Nothing's wrong, Diann. I just want you to feel better." Will said, hugging his daughter back.

"That's why they wouldn't let me see you!" Diann sobbed into Will's shoulder. "You were sick, too! And that's why you wouldn't come to see me!"

"That would have been a very far-fetched story if it weren't true, but it wasn't your fault." Will said, patting Diann's back.

"I'm sorry I ever went up on that stupid mast! And it was all to show Natalie that I can do anything she can!"

"Wait." Will said, pulling his daughter away from him. "That was why you went up there? To show Natalie that you could do something that even I couldn't do?"

"Yes."

"That was a really dangerous thing you did, Diann." Will said. "I would punish you, but you seem to be learning a lesson right now."

"Yes." Diann said again. "I'm sorry, Dad."

"It's okay." Will said. Then trying to change the subject he added, "We'll be reaching Tortuga in about three days. But right now, I want you to sleep." Gently, he helped Diann gulp down some water and lie back into her pillow. He kissed her forehead and walked out of the cabin.

"Will! How're ya doin'?" Gibbs said as Will walked up on deck.

"A little tired, but well enough to help out if there is anything that needs to be done." Will said.

"Nah, you helped out enough for now. Why don't you go down to your cabin and get some rest before we make it to Tortuga?"

"Are you sure? I can help." Will said.

"Go on! Get some sleep!"

"Before I do, I want to ask you something." said Will.

"And what would that be?" Gibbs said.

"Who pulled me out of the water?"

"Oh. Well, that would have to be Jack. He took off his jacket and jumped right in. No commands for someone to take over the wheel or anything! When he found you, you were at the bottom of the ocean. He was glad that you had looped your belt around the both of you so he could just grab one of you and pull both up. Very smart that was, Will."

"Thank you." Will said.

"Anyway, Jack was really impressed with your quick thinking of that belt tactic. He said it would have been some stunt that Bootstrap would have used on you if you had fallen in."

"I have another question."

"Yes?"

"That ocean was really deep. How did he go all the way down, grab me and Diann and swim all the way back up without suffocating?"

"You forgot one thing."

"Oh, right. He's Captain Jack Sparrow."

"Aye, that I am!" Jack said from behind Will. "Glad to see you're better, Will. Now, we've made up one day from the storm. We'll be in Tortuga in about two days now. If you want to go rest your eyes a bit, it would be much appreciated by all of us to know that you're well."

"Aye, Cap'n." Will said.

"Good. Off with you, then!"

So, Will slept for the rest of the day. When he woke up the morning, he dressed into his windswept clothes and walked up to the deck and found Jack standing by the side of the ship and Natalie with her feet over the ship. Jack was murmuring to her. Will looked around and found that Anamaria had taken over the wheel.

"Good morning, Jack." Will said, walking up beside the captain. "And Natalie."

"Good morning, Mr. Turner." Natalie answered back.

"Will." Will told her.

"Right. Will." She said, then she swung her legs onto the deck and walked off to her mother.

"Is she okay?" Will asked Jack.

"She's fine. Never question a Sparrow's sanity, Will." Jack said.

"I do for you all the time." Will said. Jack smiled his golden, toothy smile.

"I'm an acceptation." Jack said. "Have you seen Diann yet?"

"No. I was just on my way to do so."

"It was my turn to care for her last night. She was yelling for you quite a bit."

"And why didn't you get me?" Will asked.

"Because you were sleeping. She finally fell asleep around five o'clock."

"What time is it, now?"

"It's nine o'clock, now." Jack said, looking out at the horizon.

"Jack." Will said.

"Hm?"

"Thank you for saving me and Diann."

"Not a problem at all. You could have killed yourself, though."

"I know."

"Jack!" Anamaria yelled.

"What?"

"There's a ship out there!" Ana yelled, pointing towards the west. Jack and Will ran to the starboard side of the ship. There was indeed a ship sailing closer to them. Jack took out a telescope from his pocket and gazed through it.

"I can't read the name from here!" He yelled. Will suddenly realized that he knew that ship. He took the telescope from Jack and stared at the ship. He was right. It was The Elizabeth, Commodore Norrington's ship.

"Do you know that pretty boat?" Jack asked Will as he lowered the telescope.

"It's Norrington's ship, The Elizabeth."

Jack snorted.

"Named after who?" He said sarcastically.

"It's not funny, Jack. If he finds you and your crew, you'll be hung for sure. If he finds me and Diann, I'll be hung and Diann shunned and Elizabeth and Ana will be, too."

"You sure do like to make people feel better, don't you?" Jack said. "How fast does it go?"

"Faster than The Interceptor, that's for sure."

"Ann! Take her as fast as she'll go strait to Tortuga."

"Aye! And what happens if they catch us?"

Jack thought for a little bit.

"Get the cannons ready!"

"Aye, Cap'n! MEN! PREPARE THE CANNONS!" Anamaria yelled and the crew rushed to sides of the ships, getting cannonballs ready.

"Will. Get Natalie and go into Diann's cabin. Keep them there. If anything goes wrong, sneak up to the deck, here and take a boat to Tortuga." Jack said.

"I can help you fight." Will said.

"Will--"

"Jack. I care for my daughter. I can't help her or you if I'm below the deck. Let me fight."

"Okay, Will, but only because you're Bootstraps' son. FINCH! GET NATALIE IN DIANN'S CABIN AND WATCH OVER THEM BOTH!" Jack yelled, running up to his wife and taking over the wheel as she ran down to help Gibbs with a cannon. The man called Finch saluted his captain and ran downstairs. Will ran up to Jack.

"What can I do?"

"Set up the cannons. Prepare to fire if we can't get away from Norrington."

"Aye, Cap'n." Will said, and he jumped down the stairs and helped Cotton load the cannon. Will chanced a look up. The Elizabeth was closer than before. If they didn't go faster soon, they would have to stop and fight. If Norrington caught sight of Will, he would have him hung. And then what would Elizabeth do? After several minutes, The Elizabeth was even closer… too close to escape from.

"Men, set up the cannons!" Jack yelled, "There's no way we'll outrun them now! We're going into battle!"

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Valanya- Heh heh… strangle me… heh heh-- that's a good one! I'm glad you like it! I hope you liked this chapter! It was definitely longer than the last one and I'm glad. I hate writing those really short ones. It drives me nuts to write short ones! I'm trying to train myself to write longer chapters. So far, I'm succeeding. Anyway, I'll try to post again as soon as I can! Thanks for reviewing!

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