Title: The Old, the New and the Unexpected

Author: Legolas-gurl88

Disclaimer: Let's see… nope. I don't own anything. DARN IT! I MUST OWN SOMETHING! Wait, I do… Little Ann, Amelia, Diann and… PLANKARD! EVIL PLANKARD! Poor me! I want to own Will and Jack, but alas! I own them not! *sobs* Only a few more months 'till TROY and I am countin' the days! YES!

Enjoy!

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10. The Darkest of Times

The building that Will had entered was smoldering. He covered his nose and mouth with the sleeve of his shirt. His chest stung where the bullet had punctured it. Will didn't know how much longer he could stay conscious before his body gave in to the pain. But he had to stay awake… he had to.

Someone from upstairs screamed again.

"Hello?" Will yelled. Another scream

"Help me! Someone!"

"I'm coming!" And with that, Will bounded up the stairs, fighting for the breath that neither the wound or the smoky air would give him.

"Where are you?" He yelled, once he had reached the top.

"Help me!" The scream had come from a door to his right. Will pushed his way into the room to find a young woman, probably twenty or so, trapped by flames, her hand trapped under a large block of wood that had fallen from the ceiling.

"Help me!" She yelled again.

"Hang on!" Will said. Bracing himself, he jumped over the flames. The hot fire licked at his ankles, but Will didn't notice. "Here." He said, and he summoned all his strength to move the wood.

"Please hurry!" The girl shrieked. Will did just that. The pain in his chest built and he felt as if the muscles in his arms were tearing. The wood was heavier than he had anticipated. Still, he heaved and the girl was able to slide her arm out from under it. It was very bruised, probably sprained, but there were no broken bones.

"Can you run?" He asked her.

"Yes." She said.

"Then when I drop the wood on the flames, run as fast as you can over it." The girl nodded as she watched Will pick up the wood and toss it to the flames. The girl broke into a dead sprint, Will close behind her. She ran down the stairs and outside to the other end of the pathway. When she stopped, Will caught up with her.

"Are you okay?" He asked. She held out her hurt arm. "Here." Will said again and he took her arm. She winced. Will ripped a long and large strip of fabric from the hem of his shirt. Not noticing the girls' weak sobs and the jerking movements she made when he caused her pain, he rapped it around her arm.

"There." He said, finally, tying the fabric off, "At least it won't hurt as bad." The girl stared at Will's chest, where his shirt was heavily soaked from his own blood.

"You're hurt, too." She said, not once looking into his face.

"It's nothing. I'll have it fixed up later." Will said. He had lied that the wound wasn't hurting him. On the contrary, Will could hardly stand the pain it caused him. The girl suddenly looked at his face and gasped.

"Y-you're the- the- the pirate!" She whispered.

"Just a pirate's son, but I won't do you harm." Will said.

"B-but you're the one who put us all in danger! You helped that Sparrow man free. He did this to us!"

"Jack?" Will said, raising an eyebrow, "No he didn't. I was sailing with him for the past two or so weeks. He didn't do anything. It was the pirate, Captain Plankard who hurt Port Royal."

"Get away from me!" The girl shrieked. "Don't come near me, pirate! You may have tricked some people into thinking that you are just an Apprentice Blacksmith, but you'll never fool me! You were born a pirate, you'll live a pirate, pirate!" Before Will could say anything else, the girl, whether out of pain or too much excitement in a short amount of time, fainted. Will rolled his eyes and bent over her. He picked her up and carried her down to the docks.

When Will ran down the streets of Port Royal, which were burning, worries burned into his mind. Where had everyone gone? Not everyone could have died. Where was his family? Was this girl that he carried right? Would he only live up to pirate standards the rest of his life? Would he be shunned because people believed that it was him and Jack that had done this to Port Royal?

The docks came into view. The Black Pearl was closer to them than when Will had last seen it. He saw the pirates on the docks. Were they Jack's crew or Plankard's? He couldn't tell from where he was standing, so he ran closer, ignoring the pain in his chest and trying to forget that his arms felt like they were falling off under the girl's weight. He stopped when he saw four girls inside the mob of pirates. This was Plankard's crew, all right. He had to get his family to safety. He set the girl down and unsheathed his sword.

Will crept closer to the mob of pirates. There was a sound of a gunshot and one of the pirates was hit. He looked down at his wound and then stared at his attacker aboard The Black Pearl. All the pirates had their attention on Jack's ship. Will took this opportunity to sneak up behind one pirate and stab him. He yowled out in shock and swung around. He grabbed Will's throat and pulled Will upwards, so his feet were barely touching the ground.

"I'll kill ye!" He yelled.

"What a shame! Just when I was going to do the same to you!" Will yelled and with lightning speed, he pushed his hand into the man's pocket and pulled out a medallion. The pirate yelled and let Will go.

"Give it back!" He screamed. Will took his sword up and stabbed the pirate, who fell dead. Now the other pirates were on Will. From the background, he could see Elizabeth, Amelia and his daughters. None of them looked harmed. They were all staring at him with the utmost horror. Will pushed his way through the crowds of pirates and ran at the girls. Suddenly, a white-hot metal pierced his good shoulder and he looked around. None of the pirates held out their guns. Who shot him? Will felt tired.

No! He thought, I must get to my family! With that wanting in his mind, he made his way to the four girls who stared at him, terrified. Will looked down at his shirt. The new wound soaked up any white patches of his shirt that had not been touched by his other wounds. He lost too much blood to carry on. The minute he touched Amelia's shoulder, he fell to the ground and lost all conciousness. But was conciousness all that he had lost?

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Jack stared at the dock. The man that had been shot by one of his crew fell to the ground.

"Who fired the last shot?" He asked.

"I did, Cap'n!" One man yelled, sounding pleased that the one he shot hadn't been cursed. "Why?"

"Because, you idiot, I think you just shot Will!" Jack yelled. "Ann! Get my boat ready! The rest of you, keep firing! Don't hit anyone except the people you know are pirates! Make sure they don't notice me!"

When Anamaria had set Jack's boat up, he jumped in it and chopped the rope that held it up. He had to make it to the dock soon, or the four girls and the man he supposed was Will, were going to die.

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Elizabeth would have screamed if her mouth hadn't been re-gagged. Will was lying face down on the deck, bleeding worse than ever. And no one cared. She looked out at The Black Pearl. Then, she saw someone rowing closer to them in a boat. It was Jack. When he silently stopped by the deck, he hopped up and untied the four girls. They instantly ran to Will. Jack turned him over.

"No!" Elizabeth said. "Will."

"Shh, Elizabeth." Jack said.

"Daddy!" Anamaria squealed.

"Be quiet Ann. We'll get your Dad to safety. Amelia, would you be so kind as to help me get him in the boat?" Amelia nodded, hooking her arms under Will's and picking him up. Jack did the same to Will's legs. They jumped in the boat. Elizabeth, Diann and Anamaria jumped into the boat as well. Jack and Amelia both grabbed an oar and rowed back to The Black Pearl.

"Wait!" A voice whispered urgently behind them. It was the girl that Will had saved. "Don't leave me here, Mrs. Turner! Take me with you!"

"Come in." Elizabeth said. The girl obliged. When she jumped in the boat, she caught sight of Jack, whom she obviously didn't notice before.

"Mrs. Turner! Look out! It's a pirate!"

"It's just Jack, Miss. Please stay quiet so we can get away!"

"Where is 'away,' Mrs. Turner?" The girl asked.

"To The Black Pearl." Elizabeth said.

"But miss! We'll be killed for sure!"

"I'll explain more later. Just keep your voice down!" Elizabeth said.

"Daddy?" Anamaria said, putting her hand on her father's shoulder. He whimpered and she pulled her hand off him. "I'm sorry, Daddy. Did that hurt?" She asked. She had never seen her father in a state such as this, before and it terrified her.

"Just leave Daddy alone for a little while." Elizabeth said, pulling her girls into a hug. "He'll be alright. Don't worry."

They rowed to The Black Pearl and stopped.

"Someone, let down the ladder! And no jokes this time! We've got a man down!" Jack yelled. The end of the ladder was dropped down and Jack let the girls up first. Then, he put Will over his shoulder and climbed one handed up the ladder. It took him several minutes, but he did it successfully. When at the top, Anamaria (the older one) and Gibbs grabbed Will and moved him to the floor of the ship.

Gibbs unbuttoned Will's blood-soaked shirt and saw many wounds. The two on his right shoulder were the ones he had gotten before hand. There was a giant bruise on his stomach where Westa had punched him. The cuts were now closing up. Gibbs gazed at Will's left shoulder and saw where one of the bullets had pierced his skin. The second was in the middle of his chest, very close to his heart.

Gibbs touched the one on Will's chest and Will shuddered.

"It's alright, Will," Gibbs said to the unconscious man. "We'll get the bullets out. It's just not going to feel very good. Anamaria!"

"What?" Both of the Anamaria's said.

"Huh?" Gibbs said, nonplussed.

"Will named his youngest daughter after Ann." Jack explained. "You know what? To make it easier, let's just call Ann, Ann and Anamaria, Little Ann?"

"Sounds good." Gibbs said, "So, Anamaria, I need you to get me… something that I can get the bullets out with… and hurry. If we don't act fast, Will could die."

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POOR WILL! Boy, I'm mean! Two bullets within two chapters! That's WAY too many! But I will post again soon so you all don't have to wait long to see what happens! Also, sorry for shortness. This is the average length of these chappies. Adios! Review time!

Eagle'sforever- I'm scaring everyone here! I'm really sorry for that, but that's the way the story went. I couldn't do anything about… the story took on a life of it's own! WAAAAA! Well, I'll post soon so I don't scare you!

Trinityelf- Hey, mate! Wow! LONG REVIEW! GOOD! I didn't get as many reviews in Inseparable for the last chapter. Only two or three : ( But that's okay, people are probably on vacation. It's around the Spring Break time. What do you think of this story now? Will could be dead… AGAIN! Did you look at the video things? They are pretty funny!

Kacijo12- Sorry I scared you. I'm probably giving you a heart attack right now! SORRY! I hope I get past the writer's block as well, 'cause I don't want to be one of those authors that doesn't post for months! I want to be one that people can trust to post within the week! I hope I'm trusted! Do you trust me?

Again, I'm REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY sorry for scaring you all! But, in a way it's a good thing! It means that I'm doing my part of bringing you all into the story! I hope that's what I'm really doing, or I just might have to go see those people in the pretty white jackets! But I hope you all are getting mental images in your head and that I am doing my part as a writer, right!

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Legolas-gurl88