Sorry for the long wait. Here it is, the long awaited:
Chapter Nine:
The pirate holding you twisted you around so that you faced him and the blade that still held Emily's fresh blood dripping down it. Your mouth opens in horror as the blade touches your flesh. It feels like fire coursing thru your veins. The pirate carves a new moon shaped cut around your old one. Once again blood stains your dress and you can't help but think about how frequently this has happened since you left Port Royal.
The pirate brings you back to reality as he lifts your right palm to the cut and allows a thin layer of blood to cover it. You try to fight it; god knows you try to fight it as the pirate lowers your hand to the carved copy on the treasure chest. You don't even have time to realize that the carving is in fact your size.
"Let Captain Sparrow's crew free, men." You just barely hear Captain Black say this before your hand touches the chest.
You screamed as you felt your entire strength cascade out of your body thru your arm. You scan the room looking for help, only to find Jack and Black talking in hushed voices, Elizabeth, Will and Emily no where to be seen, and confusion hits you like- well a ton of bricks is what it feels like, but that could also be the fact that your energy is being sucked out of your body. Darkness crosses over your body and you fall.
"Jack?" You feel something cold on your forehead but you don't open your eyes.
"No, its Elizabeth." A soft voice answers you from what seems like less then a foot away. "We didn't think you were going to make it," She whispers softly. Your eyes flutter open to see where you are...a ship cabin.
"Where are we?" Your eyes fall on Emily playing contently in the corner.
"The Pearl..." She was avoiding your gaze. "Jack said some things, you should talk to him." She looked down at her hands in an almost guilty way.
"Where is he?" You ask trying to sit up; she gently pushes you back down.
"I'll get him." She stands and picks up Emily, taking the child with her as she left the cabin. You close your eyes, thinking about everything that had happened in the week or more that you had been away from Port Royal. That's when Jack comes in.
"You awake luv?" Jack asks quietly, coming over to the bed. You feel a stinging sensation in the back of your eyes and realize that you're about to cry, well to hell with that. You nod your head. "I suppose we'll be having a talk then." You could here a chair being pulled over to the bed.
"What's going on?" You ask, bitterness seeping into your voice. Jack met your gaze, to proud to look away.
"I was propositioned when we were in Tortuga, by Black, I spared his life on the terms that I would get half the gold- that was before I knew he had Emily of course, and when I found that out everything changed. Then of course there was also the fact that I was supposed to bring you to him, I wasn't going to luv."
"So it was a trick then? Get a good lay and a box of gold. Did you get your gold captain?" Your voice carried every bit of the anger that was inside.
"I did." He answered, "And then I killed Black."
"You used me. He could have killed me!" You were yelling now, as if one of the Irish banshees had possessed you.
"But he didn't." Jack said with a pointer finger raised and a charming smile on his face. This was so not the time for that smile. You raised your hand to smack him, and contact.
"Bloody 'ell." He managed, "I did deserve that."
"Get out." You hiss between your teeth.
"Now, this is my ship and-"
"Get out!" You screamed throwing a pillow at him, until he stood up and walked out of the cabin, slamming the door behind him.
Chapter Nine:
The pirate holding you twisted you around so that you faced him and the blade that still held Emily's fresh blood dripping down it. Your mouth opens in horror as the blade touches your flesh. It feels like fire coursing thru your veins. The pirate carves a new moon shaped cut around your old one. Once again blood stains your dress and you can't help but think about how frequently this has happened since you left Port Royal.
The pirate brings you back to reality as he lifts your right palm to the cut and allows a thin layer of blood to cover it. You try to fight it; god knows you try to fight it as the pirate lowers your hand to the carved copy on the treasure chest. You don't even have time to realize that the carving is in fact your size.
"Let Captain Sparrow's crew free, men." You just barely hear Captain Black say this before your hand touches the chest.
You screamed as you felt your entire strength cascade out of your body thru your arm. You scan the room looking for help, only to find Jack and Black talking in hushed voices, Elizabeth, Will and Emily no where to be seen, and confusion hits you like- well a ton of bricks is what it feels like, but that could also be the fact that your energy is being sucked out of your body. Darkness crosses over your body and you fall.
"Jack?" You feel something cold on your forehead but you don't open your eyes.
"No, its Elizabeth." A soft voice answers you from what seems like less then a foot away. "We didn't think you were going to make it," She whispers softly. Your eyes flutter open to see where you are...a ship cabin.
"Where are we?" Your eyes fall on Emily playing contently in the corner.
"The Pearl..." She was avoiding your gaze. "Jack said some things, you should talk to him." She looked down at her hands in an almost guilty way.
"Where is he?" You ask trying to sit up; she gently pushes you back down.
"I'll get him." She stands and picks up Emily, taking the child with her as she left the cabin. You close your eyes, thinking about everything that had happened in the week or more that you had been away from Port Royal. That's when Jack comes in.
"You awake luv?" Jack asks quietly, coming over to the bed. You feel a stinging sensation in the back of your eyes and realize that you're about to cry, well to hell with that. You nod your head. "I suppose we'll be having a talk then." You could here a chair being pulled over to the bed.
"What's going on?" You ask, bitterness seeping into your voice. Jack met your gaze, to proud to look away.
"I was propositioned when we were in Tortuga, by Black, I spared his life on the terms that I would get half the gold- that was before I knew he had Emily of course, and when I found that out everything changed. Then of course there was also the fact that I was supposed to bring you to him, I wasn't going to luv."
"So it was a trick then? Get a good lay and a box of gold. Did you get your gold captain?" Your voice carried every bit of the anger that was inside.
"I did." He answered, "And then I killed Black."
"You used me. He could have killed me!" You were yelling now, as if one of the Irish banshees had possessed you.
"But he didn't." Jack said with a pointer finger raised and a charming smile on his face. This was so not the time for that smile. You raised your hand to smack him, and contact.
"Bloody 'ell." He managed, "I did deserve that."
"Get out." You hiss between your teeth.
"Now, this is my ship and-"
"Get out!" You screamed throwing a pillow at him, until he stood up and walked out of the cabin, slamming the door behind him.