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"But you have to go save her!" Elizabeth yelled.
Her father sighed. "It is unfortunate that this friend of yours was taken, but there's nothing I can do about it."
"Yes you can! You can tell the Navy that you want them to look for her. They have to listen to you!"
"Elizabeth, I'm tired of arguing with you. The Navy stays here. That's final." He walked out of the ballroom and went to survey the damage in the other words. But Elizabeth wouldn't give up. She continued to follow him.
"Father, if it wasn't for her, all of the guest that were here would've been kidnapped as well, including me. You owe her, and the lest you could do was go get her."
The governor wasn't listening to her, and continued walking. Elizabeth stood there fuming. How could he just leave her with those pirates? The Navy wouldn't help her; they had to obey her father. Elizabeth sat there thinking and got an idea. It wasn't the best idea, but it was an idea. She left the Governor's to go find Will.
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"Will, I need you to do something for me." Elizabeth was back at her house talking to her husband.
"What is it?" he replied.
"The pirates who came here yesterday took Michelle. My father won't do anything for me, and I have an idea of how to get her back." Will nodded, signaling for her to continue. "You have to find Jack and get him to help you find her."
"Elizabeth, that won't work. Jack won't help us. There's no benefit in it for him."
"Then pay him. Come on Will, you know where Jack will be, you were his first mate before."
Will thought about it. "He'll be around Tortuga I'll wager." He sighed. "I'll go look for him. There has to be a ship around here that's passing by Tortuga."
Once Will had a bag packed with some clothes and money for fare, they went out to the docks. They found a merchant ship that was just leaving, and the crew agreed to drop Will off at Tortuga. Before he boarded, he turned and gave Elizabeth a hug. "I may not be back for a while. Jack may be there right now; he may be there in a couple of months. Just don't worry. I'll find Michelle." He gave her a kiss, and boarded the ship.
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Will was resting in his room when he heard voices shouting outside. He got up and went out on deck to investigate. The crew was frantically scurrying around. Will asked a sailor that was near him, "What is it? It's been to early to have arrived in Tortuga."
"It's a pirate ship!" a cabin boy told him. "They're gaining on us." Will looked back and smiled. He couldn't have had better timing.
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Jack looked at the ship through his telescope. He closed it and looked down at his crew. "It's a merchant vessel, I'm sure of it. Gents, haul up the colors, and get the cannon ready."
The crew quickly did what their captain told them. When they were close to the ship, Jack ordered for the warning shot to be fired. They weren't going to shoot down the ship, but they wanted to scare them. And by the looks of how they were running around on deck, they had done just that. Jack smiled a devious smile. "Prepare to board!" he ordered his crew. They all grabbed a rope and swung aboard. When Jack saw the merchant ship's crew wasn't fighting back, he swung his way over. He landed on the ship and looked up to see a familiar face. "Will, what are ye doin' with this lot?" he asked, shaking his hand.
"Looking for you," Will replied. He bent down and whispered, "I have a business proposition for you Jack."
"Really? Well, let's get to it. We'll talk about it over in me cabin." He yelled out to the crew, "Mr. Turner and I will be over on the Pearl. Take what ye can and don't harm the people. If they try to fight ye, ye have me permission to show them the end of yer pistols." He made sure the merchant ship's crew heard that last bit before swinging back onto the Black Pearl with Will.
Once they were in Jack's cabin, Jack offered Will a bottle of rum, which Will refused politely. Jack shrugged and took both bottles with him to the chair across the table from where Will was sitting. "So, what's this business proposition of yours?" Jack asked.
"A couple of days ago, pirates invaded Port Royal," Will began.
"And this concerns me how?" Jack asked, taking a swig of rum.
"Well, they took Michelle."
This caused Jack to spit out the rum that was in his mouth. He took his sleeve and wiped his chin. "That's very unfortunate. But, I have nothing to do with that woman anymore."
"I know Jack, but the Navy won't go after her, and Elizabeth thought you would help us."
"I'm sorry Will, I have much more important things to do with me time." Jack stood up and was heading for the door when Will added, "We will pay you, of course."
This made Jack stop in his tracks. He thought about it for a minute, turned around and held out his hand. "You have an accord." They shook on it, and Jack made Will tell him anything he knew about the pirates, which wasn't a lot. Jack then shooed Will out of his cabin and started pouring over a map of the sea near Port Royal, seeing what direction the current and the wind would take the ship, approximately where the ship would be, and where Jack needed to go to catch up with it. It was past sunset when Jack was finally satisfied with the course they were going to take. He rolled up the map and went on deck to tell the crew to change course. They'd have to work through the night to get good time. But Jack didn't mind. He loved a chase.
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The winds were stronger than Jack thought, so they were making better time than he planned. After a couple of days they spotted the Swift. The crew of the Black Pearl started working harder, making sure not one gust of wind escaped the sails. They were getting closer and closer to the Swift. "Send up the colors," Jack ordered. The pirate flag sailed high on the mast, billowing in the wind. Soon, the Swift's flag was flying high. "Load the cannons," Jack ordered. Some of the crew stood by the cannons while the rest stood on deck ready to board and fight the other crew. In no time, the Black Pearl was next to the Swift, both of them stopped in the water. "Fire," Jack yelled. The Black Pearl shot at the Swift, who in turn fired on the Black Pearl. Through the fire, some of the Black Pearl's crew boarded the Swift and started fighting. "Ready Will?" Jack asked. Will nodded and they swung aboard.
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Michelle was sitting down in her cell when she heard a lot of shouting and running feet on the deck above her. She looked up, wondering what was making them run around. She was answered by the sound of a cannon firing. The Swift was under attack! Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming down the stairs. She looked up and saw the captain. "Time to go," he yelled, grabbing the keys to the cell.
"Now, I can't allow ye to do that," a voice said from behind the captain. He turned around and was met with a plank of wood hitting him in the face. The captain fell into a heap on the floor. Michelle looked at the man who hit the captain and gasped. It was Jack. He picked up the keys and unlocked the door, swinging it open. He offered him her hand and said, "Come on luv."
"I'm not going anywhere with you Jack," Michelle replied.
Jack looked confused. "What?"
"Are you deaf? I said I'm not coming with you," Michelle replied, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Suit yourself." He closed the door and relocked it. "Women," he muttered to himself as he left the brig, leaving Michelle in there with the now unconscious Captain Board. She stood up and looked out of the bars. Footsteps were coming from the stairs, and Will stepped through the doorway, the keys in his hands. "Michelle," he called, running up and unlocking the door. She stepped out and dusted off her dress.
"Thank you Will. That was very kind of you to rescue me."
He gave her a confused look. "Anytime," he said.
They made their way on deck, where both the crews were still fighting, but it looked like Jack's crew was going to win. "You better go onto the Black Pearl," Will told Michelle. Michelle made her way to the side of the ship and swung over to the Black Pearl, gracefully landing on the deck. She could fight if she wanted to; she was better than most the people out there, but she decided that she wasn't going to get involved in this fight. It's not like she was a pirate. Soon the Swift's crew was captured and brought on to the Black Pearl's deck, where they watched their ship being blown up. It was damaged too much from the fight to be of much use to anyone. The crew was filed into two rowers, which were set into the water some way off from an island that they would be marooned on. Once the boats were in the water, Jack and his crew sailed away.
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Once they were some distance away and sailing smoothly, Jack addressed Michelle. "Welcome back to the Black Pearl Michelle. You'll see that yer old room is ready for you to reclaim it."
Michelle lifted her chin and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Sparrow, but I do believe I don't know what you're talking about. But I'm sure one of your men will be so kind as to show me the way."
"Don't fool yourself. You know you remember everything about this ship from when you were a part of me crew," Jack replied, a hint of impatience in his voice.
"Jack, as far as I'm concerned, I was never a part of your crew or sailed on this," she looked around, "pathetic excuse for a ship."
Jack lost it then. No one insulted his ship. "Look, if it wasn't for me, you'd still be stuck on that pirate ship, where God knows what would've happened to you. You should be grateful I saved your life back there."
The whole crew was staring at them now. Michelle yelled, "You saved my life? If I remember correctly, it was Will who saved me. He was the one who took me out of the cell."
"Because you wouldn't come out for me!"
"But you still locked the door! I bet you would've left me in there if it weren't for Will. Besides, he probably convinced you to come get me, probably is paying you. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go retire." She turned her back to Jack and started walking towards the rooms. She stopped and turned around, saying, "I still need someone to show me to my room." Gibbs, the new first mate, walked up to her and said, "Let me show ye to yer room, Miss."
"Thank you Mr. Gibbs." She followed him down the hall to her room. Jack stared at her until she had turned the corner. 'Bloody woman,' he thought to himself. He made a mental note to tell Will he wanted double the payment for all the trouble she was going to cause him. He thoughts stopped abruptly and he turned around, looking at the horizon.
"What is it Jack?" asked Gibbs who had just come back from escorting Michelle to her room.
"Looks like a storm's coming," Jack said, pointing to the dark clouds in the sky. And by the looks of things, it's gonna be a big one."
[A/N: Ahhh! Cliffy! I'm sorry, but I've got to keep my readers somehow! ;) Speaking of, guess how many reviews I've gotten. 7! That is an all time record for me for one chapter! Woot woot! I have the hiccups and I tried the best way for getting rid of them (a spoonful of peanut butter) and they're still here! These are some mondo hiccups I'm dealing with here. While I hold my breath, I'll type stuff to my reviewers!
Mer^2y: Hey buttershoes! I am super happy that you loved my "and really bad eggs" reference. You know I had to put it in there!
Lauren04: I'm glad my story's unique, because I was writing it and thought, 'Ya know, this is a lot like POTC with Elizabeth.' But I am trying to make it unique. Have you started writing the story yet? Email me the chapter when you get around to it.
CaptnKat: I'm glad you like it, and Jack comes in at this chapter (well, duh *smacks self on forehead*) lol I was smacking myself, not you, because I stated the obvious and, yea. I'll shut up now.
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Ashley: As you can see, Jack is coming to the rescue, but is being paid, so look at it however you want to. Michelle thinks Will technically is, but that's because she hates Jack and he's being paid and not doing it because he wants to.
BRITTANYBAKER: Wow. *blushes* I'm glad my story is that good! I'm sorry, but it might take a while for me to post the chapters because I have little time over the weekdays to write, so I mostly write over the weekends. I wrote the first two chapters at school, but when I retyped them (especially the second one) I had a lot of errors (thanks to my betaer Chelles!). But I'm running out of books to read during class, so I'll probably start doing that again.
Well, there are all the reviews! And thank you so much for all my reviewers. When I get one in my inbox, I start screaming and can't stop shutting up about how I got another review and how they said my story was good. It just makes my day! And I STILL have my hiccups. Well, I'm off. R/R!
P.S. Did you check out Johnny Depp at the Golden Globes? He was there! But he didn't win, which I was so sad about. But then he got nominated for an Oscar! It's his first ever Oscar nomination! The guy from the newspaper was saying who he thought would win, and he said that he thinks Johnny Depp should win best actor! So be rooting for him and who knows, maybe he'll win!]