Change of Wind
By Gozilla
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Thank you to all of you who left a review! I am terribly sorry that I am not good at measuring distances and time. Please don't mind! Sorry! ^-^
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything and I don't have anything. So don't sue me!
Please excuse my poor English. ^-^
Reviews are most welcomed!!
Enjoy!!
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Chapter 4 – A Deal
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~An hour later, in the healing room of the Black Pearl~
It took Jack and Gibbs almost an hour to clean and re-bandage the numerous wounds on Will's body. The old bandages, soaked with blood and seawater, were discarded on the floor.
"He was just a step away from his death." Gibbs put a wet towel over Will's forehead, trying to lower his furious fever, "Jack, what do you think had happened to the kid?"
"Get him to drink this." Jack poured a mug of water and handed it to Gibbs, "He is seriously dehydrated. He will die if we cannot get this into his system."
Jack collapsed into a chair on the other side of the room, "Those wounds are caused by whippings. They are severe, but it is the stab wound on his abdomen that I am concerned. It is deep and he has lost too much blood, not to mentioned the fever developed due to the infection to the wounds."
Gibbs supported Will's limp body, trying to help him to drink the water, "It is even more brutal than any pirate. Beating him to near dead and disposing a seriously injured man to the sea. I wonder who did this to the kid." he said before he return to help Will, who slowly drank the water in his unconscious state.
Jack settled comfortably on the chair, ready to sleep, "I guess we will have to wait for the kid to wake up in order to know the whole story. Now, at least I can have something to do apart from looking at the sea."
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~Two days later, in the healing room of the Black Pearl~
Will slowly regain his consciousness. The first thing to welcome him was pain. He felt as if there was intensive fire burning every inch of his skin, sending hot pain to his bone.
Will tried to get up, but his limbs were too weak to support him. He let out a soft moan as he fell back to the bed as sharp pain pierced every part of his body.
"Finally you are awake." came deep voice.
Will turned to the source of the voice, his eyes dazed and unfocused, "Jack?"
"Yes." Jack waited patiently for Will to focus, knowing that the blacksmith was very weak from his injuries.
With much effort, Will focused and looked around. He found himself in a strange environment. He was lying on a bed in a room with exceptionally low ceiling, lightened by a lamp hung to the ceiling. He was not sure if it was his imagination, but he felt the room was moving from side to side, as if it was floating on water.
"Jack?" Will asked weakly, "Where am I? Am I on a ship?"
"You are on the Black Pearl, kid." Jack said sitting comfortably on the chair, "What happened to you? You were almost dead when we found you floating on the sea. And all those whipping wounds and the stab wound, who did it to you?"
"What happened?" Will murmured, his clouded mind started to remember the whole incidence, "Elizabeth! Jack, when did you found me on the sea?" panic filled his voice.
"We picked you up from the sea two days ago." Jack said, raising one of his eyebrows, confused by the sudden panic of the blacksmith.
"Two days?" Will frowned in confusion, "Jack, what's the date today?"
"25 March." Jack answered.
"25 March?" Will shot up from the bed in shock, only to fall to the ground as his limbs failed to support him.
Jack was surprised by the sudden movement of Will, "Stay on bed, kid." he said as he helped Will to sit on the bed, "You have just started to recover from the injuries and dehydration. You don't have the strength to move around yet."
"I must return to Port Royale!" Will said, his face filled with worries and panic, "There are only two days left. I must return to Port Royale and save Elizabeth! Please, Jack, bring me back to the port."
"Tell me what is going on." Jack demanded, "Then I will decide where the ship goes."
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~Half an hour later, in the healing room of the Black Pearl~
Will told Jack the whole story, from the conversation with Governor Swann and Commodore Norrington, to the conversation he barely caught just before he was being disposed to the sea.
"He stole Elizabeth and forced her to marry him by threatening to kill me." Will said, his voice filled with rage, "Which he actually tried to do so."
"Interesting." Jack murmured, "A great deputy commodore stealing the wife of a blacksmith. Not to mention framing up an innocent person and trying to kill him. Very interesting."
"It is not interesting." Will argued, anger filled his mind, "There is no way I am going to let him forcing Elizabeth to marry him!"
"But how are you going to do that?" Jack asked, looking at Will lazily, "You can't fight against a whole army by yourself even if you are all fit and well."
Will was speechless. He was so determined to save his wife that he did not think of how. "I know I cannot do it by myself." he lowered his head in defeat and whispered, "Jack, I need your help."
"Oh, that's even more interesting." Jack teased, "A blacksmith asking for the help of a pirate, twice. You helped me to escape from the prison last time. But what will I get from helping you this time?"
"What can I give you?" Will murmured, defeated, "I am only a blacksmith and I don't own anything precious. I don't know what I can give you."
Jack smiled, "Actually, you have something I want."
Will looked up, spark of hope relived in his heart, "What is it I can give you?"
"You." Jack said.
"What? Me?" Will's eyes widened, confused and disgusted, "I did not know you have such an interest in men..."
"No! Not that! You, more specifically, your sword fighting skills." Jack shouted, his face became serious, "I have to admit that you are one of the people I know with the best sword fighting skills. I want you to join us."
"You want me to become a pirate?" Will frowned in confusion. Ever since he was young, he hated pirates wholeheartedly. Although he had changed some of his attitude toward pirates, especially towards Jack, after the Babossa event, it was beyond his imagination to become a pirate himself. He hesitated.
"I won't mind if you don't want to." Jack said lazily.
There were a few moments of silence.
"I remember you asked me how far I would go for Elizabeth." Will broke the silence, determination replaced the confusion in his eyes, "I told you I will die for her. Why can't I become a pirate for her?"
"Good!" Jack said, holding out a hand, "We got a deal!"
Will took Jack's hand and shook. He knew from that second, he would never be able to separate himself from pirates for the rest of his life... just like his father.
"And now," Jack said as he walked out of the room, "You would better get more rest while you can. With the speed of the Black Pearl, we should be in Port Royale in two days."
Will lied on the bed and stared at the low ceiling of the room. *So, that's the end of my life as a blacksmith and the beginning as a pirate... following father's footsteps...* he thought as he slowly drifted into the much-needed sleep.
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End of Chapter 4
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! There will be more actions in the next chapter! Stay tuned! ^-^
Please feel free to review and comment!
By Gozilla
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Thank you to all of you who left a review! I am terribly sorry that I am not good at measuring distances and time. Please don't mind! Sorry! ^-^
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Disclaimer: I don't own anything and I don't have anything. So don't sue me!
Please excuse my poor English. ^-^
Reviews are most welcomed!!
Enjoy!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 4 – A Deal
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~An hour later, in the healing room of the Black Pearl~
It took Jack and Gibbs almost an hour to clean and re-bandage the numerous wounds on Will's body. The old bandages, soaked with blood and seawater, were discarded on the floor.
"He was just a step away from his death." Gibbs put a wet towel over Will's forehead, trying to lower his furious fever, "Jack, what do you think had happened to the kid?"
"Get him to drink this." Jack poured a mug of water and handed it to Gibbs, "He is seriously dehydrated. He will die if we cannot get this into his system."
Jack collapsed into a chair on the other side of the room, "Those wounds are caused by whippings. They are severe, but it is the stab wound on his abdomen that I am concerned. It is deep and he has lost too much blood, not to mentioned the fever developed due to the infection to the wounds."
Gibbs supported Will's limp body, trying to help him to drink the water, "It is even more brutal than any pirate. Beating him to near dead and disposing a seriously injured man to the sea. I wonder who did this to the kid." he said before he return to help Will, who slowly drank the water in his unconscious state.
Jack settled comfortably on the chair, ready to sleep, "I guess we will have to wait for the kid to wake up in order to know the whole story. Now, at least I can have something to do apart from looking at the sea."
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~Two days later, in the healing room of the Black Pearl~
Will slowly regain his consciousness. The first thing to welcome him was pain. He felt as if there was intensive fire burning every inch of his skin, sending hot pain to his bone.
Will tried to get up, but his limbs were too weak to support him. He let out a soft moan as he fell back to the bed as sharp pain pierced every part of his body.
"Finally you are awake." came deep voice.
Will turned to the source of the voice, his eyes dazed and unfocused, "Jack?"
"Yes." Jack waited patiently for Will to focus, knowing that the blacksmith was very weak from his injuries.
With much effort, Will focused and looked around. He found himself in a strange environment. He was lying on a bed in a room with exceptionally low ceiling, lightened by a lamp hung to the ceiling. He was not sure if it was his imagination, but he felt the room was moving from side to side, as if it was floating on water.
"Jack?" Will asked weakly, "Where am I? Am I on a ship?"
"You are on the Black Pearl, kid." Jack said sitting comfortably on the chair, "What happened to you? You were almost dead when we found you floating on the sea. And all those whipping wounds and the stab wound, who did it to you?"
"What happened?" Will murmured, his clouded mind started to remember the whole incidence, "Elizabeth! Jack, when did you found me on the sea?" panic filled his voice.
"We picked you up from the sea two days ago." Jack said, raising one of his eyebrows, confused by the sudden panic of the blacksmith.
"Two days?" Will frowned in confusion, "Jack, what's the date today?"
"25 March." Jack answered.
"25 March?" Will shot up from the bed in shock, only to fall to the ground as his limbs failed to support him.
Jack was surprised by the sudden movement of Will, "Stay on bed, kid." he said as he helped Will to sit on the bed, "You have just started to recover from the injuries and dehydration. You don't have the strength to move around yet."
"I must return to Port Royale!" Will said, his face filled with worries and panic, "There are only two days left. I must return to Port Royale and save Elizabeth! Please, Jack, bring me back to the port."
"Tell me what is going on." Jack demanded, "Then I will decide where the ship goes."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~Half an hour later, in the healing room of the Black Pearl~
Will told Jack the whole story, from the conversation with Governor Swann and Commodore Norrington, to the conversation he barely caught just before he was being disposed to the sea.
"He stole Elizabeth and forced her to marry him by threatening to kill me." Will said, his voice filled with rage, "Which he actually tried to do so."
"Interesting." Jack murmured, "A great deputy commodore stealing the wife of a blacksmith. Not to mention framing up an innocent person and trying to kill him. Very interesting."
"It is not interesting." Will argued, anger filled his mind, "There is no way I am going to let him forcing Elizabeth to marry him!"
"But how are you going to do that?" Jack asked, looking at Will lazily, "You can't fight against a whole army by yourself even if you are all fit and well."
Will was speechless. He was so determined to save his wife that he did not think of how. "I know I cannot do it by myself." he lowered his head in defeat and whispered, "Jack, I need your help."
"Oh, that's even more interesting." Jack teased, "A blacksmith asking for the help of a pirate, twice. You helped me to escape from the prison last time. But what will I get from helping you this time?"
"What can I give you?" Will murmured, defeated, "I am only a blacksmith and I don't own anything precious. I don't know what I can give you."
Jack smiled, "Actually, you have something I want."
Will looked up, spark of hope relived in his heart, "What is it I can give you?"
"You." Jack said.
"What? Me?" Will's eyes widened, confused and disgusted, "I did not know you have such an interest in men..."
"No! Not that! You, more specifically, your sword fighting skills." Jack shouted, his face became serious, "I have to admit that you are one of the people I know with the best sword fighting skills. I want you to join us."
"You want me to become a pirate?" Will frowned in confusion. Ever since he was young, he hated pirates wholeheartedly. Although he had changed some of his attitude toward pirates, especially towards Jack, after the Babossa event, it was beyond his imagination to become a pirate himself. He hesitated.
"I won't mind if you don't want to." Jack said lazily.
There were a few moments of silence.
"I remember you asked me how far I would go for Elizabeth." Will broke the silence, determination replaced the confusion in his eyes, "I told you I will die for her. Why can't I become a pirate for her?"
"Good!" Jack said, holding out a hand, "We got a deal!"
Will took Jack's hand and shook. He knew from that second, he would never be able to separate himself from pirates for the rest of his life... just like his father.
"And now," Jack said as he walked out of the room, "You would better get more rest while you can. With the speed of the Black Pearl, we should be in Port Royale in two days."
Will lied on the bed and stared at the low ceiling of the room. *So, that's the end of my life as a blacksmith and the beginning as a pirate... following father's footsteps...* he thought as he slowly drifted into the much-needed sleep.
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End of Chapter 4
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! There will be more actions in the next chapter! Stay tuned! ^-^
Please feel free to review and comment!