Change of Wind
By Gozilla
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 7 – Beginning of the Life as a Pirate
Two days later, in a guest room in the Governor's mansion
Elizabeth sat quietly on a chair beside a large bed. On the bed laid her husband, his battered body heavily bandaged and burning with a high fever. There was a deep red bruise mark around his neck as a horrific reminder of how close he came across death's doorway. It has been two days since the end of the whole ordeal.
To everyone's relief, except for Hurst, Will managed to stay alive after being hung for around ten seconds before Jack's bullet snapped the rope and released the blacksmith from the embrace of death.
However, Will remained unconscious and a high fever developed due to the numerous injuries all over his body. Elizabeth stayed beside Will all the time, trying to bring down the fever by placing clean wet cloth on his forehead.
"You need to rest." came the voice of Governor Swann from the door.
"I am not tired, father." Elizabeth replied, not turning to face the visitor.
"Yes, you are, my daughter." Governor Swann approached, "You have not slept for two days and two nights looking after Will. You can't go on like this."
"But I can't leave Will in his condition." Elizabeth whispered, tears threatening to fall, "Doctors said that he may not wake up or even survive the injuries." she turned to her father, "Father, how can I live without him?"
Governor Swann embraced his daughter gently, "I am sure he will make it, Elizabeth. We all know that Will is a strong man. He even survived in the hands of the cursed crews of the Black Pearl only a few months ago. I am sure he will make it. Come on, I will take you to your room. You need to sleep and rest." he said as he gently helped his daughter to her feet.
Feeling totally exhausted, Elizabeth looked at Will, who showed no sign of consciousness, before following her father to leave the room.
Moments after the two left the room, the door crack-opened and a figure slipped into Will's room soundlessly.
It was Jack. He looked around to make sure no one else was in the room and approached Will.
Jack took out a small old bottle from his wore jacket. He unplugged the bottle and took a small sniff of the liquid contained in the bottle. He winced deeply as he took the bottle away immediately, as if the smell of the liquid hurt his nose.
Jack sat at the edge of Will's bed and put the mouth of the bottle right under the blacksmith's nose. After only about ten seconds, a deep frown appeared on Will's face. Slowly he stirred and half-opened his eyes. Confused, he whispered weakly, "What the..."
"Welcome back, sleeping beauty." Jack took away the bottle and re-plugged it.
"Jack?" Will was even more confused to see his friend. He looked around the room, "Where am I? What... what happened? I thought you left..." his weak whisper was barely audible to the pirate captain.
"You were being hanged, remember?" Jack took away the blanket covering Will and briefly inspected his wounds, "I shot at the rope before your heart stops beating. The commodore and the governor took care of Hurst. My part of the deal is done."
"How... I thought they won't be back in weeks..." Will said breathlessly as sharp pain assaulted him from all around his body.
"Cos' I found them." Jack said casually.
Flashback
Three days earlier, in the open sea
"It has been over two week and still we can't find any trace of the pirates." Governor Swann said, looking over to the sea on the deck of the Dauntless.
"Yes, Governor." Commodore Norrington said, "The speed of the pirate ship is extraordinary. This confirms my suspicious that we are actually going after the Black Pearl."
"I see." Governor Swann looked at Norrington, "So, Commodore, what are you planning to do if we catch up with the Black Pearl."
"I have not decided yet." Norrington answered with a rare tone of hesitation, "I wish to further investigate the case before any decision is made."
"I see." Governor Swann said, with a smile on his face. He knew that, even though Norrington would never admit it, the Commodore had accepted that there were good men among pirates, Jack Sparrow as one of them.
Suddenly, a loud shout came from the watch-out of the ship, "Pirate ship!"
"Get ready for battle!" Norrington commanded. He knew that, even if he was quite certain it was the Black Pearl they were after, he could not risk the lives of his men by letting his guard down. He would show no hesitation to attack if the pirate ship shows any sign of hostility to the Dauntless and its crew.
"White flag!" came the voice from above.
"What?" Norrington asked, confused.
"A white flag is raised on the pirate ship!"
Norrington ran towards the bridge of the ship and looked at the approaching pirate ship. Immediately he recognised it as the famous Black Pearl, with a white flag hanging just below the pirate flag.
"Hold all fire!" Norrington commended, "But do not let down your guard!"
Slowly, the Black Pearl approached the Dauntless. Everyone on the Dauntless, including Norrington and Governor Swann, was extremely nervous, their guns and swords ready for any attack.
But there was no attack.
"Hey, pretty face!" came a familiar voice, "Don't fire! I have to talk to you!"
Norrington and Governor Swann looked at each other. The name of the same person came to their mind at the same time – Jack Sparrow!
Jack's stood over the bridge of the Black Pearl and yelled, "Hey Norrington, I need to talk to you!"
Norrington frowned in annoyance. Though he had accepted the fact that Jack was a very different pirate from the others, as a government official, he didn't want to be associated with a pirate in any way.
"What do you want?" Norrington shouted, "I have nothing to discuss with you."
"It's about a certain blacksmith." Jack shouted, "And the daughter of the person standing next to you."
Norrington and Governor Swann exchanged an anxiety look, having a bad feeling about Jack statement.
"Sparrow!" Norrington shouted, "You will come to the Dauntless, alone."
End of flashback
"I told them what happened." Jack said. He took an apple on the table casually and started eating it, "I took the two of them to the port with the Black Pearl as that gigantic ship will take ages to return. By then, you will certainly be dead."
Will looked at Jack, amused by the daring actions taken by the pirate captain. "Thank you." Will said, "I am sorry for giving so much trouble to you. Now that you have done your part of the deal, I will fulfil my promise to you."
Jack looked at Will with his steely eyes, "There will be no return once you become a pirate. Are you sure you won't regret?"
"No." Will answered, "And we will leave now."
"Now??" Jack asked, surprised.
"Yes, now. I can't face them any more." Will replied, looking embarrassed, "But I need your help... I don't think I can even stand by myself..."
Three hour later, on the Black Pearl in open sea
Will opened his eyes. To his surprise, he found himself on the Black Pearl. "Why can't I remember how I get on to the ship?" he murmured to himself, he couldn't even remember how he got out of the Governor's mansion with the help of Jack.
"Because you passed out soon after we left your room." Jack walked into the small healing room, "I had a really hard time sneaking out of the mansion while you have your beauty sleep."
Will looked at the sky through the small window of the room. Sadness filled his eyes, "I guess it is the end of my life being a blacksmith. How I wish I could have the courage to say my final goodbye to Elizabeth..."
"You don't have to." came a familiar voice from the door of the room.
Shocked, Will turned to look at the door and saw a person standing there. His battered body tensed at the shock.
Elizabeth, who was in full pirate dress, stood at the door, smiling, "Do you think you can get rid of me that easily?"
"What? Elizabeth?" Will's eyes widened in surprise, "But how..."
"She caught both of us on our way out of the mansion." Jack sighed in defeat, "She threatened to call the guards if I don't take her along. Will, you have got yourself a really tough wife."
Elizabeth sat on the edge of Will's bed. She stroke Will's hair gently and said, "How could you just leave like that after all you have done for me?"
"But..." Will hesitated, looking away to avoid eye contact, "I don't worth to be your husband, not as a pirate..."
Elizabeth gently cupped Will's face with her hands, "You are more than worthy to be my husband. And I will follow you wherever you go, regardless if you are a blacksmith or a pirate."
Will relaxed and slowly fell into the embrace of the much needed sleep, knowing that he would not have to face his new life alone.
The End
A thousand sorry's for my historical delay in updating! Almost a month!!! I feel so ashamed of myself!! I was totally crushed by all the studies, work, and personal things happened, happening, and will happen around me! Sigh... And be honest, I am not happy with this story. As some of you have mentioned in your kind reviews, it is too rush. My apologies to all of you!!
I have started working on my second LOTR fic (AU), a sequel to "Sacrifice".
Preview : Legolas Greenleaf, as the second prince of Mirkwood, was destined to be the protector and the assassin of the crown prince and the royal family. His first major task before his elder brother to be crowned as the crown prince was to eliminate any potential enemies to the future crown prince. But what if the "potential enemies" were the House of Elrond?
Stay tuned! -
By Gozilla
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 7 – Beginning of the Life as a Pirate
Two days later, in a guest room in the Governor's mansion
Elizabeth sat quietly on a chair beside a large bed. On the bed laid her husband, his battered body heavily bandaged and burning with a high fever. There was a deep red bruise mark around his neck as a horrific reminder of how close he came across death's doorway. It has been two days since the end of the whole ordeal.
To everyone's relief, except for Hurst, Will managed to stay alive after being hung for around ten seconds before Jack's bullet snapped the rope and released the blacksmith from the embrace of death.
However, Will remained unconscious and a high fever developed due to the numerous injuries all over his body. Elizabeth stayed beside Will all the time, trying to bring down the fever by placing clean wet cloth on his forehead.
"You need to rest." came the voice of Governor Swann from the door.
"I am not tired, father." Elizabeth replied, not turning to face the visitor.
"Yes, you are, my daughter." Governor Swann approached, "You have not slept for two days and two nights looking after Will. You can't go on like this."
"But I can't leave Will in his condition." Elizabeth whispered, tears threatening to fall, "Doctors said that he may not wake up or even survive the injuries." she turned to her father, "Father, how can I live without him?"
Governor Swann embraced his daughter gently, "I am sure he will make it, Elizabeth. We all know that Will is a strong man. He even survived in the hands of the cursed crews of the Black Pearl only a few months ago. I am sure he will make it. Come on, I will take you to your room. You need to sleep and rest." he said as he gently helped his daughter to her feet.
Feeling totally exhausted, Elizabeth looked at Will, who showed no sign of consciousness, before following her father to leave the room.
Moments after the two left the room, the door crack-opened and a figure slipped into Will's room soundlessly.
It was Jack. He looked around to make sure no one else was in the room and approached Will.
Jack took out a small old bottle from his wore jacket. He unplugged the bottle and took a small sniff of the liquid contained in the bottle. He winced deeply as he took the bottle away immediately, as if the smell of the liquid hurt his nose.
Jack sat at the edge of Will's bed and put the mouth of the bottle right under the blacksmith's nose. After only about ten seconds, a deep frown appeared on Will's face. Slowly he stirred and half-opened his eyes. Confused, he whispered weakly, "What the..."
"Welcome back, sleeping beauty." Jack took away the bottle and re-plugged it.
"Jack?" Will was even more confused to see his friend. He looked around the room, "Where am I? What... what happened? I thought you left..." his weak whisper was barely audible to the pirate captain.
"You were being hanged, remember?" Jack took away the blanket covering Will and briefly inspected his wounds, "I shot at the rope before your heart stops beating. The commodore and the governor took care of Hurst. My part of the deal is done."
"How... I thought they won't be back in weeks..." Will said breathlessly as sharp pain assaulted him from all around his body.
"Cos' I found them." Jack said casually.
Flashback
Three days earlier, in the open sea
"It has been over two week and still we can't find any trace of the pirates." Governor Swann said, looking over to the sea on the deck of the Dauntless.
"Yes, Governor." Commodore Norrington said, "The speed of the pirate ship is extraordinary. This confirms my suspicious that we are actually going after the Black Pearl."
"I see." Governor Swann looked at Norrington, "So, Commodore, what are you planning to do if we catch up with the Black Pearl."
"I have not decided yet." Norrington answered with a rare tone of hesitation, "I wish to further investigate the case before any decision is made."
"I see." Governor Swann said, with a smile on his face. He knew that, even though Norrington would never admit it, the Commodore had accepted that there were good men among pirates, Jack Sparrow as one of them.
Suddenly, a loud shout came from the watch-out of the ship, "Pirate ship!"
"Get ready for battle!" Norrington commanded. He knew that, even if he was quite certain it was the Black Pearl they were after, he could not risk the lives of his men by letting his guard down. He would show no hesitation to attack if the pirate ship shows any sign of hostility to the Dauntless and its crew.
"White flag!" came the voice from above.
"What?" Norrington asked, confused.
"A white flag is raised on the pirate ship!"
Norrington ran towards the bridge of the ship and looked at the approaching pirate ship. Immediately he recognised it as the famous Black Pearl, with a white flag hanging just below the pirate flag.
"Hold all fire!" Norrington commended, "But do not let down your guard!"
Slowly, the Black Pearl approached the Dauntless. Everyone on the Dauntless, including Norrington and Governor Swann, was extremely nervous, their guns and swords ready for any attack.
But there was no attack.
"Hey, pretty face!" came a familiar voice, "Don't fire! I have to talk to you!"
Norrington and Governor Swann looked at each other. The name of the same person came to their mind at the same time – Jack Sparrow!
Jack's stood over the bridge of the Black Pearl and yelled, "Hey Norrington, I need to talk to you!"
Norrington frowned in annoyance. Though he had accepted the fact that Jack was a very different pirate from the others, as a government official, he didn't want to be associated with a pirate in any way.
"What do you want?" Norrington shouted, "I have nothing to discuss with you."
"It's about a certain blacksmith." Jack shouted, "And the daughter of the person standing next to you."
Norrington and Governor Swann exchanged an anxiety look, having a bad feeling about Jack statement.
"Sparrow!" Norrington shouted, "You will come to the Dauntless, alone."
End of flashback
"I told them what happened." Jack said. He took an apple on the table casually and started eating it, "I took the two of them to the port with the Black Pearl as that gigantic ship will take ages to return. By then, you will certainly be dead."
Will looked at Jack, amused by the daring actions taken by the pirate captain. "Thank you." Will said, "I am sorry for giving so much trouble to you. Now that you have done your part of the deal, I will fulfil my promise to you."
Jack looked at Will with his steely eyes, "There will be no return once you become a pirate. Are you sure you won't regret?"
"No." Will answered, "And we will leave now."
"Now??" Jack asked, surprised.
"Yes, now. I can't face them any more." Will replied, looking embarrassed, "But I need your help... I don't think I can even stand by myself..."
Three hour later, on the Black Pearl in open sea
Will opened his eyes. To his surprise, he found himself on the Black Pearl. "Why can't I remember how I get on to the ship?" he murmured to himself, he couldn't even remember how he got out of the Governor's mansion with the help of Jack.
"Because you passed out soon after we left your room." Jack walked into the small healing room, "I had a really hard time sneaking out of the mansion while you have your beauty sleep."
Will looked at the sky through the small window of the room. Sadness filled his eyes, "I guess it is the end of my life being a blacksmith. How I wish I could have the courage to say my final goodbye to Elizabeth..."
"You don't have to." came a familiar voice from the door of the room.
Shocked, Will turned to look at the door and saw a person standing there. His battered body tensed at the shock.
Elizabeth, who was in full pirate dress, stood at the door, smiling, "Do you think you can get rid of me that easily?"
"What? Elizabeth?" Will's eyes widened in surprise, "But how..."
"She caught both of us on our way out of the mansion." Jack sighed in defeat, "She threatened to call the guards if I don't take her along. Will, you have got yourself a really tough wife."
Elizabeth sat on the edge of Will's bed. She stroke Will's hair gently and said, "How could you just leave like that after all you have done for me?"
"But..." Will hesitated, looking away to avoid eye contact, "I don't worth to be your husband, not as a pirate..."
Elizabeth gently cupped Will's face with her hands, "You are more than worthy to be my husband. And I will follow you wherever you go, regardless if you are a blacksmith or a pirate."
Will relaxed and slowly fell into the embrace of the much needed sleep, knowing that he would not have to face his new life alone.
The End
A thousand sorry's for my historical delay in updating! Almost a month!!! I feel so ashamed of myself!! I was totally crushed by all the studies, work, and personal things happened, happening, and will happen around me! Sigh... And be honest, I am not happy with this story. As some of you have mentioned in your kind reviews, it is too rush. My apologies to all of you!!
I have started working on my second LOTR fic (AU), a sequel to "Sacrifice".
Preview : Legolas Greenleaf, as the second prince of Mirkwood, was destined to be the protector and the assassin of the crown prince and the royal family. His first major task before his elder brother to be crowned as the crown prince was to eliminate any potential enemies to the future crown prince. But what if the "potential enemies" were the House of Elrond?
Stay tuned! -