Chapter 13. Will and Jack reunite.
The morning water lapped upon the small boats as the crew of the Black Pearl rowed into the already busy town of Tortuga. Jack looked behind him to Eponine who was laughing along with the rest of the crew, who were all happy to be on land again.
They reached the shore and like always Jack told them when they would be leaving. The men took off to their favorite pubs and whorehouses to do what they normally do even if it was early in the morning.
Jack had other things on his mind.
When all the men had left Jack looked at Eponine who still remained. "Eponine I need to tell you something."
Her smiling face went into a frown and it killed Jack inside. But she spoke with a calm voice, "What it is Captain?"
"Walk with me," he pointed towards the market. She nodded and followed him; they walked for about 20 minutes before he got up the courage to tell her. "Eponine I don' think it's a good idea for ye to be on me ship anymore. I think you're a wonderful woman and that 's why I think it would be a good idea for ye to look like and act likes one. Instead of hanging out with dirty ol' pirates, like myself, you disserve somethin' better, and I know who can help you."
He said it in one breath, and Eponine's faced dropped. "Did I do anything to make you think I don't want to be around you or the crew?"
"No, it's not like that."
"Then why do you think this? I love being on the ship and actually doing things with my life."
"Its not like you wouldn't be doing anything. I want to drop you off with a very good friend of mine in Port Royal. Her name is Eliza...."
"Jack? Jack!" Both Jack and Eponine whirled around to see a very pretty woman with her hands on her rounded tummy running toward them. She got up to them and Jack hugged her.
"Elizabeth what are you doing here?"
"Will and I are here to find you."
Jack looked at her like she had gone crazy, "Elizabeth, Will is dead." "Oh Jack not that Will, never mind it's too hard to explain let me show you. Hurry up we don't have a lot of time." All three of them walked very quickly into a dark alley, all they could see was the sillowets of each other. Elizabeth stopped at a door and knocked three times. A click was heard and the door was opened. They were pulled inside to a very bright room with many candles and oil lamps lit. And the door was then slammed behind them.
Jack looked around at the person who had opened the door, he couldn't believe his eyes it was an old version of Will. "Will?" he said softly, in disbelief.
"Not the Will you're thinking about but that's my name sure enough." He smiled held out his hand.
"Jack, Are you not going to take his hand?" Elizabeth said from where she was sitting in the corner knitting something, but Jack just stared at him.
"Huh?" Jack clicked back into reality. "Oh yeah, yeah!"
He looked "Will's" hand over very carefully and shook it.
"Nice to see you again Captain Jack Sparrow," Jack remembered that voice from along time ago.
"Boot strap?"
"Sure enough Captain." The man smiled.
The men laughed and slapped each other's backs.
"But wait," Jack stepped back. "How are you still alive?"
"Long story. You see..." Elizabeth coughed to interrupt him to get him back on track. "But that can wait. Jack you are in trouble, when I sent my son that gold piece I also sent him a map to the Chaz 'ex island..."
"You mean the Chinese Chaz 'ex island?"
"Aye. I've been around for along time watching over Will and Elizabeth..."
"Wait so if you watched over them, then how come Will is dead?"
"Because I couldn't interfere they would have known that I was alive then."
"Not if you killed the man first. You risked your own son's life for your own..." Jacks face got red and he stood up and started to leave.
"Please don't go I had my re..." Jack turned around and punched him in the face.
"Your reason's was only your greed. For your life and your money, and my best friend is dead because of it." He looked at Elizabeth and shook his head, "Eponine lets get out of here."
They started to leave when Will looked up, "Their going to kill you Jack and you know it."
"I can handle myself."
"That's what you think. They have a fleet of boats after you right now. They know you and my son were friends they know that you have the fastest ship and nothing is going to stop them from catching you and your crew and killing every last one of you."
"What makes you so sure?" Eponine finally spoke.
"Because love tis Percy Belle and his crew that's leading the fleet."
Jack's face dropped, "Are you sure?"
"Positive, he was the one who killed my son."
"What's your plan?"
"Better not say it until were on the Black Pearl. Wondering ears are a fickle thing."
"Aye smart thinking." Jack stood thinking. "Let's go then."
Both men walked out into the dark ally talking about how Will had survived all these years, as both women finally introduced themselves.
"I'm Eponine," Elizabeth looked at her a smiled.
"I'm Mrs. Elizabeth Turner," They curtsied. "Will you help me turn out the lights?"
"Sure," As they blew out the candles Elizabeth wondered, who was this young women? And was Jack in love with her? But as the last candle was blown out and they entered the alley she couldn't help herself but ask.
"So are you and Jack?..."
"Me and Jack?" Eponine started to laugh. "No Liz, I'm mean Mrs. Turner I'm one of his crew members. I was a stow-away from Singapore and he was kind enough not to throw me over board, As long as I cook and clean up."
"Oh...well he can be kind sometimes but other times..." Elizabeth thought of how he just left her on that dock that day.
They walked into the busy streets towards the docks following Jack and Will.
"So how far along?"
"Oh I don't know around 6 or 7 months I think," She didn't really know how far along she was, she almost forgot that she was pregnant these past few weeks.
"You don't know how far along you are? How can that be? You're the one pregnant."
"I know but I really don't know. I haven't been seen by a doctor for along time. I'm fine though."
"Well if you want me to check you..." Elizabeth looked at her almost horrified. "I helped my mothers labors for the last three sisters of mine. I know everything that you need to know."
"Well if I go into labor then yes you can help but I'm just fine, really." She smiled and looked ahead to find Jack and Will.
"So who is this... other Will?"
"He is... was my husband who was killed and the Will that you know is his father who is a pirate that was thrown over board with a cannon strapped onto his boot straps, after Jack was marooned on an island, and he hasn't been seen anywhere since."
"So this Will knew Jack before your husband Will?
"Yes."
"And your late husband was his best friend?"
"Yes."
"Then it's like they've been reunited."
"Excuse me?"
"You know, both Will's and Captain Jack have been reunited."
The morning water lapped upon the small boats as the crew of the Black Pearl rowed into the already busy town of Tortuga. Jack looked behind him to Eponine who was laughing along with the rest of the crew, who were all happy to be on land again.
They reached the shore and like always Jack told them when they would be leaving. The men took off to their favorite pubs and whorehouses to do what they normally do even if it was early in the morning.
Jack had other things on his mind.
When all the men had left Jack looked at Eponine who still remained. "Eponine I need to tell you something."
Her smiling face went into a frown and it killed Jack inside. But she spoke with a calm voice, "What it is Captain?"
"Walk with me," he pointed towards the market. She nodded and followed him; they walked for about 20 minutes before he got up the courage to tell her. "Eponine I don' think it's a good idea for ye to be on me ship anymore. I think you're a wonderful woman and that 's why I think it would be a good idea for ye to look like and act likes one. Instead of hanging out with dirty ol' pirates, like myself, you disserve somethin' better, and I know who can help you."
He said it in one breath, and Eponine's faced dropped. "Did I do anything to make you think I don't want to be around you or the crew?"
"No, it's not like that."
"Then why do you think this? I love being on the ship and actually doing things with my life."
"Its not like you wouldn't be doing anything. I want to drop you off with a very good friend of mine in Port Royal. Her name is Eliza...."
"Jack? Jack!" Both Jack and Eponine whirled around to see a very pretty woman with her hands on her rounded tummy running toward them. She got up to them and Jack hugged her.
"Elizabeth what are you doing here?"
"Will and I are here to find you."
Jack looked at her like she had gone crazy, "Elizabeth, Will is dead." "Oh Jack not that Will, never mind it's too hard to explain let me show you. Hurry up we don't have a lot of time." All three of them walked very quickly into a dark alley, all they could see was the sillowets of each other. Elizabeth stopped at a door and knocked three times. A click was heard and the door was opened. They were pulled inside to a very bright room with many candles and oil lamps lit. And the door was then slammed behind them.
Jack looked around at the person who had opened the door, he couldn't believe his eyes it was an old version of Will. "Will?" he said softly, in disbelief.
"Not the Will you're thinking about but that's my name sure enough." He smiled held out his hand.
"Jack, Are you not going to take his hand?" Elizabeth said from where she was sitting in the corner knitting something, but Jack just stared at him.
"Huh?" Jack clicked back into reality. "Oh yeah, yeah!"
He looked "Will's" hand over very carefully and shook it.
"Nice to see you again Captain Jack Sparrow," Jack remembered that voice from along time ago.
"Boot strap?"
"Sure enough Captain." The man smiled.
The men laughed and slapped each other's backs.
"But wait," Jack stepped back. "How are you still alive?"
"Long story. You see..." Elizabeth coughed to interrupt him to get him back on track. "But that can wait. Jack you are in trouble, when I sent my son that gold piece I also sent him a map to the Chaz 'ex island..."
"You mean the Chinese Chaz 'ex island?"
"Aye. I've been around for along time watching over Will and Elizabeth..."
"Wait so if you watched over them, then how come Will is dead?"
"Because I couldn't interfere they would have known that I was alive then."
"Not if you killed the man first. You risked your own son's life for your own..." Jacks face got red and he stood up and started to leave.
"Please don't go I had my re..." Jack turned around and punched him in the face.
"Your reason's was only your greed. For your life and your money, and my best friend is dead because of it." He looked at Elizabeth and shook his head, "Eponine lets get out of here."
They started to leave when Will looked up, "Their going to kill you Jack and you know it."
"I can handle myself."
"That's what you think. They have a fleet of boats after you right now. They know you and my son were friends they know that you have the fastest ship and nothing is going to stop them from catching you and your crew and killing every last one of you."
"What makes you so sure?" Eponine finally spoke.
"Because love tis Percy Belle and his crew that's leading the fleet."
Jack's face dropped, "Are you sure?"
"Positive, he was the one who killed my son."
"What's your plan?"
"Better not say it until were on the Black Pearl. Wondering ears are a fickle thing."
"Aye smart thinking." Jack stood thinking. "Let's go then."
Both men walked out into the dark ally talking about how Will had survived all these years, as both women finally introduced themselves.
"I'm Eponine," Elizabeth looked at her a smiled.
"I'm Mrs. Elizabeth Turner," They curtsied. "Will you help me turn out the lights?"
"Sure," As they blew out the candles Elizabeth wondered, who was this young women? And was Jack in love with her? But as the last candle was blown out and they entered the alley she couldn't help herself but ask.
"So are you and Jack?..."
"Me and Jack?" Eponine started to laugh. "No Liz, I'm mean Mrs. Turner I'm one of his crew members. I was a stow-away from Singapore and he was kind enough not to throw me over board, As long as I cook and clean up."
"Oh...well he can be kind sometimes but other times..." Elizabeth thought of how he just left her on that dock that day.
They walked into the busy streets towards the docks following Jack and Will.
"So how far along?"
"Oh I don't know around 6 or 7 months I think," She didn't really know how far along she was, she almost forgot that she was pregnant these past few weeks.
"You don't know how far along you are? How can that be? You're the one pregnant."
"I know but I really don't know. I haven't been seen by a doctor for along time. I'm fine though."
"Well if you want me to check you..." Elizabeth looked at her almost horrified. "I helped my mothers labors for the last three sisters of mine. I know everything that you need to know."
"Well if I go into labor then yes you can help but I'm just fine, really." She smiled and looked ahead to find Jack and Will.
"So who is this... other Will?"
"He is... was my husband who was killed and the Will that you know is his father who is a pirate that was thrown over board with a cannon strapped onto his boot straps, after Jack was marooned on an island, and he hasn't been seen anywhere since."
"So this Will knew Jack before your husband Will?
"Yes."
"And your late husband was his best friend?"
"Yes."
"Then it's like they've been reunited."
"Excuse me?"
"You know, both Will's and Captain Jack have been reunited."