AN: Deepest apologies for this long gap between the updates. My computer crashed, I had two important exams, a writers-block and the worst January of my live. But now I'm back. I even started another PotC story.

Chapter 5 - Wind in the sails

Will and Elizabeth are both sitting in their own boat, not sure what to do. They had half expected that nothing was going to be wrong with Jack, 'cause had he not proven already that he had an ability to get in and out of trouble in an amazing speed?

"Have you ever heard of a captain Toomey before, Elizabeth? I mean… why would Ana Maria and Gibbs want to work for anyone else than Jack?"

"I don't believe they actually work for Toomey, Will… there was something in Ana Maria's eyes that said something else... I think there is something more wrong than we ever dreamed there was."

"We need to find Jack."

Slowly Elizabeth nods her head. "Indeed we must. But were do we need to look? I can't imagine he works under the command of that Toomey guy. Maybe he has got himself another ship?"

Will sighs. "Do you really believe that Liz? That Jack would give up on his beloved Pearl."

Elizabeth stares to the ground and shakes her head. "Not really" she whispers, "but it's good to hope."

Will sighs. "Too bad Norrington isn't here. He might have known what to do…" Now Will was here in Port Maison he wasn't so sure anymore what to do. During the whole adventure with the Curse it had been Jack who had dragged him along in his own unique way and when Will had tried to save Jack it had been easier than it looked: the crew of the Black Pearl had already been close to Port Royal as if they weren't sure what to do without their real captain. But now? He was completely lost. Jack would have known what to do. He was convinced about that. Jack probably had started already with one of the most bizarre plans ever, that in the end worked out as well. He was just like a cat, always falling on his paws without any real damage.

"Shall I go back tomorrow? To see Toomey?"

"I don't know." Silently Will curses himself. Jack had said that piracy was in his blood: why didn't it show up then? Why didn't he had some cunning plan?

"I begin to fear that something very bad has happened to Jack… he might even be…" Elizabeth doesn't continue her sentence, but they both know what she wanted to say.

"I don't believe that!" cries Will a little harsher than he intended. "That man cheated death more times than we will probably ever know. I just do-- "

"Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!"

In complete shock stare Will and Liz each other in the eyes before jumping on their feet in almost the same time. Immediately they notice the infamous parrot from Mr. Cotton, who is making himself comfortable on some robes lying on the wall.

"Wind in the sails!" the bird looks with surprisingly intelligent eyes at the blacksmith and governor's daughter and then they notice something attached to one of his paws.

"Is that what I think it is?"

Careful not to scare the bird away Will approaches him and spots a little piece of parchment. Will there finally be some answers to the riddles?

When Will sees that the bird is not going to get scared away he takes away the parchment. Almost immediately the parrot flies away again, back to his owner.

Will jumps up when Elizabeth puts her hand on his shoulder, he has not realized that he spent the last couple of seconds staring at the parchment in his hands, not daring to look further.

"Will?"

"Yes, Elizabeth. I shall take a look."



Scared for what he may find he unfolds it. The text that is written on it is written in a bit of an odd style as if the writer had not written anything in years. The letters ran into each other and spats of ink were found everywhere. But still Will could read easily what it said, although in the beginning his hands shook a bit too much to read properly. Over his shoulder Elizabeth reads along.

Miss Elizabet and will

ol Jack would not want you to get yerselves into trouble for him so you better go home and forget it. Jack is right now inside the ford and as long as we stay on the Pearl he will stay allright. Toomey is not someone you two want as enemy. Jack knows him from before curse, before I met him as well. Think of the code, we have fallen behind and should be left behind.

Gibbs

Will reads the note several times before he dares to speak up. "We are not going."

Elizabeth smiles. "Indeed we are not."

"Good."

~*~

"Alright. Let's gather all the information that we have about Toomey and Jack and than make a plan. Jack knows Toomey from before the entire thing with Barbossa. From what we don't know, but I bet it has got to do with ships. Toomey seems to hate Jack, but I'm sure he's not the only one. Toomey has got Jack, the Pearl and the crew. Is that all we know?"

"Jack is inside the Ford."

"Indeed. Liz, I had almost forgotten that rather important piece of information."

"We are going to get him out." It was not even a question from Elizabeth. Now she was here she knew that was the only option left to do.

Will only nods. He's deep in thought thinking on about the 'how'. How are they going to get Jack out? Slowly little pieces start to get together and a plan starts to form.

"Elizabeth? You need to stay Alan Smith for a little longer."

~*~

Night has fallen over Port Maison. Will and Elizabeth have spent their time preparing for the grand plan. Elizabeth had fully turned back into her male ego, Alan Smith, because a female sailor still caught a little bit too much attention.

The only real hole in their plan was that they had no clue were in the ford Jack would be. They had put all their hopes on the fact that most fords were build according to the same plan and a governors daughter certainly knew were in a ford the prisoners were kept. Using the various shadows for cover the two approach the ford. There is one porch where they need to get through and when they are near enough to see the two guards Elizabeth roles her eyes. Men are so predictable. The two are fast asleep.

"Great guards," whispers Will under his breath and Liz only grins. When she was a little girl she had escaped in the middle of the night out of the governors house by sneaking past the sleeping guards at least a hundred times. Than she thinks of something and grasps Will's shoulder.

"Will!" she hisses. "We need to take care of those guards."

First Will only stares motionless at her, and Elizabeth roles her eyes again. Really, Will could be naïve at times!

"We don't know in what kind of state Jack is when we find him and do you want to care him past two sleeping guards? Isn't that a tiny bit pushing our luck?"

"Gibbs said Jack was all right as long as they stayed on the Pearl," Will whispers in reply, carefully looking around for any signs of awake guards.

"Have you learned nothing from Jack? Since when do you trust a pirate?"

Will is silent for a little while before he answers back. "Your right." Without spilling more time they carefully sneak up onto the two guards and knock them unconscious with two heavy branches. Only a little more time is spilled with carefully tying up the two guards with robes they had taken along with them for their grand plan.

With his sword in his hands opens Will the porch, but he doesn't hear what he fears. Only silence and the sound of the ocean in the background. After Elizabeth entered as well, he closes the door behind him, to avoid that curious eyes will discover them.

"Well… at least we're inside now."

Somewhere he seems to hear somebody singing, although he cannot tell for sure.

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