As she walked up on deck she saw Dom coming toward her. "Dom!
What are you doing here?" Elsa whispered.
The Black Pearl was docked in Port Royal again, and all the crew was
out on the town-presumably getting drunk. If Dom were to pick the
worst time to show up it would be now.
"My father's here; you have to get Captain Sparrow to leave,
Elsa," he said hurriedly.
"What?
But Will and Jimmy-they're downstairs and Jack's out there with the
crew somewhere and-what am I gonna do? What can I do?" Elsa was
talking quickly and starting to sound desperate. Dom wrapped his arms
around her and held her close.
"Ssh,"
he said quietly. "We'll be fine. I'll stall my father while you
and Jack leave. It'll all be alright." He kissed her. "Trust
me?"
"Yes..." Elsa
smiled. "Always."
"Aw...now
that is lovely. But I really don't have time for any of your silly
romances."
Elsa and Dom turned to
see Charles Andrews standing before them, glaring menacingly.
"How did you-?" Dom started, standing between his father
and Elsa.
"Oh, boy!" said
Andrews, aggravated. "I knew ever since that night in Tortuga.
Don't you remember? I've been shadowing you all these many months,"
he said happily.
"You used us to
get to Jack!" Elsa yelled hotly.
"Precisely," Andrews smiled. He retrieved his pistol from
his belt and aimed it at the pair. Dom stood protectively in front of
Elsa. "Move aside boy," he threatened.
"No!"
Andrews fired a shot
above their heads. "Move!"
Elsa pushed Dom aside and stepped forward.
"Smart lass," he smiled coldly. "Now tell me where
your Da is."
"Not here,"
she replied icily. "Somewhere in town maybe. Could be leagues
away from here for all we know."
"What's all the fuss about?" Danielle asked, emerging from
below decks, Jimmy following close behind her.
"Lovely, more children to deal with," Andrews groaned.
"Who are you?" Jimmy asked,
eyeing Andrews suspiciously.
"Jimmy,
let it go, I've got it under control," cautioned Elsa.
"I don't have time for this," Andrews growled. He took his
sword from its' sheath and raised it in the air.
Jimmy drew his own sword and yelled, "Who are you and what do
you want?"
"You have no idea
who you are dealing with young man! I am Captain Charles Andrews, and
if you don't sheath that sword of yours, I'll run you through!"
he threatened.
"Jimmy, don't,"
Danielle whispered behind him.
"Yes,
Jimmy, listen to the wench: don't," Andrews mocked.
Danielle glared at him.
"Leave her
out of this," warned Jimmy.
"Do
you want to battle me, boy?" Andrews half laughed.
"Jimmy," Elsa groaned. "Nice goin'..."
Jimmy raised his sword to Andrews'. "Let's go."
"Jimmy, no!" Danielle protested.
"Too late," Dom observed.
Jimmy
was no match for the pirate captain, and soon got himself into
trouble; his sword was knocked out his hand and he was caught between
Andrews and the mast.
"Jimmy!"
Danielle screamed as Andrews raised his blade.
Before the sword made contact with Jimmy, though, another blade
interfered with the heavy blow. Dom strained to stay his father's
sword with his own, trying to give Jimmy time to retrieve his weapon.
But even Dom couldn't match the captain's strength. Andrews pushed
Dom backwards, driving him into the railings of the ship. He fell
with a thud onto the deck.
Andrews then
turned back to Jimmy and, with a quick movement, stabbed him through
the middle before he could reach his sword.
"Whoa," Elsa thought and took
a step back. "Holy hell..."
"Jimmy!" Danielle shrieked, running to his side. She took
him in her arms and began to sob. "Jimmy," she whispered
and took Jimmy's hand in hers. "Jim-"
"Ssh," Jimmy strained a smile. "I love you, Danielle.
But I don't want you to worry about me..."
"No...I can't go on without you. I love you."
"I love you. And yes you will. You have to. Please, Danielle.
Don't-" he stopped to take a sharp breath. "Don't worry
about me."
"Jimmy...no...please..."
"I...love you."
"No..."
"Promise me..."
he whispered hoarsely. "Promise me you'll...go..."
"Jimmy?" Danielle shook him lightly. "What
Jimmy?"
But James Norrington the
second was never able to finished his sentence.
"What pitiful stuff," muttered Captain Andrews, and turned
away from them.
"No!" Danielle
screamed. "No!" she grabbed Jimmy's fallen sword and lunged
at Andrews.
"Why you-!" He
took a hidden knife from his sleeve and stabbed Danielle through the
arm.
"Danielle!" Elsa yelled.
"Dammit!" She caught her as Danielle fell out of shock.
"Dom! Take her!"
Danielle
pushed him away and sank beside Jimmy's body, his head in her lap.
Tears began to flow again from Danielle's eyes as she looked down at
him.
Dom tore the sleeve of his shirt
and began wrapping her wound as Elsa confronted Andrews.
Elsa's voice shook with anger as she said, "You kill one of my
friends and you attack my best friend." She drew her sword and
spoke again. "It's my turn."
"Come on girl!" he yelled at her, quite annoyed with all
these young people around him. "Where is Sparrow?"
She didn't answer.
Andrews glared at
her. "You won't tell me? Fine. Boys," he motioned towards a
few men behind him. "Escort Miss Sparrow to the dining room.
We'll have to sort this matter out privately."
At his command, two men dragged Elsa to
Jack's room and threw her into a chair, then stood by the door. Dom
tried to follow.
"And someone may
want to hold the boy down," he added, looking at Dom. Another
two pirates held Dom back, who was now looking at his father with
vengeful eyes. "It looks like he's getting angry, and might do
something," he paused and stared hard at him before finishing,
"stupid." With that he strode to the cabin to further
interrogate Elsa.
