(A/N) This is it last chapter, third one will be under this same name, so chapter 19, will be actually chapter one of the third installment! I hope you enjoyed it!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!
Elizabeth slept comfortable for the first time in months, no nightmares, no tossing, no turning, she was so sound asleep that she didn't notice someone walk into the cabin.
Will watched Elizabeth sleep, and noticed she was with child, which would make taking her a bit more difficult. As Will's crew rounded up Jack's crew, Will took the time to look around the cabin. As he walked over to the vanity and opened the drawer he found some clothes for the baby and pulled them out, clothes and a blanket. As he went in the drawer again he pulled out a small bundle, it was his bandana he wore when he faced off with Barbossa, but he felt something else. As he undid the cloth he saw the engagement ring he gave to Elizabeth, he clenched the ring in his fist. Will then looked at Elizabeth, it was time.
"Elizabeth…" Will whispered.
"Jack?" Elizabeth said sleepily. When Elizabeth opened her eyes she let out a scream. Will put his hand over her mouth to silence her.
"Listen to me Elizabeth, I am going to remove my hand, if you scream it will be most unbeneficial to you." Will then removed his hand and Elizabeth sat in silence.
"How did you get free?" Elizabeth asked breathing heavily.
"The Commodore let me go, no evidence, and no record. He had no choice, just as you have none." Will then grabbed her arm and pulled her out of bed.
"Where are you taking me?" Elizabeth asked.
"There is a merchant ship which has agreed to take me and the crew out of Port Royal to Tortuga." Elizabeth's mind raced, where was Jack, Jasper, the crew, why could no one save her? So Elizabeth took fate into her own hands, she broke free from Will's grasp and grabbed her sword.
"I am not going anywhere." Elizabeth said. Will took out his sword.
"Elizabeth, rethink this…you are with child…" Elizabeth then slowly put down her sword. Will then quickly rushed her and slammed her against the wall, Elizabeth gasped in pain.
"Walk." Will then grabbed her arm and forced her to walk. Elizabeth struggled as they were walking past the table Elizabeth pulled from his arm and Will lost his grip. Elizabeth fell right onto a chair which fell on the floor. Elizabeth curled into a ball on the floor and cried out in pain, her stomach had directly collided with the chair. Will yanked her up and pushed her out the door until she fell on the deck. Elizabeth saw her crew bound and being held back by Will's crew. Elizabeth cried in pain, she saw blood pouring from her legs on the deck.
Jacob watched the whole scene, they were attacked while their defenses were down, he had no time to warn Elizabeth. Now she was lying on the deck in obvious signs of pain, blood pouring from her legs, he had seen another woman go through the same thing, his mother, when he was young his mother had miscarried a baby at about the same time as Elizabeth, his mother never recovered and eventually took her own life a few years later. Jacob watched Will pick her up harshly and walked off the ship into the brush, blood trailing. Soon Will's crew followed him and left Jacob and the rest of the crew. Jacob heard where they were going from one of the pirates, but he would also have to tell Jack that once he found Elizabeth, his child would be dead.
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As Jack, Jasper, and James ran towards the Pearl, there was no noise only silence. Jack found this troubling since they should have been repairing the Pearl.
"Jack!" Jacob yelled as they ran up the gangplank.
"Jacob what happened!" Jack yelled as him, Jasper, and James untied the crew.
"Will and his crew came…" Jacob didn't finish. Jack ran into the cabin and found Elizabeth gone, and blood trailing from the cabin to a larger pool on the deck.
"Jacob, where is Elizabeth?" Jack asked afraid of the answer.
"Jack, she didn't have a chance. Will and his crew stormed the Pearl, none of us were really paying any mind since we thought they would be locked up, I didn't have a chance to warn her. I saw Will walk in the cabin, he was in their for a while, then I heard a them yelling and I heard struggling…and she screamed, Captain I have heard many screams…but ones that come from women…that sound like that…" Jacob looked away, "Will then threw her on deck and I saw the blood pouring from her legs Jack, she looked bad…all I heard was her cries…by God Jack…she screamed…he then took her and dragged her away. They are on a merchant ship headed for Tortuga…" Jack then turned to get the Pearl ready to leave, Jacob grabbed his shoulder. "Jack, Elizabeth…when you find her…I am not sure how to tell you this…Jack she is having a miscarriage…when you find her she…she will not be the same woman…your child will be dead." Jacob finally let it out.
Jack let his words sink in, "Jacob get the Pearl ready to sail…I am going to my cabin…" Jasper watched as his brother walked toward the cabin and looked at James.
"Not bloody pirates! You should have used your bloody head! For a smart man you just did something incredibly stupid!" Jasper then walked in after his brother leaving the Commodore to himself. The Commodore looked at the blood on the deck, and back at the cabin, he lowered his head and walked off the Pearl. His wife Laura was expecting their first child, it was as if he did this, guilt consumed the Commodore, as he walked back to his home.
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"Jack?" Jasper called his name as he walked into his cabin. Jack was sitting at the table a bottle of rum and a glass were in front of him. "Jack, we will find Elizabeth…"
"I know we will…she just…the baby…" Was all Jack managed to say as he took a swig of the rum. Jack then had a sudden look of disgust on his face, he then got up and threw the bottle of rum against the wall, he then flipped over the table and sat back in the chair breathing heavily.
"Glad you got that out of your system…" Jasper said as he pulled a chair next to Jack.
"I couldn't protect her…" Jack then looked down at the floor and saw one of the pieces of clothing that Elizabeth bought for the baby, he picked it up and saw that it was stained with blood…Elizabeth's blood. "I can't protect her, I saw this coming, I knew if I let her in my heart, bad things, things I couldn't control would happen and now they have, and it's all my fault…"
"So what now? Are you just going to give up on her? Let this bastard get what he wants…"
"I sometimes wonder if maybe I let her go…"
"What the bloody hell are you talking about? You're the one that told me that you loved her…now when she needs you the most…when in time, and it's only a matter of time before she is on the brink of insanity…you even think about abandoning her…leaving her in more danger with Will than she ever was with you…where is the ruthless pirate now?"
Jack took in a deep breath.
"Your right…"
"Captain we are coming up on wreckage!" Jack and Jasper then ran on deck and leaned over the railing. It looked as if the ship hit some rocks and sunk, with the waters being so cold at this time of year, no one would survive.
"Lower the boats!" Jack, Jasper, and Jacob all got on one of the rowboats and searched the wreckage. As they turned and lifted planks of wood they came upon body after body…until they came upon one they recognized. Will was dead, and Elizabeth was gone.
