Disclaimer: i do not own POTC
Henry flipped Elizabeth over and knocked the dagger out of her hand. Now he was on top of her.
"The last time we were like this it was rather enjoyable." He sneered. Elizabeth struggled, but he only laughed.
"Where is your husband? He let you here all by yourself…foolish man." Henry started to pull the laces of her dress. He threw it to the floor and lifted her chemise. 'This can't happening again…Jack please come for me….'
"More arsenal?" He then took out the other daggers and pistol and threw those to the floor as well. "I think I'll find this more enjoyable as I am strangling the breath out of you…" He then took one of his large hands and placed it around her neck, choking her, taking the life from her, his other hand was trying to undo the corset. Elizabeth was struggling to breath, her world was going black. As the corset was flung to the floor, he slid his other hand up her thigh, that was as far as he got. A bullet rang out and went right through his chest, blood spattered on Elizabeth, and he release his grip on Elizabeth's neck and fell on her.
"Elizabeth!" Jack ran to the bed and threw Henry off. Jasper, Jacob, and Gabriel entered the room behind him. Elizabeth was gasping for air, color was drained from her cheeks.
"I am sorry…Did he hurt you?"
"No…" Elizabeth said still trying to regain a normal breathing pattern.
"Jack we got to go! The knights we ducked would have heard that." Jasper said. Jack grabbed Elizabeth by the hand and they ran down the hall to try and run out the door, but knights were blocking it.
"Stay where you are!" One of them said.
The five of them turned to see Henry stagger out of his room holding a gun in his hand. "Do you think you could get away?" Henry shot wildly into the air. Jack grabbed Elizabeth and ducked but the bullet hit him in the stomach. Gabriel returned fire and killed Henry.
"Jack!" Elizabeth screamed. The knights were running towards them.
"Give him here lass." Jasper then picked his brother up, Gabriel grabbed Elizabeth's hand, and Jacob ran down the long hallway.
"Which way Gabe?" Elizabeth screamed.
"The window! The Thames is down there it is our only chance!"
They reached the window, Jacob was the first to jump out and land in the water. Jasper then tossed Jack down to Jacob. Jasper and Gabriel then helped Elizabeth jump out the window, then Jasper and Gabriel jumped as well. They bobbed in the water for a bit, not quite sure what their next move was.
"Sail ho!" It was the Pearl.
"Thank God!" Elizabeth said as she help keep Jack afloat.
Once they were all aboard the Pearl, Jasper took Jack into his cabin, and Elizabeth quickly gave orders out.
"Cotton! Good timing, please get us out of this God forsaken place!" Gabriel watched as his younger cousin ordered. "Gabe, come help me with Jack!" Elizabeth then ran into the cabin.
Elizabeth looked at Jack's wound, she took a sheet and pressed down hard on his stomach. "Jacob, get the tray that has the bandages, it is in the galley."
"Yes Captain!" Jacob then ran off.
"Jasper keep pressure on his stomach please!" Jasper looked scared and did not move an inch. "Jasper!" Jasper then rushed to his brother's bedside and kept pressure on the wound. Jacob then returned with the tray. Elizabeth took the pliers.
"Gabe, take the bandages and wet them with the rum. I am going to take the bullet out. He will lose too much blood if it takes too long." Elizabeth then put the pliers in the wound and pulled it out. "The bandages Gabe." Elizabeth then took the bandages and rubbed them into the wound. "The stitching…" Elizabeth then stitched up the wound, the bleeding stopped. Elizabeth sighed, she had to do it quickly before he lost too much blood. She took a clean bandage and wrapped his wound cleanly.
"Now what?" Jasper asked.
"We wait. Thankfully the bullet did not hit any of his organs…we'll just have to wait until he wakes up." Elizabeth got up and looked at her chemise…it was soaked in blood. Elizabeth walked across the room and put Jack's jacket on…she was cold and tired and incredibly beaten…mentally and physically, she pulled the arm chair up to the bed and curled up in a ball next to Jack, she would wait for him to wake up.
Gabe watched his cousin be so strong, she wasn't the same girl, she was a woman now, a strong independent leader. Jasper and Gabe walked up to her at the same time.
"Oh, Gabe…I'm sorry…once we get out of harms way we will take you where ever you would like to go." Elizabeth said not looking at him. "Jasper, I want you to help Jacob…he will need it…Gabe you can help the crew. I will be out once and a while to check on things." Elizabeth said somberly.
"Elizabeth, I will…" Jasper started.
"I just want to be left alone right now, please." Elizabeth said, tears brimming her hurt brown eyes.
"Right." Jasper and Gabriel then walked out of the cabin.