(A/N) Hey all! Back again to give you all a lovely chapter! Enjoy!

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Elizabeth sat on the stairs that lead down to her much loved rose garden. She was incredibly frightened, this time with Barbossa, she was the target, she was the one who's life was in danger. Elizabeth shivered as a light sea breeze kicked in, she breathed in, and let out a long breath. Then she felt Will sit beside her.

"You know I'll never let anything happen to you." Will said.

"I know, but, you can't always protect me, I will be vulnerable at one point or another…if Barbossa is after me…if he captures me…"

"He won't, I promise you that he will never get anywhere near you."

"Can you be so sure? How do we know he isn't in Port Royal right now? How do we know he isn't watching us right now? How do you know Will? This man is going to take me and kill me, it is that simple." Tears began to slide down her face.

"Elizabeth, look at me." Elizabeth then turned to face him. "I swear on my own life that he will never touch you, Jack and myself will insure that."

"I trust you, of course, I trust Jack, I just don't see that we are going to get our way. I can't help but feel there is more to this."

"There probably is more to this story than what any of us know, but we can't sit around and wait for it to happen. We have to leave Elizabeth."

"I need to write my father, I'll go upstairs and do that now, and bring the bags down." Elizabeth said as she got up and left. Will then got up himself and joined Jack in the kitchen.

"I saw Elizabeth go upstairs, she didn't say anything…"

"No, she is a bit rattled." Will said sitting down.

"Can't blame her." Jack said taking another sip of rum.

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Elizabeth sat at her desk and folded up her letter she wrote to her father. She then walked towards the closet and looked at Will's side, she grabbed a white blouse and a pair of black pants, and put them in her bag, which also had her sword. She went to her vanity and opened a small glass box and took out a locket, her mother's locket, and clasped it around her neck. She took the bags and headed downstairs.

"I'm ready." Elizabeth said as she stepped into the kitchen.

"Alright." Jack said as he got up from the table, Will soon followed suit. Will was the first to leave the house, followed by Elizabeth, then a cloaked Jack. The cover of night aided them, the streets were empty, and as they drew nearer and nearer to the cove where the Pearl would be waiting, Elizabeth felt a sudden pain in her heart, she would never again see her father, see her home, her roses, everything she held close to her, was gone, never to be seen again. However she looked at the brighter side of things, she was stepping out into the unknown with the man she loved with every fiber in her being, and although somewhat difficult to admit, she enjoyed the excitement of the unknown. There it was…the infamous, mysterious Black Pearl, she looked as majestic as she did the first time Elizabeth saw it.

Will helped her into the rowboat, and as him and Jack rowed, she kept silent. Elizabeth's mind was racing a million miles a minute, everything, everything was turned upside down, but then again, if Jack hadn't shown up when he did, they could be on a merchant ship right now, and become a prime target for Barbossa.

Will looked at his wife, she was distant and drawn, rightly so, her life was in jeopardy, Will felt the same way when it was his life on the line. There was nothing he could say to make her feel any better, there was a man out there who wanted her, wanted her dead…a man that could not die himself. Will helped Elizabeth up to the deck of the Pearl.

"Jack where are we staying?" Will asked.

"Follow me." Jack then lead them below deck to a cabin, a cabin they would share themselves.

"Thank you." Will then lead Elizabeth into the cabin and shut the door behind him.

"Are you alright?" Will asked.

"I'm better." Elizabeth said as she sat on the bed and took out the clothes in the bag and a thread and needle.

"What are you doing?" Will asked.

"Taking in your clothes." Elizabeth said, concentrating on the task at hand, trying to take her mind off of everything.

"Why?"

"I can't wear my dresses on deck, so I took some of yours for myself, now I need to stitch them so they fit me. You can go on deck if you want, I'll be fine here myself, I'll be up shortly anyway." Elizabeth smiled.

"I'm glad to see you feel right about this."

"Well, there is no safer place to be." Elizabeth answered honestly. Will then bent down and kissed her before he walked on deck with Jack.

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"Jack where are we headed?" Will asked as Jack stood at the helm of his beloved Pearl.

"The Pearl needs supplies…Tortuga, then we look for Barbossa…"

"How do we stop him?" Will asked.

"That depends on Elizabeth, Barbossa keeps his coin on a chain around his neck…we need to take that piece and have Elizabeth return it along with her blood."

"How do we bloody do that?" Jack then gave him a look.

"Someone is going to have to get close enough." Will then thought about what he said for a second, he then got very angry.

"You are not going to use Elizabeth! I won't let you!" Will then grabbed Jack's shirt.

"Then you think of something, we are out of bloody options!" Will then let Jack go.

"How am I going to tell her? She is terrified…how do we know he won't kill her even before he gets to the island?"

"I don't know…Will for as long as we can help it we will keep Elizabeth safe…but eventually we will be caught, we can't outrun him forever…"

(A/N) Did you like? Jack is hiding something...how will Elizabeth take the news...tune in next time to find out!

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