(A/N) Haven't decided if this is all I am going to post...I'll know by the time I finish editing this chapter...hehe gotta leave y'all on a cliffy!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!
"Would you stop that?" Will asked Jack, extremely annoyed.
"What?"
"Stop your bloody whistling!" Will said as he leaned his head on the cell wall.
Jack quieted and knew not to push anymore of Will's buttons. Elizabeth had been gone all night, and they heard nothing from anyone. Will was worried and Jack understood that.
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"Your trying to tell me that your long lost brother, who is now dead killed both the commodore and governor?"
"Yes, I am not lying. Why would I kill my father?" Elizabeth asked. She had been questioned for hours and was growing impatient and tired.
"I don't know why don't you tell me?" Covington asked her.
"You know what? I am sick and tired of answering your bloody questions!" Elizabeth rose from the table.
"Did I strike a cord Elizabeth?"
"My father was a bastard, he didn't care for anyone or anything. He went outside his marriage to my mother and produced another child, that he subsequently tossed to the gutter. So don't tell me about striking cords…"
"Motive and reason…"
"What?" Elizabeth said sitting back down.
"You had motive, you were in the house alone, and reason. No one saw what happened…you are guilty of these crimes Elizabeth…"
"I did not kill anyone!" Elizabeth then leaped across the table and wrapped her hands around his neck. He threw her to the ground and held his knee to her chest.
"Punishment for striking an officer of the Royal Navy is ten lashes…" He then dragged her out on deck and threw her to the deck. Elizabeth was not about to be lashed, she quickly got up and ran to the anchor and stopped the ship, by letting the anchor drop. A marine approached her and she made sure he wouldn't bother her by taking a small crate and throwing it at him. She then took a rod and threw it in the chain that released the anchor, enabling it to go back up.
She smiled at her achievement but probably knew she was going to pay for it. Covington grabbed her and pinned her to the mast. "Stupid…"
"You aren't going anywhere…" Elizabeth smirked.
"Why delay the inevitable?" He spoke to her close to the ear. "I am going to take pleasure in seeing you hang."
"We'll see about that." Covington then slapped her in the face.
"Perhaps I will put off your punishment… no…" He grabbed her and turned her around and tied her hands around the mast. "Give me the whip." He ordered the marines.
With each crack of the whip came a world of pain, and Elizabeth felt like fainting, but knew it was worth it, the ship was not going anywhere, and that would give her girls time to catch up.
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"You wife has a big mouth…and an uncontrollable temper." Covington said as Elizabeth was thrown back in the cell.
"You bastard what did you do to her!" Will said as he gripped the bars. Jack was leaning over Elizabeth, her clothing on her back was tethered and bleeding…she had been given lashes.
"Nothing I would not hesitate to do to you." Covington then turned around and left.
"Elizabeth?" Will called her name softly. Jack motioned for him to come over his side and he lifted Elizabeth up, and Will saw what Jack saw.
"Bastard…" Will then turned Elizabeth so she would lay on her stomach. He pulled off her jacket and ripped off some of the tethered fabric. "How are we going to clean this? We have nothing."
"Not exactly." Jack then pointed outside the cell, left for them was a bottle of antiseptic, and bandages. A marine stood by after they all left.
"What are you still doing here?" Will shouted at him.
"Quiet will you? I am on your side…" He then bent down and pushed the tray closer. "I don't agree with the Commodore, but I cannot disobey him. My father knew Elizabeth…he was a Lieutenant…"
"Gillette?" Will asked.
"Yes. He never believed in your persecution, and knew Elizabeth, you, or Jack, wouldn't do that. After Elizabeth left with you Norrington went crazy, he was not the same man. Now this one Covington, has a personal vendetta against Elizabeth. Not only he was angry that the Commodore before him found no reason to think you committed these acts, he was hell bent on becoming commodore himself."
"Vendetta?" Jack asked.
"Elizabeth's father became Governor…and when his own father was rejected from the job because of Elizabeth's father, he never forgot it…So he sees this as a perfect act of revenge, he has all the power, all the influence, everything." He then looked to the door. "I have been assigned to look after you, if you need anything ask…she received ten lashes, not excessive…but she managed to stop the ship in the process. Now hurry and use that antiseptic it will help prevent scaring."
Will and Jack both tended to Elizabeth, and were now full of information and would use it given the chance.
(A/N) Point for the home team! We have someone on our side. So yes Covington has a bit of a past and it concerns Elizabeth...and don't worry Elizabeth is ok, I'll make sure of that...One more chapter! I'm not that cruel!
