(A/N) Thank you all so much for all of your kind words, in particular, Williz, Crazy Pidwegeon (sp? lol), mz-Turner, and Smithy, you guys are all really supportive! Williz, you asked how I have the time to write especially since I am in college, well here is a big secret...that most high schoolers don't know...you get a lot less work in college, however even with that factor it is much more stressful! I take mostly science courses, so the workload is more, but most is done in class, with labs and such...When your in college and the workload, finals, midterms, projects, labs, get to be too much, you find anyway to de-stress, and I use reading and writing, so that's how I get it going, and I try and spend at least an hour a day to either one or the other...it really helps I swear by it! Nobody wants Jon dead...uh oh...hehe...I am evil...
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!
"You bastard…" Eve growled as James walked into her cell. Eve sat on the ground not moving, not wanting to, everything she had done, had been for nothing.
"Now, be nice…" He crouched down next to her. "Let me see that arm…"
Eve looked at him as if he had gone crazy. "You want to look at my arm? For what?"
"Protecting my investment. Now role up your sleeve." Eve did as she was told as soaked in what he just told her. 'Investment', that means he wouldn't dream of hurting her, he was going to use her for something.
"What are you investing me in?" Eve asked as he dressed her wound.
"My father told me of a treasure. The Aztecs have a temple, a temple that is full of riches, but only one is sought after. At the top of a winding stone staircase there is a large diamond, and I want it, with your help."
"How is that?"
"All of what you did back at the island was a test, to see if you could handle a place booby trapped. This temple is cursed, this temple has many obstacles, no one has ever even gotten to the diamond."
"So why not go yourself?"
"Would love to, but why when you'll do it for me? Don't worry, I won't let you go alone, I will accompany you."
"What if I refuse?" Eve said, she didn't care at this point if he killed her.
"I don't think you would do that…" Just as he finished his sentence two people were brought down the stairs. One of them was Adam, the other was Laura. Eve's mouth dropped. "You will train harder, and you will get that diamond, if not I will kill them. Now considering earlier, I don't think you want a repeat performance. I will continue to kill everyone you love until there is only you…your brother William, his lovely wife Emily, and their son Henryare next."
Eve swallowed back the tears, "No more blood will be spilt on my account, I assure you."
"Good. Throw them in the cell with her." Adam and Laura were then put in the cell with Eve. "You have ten days to prepare yourself. Your first lesson is tomorrow." He then walked out of the cell.
"Eve who was he talking about?" Laura asked worried. Eve just sat back in the cell, not speaking with either Adam or Laura. "Eve, who was it?"
"Jon."
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"Jack?" Will walked into Jack's cabin, looking for his friend, who had just lost his son. When Will spotted Jack, he was seated at his table bottle of rum and glass on the table. "Jack are you ok?"
"Would you be? Would you be just fine after you learned Eve was dead? Oh but I forgot, she had been dead to you for years, so had my son." Jack said spitefully.
"Jack, I know your angry…"
"Would you shut up? You have no business trying to console me, and I don't need it. My son was a good man, who loved your daughter with all his heart, he was more than I could ask for, he was a good man…" Jack then drank from his glass. "He suffered with your daughter, he laughed with her…and every time she would bring you up, he would tell me of the hurt in her eyes, the lost feeling she expelled when she would ask what had gone wrong…"
"Jack, I'm sorry…"
"No your not. Your glad he's dead, he was never good enough for Eve, at least not in your eyes. I'm glad you and Eve are not at each other's throats anymore, but do you honestly think she will forgive everything, especially since Jon is dead now?" Will turned his head, Jack was right, Eve in her grief would find someway to hate Will.
"No…"
"I hope she really let's you have it. I thought you got off pretty easy." Will let Jack rant, he was mourning his son.
"What about Eve?" Will asked.
"I will find the lass. She loved Jon, and right now she has no one that understands her pain, no one besides me. When I find her she will stay on the Pearl with me, until she is ready to leave."
"Jack, she's my daughter."
"Who has been more of a father?" Jack snipped at him. Will then looked at Jack, he threw his hands in the air, Jack was angry and their would be no talking with him sensibly.
"What happened?" Elizabeth asked as Will walked into their cabin.
"Jack's upset, as he should be." Will said as he lifted the covers and got in bed with Elizabeth.
"What about Eve?" Elizabeth asked.
"We will find her." Will then looked up at the ceiling.
"What's wrong?" Elizabeth asked.
"Something Jack said."
"What was that?"
"He said she would find some way to hate me, to blame me…and he's right. She still doesn't fully trust me, and she is still hurt, and now that Jon is dead, we will be right back where we started."
"That doesn't have to be. She will need our help to grieve, and we will be there for her." Elizabeth then kissed Will.
(A/N) Jack is so sad... :( A couple more chappies for you all 2 more!
