Author's note: I wrote the prologue and chapter 1 by myself. From here on I
want to thank Jacky Miller and Fay McBride for their help. ~~~Anna
Sparrow~~~
~*~
Alex paced back and forth across his room. He had not left it since returning home. He did not want to face his father after what he had done today. For the thousandth time, he asked himself, why did I kiss her? There was no just answer. It had just felt right. Shaking his head, he sat on the bed. There was a knock at the door.
"Alex."
Alex sighed. "Not now, Felicity. Go away."
Felicity pushed the door open. She was already dressed in her dinner things. "Mother and Father want to see you."
"Tell them I will be down after I dress for supper."
"Hurry, then." Felicity turned and left. Alex sighed and changed. He slowly walked down the stairs; ready for the lecture he would be facing from his parents. They were waiting for him in the dining room. Felicity was there, too. Oh no, if she finds out, I'll never hear the end of it.
"Alex, sit," his mother told him. He obeyed.
"Now Alex--" his father began.
"I didn't mean it!"
"Mean what, Alex?" Elizabeth asked.
"Nothing, Mother," he said, relaxing. His father had not said anything. Elizabeth eyed her son warily before continuing.
"Alex, what your father was trying to say is that you and your sister need to be on your best behavior for our guests tonight."
Alex nodded. "Of course, Mother."
"Mother," Felicity whined. "Why can't I know who is coming?"
"You will be having supper in the kitchen before our guests arrive and you will be spending the evening up in your room."
"But Mother! It is not fair! Why does Alex get to stay up?"
"He is sixteen, Felicity, and you are not. When you are sixteen, you can stay for supper, but for now, off to the kitchen with you," Will said sternly.
"Yes, Father." Felicity turned and left. Alex stood to leave, but his parents stopped him.
"Alex," Elizabeth said softly. "Your father told me everything that happened today."
"And you are not mad?"
"Not at all."
"Elizabeth, if you will excuse me, I need to speak with Alex alone."
"Of course." She leaned over and kissed Will before leaving. As soon as she was gone, Will looked at Alex.
"I didn't tell your mother about that kiss, Alex, if that is what you have been sweating about this whole time."
Alex felt his face redden. "Are you upset with me, Father?"
"Not at all, Alex."
"It just felt so right."
Will smiled reassuringly. "I understand how you feel. Now go and change your shirt. You are soaked." Alex nodded and hurried upstairs to change. When he entered his room, he shut the door and smiled. No one knew except himself and his father. "And Captain Sparrow and Anna and both of their crews. I am done for." He leaned against the door. "It is only a matter of time before Mother and Felicity find out."
"Alex!" his father's voice floated up the stairs. He opened the door.
"I will be down in a moment." He shut the door again, threw off his shirt and grabbed a new one from his dresser. He yanked it on and pulled out his hair tie. Taking the brush from the dresser, he brushed out his hair and retied it. Straightening his shirt, he opened the door and rushed out. When he got to the top of the stairs, he stopped. Anna and Jack stood in the foyer, along with Calvin and Devin Alex. Anna's arms were folded across her chest and she looked none too happy. Her hair was dripping and she was dressed in a shirt and breeches. Alex ran down the stairs and stopped behind his father. When Anna saw him, her expression changed completely.
She seemed to read his thoughts. "Jack pushed me into the water."
"It is no more than yeh deserve," Jack muttered.
Anna wheeled on him. "I'll get my revenge, Jack, and it won't be pretty."
Jack grinned. "I'd like to see yeh try."
"What is going on here?" Elizabeth came in to the room. "Oh! Welcome, Captain Sparrow, Miss Davin." She paused.
"Oh yes, I forgot. This is Calvin and Devin Alex, Anna's first and second mates," Jack said. Elizabeth smiled.
"It is a pleasure to have you, Calvin. Devin."
"It is a pleasure to be here, Mrs. Turner," Calvin said, bowing. Devin bowed, too. Elizabeth now turned to Jack and Anna. "It is wonderful to see you again. I am glad you could make it for supper. Miss Davin, what happened to you?"
"Jack pushed me into the water after I dressed, and I have only one dress."
"Well then! Come with me. I'm sure I have something for you to wear."
"Oh, no, that is really okay."
"Nonsense. Come." She took Anna's hand and led her up the stairs. Alex turned to his father, who sighed.
"Anyway, come and relax. Dinner will be served soon." They all followed Will into the first floor study.
~*~
"Oh, Mistress Turner, it is lovely!" Anna exclaimed. She held up a dress of dark blue velvet and red silk trimmed in gold to herself. "But it won't fit."
"Of course it will. Have you ever worn a corset?"
"No."
"I am sure I have an extra somewhere."
"No, really."
"I don't like them either." Elizabeth shifted. "I hate them, but then again, who has any say?"
"Good point. By the way, you can call me Anna."
"You can call me Elizabeth."
Anna smiled and took off her shirt. Elizabeth started. There was a long, white scar from Anna's right shoulder to the top of her left breast. "What happened?"
"It is a long story."
"Tell me please."
Anna sighed. "When I was eleven Jack's ship was attacked by Captain Barbossa's cousin, Captain Dova. We, well, Dova and I faced off and, this is the result." She pointed to the scar. "It is really no big deal."
Elizabeth nodded and went to the wardrobe to find a corset. "Here we go." She pulled one out. "This may be painful."
~*~
Alex paced back and forth nervously. So far, no one had said anything about him and Anna. So far.
"Alex, sit," said his father. Alex shook his head and continued to pace. Will sighed.
"Alex, there is nothing to be nervous about. Unless Anna says something, your mother is not going to find out for a while."
"It is not so much Mother finding out, but Felicity. You know how she is. She gossips all the time. The whole town would find out by the end of the week."
"True."
"So she can't find out."
"My lips are sealed," Jack said.
"The captain would kill us if we said anything. I mean that literally," Devin mused. Calvin nodded.
"She would, too, wouldn't she," Jack laughed.
"I hope we did not keep you all waiting too long," came a woman's voice from the doorway. Elizabeth stood there, smiling.
"Not at all, Mother," Alex said. She stepped into the room. Behind her stood Anna. Alex froze.
She was wearing his mother's dark blue and red gown, his favorite, and the one Felicity had always wanted. Her hair was pinned up in a bun and wisps of it fell loose. The neckline was low, revealing part of her breasts and a long white scar across her chest. Alex ignored the scar and concentrated on her face. She was smiling at him, the most beautiful smiled he had ever seen.
He walked over to her and took her hands in his. "You. you look wonderful, Anna. Stunning."
"No one has ever called me stunning before," she whispered, so only he could hear. He touched her face softly, and then moved his hand to the scar on her chest.
"What happened?"
"I'll tell you later."
A red-coated soldier entered the room. "Supper is served." He bowed and left.
Will offered his arm to Elizabeth and led the way out. Devin and Calvin followed them after a wave from their captain. Jack offered his arm to Anna, leaving Alex to bring up the rear.
The table was large and made of oak by the looks of it. Will took a seat at the head after helping Elizabeth to the chair on his right. Anna took a seat next to Elizabeth and Jack next to her. Calvin sat across from Elizabeth on Will's left, Devin next to him and Alex across from Jack. Supper was brought out in courses. There was little talk during the meal and no one asked about Anna's scar, but she could tell that they were wondering. Well, Alex and Will were, at least. Elizabeth, Jack, Calvin and Devin already knew.
Anna suddenly set down her fork and sighed. "I hate uncomfortable silences like this," she said. "It is my scar isn't it?" Alex and Will nodded sheepishly. "Figures. It always is. I got it in a fight with an adversary. It is nothing more than a scar." She lifted her fork, only to put it down again. "May I be excused?"
Will nodded. "As you wish."
"Thank you." She pushed her chair back, stood and left.
"Anna!" Jack rose from his seat and followed her. Alex was torn between staying and following Jack and Anna. He decided to stay at the supper table. He didn't want to see Jack or Anna upset or angry. After a moment, he sighed. He excused himself and went up to his room. Shutting the door, he leaned against it in frustration. That was when he heard the shouts.
"Jack I am sick and tired of trying to please everyone I meet. I am not some. some."
"I never asked ya to come here, Anna. You said ya would. You agreed to this!"
"I agreed to come here and meet you! I did not intend to meet anyone else!"
"Well yeh did! And there is no harm done, ya see?"
"No Jack, I don't see! I don't see why I'm here! I don't see what I have to do for you! So you raised me! I still can't see why you expect me to just. oh I don't know!!"
"Why are yeh takin' this out on me? Yeh get so fed up with that scar of yer's that yeh always take it out on me! Why?"
Her voice softened. "Because you are all I have left." There was a pause, then the door creaked open and Alex guessed that Anna had left. His suspicions were confirmed when he heard Jack curse loudly.
"Damn that girl! She be so damn stubborn."
Alex heard Jack leave the room, slamming the door behind him. Alex popped his head out of the door. He watched Jack's retreating form and followed. Jack entered the dining room and sat back down at the table. Anna was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Anna?" Alex asked, trying to keep the worry out of his voice.
"I haven't seen the Cap'n since she excused herself," Devin said. Alex nodded.
Just then Anna entered the room, wearing her usual tatty clothing.
"Calvin, Devin return to the ship as soon as possible. Mr. and Mrs. Turner I thank you for your hospitality toward me and my men," she said, and then proceeded to walk out the front door. As she was leaving she added, "I pray that we haven't been an inconvenience to you and your family." She exited out the door and stormed down the path. She mumbled to herself and mocked out Jack under her breath, " 'I didn't ask you to come here. You said you would. You agreed to this!' I hate him."
The dark moist air of Port Royal surrounded her as she walked down to the docks. Since she was all alone in a town she wasn't familiar with at night, she kept a sharp eye. CRASH! Anna froze and spun around to see what happened. She saw two dark figures pulling something up from a nearby fruit stand. She then noticed that it was James Aden, the boy she met earlier in town with Alex.
"Alright if yeh don't tell us in three seconds we'll kill you and make it look like an accident," one figure said.
"Ok, ok just don't hurt me. I'll tell you," was James' reply to the threat. "Anna Sparrow? Well last time that I saw her she was with the Governor's son. So I guess she must be over there."
Oh no, Anna thought, somebody's looking for me. And they're going to the Turner's!
"Good, thanks runt, now don't tell anyone we were here and we'll come back for you when we're done." Anna recognized that voice but couldn't quite place it. "And now to make that scar a little deeper on our friend's little niece," the voice said.
And then it clicked. Dova.
"Damn, he's back and going to Alex's." Anna configured to herself. "Oh God, they're all unarmed. Back to the ship for guns. no not enough time." Then she looked around her. The armory.
With no other choice, she dashed across the street unnoticed, broke the window on the door and opened it. She looked around and grabbed as many swords as she could carry. She then left the armory and ran up to the governor's house.
Hopefully Calvin and Devin haven't left yet, she thought on her way up the path. She ran inside and found Dova and what she thought was his first mate talking to everybody at the dinner table with Felicity at gunpoint with a bag over her head.
"Well, well, well. I'm afraid I don't know everybody here at this table. Care to introduce me Jack?" Dova asked.
"Not really," Jack shot back at Dova.
"Well then." Dova cocked his gun. "Maybe you'd rather see your beloved niece's blood spilled over this nice tablecloth."
Oh damn he thinks Felicity is me! Anna thought to herself.
"No, I wouldn't. Well this here is Mr. and Mrs. Turner the owner's of this lovely home. And this is their son Alexander. Over there is Calvin and Devin Alex my first and second mates." Jack lied. "And if yeh'll do me a favor, Benny, I'd like to know who you think is under that bag and how you got them there."
"Why you stupid excuse for a pirate, what makes you think we're going to tell you?"
"They climbed in my window, snuck up behind me and put this bag over my head!" Felicity shouted.
"Why you little." Dova yanked her hair and she screamed.
Elizabeth stood up to shout but when she was at "Feli-" but Will pulled her back down sharply to her seat.
Meanwhile Anna had crept into the kitchen and saw all the servants tied to the stove. She chuckled lightly to herself at the sight and told them to stay calm. She then crawled into the dining room through the open doorway and under the table. Identifying the people at the table by their shoes and lower clothing, she nudged at Will's, Jack's, her crewmen's and Alex's legs and laid a sword at each of their feet.
Up above all of them were looking at each other and taking glances under the table, while Dova was still rambling on, leaving Elizabeth in the dark. Then Anna whispered to Jack,
"On my signal," and he nodded in agreement.
With that she slipped over to the other side of the table and saw Dova's expensive Italian Leather boots. And hoping Dova didn't blow Felicity's brains out in the process; she pulled his feet out from under him and grabbed his gun. Above Jack, Will and the others had picked up the swords and had easily defeated his first mate.
Meanwhile, Anna fought with the tablecloth as she tried to point the gun at Dova. Jack walked over to him and said, "So Dova, would you like to surrender?"
"Not really," replied Dova.
"Well I hope yeh don't mind---" Jack was suddenly interrupted as the doors burst opened and the rest of Dova's crew ran in to back up their captain. "Curses! Right in the middle of my moment! Damn ya'll to hell!" With that, they attacked. It was the men of the house against Dova's crew. Jack, Will, Alex, Calvin and Devin started swinging they're swords and skewering pirates and Elizabeth was close behind with her steak knife. The crew easily outnumbered them, so that they each had about three men apiece. Anna was still under the table but for one reason only- she was stuck. The whole room was swarming with pirates and if she even attempted to exit her hiding place she would either get stepped on or stabbed.
Then an idea popped into her head. She checked the gun she had and saw that she had about five shots. So she began shooting ankles. Being careful not to shoot her comrades, the men standing in front of her began to fall. Once there was enough room, she slipped out and raised her head so she could look around. Everything had stopped and Dova was nowhere to be seen. He had taken Felicity, too!
~*~
Alex paced back and forth across his room. He had not left it since returning home. He did not want to face his father after what he had done today. For the thousandth time, he asked himself, why did I kiss her? There was no just answer. It had just felt right. Shaking his head, he sat on the bed. There was a knock at the door.
"Alex."
Alex sighed. "Not now, Felicity. Go away."
Felicity pushed the door open. She was already dressed in her dinner things. "Mother and Father want to see you."
"Tell them I will be down after I dress for supper."
"Hurry, then." Felicity turned and left. Alex sighed and changed. He slowly walked down the stairs; ready for the lecture he would be facing from his parents. They were waiting for him in the dining room. Felicity was there, too. Oh no, if she finds out, I'll never hear the end of it.
"Alex, sit," his mother told him. He obeyed.
"Now Alex--" his father began.
"I didn't mean it!"
"Mean what, Alex?" Elizabeth asked.
"Nothing, Mother," he said, relaxing. His father had not said anything. Elizabeth eyed her son warily before continuing.
"Alex, what your father was trying to say is that you and your sister need to be on your best behavior for our guests tonight."
Alex nodded. "Of course, Mother."
"Mother," Felicity whined. "Why can't I know who is coming?"
"You will be having supper in the kitchen before our guests arrive and you will be spending the evening up in your room."
"But Mother! It is not fair! Why does Alex get to stay up?"
"He is sixteen, Felicity, and you are not. When you are sixteen, you can stay for supper, but for now, off to the kitchen with you," Will said sternly.
"Yes, Father." Felicity turned and left. Alex stood to leave, but his parents stopped him.
"Alex," Elizabeth said softly. "Your father told me everything that happened today."
"And you are not mad?"
"Not at all."
"Elizabeth, if you will excuse me, I need to speak with Alex alone."
"Of course." She leaned over and kissed Will before leaving. As soon as she was gone, Will looked at Alex.
"I didn't tell your mother about that kiss, Alex, if that is what you have been sweating about this whole time."
Alex felt his face redden. "Are you upset with me, Father?"
"Not at all, Alex."
"It just felt so right."
Will smiled reassuringly. "I understand how you feel. Now go and change your shirt. You are soaked." Alex nodded and hurried upstairs to change. When he entered his room, he shut the door and smiled. No one knew except himself and his father. "And Captain Sparrow and Anna and both of their crews. I am done for." He leaned against the door. "It is only a matter of time before Mother and Felicity find out."
"Alex!" his father's voice floated up the stairs. He opened the door.
"I will be down in a moment." He shut the door again, threw off his shirt and grabbed a new one from his dresser. He yanked it on and pulled out his hair tie. Taking the brush from the dresser, he brushed out his hair and retied it. Straightening his shirt, he opened the door and rushed out. When he got to the top of the stairs, he stopped. Anna and Jack stood in the foyer, along with Calvin and Devin Alex. Anna's arms were folded across her chest and she looked none too happy. Her hair was dripping and she was dressed in a shirt and breeches. Alex ran down the stairs and stopped behind his father. When Anna saw him, her expression changed completely.
She seemed to read his thoughts. "Jack pushed me into the water."
"It is no more than yeh deserve," Jack muttered.
Anna wheeled on him. "I'll get my revenge, Jack, and it won't be pretty."
Jack grinned. "I'd like to see yeh try."
"What is going on here?" Elizabeth came in to the room. "Oh! Welcome, Captain Sparrow, Miss Davin." She paused.
"Oh yes, I forgot. This is Calvin and Devin Alex, Anna's first and second mates," Jack said. Elizabeth smiled.
"It is a pleasure to have you, Calvin. Devin."
"It is a pleasure to be here, Mrs. Turner," Calvin said, bowing. Devin bowed, too. Elizabeth now turned to Jack and Anna. "It is wonderful to see you again. I am glad you could make it for supper. Miss Davin, what happened to you?"
"Jack pushed me into the water after I dressed, and I have only one dress."
"Well then! Come with me. I'm sure I have something for you to wear."
"Oh, no, that is really okay."
"Nonsense. Come." She took Anna's hand and led her up the stairs. Alex turned to his father, who sighed.
"Anyway, come and relax. Dinner will be served soon." They all followed Will into the first floor study.
~*~
"Oh, Mistress Turner, it is lovely!" Anna exclaimed. She held up a dress of dark blue velvet and red silk trimmed in gold to herself. "But it won't fit."
"Of course it will. Have you ever worn a corset?"
"No."
"I am sure I have an extra somewhere."
"No, really."
"I don't like them either." Elizabeth shifted. "I hate them, but then again, who has any say?"
"Good point. By the way, you can call me Anna."
"You can call me Elizabeth."
Anna smiled and took off her shirt. Elizabeth started. There was a long, white scar from Anna's right shoulder to the top of her left breast. "What happened?"
"It is a long story."
"Tell me please."
Anna sighed. "When I was eleven Jack's ship was attacked by Captain Barbossa's cousin, Captain Dova. We, well, Dova and I faced off and, this is the result." She pointed to the scar. "It is really no big deal."
Elizabeth nodded and went to the wardrobe to find a corset. "Here we go." She pulled one out. "This may be painful."
~*~
Alex paced back and forth nervously. So far, no one had said anything about him and Anna. So far.
"Alex, sit," said his father. Alex shook his head and continued to pace. Will sighed.
"Alex, there is nothing to be nervous about. Unless Anna says something, your mother is not going to find out for a while."
"It is not so much Mother finding out, but Felicity. You know how she is. She gossips all the time. The whole town would find out by the end of the week."
"True."
"So she can't find out."
"My lips are sealed," Jack said.
"The captain would kill us if we said anything. I mean that literally," Devin mused. Calvin nodded.
"She would, too, wouldn't she," Jack laughed.
"I hope we did not keep you all waiting too long," came a woman's voice from the doorway. Elizabeth stood there, smiling.
"Not at all, Mother," Alex said. She stepped into the room. Behind her stood Anna. Alex froze.
She was wearing his mother's dark blue and red gown, his favorite, and the one Felicity had always wanted. Her hair was pinned up in a bun and wisps of it fell loose. The neckline was low, revealing part of her breasts and a long white scar across her chest. Alex ignored the scar and concentrated on her face. She was smiling at him, the most beautiful smiled he had ever seen.
He walked over to her and took her hands in his. "You. you look wonderful, Anna. Stunning."
"No one has ever called me stunning before," she whispered, so only he could hear. He touched her face softly, and then moved his hand to the scar on her chest.
"What happened?"
"I'll tell you later."
A red-coated soldier entered the room. "Supper is served." He bowed and left.
Will offered his arm to Elizabeth and led the way out. Devin and Calvin followed them after a wave from their captain. Jack offered his arm to Anna, leaving Alex to bring up the rear.
The table was large and made of oak by the looks of it. Will took a seat at the head after helping Elizabeth to the chair on his right. Anna took a seat next to Elizabeth and Jack next to her. Calvin sat across from Elizabeth on Will's left, Devin next to him and Alex across from Jack. Supper was brought out in courses. There was little talk during the meal and no one asked about Anna's scar, but she could tell that they were wondering. Well, Alex and Will were, at least. Elizabeth, Jack, Calvin and Devin already knew.
Anna suddenly set down her fork and sighed. "I hate uncomfortable silences like this," she said. "It is my scar isn't it?" Alex and Will nodded sheepishly. "Figures. It always is. I got it in a fight with an adversary. It is nothing more than a scar." She lifted her fork, only to put it down again. "May I be excused?"
Will nodded. "As you wish."
"Thank you." She pushed her chair back, stood and left.
"Anna!" Jack rose from his seat and followed her. Alex was torn between staying and following Jack and Anna. He decided to stay at the supper table. He didn't want to see Jack or Anna upset or angry. After a moment, he sighed. He excused himself and went up to his room. Shutting the door, he leaned against it in frustration. That was when he heard the shouts.
"Jack I am sick and tired of trying to please everyone I meet. I am not some. some."
"I never asked ya to come here, Anna. You said ya would. You agreed to this!"
"I agreed to come here and meet you! I did not intend to meet anyone else!"
"Well yeh did! And there is no harm done, ya see?"
"No Jack, I don't see! I don't see why I'm here! I don't see what I have to do for you! So you raised me! I still can't see why you expect me to just. oh I don't know!!"
"Why are yeh takin' this out on me? Yeh get so fed up with that scar of yer's that yeh always take it out on me! Why?"
Her voice softened. "Because you are all I have left." There was a pause, then the door creaked open and Alex guessed that Anna had left. His suspicions were confirmed when he heard Jack curse loudly.
"Damn that girl! She be so damn stubborn."
Alex heard Jack leave the room, slamming the door behind him. Alex popped his head out of the door. He watched Jack's retreating form and followed. Jack entered the dining room and sat back down at the table. Anna was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Anna?" Alex asked, trying to keep the worry out of his voice.
"I haven't seen the Cap'n since she excused herself," Devin said. Alex nodded.
Just then Anna entered the room, wearing her usual tatty clothing.
"Calvin, Devin return to the ship as soon as possible. Mr. and Mrs. Turner I thank you for your hospitality toward me and my men," she said, and then proceeded to walk out the front door. As she was leaving she added, "I pray that we haven't been an inconvenience to you and your family." She exited out the door and stormed down the path. She mumbled to herself and mocked out Jack under her breath, " 'I didn't ask you to come here. You said you would. You agreed to this!' I hate him."
The dark moist air of Port Royal surrounded her as she walked down to the docks. Since she was all alone in a town she wasn't familiar with at night, she kept a sharp eye. CRASH! Anna froze and spun around to see what happened. She saw two dark figures pulling something up from a nearby fruit stand. She then noticed that it was James Aden, the boy she met earlier in town with Alex.
"Alright if yeh don't tell us in three seconds we'll kill you and make it look like an accident," one figure said.
"Ok, ok just don't hurt me. I'll tell you," was James' reply to the threat. "Anna Sparrow? Well last time that I saw her she was with the Governor's son. So I guess she must be over there."
Oh no, Anna thought, somebody's looking for me. And they're going to the Turner's!
"Good, thanks runt, now don't tell anyone we were here and we'll come back for you when we're done." Anna recognized that voice but couldn't quite place it. "And now to make that scar a little deeper on our friend's little niece," the voice said.
And then it clicked. Dova.
"Damn, he's back and going to Alex's." Anna configured to herself. "Oh God, they're all unarmed. Back to the ship for guns. no not enough time." Then she looked around her. The armory.
With no other choice, she dashed across the street unnoticed, broke the window on the door and opened it. She looked around and grabbed as many swords as she could carry. She then left the armory and ran up to the governor's house.
Hopefully Calvin and Devin haven't left yet, she thought on her way up the path. She ran inside and found Dova and what she thought was his first mate talking to everybody at the dinner table with Felicity at gunpoint with a bag over her head.
"Well, well, well. I'm afraid I don't know everybody here at this table. Care to introduce me Jack?" Dova asked.
"Not really," Jack shot back at Dova.
"Well then." Dova cocked his gun. "Maybe you'd rather see your beloved niece's blood spilled over this nice tablecloth."
Oh damn he thinks Felicity is me! Anna thought to herself.
"No, I wouldn't. Well this here is Mr. and Mrs. Turner the owner's of this lovely home. And this is their son Alexander. Over there is Calvin and Devin Alex my first and second mates." Jack lied. "And if yeh'll do me a favor, Benny, I'd like to know who you think is under that bag and how you got them there."
"Why you stupid excuse for a pirate, what makes you think we're going to tell you?"
"They climbed in my window, snuck up behind me and put this bag over my head!" Felicity shouted.
"Why you little." Dova yanked her hair and she screamed.
Elizabeth stood up to shout but when she was at "Feli-" but Will pulled her back down sharply to her seat.
Meanwhile Anna had crept into the kitchen and saw all the servants tied to the stove. She chuckled lightly to herself at the sight and told them to stay calm. She then crawled into the dining room through the open doorway and under the table. Identifying the people at the table by their shoes and lower clothing, she nudged at Will's, Jack's, her crewmen's and Alex's legs and laid a sword at each of their feet.
Up above all of them were looking at each other and taking glances under the table, while Dova was still rambling on, leaving Elizabeth in the dark. Then Anna whispered to Jack,
"On my signal," and he nodded in agreement.
With that she slipped over to the other side of the table and saw Dova's expensive Italian Leather boots. And hoping Dova didn't blow Felicity's brains out in the process; she pulled his feet out from under him and grabbed his gun. Above Jack, Will and the others had picked up the swords and had easily defeated his first mate.
Meanwhile, Anna fought with the tablecloth as she tried to point the gun at Dova. Jack walked over to him and said, "So Dova, would you like to surrender?"
"Not really," replied Dova.
"Well I hope yeh don't mind---" Jack was suddenly interrupted as the doors burst opened and the rest of Dova's crew ran in to back up their captain. "Curses! Right in the middle of my moment! Damn ya'll to hell!" With that, they attacked. It was the men of the house against Dova's crew. Jack, Will, Alex, Calvin and Devin started swinging they're swords and skewering pirates and Elizabeth was close behind with her steak knife. The crew easily outnumbered them, so that they each had about three men apiece. Anna was still under the table but for one reason only- she was stuck. The whole room was swarming with pirates and if she even attempted to exit her hiding place she would either get stepped on or stabbed.
Then an idea popped into her head. She checked the gun she had and saw that she had about five shots. So she began shooting ankles. Being careful not to shoot her comrades, the men standing in front of her began to fall. Once there was enough room, she slipped out and raised her head so she could look around. Everything had stopped and Dova was nowhere to be seen. He had taken Felicity, too!