Jack looked out to the twelve ships and identified the one that he recognized to be the one his crew was currently being captive on. He grunted as he saw a very dirty looking pirate shout orders on the Black Pearl. His ship.
They were heading out and, according to Jack, were going to pick up their crew and then go to the main ship. It sounds like all the ships were far away from each other and they were. All of them were anchored and most of them were empty since the pirates were fighting in Port Royal.
Julia was glaring at Jack as if hoping to burn a hole through him. She noticed that he had gotten his hat back, no doubt when she was still in Commodore Norrington's office.
"Pick up the pace, you scallywag," Cotton's parrot kept screeching for no identified reason. The crew was going mad hearing the bird go on and on with worthless lines.
"OPPORTUNE MOOOOOOMENT!" screeched the bird. He must have picked that one up from dear ol' Jack.
"If that bloody bird says another damn thing I'll kill it!" said Anamaria.
"Wait," said Gibbs, looking up at the ceiling of the brig, "listen…"
There was clinging of swords and shouts and whatnot coming from above deck. After a few moments of silence, a man came clunking down the stairs to the brig.
"So this is my crew? Couldn't even defend me own ship!" Jack said while grabbing a ring of keys off the hook and unlocking the crew's cell.
There came a few murmurs from the crew as they went on deck and over to the Dauntless. Once onboard, Julia was able to sit back while the crew managed the ship. To get to the main ship, they had to pass two other ships that were in the way.
While passing the first ship, nothing happened. No cannons or gunshots. But when they approached the second ship they had to swing over and fight the pirates until they surrendered. The Dauntless and Jack's crew cruised over to the Rogue Founder, alert and ready.
Jack looked closer at the faces on deck as they got ever so much closer. He saw Will and Elizabeth as well as the face of a young man. Elizabeth looked over at the Dauntless and her face brightened until Huck came from behind her. He grabbed her arm and sliced a dagger through it without warning. After that, all hell broke loose. Will started at Huck, Jack's crew swung over to the Rogue Founder and a fight broke out.
Julia watched from the Dauntless, as Jack instructed. Her hands were shaking and she was biting her lip until it bled. Elizabeth was fighting alongside Will and Jack. Julia looked at Captain Huck and for a split second, their eyes met. It seemed to last forever with his dark and scarred face looking at her sunburned freckled face. And during that everlasting second, Captain Huck smiled an evil grin at Julia before returning to his duel with Joshamee Gibbs.
Julia kept staring at Huck, her eyes wide and a look of shock on her face. That was the man that wanted to kill her and her mother. That was the man that stole Captain Jack Sparrow's ship. That was the man that wanted to ruin her father's life.
She was so caught up in her awful thoughts of hate that she didn't even see the pirate that swung over to the Dauntless. She screamed as he grabbed her and hoisted her over his shoulder, much like Captain Jack did before. Julia screeched as they swung over. Will looked over at them and his eyes went dark and angry.
Will started at the pirate, slicing his chest before stabbing him in the stomach. Julia fell onto the deck of the Rogue Founder and rolled a few times in all the confusion and fighting. She was about to get up when she saw a boot coming at her head. It hit hard, breaking the skin on her forehead and causing her to bleed.
All she could hear was the sound of her loving father crying out to her. Everything else was muffled and silent. She heard Cotton's parrot say another line and then she blacked out completely.
"Damn it! That bastard!"
Will was screaming at the top of his lungs while going around kicking barrels and throwing rum bottles. Jack and his crew only watched in pity as the man suffered.
"Shiver me timbers!" Cotton's pirate screeched as it was hit with a boot thrown by Will.
Will continued his rage, running around the deck of the Dauntless and cursing. He stopped suddenly and came down on his knees, sobbing. He held his head and cried. Seeing a man cry was horrible to watch.
Everything was silent except for Will's shouts until Jack walked over with his boots clunking against the wood. It was dark; around midnight and the league of pirates were already gone with Elizabeth and Julia.
"Will," Jack said softly while kneeling down to him. "Will, don' beat yourself up. There was nothin' you could do."
Will looked up at Jack, his face red and his eyes angry. "Why the hell do you care?!" he shouted. "All they took was that piece of junk you own called a ship!"
Jack seemed offended by this but quickly shook it off. He was silent for a moment until he said, "Huck… He wants Blackbeared's treasure, right? I know where it is! It's in a cove in Mexico. If we catch up with Huck then we can tell him 'bout it an' you can get yer family back!"
Will listened silently. He stood up and walked over to the railing, running his rough hand over it while he considered the matter. With a sigh, he turned back to Jack.
"I trust you Jack. I won't ask how you know such a thing but I have nothing else to lose." He said, a small and weak grin gracing his lips as he walked over to Jack. "I have nothing now, Jack. He took my life."
Jack smiled and held out his hand. "He took what he could. He's not giving it back. Now it's our turn." He said.
Will took his hand and shook it. He knew the old motto by now. "Take what you can."
"Give nothing back."
Elizabeth held Julia close, running her fingers through her hair and whispering words of encouragement. They were in a dark, cold room with the door locked. They had lost track of time during the past few hours while being on the Rogue Founder.
Julia said nothing. She was staring at the door, her face blank and her eyes cold. Elizabeth's words couldn't help her. She knew that sooner or later that door was going to open and they were going to die.
Julia looked up at her mother. Elizabeth went silent and looked down at her. All was quiet until Julia's knees buckled beneath her and she fell to the floor. She started crying and pulling her hair. Elizabeth kneeled down and held Julia's face.
Julia stared at her through bloodshot eyes. Elizabeth leaned over and kissed Julia's forehead. They looked at each other in silence before Julia started singing alone.
"Are you sleeping…?"
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