A/N: Hey everyone! Here's another chapter for your enjoyment!

pghal6: Yes this is very interesting. I didn't intend for Will to do that but it just ended up that way. lol. Thanks for the review.

obliviongates: Yes kill Elizabeth! (smiles evilly) Yeah, Will's being a freakin' idiot all because of stupid Elizabeth. Nooo! You must post your sequel! How's that coming by the way? lol. Better post it soon before I die of anticipation.

American Drama: Hey! Wazzup? lol. Yeah, now that Elizabeth's back, things are going to get very interesting.

somegrl28: glad you liked the chapter. Hope you like this one. Thanks for the review!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Pirates of the Caribbean. I only own Anna Wilson and any other characters you do not recognize.

Chapter Nine: Elizabeth's Grand Entrance

Will helped Elizabeth climb out of the boat. She worked her way up the side of the ship and on board as Will threw the last oar into the water. He followed up behind her, Anna at his heels. Elizabeth boarded the ship to find the whole crew standing there waiting for them to come back from the island.

"Not more pirates," Elizabeth said grimly.

Gibbs walked forward. "Welcome aboard, Miss Elizabeth," he said happily.

"Mr. Gibbs?" she said recognizing the man as a sailor on the Dauntless on the crossing from England eight years ago.

Will climbed over the side of the ship and stood next to Elizabeth putting his hand on her back to lead her away.

"Hey, boy, where be Jack?" Gibbs asked him curiously.

"Jack? Jack Sparrow?" Elizabeth said realizing that Will had been sailing not only with pirates, but with the very same Jack Sparrow that threatened her the day of Norrington's promotion.

Will looked up at Gibbs. Something inside him told him what he was doing was wrong. He fought against it and answered Gibbs.

"He fell behind," he said quietly as Anna climbed up on deck ready to argue with him after hearing the conversation. Will led Elizabeth away without saying another word to the pirates as though he turned his back on them suddenly.

The crew stood in silence, mourning the fall of Captain Jack Sparrow. Gibbs broke their silence. They had work to do.

"Keep to the code!" Gibbs said putting the sailors back to work. Anamaria claimed her ship that Jack had promised her and gave orders.

"Weigh anchor! Hoist the sails! Make quick, divvies!" she barked at the crew who quickly got to work.

Anna stormed after Will and stopped him before he could go below deck. "He didn't fall behind you lying backstabber!" she said trying to think up any names she could call him right now that were true. "You hit him over the head with an oar!"

"He probably deserved it," Elizabeth said quietly but Anna heard it anyway.

"You weren't sailing with him the past couple days, so I would shut up if I were you," Anna said glaring at Elizabeth. She looked back at Will who was surprised by her sudden outburst. They didn't notice that the crew was listening, Gibbs the most though. Anna smiled inwardly knowing that the crew would hear what she wanted them to hear.

"Anna, Elizabeth's been through a lot the past couple of days. If you're mad at me don't explode at her," Will said as quietly as he could so the crew would stop looking at them. "And she's right, Jack did deserve it."

Anna's eyes widened. "If you're saying he deserved it because he was going to turn his back on you, you're just being a hypocrite! You turned your back on him too!"

Will closed his eyes and turned his head. Anna felt bad for saying it to him but he had to know. He was just going to keep acting this way and it would have gotten them in bigger trouble than it already did. Elizabeth was frozen in shock from what Anna was saying. She looked down at her hand and saw her cut still bleeding.

"I should probably bandage this," Elizabeth said quietly and moved to go below deck. Will looked at Anna once and followed Elizabeth down below deck, leaving Anna standing in the middle of the deck alone, as though she were marooned on an island.

Anna stayed in her place looking at the hatch where Will disappeared into. Her heart was beating madly. She hated being mad at Will. She knew that he would most likely hate her now for yelling at him like that. Her hands were shaking. She moved to the side of the ship and leaned over and looked at the water. A hand touched her shoulder. She turned around quickly to find Gibbs standing there.

"Don't worry 'bout 'im, lass. He doesn't hate you," Gibbs said smiling but his eyes were sad, most likely because of Jack.

"He just left him there. He didn't even think of bringing him back," Anna said, speaking about how Will left Jack behind. Gibbs nodded.

"Young Mr. Turner isn't the brightest one, lass. Jack will get 'imself out of this," Gibbs assured Anna.

"You know we're lost without Jack here saving our arses," Anna said making Gibbs laugh.

"That's right, but we'll just have to try and sail back to Port Royal without him. The only thing we can hope for is that the Black Pearl doesn't come after us, which is highly unlikely," Gibbs said.

"You know how to comfort someone," Anna said sarcastically. Gibbs smiled. The fog started to lift and a blue sky was visible. We were leaving the Isle de Muerta.

"Hey, why don't you go get Will out from below deck. He's been there more than he needed to. We need him to help up here. I have a feeling the Pearl's not far behind us," Gibbs said in is very authentic, distant pirate voice.

Anna nodded and walked over to the hatch. She could see through the metal bars below. There were a couple of candles lit and a table down there. Will and Elizabeth were sitting at it. They were talking. Elizabeth was attempting to wrap her hand in a bandage and wasn't very successful.

"What sort of a man trades a man's life for a ship?" Elizabeth said outraged. Will had obviously just told her the story of how they got there. Anna didn't want to go down, she was too curious about what they were talking about.

"A pirate," Will replied. "Here, let me." He took Elizabeth's hand and began wrapping it in the bandage gently.

"Thank you," Elizabeth said quietly.

They were silent for a couple of seconds.

"You said you gave Barbossa my name as yours. Why?" Will asked.

Anna's eyes widened. Elizabeth Turner a voice in her head taunted. It sounded so right. It sounded as though Turner was always meant to be behind Elizabeth. They were perfect for each other.

"I don't know," Elizabeth said quietly.

'Of course you know. Don't lie to him,' Anna said in her head. She heard a hiss of pain as Elizabeth grabbed her hand away from Will for an instant.

"Sorry, blacksmith's hands, I know they're rough," Will said smiling a little as Elizabeth gave him back her hand. He was almost finished wrapping her hand.

"No…I mean yes, they are but…" Elizabeth said distantly as though Will had put her under a spell. "But don't stop." She said the last bit softer than before.

They moved forward to each other. Anna looked away, knowing that they were going to kiss. Her heart seemed to be twisted in pain. She heard a jingling of metal as though someone took off a necklace. She looked back below deck and saw Elizabeth holding the medallion.

"It's yours," she said quietly as though she were in confession at church.

"I thought I'd lost it the day they rescued me. It was a gift from my father. He sent it to me," Will said quietly. He seemed happy at the moment, being reunited with something of his father's. His slight smile faded as he looked up at Elizabeth almost glaring at her. "Why did you take it?" he asked accusingly. His tone was no longer soft. It dramatically changed to a harsh tone.

"Because I was afraid that you were a pirate. That would have been awful," she said with a shaky voice. She looked as though she was about to cry.

Anna smiled a bit to herself, knowing that Will was mad at Elizabeth.

"It wasn't your blood they needed. It was my father's blood, my blood…the blood of a pirate," he said as though he were now angry with himself. He squeezed the medallion in a tight fist.

"Will I'm so sorry, please forgive me," Elizabeth pleaded. Will slammed his hand down on the table making Elizabeth stand up to leave. Anna quickly ran a couple of feet away from the hatch as Elizabeth walked up on deck. She looked at Anna with sad eyes, looking for comfort, but Anna had none. She turned away from Elizabeth making her breathe deeply to shake off her tears. She walked away, leaving the hatch clear for Anna to go below deck.

Anna walked down the steep ladder to where Will was sitting with his head down still. She sat down in the chair that Elizabeth had recently occupied.

"Will?" Anna said quietly. He looked up with sad eyes making Anna's heart pang once again.

"Are you alright?" she asked looking into his eyes.

He nodded. And looked back down at the medallion and traced the skull with his fingers. Anna watched as her hand reached out and touched his lightly. She couldn't help it, she felt drawn to comfort him. It hurt her to see him sad or angry. Will looked up abruptly when he felt her fingers on his. He saw Anna looking at her hand on his as though it was being controlled by some other force.

"Anna," Will said putting his other hand on top of hers. She looked up and saw him smiling gently. "I'm sorry about what happened in the caves. It was wrong of me to do that."

Anna nodded and looked back down at her hands which were now intertwined in Will's. Her heart was beating so loudly she thought that Will could hear it. She felt a warmth from her hands jolt through her body and settle in the pit of her stomach. A need to get closer to him hung in her mind. She fought hard against it. Anna's heart sank as he let go. The warmth was gone. Will had taken the warmth with him when he pulled away.

Will looked at his hands. He didn't know exactly why he pulled away. His hands were tingling but not in a bad way. He squeezed his hands within each other to try and make it go away but he couldn't. He looked up and saw Anna holding her arms to herself and looking away as though she was ashamed of herself. Will's heart told him to hug her, to comfort her, to tell her that there was nothing she did wrong. But his mind told him that he loved Elizabeth, that if he got closer to her at that moment, he would lose control of himself.

"I'm sorry, Anna," he said softly and walked up on deck.

Anna let out the breath she had been holding for what seemed like hours while she sat there in that awkward silence. She didn't understand why Will was apologizing. She didn't know that Will felt just as drawn to her as she did to him at that moment. She stayed in the seat for a good time to calm herself for when she went back above. She knew she would have to be focused, the Black Pearl was close, she could feel it.

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Anna opened the hatch and walked up on deck to see the crew running around and dumping whatever they could into the water. She ran over to Will who was looking behind the ship. His foot was on one of the cannons.

"What are they doing?" Anna screamed at Will watching the rest of the crew throw over weapons and ammunition.

"Lightening the ship so we can lose the Pearl on the shoals," Will said now facing Anna again. All feelings were gone. There was no time for feelings. They were on the brink of battle.

Anna looked back to see the Pearl deathly close to them. They wouldn't make it.

"We're not going to make it!" Anna shouted in frustration at someone's stupid idea.

"I know. We'll just have to face them and fight it out," Will said grimly.

"Whose stupid idea was this?" Anna asked. Will looked at her like he was offended. "Oh, was it you?" Anna smiled nervously.

"No, it was Elizabeth's idea," Will said and walked away to where Elizabeth, Gibbs and Anamaria were standing. Anna followed.

"It was a good plan, up till now," Anamaria said glaring at Elizabeth.

"Gibbs! We have to make a stand! We must fight! Load the guns!" Will said forcefully. Anna smiled to herself watching Will putting his heart into what he was fighting for.

"With what?" Anamaria asked knowing that they were at a loss now.

"Anything. Everything. Anything we have left!" Will shouted.

Gibbs turned to the crew. "Load the guns! Take shot and langrage, nails and crushed glass, with a will!" Gibbs barked the orders at the crew.

The crew rushed to load the cannons. They were ready. The Pearl though was coming up close behind them. Gibbs sighed knowing that just being ready for battle wouldn't help.

"The Pearl is going to luff up on our port quarter! She'll rake us without ever presenting a target!" Gibbs shouted at Anamaria and Will. They needed to think of something quick before they were lost to Davy Jones' locker.

"Lower the anchor on the right side!" Elizabeth suggested. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy. "On the starboard side!" she clarified.

Anna shook her head. "You're daft, lady," Anamaria yelled.

"You both are!" Anna added in.

"Daft like Jack," Gibbs said with a sudden burst of confidence. "Lower the starboard anchor! Do it you dogs, or it's you we'll load into the cannon!"

The crew rushed to the starboard side and lowered the anchor. Everyone aboard stood in anticipation, waiting for the anchor to hit something. It finally did. The ship lurched and wood creaked and broke. Everyone held on to something. Anamaria held tight to the wheel. Elizabeth was looking over the side of the ship.

"Let go!" Elizabeth screamed to Anamaria.

Anamaria let go as the ship turned so its side faced the oncoming Black Pearl. They were clubhauling the Pearl. The crew searched for remaining swords and pistols. Anna unsheathed her sword and stood near the side, facing the other ship as it turned so its side faced the Interceptor. Her hands shook as she watched the cursed pirates scream at her and the rest of the crew. She knew she wasn't ready to fight.

"I'm not going to make it," Anna whispered. Will was standing near her and looked over.

"Anna, you'll do fine," Will said, "Remember the night in Port Royal when we were attacked and you'll be fine."

Will walked away as Anna nodded. A burst of adrenaline flooded her. She started screaming back at the cursed pirates along with the Interceptor's crew.

"Keep us steady now!" Will said to Gibbs and aimed his musket at the Pearl. "NOW!" he screamed.

"Fire all!" Elizabeth screamed along with him. The battle had begun.

A/N: I know, short chapter. I wrote it while playing checkers with one of my friends. He won. So sad. I was going to beat him but then I messed up and got triple jumped. Oh well, it was a good game because it got down to one piece left for each of us. It's okay. I'll claim checkers another day. Anyways, review please! Tell me about anything that sounds weird because I wasn't really thinking all that straight while writing this. There's bound to be some mistakes. Thanks!