Author's Note: I hope you all enjoy this chapter, where you will be meeting one of my own characters. Snickers evilly Once again, I hope you enjoy, and as always a very hearty thanks to all who reviewed! Here's chapter eleven!

Chapter Eleven

Captain Parrish was sitting behind his desk when one of his subordinates came in with a letter clutched in his hand. "Captain, this letter was found closed into the front door of the building, it's addressed to you sir."

"Very well, put it on the desk." Parrish said without bothering to look up from what he was writing. The soldier quickly obeyed and left the room hastily. After a few minutes Parrish put down his quill and turned his attention to the envelope that was lying on the desk. On the front, written in bold capital letters was his name, "CAPTAIN JONATHAN PARRISH". He picked it up and slit it open to find five simple words written in the middle of the paper in the same bold capital letters. It said, "I KNOW YOU FRAMED NORRINGTON". Parrish stared at the words. He felt a cold tight panic seize his chest. He got up quickly and stuffed the letter in his coat pocket. He had to get out of there.

He was just about to exit the main door of the building when the man who had given him the letter spotted him and said "Captain, where are you going sir?"

"Home!" Parrish said a little to suddenly and loudly. "I'm going home for the night", he said a little more calmly to try to make up for practically shouting it before. Then he quickly left, as he walked home the tried to think of who could have sent the note that was still tucked into his pocket.

"So you definitely do think Parrish framed the Commodore?" Will asked Jack.

"Aye, it's the only thing that makes any sense", Jack replied, "From what the Commodore told me, it sounds as though he has held a grudge ever sense Norrington started going further in the navy than he did. Then when he comes to Port Royal he finds Norrington is still doing better than he is, and he had to find a way to get even."

"Apparently friendship doesn't mean much in his mind." Elizabeth said in disgust.

Jack nodded his agreement and said, "I think he believed he should be the one with the position of commodore. So to get back at Norrington, and perhaps to win himself the position, he raped the poor girl and set up all the clues to look like it was Norrington what done it. Then if ye'll remember, it was him who found her lying unconscious with a badge from the Commodore's jacket."

"But Jack, Gillette was with him when he found the girl, remember?" Elizabeth asked.

"Aye, that's what I'm not entirely sure about." Jack relied.

"What do you mean?" Will asked curiously.

"Well, I dunno if Gillette was in on it or not. The way I figure it, it coulda gone one o' two ways. Gillette coulda 'found' the girl with Parrish, if so I can't quite figure why unless there was some personal benefit for him. Elizabeth said he may get a promotion to captain soon, and if he does it'll likely be to fill the empty captain position once Parrish is commodore."

"Yes, but at this point it is only a rumor that Gillette may get a promotion." Elizabeth reminded Jack. "I find it hard to believe Gillette would work against James, I believe he was one of James' most trusted subordinates."

"Aye, and Barbossa was mine." Jack said bitterly, to which there was an unpleasant silence.

"Well I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have to look at all of the possibilities." Elizabeth said thoughtfully and Jack just nodded.

"Jack, you said it could go one of two ways, what is the other way it could go?" Will asked.

"Gillette could indeed be perfectly loyal to the Commodore, which may be why Parrish used him in the first place." Jack said thoughtfully.

"What do you mean?" Elizabeth asked.

"I mean, that Parrish could have set it up so Gillette found the girl with him, and was there to see the evidence against Norrington first hand, that way he'd have to believe it, and if he believed it, since he is well known to be one of Norrington's most trusted men other people would believe it too. They would figure if Gillette of all people agreed he was guilty than he had to be. Also sense he spends so much time in Norrington's company on a day to day basis, he would easily be able to recognize the badge found by the girl as Norrington's."

"Well, that's true, he would be able to do that." Elizabeth agreed. "But what if you are completely wrong and both of them are innocent?"

"If I am, we'll know by how Parrish acts." Jack reasoned.

"I don't know about this plan of yours Jack. It seems way to risky." Will said nervously.

"Don't have much of a choice whelp, unless ye have a better way to bring him out in the open?"

"Well, no." Will admitted, "So your plan will have to do."

When Parrish got home eh was about to open his door when he noticed another envelope, very much like the first, tucked into his door. He took a hold of it before he opened the door so that it wouldn't fall, then he stepped into his house carrying the envelope. Once again his name was on the front in bold capital letters. Parrish nervously opened it to find the same bold capital letters inside. This not was longer than the first. It said, "YOU ARE THE RAPIST. I HAVE PROOF."

'Impossible!' Parrish thought to himself. 'There is no proof tying me to that crime!' Parrish started pacing back and forth in his living room, 'But what if there is some stray piece of evidence that locks me to the crime' he wondered anxiously. 'No! These notes have to be a fraud! Someone's crazy idea of a joke' he thought to himself, 'Ah, but what if it's not' a nagging voice at the back of his mind said, 'suppose someone does have proof, and you go down for it. Well I'll just have to wait for more contact from this person, besides so far they show no sign of going public, so I'll just wait for them to make the next move.' With that thought in mind Parrish decided to try and get some sleep.

Jack, Will and Elizabeth were talking late into the night, huddled in various spots of the Blacksmith shop. Eventually Elizabeth fell asleep.

"Isn't she beautiful Jack?" Will said, looking adoringly at Elizabeth.

Jack took a swig of his rum, like he had been doing all night and said, "At least yer finally gonna marry her. Guess yer not a eunuch after all." Jack said with a grin. "Least ways if ye are, yer gonna have a lot of explainin' to do very soon."

"Jack, for once and for all I am not a eunuch!" Will said.

"If ye say so", Jack said still grinning. "Well, I'd better get goin', it's gonna be dawn soon, and I don't wanna be spotted."

"Alright, I'd better get Elizabeth up; we'll see you later Jack." Will replied.

Jack nodded and got to his feet. He swayed and came dangerously close to falling, or at least it looked that way to Will who was watching him closely, but Jack was long accustomed to rum clouding his mind and his balance

"Are you sure you can make it to the Pearl?" Will asked, still watching Jack.

"Aye mate, I'll be okay", Jack said, and he quickly left the Blacksmith shop. Will shook his head and turned his attention to the sleeping Elizabeth.