(A/N) No more updates till the weekend! Sorry!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!

Will searched the entire ship up and down, finding absolutely nothing. Growing angry and tired he returned on deck, with a question for the captain.

"Where is all the gold?"

"What?" Bill asked with such a smile, that Will wanted to ring his neck.

"The gold."

"Not at treasure is silver and gold." Will froze. Jack whirled around and headed right for Bill, putting his hand around his neck.

"Who did you hear that from?" Jack spat.

"Myself Jack."

"Bill?" Jack let go of his neck. "You're dead."

"Nope." Bill then took in a deep breath of air. "Nope, I'm breathing." Bill then looked at Will, who looked like if you touched him he may have shattered in a million pieces. "How are you son?"

"I don't know." Will then bent down and untied Bill. Bill stood up and looked at his son. Will looked at him, the moment was intense, the air had become thick. Will then hugged him. Bill staggered back and slapped his son on the back. "I thought you were dead."

"I know. But I'm here now, and I'm not going anywhere." Bill then leaned into his son's ear. "Not all treasure is silver and gold, where haven't you looked?"

Will pulled from his father's embrace. "What?"

"Where haven't you looked?"

"The cabins…"

"Then I suggest you start looking." Bill knew that Will should have found Elizabeth, so he figured she must have moved, probably to her cabin. Will then ran off.

"Bill, what was that about?"

"Who is missing?" Bill asked him.

"The young girl…" Jack then stopped.

"Yes Jack." Bill watched as his eye's widened. "Give Will a few minutes."

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Will searched cabin to cabin, and finally stopped at the last one he hadn't checked, the Captain's quarters. Slowly he opened the door, and that's when he saw her…

She was sitting at the desk, her dress fanned out beside her. She heard the door open and quietly close. "Elizabeth? My God is that you…" Elizabeth turned around in her chair to face him, he looked different, he had a beard, he looked mean. Elizabeth's chest heaved as a wave of emotion's hit her. Slowly and unsteadily she got up. "I missed you…" Will ran to her and lifted her in his arms and began to kiss her.

"Will, I love you…" Elizabeth cried into his shoulder.

"I love you, how did you escape?" Will asked. "I thought I lost you…" Elizabeth didn't say anything, she was lost, but right now she just wanted to be in his arms and never leave. He started to let her go.

"No, don't let me go…" Elizabeth just leaned into him. "Just don't let me go…"

"Never again…" Will held her tightly. They were like that for what it seemed like hours. That was until the door opened again. Jack saw her and nearly crumbled. Elizabeth looked up from Will's shoulder and saw Jack staring at her.

Elizabeth let go of Will and stood beside him. "Elizabeth, I'm so sorry." Jack crossed the room and for the first time he hugged his daughter. Elizabeth, still unsure of her relationship with Jack hugged him.

"It's ok. I'm alive…"

"How did you escape? Were you in the ship?" Both of them had so many questions, many she was not ready to give. That was when Bill stepped in the room.

"Give her room. She'll answer your questions when she's ready. I suggest we all take a seat, we all have questions. Jack, Gibbs is taking care of the Pearl. Both ships are anchored, we should just take the night to find out what's going on."

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Elizabeth looked around the table. Three powerful forces were seated at this table with her. And in some way she was connected to all of them.

"So how did you escape?" Jack asked Elizabeth. Will was seated right beside her, holding her hand.

"How about I start?" Bill interrupted. He could tell by the look in Elizabeth's face, that she wasn't ready.

"Ok." Will and Jack leaned into the Bill as he told the story. Elizabeth, however, was in another place. She was trying to rehearse how she was going to tell Will what had happened to her, it was probably the hardest thing she would ever have to do. Elizabeth watched Will look at Bill, he was so intense, and at that moment Elizabeth realized he was utterly beautiful, not on the outside, which was plain to the naked eye, but on the inside as well, something like this could shatter Will, she didn't even know where to begin.

"She's a good woman Will." Bill said to his son. That took Elizabeth out of her trance.

"I know." Will then gave her hand a squeeze. "Elizabeth what happened to you?" Elizabeth's eyes darted back and forth.

"I was on the ship when it exploded." She was lying, and Bill knew it. "I was walking off, and I caught the brunt of the explosion, and I was tossed a good few feet in the water…then…Bill picked me up, nursed me back to health, and here I am." Elizabeth tried to smile.

"What about Danielson?" Jack asked. Elizabeth froze, but immediately snapped back.

"Dead as far as I know." Elizabeth was sweating.

"Elizabeth where is your ring?" Will asked. Elizabeth stumbled.

"I think I…um…I lost it during the explosion. I'm sorry."

"We'll get another one." Will smiled and patted her hand.

"I'm tired. I want to sleep." Elizabeth said suddenly.

"I'll walk you." Will offered.

"No!" Elizabeth shouted a bit loud, she then checked herself. "No, I can go myself." Elizabeth then quickly kissed Will, and went to her cabin.

As she shut the door behind her, she began to cry, she had lied, something she wasn't keen on.

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Later that night, Will walked into the cabin Elizabeth was sleeping in. Bill and Jack had left the ship and were going to stay on the Pearl, even the crew had moved over to the Pearl, so they could be alone. He watched her sleep, there was something different about her, although he couldn't put his finger on it.

He crossed the room and sat on the bed next to Elizabeth and leaned down and kissed her forehead. Elizabeth immediately shot up and pushed herself off the bed. "Get away!" Elizabeth shouted. When she saw who it was, she calmed down.

"Elizabeth, it's just me…" Will got up and crossed the room, and stood in front of her, she never before jumped at his touch. "Why don't we go to sleep? It's been a long day." He took a hold of her shoulders.

"No…" Elizabeth shrugged out of his grasp. "No, I'm not tired…not anymore…"

"So we can sit in bed and talk…"

"No…" Elizabeth was trying to avoid getting into bed with him.

"Elizabeth, we don't have to do anything." Will took her hands. "I am not forcing you…"

"Yes you are…" Elizabeth then jumped back. Will was shocked by her reaction.

"Elizabeth, I'm just tired, and I want to sleep. All I wanted to do was hold you as I slept."

"No…"

"Okay, I can take another room if you want." Will offered, he was more than scared for her, he was terrified, never before had she been this jumpy. As he remembered he was the one nervous, getting into bed with her at that inn in Tortuga.

"Thank you." Elizabeth then lowered her head. Will walked to her and lightly kissed her lips, there was no emotion in her lips. As Will turned around and opened the door, Elizabeth stopped him. "Will?"

"Yes." He turned around.

"I'm sorry."

It was just before dawn when Will woke to Elizabeth screaming. He stumbled out of bed and ran to her room. She was sitting in the middle of the bed, her knees tucked under her chin, she was rocking back and forth, tears just pouring down her face, and she was mumbling to herself. "Elizabeth, it's Will, it'll be fine, I'm here now." Will hugged her tightly.

"No!" Elizabeth screamed and she pushed him away.

"Elizabeth I'm not going anywhere…" Will held her again. She just kept fighting until she couldn't any more. Her muscles grew tired…she grew sleepy, and she fell asleep in his arms.

What had happened to her? Will asked himself that question over and over, she was acting like a madwoman, but he knew Elizabeth better than that. Something was wrong, and he figured soon that she lied to him when she told him what had happened.

(A/N) Will Elizabeth tell Will the truth? Where is Danielson?