(A/N) Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!
Elizabeth lay in the bed in her clean chemise…courtesy of Giselle. She had been waiting for hours for Jack, and she had heard nothing. Elizabeth knew it was growing dark outside and she knew, more than likely, that is when Jack would show up.
Elizabeth's stomach growled with hunger. Elizabeth sat up, she needed to eat, she hadn't done so in days. Elizabeth grabbed a robe that Giselle had given her and slipped it over her shoulders and stepped out onto the hallway. She slowly made her way down the narrow stairs and entered the barroom. Elizabeth spotted Giselle across the way waiting on a table. Giselle looked up and saw Elizabeth standing there and waved to her.
Elizabeth leaned on the wall waiting for Giselle, when a heavy set pirate sauntered up to her. "You're pretty." He said with a stupefied grin.
"Thank you." Elizabeth said not looking away from the knot of wood she fixed her eyes on.
"How much?" He asked her. Elizabeth turned to look at him.
"I am not that kind of woman!" Elizabeth said outraged.
"Hey, everyone gots a price!" He then made a grab for her.
"Let go of me!" Elizabeth pushed him off her. Elizabeth then darted upstairs, she head his heavy boots behind her, she ran to her room slammed the door shut, locked it, and slid a chair under the knob. She then sat on the bed and placed her hands over her ears, trying to block out all he was saying to her, all of the terrible things she was hearing.
When she moved her hands from her ears she didn't hear a thing. Thinking he was gone Elizabeth took the chair from the knob, but didn't dare touch the lock. Elizabeth sighed in relief and lay down on the bed, her hand on her stomach, so hungry, she wanted to chew off her own damned foot.
Elizabeth was just about to fall asleep when she heard a shoulder slam into the door. "You little wench! You think you can humiliate me in front of everyone!" The third slam to the door sent it splintering open. Elizabeth jumped up and moved the furthest away from him.
Elizabeth screamed with fright as he grabbed her and threw her up against the wall, sending all the air out of her lungs. Her ribs burned with pain, as did the rest of her, but she felt her ribs…she thought about Louis. "I'm going to get my kicks you damned tease, and you're gonna like it!" He then pushed her down on the bed. Elizabeth fought and screamed and he started to rip her chemise. She screamed and screamed, with the door open she was sure someone would hear her. He was starting to unzip his pants…Elizabeth started to cry, she knew what was happening, she wasn't a fool, but he was so much stronger than her…
"Please don't do this…" Elizabeth cried.
"You're gonna like it…so paint a smile on that pretty face of yours." He then slapped her across the face. Elizabeth screamed like she never had before. Then out of the corner of her eye she saw someone walk in the room, pull the bastard off her and throw him up against the wall. Then she heard a gunshot.
Elizabeth slid off the bed and slumped to the floor, totally drained of any energy she had. When she looked up she saw Jack Sparrow securing his pistol back into his belt. When he turned around, he had a look of guilt and shock on his face. "Elizabeth? What are you doing here?" Elizabeth just looked at him, she was so scared. He bent down in front of her and touched her hand to her exposed knee. She pulled back violently, lowered her head, and started sobbing. Jack immediately took his hand back. "Elizabeth, we have to get out of here. I just killed a man, he looks pirate Captain to me…we don't need to be…" He then looked to the door. "Too late." There were six pirates at the door looking inside, from Jack, to Elizabeth, to their Captain.
"You killed our Captain!" One of them shouted.
"Sorry mates, had to be done, see he was moving in on my girl here…" He looked down at Elizabeth whose gaze hadn't moved from the dead body across from them. "And, um, well, I just couldn't have that." Jack then smiled.
"I don't care! He was our meal ticket! Now we's got to find a new one!" They then started entering the room. "Now you and your girl are gonna pay!" They took out their swords.
Jack looked nervously down at Elizabeth. "Elizabeth darling…want to give me a hand." Elizabeth looked up at Jack, and then at the six pirates in front of her, and shook with fright.
Elizabeth slowly got up and looked down at herself, her entire chemise was torn. "Let's go love." Jack said as he quickly grabbed her hand, pulled her against him, stepped on the window sill, and jumped out the glassless window. They landed on a tent that was hitched below them, selling fruits, and went right through it, squishing the fruits below them.
"Come on Elizabeth!" Jack pulled her up, and they started running. Elizabeth felt her mind go a million times a minute, but she just couldn't register it. They ran until they got onto the Pearl, where Jack stopped, put his hands on his knees and breathed…for the life of him.
"What are you…doing here?" Jack said panting. Elizabeth said nothing, just looked at the deck. Jack cursed himself, wrong question, he had walked in on a man that was just about to rape her…he was touching her in ways…and her scream, sent a chill right down to his very soul. "Elizabeth…are you alright?"
She still didn't say anything, she just collapsed to the floor. "Well bloody hell…" Jack then quickly scooped her up and carried her to his cabin and laid her down on his bed.
Jack then stood up and looked at her, he had no idea what to do with her. She had been beaten, by the looks of things, seeing her bruised cheek, molested by some brute, nearly raped, thank God he had stopped that, and what in the hell was she doing in Tortuga? Where in hell was Will? Wasn't he supposed to protect her?
Many questions swirled in Jack's mind, but he knew he needed Elizabeth to rest, he knew she was going to have a rough time when she woke up. Jack took a basin of water and set it by the bed. He wetted a towel and pressed it to Elizabeth's cheek, the ice cold water would help the bruising, but Elizabeth woke up, jolted, afraid.
"It's just me Elizabeth." Jack said quietly.
"Jack…" She managed to say. "I've been looking for you…" Jack sighed, she wouldn't be in this position if it weren't for him.
"Why love?"
"I need your help." Elizabeth looked at him with pleading eyes. Jack then made a move to sit a bit more comfortably. Elizabeth jumped at his sudden movement and Jack checked himself, he knew he had to be careful around her.
"What help do you need…or want from me?" Jack asked simply stupefied.
"There is just so much to tell…" Elizabeth then began to cry. "You're all I have left." Elizabeth sobbed, and Jack just didn't know how to handle it.
"Me? Why Miss Swann, I never thought I'd hear you say such a thing…" Jack smirked.
"Me either. Will's gone. James died, and I believe I am married, although I can't be quite sure." Elizabeth said into her knees.
"What?" Jack then stood up. "What mess have you gotten yourself into Elizabeth?"
"Not me. You see Will went missing, and I don't know where he is. But before I could even look for him, my father betrothed me to a Louis Barron. Louis took me for a walk where he smacked me about a bit, and broke one of my ribs." Elizabeth saw as Jack's face angered. "Then I asked James for help…and he…" Tears began to fall. "He found out where Tortuga was, and he was coming here to arrest you, but instead he was taking me to you. Before we left James managed to convince everyone in Port Royal that I was dead, that I had killed myself. So we left for Tortuga in his ship, with a small crew…but we were attacked, and some Captain…he murdered James right before my eyes…and he died in my arms…" Elizabeth closed her eyes. "I used your name so the Captain wouldn't make me walk the plank, and he would take me here in one piece. I met Giselle, she told me of your room…and…oh God…" Elizabeth straightened herself. "Oh my God…" Elizabeth folded up into herself. "If you hadn't…"
"You're safe now. Nothing else is going to happen to you, I swear…we will find dear William, and return him to you."
"Jack, I'm dead."
"Pardon?" Jack nearly fell over the chair he had just been sitting on.
"Everyone thinks I'm dead. I want you to do me a favor."
"Shoot." Jack said as he sat down and leaned back in his chair.
"I want to keep it that way." Elizabeth stared straight into his eyes.
"What?"
"I want you to teach me to fight…I want to be able to defend myself, so no one can hurt me that way again…I want to be a pirate. I want to be the best."
"What's in it for me?" Jack said with a grin. Elizabeth half expected this question.
"My servitude on the Pearl…forever."
"What if I get sick of you?"
"Throw me overboard. Just give me a chance. I want to learn from the best so I can be the best." Jack smiled at that.
"Alright missy you have yourself an accord. No need to be talking about forever and servitude, just let's see what you got. First though you need to heal…don't want a cripple hobbling around my bloody ship."
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"Hey Turner, listen to the bit of information I got!" Captain Gallow hollered as he walked into Will's cabin.
"I'm listening."
"We are going to raid Port Royal." Gallow said as he sat down.
"What?" Will stood up. "We can't!"
"Oh yes we can. Want to know why?" Gallow smirked.
"Go ahead, tell me why." Will said as he rubbed his temples.
"Apparently, Port Royal is in utter chaos. The Commodore died on the seas…"
Will was a bit shocked, James Norrington was dead, Elizabeth must be grieving, and he couldn't be there to console her. "So the Governor is there. He would take charge." That sentence left a bitter taste in Will's mouth.
"Ah, here is the kicker; the Governor is grieving the death of his daughter." Will felt his heart break into a million pieces.
"What?" Will said his voice shaking.
"Apparently, the girl killed herself after her father betrothed her to some wealthy land owner from England. She killed herself in front of the Commodore, so people believe since her and the Commodore were really close, well, that he couldn't handle it himself. So the Commodore took off…no one knows where he was going, all those who knew died." Gallow then looked at his young first mate. "You look like you got the blood drained out of you. Why?"
"I…" Will might as well fess up to everything now. "I was going to marry her…" Will closed his eyes. "And now she's dead…she killed herself because I left, because I didn't tell her, because I didn't take her with me, because I didn't tell her that her father wanted me gone…" A single tear fell down his cheek.
"Well, let's just list this raid as revenge."
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Port Royal was in utter ruins, and it was thanks to Captain Gallow and Will Turner. Will stood over Elizabeth's freshly dug grave and touched the headstone. "Elizabeth, if I would have known…I would have taken you." Will's voice then angered. "I was coming back for you! Why couldn't you wait for me!" Will then broke down. His Elizabeth was dead, his Elizabeth was gone forever. Will then turned around, he was headed to the Governor's mansion, to do what he should have done a long time ago, the Governor of Port Royal was going to meet his end tonight.
(A/N) Dark and mean Will…kind of sexy if you think about it…hehe. The next chapter will be posted perhaps tomorrow, if not, then next week. The next chapter is going to jump ahead one year, we'll see how everyone is doing, and what has become of them.
