A/N: Wow! I'm updating, like, two weeks later! Hoorah! Ahem. I think you guys will like this chapter, ESPECIALLY Jack and Ana fans, hint hint. This is not a filler, but it is just the beginning of more secrets to be revealed, questions to be answered. And I've decided to put review replies at the end so you can get straight on to the tale!

Chapter 16: Chamber of Secrets

"Oh, shit. The Navy." That is what Jack had said as they, sailing along on Tortuga's waters, noticed two large ships 100 yards behind them with big, billowing flags amongst the sails. One was that of the USA; Elizabeth had spun around with glee to see for herself.

"My father has found us! Help is here, Jack!" she exclaimed.

"Help? Girl, have ya gone mad! They'll throw me in jail in a heartbeat! I know this may come as a surprise to ya, but my profession is not a favorite of the U.S. justice system," he had explained with a wide-eyed innocent look, gently shaking Liz by the shoulders.

"Captain, we'll be fine. Look, we're practically there," Anamaria reminded him. Twenty yards ahead was an expansion of cliffs and trees, and amongst the beautiful nature was a dark, black cave opening.

"FULL SPEED AHEAD!" he had bellowed out, shocking Elizabeth whose shoulders he still grasped.

Miss Swann had guessed incorrectly. James Norrington was the one who arranged for the Navy ships to come to Liz's-and Will's- rescue. He had run, bursting into Weatherby's office two mornings after their conversation with marvelous news.

"My friend, General Waze of the U.S. Navy, has agreed to help us go after your daughter!" he panted out, leaning on the lengthy table for support. Mr. Swann was bewildered.

"Well, that's amazing, James! But where will we know to begin looking?"

"No time, Sir. Just, please, come with me," he had replied and that had been the end of that conversation.

Now, at the present moment in time, Will was in the treasure chamber with Alisa and Barbossa; Norrington and Swann were sailing closer in the Navy ship; and Jack and Anamaria were walking slowly, but surely, through the cave with Liz and the crew a ways ahead, making their way toward William.

"Jackie…what's going to happen?" Anamaria asked him quietly as they walked side by side, but two feet away from each other. Maria was holding a lit torch to guide them and a small sword in her other hand. Jack just carried his sword. Looking at her with a sideways glance, he replied with,

"What do ya mean, luv?" She took a deep breath.

"Well, with Liz. When she finds out about her father and Barbossa."

"Ah. Well, I'm not quite-" he began, but she apparently wasn't through with questioning.

"And with the battle. I know we're going to have to fight his crew to get Will back.

"Well, yeah, that probably is true but-"

"What will happen with us?" They both stopped walking and Jack turned to her. He wanted to speak but wondered if she was actually going to shut up and let him do it. Silence. Ok, here goes.

"Uh, why are you worryin' bout that, luv?" She finally turned to face him; in the firelight, which she held level to her ear, he looked at her face, intently searching. With her brown eyes opened wide and watery, her bottom lip held captive between her pinching teeth and slightly trembling, he grew more worried with every passing second that she didn't speak.

"Because, Jack, I've been feeling lately that we haven't been as close." Her voice came out in a cracked, barely audible whisper. He stepped forward and slipped a hand around her waist to pull her close to him. He whispered in her ear, relieved that that was all she was worried about.

"Hey, hey, don't worry now. It's just because of all the dangerous stuff that's been happenin' lately. And, don't forget," he said in a lighthearted fashion, leaning back to look in her eyes, "the lad we only helped raise and protect has been kidnapped by our enemy."

When she didn't relax her features or even roll her eyes at him, he realized, That wasn't it…she's lying to me!

He knows I'm lying…She tried to hide her face and hurry ahead, but he grabbed her and whipped her around to face him. During the violent 180 she did, the torch flew from her hand and sizzled out in the water on the cave floor in a small cloud of smoke. They were left in the dark. If only I could see her face, he thought as he gripped his girlfriend all too tightly in frustration and fear.

"Anamaria," he said in a strong, clear, quiet voice. "What is it that you're worried about? And what does it have to do with us?" If the fire had not been extinguished, he would have been able to see that she was in the process of drawing blood from her bottom lip, or at least terribly bruising it.

"I'm expecting," she finally whispered. I wish I could see his face, she thought, peering determinedly through the pitch black tension.

"Expectin' wha, now?" he asked in confusion. Letting out the breath she had been holding, she almost giggled at her boyfriend's child-like confusion, but just shook her head in the dark and tried again.

"No, Jack! I'm pregnant," she whispered again, not wanting to be overheard.

"You're PREGNANT!" he shouted and Ana clamped a hand over his mouth.

"Yes, I am. Have been for a few weeks now." If she hadn't had her hand clamped over Jack's mouth, he would have grinned with glee.

"Arg!" A shout was called out not too far from where they stood and Jack was snapped out of his happy moment.

"They're fighting…" Anamaria murmured looking away from Jack in the dark.

"Come on, luv," he told her and began to jog toward the treasure chamber. They ran for about 20 seconds before he came to a sudden halt and turned around.

"On second thought, stay here."

"But Jack!"

"No, buts! Watch out for the Navy people," he said and kissed her firmly on the lips before she could say anything else.

When he reached the chamber filled with treasure and radiating dim white sunlight, he saw Liz taking charge. Directly in front of him, his crew stood in a mass staring across at Barbossa, his crew, and Will; Barbossa had promptly bound him to the stone platform at sight of Cotton's parrot flying through the air. Liz stood in front of the Pirates with her fists balled tight and her face angered. Barbossa was getting angry, too, his usual cool, sinister manner cracking. This girl…who does she think she is! He wondered in sarcastic amazement. Elizabeth was so ready to fight, she could barely contain herself. For some reason, when she saw Will tied up on the platform looking at her with strong pride and confidence in his eyes, she knew that her feelings for James were…not really there anymore.

"Look, man, we're not leaving until we get Will back!" she yelled and was greeted with a hearty,

"Aye!" from the crew behind her.

"You don't know who you're dealing with and we'll fight all night if we have to!"

"Aye!" They shouted while Barbossa's replied with,

"Arrgg!" Even Jack had had to join in with his crew's 'Aye!' that time. Ha ha! This little lady really knows how to rile people up, he thought in amusement.

"Keep your treasure if you want to, but you're not keeping him, like it or not!" she said passionately. Jack was about to join in with the crew in saying another 'aye', but then he realized what she just said. Keep the treasure? This girl has gone mad. He grimaced and then ran up to her, pushing his way through the men.

"Ah, that's a nice proposal, but we won't be doing that, luv," he told her quietly. Barbossa snickered.

"Therrre you are, Jackie. Was wonderin' when you'd show up."

"Right, ya mutinous scallywag. Now hand over the Turner lad and I'll make things a lot easier for ya," he replied.

"Hmm…wonder where yer lil' lass is?"

"I'm right here," Anamaria announced as she walked up to Jack's side and told him something in his ear.

"Aww, how precious. The wifey has come to help her little hubby," he drawled out mockingly and his crew burst out in laughter.

"Oh, shut the fuck up, old man!" Maria started up waving her hand in a ghetto, threatening way as she strode toward him. Liz and Jack grabbed her and she quieted down after a few more words. Damn…Alisa's sister is awfully fiery. Will grinned at the thought behind his mouth gag.

Suddenly, Alisa stepped out from behind Swokes and another man to Barbossa's side.

"Captain, I get the feelin' that's not all of them," she whispered to him.

"ALISA!" Liz and Anamaria said at the same time.

"Alisa, what's going on here!" Liz asked, but she was ignored. Alisa was staring blankly at her sister; Maria was marching straight toward her, glaring. When they were facing each other, about a foot apart, the cave went silent and everyone just watched. I'm sorry, Alisa thought, but she refused to show it on her face.

Damn her, thought Anamaria. And without warning, Anamaria smashed the back of her hand across her little sister's face, slapping her as hard as she could. Alisa stumbled; losing her balance, she fell. Liz instinctively ran to try and help her, in the process, kicking up water and jewels in everyone's faces.

"Get yer hands off of her!" one of Barbossa's female pirates yelled and made a stab at Liz with her sword. Liz gasped and everyone was silent once again. The blade had left a gaping hole in her shirt and little drops of blood began to form.

"You…BITCH!" Elizabeth yelled in rage and punched her in the face. Thus, the battle officially began.

Wow, what a right hook! Get her Liz! Get her! Will winced. Ohh, that musta hurt. He was bored to death up there by himself, tied up and not even able to talk, so he amused himself by watching everyone else fight.

"What the hell is your problem, child? Didn't I teach you better- didn't mamá teach you better- than to be a traitor?" Anamaria yelled over the noise as she clanged and clashed swords with her sister.

"Of course! But maybe if you weren't spending all of your time being a precious Pirate with your precious Pirate boyfriend, you woulda been able to teach me a little better!" she shouted back.

Swish, swish-clang!

"Well, that's all right I guess, because I'm here to teach you now!"

Swish, swish---slice.

Anamaria cut a long slit across Alisa's collarbone and watched the blood leak out with smug satisfaction.

Oh, I do NOT get paid enough, thought Alisa. She grit her teeth, let out a savage growl and went back at it.

"Barbossa, you mangy mutt! Yer not as sneaky as you think, ya know," Jack said calmly to him. They were sword fighting across the cave, tuning everyone else out.

"Oh really? How much ya think ya know, lad?"

"You've gotten Weatherby into a big mess. Blackmail's a bitch, but you never see the blackmail-ee goin' to the slammer."

"Arrgg!" Barbossa used all the strength of one hand to push his sword against Jack's and grabbed his knee with the other. Jack had stabbed it and it was now throbbing out warm blood, quite painfully. Jack grinned.

"You gettin' tired, old man?" he asked. These kids get worse every year, Barbossa thought with a frown, but he wasn't about to give up—they kept fighting.

Meanwhile, Liz was fist fighting a man who wasn't much bigger than she was. She had a small pistol resting at her side, but she was trying to refrain from opening fire. The fights are clean right now. And hopefully my father and the navy are on their way. The man suddenly grabbed her wrist to block a punch from her. She put her hand over his and twisted around behind him to take control of his arm; when she had his palm face up by his neck, she pushed up on his elbow, hard, and Will looked on in shock as his arm snapped out of place at his shoulder bone.

"Alisa taught me that. We used to play fight, even though she's been taking martial arts for years," Liz said as she was finally able to run up and untie Will.

"Impressive," he said as he took a few moments to shake off his rope burns and stiff muscles. "But, Alisa is the one who kidnapped me. And they all knew my father."

For sixty seconds, Will got lost in Elizabeth's eyes as he talked. The sounds of combat were tuned out of their ears.

"You know what, Jack? You're not as sneaky as you think, either. All this time, you've been fighting me and you've successfully gotten your crew distracting mine." They kept dashing about with their swords, now sweating profusely. "But I've been watching Miss Swann work her way over to Will and I see that he's now untied."

"WILLIAM, LOOK OUT!" Jack bellowed. But it was too late. Barbossa had pulled out a pistol of his own and he shot at Will with perfect aim…but it was Liz who crumpled to the floor of the stone platform, clutching her side.

She took the bullet for him... Norrington thought in amazement from where he, the armed officers, and Liz's father watched, hidden.

"Ok men, advance now!" hissed an officer who was apparently the head honcho. They all ran out from behind the boulders and out of the shadows in a well-practiced formation until they surrounded both crews. The fighting came to an instant halt; Norrington ran up to Will and Liz while Weatherby just stood frozen from the shock of seeing his only daughter shot.

"That's right, everybody freeze. The game's up Barbie." The second comment was thrown at Barbossa, who had his hands held behind his back by two officers. Alisa had announced this as one of the policemen tossed her a black leather billfold which she flipped open high above her head for all to see. The light that reflected off of the jewels and coins and water, also reflected off the gold metal of her FBI badge.

A/N: So, there it is, mates. Don't you wonder "what's gonna happen" next? With Jack and Ana's baby? With Liz being shot up for Will? With Barbossa blackmailing Liz's father? And Alisa being and FBI agent undercover? (Wow, I think it just hit me how twisted up this story is.) Talk ter me and I'll talk ter ya ri' back, luv.

TO ALL OF YOU: THANK YOU!

Oocssuck: THERE'S some Jack and Ana for you! And there will be more in the next chapter, don't worry. Good job on figuring a bit of Alisa out. I'm glad you liked the comedy; I was inspired by Aladdin for the description of the cave (it's another favorite Disney movie of mine). And I love chocolate, so if you wanna give me some, that would be a great idea!

Williz: I like that promise a lot. And I'm glad you liked the chapter so much. Well, hopefully now you can understand Alisa's actions a little better, hm? Oh, thank you, but I didn't come up with the stories, they told me themselves what happened. I can't rewrite history, I'm not that good! ;)

Terradaina: Thank you for your vote of confidence—you were right, people are still interested! You have a sense of humor, like me, and I'm glad for that. Yes, Will was a sweetie in the movie, but that was the olden days, honey. Haven't you noticed how these days guys are not as chivalrous and such as they used to be? The guys who used to exist seem like a fairy tale. Aw, don't worry about Alisa...Liz has got her man on LOCK.

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OrlandosHotChick: You love it, good good good. Here was the more you wanted and the next chapter will hopefully be even better for you.