You Were Meant For Me
Author: williz
Summary: Will/Elizabeth focus- It's just Will and Elizabeth in a big adventure in which they meet many times. OK…I'm bad at summaries. But my story is going to be really fun. I swear! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Recognizable characters? Not mine.
Unrecognizable characters? MINE!
Recognizable characters that you just don't recognize because you're havinga bad day? Not mine, though I'd like to stake claim for them just that day.
"This is amazing," Elizabeth exclaimed as the four stood shoulder to shoulder, looking at all of the people bustling about the port. "This is the largest port I've ever seen in my life."
"Ships," Jack grinned, as if he'd just seen a room full of gold. For Jack, hundreds of ships was a room full of gold.
With a grin, Will swung a sack over his back and looked at the sight, then back to his friends. "Shall we?"
The other three grinned back and shouldered their own sacks. The four idly walked, sometimes glancing about to see the many dock workers hammer and nail, people trading amongst themselves, children playing and speaking in a foreign language.
"So this is Tripoli," Jack said, squinting his eyes in the sun.
Will was glancing around the city as he felt a hand wrap itself around his arm. The hand pulled him down. Figuring it was Elizabeth, he turned to see a foreign, but beautiful woman pulling him towards her. With a yelp, he pulled away wide-eyed. "Wha-?"
She started towards him again with a smirk. "She likes ye lad!" Jack said, laughing. Elizabeth, who had wandered a bit to look at some of the stands and jewelry adorning them, turned and saw another woman groping her William.
Pursing her lips together, she quite nearly through down the pearl earrings in her hands and strutted quickly to where Will was being handled inappropriately by a woman other than herself.
She wedged herself in between the other woman and Will and stood steadfast, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow. "Just what's going through that pretty little head of yours that involves my man?" She asked, glaring.
The woman at once saw Elizabeth as competition and crossed her own arms. She started throwing her arms up and speaking in foreign tongue, an angry tone apparent as she sped through her words.
Elizabeth just stood there, saying, "Oh really?" They were in each other's faces, arguing, even though neither could understand the other.
Will just stood agape, watching the two pretty young women's verbal battle over him. A small bit of smugness entered Will's mind as he watched. Shaking it away quickly, he opened his mouth to intercede.
Without even glancing at Will, Elizabeth raised her hand in front of William's face, causing him to shut his mouth tight. Still exchanging words with the slightly taller woman, his lover started becoming red in the face.
Jack and Ana Maria just stood aside, watching with neutral faces, yet seemed like they were enjoying themselves watching the women have an abusive discourse.
"Do you think either of them know what the other's even saying?" Jack asked out of the side of his mouth, not actually looking at Ana Maria as he spoke.
"Of course not…unless Elizabeth knows how to speak…whatever language that lass is speaking." She shook her head in awe, apparently enjoying the fact that neither woman seemed likely to back off.
"You're a woman…" Jack started.
"Well, thankyou for noticing, Captain," Ana Maria interrupted, glancing at him with a glare, but quickly turning her eyes back to Elizabeth and the foreigner. Ana nearly laughed at seeing Will trying his hardest to get them away from each other before they started the physical fighting.
"Wot I mean is tha' you're a woman. Maybe ye can go in there an'…ye know, stop this." He raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms, and looking at her.
"Ask me if I really want to," she said, a smug grin plastering itself on her countenance.
"Good point," Jack said, grinning himself.
Finally having enough of this, Will slammed his body in between the women. "That's it! Stop this, both of you." Elizabeth narrowed her eyes at the woman over Will's shoulder. "That's right! Stay away from him!" She taunted.
The woman broke through Will's arm and pushed Elizabeth. With a shocked gasp, the governor's daughter regained her footing and lowered her head with a threatening and piercing gaze at the darker woman. She reminded Will, Jack, and Ana simultaneously of a bull ready to attack the matador teasing it with his red cape.
"Elizabeth…" Will said, softly, trying to break through her stony physique. "…Come now, love. Calm down. You know I love you," he tried, holding his hands out to her. She seemed not to hear a single thing as she stared menacingly at the other woman, who stood with a smug look on her face.
Taking this as an invitation, Elizabeth started at her. Will wrapped his arm about her waist, keeping her from killing the woman behind him. "Elizabeth…" he tried, struggling with her utter strength.
Elizabeth stopped and seemed calm finally. Relieved, Will let go of her and started to smile at her, when the other woman practically spun him and slammed her lips against his. With a cry of indignation, Elizabeth tore her stunned and utterly confused lover away from the Libyan and shoved said woman. "Don't touch him!" She said, with so much spite, the other woman just made a sound sounding much like a growl and stomped off finally.
With her hands on her hips, she whirled to look at Will, who looked straight ahead of him numbly. She started towards him, her eyes narrowed again. "Elizabeth, I didn't—What I mean is…she grabbed me and I…I was…"
He stopped as she grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him straight to her. "Why do you have to be so damned alluring all the time?" She demanded, through gritted teeth. With that, she kissed him soundly, wrapping her arms tightly about his neck.
"Good, because frankly, I was getting tired of this whole thing. I mean, at firs' it was rather amusing…now I'm just bored." Jack grabbed an apple off of a cart that wheeled by and bit into it. "This is a good apple," he said, acting as if nothing had ever happened.
Ana grabbed the apple from him and bit into it also. "This is good," she said, eating more. Jack put on a hurt expression. "Tha's my apple!" They both looked to the side and saw that neither Will nor Elizabeth looked close to separating themselves from their significant other.
"Alrigh', Romeo," Jack said, pulling Will away by the collar. With the widest grin Jack had ever seen his first mate pull, Will shouldered his bag again and strode away to a tent with a large wooden sign that said 'Camels and Horses' on it in big letters.
Running her tongue over the inside of her cheek smugly, Elizabeth picked up her own sack and glanced behind her to where she received a threatening look from the woman she knew had been watching as she kissed Will. Elizabeth laughed outright and followed William Turner, as she always would.
"Look, I don't know your language! I'm sorry, I don't understand!" Jack moved his hands around. Getting an idea, he started trying to use hand signals. "We..." He flung his hands around at he and Ana. "…need some horses," he pointed to the horses now. "…for going…through." He made his fingers into a person walking. "Through the jungle." He pointed to the direction of where he assumed the jungle.
Pleased with himself, Jack glanced to Ana with a 'I told you so' look. Ana rolled her eyes and watched as the man put a look of indignation on his face.
With what Jack took to be angry words, the man started yelling. "Wot? Wot did yeh say, Jack!" Ana barked as they both started getting pushed out of the tent. Jack said "I dunno!" and shrugged to Ana as the man shoved both blubbering pirates out and shut the flap of the tent.
"Look what yeh did now, Captain Sparrow." Jack rolled his eyes and mimicked her. "Will, Jack screwed up everyfin' again and now we have no ride into tha' forest." She pointed to the tall trees that stood out passed the expanse of desert that separated them from it.
"We don't need them, then. C'mon." He took Elizabeth's hand and started into the desert. "No, not more desert," Jack said, trudging along behind. "Stop whinin' ye blubberin' idiot," Ana said, pushing him ahead. "Ay, hands off, love!" Jack just strutted forward, a smirk on his face.
Will and Elizabeth exchanged looks of utter exasperation, Elizabeth's hinting amusement.
A large machete burst through the extremely large plants blocking the party's way. "Christ, I've never seen so many damnable mosquitoes in meh life!" Jack roared, smacking his arm.
"How does it go from a desert to a tropical rain forest in jus' a matter of feet?" Ana asked, wielding her sword and letting her eyes scope the bushes around her. Will raised his machete and sliced again. Sweat dripped down his strong jaw and disappeared beneath his open shirt. As they went further into the humid jungle, Will's shirt became more and more unbuttoned.
"William, lad. I'm the captain of this journey. Why are yeh in front o' me?" He asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Do you want to do this!" Will asked, holding out the machete to his captain. As Jack shut his mouth decisively, Will turned back to the plants, slicing more out of his way. "I thought not."
"This heat is unbearable," the boy muttered, feeling Elizabeth set a hand on his back as she followed him. "Definitely," she agreed.
A loud sound echoed through the large trees, causing Will to stop, the other three doing the same behind him. "Wot was tha'?" Jack asked. Ana turned and said, "Shut up."
They kept going then, as Will wanted to lose no time. The sooner they got out of this disgusting humidity, the sooner he would be able to breathe air that didn't make his lungs cry out for fresh open air.
A crack of leaves was heard behind Jack. "Wot was tha'?" He asked again. "Jack, 'ow many bloody times do I gots ter say 'Shut up'!" The female pirate snapped.
"Wot was tha'?" Jack asked again, a grin belying his innocence. "Damnit, man! One more time, I swear it…" With a threatening glare, she turned back, satisfied.
Jack watched her move and murmured softly, "Wot was tha'?"
She spun and held up her sword, gritting her teeth at him. "I swear, I'll beat yer bloody brains out Jack. It's not funny, yeh stupid blighter!"
"Wot did I do?" He asked, raising his arms in feigned innocence. "You know what yeh did!" She started walking after Will and Liz again.
"No I dun'! Wot'd I do, Ana? Please tell me!" She turned and huffed angrily at him. "Just shut up, Captain," she mocked.
"Was that a mock? Because it sounded to me like a mock."
"Oh really? Well, maybe it was a mock. What are yeh goin' ter do then, Captain, hm?"
"I might grind yer bones and eat 'em fer breakfast. 'Ow 'bout tha'un!"
"I'm sure you would."
"Fine then! It be the plank for ye!"
"The plank meh arse! Ye need me, Jack Sparrow, an' yeh know it!"
"I need nuttin' but meh Pearl. S'the plank wit' yeh!"
Will rolled his eyes as he kept chopping away, his muscles aching. Their arguing voices moved to the back of his mind as he heard something that sounded suspicious ahead of them. Elizabeth giggled at the two pirates' completely inconsequential argument, but stopped when she noticed Will's body ahead of her go rigid.
He stuck out his hand and said quickly. "Shut up!"
Both Jack and Ana's jaws shut tight, hearing what Will had just been hearing before. A loud sound from just behind the bushes made Jack nearly jump at Ana Maria. "Wot in bloody 'ell is tha'?" He whispered.
"I don't know," Will murmured, placing a hand on Elizabeth's waist protectively, from habit of course. The same with Elizabeth as she stepped closer to him.
There was a bit of a rumble that sounded inhuman behind where Jack had stood just moments before. A patch of orange came into view through the leaves of the large flowered plant and disappeared again.
Will reached his hands into his belt and took out his cutlass, sheathing the machete in his shoulder strap. With his other hand he pulled Elizabeth closer to his body. Elizabeth wrapped her arms about his waist and watched the cursed spot, feeling her lover's grip tighten as the orange shown again.
A tiger stepped out from the plant then, its eyes narrowed and menacing, opening its mouth and showing its large and sharpened pearly white teeth. "Holy hell," Jack murmured. All four of the adventurers started backing away slowly, eyes as wide as saucers.
"On the count 'o three…" Jack started, trying his best not to move his lips. "…run." The other three understood him, starting to back away a bit more quickly.
"One…" A bit faster.
"Two…" They started turning slowly and stopped.
"THREE!" All four of them tore away, hearing the loud roar behind them. They could hear its large padded paws tearing after them. Jack yelled loudly, jumping over vines and rocks as he followed Will, who was in the lead, pulling Elizabeth along behind him, and Ana who just ran, not looking back at all, just ran.
Will pulled Elizabeth to run ahead of him, not taking the time to cut away the sticky plants as there was a full grown tiger, looking like he hadn't eaten in weeks, sprinting after them. "Run Liz!" He yelled.
Without warning, his shoulder strap got caught on a protruding branch. With a shout, he tried to free himself from it, pulling frantically. This caused his shirt to entangle then. The other three hadn't noticed as they moved as fast as they could away from the predator, each thinking only of living to see the outside of this large expanse of tropical forest.
Will watched as they ran out of sight, the only thing he saw of them was the rustling of plants until he saw nothing. Shutting his eyes tight, he heard the crunching of twigs and leaves behind him. Pulling his shirt from the branch by ripping it, he turned slowly, hoping to God there was no tiger ready to pounce behind him.
Elizabeth ran as fast as her long legs could take her. Finally, she risked a glance behind her and saw Jack and Ana with horrified looks on their faces, scrambling behind her. She stopped completely, panic gripping at her heart.
Jack and Ana Maria both toppled into her and stood again ready to keep running, but Elizabeth grabbed both their shirts. "Elizabeth! Tiger! Run! Now! Dinner!" Jack pointed ahead, frantically, completely out of breath.
"Jack…where's William?" She asked, softly, looking straight back to where they ran from. Jack stopped too, his eyes widening in fear. "Damn that boy! Where is 'e!" All three looked back, holding their breath as they waited for Will's dark blue shirt and dark hair to appear from behind some leaves as he exploded away from the tiger as they had just done.
But they saw nothing but green.
"God, Jack. Where is he?" Elizabeth held a hand to her mouth, feeling tears well up. "Jack, you don't suppose it go to him?" Elizabeth asked, gripping at Jack's arm. Determined, she started towards where they'd come from.
Ana pulled her back. "Are yeh daft, lass! There's a tiger in there, in case ye've forgotten what we've just been runnin' from fer the past fifteen minutes!"
"Will's in there!"
"Well if he is, he's not goin' ter be long. That thin' looked mighty 'ungry." Jack leaned down, breathing hard.
Elizabeth tried to pull away from Ana Maria's grip. "Let me go! Will's in there with a bloody tiger!" She tried to go in.
"Look, Ana…jus' let 'er go. C'mon." He took Elizabeth's arm from Ana's grip and started in with her. "Ye're both mad!" She said, pointing ahead. "Tha' tiger's still in there, fer Christ's sake!" Throwing her hands up, realizing she'd been beat, she followed them begrudgingly.
Elizabeth started running then, worried for the life of Will. She came to a dead halt. "Jack…" she gasped, tears started to drip down her face. She pointed a shaky hand at a branch. He followed her finger and looked, overwhelmed by sadness as he walked up to it.
Jack took the tattered piece of dark blue fabric off of the branch and clutched it tightly in his fist. "It's his shirt," Jack said, stating the obvious.
Liz clenched her eyes shut tightly. "He must be around here somewhere. We'll find him." She opened her eyes and took a deep breath and started walking away to look for him.
"Elizabeth, stop." She did.
"The boy is…I mean, that tiger must have…" He looked down, taking a minute to compose himself. "I promised 'is father I'd take care of 'im," he said softly.
Elizabeth, still facing away from a teary eyed Ana Maria and Jack, let out a sob, sinking down to kneel in the dirt. Covering her face, she allowed the tears to flow. "No…" she sobbed, feeling Ana Maria try to console her with hands on the younger woman's shoulders.
Jack looked down, allowing a tear to escape his kohl-lined eyes. Clenching his fist tightly, he almost jumped at seeing another piece of cloth on the ground. Stooping to pick it up, he looked at the two young women in front of him.
"Erm, ladies…" Ana, clearly the more composed of both women, turned and looked, seeing the piece of Will's shirt in Jack's hand. She tapped Elizabeth on the shoulder, who turned her wet, tear-stained face to see what Jack had found.
Standing so quickly so that Ana Maria was nearly knocked on her rump, Elizabeth sprang at Jack and grabbed it. "This is Will's!"
Looking around, hopefully, she found a large boot print facing off the trail they'd made. "Jack, it's Will's boot." Jack knelt beside it. "Sure is." Maybe, just maybe, there was hope for the boy after all.
Wiping her eyes of any more tears, Elizabeth's face had a grim set expression, determined to find her lover once and for all. "I'm not leaving this wretched place without him," she said, monotone.
Marching to where his boot print faced, Elizabeth nearly yelped at hearing a gunshot not a mile away. Birds exploded from the trees in twitters and loud tweets. "Will!" Elizabeth yelled, tearing through the brush in the direction of where she heard the gun shot.
The young woman had no idea where she was going, but she kept on, hoping she'd find the one person she loved most, and soon. Another gunshot sounded and a roar nearby.
She veered to the side, breaking into a faster sprint. She stopped dead as she saw the figure of a tall man holding a smoking pistol, his shirt torn to shreds and bleeding cuts adorning his chest and face. He was breathing hard, looking straight at the ground in front of him.
Elizabeth's eyes widened as she saw the dead tiger lying at his feet. The young pirate's eyes started rolling back in his head as he swooned. Elizabeth gasped out a sound and threw herself at him, catching him and easing him down against a tree. "God, Will!" She wrapped her arms about his neck, kissing the side of his face.
He nodded, trying to speak, but couldn't find the energy to do so. He grinned a smug grin at Jack who had just broke through the plants, Ana slamming into him as he stopped unexpectedly.
"Will, mate! Yer alive! Ye stupid whelp!" He dove down to Will and clapped the younger man on the back. Will winced and Jack flinched. "Sorry, mate. 'E got yeh good there din't he?"
Elizabeth finally pulled herself away from her love, wiping his hair away from his face gingerly. "Are you alright?"
He smiled, letting out a chuckled answer. "Just a tiger."
She looked at Will and smiled, her face losing its amused look as she saw the cuts on his face and muscled chest that now showed through his shredded shirt. "Will, you're hurt."
"I've been better," he said, lifting a hand to her face and wincing. Jack opened the sack he'd tied to his wide belt and brought out a cloth. Taking a canteen, he poured water on it and handed it to Elizabeth.
She thanked him and started wiping Will's face. He winced and shrunk back.
"Don't be such a baby," she reprimanded, wiping his face. She handed the cloth to Ana as she replaced Jack's spot next to Will, while Jack went to look at the now dead predator. "How'd yeh manage this, mate? Yeh fought a tiger, my God!" He felt the fur of the animal.
"Yeah," Will said, pausing to look at the dead animal. "I just hope it isn't endangered." With a chuckle, he looked up to Elizabeth. Ana dabbed at his face, wiping the blood from the gash just below the pirate's cheekbone.
"I love you," he said softly to Elizabeth, watching the concern etching at her face. She smiled, shaking her head, leaning forward to kiss him softly on the nose, and reaching down to unbutton his dark shirt.
He raised a coy eyebrow. "With so many people around? Miss Swann, I'd advise against it at the moment. But maybe later." He took her wrist in his hand and winked as she peeled the shirt from his shoulders. "William Turner, does fighting rabid tigers always cause you to act so bold?"
"Only when the occasion calls for it," he said, noticing the embarrassed, yet not displeased, look gracing her soft features.
"He is a pirate," Jack chimed in, grinning at William. The younger man grinned back, nodding slightly as Elizabeth cleaned the wounds on his chest tenderly. She ran a hand across his abdomen, wringing some of the cold water over the cuts. He flinched at the feeling of the cold water seeping in his cuts.
"Yer gettin' ter be more n' more like me, I'd say, William meh boy." Jack grinned proudly, sitting up a bit straighter next to the tiger.
"Run while yeh still can, Turner," Ana said, glaring back at Jack.
All four chimed in on a laugh, before Jack stopped and glared back at Ana. "Hey!"
Jack grumbled as he slashed through the weeds and vines with Will's machete. Ana shuffled behind him, tired down to her core. They'd been walking like this for hours now and it seemed as if the trees only got thicker.
"My God, will it ever end?" Ana said, tilting her head up to look at the high branches of the grand trees surrounding them.
Elizabeth let out a small giggle, looking up at Will, who leaned heavily upon her. "You alright, my love?" She asked, tightening her grip around his waist as she helped him walk.
"Yes, I'm fine," he reassured her. "Not every day you get into a rut with a tiger and walk perfectly fine right after it. He grinned, kissing her forehead.
"Aha!" They heard in front of them. Jack stood in a clearing and stretched out his arms, turning to look forward. They stepped into the clearing as Will laughed.
"Jack, you devil. You've done it!" The trees had tapered off, showing only a small oasis-like clearing, a large city in the distance.
"Ha ha ha HA!" Jack said, pointing at Ana, as she had, prior to this discovery, doubted emphatically that Jack could lead them there on his own.
Will looked around and let go of Elizabeth. Limping to the cool liquid, he practically fell into the water and splashed his face with it. The other three followed him and Jack almost dunked his whole head in.
"That feels good," Ana muttered, washing her face with the water. Elizabeth was running water up and down her forearms, reveling in the coolness to the touch. The water felt wonderful. Will glanced over at her and noticed her eyes closed in the ecstasy of fresh water. With a small smirk, he splashed her with water.
Elizabeth fell back with a squeal as he splashed her, reprimanding him when he repeated the deed. "William Turner, you cad!" She reached down and splashed him also. Jack and Ana shook their heads with smiles and got up, taking their leave to see how far the city was from where they were washing.
Elizabeth laughed as she produced a never ending stream of water at him. She kept her hand splashing, before he grabbed her arms and pulled her away from the water. She giggled loudly, trying to squirm free from his strong grip as he laughed.
Getting an idea, she leant forward and kissed him. His grip unconsciously loosened on her arms, allowing her to wrestle her wrists free. She moved her hands to his chest and broke away from him. He smiled down at her before she smiled sweetly with a raised eyebrow and shoved him into the water.
He splashed into the shallow water, looking up at her with wide-eyes. "Didn't think I'd do it, did you?" She asked, crossing her arms, the sweet smile turning into a smug one. He pouted and held out a hand. She took it and tried to pull him out of the water.
He yanked on her arm, pulling her in after him. She yelped, covering her mouth as she laughed hysterically. "Will, you no-good brute!" She gasped, moving to stretch out atop him as he laid in the water that covered him to just below his ears when he was laying horizontally.
"I wasn't before I met you again," he said, teasingly. She stared down into his deep brown eyes and wiped his wet hair back from his head.
"I thought you were gone for good, William. I thought that tiger had…I thought I lost you again," she confided softly. He gave her a small smile and rested a hand at the back of her neck.
"What would I do without you, William Turner? Don't ever frighten me like that again, you hear me?" She looked at him lovingly, running her fingers lightly over his lips, wetting them with the water.
"I'll never leave you, Lizzie." His eyes shone with such sincerity that she believed him. He took her face in his hands and brought her forehead to his own. "I'll always be here to protect you." He tilted his face to hers for a chaste kiss.
Not satisfied with his kiss, Elizabeth tucked a hand beneath his head and pushed him back to her for a more languid kiss. When she broke free from him, she smiled. "I love you, Mr. Turner." He grinned, his smile reaching his eyes.
"You know I love you more," he said, quickly flipping her off of him and getting up, stumbling to the nearest tree and leaning against it, dripping wet. She crossed her arms and pursed her lips together.
"You had better come over here and help me up, or else you're in big trouble."
"What trouble will I warrant if I just walk…this way," he started in the opposite way of where she sat in the water.
"Big trouble," she answered, simply.
"Aha." He stepped behind the tree, out of her sights. "What about now?"
She stood up as quietly as she could and snuck around to lean where he had just leant moments ago. "Why don't you come see," she said, trying to throw her voice so it sounded like she was still plopped down in the water.
Will cocked an eyebrow, rounding the tree and leaning against the side smoothly. His smirk disappeared as he noticed Elizabeth was nowhere to be seen. He walked forward a bit, stunned that she had disappeared.
Elizabeth smirked and jumped at his back, surrounding his waist with her arms and rested her chin on his shoulder, turning her lips into his ear. "Wondering where your lover went, Mr. Turner?" He turned his head towards hers slightly, raising an eyebrow.
"That's right, I know your name. I know a lot about you." She giggled as he covered her arms with his own and laughed. "Do you now? How would a spitfire like you learn things about me, hm?"
She bit her lip and whispered into his ear, "Would your lassie miss you much if you came with me?" A shiver went down his spine, but he kept playing along.
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm desperately in love with that lassie. I shan't leave her, not even for a beautiful she-devil like you," he answered, his voice lower than usual.
She slid around his body to stand in front of him and kissed him passionately. He wrapped his arms around her waist and dragged his hands up to the small of her back, wrapping his arms fully around her body.
She broke her lips away from his just as he started getting started and gave him a mischievous grin, sliding her arms around his neck. "You should be ashamed of yourself, William Turner. Your lover doesn't know about us, does she?"
"Mm, no. And she never will." They both laughed before they heard Jack's voice.
"Oi, lovebirds! C'mon, we've got ter get across inter Egypt." Will let a confused look cross his features, taking Elizabeth's hand, as she stared dreamily at him. She followed after him, thinking of his lips still upon hers.
"Jack, what do you mean 'get across to Egypt'?" He stopped in front of the captain, the determined and intense look coming back to his eyes.
"I mean wot I said. We've got ter get passed some fellas on camels ter get ter Cairo. Wifout getting' passed them, we're not getting into Egypt any time soon." Jack shrugged as Ana Maria snuck up from behind him.
"There are five of them. I don't know how we're goin'a get by 'em." She looked at Will.
He stood, his hand still gripping Elizabeth's, and thought to himself. Five men on camels in the desert is not as easy as getting passed two men in a yard.
"What if we just try to get into the city by…going into the city like everybody else does?" Elizabeth asked. Jack chuckled. "Yes, Lizzie…we're just going to ride right in, right as rain." He scoffed, crossing his arms with mirth.
"She's right you know," Will said, eyeing Jack.
"I know," he grumbled, turning to skulk towards the sandy grounds they had to cross to get to the large gates leading into Cairo.
Elizabeth looked at Will with a smile reserved only for him, he knew, and walked after Ana Maria and Jack. He looked down and saw four full sacks at his feet. "Ah, hey! You all left your bags here! …Jack? Ana? …Elizabeth?"
Grumbling that he knew they could hear him, he leant down and lifted each one onto his shoulder, two on each one. "Making an injured man carry their bags. I don't see them getting savaged by a tiger to save their friends."
Elizabeth walked slowly, intending to walk with Will when he came up to her. She turned and saw him wincing as he walked with four heavy sacks on his shoulders. Her eyes widened as she hurried to him, pushing the bags off of his shoulders.
"Will, you poor dear." She grinned, seeing that he knew she was teasing. "Why are you carrying all these in your condition?"
He glowered at her. "Because we need them and you and that lot up there forgot to get your own." She smiled apologetically.
"I'm sorry, love." She kissed his cheek and took two bags in her own arms. They really were extremely heavy if you had to carry two at a time, and there he was, after being practically mauled by a giant tiger, trying to lug around four of them.
Jack and Ana stopped at the gates where the men stood, eyeing them suspiciously. "Why 'ello, mates! We'd like to get into yer city if tha's alrigh'." He grinned and started walking to the entrance, but Ana pulled him back.
"Calm down, Jack. Wait for young William and his lass, aye?" He nodded as Will and Elizabeth walked up. "Think you two could walk any slower?" They shrugged.
Will handed Jack a bag as Ana took one from Elizabeth. Will traipsed up to the gate and started going through, but the two men grabbed him by the shirt and threw him backwards.
Elizabeth attempted to catch him, but instead she fell back on her behind, his head landing on her lap. He winced a bit from the injuries on his chest and squinted up at her. "I thought I'd try," he said weakly.
Jack and Ana respectively helped up both Will and Elizabeth before the four walked confidently up to the men and stood there. "What do you want?" One of them asked in broken English.
"Erm, we'd like to get into Cairo," Jack said, grinning to make them think he was a harmless guy who wanted to have a couple drinks in the city and be on his way. As if to further prove it, he said, "I just want to 'ave a couple o' drinks in the city an' be on meh way."
Will, Elizabeth, and Ana smiled at the men also. With slightly suspicious looks, they allowed them in.
"Thankyou kind sirs," Jack said, allowing the ladies to go in first, and pushing Will in, still smiling at the men.
Once they got into the city, they all breathed sighs of relief. "An' whose idea was tha' again?" Jack asked, quietly, leaning towards his companions.
"Mine," Elizabeth said, just as quietly.
"Right," he said, and kept walking.
Will glanced sidelong at Elizabeth as he watched her face light up with awe as she saw the large strangely built structures around her. Her eyes glowed brightly as she watched some small children chase a tiny goat around a magnificent fountain. She linked arms with the man she loved and looked up at him.
He grinned a sideways grin before kissing the top of her head. Elizabeth sighed deeply. Even though she knew the adventure wasn't anywhere near coming to a close, she felt an intense feeling of contentment as she felt William's body next to her own. She was in love, and she'd be damned if anyone tried to keep her away from William Turner, whether it was her father or the commodore, evil cursed pirates, or anybody.
Elizabeth leaned into Will, smiling softly, not knowing someone was watching them at that moment and following at a safe distance as they strolled through the streets.
Unaro peaked his dusty head out from behind a wall. That was the captain, Jack Sparrow. And his first mate and the girl the first mate was always with. With a small smile, he started after them.
He was positive now. These were the people he was after.
With a grin, he ran up and stopped in front of Jack. "What're yeh doin' boy? Kin I 'elp ye?" Jack asked, tilting his head suspiciously.
"Captain Jack Sparrow?" The boy asked, a bit too loudly for Jack's liking. He nearly jumped when the boy said his name. Giving nervous looks about him, Jack took the young man by his arm and the five went into a secluded alleyway.
"How do yeh know meh name, boy? Who are ye?"
"My name is Unaro, Captain Sparrow." He had a slight accent. "I have something for you from a man named Gibbs."
Jack's eyes shot open. "Well, then why din't yeh say so! Hand it over!" Unaro fumbled in his tattered pockets for the letter, handing it to Jack, as Will looked over his shoulder.
Jack unwrapped the bit of parchment and read it.
Captain Jack Sparrow,
Barley's on our tail. We're going to try and fight him off, but we don't have very high hopes. Don't worry, I'm taking good care of the Pearl. If this letter gets to you, it means I've had to send this boy because Barley's ship succeeded in capturing the Black Pearl.
We are going to keep him off your trail as best as we can. He's after your mate more than you or anybody else now. The whelp's in big trouble if Barley finds out where he is. He's vicious, almost to the point of madness. His crew is mad. I can see them even now.
The fight begins.
And Jack, I've never known a better pirate than you, Captain. If we never see each other again, know that this is the most loyal crew you could ever want. Never seen any group of pirates like them.
Goodbye, friend.
I'll see you soon, high hopes?
-Joshamee Gibbs
"Why is he after me?" Will asked, looking down at the ground as Jack folded the parchment again.
Ignoring Will's question, Jack looked at the young man. "Unaro was it?" The boy nodded. "How'd you get away from Barley?"
"Gibbs snuck me away. The captain and his crew were too much fighting with Mr. Gibbs and the others," Unaro said in broken English.
"Come on then, we're goin' ter 'ave to take yeh wit' us. You know where Gibbs and meh Pearl are?" Jack started out of the alleyway, the others following. Unaro walked next to him, answering his question.
"I'd be honored to go with you, Captain Sparrow. Gibbs speaks many amazing things about you and your first mate." He glanced back at Will, who smiled slightly.
"Good, we're stayin' here for a night. I think we all could use the rest." They all nodded, starting toward a small tavern with rooms above it.
As they walked in, Will encircled Elizabeth's waste with his arm as Jack did the same to Ana Maria. Elizabeth raised an eyebrow at Jack's action and at the fact that Ana didn't smack Jack across the face as she was apt to do in a situation where Jack got overly fresh.
But when Jack talked to the owner, she understood they must have had to do this often in their adventures together.
"Name sir?"
"I'm Jackson Black, and this is my wife Ana. This here's meh cousin, Harold." Unaro gave a small look of disgust. Harold, indeed. "This is William Johnson and his wife, Elizabeth. Two rooms please." The man nodded, handing Jack one key and giving the other one to Will.
Elizabeth gave Will an apprehensive look, wondering if Will had done this before with a woman other than herself. She could only hope Will was the cousin in their dealings before. She could only hope.
(A/N:) Woo! (wipes brow) That one was a toughy. Sorry, guys. I just had to make Elizabeth yell at that other lady, I don't know. I actually did it for my own amusement, albeit it probably wasn't that funny.
IT WAS AT THE TIME, I SWEAR! >
And I am also submitting this chapter without my dear friend, Ashley's beta so I don't know how good it is. She usually gives me a lot of help and finds stupid mistakes and stuff, so I'm hopeful. HAVE FUN ON VACATION ASHLEY! WHEEE!
I feel like going to Disneyland.
ANYWAYS, I don't know where that came from. So I'll just continue with the review thanks then.
Review Thanks:
JohnnysDoll84: Holy Sheezopete! I'm an honorary Bostonian! (dances) That's tight. And I'm sorry about the lack of drama. There's a little bit in this chapter, don't you agree? The whole tiger bit. I actually made myself believe Will was dead for a second there. O.O
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Things-One-and-Two: (whistles innocently) Maybe another story is on the horizon. And oh my god, don't worry about not being able to guess my plot twists...because, well because I don't have any. Hehe. (blush)
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Alright, and for you, melleh...
MELLEH OMG YOU ROCK MELLEH OMG YOU ROOOOCK! YOU ROCK MELLEH OMG YESSSS! You're so cool. (wink) ...and I miss you. (cry)
AND I MISS ASHLEY! ASHLEY COME BAAACK! WAH! K, that's it.
Bye guys, see you next time.
DUN DUN DUUUUNNN!
-williz