Chapter 8 – The Lost Pirates

Elizabeth had woken up before Jack even moved. Getting out of the bed she went on deck and gasped, they were in the middle of the ocean. Running back down as fast as she could she shook him awake.

"Jack we're away from the dock! Jack!"

The pirate opened his eyes and looked at her. "What do you want me to do about it?"

Elizabeth's jaw dropped, she was trying not to go insane and start yelling his head off. "I want you to go sail the ship. I don't know how."

Jack sighed and got out of bed, putting his clothes on with as much laziness as possible and went up to the dock. Elizabeth followed and screamed when she saw a woman standing at the helm.

"Well done Mr. Sparrow. Elizabeth, you will come with me know."

Elizabeth grabbed a hold of Jack's sleeve and stood behind him.

"Jack, bring her to me."

The pirate looked out into the ocean and he could feel Elizabeth's fingers tighten around his shirt. "Why?"

Gildah sighed and walked down the steps toward them. "Because she has what I want." She said, pointing to her stomach.

Elizabeth's blood started to run cold and she felt like fainting.

"Where are you going to take her?"

"Back to where I found you Captain Sparrow, I have a little surprise for both of you."

Without another word from anyone Gildah's eyes rolled in the back of her head and she started to talk, chant, in a different language. The waters started to get restless and the wind was nipping at them. Clouds gathered overhead and Elizabeth felt all the coldness she had ever felt in her life flood her body, and her heart.

Jack took a hold of her and pulled her down back into the bedroom with him.

"Jack?" She asked when all was silent again.

"What is it?"

"Where are you?"

The pirate looked at her like she was crazy and put an arm around her. "I'm right here."

His words did nothing to comfort her and she started to cry. "No you're not. You're somewhere far away and I can't see you."

Jack couldn't respond, he sat on the bed with her and rubbed soothing circles on her back.

"I'll find you Jack, I promise." She said and fell into a forced sleep when Gildah came in.

"You have done well, now help me take her to the cave." She said and started to leave. Jack sat where he was.

"Why?"

The witch stopped and when she turned around there was only darkness in her eyes.

"What?"

Jack felt like flinching away at her stare but sat perfectly still next to her. "I asked 'why?' , meaning why should I help you do anything."

"Are you that stupid! I saved your life! You should be thankful to me!"

"You saved me from death and then put me in this hell hole. I want to be who I used to be! I want my memories, my old life, and all my feelings, not the ones you put inside me!"

Gildah's eyes went back to their normal color and she smiled. "All in good time. Now, help me with her.

The weather outside was calm and cool and Jack felt Elizabeth stir in his arms. "What did you do to her that is making her sleep so long?"

"Her baby is growing a hundred times faster than normal rate, it will be ready to be born any minute."

Jack wouldn't have believed it unless he saw it with his own eyes. Elizabeth's stomach was expanding, growing along with the baby inside. He started to worry about her but more importantly started to get angry with the witch.

"What did you do to her?"

"I didn't do anything Jack, you did."

The pirate took a breath and looked around the room what he saw there almost made him drop Elizabeth. It was him. He was being held up against the wall with ropes around his feet and hands, blood seeping from where the friction was being made.

"What the hell is that!"

Gildah looked up as if it was a normal ornament and waved it off. "That, is the old you."

Jack couldn't pull his eyes away from it, there were tiny cuts on his face from his battle with Davy Jones, there was blood everywhere including the hole in his chest that was the killing blow. He swallowed. That he remembered, and just now.

Suddenly all his memories came back; Barbossa, Will, Tortuga, The Commodore, Elizabeth. He put Elizabeth on the ground and cradled his head in his hands, there was too much pain and he screamed.

Gildah smiled as the Jack on the wall opened his eyes. Pain filled them and he gasped for breath, he was dying again.

Elizabeth woke up and started to feel the first contractions of labor and no one was there to help her. Gildah was standing on a loft looking at some book, the Jack on her left was breathing heavily and clutching his head while the one on the wall started to whisper her name.

She looked up and saw him, just like he was when he died. She tried to stand but couldn't, the baby was coming. She started to cry, all of this was a dream, it had to be.

"Jack! Help me!"

The Jack she had known was starting to come over to her, she could see through his eyes as he started to become transparent. Gildah had started to chant.

The ropes came off of the Jack on the wall and he clutched his side. Grabbing his sword that was still on the ground he sliced off the other Jack's head and a misty white came out engulfing him, his memories. But he was still dying. Elizabeth screamed and thought she was going to die.

Gildah watched as the baby was born, Jack held it in his hands and held the blade over Elizabeth's head.

"Hurry Jack!" Gildah yelled and watched evily, Elizabeth's eyes widened as she understood, her life would let Jack live. Put she screamed and got sick when he killed the baby instead.

"Jack! My Baby!"

The life from the newborn child went into him and his cuts were gone, his blood was replenished, the baby was his other part. He was alive.

"You idiot! If you would have let him live there would be two of you! Forget the woman!"

Jack dropped the baby and the body disappeared. He took Elizabeth in his arms and ran outside to where the Pearl was waiting. Gibbs was already on shore.

"Take her out Gibbs, we need to go to Tortuga and get Elizabeth a doctor. Hurry."

The sailors on the ship all started to run around it seemed almost aimlessly, but Jack knew what they were doing. He took Elizabeth down into his cabin.

When they were on the sea Jack took a basin of freshwater and dipped a cloth in it, wiping her head. When she sat still he paniced and felt her pulse, it was strong, she was just in shock.

Walking over to the large window he looked out and saw the spirits of the other pirates Gildah had captured, they were free. Gildah was alive but they had been able to escape her grip. Jack idly wondered if she would ever come back for him.

"Jack."

Elizabeth's faint voice took him off guard and he walked over to her, taking her frail, weak hand in one of his strong ones. "Yes love?"

"What…" but she stopped. "What did you say?"

Jack looked around and then held both her hands. "I said 'yes love?"

The biggest smile he had ever seen filled her face. "Oh Jack!" she said and through her arm around him. "Jack what happened? Tell me all this was some sick nightmare. Tell me." She begged, looking into his eyes.

"I can't love, but don't worry about a thing. It's all over now, we're safe."

She wanted to lay down but couldn't. "You killed our child."

He smoothed her hair and touched her face lovingly. "No I killed myself, twice, lucky for me I couldn't feel it."

It didn't help, her tears kept coming. "That baby was mine and you killed it!"

Jack tried to keep her calm. "No love listen to me, there was no part of you in it. It was just me."

"How is that possible, I birthed it. It was mine."

"I would never hurt you like that Elizabeth, I love you."

She stopped crying and looked into his eyes, they were Jack's, the same brown eyes that she looked in and saw the life leave. "You love me?"

He smiled and kissed her hand. "With all my heart."

Elizabeth layed back down on the bed and Jack followed suit, wrapping his arms around her. "I love you."

"I love you too." She said and felt something pressing into her back. "Jack, what's that?"

He smelled her hair then reached down his shirt, pulling out her necklace.

"Oh my god. Jack, it's the necklace."

"Do you want it back?" He asked taking it off.

Closing her eyes she shook her head. "No, but I'll fix it tomorrow."

Looking at the necklace he turned it over. There was nothing wrong that needed to be fixed.

The next day they reached Tortuga and Jack told Elizabeth she needed to see a doctor. He went with her but stayed outside, looking at the necklace again, it was perfect.

"Jack. The doctor had some interesting news for me."

He looked up at her and pocketed the necklace. "What is it?"

She blushed a little before looking up at him. "I'm still a virgin."

He stopped, his eyes darting around before resting on her. "What? How is that possible, you had a child."

"The child wasn't real."

His expression changed and he laughed a little taking the necklace out. "Here, I don't know what you want to do with it, it's fine.

Elizabeth took the heart and opened it, a locket. Breaking it in half she put a string on the other part and put it around Jack's neck, the other around hers.

"There, all better."

Jack smiled and put his arm around her waist. "I think he need to fix you then too."

"What?"

"Men can smell out virgins. I need to fix that."

Elizabeth smiled seductively at him and before their lips touched she head him say. "My heart belongs to you too."

THE END