Jack sat up straight, looking at Straight Silver. The old pirate was trustworthy, that much Jack knew. Jack had heard tales of the skill Straight Silver had with blades. He had been the First mate to the great pirate Nathaniel Flint. Flint had been caught eventually; his ship the Dragons curse had been sunk beneath the waves.
"Do ye now Silver?"
"Aye Jack, the lad is out in the bay." He indicated the navy ship at the entrance to the bay.
"The lad is on board the navy ship?" Gibbs exclaimed.
"Aye, poor pup. Treated like a slave he is. The Commodore has no love for the lad. For as you know Jack Norrington blames Will Turner for stealing his wife. The mother is no help, shuns the lad for he looks just like Will when he was young. Or so I am told." Silver got up on old legs and walked round the cabin, looking at the various trinkets Jack had collected over the years.
"We have to get the lad Jack! We owe it ta Will" Through all this Jack had stayed quiet, just looking out of the window at the back of his cabin.
"That we do Mr Gibbs. If we storm over there, Norrington will more than likely slit the lads throat." Jack mused.
"I think I can help ye there Jack, would you take the lad on if I brought him over?" Silver asked, eyes locking with Jacks.
"What ye have in mind ole Silver?"
"You take the pearl to the bay and I'll bring the lad over in the cover of the night"
"Your sticking your neck out for the lad Silver. You gone soft?" Jacked asked with a smile, which slipped when he felt cold silver at his throat.
"I ain't so old as not to cut you a new mouth Jack" Silver snarled, but then smiled. "But perhaps you're right. I just feel sorry for the lad."
"Mr Gibbs, make ready to move the Pearl. Silver, we'll wait for you by the Devils eye rock" Devils eye Rock was a large rock on the edge of the bay, carved upon it was a great eye.
"Aye, aye Captain" Silver replied, he walked out of the cabin and back to the Dock. E would have to get back quick. Even as he walked back to the long boat of the HMS Legacy, the Black Pearl began to leave the dock.
"Silver, where ya been?" one of the navy personnel called, he was one of the sergeants. Right now he had discarded his red uniform for common cloths so he could slip in Tortuga unnoticed.
"Needed to check a few things. Don't worry your pretty naval head about it" Silver replied sarcastically.
The boat returned to the Legacy, they began unloading the wood and tools needed to fix the large sailing ship. Silver went looking for the boy, not surprised to see he had not moved from his hiding place on the figurehead.
"Bill lad"
"Silver, did you find the Pearl?"
"That I did, you want to serve Captain Jack Sparrow?"
"More than anything Silver" the smile like the sun on the lads face.
"Then stay here till I come for ye" Silver jumped back on the deck.
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Will had been sat in the belly of the Pearl, drowning his anger in rum. When he felt the move of the ship, so used to the Pearl now he could know when she began to move. Not as good as Jack mind you but enough. He rushed out on the deck; they were heading out of Tortuga. But they couldn't they had to find out where Elizabeth had placed his son.
"Jack!" Will shouted, running up to the Captain as he guided the Black Pearl out to sea.
"Yes Will?" he answered as if this was the most normal thing to have his first mate shout his name….actually it was the most normal thing.
"Where you think your going?"
"Well you see that big body of water, it's called the sea savvy? And we, as pirates sail across the sea to loot and plunder"
"But what about Elizabeth and Norrington? What about my son?"
"Well you see, we need to go to sea. To find your son," Jack replied…with that gleam in his eye.
"But if we go to the sea, to find my son, leaving Elizabeth behind. How are we going to know where to look?"
"If we go to sea to find your son, leaving Elizabeth behind, making them none the wiser as to what we are looking for," Jack continued.
"Ay up, who wants to bet two shillings that Jack out talks Cutter?" scar asked.
"Oh I don't know….Cutter's been practicing" Gibbs replied. In a whisper as Jack and Will continued.
"Go on Gibbs"
"I'm in said another crewmember"
"So if we go to sea to find my son, leaving Elizabeth behind, making them none the wiser as to what we are looking for. How do we know what to look for while still keeping them none the wiser?" Will replied.
"We go to sea, leaving Elizabeth behind, making the none the wiser as to what we are looking for. So they set sail for home, leading us to your son."
"But if we go to sea, leaving Elizabeth behind making them none the wiser as to what we are looking for, so they leave for home leading us to my son. What about Norrington?"
"Captain!" one of the men shouted
"Well if we to sea. Leaving Elizabeth behind making them none the wiser as to what we are looking for. So they leave for home leading us to my son. The Norrington will go with them." Jack continued
"Captain!" the crewmen shout again at the sign of the long boat coming closer.
"What?" Jack and Will shouted at the same time.
"Long boat approaching off the port bow"
"Oh" Jack replied looking back to Will. "What were we talking about?"
"I don't remember…" Will replied. They walked to the bow to see who was approaching in the long boat. The crew gathered round Gibbs.
"Who won?"
"Jack did" one crewman replied.
"Na, Cutter did" another exclaimed.
"I'd say it was a draw," Gibbs smiled
The men went off grumbling back to see who was approaching in the long boat.
Will stood next to Jack, he could now see the long boat; one man was rowing while a young boy sat at the prow, fearful eyes on the black looming shape of the legendary Black Pearl.
"Ahoy there. Permission to come aboard Captain" Silver hollered.
"Permission granted Silver."
"Up ye go lad" Silver said to the young one. He seemed to hesitate a moment but a prod from Silver got him climbing up the rope ladder to the deck. Silver slowly pulled himself up, old bones creaking.
Will Stood there eyes wide in shock at the sight of a child that had his eyes. Silver came rested a hand on the young ones shoulder as he addressed Jack. Jack had his eyes on will a moment before meeting Silver's
"Captain Jack Sparrow, this is Bill Turner, Son to William Turner and named after Bootstrap bill"
"Well now, don't ye just look like ye father?" Jack crouched down in front of the young one.
"Silver told me you were friends with my father captain" the young one said with a strong a voice as he could muster.
"Aye. Still am lad. You see. Some say old Will Turner is still alive. Just no one calls him by Turner anymore" Jack smiled.
"Really? My Da is still alive?" the boy was all excitement.
"Oh yes lad." Jack turned to Will, who up to this point had drawn back into the cover the Black Pearl could offer. "Will Cutter…this is your son"
Bill looked up at the face of his father; he had heard so many tales about him. The great blacksmith that risked everything to save his mother. Of the Blacksmith that befriended a pirate and helped him escape. The Blacksmith that had been abandoned by the wife he had loved, who had stolen his child from him.
He ran to the form of his father, wrapping his arms round the mans neck as he kneeled down to the young ones height. He buried his face in the warm neck, hiding from the pain that had been his life for the past 6 years. He was with his father now.
Both turned to the sound of cannon fire…as the Legacy voiced its opinion on that…….
TBC……..