A/N: Thanks for the reviews everyone! They mean lots to me! Tried to get the next chapter out as quick as possible just for you guys! I was a little busy though.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean. I only own Anna Wilson/Searles, Katy Searles, Matthew Anderson, other original characters, and the plot.

Chapter Eleven: The Silent Blade

Anna was roughly dragged through the bushes and trees leading to the bay in which the Silent Blade had anchored. Of course, a year on a pirate ship had trained Anna for such situations, though she couldn't seem to over power her captor. She fought against the man, slipping from his grasp several times, but never managing to get far enough out of reach to break into a sprint back to the town.

I can't just give in like this. I can't just let myself be taken like this.

"Yer a stubborn lass, aren't ye?" Bailey said as he had another tight grip on Anna. "Maybe I shoulda had someone help me. Didn't think stealin' a girl would be so hard."

Anna was furious by his words. She kicked her legs out from underneath her, trying to throw the man off balance. It helped a little, but not enough. She was being dragged through a thick area of trees and bushes. The branches and leaves were scraping at her arms and legs, ripping at her shirt and pants, leaving minor cuts on her skin.

They trudged their way through the trees for a couple more feet until everything opened up into the bay in which the Silent Blade was docked. Some sailors were standing on the rocky beach, stretching their legs after being at sea. They looked up to see a man with a young woman.

"Hey! You! Leave that woman alone!" an honest sailor yelled, oblivious to the fact that she was their own captive.

"Oh shut up!" Bailey yelled at the men, jumping into one of the long boats, dragging Anna along with him. She stumbled over the side of the boat, being pulled in, falling hard on her hip and smacking her knee hard on the edge of the boat.

"Sir, you can't take this boat, it belongs to the Royal British Navy!" another sailor yelled, jumping in the water to chase after Bailey.

"I've been sent by your captain to bring this girl to the ship! Now if you don't mind, get out of my way and let me complete my business with the captain!" Bailey yelled at the sailors, rowing to the ship.

The sailors stood back, not wanting to anger their obviously crazy captain, hoping to make it out of this trip alive. They found it best not to fight with him, but rather just listen to him.

They stood on the beach watching the man row to the ship and get the girl up to the ship.

"Who is she?" one sailor asked.

Others shrugged.

"I at first thought she was a man, until she was closer. I could see she was obviously a woman."

"What would the captain want with a woman?"

"Maybe she's a pirate?"

"What are you talking about? Women aren't pirates! They're wenches!"

"She obviously is not a wench."

"What's the point of taking random women? Why can't we just take the Black Pearl and go home? What's wrong with him?"

"Shh, we don't want him to hear!"

"Oh don't be so paranoid! He won't hear."

"She's kind of pretty," one sailor said silencing the others.

They stared at him in disbelief.

"What are you talking about? She's dress in men's clothes! How attractive is that?"

The men laughed at the idea. The sailor who suggested it felt himself grow red from embarrassment. He was obviously a young sailor, new to the seas and to the life of a "man."

"No, no, lad," an older sailor said between laughs, "she's probably only useful if you're feeling lonely, if you know what I mean. Even then, a woman in men's clothes means she probably isn't easy."

The sailors laughed at the comment, believing it was true.

"It's hard to find a sailor with good honor these days," the young sailor said, still embarrassed.

"Lad, when you're on the sea as long as us, you'll find you're not as honorable either. You may have a chance to be promoted and make a name for yourself, but we're far from that. Might as well go on as our unhonorable selves," an old weathered sailor said.

The rest of the men went on with their previous business, leaving the young sailor still pondering the whole scenario. The woman had looked quite distressed and the man with her seemed to be handling her roughly. He was uneasy about the situation.

A sailor called for the men to return to the ship before the tide came in and they prepared to sail.

Aboard the Silent Blade, Bailey had taken Anna to the captain's cabin, where he was examining maps and other paperwork. He heard a knock at the door.

"What?" Anderson said monotonously.

"It's Albert Bailey, sir," a voice from the other side said.

Anderson looked up from his papers and smiled, reclining in his chair and resting his feet on the desk.

"Come in!" he said happily.

Bailey opened the door and pulled Anna in with a smile on his face.

Anna saw her former fiancé sitting at the desk in the cabin and looked away, hiding her face. Oh no, it's him. I can't be known as a Searles. I have stay Anna Wilson.

Anderson's face turned from a smile to a glare as he noticed the girl in front of him was not Katy Searles. He stood up and stalked over to the girl, expecting some random wench Bailey tried to use in place of Katy.

"You coward! You can't even face Katy to kidnap her! I should've known you would've been useless!" Anderson shouted at Bailey, who fell to his knees as though he was at the last judgment.

Anderson moved over to Anna, grabbing her chin and turning her face to his to take a good look at it. "This is clearly not…!" he started but realized who the girl was.

"Miss Wilson," he said quietly. The shock in his eyes slowly faded away to a smirk.

Anna was stuck between fear and relief. No…he recognized me. But, he still thinks I'm a Wilson…I guess that's good.

"Where did you find her?" Anderson demanded, pushing Anna to the side.

"Sh-she was on the Black Pearl. I-I thought she would be good enough, sir," Bailey said, scared for his life now. Things were not working out as he had planned.

"Do you not realize the significance of getting a Searles? Not a Wilson! Fortunately for you, you can redeem yourself a little, and MAYBE avoid your death for a day," Anderson said. "Did you find her with anyone?"

Bailey nodded.

"Who?" he demanded.

"I-I don't know. He was tall…had dark brown hair…didn't see much…the girl called him Will," Bailey stammered.

"Will?" Anderson said, confirming what he heard.

"Th-they were kissing, sir," Bailey said, doing whatever he could to get himself off the hook.

Anderson raised an eyebrow and glanced over at Anna.

"Kissing? And I assume this Will was also aboard the Black Pearl, was he not?" he asked Bailey.

"Yes, I saw him," Bailey said.

"Well then, it seems your mistake can end up being good after all," Anderson said.

Bailey sighed with relief and stood up.

"But your mistake still cost me several days in this journey. Now I have to lure the Black Pearl to us, THEN get a Searles, rather than having the Searles and luring the Pearl in the process. You're mistakes will cost you, Bailey," Anderson said pulling out his gun.

Anna's eyes widened.

"Sir, please," Bailey pleaded.

"Please what? What do you have to offer to the world? Who will miss you?" Anderson asked aiming his gun at Bailey.

Bailey was shaking. Anna felt bad for him, but knew he kidnapped her and was employed by Anderson to kidnap Katy. She stayed where she was.

"Sir, please spare me," Bailey pleaded.

"Not today," Anderson said, firing his gun into Bailey's head.

Bailey was knocked backwards into the door, pushing it back open so that he fell onto the deck, dead.

Anna turned her head away from the sight. Scared and surprised at the sudden action.

The sailors on deck looked at the dead man in shock then up at their captain as to what they should do.

"Throw him overboard. The world won't miss him," Anderson commanded and shut the doors to his cabin.

He sat down in his chair at his desk again. Anna still off to the side in the room. He eyed her with his smirk still on his face.

"Miss Wilson, please sit down," Anderson said, motioning to a chair.

Anna stood still and silent.

"Well, you can sit or you can stand in that corner silent for the rest of the journey," Anderson said shrugging.

Anna moved slowly over to one of the seats and sat down, staying silent.

"I thought you'd agree. Now, Miss Wilson, it appears that after you ran away from your marriage to me, you became a pirate, is that true?" Anderson asked.

Anna didn't answer him.

"Well, since you're going to stay silent, I guess I can wait too. Today must have been a tough day for you. Being torn away from the embrace of your love, unless you were being you're wench self, but I highly doubt it. You were taken away from the ship you love and from your freedom all in one day. I suggest you rest..." Anderson said mockingly, "…in the brig."

Anna glared at Anderson, still not saying anything. She wouldn't back down.

"Well, I assure you, it'd be a lot easier if you went on your own rather than by force," Anderson said, getting up and opening the door to his cabin.

Anna didn't move.

"Miller, please escort Miss Wilson down to the brig," Anderson commanded to a sailor passing by.

The sailor hesitated for second, but followed his commands. He took Anna's arm gently and pulled her down to the brig with an apologetic look on his face. He locked her in the cell and left her.

Anna stood in the brig quietly, breathing heavily. She leaned against the one wood wall of her cell, and looked through a hole in the wood out towards the water. The ship was moving out of the bay. Oh please, Will, hurry and get Jack and Katy. She sighed as she sat on the floor of the brig. Her heart pounded in her chest from fear. A lump formed in her throat as she realized she wanted to cry. Oh no, don't cry. Not here, if you must, wait 'til you're back on the Pearl, safe.

………………………

Will had come around several minutes after being knocked out. The blow wasn't hard enough to keep him out for long. He stood up, still trying to remember what exactly happened. The image of Anna being dragged away from him then appeared in his mind.

"Anna…" he whispered and started running in the direction he believed she was taken.

He pushed through trees and bushes but all he saw was a bay in which a ship had just started leaving. He could barely make out the name of it.

"The Silent Blade?" Will said, squinting to read the name.

He knew he'd never be able to swim and catch up to the ship. He had to run back to the Pearl as fast as he could. He ran through the trees and the town not caring if he tripped over something or if something got in his way. He ran into the harbor and up the gangplank to the ship where most of the crew was on deck.

"'ey, boy, what's the rush?" Gibbs asked not noticing that Anna was missing.

"Where's Jack?" Will asked frantically.

"He's in his cabin. We're getting ready to make sail. Where's Anna?" Katy said coming down on the deck from the rigging.

Will didn't answer. He didn't want to face Katy now, knowing he would be in for hell if he talked to her. He walked towards Jack's cabin but someone grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"Where's Anna?" Katy asked, staring down Will.

He sighed. "Katy…" he said looking away.

"No, don't 'Katy…' me! Tell me where she is!" Katy said, knowing something was wrong.

"She's gone, alright?" Will said pulling his arm out of Katy's grasp.

"Gone? What do you mean she's gone? What did you say to her to make her run this time?" Katy screamed, fuming at Will.

"Katy…" Will said, not wanting to deal with false accusations now.

"I started thinking higher of you Will! I thought you would be great for Anna! She loves you Will and you keep brushing her off like you can't see it in her eyes!" Katy scolded.

"That's not what I said!" Will shouted at Katy. "First of all, I do NOT brush her off! Secondly, I didn't say anything to make her run off! She was TAKEN!"

There was a long silence. The whole crew of the Pearl was watching the argument eagerly, hoping for some physical violence. Katy paused in her accusations as though she was apologizing for her mistake.

"Thank y-" Will started to say but was cut off by more screaming from Katy.

"What do you mean she was taken? She was with you the whole time! You couldn't keep a close watch on her? You know Anderson's out after us! What if it was him that took her! And why aren't you looking for her! GO!" Katy yelled.

"That's not what happened! Just let me tell you what happened!" Will shouted.

"Fine! Tell me what happened! I doubt it's any better," Katy said, folding her arms in front of her.

It was then that Jack emerged from his cabin. He sauntered up to the argument, silencing them both.

"What's going on here?" Jack asked looking around the deck. "And where's Anna?"

"Will lost her," Katy said.

"Again?" Jack asked looking at Will with an eyebrow raised.

"I did not lose her! She was taken from me!" Will said defensively.

"Alright Will, how was she taken from you?" Jack asked, trying to settle the battle on his ship.

"Well, we were…uh…talking…" Will started, not really wanting to get into details, "and someone came up behind Anna, took her and knocked me out so I couldn't go after them."

"What did he look like?" Katy asked, still glaring at Will.

"I-uh…he wasn't very tall…uh he had dark hair and…" Will started to say, not really remembering what the man looked like.

"Katy," Jack said warningly, "just let the boy tell me about how he lost his wench without you to anger him."

"She's not a wench!" both Katy and Will yelled at Jack simultaneously.

"Well, at least you two agree on something. Will, did you wake up later and go after anyone? Did you have any clues at all to where Anna could be?"

"Yeah," Will answered. "I went towards the direction Anna was taken and…"

"Oh so you remember what direction she was taken in but not what her captor looked like?" Katy said accusingly.

"Oh shut it, Katy," Jack said.

"I ended up in a bay, where a ship was leaving," Will said. "The Silent Blade, I think is what it said. I'm not sure."

"Now we're getting somewhere," Jack said smiling.

"So it is Anderson. That bastard, stealing my sister, he doesn't even know that she's a Searles!" Katy said.

"Unless he's using her as a lure," Jack wondered with Katy.

"But we don't know where the ship's headed," Will said, feeling even worse about letting Anna slip from him like that.

"Ah, that's why we have this!" Jack said smiling. He pulled out his compass and waved it in front of Will's face.

"But doesn't that lead to the Isla de Muerta?" Will asked confusedly.

"That's where you're wrong!" Jack said happily.

"It points to whatever you want most in this world," Katy said, finishing what Jack was going to say.

"Hey! I wanted to tell him!" Jack said pouting.

"Just give him the compass," Katy said, rolling her eyes.

Jack started to hand Will the compass but stopped short.

"What do you want most in this world?" Jack asked Will, eyeing him suspiciously.

"I want to find Anna," Will said strongly.

"You sure you don't still want Elizabeth? We don't need to end up in Port Royal, now, do we?" Jack said raising an eyebrow at Will.

"I want to find Anna," Will repeated with more determination in his voice.

"Alright, give it you're best shot," Jack said handing the compass over.

Will took the compass in his hands. The arrow swung around a couple times and suddenly stopped, pointing southwest.

"We have our heading!" Jack said taking the compass and walking to the helm.

Will followed Jack. "How will we catch up?" he asked. "They left a while ago."

"Son, the Black Pearl is the fastest ship in the Caribbean. Sure the Silent Blade is fast, but not fast enough," Jack said, taking the wheel in his hands and looking off into the horizon as the Black Pearl sailed from St. Vincent.

A/N: Strange chapter, I know…well at least, it feels weird to me. Yes I took some stuff from Dead Man's Chest, with the whole compass thing, oh well. Please Review! Pretty please with sugar on top, and ice cream, and candy, and sprinkles, and chocolate sauce! smiles innocently I don't mind honest opinions, I actually encourage them!