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"What are you doing here?" Elizabeth asked, her voice shaking.
"My daughter is in the hospital, naturally I come to see how she is doing." Will looked at General Swann and didn't like the vibes he was getting.
"Dad, this is my boss, Special Agent William Turner, and this is the Head of the ATF, Jack Sparrow. This is my father, General Weatherby Swann." Elizabeth made the introductions.
"Sir, it is an honor to meet you." Will shook the General's hand. "Sorry it is under these circumstances."
"Yes, the circumstances are rather dreary." The General glanced at Elizabeth. "Gentlemen if you don't mind, I'd like a moment with my daughter."
Elizabeth met Will's eyes as he left, and Will got the sinking feeling she didn't want to be alone with him. Will walked outside the door and stood in front of it, so he wasn't too far.
"Elizabeth, I knew this was a bad idea the moment you told me about this career change. Why couldn't you at least, if you couldn't stick with being a doctor, practice law?"
"I needed this dad, and it is part of my job. Besides, this really didn't have much to do about…"
"It was him wasn't it?"
Elizabeth stared into her father's eyes. "What are you going to do Dad? Sweep it under the rug?"
"Elizabeth I had my reasons for…"
"No you didn't!" Elizabeth shot back. "I could have dealt with it eventually."
"Elizabeth you know sometimes you really disappointment me." Elizabeth felt like she had been shot in the chest.
"Weatherby!" Elizabeth looked to the doorway and saw her Mother standing there with a large bag. "Get away from her now!" Evelyn Swann stood there with her hands on her hips ready to attack, protect her cub.
"Evelyn, she is stronger than this and you know it." The General growled.
"Get away from my daughter before I have that lovely FBI agent throw you out, right on your self righteous ass." Without another word the General left.
"Are you okay?" Evelyn Swann asked as she came to her daughter's side.
"I'm fine, nothing I haven't heard before."
"You shouldn't have to hear it from him, not a bit of it." Evelyn then took her daughter's hand. "Elizabeth, I am very proud of what you have done with your life."
"Thanks."
Evelyn cleared her throat. "I also met your boss. He is very handsome." Evelyn beamed. "Very protective, very sincere, and well, when he offered that he would take care of you, I nearly had a heart attack."
"What? Take care of me?"
"Elizabeth, I am not stupid, I know the man who attacked you was the same man who did it years before. You need protection, and your father is being an idiot, and Will offered." Evelyn smiled. "You should take the offer."
"Why?"
"Mother's intuition." Evelyn the placed the bag down on a chair. "There is a change of clothes some pajamas…shampoo, soap, toothbrush…everything under the sun."
"They let you in my house while they were still surveying the crime scene?"
"No dear, I went out and bought it." Evelyn brushed her lips against Elizabeth's forehead. "Rest well darling, I'll call you tomorrow morning."
"Good night Mom, I love you."
"Love you too sweetheart." Evelyn Swann then stepped outside the door and walked over to Will.
"You're leaving?" Will asked.
"Yes, she is in your care now Agent Turner, I suggest you do that job as well as any other."
"I will."
"Good evening Agent Turner." With a curt nod Evelyn Swann walked down the corridor and out of sight. Will smirked to himself, she looked just like Elizabeth, the same honey colored hair, only with a few sweeps of gray, the same build…she was very much indeed her mother.
POTC
Will walked into Elizabeth's room an hour later, giving her enough time to recover from her father's tirade.
"You're not sleeping?" Will asked as he sat down in a chair next to the bed.
"No. After that?" Elizabeth said with a sniffle. "How could I?"
"I'm sorry."
"No, don't be. That's the way he is…always has been."
"He covered up your attack, why?"
"For me in part, but for him mostly. It would make headlines he didn't want." Elizabeth then shifted uncomfortably in bed. "You met my mother."
"Yes, she's quite the lady. She left me with a big responsibility."
"Which was?"
"You." Will held up his hand before she could protest. "I was already going to have you stay with me before your mother interceded."
"Why? That is above and beyond the call of duty."
"Yes it is. I was so mad at you for not telling me you were a victim, and I should have put some sort of protection on you, and I didn't because my anger clouded me. Now, since you are here because of me, I will make sure he does not come after you again." He said it with such anger and hostility that it made Elizabeth shiver.
"Thank you."