Hello everyone, this one is one of my longer chapters.(actually it isn't that long, lol) I hope you enjoy it. Please review.
Sadly I don't own POTC, sighs.
Chapter Nine
Elizabeth gasped and turned her head slowly in fear oh who was holding her arm so tightly. She looked up to see Commodore Norrington. He asked, "Where are you going lad?"
Elizabeth was shocked and very confused of why he was the commodore again, and why didn't he recognize her.
"My father sent me to go get bread." Elizabeth explained, trying to sound manly, while looking part way down so she didn't have to make any eye contact.
"Oh, I'm sorry, go right ahead." Norrington said, pointing up the street, where a crowd of people were walking. She couldn't see Will, Barbossa or Jack.
"Thanks." She said in her manly voice again, then she started walking up the street as fast as she could possibly go, but still trying to walk like a man.
She looked around frantically, trying to find them. She made her way past the huge crowd and saw them over by a bunch of bushes. It was funny to Elizabeth to see all of them trying to blend in with the other people in the street, when they stood out so boldly.
She walked over to them slowly and casually, trying not to seem so frantic.
"I'm sorry; I got stopped, by Commodore Norrington." Elizabeth explained, trying to keep her voice down. "He didn't recognize me though." Shaking her head while she explained to them.
They all stood there with blank faces, finally after a moment of silence, Will sputtered out, "Whha-wha- what!" when Elizabeth didn't answer right away, she was unsure of his question, "His Commodore? Again?"
"Yes. I guess." She answered, as she shrugged her shoulders.
Barbossa shook his head, "Is this the bloke who took the heart?" He asked, looking at Elizabeth, Jack wasn't really talking much.
"Yes, at least that's what Jack said." Elizabeth answered looking at Jack, waiting for him to talk.
"Yes, he took the heart." Jack finally spoke, as he looked down the street to see if any guards were coming.
Barbossa still looked confused as he asked, "Then why don't we go get him?"
"He doesn't have the heart, Lord Becky, Beck, who ever he is, has it. Ye' see, Norrington used it as leverage to get his precious job back." Jack explained to Barbossa, as he kept looking up and down the street.
"Aye." Barbossa agreed, "Where's this other bloke then?"
"We're goin' to find him," Jack stopped to look up the street, "there." He pointed up to the fort, where there were guards, marching and there was a building where Lord Beckett's office is. Will and Elizabeth knew this already. "Spread out!" Jack demanded as he swung his arms about.
They made their way up the hill, when they reached Lord Beckett's office, Jack gathered everyone under a tree. "Barbossa, you wait outside in the hallway. Elizabeth, you love are going to be outside by the window. Will, ye' mate are coming with me." Jack instructed as he fixed his droopy hat.
"Aye" Elizabeth and Barbossa agreed.
"Aye" Will moaned, looking at Jack with fixed eyes, he was not happy with Jack calling Elizabeth love all the time. She was his fiancé' and they were happy until' he came along. Bloody pirate. He still had to help the man, because if he didn't Elizabeth might die.
Everyone went to their spots, prepared for anything. Elizabeth wasn't quite prepared, she was worried of people recognizing her. She stood casually by the window, with her hands in her pockets, trying not to look so intense.
Jack and Will left Barbossa out in the hallway, and went prancing into the office. They searched the room up and down. Looking under books, papers, looked trough boxes, and dowers.
"Where is it!" Will shouted, even Elizabeth and Barbossa could hear him from their post.
Jack looked around the room carefully, looking at every little detail that could be seen. When he noticed a box that he didn't see before, it was sitting on the book self wedged between two enormous books. How could I have missed that.
He walked over to it studying it, looking at the size, it was the perfect size box for the heart to fit in.
He gestured Will to come over. Jack opened the box slowly letting the engraving run across his fingers.
The box was open, and there inside lay the heart of Davy Jones. Well of course it was in a bag, but they knew that was it, because the heart was beating.
Jack picked up the bag and held it out in front of him and Will. They stood their in silence, just listening to the heart beat.
Bang! Both of them whipped their heads around to see Lord Beckett and Commodore Norrington standing at the door.
"Oh bugger." Jack breathed, as he lowered the heart to his side.
Wasting no time to let them talk, Lord Beckett said, "Famous Captain Jack Sparrow thought he could get away." He chuckled, moving closer to them. "Will Turner, and thought you were on my side. You never brought me that compass."
Elizabeth was growing impatient, and decided to peek in the window. She gasped to see Lord Beckett and Commodore Norrington in there with them. She removed her head from the window at once. She needed to do something and fast.
Barbossa had hidden in a closet in the hallway, just in time before Lord Beckett and Commodore Norrington had come around the corner. His job was to warn Jack and Will, but he didn't have time to do so.
When he heard the door slam he came out from the closet, he needed to do something. First he had to go get Elizabeth. He headed out onto the street, to find Elizabeth walking from the opposite side of the building. He casually moved closer to her.
"Have a plan?" He asked in a quite low voice.
"Yes." She replied, he eyes were fixed on two guards from the Royal Navy.
"So, Jack Sparrow. Why do you need this heart so desperately?" Beckett asked as he sat down in his chair. The Commodore was still standing by the door gleaming with pride.
Jack grinned at him, "Same reason as ye'." Jack answered as he put his hands on the desk.
Everyone in the room stood there staring at each other, as if unable to speak. Jack opened his mouth to talk, but he didn't get to speak. The doors leading outside had flung open.
Two guards from the Royal Navy were standing there, one with his head up looking at everyone, the other looking down at his feet.
"Sir, sorry to interrupt, but two of our ships have been taken. We tried stopping them, but we need your assistants." The guard explained.
Just at that very moment, Jack recognized the deep voice of that certain guard. He looked over at the figure standing in the distance. It was Barbossa and another… crew member?
"Thank you," Norrington replied, "will you two, both keep a watchful eye on these men." Norrington directed them over to Will and Jack, as him and Lord Beckett ran out the door.
As soon as they left and were out of sight, Barbossa and the mystery guard took off their hats and coats. When the mystery man looked up the sun shined on…her face.
Of course he should've known it was Elizabeth, who else would it have been. He shook his head and sighed, thinking how stupid he was.
As soon as Elizabeth finished taking off her coat, she looked up at them. "Let's go." She spoke walking toward door; she turned around and glanced at them. They were bloody standing there, doing absolutely nothing.
What the hell. She thought, as she took a deep breath.
Finally Jack put the heart in his shirt feeling in beating against his chest. He secured it safely; making sure it wouldn't be harmed in any way.
Getting frustrated, Elizabeth yelled at them, "LET'S GO!" They looked at her, like she had gone mad. Well she was mad, but the different kind of mad.
Not messing with her temper any more they, followed her single file out into the hallway. Along the way they carefully checked ever corner.
When they came to the street, they automatically spread out, keeping up the pace. They needed to get out of their, very fast.
Soon enough they were back at that old farm again.
Jack quickly took off that ridiculously droopy hat; he threw it into a bucket full of water. Then he walked over to where he had stashed his affects and his hat. He quickly put them on like it was a routine for him.
The four of them walked swiftly down the matted path, winding around trees and other obstacles.
Will walking quickly behind Elizabeth, he glanced at her, who was glancing at Jack, who was glancing at the road ahead.
Jack, that bastard. First he steals his my woman and then he goes behind my back and kisses her. Him with his little smirk with all of his FAKE gold teeth glory. And that compass of his! NOW DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THAT DAMN COMPASS! And those fucking dreadlocks!
He took a deep mournful breath, squinting into the bright sunlight. Following the matted path wasn't all bad walking this path, he got to think and glare at Jack all he wanted, without him even noticing.
Not far ahead the water glistened through the trees. Walking closer to the shore they could barely make out the crew, they were hanging a net over on the side of the ship.
The long boat was leaning on its side and covered in sand, but not too long it was in the water making its way closer to the ship.
Jack rowed like it was his last day on earth, water was flying everywhere. Swallowing it wasn't everyone's favorite thing to do, but they were.
By the time they got aboard everyone, including Jack was soaked.
"Got it?" Pintel asked his face full of hope.
Jack reached into his shirt where the heart lay safely; he pulled it out to show the whole crew.
They stared at wide eyed, watching it beat its rhythm. He took it from their gaze and walked up to the helm, gesturing Barbossa and Will to join him.
Will didn't really want to do so, but he wasn't going to do anything rash. He just walked behind him preparing himself to be civil to the man.
Elizabeth looked around at everyone, not knowing what to do, well the only thing she could do was to go down into her cabin and rest. And that's what she did.