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Chapter 4: The Truth

The next morning came bright and early as the sun shown through the window, and was not stopped by the curtains, since he had forgotten to draw them the night before. It took him a moment to realize that Elizabeth was gone. He glanced around the room. It was empty except for him. He sat up and glanced around again, today was the day that they were going to tell Elizabeth the truth; all the truth about where they had been. He ran from the room and down the stairs to look for Elizabeth. He found her in the drawing room, the Aztec medallion was clutched in her hand.

"Do you want to explain any of this, or should we just go back to yelling?" She asked, staring at him.

He nodded and led her to a chair. He then sat in the chair across from her and pondered where to begin. Finally after a long, awkward silence, he began.

"The first time I went back to the sea with Jack," He proclaimed as he stood. "We heard that something was happening. Most of Tortuga said that the winds had changed; Jack said that only happened when Barbossa's crew and the Black Pearl were near. But it hadn't happened since Barbossa's death since he no longer owned the Black Pearl. So Jack made me return to Port Royal," he glanced up at her. "To make sure that nothing had happened to you. We waited three weeks and during those three weeks nothing happened. So we went back out, looking for signs. Several trips occurred, and then we finally got a clue. The monkey Barbossa owned found us in

Tortuga, but it scurried away before we could catch it. We chased it into the street and it turned skeletal under a patch of moonlight. We panicked and returned to Port Royal to guard you. Our line of thinking was that Barbossa was in Tortuga and Port Royal was close enough to be an easy target. A whole month passed and still nothing happened." He ran a hand through his hair in frustration. "We decided to see if our predictions were right and went out on our most recent trip. We made anchorage in the Isla de Muerta in three days. Everything seemed fine until we got to the center of the cave where the chest was kept. The first thing that we noticed was that Barbossa's body was gone. In its place lay a blood encrusted medallion; that one you have in your hand, we cleaned the blood off, but there was also a note, it read: 'Nice try Sparrow.' And was signed B. Naturally we hurried back here. You, Jack, and I are the only ones that know about this. We didn't want to worry you. Now, Jack wants to go back out and you were going to come with us, but given your present state, we can't put you in danger."

"But you can't leave me here either!"

"And we won't."

"Sorry luv. You're stayin' here." Jack apologized, helping Will load supplies onto a naval vessel. He had convinced Commodore Norrington to give him one to 'support the cause.' Now four people knew of Barbossa's reincarnation.

"But what if Barbosaa comes here?" She protested.

"We're not going far." Jack answered.

"Then where are you going?"

"The truth?"

"Yes, the truth!"

"We're guarding the bay disguised as a naval vessel."

"Oh."

"Oh." Jack mimicked her.

"Captain!" Anamaria yelled from the helm. "All is loaded! We're ready to set sail!"

"Alright Will." Jack said. "You 'eard 'er; time to say goodbye."

Jack left them alone on the docks to say goodbye.

"I'll come back as soon as Jack lets me." He promised.

She tried not to cry as he wrapped his arms around her for possibly the last time.

"I love you." She sobbed into his shoulder.

"I love you too. Stay inside the house and don't let anyone in except for me, Jack or Commodore."

"Alright." They pulled away.

"Be safe." He pulled her back into him.

"I will be." She promised.

He placed his hand under her chin and forced her to look up at him. "I promise I will return." Then he softly kissed her and left. He blew a kiss to her from the helm and that was the last she saw of him. She let the tears stinging her eyes fall as the wind picked up, whipping her skirts and hair. She stood, watching the ship leave. Slowly and slowly it decreased in size. Just as it was turning and was almost hidden from view, the ship exploded.

She stood there in shock for a few moments, watching the boat fall to pieces and sink to Davy Jones' Locker.

"No." She whispered. "No!"

She jumped off the end of the dock and made an attempt at swimming to the ship's wreckage. If Will was still alive, maybe she could save him. She swam for all she was worth, but it wasn't enough. The wait of her dress soaked with water dragged her under, and she struggled to swim back up. She began to choke on water and just as she was sinking further down, an arm grabbed her. She tried to pull away, but she had no energy. The arm pulled her backward and after a moment or two, her head broke the surface. She coughed up the water that had been choking her and tried to swim away, but the arm tightened its grip and yanked her backward towards them.

"No!" She screamed.

"Shhh... keep 'er quiet." Came the voice of Jack Sparrow.

A wet hand covered her mouth instantly. She struggled against the man holding her, she wanted to see who it was. But they were too strong for her. She grew weary and gave up, without her noisy escape attempts there was a long silence in which they waited under the dock. Suddenly footsteps came down the wooded dock above them; the clunking of boots were heard. Then came a mirthless laugh. The man restraining her tightened his grip on her and shuddered which made her shudder as well. The boots then clunked back down the docks. She immediately began fighting against her restrainer and once the boots could be heard no more, he finally released her. She turned around and saw Will and Jack staring at her.

"Jack!" Will suddenly exclaimed.

"What?" Jack looked down.

Her vision went blurry for a moment. Once it refocused she saw Jack's hand was in the water and in it was the gold Aztec medallion. A ripple effect was set off.

"It's callin' 'em." Jack whispered. Then she fainted.

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