Day four began and Elizabeth woke up alone this time. She felt like she'd been hit by a train. Her head was throbbing, and she was barely able to lift her arm up and rub her forehead. She was taken over by a fit of coughs for a few moments, and when it was finally over she looked into her hand. It was covered with blood. She started breathing heavily, worried that Jack would walk in and see it. She scrambled around for a moment, and finally found a clean cloth on the table to wipe off the blood. She then fell back onto the bed, trying to level out her breathing.
Out on the deck, Jack was manning the wheel while Mr. Gibbs was getting some sleep. He had been there since he had left the cabin the night before. He looked behind him, and saw the Intrepid following close behind, Will still at the wheel. He turned back around and saw Gibbs come up from below deck, looking rested, and walked up and took the wheel from Jack.
"I'll take it from here, Captain. I made some broth below; maybe you should give some to Ms. Elizabeth?" He asked, turning around and looking at Jack. Jack smiled.
"That was very thoughtful of you, Gibbs, thank you. I'll do just that," Jack said, running below deck.
Elizabeth lay in the cabin, staring up at the ceiling, coughing every few seconds. She felt so weak, and wished she could do something to speed the Pearl up so they could get the antidote faster. She didn't even know what kind of affects it would have on her, or what kind of medication it was. She hoped it would be able to get her better, and that she wasn't too far gone already. She knew Barbossa was evil, but she hoped that he wasn't evil enough to make them go through this entire thing to get an antidote that couldn't even help her recover. Her arms and legs were tingling, and the sensation got worse when she tried to lift them. The cabin door opened, and Jack stepped in, holding a bowl and a wooden spoon. He smiled when he saw she was awake. He walked over and set the bowl and spoon on the table, and she could see the soup sloshing around. He walked over to her and slid an arm underneath her back, helping her sit up right. After she was secure, he kept a tender hand on her face and dropped a light kiss on her cheek. Then, he walked over and got the soup.
"How are you this morning, my love?" He asked as he sat down on the bed, picking up her legs and sitting them on top of his as he leaned up against the opposite wall. He scooted a bit closer to her, and then looked down, stirring the liquid around. All she did was smile. He blew on the broth a little, and then brought up a spoonful. He opened his mouth to demonstrate, and she copied him. He held his hand underneath the spoon so it wouldn't drip on her, and brought it to her mouth. She swallowed it heartily, looking like she enjoyed the feel of it going down her dry throat.
"Good? If not, blame it on Mr. Gibbs," Jack said, stirring it around some more and looking for her reaction.
"It's very good... tell him I said thank you," She said as Jack brought another taste to her lips. After a few moments, she had devoured the entire bowl. Jack got up for a second and went to sit it back on the table. When he heard a loud explosion, he looked to Elizabeth, confused.
"What was that?" He asked her.
"It sounded like a cannon," She said, looking worried. Jack turned and walked out of the cabin and onto the deck. When he got out there he saw not one ship following the Pearl, but two. Another pirate ship was coming up quickly behind the Intrepid and shooting at it.
"NO!" Jack yelled, running over to the other side of the Pearl, waving his arms in the air. The Intrepid was hit again, and it fired back one, hitting the bow of the Pirate ship. It was one Jack barely recognized, but he knew he had seen it somewhere before.
"Mr. Gibbs, get someone to shoot at them!" Jack yelled, and Gibbs yelled at the men below to fire at the other ship. It hit the Intrepid again, blasting another hole right through it. Jack grabbed onto his hair angrily as the Pearl fired, missing the out of reach pirate ship. The Intrepid slowed down and looked like it hit a reef, and it took another cannon.
"Will!" Jack screamed. "Jump ship, Will! You're going to go down, man!" He yelled. The Intrepid fired off another cannon, and the pirate ship began to move past, the Pearl hitting it once as it went by.
"Call it off, Gibbs!" Jack yelled. "I don't want them hitting us," He said, thinking of Elizabeth. He looked back over at the Intrepid. It was sinking.
