Authors Note: Things in italics are flashbacks.

Chapter 1 - The First

He rose with the sun and after dressing in his pirate garb and attaching his affects Jack opened the door to his cabin and walked up the stairs to the deck. The sun was climbing slowly in the sky but still low enough to feel the residue of the cool night.

Anamaria had taken the night shift and he relieved her. She went to bed.

"Good morning Captain."

The distinct voice of Elizabeth Turner was the first one he heard that morning besides his own which had let out a string of curses.

"Moring Mrs. Turner."

He caught her smile and forced to keep his face neutral. "Is it something I said love?"

Her expression looked wistful and she smiled to herself. "Not a lot of people call me Mrs. Turner."

Jack saw the look on her face and knew it was a strong bond of love that held the young couple together.

"There you are darling." Will said, coming up to the deck where his wife stood. Wrapping his arms around her waist he nuzzled her neck.

Jack kept his eyes and thoughts on the horizon, he had loved once, a long time ago. Her brother made her turn on him. Thinking back on it he shouldn't have said the things he did. She had apologized and told him she loved him still. He didn't take her back. He, in the end, had hurt her.

The two men that came in with Crane stood at his left.

"Jack, Mr. Turner." Crane started. "These fine gentlemen are Rex and Ash, my right hand men. Jack, you know Ash."

The other pirate smiled. "We've met."

Will and Elizabeth watched the pirates before catching each other's eyes. What were they going to do?

Cotton's parret had flown from the crow's nest and landed on wheel in which Jack was steering. "Ship ahead. Ship ahead."

The captain took out his eyeglass and peered into the far ocean. Sure enough there was a ship just coming up from the horizon, and it didn't look friendly. "All hands on deck! Ready the cannons!"

The ship was in an uproar, the crew was running around trying to get everything ready. Jack saw Will and Elizabeth helping out and handed the wheel to Gibbs. Going down the stairs he took Elizabeth's arm.

"Jack what are doing?"

"You're to go below, I don't think Will would want anything to happen to his girl."

She was going to put up a fight. "Jack Sparrow, I am perfectly able to take care of myself. Now let me go."

But the pirate was stronger and he started to drag her below deck.

"Jack Sparrow you stop this right now! I mean it! Let me go!"

"This is for your own good lass." He said and shoved her in his room before shutting the door and locking it. That would be the last time they would see each other before thier nightmare.

Rex looked at Elizabeth who was still staring at Will. "Well aren't you a pretty thing. Didn't really get a good look at you before. Oi Captain! How's about I fetch her some more appropriate clothing?"

Crane smiled and nodded, Jack didn't like the sound of that. Both Will and Elizabeth looked at Jack, he was the only one who knew anything about what was happening.

While Rex was gone Crane walked around the small, damp celler, checking them all over. "Well you may put up quite a fight boy but I think you'll yield at the end."

"What do you want with us?" Will asked, his determination to keep Elizabeth from any unpleasentries engulfing him.

"I want a play toy."

Just then Rex came back, holding two peices of cloth. Crane looked amused. "Put that on missy."

The two small peieces were thrown at her and she picked them up. "This is barbaric."

"Stip and put them on, only those, or pretty boy here gets it."

Elizabeth looked to Will who shook his head. "Keep your clothes on, it will be alright."

The captain went to Will, ripped off his shirt and whipped him in the front, the tail of the whip catching his chin and neck. Will howled in pain and tears came to Elizabeth's eyes. "No stop it! I'll do as you say."

Jack looked next to him, in the dim light he could only see the smallest of the injuries but he knew it would be worse in the full light. Then he caught Elizabeth's movements and his heart went out to her as she started to unlace her dress, tears falling down her cheeks. She wasn't a pirate, she was a proper lady and even though he knew he had done all he could to try and protect her he still felt a little bit of regret.

When the dress was off she removed the corset, all the while doing it painfully slow, Jack tried to look away but it was the pain on her face that made him keep watching. When she removed the corset she took a breath before quickly raising her shift off. Jack looked away, through all they've been through, all the palyful flirting and their friendship he didn't think about dishonoring her, she had come to mean so much to them, the whole crew.

The other pirates made a grab for her but she batted their hands away and quickly put on the clothes provided for her.

"That's better." Rex said and licked his lips, Jack dared to look and thought to himself that he could have watched the whole thing, it was like she was naked anyway. The bottoms just barely coverd her behind, her bare legs and feet showing all the way up. Her brests were covered only sightly by the other part, her soft mounds of clevage leaving little to the imagination. She curled herself up, trying to cover as much of herself as she could.

Will lowered his eyes to the floor.

"That's a good girl. But you were too slow." Rex and Ash each took one of Will's arms and turned him around so his bare back was facing Elizabeth.

Crane took the whip and started to beat Will. Elizabeth's cries and pleadings weren't heard by the other captain. Too late it was over and Will fell to the floor, pieces of his flesh tooken off and his back was scarred and red with his blood.

Crane handed the whip to Ash before walking over to a dark place on the far side of the room. When he came back he brought a basin of water. Putting it in front of Will he looked to Elizabeth. "Make sure he doesn't die."

The three left and Jack watched as Elizabeth went to Will and picking up his shirt dunked it in the water before washing his wounds. Her despair was real and thick, Jack could feel it.

"What are we going to do Jack? How are we going to escape? Why didn't you try talking to him, bargaining with him?"

"I've seen what this man can do Elizabeth, when we're done here, if we ever are, this beating is what he'll be begging for."

TBC