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A/N: As usual, please R&R. It really means a lot to me to know what do you think of my story...

Chapter 5: Tortuga

"Elizabeth!" Will shouted, but to no avail. The Dutchman had already moved at high speed and was almost out of sight.

"We'll save her, mate. I'll make Jones pay for this too, so you don't worry, savvy?" Kevins said, putting one hand on Will's shoulder.

"Can I trust you?" Will said, desperately.

"Yes, lad. You can. I've been in your place many years ago, I won't annoy you with details but he took my fiancé too, and I'll make him pay for that. I've sworn it on my honour, so you can trust me on this"

Then the pirate walked away to take the wheel. The Bullet moved again, on the opposite direction they had come.

"Where are we heading now?" Will asked.

"Tortuga. We need to refill the ship with supplies, and then we will have to find Jones' heart" the captain answered, while looking at his map. "From what Jack told me of your adventure, I've no doubts that the heart is in Port Royal. Norrington took it, and probably now he has used it to regain his position in the British Navy, giving it to Beckett" the captain said sourly. "And if the West Indies Company has the heart, they can control the sea and kill every single pirate, using Jones. We must stop them, even if this means we will have to destroy Port Royal"

"Destroy Port Royal?" Will gasped. "You can't be serious!"

"I don't want to, but if the need will come, I'll do it" Kevins spat back. Will retired to his cabin, the pain for losing Elizabeth still too strong to let him stay out and discuss with a bunch of pirates.

"I just hope he keeps his promise. As for Port Royal, maybe it won't come down to that. If I know Norrington and Beckett just a bit, they will already be in the sea searching for Jones. Or, better, waiting for him to come to them. After all, if the heart, even outside his body, is what keeps Jones alive, he must have a connection to it. Probably, the rage against Jack didn't make him think about that, but the moment he remembers it he will try to feel where the heart is, and then will go there. Norrington and Beckett will be waiting for him, but not at Port Royal. They can't be seen making agreements with someone like Jones" he reasoned before falling in an uneasy slumber.

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Just like Will had imagined, Norrington and Beckett had left Port Royal.

"So, Commodore, what is your plan?" Beckett asked, pouring some wine for him and Norrington.

"Well, Lord Beckett, I was thinking the first blow to piracy should be given where the major number of pirates is, when they stay on land. Tortuga. We go and destroy it. As for Jones, I guess he'll find us when he realizes we have his heart, so we should not worry about him"

"Tortuga…yes, that place is famous for being a pirate hideout. I approve your plan, Commodore. Tortuga, then, and I want no one to remain alive. The city must be destroyed, even who is not a pirate, so that it will give signal to those that help pirates too. Like two that we know really well, right Commodore?"

"Right. William Turner and Elizabeth Swann. If I think I had even asked her to become my wife…"

"You'll have your revenge, at due time, Commodore. Now, give orders to sail. I want Tortuga destroyed soon" Beckett sneered.

Norrington smirked and nodded, leaving.

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Meanwhile, on the deck, Jack and John were talking while directing the ship toward Tortuga.

"So, Jack, what did you do to piss off ol' octopussy face that way?"

"Well, basically we had an agreement that I would be the Captain of the Pearl for thirteen years, and then my soul would have been his. But, of course, I had no intention to become part of his crew, after all the Dutchman already has a captain, so…"

"So you thought you could make another agreement with him, taking his heart and exchanging it for your freedom, right?"

"Right" Jack grinned, taking a long swig from his bottle. "But everything got wrong, we lost time because young Will and Norrington wanted the heart too, for their own reasons…"

"I can see Norrington wanting the heart, but why young Will?"

"Well, I kind of tried to give Jones him in my place, to pay my debt, but the fact is, on the Dutchman the boy found his father, Bootstrap Bill, you remember him, right?"

"Bootstrap is on the Dutchman?" John asked, shocked.

"Aye, he is. So, young Will wanted to kill Jones and free his father, a totally noble intention, mind you, but if he did, who would have stopped the Kraken from hunting me?" Jack said, gesturing with his hands.

"Jack, Jack. If you killed Jones, the Kraken would have lost its aim. Still alive it would have been, but free from Jones' orders, so it would have stopped hunting you"

"You sure?"

"Aye" John grinned, drinking some rum.

"Oh"

"Land is ahead!" Pintel said from the crow's nest.

John took his telescope, and what he saw was no good.

"Let's hurry. Jack, go and wake up everyone, make them take all their weapons, and prepare the cannons. Tortuga is under attack!"

In few minutes everyone was on the deck, ready to fight.

"Who's doing this?" Gibbs asked.

"Royal Navy" Kevins snarled, looking through the telescope. "I bet our friends Beckett and Norrington are behind this, and they are probably here too. Let's go give them a lesson" he sneered.

Soon the Bullet had the cannons ready to shoot.

"Fire!" John ordered.

"Hem, we're still too far, mate" Jack whispered to him.

"Didn't I tell you this ship is better armed than the Pearl?" the captain said, smirking. "Just wait and see"

And right he was. Even from a distance, the Bullet managed to hit repeatedly the Royal Navy ships, sinking them one after one. From all sides of the Bullet the cannons fired, and it was good the ship was equipped that way, because other Royal Navy ships came, trying to surround them, and the soldiers all expected but being shot from the stern of a ship. It was one of the little tricks Captain Kevins was really proud of. Of course the ship sustained some damages from a couple of ships who managed to near it enough o shoot, but nothing too serious.

So, the crew of the Bullet went down on the island, and helped battling the soldiers who had managed to land, who were soon killed. In the end, the fires were put out, and only few inhabitants had died in the attack. What made Jack angry, though, was that the pub had been destroyed.

"Where am I going to get rum now?" he whined.

"We've to make supplies for the ship, right?" Will winked at him, running in the opposite direction.

In a couple of hours, the Bullet was once again leaving, the anchors were up and the wind was pushing them strong. But the captain was not happy.

"What's the problem? We saved the town!" Jack said.

"Yes, but we didn't find Norrington and Beckett. I wanted to pass them through their heart myself" John barked.

"If you two allow me, I would like to kill Beckett myself. I've got an open bill with him" Will said, entering the room, a bottle of rum in his hand. Jack and John grinned at each other, noticing what Will couldn't yet understand.

Far away from them, on a ship well hidden by the rocks, Norrington was looking the Bullet with his telescope.

"Lord Beckett, I guess we've got another tough pirate to deal with. I have already seen that ship, the Silver Bullet. The captain is John Kevins, and I assure you he's as difficult to capture as Sparrow, even more maybe"

"Well, the ship is there, let's go attack them!" Beckett said.

"We can't. If you didn't notice, they shot on our other ships from more distance than usual. It means they have more powerful cannons, and if we follow them, we will end like our other ships. Only Jones can attack them, counting on a surprise attack"

"Let's hope this Jones comes to us soon then" Beckett shouted, slamming his fist on the table. He hated to look like a fool, but those pirates destroyed his fleet easily. He wanted them all hung.

Meanwhile, on the Dutchman, Hammerhead questioned Jones.

"Captain, why have you taken an hostage?" he asked, confused. It was something they were not used to do.

"Because" Jones replied moving the tentacles of his beard, "this lassie here is no one else than Bootstrap's son's fiancé. And I bet he will more than willing to make a deal to have her back. Now go to your position and do not dare to question my actions again!" he snarled. Hammerhead went away silently.

Elizabeth was locked in the brig, where Bootstrap was.

"Who are you, and why has Jones taken you as hostage?"

"I'm Elizabeth Swann, only daughter of Port Royal's governor. I don't know why Davy Jones has taken me, I can only tell you that I was on the ship they attacked, with Captains Jack Sparrow and John Kevins and my fiancé, Will Turner"

"William? You're William's fiancé?"

"You know him?"

"Dear, I'm his father" Bootstrap said, tears coming to his eyes. "He didn't tell me he was engaged, when he was here" he ended smiling. "Congratulations"

"Yeah, well, we can't very well get married now, uh? I'm prisoner on this ship, and God knows if I'll ever manage to escape…" she spat, depressed.

"Will, please save me. I know you'll do your best" she thought before letting sleep take her, hoping it would result to be only a terrible nightmare.