Beckett shows his face finally.
Zarya's POV
While Jack and I were in the hot spring Sao Feng decided to ambush the Pearl and those on board. When I got back on the Pearl Sao Feng and his men gave me wide berth knowing it wasn't wise to piss off a water dragon. Barbossa boarded the Pearl a few minutes after me and approached Sao Feng. Jack was very hesitant to get on board his ship to face Feng.
"Sao Feng you showing up here it is truly a remarkable coincidence"
While Barbossa talked with Sao Feng my mate hurried to hide behind me. But Feng noticed Jack behind me and he began to approach but I growled. The pirate lord stopped when he saw my fangs being bared at him and my eyes glowing.
"Jack Sparrow" Sao Feng greeted at my other half. Jack poked his head out from behind me. "You paid me a great insult once be lucky your mate is protecting you right now"
Suddenly Will emerged and demanded Elizabeth be released. Feng turned to him.
"She's not part of the bargain" Will said.
"And what bargain be that?" Barbossa asked Will.
"You heard Captain Turner! Release her!"
Feng's men undid Elizabeth's chains while some of his men laughed.
"The perfidious rotter led a mutiny against us" Gibbs explained to Jack and Barbossa.
"I need the Pearl to free my father" Will defended. "That's the only reason I came on this voyage"
"Why didn't you tell me you were planning this?" Elizabeth demanded approaching Will. Will turned to her.
"Lt was my burden to bear" Will answered her.
"He needs the Pearl" Jack began and he emerged from cowering behind me. "Captain Turner needs the Pearl and you felt guilty"
My beloved then turned to the crowd.
"And you and your Brethren Court, did no one come to save me because they missed me?"
I rolled my eyes while Gibbs, Pintel, Ragetti, Cotton, the Dwarf, and even Jack the monkey raised their hands.
"I'm taking me woman and standing with them"
But before Jack could grab hold of my hand Sao Feng stopped him by seizing the back of his neck. I growled and Feng released my mate and Jack rubbed the back of his neck.
"I'm sorry Jack but there is an old friend who wants to see you first" Feng told Jack.
"I'm not certain I can survive any more visits from old friends" Jack said. Sao Feng nodded to his right and in the distance was a ship.
"Here's your chance to find out" Sao Feng continued.
Jack's POV
Even though I didn't want to find out who wanted to see me I agreed to meet with whoever it was. I was escorted over to the Endeavour and into the main cabin where a gentlemen I wasn't familiar with looked out the window.
"Curious, your friends appear to be quite desperate Jack, perhaps they no longer believe that a gathering of squabbling pirates can defeat the Flying Dutchman"
As he talked I looked around the room to see what it had or what I could steal.
"And so despair leads to betrayal, but you and I are no strangers to betrayal are we?"
I then realized this was the bloke who had control of Davy Jones's heart.
"The heart isn't here Jack" Beckett said and I looked to him. "It's safely aboard the Dutchman and so unavailable for use as leverage to satisfy your debt to the good captain"
"By my reckoning that account has been settled" I corrected Beckett while I strode over to his portrait.
"By your death? Yet here you are"
I grabbed a cane to amuse myself and turned to Beckett.
"Close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream, that's how I get by"
I tried to imitate the portrait of Beckett.
"And if Davy Jones were to learn of your survival? Perhaps you'll consider an alternative arrangement"
Beckett then walked over to me and held two small glasses of rum.
"One which requires absolutely nothing from you but information"
Beckett offered me a glass. I looked to his desk before back to him and took the glass from him
"Regarding the Brethren Court no doubt, in exchange for fair compensation?"
I drank the contents of the first glass.
"Square my debt with Jones"
I downed the second glass before going on.
"Guarantee my freedom and no harm to me woman?"
"Of course" Beckett answers pouring himself a drink. "It's just good business"
I picked up a miniature navy chess piece and looked at it.
"Were I in a divulgatory mood, what then might I divulge?"
"Everything" Beckett answered. "Where are they meeting, who are the pirate lords? What is the purpose of the nine pieces of eight?"
I felt myself getting hot so I set the chess piece down and grabbed a fan and began to wave it.
"You can keep Barboosa, the belligerent homunculus and his friend with the wooden eye, both, and Turner, especially Turner, the rest go with me on the Pearl, I'll lead you to Shipwreck Cove, where I will hand you the pirates and you will not hand me to Jones, bloody fair deal don't you think?"
"And what becomes of Ms. Swann?"
"What interest is she to you?" I asked.
"Jack" Beckett stood up. "I just recalled I've got this wonderful compass, which points to whatever I want"
He then walked past me and picked up me compass.
"So for what do I need you?"
"Points to the thing you want most and that is not the Brethren Court is it?"
"Then what is Jack?"
"Me" I answered. "Dead"
"Damn" Beckett then closed the compass and tossed it to me. I tossed the compass back to him. He then began to use the fan I used to cool himself off.
"Although if I kill you then I can use the compass to find Shipwreck Cove is it? On my own"
He then pointed his pistol at me. He the tossed me my compass again.
"Cut out the middle man as it were"
He then approached me.
"With me killed you'd not only arrive at the cove, find it a stronghold, nigh impregnable, able to withstand blockade for years, then you'd be wishing if only there was someone I had not killed inside, then come outside, you'll also deal with a very angry water dragoness that could easily dispatch of your fleet with her dragon fire"
Beckett said nothing.
"You may kill me but you may never insult me who am I?"
Beckett didn't answer.
"I'm Captain Jack Sparrow"
Suddenly there was cannon fire and I quickly shook his hand before making a run for it. When I opened the doors two officers tried to stop me but I used the doors to hit them and they fell down. I made my way outside where it was bloody chaos.
Cutler's men were fighting with the others on the Pearl and as I went up the stairs a huge shadow appeared over the ship. The men who weren't fighting stared at Zarya's dragon form in awe while others decided to take cover. When Beckett finally saw her his face paled. I smirked as Zarya swung her tail forward and it hit the mast behind Beckett. Zarya then held her tail out to me and I quickly grabbed hold of it. She carefully placed me onto her back and flew away from the Endeavour.
Once above the Pearl Zarya used her tail to place me onto my ship before she dove into the water.
Zarya's POV
I climbed onto the Pearl and shook my head because I was dizzy. Elizabeth was absent since she was handed over to Sao Feng who thought she was Calypso.
"Come on you" Jack said and before I could say anything my mate scooped me into his arms. He and I went to our cabin and Jack closed the doors behind him. He then set me onto my feet.
"You need to change your clothes darling" Jack joked. My clothes were wet and it wouldn't be wise to leave them on. I undid my bandana alongside with my boots before beginning to strip and Jack wolf whistled. I shot him the bird while continuing removing my wet clothes. On top of a chest were black pants and my red tank top that I had altered from a shirt before. I pulled on the dry clothes and Jack gathered my wet ones so they could be hung to dry.
"You okay love?" Jack asked seeing I was feeling nauseous.
"Yeah I'm fine just pregnancy stuff" I replied. "The first trimester is a pain in the ass"
"Do you want to lay down?" Jack inquired.
"If you won't mind keeping me company" I teased.
Jack smirked before making his way over to me.
"I think I can work with that"
He then picked me up and he placed me onto our bed. It felt good to lay down and Jack decided to climb into bed shirtless. His pants remained minus the sash, pistol, sword, and boots.
"I saw you eying me love" Jack purred as he settled himself next to me.
"Your built like a damn Greek god Jack so sue me appreciating the view" I answered.
That made Jack snort before pulling me into his arms and I lay my head against his chest.
"Tomorrow we will be in Shipwreck Cove" Jack informed me. "I want to make you me wife when we get there"
"That's kind of quick don't you think?" I asked. Then again we were pirates and I'm pretty sure most pirates didn't do elaborate ceremonies.
"Most pirates don't get married darling" Jack pointed out.
"Your probably right and I'm not wearing a bloody dress either"
The dresses woman wore in this era were uncomfortable including the corset.
"I would marry you either way love" Jack told me. "I think you and I both look forward for our consummation"
He then looked to me concerned.
"Is that alright? I don't want to hurt our little one"
"It's fine during the first trimester just don't expect it to happen during the last two months I'll be huge by then"
Jack breathed a sigh of relief and kissed my forehead.
"Mrs. Zarya Sparrow I like the ring to that"
"Same here" I then pressed a quick kiss onto his lips.