Adeline stared at Will for a moment but snapped back to her senses.
"He's with me, Jones." She said quickly. Jones laughed. He was watching Adeline out of the corners of his eyes.
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Davy Jones and Adeline had finished their meal and he was staring at her quietly. Taking in her features.
"Why don't you fear death?" He asked.
She put down her fork and stared off into space for a moment, contemplating his question.
"Why should I? Fate is going to come whether I want it to or not. Whether it's good or bad…it will come." She wasn't satisfied with her answer, but Jones was.
"So you are just simply unafraid?"
"…yes." Adeline answered. Wasn't that obvious?
"So…Addy is it?"
"Adeline."
"Adeline…where will you go if I set you free?"
She sighed, the thought of returning to Singapore was doubtful in her mind. She didn't want to go back…but yet she had some unresolved business with an old friend regarding a ship that would've belonged to her father. Now that he was gone it was hers for the taking.
"I have nowhere to go…" She lied. "I'm likely to go any where the sea blows." Davy Jones laughed, snapping his fingers together quietly.
"You don't wish to stay here?"
"As I said before, this is a fate worse then death. I'd rather take my chances."
"What if you weren't part of the crew?"
Adeline blinked hard, "What other part is there for my sort to take part in?" She asked coldly, not sure if she wanted to hear his reply.
Davy Jones smiled slyly.
"Oh, maybe just calling in a favor to me."
Adeline tried to take in what he had said…when it hit her what he meant, she got frustrated.
"I am not a substitute! Nor will I become your prostitute!" She was yelling fiercely, she'd pulled her hair back away from her face so that the curls were running at an elegant angle down her back.
"You're a pirate aren't ye? Because I thought I sensed a little royal blood in you for a moment…"
Adeline slammed the chair backwards and stood up abruptly. "I am a pirate! But I will not be treated like some tramp!"
She walked the distance of floor between her chair and the door and slammed it shut behind her.
end flashback
"He isn't with you! The boy is joined in forces with Jack Sparrow!" Davy Jones thundered. Adeline stared at Barbossa for a moment then back at Will.
"You're with Jack's crew? Is…he alright?" Will knew she had meant to say 'Is Elizabeth with him too?'
"Yeah, I'm with Jack's crew. Although, I'm not even sure if he's alive right now. He's down the Kraken's throat along with his heart." He motioned at Davy Jones.
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Davy Jones approached Adeline, who was leaning off the bow of the ship watching the waves swirl and turn under them.
"I didn't mean to offend you." He whispered. Adeline hopped down off the rail and didn't bother looking at him but proceeded to the front of the ship.
"Really?" She asked uninterested.
Davy Jones grabbed her by the shoulder with a hand he had once owned. "I hadn't meant it like that, Addy."
"It's Adeline, and I know perfectly well what you'd meant. You'd meant to use me as a little fling, a romance. Well I'll have you know that I won't be you're sweetheart!" She threw his hand off her shoulders and continued towards the front of the boat. Her boots stomping heavily on the deck and her nose in the air. Davy Jones chased after her.
"When are you going to take me to shore? I'm ready to get off this piece of trash and back to where I'm wanted as a person." Adeline asked angrily.
"A romance….maybe! Not as a fling though! Why would I use you like that?" She stopped and whirled around to face him, her face flushed with anger.
"Because you're a pirate!" She snapped. "You're a black-hearted pirate who would give anything to lay your rum-soaked fingers on a girl! When am I getting of this boat?!"
"No! I'd like to get to know you-"
"Get to know me?! Why would you, a full grown adult want to get cozy with a teenager?! I'm only fifteen, did you consider that?!"
"Age doesn't matter."
"Age does matter! Would you say that to a little 8 year old if she was standing in front of you? What're you going to tell me next?! That species doesn't matter?" She thundered across the deck literally smoking with anger. He caught her yet again.
"Please….just give me a chance."
end flack back
Will felt the handle of his sword slide back into his hand, Charley was trying to catch his eye. Will could swear that Charley's eyes were spelling out 'Be ready,'
"Where's your fiancé Will?" Barbossa asked. "We've got a matter of trading to do with her."
"Gone," He answered immediately. "Not here."
"We figured that much." Davy Jones hissed. "Where is she now?"
Will thought hard. "I'm…not sure. She left Tia Dalma's cabin to tell Gibbs about something."
'Boy,' he thought. 'That was weak.'
"What did she go to tell him…about?" Jones asked again.
"Sailing quarters, our next destination. She wanted to search the seas for her mother because she's heard tell that she's alive."
The men hooted with laughter and the crew woke up at the shrill sound of it. Jones motioned to one of them and the crewman disappeared into Jones' chambers.
"I've got new for ye," He said quietly. "I'm going to release Jack…it's all water under the bridge now."
"When exactly are you going to let him go Jones?" Will cringed as he heard Elizabeth's voice coming from behind them. He shifted his eyes behind Barbossa and Jones to a water soaked Elizabeth. She had a gun in her hand and was aiming it at Jones. "I'd like to know when our Captain is returning."
"So would I," replied a voice that appeared to be climbing aboard the ship. When Will could finally see who the voice belonged to, it was James Norrington, along with Lord Becket. Becket had a small bag in his hands.
To Be Continued….