Pirates of the Caribbean

The Second Daughter of the Governor

William Turner woke to the bright rays of sun on his face. Slowly he opened his eyes and tried to get up. There was something on him, it was slightly heavy and smelled vaguely familiar. He fully opened his eyes and discovered that it was Annabelle sleeping on top of him. His face blushed a little and he sat up. He had a pounding headache and the sunlight hurt. Gently he shook Annabelle's shoulder and tried to wake her. Slowly she began to come to.

"Miss. Swann? Annabelle? Come on, wake up." Will tried not to think about his insane headache. He needed to know that she was all right. He would never forget the fear he had seen in her eyes when the pirates had been attempting to kidnap her. This made him remember that Elizabeth had not gotten away, she had been captured by the pirates.

"W-Will, are you going to be all right? You had quite a nasty fall!" Annabelle sat up and looked around. She was a complete mess, her hair was dirty and stringy, her nightgown was stained and torn, and her face was covered in dirt and what she suspected was ash. If only her father could see her now. "I expect we should go to the fort, father will be worried. We must tell him what happened to Elizabeth." She looked at Will and noticed that he looked a little out of it. "Will? Are you okay?"

"Yes, Annabelle, I'm fine. I have a headache from getting knocked out but I'll be fine. Don't worry about me. We have to save Elizabeth. Lets go." Will stood up and helped Annabelle stand. Together they hurried up to the fort. They got directions to the office where the Commodore and the Governor were decided what the best course of action would be. William barged into the office. "They've taken her! They've take Elizabeth!"

"Mr. Murtogg, remove this man." The Commodore didn't even look up from the map he was poring over. The soldier came up behind William and went to drag him out of the office but Will resisted.

"We must do something! We have to hunt them down and save her!" William looked frantically at the Governor and at the Commodore. They seemed completely unfazed by his commotion.

"And where do you propose we start?" The Governor practically shouted at Will. "If you have and information concerning my daughters then please share it!"

Annabelle decided that now was the best time to come out from behind Will. She stepped in front of Will and smiled at her father. "I am here father. Mr. Turner saved me from the pirates. He tried to get Elizabeth too but he was knocked out."

"Annabelle? Oh thank god you are all right! My you're a mess, come on, Mary will fix you a bath and get you all cleaned up." The Governor wrapped his cloak around Annabelle's small frame and pushed her out of the office. After she left the officers, Governor and the Commodore continued to talk about what to do. They completely forgot about Will.

"T-that Jack Sparrow, he talked about the Black Pearl." Said of officer by the name of Murtogg.

"Mentioned it is more like." Said his friend Mullroy.

"Still…"

"We can ask him where it is… maybe he can lead us to it!" William was very excited about the prospect of finding a way to save Elizabeth.

The Governor's face turned red with fury. He glared at Will and shouted at him. "That pirate tried to kill my daughter. We could never trust a word he said!"

Will was not giving up. He had to say Elizabeth, no mater what. "We could strike a bargain—"

"No! The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell. Ergo, he is not their ally, and therefore of no value." The Commodore turned back to his maps and the officers before him. Carefully he pointed to places on the map and thought a moment. "We will determine their most likely course, and launch a search mission that sails with the tide." His voice was void of all emotion. This was simply his duty, nothing more or less.

"THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" Will shouted at the Commodore. Quickly he threw the hatchet that he still held at the map. It was firmly lodged in the wood of the table. Before the Commodore could react Will left the office. He looked around and tried to clear his head with a little fresh air. He looked at the sky and say a solitary bird fly across the sun. "Damn it!" He knew what he had to do. As quickly as he could and avoiding as much attention as possible Will made his way to the jail.