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Chapter 35:

The Locker

I licked my lips and turned around frantically and whispered shocked at what I saw "'Lizabeth…."? I called out but with no return. I put the rum bottle down on the sand and the woman smiled at me. My eyebrows narrowed and I asked confused "'Lizabeth… when did ye get here"? She smiled at me and whispered, "I've always been here Jack". I crawled my way to where she was standing, and for those few moments I had forgotten of my horrible realization.

I continued crawling my way to her almost desperately. She bent down and touched my face and whispered "Jack…" I used my fists to push myself off the ground so I could sit on my knees. I then touched Elizabeth's hand, but I felt no sensation like I used to. I looked up at her and put my finger to her face, but it took me quite a few seconds to realize that I felt nothing in return.

I screamed lightly in shock and she sat down in front me and whispered, "I'm just in your mind Jack". I shook my head confused and utterly disappointed as I screamed out in anger "Nay! Yer not! Yer not a hallucination"! The Elizabeth figure nodded slightly and whispered "But I am…" I closed my eyes sadly and whispered, "Just go away"! For a few seconds I tried to think of something that seemed the opposite of Elizabeth. I began to think "Davy Jones…. Davy Jones…. William Turner…wait…. Will Turner? He's a eunuch; he is not that different from a lass…Elizabeth is a lass…bugger"!

I couldn't take the pressure anymore so I opened my eyes hoping not to see the hallucination. But unfortunately I did. She smiled at me and whispered "Not as easy as you thought it would be, right Jack"? I put my hand to my head disappointed in myself and I asked the hallucination "Why ye be here? Come to tell me yersef that ye don't love me…."

The, I guess, I'll call her fake Elizabeth, looked at me and whispered sadly "Not really." My mouth dropped as I looked at her happily and then I asked, "So ye do love me"? The fake Elizabeth shook her head and whispered "I didn't say that either Jack. Ye have to stop jumping to conclusions…." She paused for a few seconds and looked at me to notice my expression.

That statement tore me to pieces. Even though I knew that this was a fake Elizabeth, it was still Elizabeth. I glared at the woman before me and I suddenly felt naked. Not literally naked but naked in the sense that I had never before shown my feelings ever so publicly. I felt that I had nothing to hide any longer, so in her pause I decided never to never trust anyone never again.

The fake Elizabeth continued with a sweet smile "…. Jack you were my hero, nothing more. It was lust and that ended when we had our first night together." I took a deep breath and asked concerned "That long ago"? Elizabeth nodded and chuckled while asking, "You couldn't possibly believe that I, a governors daughter, loved a pirate".

I rolled my eyes and bit my lip while muttering "Well it seems that ye be an awfully good actress then". I then lay down on the sand and reached for my rum bottle and took a sip. I drank the remaining of the bottle in one gulp and then whispered "Stupid freedom". The fake Elizabeth smiles and sits beside me and whispers "No Jack. Freedom is not stupid. You are". Once I heard that, I felt my insides go off like an alarm. I threw my fists against the ground and shouted angrily "Just leave"!

The fake Elizabeth then reached for my hair and whispered "But Jack, I thought you loved me". I kissed my teeth impatiently and then shouted nervously "Why does it matter to ye"? The fake Elizabeth smiled and put her arms around me while whispering "I thought…maybe…." She then began to remove my jacket and then whispered seductively "…that maybe…you wanted to show me that you love me".

I got up and put my jacket back on while shouting "I am in nay mood for that"! The fake Elizabeth then got up and followed me while asking confused "What happened to you Jack"? I stopped dead in my tracks and I began to scream out angrily "Ye did!" I looked at the fake Elizabeth and took a few steps towards her and continued to scream at her "Ye did, Lizzie! Do ye think I was like this before ye came along? I would have accepted that offer from any wench that I would have seen fit! But ye did something to me…. Ye began to control me feelings…. me mind…. me heart".

The fake Elizabeth looked at me sadly and I just felt a sudden urge to kiss her so I just had to. So grabbed the fake Elizabeth's head and kissed her lips. But I felt nothing; it was as if I was kissing air. I closed my eyes and remembered that I was kissing the air. She was a hallucination. I then shouted out "Yer fake just like the real 'Lizabeth…" I then opened my eyes and saw nothing anymore. No hallucination, just air, just sand, just nothing.

I breathed in and out deeply and then took a few steps when I felt something under my foot. I bent down and picked up the ring that I had been looking for not too long ago. I rubbed my eyes with one hand and I held the ring in the other. I examined it and whispered angrily "Never Elizabeth will I trust you again…"

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"…And then what happened"? Elizabeth asked Captain Morgan interested. Captain Morgan glanced at the steering wheel while answering "Well, young Jack was a bit of a scallywag. He was a fool in other words. As a young lad upon me ship, at the age of 3 I believe, he used to take my hat and place it on his head and dance around singing some stupid Pirate song… like a pirate would ever sing a song".

Elizabeth chuckled and took a second to look at her surroundings. It was now morning, and they had sailed all night. Elizabeth then asked "What pirate song"? Captain Morgan shrugged and whispered enigmatically "Ye cannot expect me to remember darlin'. It be years before yer time." Elizabeth nodded sadly and Captain Morgan saw this so he started to sing quietly "Really bad eggs…somethin' somethin"…Pirates life for me".

Elizabeth's mouth dropped because she remembered that she thought that she was the one that taught Jack that song. James and Helena, who had been on the main deck now made their way to where Elizabeth and Morgan were standing. Elizabeth asked confused "But I thought he didn't know that song"? Morgan smiled and whispered, "Oh I see, luv. Ye taught the boy the song and ye be worried why he lied to ye, eh?" Elizabeth gasped and Morgan chuckled while whispering, "I know. I'm bloody brilliant, eh? It's my exquisite sense for the female creature that gave me the idea that you are troubled."

Elizabeth chuckled at the resemblance between Captain Morgan and Jack. She smiled at her newly discovered mother and said, "I think your husband has been a big influence on mine." James then looks at Elizabeth confused and asks "Jack? You mean your soon to be, right"? Elizabeth smiled and whispered "Yes, that one James".

Elizabeth then turned towards the railing and placed her hands on it and said excited "I cannot wait to be married". Helena then smiled at Morgan and kissed him shortly on the lips. Elizabeth turned around as James spoke "Well you will be…just wait until we get to…where exactly are we going"? Captain Morgan smiled at him and asked in response "Arr…. where are we not"?

James shook his head and walked away while whispering, "I killed one Jack, and now I've found another…It's like…Oh my god…their multiplying!" Morgan chuckled slightly as he heard this but Elizabeth did not. Elizabeth buried her face in her hands and tried to keep in the tears that started to roll down her cheeks. Helena walked over to Elizabeth and whispered while rubbing her back "It's alright sweetheart. We will find him…. then you two will live happy ever after".

Elizabeth gave her a small smile and whispered ashamed "Really"? Helena nodded and said "I've been through many situations in my life, where well, I felt like giving up. But you have just got to believe Elizabeth." She then smiles at her and wipes a tear away from her face while whispering "Do you have faith in him"? Elizabeth was caught off guard by her question but she whispered, "Yes".

Helena smiled and then whispered while walking towards her husband "Then that's all you need". Elizabeth shook her head and asked sadly "and what if he doesn't want me"? Helena shook her head and said confidently "That won't happen". Captain Morgan cleared his throat and both Helena and Elizabeth turned to look at him. He then shrugged and asked trying to sound innocent "Oh sorry… was I interrupting"?

Elizabeth sighed as he continued "Don't be so sure Darlin'. It could happen, just look at the situation he is in". Elizabeth looked at him curiously and asked "What do you mean Frank?" Captain Morgan rolled his eyes and stated "First off, its Captain Frank, but seeing that ye are I am guessing, a family relative, like a daughter sort-of-thing…ye may call me either Captain Frank or Ta Ti which I called me father".

Elizabeth nodded confused and answered with the same level of confusion "I guess, I'll call you Frank…ugh Captain". Frank nodded seriously and then continued, "Anyway, Miss. Jack is in Davy Jones' locker…do ye have any idea what happens there?" Captain Morgan stared at Elizabeth for a few seconds and Elizabeth stared back interested. Captain Morgan rolled his eyes and raised his voice saying, "Well do ye know"? Elizabeth shook her head understanding that he wanted her to answer. So then Captain Morgan continued, "Right at this very minute, Jack is thinking thoughts of horror. They say that once ye go into Jones' Locker, ye never come back the same person".

Elizabeth gasped horrified and Helena then smacked him on the head while screaming, "Ye cannot tell her such things"! Captain Morgan then said back angrily "I have every right to! If Jack becomes a complete peanut, she has to understand why"!

Elizabeth covered her mouth in horror and Captain Morgan then turned to her and said quietly "No worries, young missy. That doesn't mean Jack won't like…. I mean love ye anymore." Elizabeth bit her lip and walked away sadly. Captain Morgan then whispered "Hopefully".

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