Disclaimer: Still don't own POTC, but believe me, if I did, it'd be Sparrabeth all the way!
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TIA DALMA'S SHACK
Elizabeth wakes up in her bed. She looks around. Tia notices she's awake.
Tia: "Breakfast…."
Elizabeth stands up and looks out the window.
Elizabeth: "Any news? It's been almost two months, where are they?"
Tia: "I don't know…."
She looks worried at her pot and the mixture.
Elizabeth: "Can you not find out?"
Tia: Later, now you must eat."
BLACK ROSE DECK
They sky is finally blue, not a cloud in sight. The crew are all running around doing their various jobs.
Kings: "the pirate?"
Swann: "I can't believe it myself, I was never too happy about the Blacksmith but I will not stand for this, she will not be allowed to be with him."
Kings: "Well, as a father is it not your duty to look out for your daughter's best interests?"
Swann: "And to protect her from any harm…harm he…"
He looks revolted at Jack as he is talking to Gibbs on the helm.
Swann: "…will certainly cause her."
Kings: "Your right, Weatherbe, of coarse…you're right…"
He walks away and looks over the side of the ship. Swann walks up to the helm. Jack motions with his head for Gibbs to leave."
Gibbs: "Capn', Governor."
He leaves and joins Bootstrap who is sitting looking out to sea.
Jack: "Let me guess, you wish to inform me that you will not stand for our relationship. That I am a pirate and deserve only the love of a noose as it tightens around my neck…"
Swann: "You are a Pirate. She is a lady, it can't happen."
Jack: "I'm afraid it already did."
Swann's face cringe.
Swann: "what may or may not have happened between you and my daughter does not concern me in the least. But what happens from here onwards between you her and a child that I can only believe to be William's does concern me."
Jack: "Believe be Governor, that child is not, and could not be will."
Swann looks at him.
Jack: "In his desire to please you, will forgot about…er…say…pleasing Elizabeth…"
Swann: "No he was a decent, godly man."
Jack: "He was a pirate…You know that as much as I do. He was born a pirate and he died a pirate."
Swann: "I don't wish to here anything further from you. All I want is for you to leave me at the swamp with my daughter and never return."
He walks away. Jack looks after him, then turns and approaches Gibbs.
Jack: "Mr. Gibbs, t's been two week since the fight, how much longer are you going ot make me wait?"
Gibbs:" Jack…Be patient, the seas aren't what they were, with no one to govern them and all, we must be cautious…"
Jack: "don't know about that Mr. Gibbs. But for goodness sake, man, speed up."
He looks down to the helm, Bootstrap is holding in his hand the knife that he had given to will. The last thing he had of his son.
Jack approaches him.
Jack: "You know he isn't really dead…"
Bootstrap: "No he's worse then dead…It's your fault, you couldn't leave well enough alone could you, the two of us risked our lives for you…"
Jack: "I'm sorry about your son, but I'm not sorry about Will…he had it coming."
Bootstrap looks at him angrily the turns and walks bellow deck. Jack grabs a rum bottle from next to where bootstrap had been sitting and takes a swig.
He feels the Rose start to speed up.
Jack: "That's better Mr. Gibbs…"
He smiles at himself as he looks to the horizon and takes a swig of Rum.
Gibbs: "At this speed she'll get us there in two days…She's a fast one Jack."
Jack: "Yes she is…"
He runs his fingers along the railing. Then walks into the cabin.
TIA DALMA'S SHACK
Elizabeth holds the ring Jack gave her in her hand. She twirls it around and smiles. The baby kicks and she places her hand on her stomach.
Elizabeth: "Yer father'll be here soon…I hope"
Tia: "The little one getting' restless?"
Elizabeth: "Yes, and so am I, where are they?"
Tia: "If I knew I'd tell you love, I swear I would…"
BLACK ROSE CABIN
Jack rummages around in his father's belongings. He finally finds what he was searching for. Out of a drawer he produces a rolled up peace of parchment and a from it falls a small shinny gold key. Gibbs enters.
Jack: "Ye know what this is?"
He points to the drawer. Gibbs shakes his head.
Jack: "T'is the drawer where my father kept his most treasured belongings."
Gibbs looks suddenly intrigued and notices the key in Jack's hand.
Gibbs: "So that is…"
Jack: "They key to the greatest treasure in all the seas."
Gibbs: "The Rose Treasure…"
Jack: "Aye, helped plunder most of it as a lad, now it's mine."
Gibbs: "Should we change course?"
Jack: "No!"
Gibbs looks surprised. He leaves. Jack looks into the drawer again. He notices something he hadn't seen in a long time. He pulls out a small worn out blueish blanket.
Jack: "Well I'll be damned…"
BLACK ROSE CABIN (night)
Jack is asleep on his bed he's clutching the blanket very tightly to him. Suddenly there is a loud sound and shouting above. He wakes up. Looks at the blanket and hides it quickly.
BLACK ROSE DECK (morning)
Jack walks out of the cabin, the blanket tied as another adornment around his waist. Gibbs looks at him and smiles.
Gibbs: "She really is a fast one Jack…"
Jack: "That meaning?"
Gibbs: "At this speed, we'll be there in a matter of hours."
Jack looks up at the sun as it rises in the sky. He smiles.
TIA DALMA'S SHACK.
Tia is looking into the vase and its swirling content. Elizabeth is outside on the porch. She looks through the window at Tia and enters.
Elizabeth: "Tia, what are you hiding from me?"
Tia: "What are ye talkin' 'bout?"
Elizabeth: "Tia…"
She looks at her sharply.
Tia: "alright. I've tracked the pearl since she left here two months ago…well, somethin' happened at the battle…"
Elizabeth: "something?"
Tia: "I'm afraid, the pearl…she's gone."
Elizabeth: "my god…no"
She falls into a chair.
Tia: "...and possibly ye should prepare yerself fer Jack not…"
Elizabeth walks into the other room and Tia here's her crying. Tia looks through a glass object.
Tia: "what's this?"
BLACK ROSE DECK
Cotton's Parrot: "Land ho…"
They all look up. Jack looks through the spy glass.
Jack: "Lower the anchor, make ready the long boats."
Swann: "Are we here?"
Jack: "Yes."
Swann: "Excellent, please take myself and Captain Kings ashore and leave."
Jack looks at him and shakes his head.
Jack: "No"
Swann: "what?"
They all get into two long boats.
SWAMP
Two long boats row up river. One is being rowed my Pintel and Ragetti, the other by Murtogg and Mullroy. They approach the shack. Jack stands up and tosses a rope onto the deck to tie the boat. He gets off.
Swann: "where do you think you're going…"
Jack starts to walk up the ladder tot eh hut.
Swann: "You are not going in there…Sparrow….Jack?!"
TIA DALMA'S SHACK
Tia Dalma turns at the sound of voices. The door opens and Jack walks in. he looks around searching for Elizabeth.
Tia: "Jack! You…"
Jack: "Where is she?"
Swann: "Yes, where is my daughter?"
Elizabeth come sout of the back room whipping her tears. Swann looks stunned at her stomach.
Swann: "Elizabeth!"
Elizabeth: "Jack…I…I thought….You're alive…."
She runs to him flings her arms round him and they kiss passionately. The crew look at eachother.
Gov. Swann moves towards them and pulls them apart.
Swann: "Elizabeth, this is most inappropriate. I will not stand for this behaviour."
Elizabeth: "Father Jack and I…."
Swann: "I know what you did. Let us put that behind us and discuss the future of your's and William's child."
Elizabeth: "Mine and…what, no… this child is Jack's"
Swann: "I refuse to believe that."
Jack: "Luv, believe me I tried…"
Swann: "come…"
He grabs her arm and takes her in to the back room.
Tia approaches Jack.
Jack: "This sin't going to be easy is it?"
Kings: "Decidedly not…"
Jack looks at him curiously.
Jack: "Who're you?"
Kings: "I'm Captain Kings. Captain of the Liberty and apprentice of Lord Beckett now that I've turned eighteen and left Gov. Swann's protection."
Jack: "hum…what would you know about the difficulty of the situation then?"
Kings: "Elizabeth is like a sister to me, I want only her happiness…but the Governor will not stand fgor her having a relationship with a Pirate, he has a mind for her and I to marry."
Jack: "Really…"
He looks at him, evaluating the competition.
Kings: "Don't worry, I have a wife, the governor does not know, I got married a few months ago to a beautiful young woman in Port Royal. Secretly of course. As I said, I want the best for Elizabeth and she seems happy with you. I shall do everything in my power for the two of you to be together. And I'm sorry for your loss Jack. Although your father may have been a murdering pirate, I do not wish the pain of loosing a parent on anyone."
He walks into the back room to talk theo the Governor.
Tia: "Jack, I thought you dead…I saw the swirl, the pearl she's gone, how did you?"
Jack: "We came on the Rose."
He looks to the room where Elizabeth is.
Tia: "Give it time Jack… The rose, so where be yer father? And the commodore?"
Jack: "That slimy git, Beckett murdered them."
Tia: "God rest their souls…and Beckett?"
Gibbs: "Our Capn' took care of him…"
TIA DALMA'S SHACK (back room)
Swann: "George, may I help you?"
Kings: "I know it is not my place, but Elizabeth is like a sister to me, so I must speak for her well being. She loves the Pirate, do you not…?"
Elizabeth: "I do…"
Swann: "Elizabeth…"
Kings: "If she were my daughter, I'd wish for her happiness, hers and her child's…"
He sits next to her and places a hand on her stomach. Swann looks away .
Kings: "I was left fatherless at a very tender age…"
Swann: "I know, I took you in…"
Kings: "Yes, and I am eternally grateful for that. But I should think that having known the pain I felt, you would not want to cause this child to live, fatherless."
Swann: "Well, yes but, a pirate?"
Elizabeth: "He's a good man, the best I know…"
Swann: "But look what he's done to you."
He looks disgusted at her stomach.
Elizabeth: "He loves me, is that not enough for you?"
Swann: "I, I just want what's best for you...he won't even marry you."
She shows her ring.
Elizabeth: "Yes he will."
Swann: "He'll put you in harm's way."
Elizabeth: "If it were not for him, I would be dead right now. Father please…"
Swann: "I…I just want your happiness…"
Kings: Then let her be with the man she loves."
She looks at her father. He looks at the floor then smiles at her.
Swann: "If he causes you any pain, I shall have him hung."
Elizabeth stands up and walks into the next room. She walks up to Jack and kisses him. He looks at her questioningly. She smiles. He smiles and they kiss
again.
Swann: "She's yours, but I shall watch your every move, and if you cause her any pain, I shall have you killed."
Jack: "I'd expect nothing less from you Governor."
He kisses her. The governor looks to the floor.
Elizabeth looks around.
Elizabeth: "Jack, where's Will?"
Jack: "ah, Mr. Turner turned over to the Company."
Elizabeth: "He's working for them?"
Jack: "He did, for a while, but he…"
Bootstrap: "The fool murdered the son of the seas. So, he was taken by them."
Elizabeth: "He's dead?"
Kings: "The though of you and Jack together drove him to relinquish his roots and turn against piracy. Who was he?"
Elizabeth: "My Fiancé…well my first…no, second fiancé"
Swann: "Lets hope Jack'll be that last."
Elizabeth: "He will…"
She smiles at him.
Elizabeth: "But, if Will found out, then, then he died believing I never loved him."
Jack: "He didn't...exactly…die"
Elizabeth: "What?"
Tia: "Let me explain. When brave William killed Sao Feng, he upset the only remaining ruler of the seas. Calypso."
Elizabeth: "and…"
Gibbs: "And she sent a huge whirlpool after us…Calypso's Fury…its strength drove a thousand ships to the depths."
Jack looks at Tia and they exchange looks of impatience then he looks at Gibbs disapproving of his exaggeration.
Jack: "The pearl being one of them."
Elizabeth: "Well, so he's dead."
Jack: "Not quite, see, William isn't the first one to unleash Calypso's Fury. It's been done before...
Tia: "…Also by a man with a terrible heart ache…"
Elizabeth looks confused from Jack to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth: "Who?"
Jack & Tia: "Davy Jones…"
Elizabeth: "so…Will is…"
Jack: "He is taking the place of Davy Jones. His soul is bound to spend an eternity serving Calypso, like Jones."
Elizabeth: "It's my fault."
She starts crying. Gov. Swann looks at Jack.
Swann: "Now look what you've done…"
Jack: "Me?!"
Elizabeth sits down on a chair crying. Jack approaches and puts a hand on her shoulder.
Jack: "It isn't your fault luv… he did this to himself. But I do feel sorry for him."
Elizabeth looks surprised.
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On to chap 17...
Still begging…