Belle left Jack and Will to talk alone and went down to her own cabin. She opened the door and just collapsed on the bed, then she noticed the small collection of children's books Jack had got for her birthday and started to look through it. Thirteen years ago she would have loved a book like this, lots of colourful drawings and big enough writing so she could read it. Belle then started crying softly, Jack was right, she had missed out on her entire childhood and she would never get it back. To her Jack was undoubtedly the best father in the entire world and if she ever had children of her own she would make sure they would get the wonderful childhood that they deserve and that she never had. Then there was a knock at the door.
Belle quickly hid the book under her pillow and wiped away her tears. "Come in" she called. The door opened and she saw Will standing in the doorway.
"Can I come in?" asked Will.
"Yeah" said Belle. Will walked in and sat down on the bed next to Belle.
"I just wanted to tell you that I will be staying here for a while until your father gets better," said Will. "He's asked me to look after you until his shoulder heals. Is that all right?"
"Yes. That's fine," said Belle. "He really is doing everything he can to stop Barbosa from taking me."
"I know you're eighteen Belle, and you are able to look after yourself but he's just doing what any loving father would do. Pirate or not" said Will.
"I suppose you're right," said Belle. "Do you have any children?"
Will looked at her strangely. "Yes" said Will, "and I would be doing exactly what Jack is if I were in his position." Will saw Belle look at him. She knew exactly how he would feel if he were in Jack's position by being a father himself. "I'll see you later," said Will and he left the room leaving Belle on her own.
Jack definitely is the best father in the world thought Belle who was still smiling.
Within the next few weeks Jack's shoulder had healed nicely and now it was better then ever and he was soon back on his feet. Belle and Will had become quite close over the weeks while Jack's shoulder was healing and Belle thought of him as an uncle now. Jack had said to Will he was free to leave the ship but he was reluctant to do so now that he was close to Belle and didn't want anything to happen to her, so he stayed and the two ships sailed around together.
It was night time in the Caribbean now and Jack, Belle and half the crew had turned in for the night. The other half of the crew and Will stayed on the Pearl on night watch duty so they were prepared if Barbosa was to strike at any time. But the crew was fed up of staying up nearly every night and believed that Barbosa would never come so they decided to go to sleep, except for Will. He realised how important Belle was to Jack and he was right, he would do the same thing if it were his child. He didn't notice that Barbosa's ship was not that far away.
Barbosa had dimmed all the lights out on The White Flag so it was almost invisible in the dark. Tonight would be the night he would get that girl he wanted, he didn't want the Pearl yet. Barbosa learning from his mistakes had carefully planned out his attack to snatch the girl. So he and half of his crew had carefully and quietly rowed over to the Pearl.
Barbosa sent his crewmember Ragetti to check that the coast was clear. He climbed over the side of the ship and looked around and saw that everyone on deck was fast asleep except for one, so he crept up behind him slowly and quietly and knocked him out with his pistol. "Coast is clear" he whispered down to the rowboats.
Barbosa and the crew climbed up on deck. "Find the girl" he said quietly, "and don't wake the crew up, especially Jack. " He ordered Pintel and Ragetti to go below deck with him and search for Belle. Barbosa quietly opened every door to find her but there was no success so far. He then reached the last door. This has to be the girl's room he thought. He opened the door and saw Belle lying on her bed sleeping peacefully. He gave Pintel and Ragetti the signal and Pintel grabbed her off the bed waking her up instantly. When she realised what was going on she tried to scream but Ragetti stopped her by covering her mouth with his dirty hand.
"Don't you dare scream" said Barbosa coldly, "or I'll kill you and your precious daddy too" he said. "Now get to my ship without a fuss and no one will get hurt" said Barbosa all too evilly. He saw the fear and terror in Belle's eyes. "Take her to the boat while I gather up the rest of the crew" he ordered.
When they got back to The White Flag he ordered Belle to be put in the brig overnight. Pintel and Ragetti dragged Belle down to the brig unlocked the cell pushed her in and she hit the wall with a loud thud and collapsed to the floor. After Pintel and Ragetti were gone she cried silent tears and she soon fell asleep.
The next morning Jack woke up later than usual and something didn't feel right. He got up and got dressed and went out on deck to see Will and the crew with guilty faces. Something was definitely wrong. He noticed Belle was nowhere to be seen. "Where is Belle?" asked Jack walking up to Will. He saw Will look at him with a look that had guilt written all over it.
"I'm sorry Jack," said Will that was barely a whisper. Jack looked confused at first but soon turned into one of shock and terror at the thought of what might have happened and why he saw all these guilty faces in front of him. Jack headed towards the lower deck but Gibbs stopped him.
"No Captain don't go down there," said Gibbs rushing in front of him.
"And why not?" said Jack angrily. He knew they were hiding something, he just hoped it wasn't what he thought it was.
"Because…" said Gibbs, he was unsure of himself. Jack could tell he looked nervous about something.
"Because what?" asked Jack, the anger boiling up inside him more and more by the second.
"All right, we confess," said Gibbs guiltily.
"Confess to what?" asked Jack.
"Last night" began Gibbs; "instead of watching out for Barbosa we um," said Gibbs. Jack saw his hands trembling slightly.
"What? What did you do?" said Jack raising his voice.
"We um fell asleep" said Gibbs in a quiet voice then screwing up his face and preparing himself for what was to come next, of which he didn't know.
"So your telling me that last night instead of watching out for Barbosa you fell asleep?" asked Jack.
"Yes" said Gibbs quietly.
"So what happened while you were asleep?"
"He came, he took her, he took Belle" said Gibbs looking at the floor avoiding any eye contact with Jack.
Jack pulled his pistol out and held it to Gibbs' head, grabbed him by the neck and pushed him up against the wall. "I trusted you Gibbs and you betrayed me. And now because of you and half the crew my little girl is gone and it could take days, weeks, months even years before I find her again. And the day I find her, is the day I will forgive you" said Jack angrily and clearly hurt by Gibbs' betrayal at the same time. He let go of Gibbs' neck and put his pistol back. "And you Mr. Turner" said Jack walking over to Will. "Did you fall asleep as well?"
"No, they knocked me out," said Will. It was the truth but he didn't know if Jack would believe it or not.
"They knocked you out?" said Jack.
"Yes. I've got the bump on the back of my head to prove it" said Will.
Jack knew Will wouldn't lie to him, knowing that he also had a child of his own, lying would be the last thing he would do. "I believe you, so you're forgiven," said Jack, "as for the rest of you, you should all be ashamed of yourselves," he shouted angrily and with that he went below deck.
He went straight towards Belle's room and found that the door was already open. Barbosa had come during the night and taken his little girl. Belle was gone and he would spend the rest of his life if he had too searching for her and he didn't care how long it took.