Chapter 5: I'm not afraid

Mackenzie woke up that next morning feeling refreshed and ready to continue the search. Jacob smiled to see her ready to continue the search. Jacob walked over to her with a smile. "Good morning, Mackenzie," he greeted.

"Good morning, Jacob," she answered.

Jacob watched as she walked over to Jack. "Uncle Jack," she said.

"What is it, Mackenzie?" He asked.

"Could you tell me about what Ruby and Crystal look like? I only saw them when they were little," Mackenzie requested.

Jack smiled and had Mr. Gibbs take the helm while he spoke to Mackenzie. "What can I tell you about me two beautiful daughters? I know; Ruby and Crystal have become stubborn like their mum. However, Ruby out of the two sisters is the one that is the image of her mother. Here, I have a picture of them," he explained. He pulled a picture out of his pocket and handed it to her. Mackenzie looked at the picture and smiled.

Ruby had shoulder-length black hair, brown eyes, she was wearing white shoes, a red dress, and around her neck was a ruby necklace.

Crystal had chin-length black hair, brown eyes, she was wearing white shoes, a white dress, and around her neck was a diamond necklace.

"They're beautiful," she complimented. Jack smiled and took the picture back.

"Yep, they are beautiful," he agreed.

Mackenzie saw that he was thinking about his family. "Where did you send them?" She asked. Jack closed his eyes and leaned his head back before telling her where he sent his wife and two daughters.

"Anamaria's father is a soldier in England and I had to beg him to take Anamaria and the girls. Apparently, me wife ran away from home when she fifteen, because she was to marry a captain. He wasn't happy to see that his only child married a pirate and had three children. I had to beg for Colonel Santos to take Anamaria, Ruby, and Crystal. I had to explain that if he didn't take them, Barbossa was going to kill them. That got his attention. I explained that I would take Jacob while he took care of me wife and daughters. I promised to go back for them once Barbossa is sent back to the fires of Hell," Jack explained.

Mackenzie could see that Jack was terribly worried about Anamaria and the girls. She got up and walked over to the side of the ship. Jacob stood next to her and looked at her. "I sometimes wish you would give this plan a second thought," he murmured. Mackenzie looked at him.

"How could you say such a thing? My parents are in danger and you're sitting there telling me that I should stay behind," she snapped.

"Don't get me wrong, Mackenzie, I have heard stories about what Barbossa did just to find a simple medallion to break a curse. Now he's done even more terrible things just so he can find my father and your grandfather. You can see why I don't want you to do this. Barbossa can kill you.

Mackenzie stared at him to see that he was serious. "I don't want you to get hurt. Barbossa is very dangerous," he mumbled.

"I'm not afraid," she insisted.

"No, but I'm afraid for you."

On The Destroyer

Will fell to the floor once again after his beating. Elizabeth kneeled next to him while watching Barbossa and his crew leave. She placed his head in her lap and looked at his once beautiful face full of bruises, blood, and cuts. His left eye was almost swollen shut his lip was swollen and bleeding. His nose had blood coming out, his left cheek was bruised and the right one was bloody. She looked down at his chest and stomach to see nothing but bruises and his arms were handprint bruises from Ragetti and Pintel. "Will, this has to stop. You're going to die if you don't do something," she babbled. Will opened his good eye to look at Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth, look at me," he whispered.

She looked at him and he wiped a tear away from her eye. "I'm not afraid to die," he murmured. Elizabeth grabbed onto Will's hand and looked at him.

"I'm afraid to lose you," she whispered sadly.

"You can never lose me, my love, while I exist in here."

He placed a hand on her heart and looked at her. "There is still time left for us to be found. I'll fight death until I can't fight it anymore," he assured. He winced as Elizabeth began to clean out his wounds. Barbossa then entered the room again. Elizabeth stood up, she had enough of them beating her husband.

"I demand for you to leave us alone, Barbossa. Don't you see that my husband is already in excruciating pain just because of your desire of revenge. Leave now, my husband deserves rest," Elizabeth snapped.

"Elizabeth, don't," Will mumbled.

"Shut up!" Barbossa snapped.

Will winced as he felt a blow hit his side and he fell unconscious. Elizabeth glared at Barbossa when Pintel and Ragetti grabbed her. Barbossa placed a hand on her face. She closed her eyes trying to ignore the touch. His hands were nothing like Will's hands. His hands felt like ice as he touched her, Will's hands felt like fire every time they touched. "Take her to my cabin. I'll deal with her," Barbossa ordered.

When Will woke up, he slowly stood and heard the door open. He turned around and his eyes widened in disbelief. "Elizabeth!" He gasped. Elizabeth was unconscious on the floor. He heard a cackle and turned around to see Barbossa standing there.

"Your wife was as you say great," Barbossa cackled.

"What did you do to her?" Will ordered.

Barbossa just stood there with an evil grin on his face. Will stood up in anger. "You lay another hand on her and I will kill you with my bare hands," he snarled. Barbossa left while laughing.

"Will?" Elizabeth murmured.

Will hurried over and kneeled beside her. "Elizabeth," he whispered. Tears fell from her eyes.

"I didn't tell him anything," she assured.

Tears welled up in her eyes after a moment. He pulled her into his arms and rocked her back and forth as she cried. "He was all over me, Will. I still kept Bootstrap and Jack a secret. He still doesn't know," she sobbed. Will hushed her and tried to calm her.

"Damn you, Barbossa, damn you to hell," Will whispered.

AN: I know this chapter was short, but hopefully the next one will be longer.