Chapter 7: Finding out the Truth

During their time trying to get back to Port Royal, Jack saw that Barbossa was following them. "WILL!" Jack called. Will walked over to Jack and took the telescope into his hands. He looked through it and his eyes widened.

"I knew it was a trap," he mumbled.

"We better get Elizabeth below the ship," Jack mentioned.

"No," Will objected as he handed the telescope back to him, "Elizabeth would want to fight."

Jack nodded and watched as Will hurried down the stairs and towards the cabin.

Elizabeth was sitting with Mackenzie when Will came into the room. "Barbossa is here," he informed. He looked to see that his daughter was deep in shock. "We knew it was a trap, it wasn't your fault, I would have fallen for it too if I wasn't up against Barbossa before," he added. They hurried out of the cabin to grab some weapons.

They had everything ready when Barbossa' ship came up to theirs. The fight was one then. However, during the fight, Mackenzie felt one of the pirates grabbing her around the waist. "I HAVE THE GIRL, CAPTAIN!" Pintel yelled.

"VERY GOOD, BRING HER BACK OVER HERE!" Barbossa ordered.

Pintel grabbed a rope and swung back over with Mackenzie in his grasp. "FATHER!" Mackenzie called. Will looked up and his eyes widened to see his daughters in the hands of Barbossa. Barbossa grinned at Will and had her hands tied behind her back and sat her on the deck near a corner.

"PINTEL, RAGETTI!" Barbossa called.

They hurried over to Barbossa. "Make sure you bring Mr. and Mrs. Turner over here with Captain Sparrow and his kid. Make sure you just knock the crew unconscious, we don't want them to have to try and make it back home all by themselves," Barbossa ordered.

"Aye, captain," they said in unison.

Then they hurried back over towards Jack's ship.

Elizabeth had just stabbed another pirate when she felt an arm wrap around her waist. "Time to go, poppet," Pintel chuckled.

"WILL!" Elizabeth called.

Will saw Elizabeth being dragged over to Barbossa's ship and fought his way towards her. "ELIZABETH!" He yelled. He was then knocked unconscious and Ragetti dragged him over towards their ship. Barbossa chuckled to see Will and Elizabeth tied and next to Mackenzie. Mackenzie looked at her father in fear.

"Father; please wake up, please," she begged.

Elizabeth sat close to her husband and sighed in relief to see her husband's eyes open and stare right into hers. "Elizabeth," he whispered.

"Yes, Will, I'm here," she assured.

Jack and Jacob were with them and the rest of the crew was tied together unconscious or not. Barbossa had the five of them stand and grinned at them evilly. "I saw what ye were trying to do, Jack. Trying to hide yer beautiful wife and two beautiful daughters from us. All this time thinking that yer daughters and wife were safe, I had them below me ship, after I had to fight and kill those soldiers that ye had around her father's house. No, I 'ave them here with us. Pintel, Ragetti, Bo'sun," Barbossa ordered. Jack's eyes widened when Anamaria was dragged onto the deck with two young girls.

"Jack?" Anamaria asked.

"Daddy?" The girls asked.

Jack started towards them. "Ruby, Crystal, Ana," he murmured. Barbossa placed a hand on his shoulder to stop them. When Ruby and Crystal tried to get to their father, Bo'sun and Ragetti held them back. "It'll be all right girls, I promise," Jack assured.

"Pity, always making promises ye could never keep," Barbossa cackled.

Jack looked at Barbossa in anger. "Let them go, Barbossa. Leave them out of this," he insisted. Barbossa rolled his eyes and cut Jack and Jacob's ropes free.

"Let them go, men," Barbossa ordered.

Ruby and Crystal ran over to Jack and he gladly took his daughters into his arms while Anamaria hurried over to them. "Ah, I love family reunions," Barbossa chuckled. Jack nodded to Jacob and they backed up towards Will, Elizabeth, and Mackenzie.

"What do you want with me?" Mackenzie demanded.

Their ropes were cut as well, but pirate stood by them so they wouldn't escape. Barbossa grinned at Elizabeth, who turned away from his stare. Will stood in front of Elizabeth and glared at him. "Leave my wife and daughter alone," Will snapped. Barbossa punched Will across the face.

"Stop being brave, Mr. Turner. I've been listening to it for the past couple of weeks," he yawned.

Will winced as he stood up from the floor. "What do you want with me?" Mackenzie repeated. Barbossa looked at her with a small grin.

"I have some news to tell you, Miss Turner," he answered.

"What news?"

"News about your parents."

Will looked at Barbossa and then his and Elizabeth's worse fear entered their hearts. He knew about their secret that they never wanted Mackenzie to know. The truth about their marriage and how Will was going to be killed because of Mackenzie. "Yer parents' marriage wasn't as easy as you thought. Have you ever been wondering why your parents have been married for only eighteen years and that you are eighteen yourself?" Barbossa asked.

"There are many couples' children that have their children the same year as their marriage," Mackenzie snapped.

Barbossa grinned as he stood before her. "Mackenzie Taylor Turner, your father is a blacksmith and your mother is the governor's daughter. Your mother was supposed to marry a man by the name of Commodore James Norrington. However, so close to her wedding day, Miss Elizabeth Swann, yer mother, decided to hurry out of her house and sneak down to Mr. William Turner, yer father's, blacksmith shop. Yer father bed yer mother that night and that was when ye were conceived that night. Two weeks pass and Miss Swann finds out that she was with child. She has Mr. Turner meet her down by the pier where Mr. Turner is told about her pregnancy and he proposes to Miss Swann. Commodore Norrington had yer father arrested for two crimes: kidnapping and rape. Your father was to be hung the next morning, but of course yer mother called for Captain Jack Sparrow for him to help her save Mr. Turner. They run away to England and got married. A few months later she gave birth to a girl, yes, you Miss Turner. Commodore Norrington kidnapped yer mother and Captain Sparrow's pregnant wife. Mr. Turner and Captain Sparrow set off to find them. Before they knew it, they found themselves back in Port Royal. Mr. Turner and Captain Sparrow saved their wives and child, yes, but Commodore Norrington dueled Mr. Turner for the now Mrs. Turner. Commodore Norrington almost killed Mr. Turner after the duel, however, Mr. Turner was able to kill him," Barbossa explained.

Mackenzie backed up with fear in her eyes. She never heard these words before and looked at her parents in tears. "Is this true?" She asked. Will and Elizabeth were quiet. "WELL, IS IT!?" She roared. Barbossa placed a hand on Mackenzie's shoulder and smiled to see them in a corner. "Please tell me this isn't true," Mackenzie begged. Elizabeth lifted her head and sighed.

"It is true, Mackenzie. I was to marry someone else," she replied.

"YOU LIED TO ME!" Mackenzie yelled.

"We did it to protect you," Will interjected.

"What were you protecting me from?" Mackenzie demanded.

"We never wanted you to know, because your grandfather already hated me for awhile of what I did. No one in Port Royal should ever know of what happened. If it got out, it would destroy us if they looked down on us. We were already struggling because of what I had done, we didn't want you to know," Elizabeth explained.

Will then glared at Barbossa. "How did you find out about this?" Will demanded.

"I may have been dead, Mr. Turner, but I was able to watch you until my monkey brought me back," Barbossa replied.

Elizabeth went to touch Mackenzie's hand. "No, don't touch me. I don't want to see you ever again," Mackenzie hissed. Elizabeth was hurt by her words, but understood. She had lied to her daughter about the most important thing that she should have been never left out.

"Take them to the brig," Barbossa ordered.

Mackenzie glared at her family before she was shoved into the brig. Will and Elizabeth were in the cabin once again.