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When my cloak was halfway off I heard Elizabeth gasp in disbelief. I kept my head down, for I was too ashamed. I hear her stand up and slowly walk up to me; she takes her hand and gently lifts my head up so we could look at each other in the eyes. A single tears falls from my eyes and Elizabeth tenderly wipes it away with her finger. I close my eyes for a moment, taking in the soothing feel of her hand. "Jack told me you were dead." She whispers to me in a loving tone. I open my eyes and looked at her, she was still bloody from getting slapped across the face so hard.
I took a deep breath and replied back to her in a whisper, "I am, to you." She closes her eyes and shakes her head, then falls to the ground crying. I only stare straight ahead and listen to her cry. It as taking everything I had not to start crying myself, but I just kept telling myself to stay strong.
After a few moment of listening to Elizabeth cry I decide to ask her, "Where's William?" I see her shake her head as she continues to cry. I close my eyes tightly then open them, I ask her again, but this time it came out angry, "Where is William?!" Elizabeth looks up at me, wiping her tears away. "Why do you care?!" I cringe as I hear her say those words; they were so full of hatred. But I only yell back to her with the same amount of hatred, "He is my son too and I will do anything to keep him safe!"
Elizabeth stands up and moves closer to me, "No Will! You left him, remember?" I cringed at her powerful words. She only shakes her head in doubt as she starts to walk away. I look back down to the ground as she hesitantly picks up the sword she was using earlier. "I had no other choice." I whisper, with sorrow filling my voice.
"What?" was her only reply. I look up at her, anger once again filling my voice, "I had no other choice!" She just looks at me, then laughs sarcastically. "Don't start with me, William!" I only shake my head in response, but inside I just want to tell her that I am sorry for all of the mistakes that I have made, but in truth I really didn't have a choice. Calypso was pregnant with my child and I couldn't just abandon her. Plus I couldn't abandon Elizabeth and William either. 'How did I get myself into this?" I ask myself but I have no answer.
I look up to see Elizabeth pick up a gun and place it in her belt, "Now if you will excuse me, I am going to go find my son." I just watch as she walks away. I sigh in frustration, as I fall against the nearby wall and slide down to the ground. William was still my son, but I knew that Elizabeth would kill me, figuratively speaking, if I got anywhere near William.
I lean against a nearby wall as I hear Elizabeth exit the building and into the chilly night air. 'What am I gonna do?' I ask myself, but I have no answer yet again. I close my eyes and listen to the absolute stillness. I feel my eyes begin to fill with tears, but I dare not let one fall. I was going to make it through this, so was William and Elizabeth. 'Elizabeth may hate me for what I did and William too for that matter, but I will not stand around and let my son meet his fate.' I think to myself.
I forcefully open my eyes and stand straight up, dusting myself off I place the cloak back over my head and exit the building. I reach the docks to be greeted by none other than the Black Pearl. I had a feeling the Dutchman was submerged for I saw it nowhere, but what I did see was Elizabeth and Jack standing on the docks discussing something, no doubt how to get William back. So I made my way over to them and Jack spotted me first, so nod my head as I stop right next to them. Elizabeth just groans in annoyance.
"'Ello, Whelp." Jack says jokingly. I roll my eyes and glance over at Elizabeth who was looking down at the ground with an annoyed look. "Nice to see ye on such a lovely night, sober." Elizabeth jerks her head up when Jack says the word 'sober'.
"You too, now are you going to help me get William back or am I going to have to do it myself?" I ask, a little too sternly. I hear Elizabeth getting ready to object but Jack cuts her off. "Keep ye breaches on, William. And yes I shall help you, only on one condition."
"What?" Elizabeth and I say at the same time. We glance at each other then back at Jack. "You two don't fight." He merely replies as he turns and walks onto the Black Pearl. I sigh and begin walking behind him and Elizabeth behind me.
When we reach the deck, Jack was giving orders to his crew to head out to open sea. I close my eyes for a few seconds as I telepathically tell my crew to do the same but stay submerged for now. I open my eyes I notice Jack and Elizabeth are up at the wheel, so I walk up there to join them.
I see out of the corner of my eye that Elizabeth is looking at me, I just ignore her for now and concentrate on the problem at hand. "How do we find William?" Jack only looks ahead for a moment then turns to me. I raise my eyebrows, waiting for an answer. He then turns to Elizabeth, motioning for her to talk. "I don't bloody know! They just took him!"
I look down at the floor, feeling hopeless. Elizabeth and Jack are still fighting and yelling at one another, but I just black them out and try and think where those men may have took my dear son, William. How could I have let this happen? I knew I should have kept a better eye on both of them.
I slowly walk over to the railing and lean against it on my elbows. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. "Shut up! Both of you!" I feel Jack and Elizabeth's eyes on me, but I don't care. I open my eyes and look out at the calm water surrounding the ship. "Fighting will not bring us any closer to finding William." I say as steadily as I could. I know I must sound like a heartless man, well I literally am, but that's not the point. I gradually turn around and walk over to Jack and Elizabeth. Jack had his infamous smirk on his face, while Elizabeth had a dismayed and angered expression.
"Then what do ye propose, whelp?" Jack asks, shockingly sober. I look at him for a minute then reply. "We ask around, maybe someone might have seen him." Then I move my gaze towards Elizabeth, who still very displeased with me. "We will find William." She just shakes her head and walks over to the railing. Jack goes on about his business, while I watch Elizabeth with curiosity. I take yet another deep breath and walk towards Elizabeth. I lean against the railing, not even two feet from her. I just look out at the sea for a moment then turn to look at her. She was looking at her hands and had a sideways smile pastured on her lovely face.
I couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking, so I decided that I would ask her about it. "What are you smiling about?" She turns to me and places her hand on mine. I glance down then back to look her in the eyes. "Nothing." Was all she said, which was barely above a whisper. I give her a quick smile then move my hand away and stand up straight. I glance at her to see a look of depression, I feel ashamed for what I had done to her and William, but it was something that I had to do. I felt as if I should say something to her, but I didn't know exactly what to say to her.
She glances up at me and I lightly touch her cheek. She closes her eyes as a gently caress it; she opens her eyes to look at me. I stare straight back at her, and then whisper, "I'm sorry." She blinks a couple of times then gently shakes her head. "What for? You have nothing to be sorry for." I give her a saddening smile, as I look down at my feet for a moment then back up to her. I put my forehead against hers and whisper, "Goodbye." Then, as I said that I hear the Dutchman emerging from the ocean depths. I quickly back away from Elizabeth who is staring at the Dutchman with pure shock on her face.
I don't know if she was more shocked to see the Dutchman or to see a pregnant Calypso standing there beside the railing smiling. Elizabeth looks at me as I see a lone tear fall down her cheek. I mouth 'I'm sorry' just before I materialize over to the Dutchman. I now stood behind Calypso with my arms wrapped around her waist and my head resting on her shoulder. I feel her lean back against me as I give her a slight kiss on her neck. She turns her head and kisses me back on the lips lovingly. Then, I release her and she walks into our cabin, I watch her leave but as soon as she was gone I turn my attention towards Elizabeth. She was still standing there watching me with a mixture of emotions, anger, depression, shock…but most of all, hurt.
I knew I had hurt her badly the day that I left, but if I hadn't I wouldn't have stayed true to my word to Calypso. There would have been hell to pay then. I sigh as I take my place at the wheel and look out at the ocean. Wondering when all of this misery was going to end.
It might be awhile before I am able to post another chapter on here so please bare with me on this!
