"Gentlemen and I use the term loosely, I suggest you unhand the lady," Will said in a stern tone.
The two men looked at him and then at each other. They smiled at Will. "And just who ye be telling us what to do," the larger of the two asked.
"I am Will Turner of the Black Pearl. Again I say unhand the lady."
The lady smiled at Will but the smile from the two men quickly faded away. All of Tortuga knew of Will's skill with a sword, he had become a legend here. They knew it would take both of them to try to fight Will. The man holding the lady took her and threw her up against of the buildings in the alley. She hit the wall hard with a thump and fell crumpled to the ground unmoving.
"She better be alright for your sakes," Will told the men pulling out his sword.
The two men attacked Will at the same time. His anger that had built up inside of him was quickly unleashed on these two men. The larger of the two was slower but he used his weight to try and push Will down when their swords tangled. The smaller of the two was the sneaky one, he looked for opportunities to try and get Will when the larger one had Will occupied. Will found them no challenge, but when he glanced over to the lady on the ground in his mind he say that it was Elizabeth. He quietly called her name and the smaller of the two men seeing Will distracted moved in for a killing blow. He stabbed Will in his heart and while Will fell backwards and cried out in pain. He did not die instead he pulled out the sword and looked at it. Both men seeing that Will had not died ran off in fear.
Will looked at his shirt again. Yes, there was some blood but not near as much as there should be and the man had hit his mark. I should be dead, Will thought to himself. He was confused by what had happened and then he remembered the young lady. He knelt over her and lifted her head. His mind had played an awful trick on him, this was not Elizabeth. "Miss. Miss. Can you hear me?" He looked at her face, she was very beautiful, one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. She had no business here in Tortuga and there was no one here with her? This woman of quality should always have an escort especially in this town, a town in which a woman like this definitely did not belong. Will had many more questions than answers.
After trying for some time to wake her, he knew he couldn't just leave her here in the streets. There was something about her. Something so familiar to him but he would have remembered if he had met a lady of her quality before and certainly one of her looks.
Now what to do Will felt he had no other choice. He gently picked her up and began the journey back to the Pearl. There was only one crew member on deck as he came aboard the Pearl. The man did not say anything but gave Will a surprising approving look. Will saw the look and started to try to explain himself, "It's not what you think. She was attacked and injured. I'm talking her below to try and help her." The man looked at Will with a nod and a smile. "Just never mind," Will added not even wanting to try and explain. He took her down to his cabin and gently placed her on his bed. "I hope you wake up soon with some answers," Will quietly told the unconscious lady.