A/N: Hello all. Ok I am so sincerely sorry for the tremendously long delay. I realize it has been over a year and a half since my last update. I think I had the worst case of writer's block known to human kind. And for a long time this got put on the back burner b/c of school. I apologize again for the horrible delay. So enough of my excuses and babbling…

Disclaimer: I'm a college student of course I don't own anything.

Now without further ado….Chapter 8

The carriage rocked to a halt. Norrington leaned forward and unlocked the shackles on Scarlet's wrists. He opened the door and stepped out. Putting his hand on Scarlet's back he guided her up the steps to the house the carriage had stopped in front of. Scarlet looked up at the door and immediately recognized it. They were at the Turner's.

Norrington stepped forward and knocked on the wooden door. It opened a few moments later and Henry greeted them and ushered them inside to the parlor.

Standing in the parlor Scarlet heard Henry speaking down the hall.

"Mrs. Turner. Commodore Norrington and a young woman are here to see you and Mr. Turner."

"Thank you, Henry. I will get Will and we will be right in."

She heard heels retreat down the hall and a moment later Henry reappeared.

"Mr. and Mrs. Turner will be with you shortly."

Norrington thanked the butler. The two were alone for a minute and Scarlet could feel James' gaze burning into the back of her head. She ignored him not wanting to start a fight right in front of the Turner's.

The tap of feet down the hall outside the parlor made Scarlet look up. The door opened and Will and Elizabeth stepped through. Both their eyes were immediately drawn to Scarlet. Elizabeth gasped and Will blinked. Suddenly Elizabeth dashed forward and threw her arms around Scarlet who instantly reciprocated the action.

"Oh Rebecca! We've missed you so much!"

"I've missed you all as well."

Will walked forward and hugged her as well as soon and Elizabeth had released her.

"How long are you staying, Becky?" Elizabeth asked.

Scarlet glanced at Norrington. Then replied,

"A while."

"Well come on. We'll get you a room upstairs and get you something to eat. I'm sure you are hungry. Come with us James."

"Thank you Elizabeth but I must be getting back to my ship. We came here as soon as we docked so I must get back to oversee unloading and get back to the fort."

"Ok if you must. Thank you for bringing Becky here."

"My pleasure." He then bowed slightly and left the parlor. Scarlet breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the front door close. Elizabeth caught that and as they headed down the hallway toward the kitchen she asked

"What was that for?"

Scarlet let out a dry chuckle.

"I am not exactly here on my own free will, Lizzie."

At the confused look on both Lizzie and Will's faces Scarlet continued.

"Dear Commodore Norrington kidnapped me from my ship and forced me to come back here. It was either I came with him or he killed or captured my crew and the Black Pearl's." They sat down at the table in the kitchen and Becky took a piece of warm bread that Will offered her.

"The Black Pearl? So you've seen Jack?"

"Yes Will. I managed to avoid him and James for five years and as my luck would have it I run into both of them on the same day out in the middle of the sea."

"What happened?" Elizabeth asked quietly.

Becky sighed, "I was sailing into the sun rise about a week ago and one of my crewmen spotted a ship coming up on us from behind. I got my glass and saw it was the Pearl. It pulled up alongside and we both dropped anchor. Jack came aboard and I lost my temper when he didn't realize who I was. I…uh… punched him in the nose." A short laugh escaped Will. Becky glanced at him in question.

"You're probably the first woman to punch him. Most slap him across the face."

"Oh. Well I punched him right in the nose, got a little blood too. Anyway he grabs me then and swings back to the Pearl and just drops me on the deck. I asked him what the bloody hell that was for and he says it was because I punched him in the nose so I said that was because he left me in Port Royal with a broken heart. Now here is where he grabbed me and hauled me into his cabin. He asked who I was and I explained it all. I went back to my ship and I was going to get it ready to sail and give Jack the bearings to get to the island that I was headed for. I was planning on sailing back here to Port Royal to visit you but as my luck would have it Jack spotted another ship coming up on us. Sure enough it was Norrington on the Courageous. We caught them in between the two ships in a crossfire, it was brilliant. Anyway, I boarded and Norrington put the pieces together and grabbed me. He told my crew and Jack's that if they left now they'd be spared that day. I practically had to force them to leave. When they finally did, well you know me, I fought back. James had taken my pistol and sword but I still had one that I keep as a backup tucked in the back of my sash. Well I shot him."

"You shot James!?" Elizabeth was shocked.

"Yeah I grazed his arm. 'Course then he had me hauled off and thrown in the brig where I spent the vast majority of the last week. So this is not exactly how I had planned on coming back to you. But I'm here now."

"And we are glad you are, Becky." Elizabeth squeezed Becky's hand. She smiled.

That afternoon Will went down to the blacksmith's shop, which he now owned, and Becky and Elizabeth caught up on the past five years. Becky told her all about her adventures as a pirate captain. Elizabeth told Becky all about the happenings of Port Royal and her and Will. They talked about how the Commodore had gotten a bit strange in the past five years, about the ball the Turner's were planning for the following week, how Lizzie and Will had been trying to have kids for the past two years without any luck.

"Don't worry Lizzie. I'm sure it will happen soon. You just have to be patient."

The rest of the week was spent getting Becky a gown for the upcoming party and finalizing details for the event. Becky missed her crew, her ship and the sea but it was nice to be around Will and Lizzie again and back into the hustle and bustle of high society. She could handle the high society because she knew she wouldn't be there for forever. She would get back to the Rose eventually.

They were about a week behind the Courageous. They had gotten caught in a squall line on their way to Tortuga but both ships had come out relatively unscathed. It put them a day behind what the pirates had planned but it didn't seriously affect the overall mission of rescuing Scarlet. Jack checked his compass and looked at the horizon. If the weather held they would be in Port Royal tomorrow night.

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