- Atlantis -

- Triton's Brig -

"-we pillage, we plunder, we rifle and look, drink up me 'earties, yo ho!" She shuddered to think were Captain Jack Sparrow had gotten that rum bottle. Jack was sitting against the wall, his hat tilted slightly in front of his face, and his hand casually resting on his propped up knee as he sang, "-yo ho, yo ho a pirate's life for me. We extort, somethin' and somethin'...wha'ever, drink up me 'earties, yo ho! La la la la la la la la la la, drink up me 'earties, yo ho-"

"Jacob." Came Neptune's annoyed voice from the other cell. Lila, who had the extreme pleasure of being locked in a cell with her cousin (and shudder) former fiancee, smirked and leaned against the wall, feeling a weird pressure in her stomach. She pushed it aside, and rested her head against the wall. Jack caught Lila's gaze, and asked, "Love? You alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, Jack." Lila said, with what seemed to be a sigh and a gasp. Jack was watching her carefully, as he came beside her and said, "Darlin'-"

She smiled up at him, and said, "Love, I'm fine. Honest." Lie. Lie lie lie lie lie. It really was. Lila wasn't fine. She was far from being fine. She was mentally trying to figure out in her mind how far along she was. And when she figured it out, she cursed under her breath. Jack rubbed her back and said, "The eunuch isn't 'ere-"

"-I know that..." Lila said, as another sharp pain shot through her stomach. One look down at her, and Jack knew. Jack cursed and said, "Now? NOW? LILA-"

"-Jack, calm down for goodness sakes...oh my goodness..." Another wave of pains shot through Lila as Jack let her lean her weight onto him. Jack groaned, because now he was feeling sick himself. Faint, really. Lila looked up at him, and said, "Darling, don't give out on me. I thought you were with Elizabeth when she had William?" Jack nodded slightly, rocking back and forth as he said, "I was. But she wasn't...you...oh 'ell...Lila..." Neptune, who was in the other cell, heard what was going on, and whispered, "Jack? Is it time?"

"YES!" Lila screamed and grabbed on to Jack's hand. Jack winced in pain as his cousin attempted to rip his hand off. Jack was cursing, Jack was feeling faint...Jack sighed, and said to Lila, "Stay 'ere."

"LIKE IM GOING ANYWHERE!!!" Lila screamed, still holding on to Jack's hand. Jack winced once again as he somehow untangled his hand from Lila, and walked to the cell door. The guard was walking around with the key dangling from his belt, so Jack smirked and said to the guard, "Mate, can you come 'ere for a second?" The guard glared at Jack, and kept walking. Jack cursed in Spanish, before eyeing the bars. He smirked and said, "Half-pin barrel hindges..." He took the rope that was tied to his belt, and securred it around the bars. Once they were there, he tugged them to make sure they had staying power. When he found they did, he pulled at them, surprised that William had been right, and the doors lifted free,
"-with the proper application of strength..." Jack said, with a slight smirk. He turned back down to Lila, who said, clearly in pain, "Someone will have heard that."

"Not a problem. Anamaria and me took them down already. Oh my goodness." Saphira, who had just walked inside the cell, pushed a chesnut curl back and said, "Lila?" Jack nodded, picking Lila up and saying, "Where's William?"

"Outside." Saphira said, taking Lila's hand. She looked up at Jack, and said to him at seeing his expression, with a slight smirk, "You alright, Jackie? You look a bit...faint." Jack rolled his chocolate eyes, and said to his fianacee. "I'm fine, love..." He winced again, but Saphie saw why when she saw Lila grabbing his hand again. Jack honestly looked as if he was going to faint. Saphira put a calming hand on his back, and said, "It's alright, Jackie."

"No. No it's not." Jack said as the four of them walked to where Neptune was standing. Apparently, Anamaria had let him out. He smiled down at Lila who was calm. Calm compared to what Jack was. Jack was a wreck. Neptune kissed Lila's head, and said, "We should be going to get William-" Neptune trailed off when he saw William riding towards the brig. At squinting, Lila started laughing when she saw that Will was riding on a pony with Rupert behind him, his arms around Will's waist. Saphira burst into laughter when she saw that, due to the size of the pony, Rupert's head was resting practically on Will's shoulder.

Jack smirked as they came nearer to them and said, "I knew ye were a eunuch." Will narrowed his hazel eyes at Jack, before pushing Rupert off the horse, and saying, "Shut up. I told you I-" He trailed off when he saw Lila. All the color drained out of his face, and he yelled, "OH MY-" Anamaria pulled Will off of the pony, and Saphira put her hand over his mouth to shut him up. Will nodded, causing them to let go of him, and said, "Calypso said that it wasn't for another few weeks..."

"I think...I think..." Lila trailed off, "Nevermind."

The look on Jack's face was priceless. It was a mixture of relief and anger as he looked down at the cleary undistresed queen he was holding in his arms. Lila smiled up at him and said, "I'm sorry, darling. I guess it was just a false alarm...I've been having those..." Jack carefully stood Lila up, and she walked over to Will, scared that Jack was going to explode. Jack nodded, and said, "False alarm?"

"Yes." Lila said, holding on to Will's arm. Will looked immensely relieved himself, but Jack? Jack had an almost creepy smile on his face as he repteated, "False alarm? That..." And with that, the infamous Pirate Lord fainted. Lila winced, and said, "Jack, darling...honestly."

Saphira only rolled her eyes, and began fanning her fiancee, with a look of boredom. Rupert glanced over at Will, and when the two men's gazes locked, they took a step away from each other. Lila smiled, and rested her hand on her stomach, "So..."

A few hours later, they found themselves in a mansion outside of Atlantis. Neptune exlained that this had been an earlier meeting place for the Brethren, and both Will and Lila recognized it as the place they often had to spend nights in when their parents were in meetings. Neptune locked the doors, and closed the shutters. Lila rested against Will, who wrapped one arm around her and rested the other one on her stomach. Lila's emerald eyes were unfocused as she stared into the fireplace.

"Uncle Grant...and Bill. Where'd they really go?" Lila's eyes flashed up at her father who was standing by the window. He turned to look at her, and said in a quiet voice, "Trying to stop what happened years ago from happening again."

"You mean...what happened with Mum, Alena, Athena and Aunt Salali?" Lila asked. She saw Jack tense up beside Saphie. Saphie smiled over at him reassuringly and put her hand on his knee. That seemed to calm Jack somewhat, but his looked over and locked gazes with Lila who he knew was thinking the same thing. Lila glanced back over at Neptune and said, "Daddy, they can't make another Jewel. I know that's what they're trying to do."

"There was a riot back at the palace." Neptune said, calmly. "Your mother told me...When people learned of your death...people were killed, Lila." Lila closed her eyes at that. This was her fault. Not Neptune's. Not her mother's. She was queen. And things had only gone from bad to worse since she took over the postion. Will took the hand that was on her shoulder, and moved it to her back, rubbing it. Lila looked down at the floor as Neptune said, "Triton sent his men to the palace. War's are going on. Neither Rupert or William is there to lead them...it's a mess. You can't rule without the Jewel...Bill and Grant are talking to the Court to see what it takes to get a new-"

"-it takes Lila dyin' is wha' it takes." Jack said, in an annoyed voice. Saphira closed her eyes, and whispered something in Jack's ear, unaudible to anyone else. Jack shook his head and said, "No! Uncle Neptune, you know wha' 'appened to-"

"-Anne, Jacob, I know." Neptune to his nephew, in what he was trying to make, a reassurring voice. Neptune massaged his temples and said, "I don't know what else we can do. But wait."

"We've waited enough." Rupert said, coming to stand behind Lila. Lila leaned her head on Will's chest, causing him to kiss it, and rest his on hers, deep in thought. "I say we go up to Triton's palace, and tell him that this is ridiculous. Mercer wanted power. Lila's not dead, so now he's settling for making our lives a living hell and killing Lila in the process."

"-we can't. Do you realize all of the bloody thing's tha' we're charged with?" Jack glanced up at Rupert with a know-it-all look on his face as he said, "If Lila and me were to walk back up to tha' Godforsaken palace, we'd 'ave an appointment with the gallows in no time-"

"-Lila's queen-"

"-Lila 'as no power 'ere-"

"-why not-"

"-this isn't her kingdom, Rupert." Saphira cut in. "This isn't hers. If Jack and Lila are caught, they will be killed. And it doesn't matter if Lila's dying or not, Triton will hang her-"

"-maybe not." Will and Jack glanced down at Lila. Anamaria, who was by the fireplace, turned to look over at her as she asked, "I know that look." Lila smirked as she said, "No, no...nothing too stupid." Will rolled his eyes at that, but Lila ignored this and said, "Triton won't listen to us...but he may listen to his children..."