Claudia Norrington: POTC

Will's Deal with Barbossa

Claudia's POV

I found the clothes and swords I had stashed away in the captain's cabin. I changed and strapped my swords to my waist. Before returning to the helm. "Shift your heading, steer clear of that island. Fifteen degrees starboard" Gibbs orders the crew. I notice the tiny island ahead of us.

Suddenly a parrot lands on the starboard bulwark with a squawk. "Dead men tell NO tales! Dead men tell NO tales! Dead men tell NO tales!" he squawks. We all turn to see the Black Pearl on our tail and I curse as I raced over to Elizabeth as she appears from below.

"What's happening?" she asks confused.

"The Black Pearl" I tell her.

"She's gaining on us!" Annamaria shouts.

"This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean" Elizabeth argues.

"You can tell them that after they've caught us" Annamaria tells her.

"Wait, I just thought of something" I state. "We're shallower in the draft, right?" I ask Gibbs.

"Aye" he says.

"Then can't we lose them amongst them shoals?" Elizabeth asks pointing to the shoals.

"Exactly what I was thinking" I state.

"We don't have to out run them long, just long enough" Gibbs states with a smile.

"Lighten the ship, steam to stern!" Annamaria orders.

"Anything we can afford to lose, see that it's lost!" Gibbs adds. The crew immediately got to work, throwing things over board. Will stopped them from getting rid of the cannons. Which turned out to be a good idea as the Black Pearl got closer.

"It was a good plan, until now" Annamaria states.

"Gibbs! We have to make a stand, we must fight. Load the guns" Will states.

"With what?" Annamaria and I ask him.

"Anything, everything! Anything we have left" he states.

"Load the guns!" Gibbs orders the crew. They do so. As I eyed the ship, if we continued like this. She'd sink us before we could get a shot off. Gibbs agreed with me.

"Lower the anchor on the right side" Elizabeth suggests. Annamaria looks stunned as I smiled at Elizabeth. "On the starboard side!" she shouts.

"It has the element of surprise" Will states and I nod my head in agreement.

"You're daft lady. You both are!" Annamaria states.

"Daft like Jack" Gibb says. " Lower the starboard anchor!" he orders the crew. Who look reluctant. "Do it you gobs! Or it's you we'll load into the cannons!" he snaps. They do as he ordered as I grip the handles of my swords.

The fight began and soon the men from the other ship boarded ours. I drew both swords and started to fight them. Telling Elizabeth to stay close as she shot at the invading pirates. "That's not very nice" I heard a familiar voice say. I turned to see Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth knocked an invader into the sea. "Where's the medallion?" he asks her.

"Wrench!" she screeches going to hit him. But he stops her.

"Ah, where's dear William?" he asks her with a smirk.

"Will" she says scared looking at the stairs that lead below. I followed her gaze to see the door blocked by the broken mast. She ran over to it.

"Elizabeth!" I shout. I told her to stay close. Suddenly something hits the back of my head and I fell to my knees dropping my swords. I'm restrained and taken to the Pearl. Soon all of the crew is captured and were being tied to the mast of the Pearl. Minus Jack and I as we were held by Barbossa's crew. As he ordered the Interceptor destroyed.

"You godless savage!" Elizabeth shouts as she lunged at Barbossa. He caught her by the arms.

"Welcome back miss, you took advantage of our hospitality last time. It's all well now you return the favour" he states. I elbow the men holding me and nick their swords. Before getting in front of Elizabeth as Barbossa went to throw her at his crew.

"Back off!" I snap glaring at the men. "Anyone who wants to touch her, has to go through me first" I sneer. Before they could react Will appears shouting Barbossa's name. We all turned to look at him as he pointed a pistol at Barbossa.

"The two girls go free" Will states.

"What's in your head boy?" Barbossa asks them.

"They go free" Will says nodding at Elizabeth and I.

"You've only got one shot, and we can't die" Barbossa tells him. As Jack begged Will not to do anything stupid. Will in turn stood on the railing and points the pistol at himself.

"You can't, I can" he states.

"Like that" Jack mutters.

"Who are you?" Barbossa asks confused.

"No one. He's no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice, though - eunuch" Jack rants and I roll my eyes.

"My name is Will Turner. My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins" Will declares for all to hear.

"He's the spitting image of ol' Bootstrap Bill come back to haunt us" Ragetti I believe says.

"On my word do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker" Will tells them.

"Name your terms, Mr. Turner"  Barbossa tells him.

"Elizabeth and Claudia go free" Will states.

"Yes, we know that one. Anything else?" Barbossa asks him. Jack points at himself as Will looked around.

"And the crew - the crew are not to be harmed" Will adds.

"Agreed" Barbossa tells him.

(Mini time skip)

"Barbossa, you lying bastard! You swore they'd go free!" Will shouts. As Elizabeth is made to walk the plank. We're at the tiny island we'd passed earlier.

"Don't dare impugn me honor, boy! I agreed she go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where" Barbossa tells him.

"He's right" I say with a shrug.

"Though it does seem a shame to lose somethin' so fine, don't it, lads?" he asks his crew. Who agree. "So I'll be havin' that dress back before ye go" he tells Elizabeth. She removes the maroon dress, leaving her in her under dress. She threw the maroon dress at Barbossa.

"Goes with your black heart" she sneers. She faces the sea.

"Off you go! Come on! Get on with it!" the crew shout at her.

"To long!" the first mate says and stomps on the plank. Making Elizabeth fall into the sea. So I stabbed the asshole with my hidden knife. Before running off of the plank and diving into the sea. I swim to shore with Elizabeth, who was unharmed. We were soon joined by Jack Sparrow and we watched the Black Pearl sail away. Heading for Isle De Muerta.

A/N

Picture above of Will pointing a pistol at Barbossa.