Confess To The Tide - Sparbossa AU

Seeking

A week had now passed, Barbossa and Will were busy preparing themselves and their crew for the battle to come. The sailors pitched in together to help rebuild the ship and within a week they had her ready to sail again.

A middle aged Sailor approached their captain slowly as Barbossa was on shore looking at a compass that he carried with him since Jack left. He hasn't said much since then, only barking out orders, he often kept to himself. It was becoming obvious that he was hiding something. But the crew knew better not to ask. "Captain.." the man said in a shy tone to capture the captain's attention.

The sound of the man's voice caused Hector to raise his head and look towards the man. "What?" Hector growled in displeasement, slamming the compass shut and placing it back in his pocket.

"I-I speak on behalf of the crew and-.. uh.. wonderin' when we set sail?.... It's just we have the ship ready now.." The man's sentence was hesitant and his voice was queer. He didn't want to upset the captain.

"Aye, the ship be ready but are you?" Hector asked with a slight smirk upon his lips just to scare the man. "When she sails we are going straight into battle..,ye must ask yourself, are ye ready fer such a disquieting sight?"

"Ohh uhh..." The man looked into the cold blue eyes before him as he began to ask himself that very question. "I heard how quickly Beckett took captain Sparrow sir.... But I-I have no doubt of your leadership heh..." He tried to say this with confidence but the shaking of his hands told a different story.

Hector felt offended by the lack of trust the man clearly was showing and his anxiety annoyed him greatly but before he could get a word out he heard a voice behind him utter "battle? Fighting wasn't part of our plan. We were to only free the pirate lords. "

Hector rolled his eyes with a heavy sigh, he knew who it was. 'Fucking Will turner. ' he thought to himself as he turned to face him.

"Nay, that be your plan. Killing Beckett is our only way to free the pirates-"

"By risking our lives too? We can't fight them with the numbers that we have. Beckett's men will shoot us down before we even get to shore. We must sneak in and free the pirates then leave without being caught. " Will quickly interrupted any chance Barbossa had to carry on.

"So Beckett can capture us again? Wouldn't ye rather have yer child grow up in a safe world free from the men who try to hunt down yer kind?"

Hector's words stayed with Will for a few moments, perhaps he was right? "Fine. " Will answered firmly. "But we must make a plan fast, I fear for Elizabeth's safety. "

Hector didn't say a word in response, he only gave Will a hint of a smile to mask his growing worry for Jack and his impatience which was getting worse, he could only think about getting Jack away from that horrible place and back into his arms and safety where he would insure no harm would come to him.