Caribbean Hybrid

Title: Caribbean Hybrid
Chapter Author: Wickedswanz
Disclaimer: Don't own it!!
Summary: A letter from Achille and the only one who can decipher it is…busy.
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The door shook. It banged. Something hit it…hard, and it shook again. Muffled sighs, a cry and a loud groan could be heard from the small cabin. Elizabeth's eyes opened wide and her mouth dropped. Jack grinned widely and his shoulders shook as he took in Elizabeth's reaction.

"So…they really like one another then…?" Elizabeth managed to croak out, she licked her lips nervously and looked to jack for guidance.

"Oh yeah that's one way of turning the phase luv. Another is that they bloody can't get enough of each other…savvy?"

"Yes Jack." she glared at him. "Maybe we should come back later?"

Jack waved the letter under her nose, "No luv we need to find out what this says now, cause you better believe that that slimy git wont wait for us to work it out."

"I know…but…" she looked pointedly at the door which was still shaking and pounding.

"OH WILL!"

They both tried to ignore the sounds as they argued, snipping and hissing at one another but neither coming up with even a half decent way of interrupting.

"WILL WILL WILL…HARDER WILL! OOOOH right there…right there."

"We can just wait till their finished." Elizabeth shrugged, "Sounds like their almost…done?"

Jack compressed his lips, "Yeh I guess so." he waved the letter again for effect and glared as she shrugged and threw her arms out wide in an exaggerated attempt at Well? We have no other options, in body language.

"Oh god in heaven, you're so good…So BIG William."

Elizabeth covered her face with her hands and looked at Jack through her slightly parted fingers. "Maybe we should wait in you're quarters or something." But Jack was looking at her strangely, "What?"

"You never said that to me."

"Said What?"

Jack tilted his head to the cabin door, once and again. "That!"

"Well, was I supposed to? I will next time if you want." She still didn't really get what he was on about, and was shocked when Jack rolled his eyes and threw his hands out to the sides.

"OH WILL!! No one fills me the way you do…You wild, rutting bull…Ooooh"

Jack suddenly grimaced, "Never mind luv, I change my mind."

They both shook with mirth as they looked at one another while the two in the cabin groaned and grunted their last. All was silent, but Jack and Elizabeth waited another couple of minutes before Jack gently knocked on the door.

"Yes?" A rather breathless Will called though the door.

"Ah William, we have a slight problem out here and were hoping you could give us a hand." Elizabeth called back her face pained and red with embarrassment as she spoke.

"Oh umm hi Lizzie, Been there long?" Selene called back.

"NO! no just got here, just this second. I was um somewhere else and then I came down here and…and everything was QUIET! Thought you were asleep in fact."

Jack groaned loudly and fell against the wall a hand over his eyes. "Look lad there's something out here I need you to take a look at, so lets just forget all the bollocks and get to it."

"To the helping that is!" Elizabeth jumped in unnecessarily, "Not "it" meaning anything else, certainly not us all getting to…"

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Will and Selene looked at each other, slightly concerned. They were still leaning against the door and Will stood back to let Selene move out to get her robe. What was going on out there, one minute Elizabeth was babbling and desperately trying to show that the hadn't heard their all too vocal lovemaking and the next, silence.

They didn't like it. If Jack had hushed her surly he would be calling something to them or knocking on the door again. But there was nothing. For a moment Will wondered if he'd imagined the whole thing, but Selene's concerned eyes told him different. She raised her head and sniffed the air. After a moment her eyes widened with fear so Will did the same.

A vision swirled before his eyes, several in fact. Mentally he pushed away the pictures of Selene, Elizabeth and Jack, which left only one remaining. It was still blurred but clearing…clearing…Achille.

"Oh god no." Will spoke under his breath as he quickly pulled on his britches and noticed Selene doing the same.

The paused together before the door, neither wanting to open it, neither wanting to see what was waiting on the other side. Will placed a hand on the nob.

"On three." he said and she nodded and stood back, prepared for what ever may lunge though. "One…Two…Three!" he yanked open the door and roared into the empty hallway.

Empty. Nothing. Nobody.

"What happened?" Selene asked, nobody in particular, it just felt silly not to say something.

Will looked down and saw the letter. Quickly he picked it up and began to read:

Dearest Selene,

I'm so very happy that you have found love at last. Who would have guessed that it would be with the son of the cad who abandoned you all those years ago. Don't you worry my dear I have not come for you, in fact I bare good tidings.

I have found a new and wonderful way to rid myself of the curse and it will leave you and your dear William with that lovely ship. Never mind the Captain and his whore you will not see them again.

If all goes well I will set up a small farm and maybe take a wife. Doesn't that sound nice?

With the fondest regards

Alaine Achille

Will looked up to see Selene reading over his shoulder. "What do you make of it?"

She looked at him for a long time. "Jack and Elizabeth are going to die. And soon."

"Has he always been this nuts?" Will read over the line about the farm again.

"You know I never really noticed before…But yeah pretty much."

"Great, O.K so we need a plan."

"No." Selene looked sympathetically at her lover, "They are going to die, we can't stop him Will."

"What! We have to." he grabbed her shoulders, "We have to!!" his eyes suddenly became distant and he stepped back.

"Will no! I don't mean that I'm with him…I just mean that we can't beat him. He's too strong. Maybe in wolf form we'd have a chance but…" she shrugged, "The next full moon is still a week away…They'll be dead by then."

"No…NO! I wont accept that." Will turned and started to pace. "Jack has saved my life too many times to count and Lizzy. Lizzy was my first love." he smiled sadly at Selene's jealous cringe. "I'm sorry but it's true. It's all in the past but I still care about her and I can't just…"

"I understand Will. You know that I care about them as well but…"

Will paced some more. Words flew through his head; old conversations, readings…Sometimes when I'm near her my beast reaches out to her…

Will suddenly turned towards Selene and marched pointedly towards her. He gripped her shoulders hard enough to make her cry out. "Selene do you love me?"

"What?" she tried to pull back but he held fast, "Will this is hardly the time to…"

"Do you love me Selene?"

A single tear fell from her wide eyes, "I do." she spoke quietly and was encouraged by the huge smile spreading over his hansom face.

"I love you too…And I have a plan"