Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

“Let me see!”
While she peered at the longboat, Jack studied the sky, then
licked his finger and held it up. “Wind’s changed. It’s picking up. Big
storm coming,”
The longboat glided quickly through the water. Seeing that the
longboat’s destination was several docks away from the one where
they’d tied the dory, Jack and Esmeralda ran to get closer. By the time
they reached their destination, Teague and the others had already tied
up and debarked. The Keeper gave low-voiced instructions to his men,
who scattered. Another armed contingent of Teague’s men climbed
into the longboat and began rowing out to the sloop. Jack guessed
Teague had dispatched them to make sure Koldunya did not weigh
anchor and attempt to flee.
Teague led the other captains toward Shipwreck City. By now
they’d collected an ever-growing crowd of curious onlookers. Jack and
Esmeralda followed the crowd, trying to get closer, listening.
“Teague’s apparently called for an official court of inquiry,” Jack
said to Esmeralda, low-voiced. “Evidence will be presented to the
Pirate Lords here at Shipwreck Cove.”
By now it was early afternoon. Jack and Esmeralda followed the
crowd inside Shipwreck City. Teague led the way. “He’s heading for
the Great Chamber,” Jack said, when they stayed on the first level of
the warren. “Here, I know a shortcut.”
Grabbing her hand, he led her off down an alley so narrow they
had to squeeze sideways, then down several empty corridors. Finally,
he reached a door. Two of Teague’s men were already there, standing
guard. Jack nodded to them, and they opened the doors, admitting the
young pirate scions into a large, oval chamber that held a raised dais
at one end. In the middle of the dais stood a battered “lectern” made
from half a ship’s door, mounted on a thick chunk of a mast at the
proper height for a speaker. Several long benches, perhaps liberated
from churches, stood in rows on each side of the dais.
The chamber was obviously the hollowed-out holds of two large
vessels placed side by side. Overhead, one could still see the curved
ribs that had been supports for the old planking and decks. Huge old
masts, sawed in half, served as pillars to hold up the ceiling.