"What are you talking about?" Elizabeth Swann spins on her heels.
She has never accomodated well with Captain Jack Sparrow, probably because he lies so much. Captain Jack Sparrow rolls his eyes at William Turner, who cannot return the gesture.
"I think she's serious, Jack," Will states.
"Well," starts Jack, "the man lost his head."
"He what?" Elizabeth says, apparently shocked.
"Lost his head," Jack repeats.
Elizabeth and Will exchange a look before Will proceeds on with the questioning and Elizabeth falls back onto the side of the Black Pearl, clutching her stomach.
"What did you say his name was again?" Will asks.
"If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times," says Jack, "it's Gerdy. Captain Gerdy of the ship called Waxpax."
"Waxpax?" says Elizabeth after regaining her stomach and walking back over to her fiancé and the captain of the Black Pearl.
"A ridiculous name," Will says.
"Yes, we all know," says Jack, "but the point is, Gerdy is not a laughing matter. The man has slaughtered more people than you can care to count and that's in your lifetime alone."
"He's immortal?" Elizabeth asks, stunned.
"Who isn't these days?" Will replies bitterly.
Elizabeth goes to the railing of the Black Pearl and Jack goes down to his cabin. Will stands beside Elizabeth and for awhile, the two just stare out at the raging ocean, not talking.
"What ever happened to that one, Davy Jones?" Elizabeth suddenly asks.
"I don't really remember." Will is intent on the waves.
"Tell me," says Elizabeth eagerly.
"I don't remember, Elizabeth." Will is a bit firmer.
"You've never acted like this before." Elizabeth makes Will face her. "What happened?"
Will turns back to the waves and watches them dip and tuck, dip and tuck. He looks back at his fiancée. Something about her face worries him. It is filled with curiousity and wonder but, at the same time, anger and frustration. Will didn't dare turn his back to her — that would only make her angrier. But he didn't want to talk about what happened to Davy Jones. It wasn't the right time to talk about how all this had affected him. And Jack. Thinking of him, Will glances at Jack, now talking to Mr. Gibbs.
"William." Elizabeth's stern voice breaks through Will's thoughts.
Will glances at her, realizing she'd never called him William. He turns back to the sea and Elizabeth follows suit, realizing he would tell her the story.
"After you chained Jack to the riggings of the Black Pearl and Davy Jones' monster took everything down, Jack came back up with a proposal for Davy Jones. If he was to save the Black Pearl and Jack himself, he would get what he truly desired."
"Which is what?" Elizabeth asks.
Will looks at Elizabeth and smiled. "A woman."
Elizabeth almost falls overboard in shock me. "Me!"
The two hear laughing and they turn to see Jack waltzing up to them, laughing. "No, not you," he says, "you already have a lad. Besides, Davy Jones wanted Scarlett."
"Scarlett?" Elizabeth says, glancing at Will, "Scarlett from Tortuga?"
Jack nods. "Irony at its best, I suppose." And off he goes.
"Scarlett from Tortuga?" Elizabeth asks Will as they turned back to the sea, as if she needs reassurance on the whole matter.
"The very same," says Will, "I was as surprised as you. So Davy Jones agreed, took Scarlett to the bottoms of the depths to live with him, and Jack got his ship and his life back."
"How will Scarlett survive? She's not immortal." Elizabeth eyes Jack suspiciously, thinking there is somehow a catch in all of this.
"Apparently, Davy Jones had that covered. I guess she's to be one of them."
Elizabeth shudders. "Her beauty will vanish instantly. All those men are heidous. Davy Jones will never want her after that."
Will laughs. "I certainly hope what you say isn't true."
"And the beast?" says Elizabeth.
"The what?" Will looks at her curiously.
"The beast that Davy Jones was able to command over, what ever happened to that?"
"I suppose it lives with Davy Jones and Scarlett in the depths. For now."
Elizabeth laughs at her fiancé's fake mysteriousness. Will can't help but laugh too and the two go below deck for a good night's sleep before they arrive in Port Royal the next day.
"Up and at 'em, lovelies!"
Will rolls over and finds Jack standing over him. Will sits up, careful not to kick Elizabeth.
"What's wrong, Jack?" he asks groggily.
"It's time to go," says Jack and rushes back to the deck.
Figuring they were in Port Royal, Will gets up and dresses. He wakes Elizabeth, who gets up and dresses. The two ascend up the steps and onto the deck. Jack eyes Elizabeth in her floor-length gown.
"Best take that off," he says.
Elizabeth goes to slap him but he holds up his hands in defense.
"Not that way!" he shouts before she comes down, "I meant, you best change into something that makes you look less like a woman."
"Why? We're in Port Royal," says Elizabeth. She glances about. "Aren't we?"
She instantly realizes they were not docked in Port Royal after all. Instead, an odd-looking ship is set up alongside the Black Pearl.
"Quickly!" says Jack.
Elizabeth flees back down the steps just as someone appears on deck on the other ship.
"Jack Sparrow," says the man.
"Kur Gerdy," says Jack.
Will almost wretches as Kur Gerdy comes into sight. He has no head, but instead, a very decayed and disgusting-looking skull atop his shoulders. He also has almost no torso, and sticks for legs. Kur Gerdy's voice has an eerie ring as he speaks again.
"I want you to do something for me, Jack Sparrow," Gerdy says.
"And what is that?" Jack almost whispers.
"Your encounter and bargain with Davy Jones is not over."
"Oh, no?" says Jack hoarsley.
Gerdy shakes his head gravely. "The Kraken has returned."
"The Kraken?" chokes Will.
Gerdy nods again. "And it's coming for more than just you now, Sparrow. It's coming for him and his little wife too." He snickers in Elizabeth's direction.
Gerdy's ship suddenly vanishes and Gerdy along with it. Jack falls against the railing of the Pearl, desperation kicking in. Gibbs, Will, and Elizabeth stand around him. Gibbs helps Jack stand as Jack tries to explain the situation they are in. Once again.