Immediately, everyone bowed down to the prince. Jack and Perseus were the only ones left standing. "You have a stick up your ass or something dude?" Perseus said, gesturing towards the dirty deck of the Black Pearl. Reluctantly, Jack kneeled down, a strong dislike for the teenager beginning to grow, despite the fact that he had just saved his life. Perseus lazily marched over to one of the barrels and kicked it over, revealing the trembling form of Davy Jones, who had hid there as soon as Perseus and the other mermen boarded the ship.

"You're under arrest for taking away a godesses' powers, abandoning your godly duties, and defying the authority of Atlantis. Relax Squidface, it's not like you'll be executed or something, oh, wait," Perseus snickered, "you are."

Suddenly, a scream pierced the air. Elizabeth keeled over, clutching her stomach. Her pretty face was contorted in pain. In a flash, Perseus was next to her. He grabbed the front of Elizabeth's torn dress and ripped it apart to reveal angry red suction marks on her stomach. "Just what do you think you're doing!" Will roared, but when he saw what Perseus was looking at, his face paled.

"The Kraken has infected this woman," Perseus said, still examining the marks. "I will have to take her to Atlantis so she can be cured." He looked up at the people surrounding him and asked very seriously, "Was anyone else grabbed by the Kraken?"

Everyone immediately turned towards Jack. "What?!" He exclaimed not wanting to admit that he had been so easily grabbed by the beast.

"If a Kraken infection isn't treated in 24 hours, it will kill you," Perseus said matter of factly, pointedly looking at Jack. "If anyone else was grabbed by the Kraken, I would ask those people to step forward."

Reluctantly, Jack stepped forward. He decided he valued his life more than his pride. "Anyone else?" Perseus asked. When no one else stepped forward, he turned towards one of his guards and said, "Malcom, tell my old man that I will be bringing some humans for healing." Malcom nodded and dived into the sea, legs transforming into a tail in a flash of gold. Perseus looked back to the grave looking crowd on the deck. " Chill dudes, the Atlantian doctors are awesome." He beckoned Jack and Elizabeth to come to the edge of the ship. "Jump off the boat."

"Wait just a minute. Elizabeth is my wife. I should accompany her to Atlantis," Will said.

"Fine, but we are not taking anyone else. Come-" Perseus stopped mid-sentence, his gaze fixed on someone pushing through the crowd. It was none other then Annabeth Chase, the only other female member on board the Black Pearl besides Elizabeth.

"I want to come too," she said stubbornly. Jack looked to Perseus to see what his reply would be, but was surprised to see that Perseus was absolutely silent. In fact, his mouth was hanging open slightly.

"Uhh, and, um, what is your reason?" Perseus stammered, his face turning a light shade of pink.

"I want to see the architecture. I heard Atlantis has really beautiful buildings and parks, and I would love to see them." The mermen were appalled at her audacity.

"Such insolence," one merman cried, "why would we let some mere mortal into Atlantis for no reason? You have no reason to be demanding entrance to Atlantis! In fact-"

"Uh sure. Y-yeah, you can come," Perseus cut in, his face turning a darker shade of pink. Jaws hit the floor. "Didn't you just say that we weren't taking any-" Jack began protesting but was cut off by a wave of Perseus' hand.

"I am the prince, and you will do as I say!" Perseus announced, puffing out his chest. He spun on his heel and strode towards the side of the boat. Jack snickered when he saw that the tips of the Prince of Atlantis' ears were bright red.

"Look's like somebody's lovestruck," Elizabeth muttered.