"Trim that sail!" Barbossa ordered.
"Trim that sail!" Jack repeated.
"Slack windward brace and sheets!"
"Slack windward brace and sheets!"
"Haul that pallet line!"
"Haul that pallet line!"
Barbossa looked over at Jack, "What are ye doin'?"
"What are you doing?"
"No, what ARE ye doin'?"
"What are YOU doing?"
"NO, what ARE ye doin'?"
"What are YOU doing? Cap'n gives orders on this ship!"
"The cap'n of the ship IS givin' orders!" Barbossa squinted.
"My ship, makes me captain." Jack stated.
Barbossa held up the map, "They be my charts."
"That makes you... chart man!" Jack threw up his hands.
"Stow it! The both of you! That's an order! Understand?!" Jack and Barbossa stared at Pintel, "Sorry. I just thought with the captain issue being in doubt, I'd throw my name in for consideration. Sorry."
Barbossa, Jack and I rolled our eyes and went up the stairs. They both pulled out their spyglasses for a look over the water. Jack got mad because his was so much smaller and walked away.
Barbossa turned to me, "What's this about ye killin' Jack?"
"Well you see, when the Kraken attacked and we were abandoning the ship... I chained Jack to the mast." I looked down.
"Why would ye be doin' that?"
"For revenge." I said simply.
"And what did he do to ya?" he looked concerned.
"Isla De Muerta." I choked out before breaking into sobs.
He pulled me into a hug and rested his chin on my head, "It be all right now, Sylvia. Don't cry."
"There's more." I sniffed and looked up at him, " I made a deal with Davy Jones-"
"Ye didn't sell him yer soul?!" he gripped me tighter.
"No." I cleared my throat, "For putting Jack in the locker, I get full protection from any danger I might meet on, in or near the water for the rest of my life. Of course now, I'll only have that protection until he finds out that Jack is back."
He looked somewhat shocked and I smiled weakly, "It's amazing what people will do for love."
Later after it got dark, we began to see skiffs all around us and everyone went to the railing to look at them.
Gibbs started to load a gun but Will stopped him, "They're not a threat to us." he looked at Tia, "Am I right?"
"We are noting but ghosts to dem."
Barbossa nodded, "Is best just let them be."
"It's my father, we've made it back!" Elizabeth looked happy and called out, "Father here, look here!"
"Elizabeth, we're not back." Jack touched her arm and shook his head.
She ignored him, "Father!"
Governor Swann looked up, "Elizabeth, are you dead?"
"No." she looked confused.
"I think I am."
"No, you can't be!"
"There was this chest, you see. And a heart. At the time it seemed so important."
"Come aboard!"
"I learned that if you stab the heart, yours must take its place. Sail the seas for eternity. The Dutchman must always have a captain. Silly thing to die for." the Governor seemed to be talking to himself.
"Someone cast a line!"
Marty handed Elizabeth a rope and she threw it toward the Governor.
"Take the line!" she called.
He didn't even reach for it, "Elizabeth, I'm so proud of you."
"Father, the line, take the line!" she screamed.
He made no move toward it and she climbed up on the railing.
"She must not leave de ship!" Tia exclaimed.
Will grabbed Elizabeth by the waist but she continued yelling, "Father, come back with us! I won't leave you!"
"I'll give your love to your mother, shall I?" he smiled.
Will looked at Tia, "Is there a way?"
Tia shook her head, "Him at peace."
Elizabeth cried on Will's shoulder and he did his best to comfort her. The rest of the night passed quietly, as well as most of the next day.
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"Why is all but the rum gone?" Pintel was complaining.
Gibbs shook his head, "Rum's gone too."
"If we cannot escape dees doldrums by nightfall, I fear we will sail trackless seas, doomed to roam de reach between worlds...forever." Tia sighed.
I shuddered, "Even if it's something you love, doing it forever is not a pleasant thought. Especially if the scenery never changes."
"Aye, ye be right." Barbossa nodded.
Ragetti was chasing the monkey around, "Me eye! Give it back!"
"There's no sense to it." Gibbs complained.
"And the green flash happens at sunset, not sunrise." Will commented.
"Over the edge... it's drivin' me over the bloomin' edge! Sunrises don't set!" Gibbs whined.
I looked over at Jack. He seemed to be talking to himself. I rolled my eyes.
I can't stand this much longer!
Suddenly Jack stood up and ran to the port side, "What's that? I don't know. What IS that? What do you think?"
"Where?" Elizabeth followed him.
"There!"
"What is it?"
Jack and a handful of the crew started running from one side of the ship to the other.
I threw my hands up, "They're all crazy!"
"He's rockin' the ship!" Pintel exclaimed.
Barbossa looked up from the map, "Aye. He's onto it!"
I walked over to him.
He turned to me, "Go help them." he went below and I heard him giving orders, "Loose the cannons, you stinkin' bilge rats! Un-stow the cargo! Let it shift!"
I saw Pintel and Ragetti tied upside down to the mast.
Those two are so stupid!
I began running back and forth with the others. Barbossa joined us after a few minutes and finally the Pearl tipped onto her port side. We all hung onto the starboard rail. I was between Barbossa and Tia. Just as I was about to run out of air we suddenly shot to the surface. I gasped and got up.
"Blessed sweet westerlies, we're back!" Gibbs exclaimed.
"It's the sunrise." Elizabeth observed.
Barbossa pulled his pistols out, pointing one at Jack and one at Will. Jack pointed one at Barbossa and one at Elizabeth. Will pointed one at Barbossa and one at Jack. I pointed one at Jack as well.
We all laughed and lower our pistols, then Barbossa raised his guns again, "All right then." the rest of us raised our guns too, "The Brethren Court's a-gatherin' at Shipwreck Cove. And Jack, you and I are a-goin', and there'll be no arguin' that point."
"I is arguin' the point. If there's pirates a-gatherin', I'm pointing my ship the other way." Jack smirked.
"The pirates are gathering to fight Beckett, and you're a pirate." Elizabeth reminded him.
"Fight or not, you're not running, Jack." Will said.
"If we don't stand together, they'll hunt us down one by one, till there be none left, but you." Barbossa squinted.
"I quite like the sound of that. Captain Jack Sparrow, the last pirate." Jack smiled.
"Aye, you'll be fightin' Jones alone. And how does that figure into yer plan?"
"I'm still working on that. But I'll not be going back to the locker, mate. You can count on that." Jack tried to fire, but nothing happened.
We all tried but our guns weren't working.
"Wet powder." Gibbs looked annoyed.