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Chapter 6
The Kraken
Mandy took the captain's cabin of the ship that night. Barbossa complained that he was technically more of the captain than Amanda was. But she ignored him. There was a bed/sofa by one of the windows. She lay down on it and tried to get comfy. It felt good to be on the sea again. The gentle rocking back and forth of the ship on the sea soon sent her to sleep.
"Your father's back," growled her grandfather. Mandy opened her eyes, she was back in Tortuga. She could hear something being dragged along the floor. Her eyes lit up. Ahhh, to be seven years old. She ran along the hall to her father's room. "Daddy, daddy!" she cried as she ran into the room. Jack looked up at her. "Hello, my sweetest," he said, "I've got a pretty for you." She ran up to him and he lifted her onto his lap. He opened the chest on his bed and pulled out a delicate gold chain with a gold medallion on the end. Embedded in the centre of the medallion was a bluey-white orb.
"Ohh," she said, "Thank you Daddy."
"Now, Mandy, this is very special, you must never lose this, promise me?" said Jack.
"I promise, Daddy," said Mandy. Her eyes flew open when she heard screams.
She wasn't dreaming anymore. And her crew were shouting. Suddenly the ship shifted sharply to one side, causing her to roll out of bed. She leapt to her feet and ran from the cabin, pulling on her coat as she went. She exited the cabin to absolute pandemonium. She felt Will grab her arm and pull down onto the main deck.
"What's going on?!" she shouted.
"It's the Kraken, it can't find Jack but Barbossa says it's picked up on you, it's coming for us," he yelled. She tore free of his grip and ran to the railing. She leaned over, ignoring the shouts and cries of the crew.
"Talk to me," she said, "Tell me." The sea was confused, disorientated, it couldn't give her answer. She hadn't noticed the odd silence that had come over the crew. Something wrapped itself around her ankle. She looked down to see one tentacle wrapped tightly around her lower leg. She looked to her right. Elizabeth was stood not too far away. She had a tentacle wrapped around one of her legs too. Mandy had just enough time take one breath before she was pulled from her feet.
She hit the deck with a smack. She clawed desperately at the wooden floor, trying to grab something, anything not to be pulled into Davy Jones' Locker. As she was pulled over the railing on the other side of the ship, she managed to grab hold. Elizabeth did it too. Will was not too far away. He stared in horror as the two women clutched desperately to the side of the ship. His eyes flicked from one to the other. He was the only one close enough…and he could only save one. Elizabeth, Amanda, Elizabeth, Amanda, Elizabeth, Amanda…his mind raced…he had to make a choice…Amanda! He raced forward and sliced through the Kraken's tentacle. He pulled her over the railing but couldn't save Elizabeth. The Kraken took off, taking Elizabeth with it.
Mandy stood up shaking. Will was staring at the water where Elizabeth had vanished, Barbossa and the rest of the crew were emerging from their hiding places. Suddenly the sea began to whisper again. 'Run!' it seemed to say. She looked behind her. She could see the Flying Dutchman emerging.
"It's the Dutchman," yelled Barbossa, "We'll never out run it. Mandy, do something." Mandy grabbed the rail. She could feel everyone's eyes on her. She had to do this. She closed her eyes, channelled the power of the sea, she opened her mouth and screamed an eerie high-pitched wail. The ship suddenly moved faster than normally possible. Seconds later, they were miles away. Mandy collapsed to her knees. She hadn't done that in a long time. She felt Barbossa pull her up and lead her to the captain's cabin.
Will stared after Barbossa and Mandy. He didn't understand what had happened. He turned to Gibbs.
"I suppose it's time we told you a little secret about Mandy," said Gibbs, "She's a Sea Nymph. Tia's a Sea Nymph too. Extremely long lives, extremely powerful when in contact with the ocean. Mandy told you that she spoke to the sea right?" Will nodded.
"She just used her powers to get us away from Jones, she'll be weak for a while," said Pintel, "Miss Mandy always recovers quickly."
"Aye, but now that we know that Jones is closing in on us, we need to get Mandy's trinket back from Sao Feng as soon as possible, " said Gibbs.