Author's Note: I am so, so sorry for the long update, guys. I have Regents this coming week, and take homework, studying and writer's block and mix it together and the long update is the result. I'll try to update as soon as I can.

I took some stuff from the newest leaked script of AWE, so if you read it, you'll see a few similarities. I only pray that Disney doesn't hunt me down and kill me.

Disclaimer: Duh.

"Miss Elizabeth! Why can't she wake?"

"It must've hit her hard. It was only a little for me. I could fight them off."

"Yeah, but I saw 'em. They was climbin' top o' her, tryin' to kill her."

"Well, still. Here, I'll try this."

Elizabeth felt something sting her left cheek, and then her right one. She wanted it to stop, but she couldn't move. She made a sound in her throat after a moment or so, and immediately the pain stopped. She blearily opened her eyes. It was very bright.

"Mister Gibbs?" Her voice cracked, but she got the message across. Gibbs, Pintel, and Ragetti came into view. Each looked a bit concerned, and slightly relieved that she was alive.

"What happened?" She asked, sitting up. She was on a beach. The sky was nearly white with only a light blue shade to it. There was light, coming from everywhere and nowhere.

"Wait a minute…" Elizabeth said slowly, "I know this place. I was here somewhere in my dream. Mister Gibbs, what happened?" She stood up and brushed sand off of herself.

"Well, there's the thing. We were on a waterfall, see, and we fell and then got sucked into a sort of vortex. And then those things came out and attacked us, but they went for you first and you sorta collapsed. And then we saw light, and sailed to it, and found this place. And we're thinking that Jack's here somewhere."

Elizabeth faced the other direction and tried to control her emotions. She remembered Jack's death.

"Um, Mister Gibbs, you didn't see what I saw, did you? I mean, after the creatures…" Gibbs shook his head grimly.

"No, we kinda got our own personalized Hell after those things came after us. I know what you mean, but it wasn't real. Just playing with your mind. Everyone's is different. I won't ask, but everything's as it is before the illusions."

Elizabeth nodded slowly. She faced the lot again.

"Well, that's what we have to do, isn't it? Find Jack."

Pintel and Ragetti exchanged a look.

"Erm, well-see, there's this thing…" Gibbs looked uncomfortable.

"What?" Elizabeth demanded.

"Well, we suppose that this all ends somewhere," Gibbs gestured vaguely at the island, "But we can't see where."

"So?"

"Well, we've had people seachin' for the past five hours. Nothing's become o' him."

Elizabeth realized what that meant.

"You mean, you can't find him?" She was outraged, "How long about I been out?"

"'Bout ten hours," Ragetti said awkwardly.

"T-ten hours?" Elizabeth leaned against a tree, "Why aren't you searching?"

"We were told to stay wiv you," Pintel replied, "He made us," He inclined his head toward Gibbs.

"We all took turns tryin' to wake ya, but nothin' happened," Gibbs explained.

Elizabeth was silent for a moment. Then she made up her mind.

"Well, let's go!" She said loudly, "I'm up, awake, and perfectly fine, so let's find him!"

"Well, we're supposed 'a wait…" Ragetti said.

"But you're pirates! I'm not going to wait! Come on!"

They didn't move. Elizabeth huffed and walked along the beach.

"He's here somewhere…" She mumbled, "Bloody pirates."

She continued along the shoreline, muttering darkly and thinking once again. She knew Jack was here, she could feel it, but she needed to keep searching. Her thoughts strayed to her personal Hell. She remembered that Jack was dead, and…had she really told him at she loved him? And smile flitted briefly across her face. She knew it was true, but she was honestly afraid to tell the pirate. Jack Sparrow was a ladies man, and she couldn't see him with just one woman. She also didn't want him to react badly if she did tell him. What if he completely shut her out?

'Stop worrying, Elizabeth,' The very Jack-like side of herself said. She took a deep breath. If she found him, she found him. If she didn't, then she didn't.

'Please let me find him…'

Elizabeth kept moving along the coastline, straining her eyes for any sign of Jack. Gibbs was right; she couldn't see an end to the island. She sang a familiar tune with out realizing it.

"We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot…"

Elizabeth looked over her shoulder. No sign of anyone. Maybe she should go back…

"We kindle and char, inflame and ignite…"

No. She wouldn't. She wanted Jack back. Healthy, if possible…but even that was unlikely. Could anyone survive this place without injury?

"We're devils and black sheep, we're really bad eggs…"

Wait a second…what was in the water ahead? It-it looked like a ship. Elizabeth broke into a run.

"Drink up, me 'earties, yo h-oh my Lord…"

There she was, the Pearl, unmoving in the dark waters, her anchor down, keeping her there. But where was Jack? She waded out into knee-deep water, squinting at the Pearl. Then she heard someone clear his throat from behind her.

She jumped and spun around. And there he was. Leaning casually against a palm tree with a smirk on his face. She heard noises behind her and looked wildly about. And there was the rest of the crew. They shouted with glee.

" There 'e is, mate!"

"Bless me! Jack!"

"Thought we lost ya!"

"Behold, gents, he's alright!"

Elizabeth tore her gaze from Jack and faced the crew.

"How did you get here? I looked behind myself once and you weren't there!"

"We cut across the island. It must be long, because it isn't wide across," Barbossa said.

Elizabeth faced Jack again. He looked surprised to see Barbossa, but quickly hid it and replaced it with a grin. He began to walk towards them, but she saw that something wasn't right. It wasn't his usual swagger; it was more forced. And then she knew what was causing it.

It was a little like her Hell. He was injured but hiding it, and she could see that his shirt was slightly ripped in places and blood was visible. His coat, though, mostly hid it, so no one else noticed it. She put her hand on his shoulder as he walked by her.

"Jack…" She started to say, but he continued walking as though he had not heard her.

"Gibbs! Cotton! William! What are you doing here, eh? Pintel, Ragetti, good to see ya!"

Jack came up to Barbossa. He forced a smile.

"Barbossa! Last time I saw you, you-"

"-You shot me," Barbossa said, grinning and displaying the scar over heart, "Right in the heart. Good aim, might I say."

Jack nodded curtly and stepped back, surveying the crew and ignoring Elizabeth.

"So…Why are you here?" The question confused everybody.

"What?" Pintel wondered.

"Well, surely if you came to rescue me, then you would have a ship. Because you have no ship, it could be assumed that you, in fact, are in dire need of the rescuing and I am the one saving all of you."

Only Elizabeth, Will and Barbossa seemed to understand that. Elizabeth turned to Barbossa.

"Where is the Lavender Seas?" She asked.

"Caught in the whirlpool and dragged under, missy, it was wonder that we got everyone out and alive," Barbossa replied almost nastily, "Now, Jack, it be time I got my ship."

Jack looked bewildered and squinted at the water, as though he couldn't see the Pearl.

"Well, where is it? I can't see it. Must be behind the Pearl."

Barbossa leered at him and pointed to the Pearl.

"Gents, get her ready!" He gave Jack one last spiteful look before following the crew, who were scrambling towards the ship. It was just Jack and Elizabeth now. He glared at Barbossa and started after the others, but Elizabeth held him back. He turned to her.

"Jack…"

"Later, love," He said simply. He wandered towards the Pearl, but staggered and then collapsed in the knee-deep water.

"Jack!" She shrieked, running to him and flipping him over. She touched his chest. Breathing, still. Good. Pintel and Ragetti heard her screech and ran over. Each one took an arm and hauled him up, dragging him to the ship. She heard them talking.

"Yeah, he'll be fine…"

Despite the seriousness of the situation, she couldn't help but grin when she heard that. He'll be fine?

'Yeah,' She said to herself, 'Yeah, he'll be fine. He is Captain Jack Sparrow, after all…'

A/N: Okay. Good. She'll spill all of her secrets in the next chapter. And I'll have Will move on and be on good terms with her. He's getting there. This was difficult-the first chapter Jack was actually in. Sort of. Not counting Chapter One. Review!!!