Good vs. Evil
"I want you to always trust me Margaret," Jack whispered to her, holding her face with his hands. They had just parted from their kiss and Jack was staring deep into Amanda's eyes. "Tonight…a lot of things will occur that will either confuse you or anger you. But I just want you to trust me, you understand?"
Amanda frowned, wondering what Jack could possibly mean. But then she looked into his eyes and saw that he was looking at her with a lasting trust in his gaze. She nodded her head and he smiled and kissed her on the forehead.
"You should leave. Norrington's men will be down here in a minute to cast their misfortunes upon me." He smiled, but Amanda could see that he was nervous. He stopped smiling and nodded his head. "Just be safe tonight. Don't go chasing after any pirates, you hear?"
Amanda nodded again and looked at him one last time before going up the stairs to the deck above.
The sky was getting dark and few wandering stars were stretching apart in the heavens above. The rest were covered by gray clouds, their wisps covering the rising moon. Chills rose up the hairs on Amanda's arms and she crossed her arms to warm herself up.
"Margaret!" someone screamed from behind her.
She turned around and saw that Elizabeth was coming towards her in full British Navy attire. "What are you doing in those clothes?" Amanda asked, trying not to laugh.
"Jack is up to something! He trusts you; what did he say when you went down to him?" Elizabeth asked, completely ignoring Amanda's question.
"What do you mean 'up to something?' Are you trying to suggest that he's going to side with the pirates?"
"Well, of course!"
Amanda's eyes narrowed in anger. "For your information, Elizabeth, Jack just told me to trust him and I intend on doing so," she said, stepping closer to Elizabeth, her finger pointed in her face.
Elizabeth looked down at her in shock, but then held up her finger too. "I have been stuck out on the seas for I don't know how many days, and I am not about to allow Jack Sparrow and his men to come aboard the Dauntless and destroy us all!"
"Jack would never do that!"
"Oh, really? How do we know that he is to be trusted? He could be playing games with you all along and you're sinking right into his trap."
"I don't expect you to understand why I trust him."
"There are only two things that Jack cares about in this entire world: the Black Pearl and the ocean."
Amanda raised her hand to slap Elizabeth across the face as hard as she could, but someone caught her arm from behind.
"Margaret, what are you doing?" Daniel asked, putting her arm back down to her side.
"She started it!" Amanda said lamely, pointing at Elizabeth as Daniel pulled her away. Elizabeth just rolled her eyes and walked away.
Daniel pulled her over to the side of the ship and stared at her. "Why the hell were you about to slap Elizabeth across the face?"
"She was trying to convince me that Jack was not to be trusted." Daniel avoided her glance and looked down at his feet. Amanda's eyes widened. "You agree with her?!"
He looked back at her. "It's not that I agree with her…I just…I don't know what to think of Jack. One minute, he's with the pirates…the next…he's with us. I mean...anything could happen tonight."
"Jack would never go against me. You've got to know that."
He nodded. "I guess you're right. I've never seen Jack look as happy as he does when he's with you."
Amanda smiled weakly and she playfully hit Daniel on the shoulder. She hit a hard metal piece and looked down to see a navy medal on his shoulder. That was when she realized that Daniel was also in full Navy attire. "What are you doing in these clothes?"
Daniel looked down at himself. "Oh…you're next. Norrington's men want us to be in a disguise…in case the pirates come on board. They reckon they'll recognize us in our regular clothes."
"I don't want to wear this," she said with a disgusted look on her face.
Daniel laughed. "Well, that's too bad. Look, here comes one now," he said, looking over her shoulder.
She turned around and saw two men walking forward with a full suit in their arms. They stopped in front of her and thrusted the clothing towards her. "Please put this on, miss. We'll take you to the changing room where all three of you are to stay throughout the battle."
Amanda grabbed the clothing and they turned around and walked quickly across the deck. She beckoned Daniel to follow and they shuffled through the crowds of armed men to a large sleeping room. They shoved a key into the hole and opened the door. Amanda stepped inside, along with Daniel, and looked at the beautiful surroundings around them.
It was a large study room with a small bed in the corner. There were extravagant paintings on the walls and carvings of angels and heavenly creatures in the corners of the room. There were shelves of books and the bed was framed with beautiful canopies of lavender cloth. The two of them stared at it in shock.
"Miss Swann will be here shortly. Please change, miss," they said to Amanda. They closed the door and a click was heard as they locked them into the large room.
Amanda moved forward quickly and tried the knob. "I can't believe they locked us in. What are we…prisoners? Why can't we fight with them? We've actually fought with the pirates before."
Daniel was sitting on the edge of the bed. "I guess they fear we'll be kidnapped."
"No…they fear that Elizabeth will be kidnapped." She rolled her eyes and moved to the corner of the room. She looked at Daniel. "Close your eyes."
He rolled his eyes before slamming his head into the pillow of the bed. Amanda smiled and changed silently into the loose navy suit. She pulled her hair up into a bun and turned around. "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
Daniel sat up and looked at her. "Wow…uh…you look nice," he said, snickering the whole time.
"Shut up." She walked towards him and sat on the bed next to him. "I feel exhausted…like I've just woke up from a long, long nap."
"That's because you're scared. You're scared because you don't know what's going to happen tonight."
"I don't. If I could pick one thing to remember from this movie…I would want to remember right now what's going to happen tonight."
Right then, Elizabeth came flying into the room and the soldier, Gillette stuck his head into the room. He looked right at Elizabeth and said, "Don't worry, miss. He's already informed of that. A mermaid flopped up on deck and told him the whole story." He laughed and shut the door right in her face.
Elizabeth put her hands against the door and yelled, "This is Jack Sparrow's doing!" She sighed and turned towards them. She jumped when she saw she was not alone. "My goodness…I didn't know you two were here."
"Bet you wouldn't have said that last little comment if you had known I was here," Amanda said, standing up.
Daniel stood between them, his arms out at his side. "Please…Margaret…sit down…Elizabeth…just go to the other side of the room. We're not all agreeing at the moment and we should allow ourselves to calm down."
The two women rolled their eyes and went to their separate places. Daniel sat back down beside Amanda and put his hand on her arm. "Don't let her upset you. Your moods need to be good right now to get through this," he whispered to her.
"I know…I know." She sighed and rested her head on his shoulder. She allowed herself to close her eyes and darkness take over her.
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"Amanda…Amanda…"
Amanda slowly opened her eyes. Daniel was standing in front of her, a smile on his face. She looked down and saw that she was lying on the bed. Elizabeth was sitting near the window, tying sheets together from the canopies of the bed. "What's going…?"
"Shhh!" Daniel shushed her, putting his hand on her mouth. He pointed towards the door and Amanda heard the voice of Governor Swann talking through the glass.
Amanda nodded and Daniel took his hand off her. "We're getting out of here," he whispered. He walked towards Elizabeth and helped her tie the sheets to the bedpost of the bed.
"Where are we going?" she asked walking towards them.
"To the caves. I have to help Will. I can't just stay here and let him get killed," Elizabeth whispered.
Amanda nodded civilly and helped her throw the rope through the window. Her father was still talking and she tried very hard not to laugh.
"Margaret…you first," said Daniel.
Amanda moved forward and grabbed Daniel's hand as she climbed to the pane of the window. She made sure she grabbed tight hold of the rope before letting go of Daniel's hand. She looked below her and saw that a small rowboat was bobbing on the waves. She looked back up at Daniel with fear on her face. "It's okay!" he said, bending his head towards her. "Just climb down slowly."
She nodded her head and looked back down at the boat again. The water was pitch black beneath it and the boat looked rather small to climb into. She took a deep breath and started to shimmy down the rope. "Hurry up!" Elizabeth called down to her.
"I'm going as fast as I can go!" Amanda cried back angrily. She sighed and climbed down the rest of the rope, sliding her ankles down the sheets. She plopped down onto the bench of the boat and felt it rock back and forth from her weight.
"Move over!" Elizabeth cried again and Amanda scooted over reluctantly to the bench at the end of the boat. Elizabeth put her legs around the rope and came zooming down at a great speed. She fell neatly into the boat, but caused it to rock rather hard. It moved a little bit farther away from the window.
"The rope's not in the boat anymore!" Daniel cried. It was true. The sudden movement of the boat had caused it to move so far away from the Dauntless that the rope was about five feet away.
Elizabeth huffed angrily. "There's no time! My father's going to come into the room soon. Just jump!"
Daniel's face dropped. "You've got to be kidding me."
"Well, just slide down the rope into the water and climb into the boat. Hurry up!"
Daniel rolled his eyes and lifted his legs over the windowpane. He grabbed the rope, took a deep breath, and slid down at a quick speed. His legs hit the water and he gasped from the sudden briskness of it. He let go of the rope and his body splashed into the water. "Help me up," he said to Amanda. She lifted his arms up and he flipped over into the boat. "Thanks," he said grumpily.
"You two are lucky I'm taking you with me," Elizabeth said, as she grabbed the two oars. Amanda and Daniel gave each other looks and sat down on the one bench together. Elizabeth started paddling quickly towards the Black Pearl where the rest of the crew was being held captured.
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They came upon the ship within five minutes and Amanda's heart was beating quickly. "I hope Jack is alright. The pirates wouldn't be too happy to see he had survived again."
Elizabeth started paddling quietly, looking all over the deck to see if any pirates were on board. There was a light on in one of the rooms below deck. "Go there!" Amanda whispered, pointing to the open window. "There's a rope hanging out of it; we can climb up it."
Elizabeth nodded her head and started rowing to the left to get to it. As they got closer, they could hear two male voices coming from inside. Daniel looked at Amanda nervously, but all she felt was excitement as she thought of the escape that was about to take place.
They reached the spot under the window and Elizabeth laid the oars down on the boat. "I'll go up first," she whispered. She grabbed hold of the rope and climbed her way up it to the window. She peeked inside at the two men, who were still talking rather excitingly.
"Right! What would you pick to eat first? I think we should decide now…just so we're ready when the time comes," one said.
Elizabeth passed by the open window, using the protruding cannon as a place to put her foot. She boosted herself up off the cannon, onto the railing of the ship, and climbed aboard. She looked down at the two of them. "Come on up," she mouthed to them.
Daniel helped Amanda onto the rope and she used all her arm strength to climb to the window. The two men were now cutting a slice of cake, both of them drooling excessively. She continued up and grabbed Elizabeth's hand when she got to the railing. She helped her jump onto the deck and they let go of each other quickly. "Thank you," Amanda mumbled.
"No problem." Elizabeth walked back to the railing and watched Daniel climb up the rope to the deck.
"Do you know where they are?" he asked as he made it all the way up.
"I think I have an idea," Elizabeth whispered.
They all turned around to walk away, but then stopped suddenly, when the devil monkey of Barbossa came flying out of nowhere and started to screech in their face. They all jumped out of fright, but then relaxed when they realized no one was with the monkey, Jack. They all glared at it and it looked taken aback from their sudden courage. Elizabeth reached forward and yanked the monkey off of the rope it was hanging on. She handed it to Daniel who threw it over the side of the ship. He started to walk away with a prideful smile, but then stopped smiling when they heard a loud clunk off the side of the ship. They all ran over to see what had made the noise.
The monkey splashed into the water and the two heads of the pirate men came flying out of the window to see what had made the noise. "Move!" Daniel whispered, and they all moved their heads just in time as the two men looked up. "Run down the stairs!" They went flying down the stairs and could see the two men fly out of their seats to go up on the deck. "Behind the staircase…go!" Daniel said, pushing both of Amanda and Elizabeth into the shadows. The two men yelled angrily as they left the room and the trio ran down the stairs below.
"This way!" Elizabeth cried, climbing down another staircase. They went flying down into a room where water was sitting on the floor.
"Miss Elizabeth!" cried Gibbs. The whole crew was locked into a small cage, looking at the three of them with beaming faces.
They ran forward towards the crew. "Where's the key?" Amanda cried.
"It's on that wall over there," Ana Maria answered, pointing behind them.
Amanda turned around and saw one lone key hanging on a hook on the wall. She splashed through the water towards it and took it off. She ran back to the cage and stuck the key into the hole.
"How did you get here?" Gibbs asked, looking at all of them in awe.
"It's a long story," Daniel said.
The lock clicked and Amanda swung the door open. The crew cheered quietly and filed out of the cage. "There are still two men on board. They're armed so we have to be careful when we get up on the deck. They know we're here," Elizabeth explained.
"Aye," the crew answered back.
They all climbed up the staircase to the dining room where the food was still sitting all alone. "Ignore it," Elizabeth said to Amanda as she reached for a piece of chicken.
"But I haven't eaten in a day," she groaned as they continued up the staircase leading to the deck.
Elizabeth shushed her and they all waited quietly in the moonlight, looking up at the two men on the deck. "They're turned away. We can climb on board and knock them out with something," Gibbs suggested.
"With what?" Elizabeth asked impatiently.
They all scanned the deck, looking for a large object to knock the two men out with something. Amanda's eyes fell upon a small rowboat sitting on the boards, next to the railing. A rope was already through two holes of one side of the boat and Amanda smiled. "Couldn't we use that boat?" she said, pointing it out to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth looked at it for a second and then begun to smile. "If we just hoist it up, I'm sure that it would work. Come on crew; this is going to have to take all of us." They waited till the two men were quite far away and then they all climbed up the remaining staircase. "Cotton…Gibbs…take hold of the rope and hoist it up just high enough so it will strike the heads of the men. Hurry up now!" Elizabeth ordered.
They ran towards the wooden beam where the rope was tied around and started to pull on it. "The rest of us will push it towards them once they come close enough. Everyone get behind the boat." They all did as Elizabeth said and waited patiently in the darkness for the men to come closer. Gibbs and Cotton pulled on the rope quietly and raised it so it was just at the height of the crews' heads.
The two men wandered around the boat, looking for the imposter. They came towards where the crew was standing and looked out at the water. Their bodies were in perfect position and they were crouched down a little bit to look under some barrels. "Now!" Elizabeth cried.
With all her might, Amanda pushed the boat with all the force in her arms and felt it fly out from her. She watched in awe as the flying boat came towards the two unsuspecting men. They turned around just at the wrong time and got hit right in the face with full force. They grunted and went flying off the side of the ship. The water was soon full of the different pieces of the skeletal men.
The crowd cheered with joy and Elizabeth moved forward. "All of you with me! Will is in that cave and we must save him." Daniel and Amanda moved forward to help her hoist the boat into the water. Elizabeth continued talking. "Ready…and heave!" The three of them pulled with all their might, but soon realized that the rest of the crew was not helping. Elizabeth turned towards them. "Please…I need your help! Come on!"
Cotton's parrot squawked, "Any port in a storm."
Gibbs nodded towards him. "Cotton's right. We've got the Pearl."
Elizabeth opened her mouth to speak, but Amanda moved forward. "I think you've forgotten who truly got this ship," she said angrily.
The midget answered back, "Jack owes us a ship."
"There's the Code to consider," Gibbs said, avoiding looking at her.
"How dare-," Amanda began, but Daniel grabbed her by the shoulders and held her back.
Elizabeth looked at her briefly, but then back at the crew. "The Code?" She looked at them in shock. "You're pirates. Hang the Code, and hang the rules." She paused. "They're more like guidelines anyway."
The crew shuffled their feet and avoided looking at the three of them. "I know what you be sayin', miss, but there's just no point goin' in there. Rather be sailin' on a stolen ship then be murdered by a bunch of gold stealin' pirates," Gibbs said quietly.
"And wouldn't you rather be sailing with the best captain there is?" Amanda asked, looking at him in the eyes.
He looked at her for second, but then back at his feet. "Jack asked us to come along…and he asked us to follow the Code. And I ain't goin' against his rules."
"You're a bunch of cowards," Amanda cried.
Daniel grabbed her again. "We can do this ourselves," he said to her. He then looked back at Elizabeth. "Can't we?"
Elizabeth looked at him for a second, and then back at the crew. "It's a risky chance." She hesitated, but then took a deep breath and began hoisting the boat again. "But I'm willing to take it. I can't just leave Will to die. Help me get this into the water. Our old boat will be gone by now."
Amanda and Daniel smiled at her and helped her lift the boat over the railings. It hung in midair as they all looked back at the crew again. "Are you sure you don't want to come with, Gibbs? Even after what all those pirates did to you?"
"It would sure make them angry to see us sailing their ship, Miss Elizabeth." He smiled at her weakly. "I'm sure I'll see you again someday." He looked at Amanda. "No hard feelings I hope, Miss Margaret?"
All Amanda did was nod and turn back to the boat. "Let it down," she said to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth loosened the rope and they watched the boat fly down into the ocean below. She grabbed the closest rope and climbed down it carefully. "Come on, Daniel!" she cried.
Daniel followed after her and went a little bit faster. He slid into the boat and looked up at Amanda. "Go slowly!"
Amanda nodded, but looked at the crew one last time with a very disappointed look. They all looked away, and she shook her head. She grabbed onto the rope and carefully wrapped her feet around it to shimmy down it. As soon as she made it into the boat, Elizabeth took the rope out of the loops of the boat and through it into the water. "Let's go," she said to Daniel, who was now holding the oars.
He nodded and started to paddle quickly towards the dark cave where the battle was taking place.
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"Can't you go any faster?" Elizabeth complained towards Daniel.
"We're in the cave now. There's no hurry."
"No hurry?! Will could be injured…or worse. He could be dead and we're just going on a nice paddle through the pretty cave."
"I don't appreciate your negative comments. I'm going as fast as I can and you can row if you don't like the pace we're going at."
Amanda droned out their bickering with her own thoughts. "I can't imagine what's happening right now. What if he's dead? I don't know what I'd do if he died. But he's Jack Sparrow. It will take a lot for him to be killed. Well…Barbossa has a lot of anger towards him. And one day they're going to have to have a final fight with each other, aren't they? They're mortal enemies. One of them has to die. I just pray to God it isn't Jack. Please God…please don't let it be Jack."
"Do you think we're any closer yet?" Elizabeth asked.
Daniel sighed. "You've asked that about a hundred times in the last ten minutes."
"Well, maybe if you rowed a bit faster, we'd get there sooner."
"I'm telling you; this is as fast as I can go. Really, why don't you take the oars and give it a go?"
"Can I?"
"Fine! Go ahead!" Daniel dropped the oars and scooted over to the bench where Amanda was sitting. Elizabeth smiled and moved to Daniel's place. She started to row much faster and Daniel rolled his eyes at her. "Can she be any more annoying?" he whispered towards Amanda.
She bent her head down, but continued to look dreamily out at the water. "What's the matter?" Daniel asked.
She took a deep breath. "I'm just thinking."
Daniel hesitated. "About Jack?"
She looked at him. "I don't know what to think. What if he's hurt? What if he's killed? Just my mind is racing with all these things that could have happened to him and I don't know which one sticks out the most to me. I'm trying to remember so hard what happened…but I just get a blank. It kills me that I can't remember…it absolutely kills me."
"Well…it's one of out favorite movies. We wouldn't like a movie if our favorite character got killed."
"That's not true. I like plenty of movies where my favorite character gets killed."
Daniel laughed. "Yeah…okay. Like what?"
Amanda thought about it. "Like to Kill a Mockingbird and Little Women."
"I thought Atticus was your favorite."
"What are you two whispering about?" Elizabeth asked suspiciously.
"Nothing," they both answered at the same time.
She shrugged her shoulders and kept rowing.
"Anyway…I just feel lost. I have a bad feeling about all this," Amanda whispered.
Daniel put his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure everything's going to be alright. And even if something bad does happen…I'm still here with you." He smiled at her.
She smiled back when the boat suddenly nudged onto land. "Oh my goodness, we're here!" Elizabeth whispered.
They jumped out of the boat and slid it up on the rocks of the cave. Amanda suddenly had a moment of déjà vu when she remembered the time she had come here with Will and Jack to rescue Elizabeth. But now, she was rescuing the one she loved. She took a deep breath and the three of them moved towards the room where the gold was kept.
Elizabeth moved towards them. "Get weapons. It looks like we'll have to fight."
I'm not sure how many more chapters there are, but I'm trying to make a few more that I had originally wanted. Keep reading! I hope you guys are enjoying this. Thanks for the reviews and stuff!