Below the decks of the Interceptor Will and Elizabeth were having an intimate moment. Elizabeth was trying to bandage her own injured hand as she and Will were discussing their own adventures.
"What sort of man trades a man's life for a ship?" She was becoming frustrated with her failed attempt at tying her own bandage.
"A pirate," Will answered easily. "Here, let me," He took the bandage from her.
"Thank you," She smiled slightly as Will began tying the bandage.
"You said you gave Barbossa my name as yours. Why?" He was extremely confused as he traced his fingers over her hand.
"I don't know?" She winced as his hand touched her cut slightly; Will immediately felt sorry and apologized.
"I'm sorry. Blacksmith's hands – I know they're rough." Elizabeth smiled awkwardly to assure him everything was okay.
"No. I mean yes, they are but, but don't stop." Will leaned in almost to kiss Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth," Just as they were close enough to kiss Emily came running down the steps.
"Lizzie, here's the medallion back. I took it just before Will and Rachel rescued us. This way Barbossa no longer has it in his possession." Elizabeth said a quiet thank you and Emily could hear Elizabeth place it on the table in front of her.
"It's yours," Will gently picked it up and gave a little half smile at the memories that it gave him.
"I thought I'd lost it the day they rescued me. It was a gift from my father. He sent it to me." He began to get angry. "Why did you take it?" Elizabeth began to get scared.
"Because I was afraid that you were a pirate; that would have been awful," She was barely whispering now. Then something clicked in Will's mind.
"It wasn't your blood they needed. It was my father's blood; my blood; the blood of a pirate." Elizabeth reached and touched Will's hand softly.
"Will, I'm so sorry, please forgive me." Will slammed the medallion down on the table and Elizabeth took that as her cue to leave him alone.
As Will was fighting his inner demons Jack and Barbossa were making a deal and Jack was using young William as his leverage. Barbossa seemed unclear of Jack's proposal.
"So you expect to leave me standing on some beach with nothing but a name and your word it's the one I need, and watch you sail away on my ship?" Jack responded quickly.
"No. I expect to leave you standing on some beach with absolutely no name at all, watching me sail away on my ship and then I'll shout the name back to you, Savvy?" Barbossa still was not agreeing with the logic.
"But that still leaves us with the problem of me standing on some beach with naught but a name and your word it's the one I need." Jack understood that Barbossa didn't trust him.
"Of the two of us, I am the only one who hasn't committed mutiny. Therefore, my word is the one we'll be trusting. Although, I suppose I should be thanking you because, in fact, if you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have an equal share in that curse, same as you." Jack bit into an apple taunting Barbossa with his ability to taste it. "Funny ol' world, innit?" As Jack offers Barbossa the apple Bo'sun bursts into the captain's cabin.
"Captain, we're coming up on the Interceptor." Barbossa left the room to take command of his ship and Jack ran after him quickly. Jack was trying to land an agreement with Barbossa before the undead pirate found the young Turner boy on his own.
"I'm having a thought here, Barbossa. What say we run up a flag of truce? I scurry over to the Interceptor, and I negotiate the return of your medallion, eh? What say you to that?" Jack was trying to keep his secret safe and he knew Will, his secret weapon was on the ship Barbossa was about to attack.
"Now you see Jack, that's exactly the attitude that lost you the Pearl." Barbossa laughed at his ex – captain, "People are easier to search when they're dead." Barbossa turned to the nearest crew member. "Lock him in the brig." As the crew member began to drag a reluctant Jack to the brig Barbossa angrily threw away the apple that Jack had placed in his hand sometime during their conversation.
All on the Interceptor were in a panic. The Pearl was catching up and the crew of the Interceptor knew they had no chance at winning a battle against men who could not die. Gibbs was calling out orders and crew members were scurrying around the lower deck.
Emily ran to the helm to speak with Anamaria.
"What's happening?" But Emily already knew what was coming.
"The Black Pearl, she's gaining on us." Anamaria looked back at the ship closing the distance.
"This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean!" Elizabeth barged rudely into the conversation.
"You can tell them that after they've caught us." Rachel took this opportunity to steal a line and Anamaria looked confused for a moment but then shrugged it off. Elizabeth paused for a moment to come up with a plan.
While Elizabeth, Gibbs, and Anamaria argued about what to do next Rachel and Emily began to whisper between themselves.
"Do you think we should tell them not to throw the cannon balls overboard?" Rachel shook her head.
"It'll change too much of the story and right now we have the element of knowledge on our side." Emily agreed; bad things could happen if the two could not slightly predict the future. The two composed themselves and turned around to see barrels already being tossed overboard.
"I guess we will just have to lay low and not get killed." Rachel nodded in agreement and the two braced themselves for a fight of somewhat epic proportions.
On the Pearl Jack had been locked in the brig. He noticed the water all over the floor and looked up at Bo'sun.
"Apparently there's a leak." Bo'sun just grunted in annoyance of his former captain.
On the deck Barbossa was calling orders out like a mad man. The decks of the Pearl were in a similar frenzy as those of the Interceptor.
Will was looking off the railing of the Interceptor at the Pearl as the oars were being brought out. He placed his foot on the cannon right below him that a crew member was trying to throw overboard.
"We're going to need that." The arguing began once again. As a plan was being made Emily and Rachel were arming themselves, the girls knew a fight was coming and each grabbed a rifle.
"You ready?" Emily looked at Rachel skeptically.
"Not at all, but do we really have a choice?" The two exchanged terrified looks but there was no time for fear anymore.
The anchor lowered and both sisters were knocked off their feet. This was turning out to be more difficult than they had anticipated.
Once the Pearl and Interceptor were lined up the command was given and the two ships exchanged cannon fire. Well cannon and whatever was left on the Interceptor fire.
In the brig of the Pearl, Jack was having a heart attack. He was running around his cell waving his arms.
"Stop blowing holes in my ship!" In his deranged panic attack Jack had come to realize that the lock on his cell had been blown open.
Emily and Rachel had found a mojo. Emily would lure pirates toward the rail of the Interceptor and Rachel would hit them over the head with her rifle knocking them overboard. It was a flawless plan. Well it was. Until Rachel was captured and Emily found herself hiding with Will, Anamaria, Gibbs and Elizabeth.
Gibbs turned to Elizabeth. "We could use a few more ideas, lass." Elizabeth had no response. She was fresh out of ideas. She turned to Will.
"Your turn," Will just shrugged.
"We need us a devil's dowry." Emily mumbled at the same time as Gibbs and she mentally smacked herself. Everyone looked at her more confused than ever. Anamaria was the only one who paid no mind to Emily's slip up. She was too busy cocking her pistol against Elizabeth's head.
"We'll give them her." Anamaria was adamant and Emily interjected.
"But she's not what they're after." Will and Elizabeth exchanged a worried look.
"The medallion," Elizabeth grasped her neck hoping it would magically appear.
Will went back below the deck to search the small cabin that he and Elizabeth were in earlier. The remainder of the small cluster could hear Barbossa giving commands from aboard the Black Pearl.
"Bring me the medallion!" Was the only command that the group on the Interceptor could understand. Soon men began swinging back and forth between the two ships.
Will had become trapped in the room as it began to quickly fill with water. He was loudly calling out to anyone who could hear him.
Jack was on the Pearl searching for a way to get on to the Interceptor.
He took a rope from another pirate as that pirate flew overboard.
"Thanks very much." Jack swung across the water, landing, almost gracefully, in front of Gibbs.
"Jack!" Jack placed Gibbs' flask in his hand, which had found its way onto the Pearl by way of cannon fire.
"Bloody empty," Gibbs looked a little upset.
Jack saw Elizabeth and Emily trying to fight off pirates, with not much luck. Emily's hand was captured by a pirate and said pirate was about to do away with the fair lass when Jack caught the pirate's hand.
"That's not very nice." Emily seized the opportunity to hit the pirate, making him volley over the side of the ship.
Jack pulled Elizabeth over as Emily muttered a thank you.
"Where's the medallion?" Elizabeth tried to slap him. Unfortunately for Elizabeth, Jack was quicker and caught her hand.
"Wretch!" Jack examined the cloth wrapped around her hand.
"Ahh, where is dear William?" Jack smirked as Elizabeth shot up, running toward the grate.
"Will!"
"Elizabeth!" Will pushed from below as Elizabeth struggled above. Neither could get the grate or the large block of wood to move.
"Monkey!" Jack shot off towards the monkey carrying the medallion.
Elizabeth kept struggling with the grate until the crew of the Pearl captured her, Emily, and the rest of those on board the Interceptor. Elizabeth's struggles were useless and unfruitful because Will was still trapped beneath the deck of the ship that was quickly filling with water. There was no hope of him escaping.