"You're pulling too fast! "Pintel shouted
"You're pulling too slow! We don't want the Kraken to catch us." Ragetti said.
Marie rolled her eyes and tried to ignore them as they fought. Marie looked over at Jack nervously. He looked at her confusedly,
"What wrong?"
She looked at Norrington who smirked and at Elizabeth who couldn't look at her,
"It's nothing…"She said quickly.
As they hit shore Jack said to Pintel and Ragetti,
"Guard the boat, mind the tide, don't touch my dirt."
They walked along the beach following Elizabeth. She looked at compass frustrated and sat down saying,
"This doesn't work. And it certainly doesn't show you what you want most."
Jack and Marie peered over at the compass,
"Yes, it does. You're sitting on it." Jack said.
"Beg pardon?" Elizabeth asked,
"Move." He said. Elizabeth stood and pointed at Norrington. Norrington rolled his eyes and began digging. Jack sat and began meditating while Marie stood with Elizabeth. Marie didn't look at Elizabeth and after a moment Elizabeth asked her,
"Are you alright?"
"Yes, why?"
"You just seem particularly quiet…"
"So I'm not the only one that's noticed." Jack triumphantly said not opening his eyes.
"I have a lot on my mind." She said trying to keep the bitterness out of her voice. Some of it must have showed because Norrington grinned as she said this. After a while of Norrington digging they heard a thump. They all approached the hole and pulled out the chest. Jack hit the lock with the shovel and opened the large chest. Inside were letters and small assorted keepsakes. Inside was a smaller chest, Jack picked it up and they all heard the thumping of the heart.
"It's real! "Elizabeth exclaimed.
"You actually were telling the truth." Norrington said shocked.
"I do that quite a lot. You people are always surprised." Jack said.
"With good reason!" Will said walking towards them.
Elizabeth ran to Will shouting,
"Will! You're all right! Thank God! I came to find you!" They then proceeded to kiss each other passionately while Jack and Norrington looked away. Suddenly both their eyes strayed to Marie as if they were both thinking the same thing. Marie rolled her eyes and tried to ignore them.
"How did you get here?" Jack asked.
"Sea turtles, mate. A pair of them strapped to my feet."
"Of course…"Marie said sarcastically.
"Not so easy, is it?" Jack asked.
"But I do owe you thanks, Jack." Will said.
"You do?" Jack asked confused
"You do?" Marie asked.
"After you tricked me onto that ship to square your debt with Jones..."
"What?" Elizabeth asked,
"What?" Jack mimicked.
"...I was reunited with my father." Will finished.
"You're welcome, then." Jack said smiling,
"Everything you said to me, every word was a lie! "Elizabeth asked angrily.
"You're surprised?" Marie and Norrington asked at the same time.
"Pretty much. Time and tide, love." Jack confirmed.
Will knelt over the chest pulling the key to the chest,
"What are you doing?" Jack asked,
"I'm going to kill Jones." Will replied.
Jack pulled out his sword and pointed it at Will saying,
"Can't let you do that, William. 'Cause if Jones is dead, who's to call his terrible beastie off the hunt, eh? Now, if you please, the key."
Will then grabbed Elizabeth's sword and said,
"I keep the promises I make, Jack. I intend to free my father, and I hope you're here to see it."
Norrington pointed his sword at Will as he said,
"I can't let you do that either. So sorry."
"I knew you'd warm up to me eventually." Jack said but stopped as Norrington pointed his sword at him,
"Jack, as if." Marie said.
"Lord Beckett desires the contents of that chest. I deliver it, I get my life back." Norrington explained.
"Ah, the dark side of ambition." Jack said.
"Oh, I prefer to see it as the promise of redemption." Norrington replied as they all three began to sword fight. Marie threw her hands up saying,
"Jack! Still don't know how to sword fight!"
"Sorry!" He shouted distractedly.
Elizabeth yelped as Will was knocked to the ground. She and Marie went to his side and he said,
"Guard the chest."
Elizabeth looked up at him and cried outraged,
"No!" she ran after them as Marie rolled her eyes and went to the chest. "This is barbaric! This is no way for grown men to settle...oh, fine! Let's just pull out our swords and start banging away at each other! That'll solve everything! I've had it with wobbly-legged, rum-soaked pirates!" Elizabeth shouted at them.
Marie watched as Pintel and Ragetti approached her,
"How'd this go all screwy?" Pintel asked,
"Well, each wants the chest for hisself, don't he? Mr. Norrington, I think, is trying to regain a bit of honor. Ol' Jack, he's looking to trade it to save his own skin. And Turner there, I think he's trying to resolve some unfinished business 'twixt him and his twice-cursed pirate father."
"All while creating a spiraling pit of disaster." Marie said,
"Sad." Pintel said, "That chest must be worth more than a shiny penny."
"Terrible temptation." Ragetti agreed.
"If we was any kind of decent, we'd remove temptation from their path." They both looked at Marie and her eyes widened. Marie quickly said,
"Come on now…lets be reasonable." As they gave her mischievous glint. Marie looked over to see Elizabeth on the ground faking a faint. She bluffed a run and quickly picked up the chest running. She went past Elizabet who was now sitting and shouted,
"Get up and help me!"
Elizabeth saw Pintel and Ragetti and followed quickly.