A/N: Aloha!
The latest; I just realized I have forgotten to go pick up my works from my last visual arts class! Not good. I hope they still hang from the wall of my school, because otherwise I have to hunt them all who knows how long, as the class-rooms are always filled with many works from different courses! If you get in to search that is. And they were quite good too, so it would be a shame if I wouldn't get them back. They were one of my best ever made in high school! 8O
Well back to the business... here's the 11th and as always, enjoy as we get back into action! In here won't be so much emotional stuff and I really hope I could still keep the last chap everything but exaggerated. Well one can never know... But hope this chap is still me and it doesn't suck. Oh BTW about the self-made cover I once promised to add, I'm not so sure will it work out. I might have to make completely new one to use...
~lindam2254 ;D
Will peeked over the deck. His father was making his way to the helm to take the watch from another sailor to create an opening for him to get into Jones cabin. Will felt more restless than he usually would've. But he couldn't get Eve out of his mind yet again. That kiss…
Will shook his head. He didn't have time to think that now.
Earlier as promised he had found Eve from below and had told her to wait for him at the end of the ship so that they could leave with the key. But the air around them had been different. Eve hadn't smiled much.
"Captain says I'm to relieve you", he heard his father say a bit farther away. "Captain's orders."
Reluctantly the sailor left, leaving the watch to Bootstrap who then waved at Will the coast being clear. Immediately Will sprung up from his hiding and started to make his way toward Jones' cabin.
He reached the door and pushed it, making it creak nastily and for a fraction of a second Will thought of getting caught. But nothing revealed Jones hearing him. Slowly Will started to walk inside the cabin, staring at Jones who seemed to have fallen asleep by his organs.
With the most careful steps Will reached the end of the room, standing now right next to Jones and he indeed saw his eyes being closed. Will examined his face carefully hearing Jones low snores. Yes, he was sleeping.
As Will then glanced to the right he noticed a quill, taking it and one of the staves in his hands now reaching them toward Jones' tentacles. The least he wanted to do was wake him and Will had to get the key now when he couldn't notice it getting taken. If he would only manage to take it.
Will pushed the quill in the tentacles lifting one up, but then gasped startled as Jones let out a loud snore.
Will stared at him his eyes widened, fearing he was waking up. But Jones just fought against the boundary between sleep and wakefulness for a slight moment until his head sank back down in deep sleep. Will felt quick relief as then continued his mission.
He glanced through the tentacles seeing the key in Jones' chest. Then Will gave Jones another glance as put the stave in his mouth, holding up another tentacle as his now free hand slipped slowly in and eventually grasped the key, pulling it out with as careful movements. But as his head rose a bit the other tentacle slipped down from the quill, landing on the keys of the organ creating loud notes.
Will gazed at Jones in slight panic and again his head hurled to the sides, him eventually opening his eyes still half asleep. Until then a new sound of a calm song started playing in the room, coming from a heart shaped locket on the organ table. Will had tensed up but now saw the tune calm Jones, him after a moment closing his eyes and making him fall back in sleep yet again. Will recognized the song. It was the song Eve had been singing yesterday.
Putting that thought aside Will then relieved let out unnoticeable sigh, closing his eyes, but then they opened for realization.
He dug the cloth out of his pocket and as carefully placed it in Jones' chest, the tentacles of his beard pulling it in and so releasing the real key now completely from their grasp. Will cocked his eyebrows. Well it worked.
With a slight smile on his face he then took the stave out of his mouth, letting the tentacle squirm freely again as stood up about to walk slowly back to the door. But then he remembered. Eve. Her heart must've been somewhere here. Will couldn't leave without it. He had promised.
Will gave Jones a new look as quietly sneaked around the cabin, opening boxes and drawers to find the next item he was looking for. But after five minutes of careful but also daring search he didn't find anything. Eve's heart wasn't in there.
Will rose back on his feet frustrated. Where could Jones have hidden it? It must've been in the cabin but why didn't Will find it?
Will let out a low sigh. But then as he decided next not give up just yet, the song of the locket ended with a click and Jones' snore was cut, him about to wake again. Will froze and he turned toward him. Will didn't like at all the thought of doing what Eve had said. Let her handle it spite of his promise to bring her heart back.
Reluctantly Will turned to the door after Jones' steady breathing told him to have fallen asleep once more. He had to leave. And he had gotten the bloody key as was planned. But he couldn't keep his promise to Eve as she had already warned him. That thought made his heart sink a little as he now sneaked out of the cabin, glancing around a bit as closed the door making it creak again.
He stopped to listen but didn't hear anything from inside. Jones was still asleep.
Will then made his way to the deck where his father and Eve were waiting, Bootstrap heaving a longboat for them to use to escape. Will walked over meeting Eve's gaze and waved the key with a smile on his lips until put it around his neck and hid it under his clothes. Eve answered his smile a bit but turned her eyes away momentarily as Will then walked to his father who then extended a small knife to him.
"Here", he said, Will glancing first at the knife and then his father in confusion. "Take this too. And get yourselves to land and stay there."
Eve had shivers. She knew what he meant. But Will gazed at the knife for a while still in confusion until then turned his eyes questionable to Bootstrap. He tilted his head.
"It was always in my blood to die at sea", Bootstrap answered. "But it wasn't a fate I wanted for you."
Eve looked at Bootstrap with sad eyes. Will was staring at the knife, clearly also in sorrow as pulled it out of its small sheath turning it around.
"It's not a fate you had to choose for yourself either", Will answered and Eve noticed his voice being clouded by that same sorrow. She felt pity but didn't say anything as Bootstrap then continued.
"I could say I did what I had to when I left you to go pirating", he said looking at Will honestly. "But it would taste a lie to say it wasn't what I wanted."
Eve turned her eyes at Will. He didn't look at his father but stared thoughtful in front of him. Until then his face turned serious as met his father's gaze.
"You owe me nothing, Will", Bootstrap continued. "Now go with Eve."
Will hesitated as glanced around. "They know you helped us", he said as seriously but Bootstrap only laughed.
"What more can they do to me?" he asked amused shrugging.
Even Eve's chest was heavy for compassion also she made a small smile as watched the two. Will then frowned and sighed, then happening to gaze down at the knife. After a moment he lifted it up remarkably.
"I take this with a promise. I'll find a way to sewer Jones' hold of you", Will then stated completely serious as met his father eyes again. Eve frowned as well. She was moved by Will's clear love for his father nevertheless, but he was doing exactly as he had done to her. Making promises he might not be able to keep in the end…
"…And not rest until this blade pierces his heart. I will not abandon you. I promise…" Will concluded, making now Eve's chest squeeze as she remembered the moments he had also said those words to her. Eve smiled sadly and looked down.
Will and his father then exchanged a long look, Bootstrap touched by his son's promise. And that made Eve eventually smile more spite of her own uneasiness. Will then walked past them and Bootstrap turned toward Eve smiling at her. But Eve's smile died on her lips as she only looked at him in pity.
"Do not look like that", he said amused and took a step closer. "I am already part of the crew. Me staying here cannot be any worse than it already is."
"But still as Will said you are to be punished for letting us escape", Eve answered. "And you are Will's father. I'd desired for you to be able to spend some more time together after such a long time apart…"
Will stopped yanking the rope as he heard this and he turned around to look at Eve. She was answering his father's gaze truthfully and Will felt a warm flicker in his chest. But then he forced himself to turn away. Bootstrap smiled at Eve.
"It is enough for me to see my son to have grown into a fine man who doesn't abandon his friends and loved ones", he continued now surprising Eve by closing her into a light embrace. "Take care of my son. If he doesn't have anyone else by his side I am sure he'll always have you to count on. I'll leave him to you Eve."
Eve closed her eyes momentarily for slight pain but then smiled and stepped away nodding.
"I will Mr. Turner. Goodbye."
Eve then walked to Will who was waiting her, watching her with his father in thoughts, but gasped out of them as she came. Eve gave him a questionable look.
"Shall we?" Eve asked and Will smiled a bit nodding. But as they were about to climb over the rail, Will suddenly felt cold steel being pushed against his back and he froze.
"You are not taking my wife anywhere", said John's dark voice all of a sudden behind them.
They turned in astonishment indeed to face John, who was glaring at Will his sword pointing now Will's chest. Will's surprise turned quickly into annoyance and he answered John's glare. But Eve was only puzzled. Then John made a small satisfied smile.
"Maybe I should call out the crew. And let them know there is a deserter on the ship."
"John, what are you…?" Eve was about to ask but John interrupted her.
"I saw you earlier with Eve. I saw you kiss her like you had the permission to do it. But I tell you… You didn't", John continued his tone now even darker and he pressed the blade deeper against Will's chest.
There were slight bewilderment on both Will's and Eve's faces due of the fact of their kiss to have been witnessed. But Will then turned back to irritated very quickly and lifted his jaw.
"So stay away from my wife! She is not yours to have!" John then exclaimed continuing, taking one more threatening step closer to Will. Eve was again completely puzzled by the sudden change of situation and she glanced between the men staring at each other in hatred. Will's eyes were filled with defiance.
"Either is she yours to keep", Will then said loudly his tone angry. "Eve was freed from your vows three years ago when you died! So you have no right to put claims on her any longer."
John squinted in fury. "Who are you to talk to me about making claims Turner?!" he exclaimed back Eve twitching once. "According to Eve you have a fiancé. Elizabeth, was it her name? And here you are. Seducing other men's wives even you have your own bride facing death and the gallows!" John fired back, satisfaction flickering in his dark eyes as he saw Will then flinch.
"And are you not hurting Eve also?" John continued. "You pledge your love for her even you have tied yourself to another woman you are to marry. That is much crueler than me wanting my own wife back by my side. She loves me. And I love her."
Will wrinkled his brows as he felt his heart squeeze. Eve gave him a sad look.
John was right in his own way but still he enraged Will. And then after a small moment of scowling at John in a blink of an eye Will suddenly pulled out his own sword, now pointing it at John also threateningly.
That made Eve twitch once more for confusion and surprise as she stared at both Will and John. Will was furious. But Eve couldn't take this anymore. Because if this madness would go on they would be discovered.
"Stop it now both of you!" she exclaimed still quietly and tried to step between them. But she had to step away instead as both Will and John took a step closer to each other, their swords meeting not listening to her.
"You cannot force her to love you. She once was yours but now she's free to choose by herself who she wants to be with! Choosing you will only hurt her!" Will continued tensely not letting his sword drop even an inch. John also wrinkled his brows in clear fury.
"And by that you mean she should choose you instead? Love you?!" he asked sharply making Will freeze for a second. But his expression didn't falter.
Eve let out a desperate breath. She didn't understand why John was doing something so senseless as this. But then Bootstrap stepped up looking confused himself gazing at John.
"She is your Evelyn?" he asked from him his voice full of disbelief. "Your wife I've heard you talk about? Eve is her?" Eve turned her head toward him as John nodded.
"She is. And that is why I won't allow her to be played by a man who isn't even sure of his feelings!" John answered but didn't move his eyes from Will's. "I am sure of mine. I love Evelyn. I love her and so only I have the right to make claims over her! As long as she is wearing that ring on her finger she is my wife. And you have no right to come in between, Mr. Turner."
Will gasped and he glanced at the wedding ring on Eve's finger as she also gazed down at it making a slight frown. But then rage took over Will and suddenly Eve saw him lift his sword, preparing to attack John who also prepared to receive him. But then Eve finally managed to stop them.
"I told you to stop it!" she exclaimed now in annoyance herself, literally stepping between the two men and pushed away the blades. "I am sick of you talking as if I'm not here to speak for myself!"
Both John and Will looked at Eve surprised. She gave both of them a light glare which would've shut up even Davy Jones. Until then she sighed and her face becoming only miserable she turned to face John. He answered her gaze now with gentle eyes.
"I am sorry John. But Will is right. It is too late…" Eve said then quietly grief reflecting through her eyes. John looked confused until then turned annoyed again.
"You love him?" he asked tensely pointing his sword to Will's direction, whose heart skipped a beat by his question. "You're in love with him?!"
"I didn't say I am!" Eve answered now with more serious face. "Just that he is right. You don't owe me, John. For three years I've believed you're dead. For three years I've been a widow, finally accepting your death after grieving you for many lifetimes! But now I can't do it anymore. I must let go of you John… And you even accused me of murdering our son…"
Eve's words ran out and she was now staring at John with moist eyes, letting the pain he had made her feel show through them. Both John and Will could see it and both felt miserable. Will wrinkled his brows as now looked Eve let out a breath, shaking her head helplessly. But then she surprised both of the men by her next act.
Will and John both watched as Eve now turned her eyes down to look at the ring once more, until after a short moment she took in a breath and pulled it off, giving it to John and placed it on his palm. Eve met his widened eyes a sad expression in hers as he only stared at her speechless and shocked.
"You are dead John. I watched you die and I've believed so for years. And now I've seen that you have changed. You are not the same man I fell in love with. That is why this is the end for us… I was once your wife but not anymore."
Will glanced away as Eve then lifted her hand, smoothing John´s cheek momentarily until then leant closer placing a light kiss on John's lips. She then retreated looking into his eyes.
"Goodbye, John. I am going with Will", Eve said then until then gave her husband one sad smile and turned, walking to the rail and started to climb down.
Will stood there a couple of seconds more until then also turned giving John one more glance. Actually Will felt sorry for him now as saw how thunderstruck he was after receiving the wedding ring back from Eve. The ring which symbolized their love for each other. And now she turned her back to him as if he never existed. But as Will was about to also climb down into the boat he heard John move.
"Eve?" his voice called. It reflected pure pain. "Eve! Eve, wait!"
Will sat down in the boat. He directed a worried look at Eve and saw her struggle as John's voice called out to her. Eve fought against tears as Will started to row. John hurried to the side looking down.
"Eve! I am so sorry! Forgive me! Forgive me my love, I didn't mean to hurt you! Please Eve, do not leave me! EVELYN!"
"Quiet boy!" Bootstrap said then and pulled John back who was staring forward with pained eyes, then gazing at the ring. "You heard what she said. Accept her decision."
Eve closed her eyes and let out very deep suppressed breath. She had done it. She had turned her back to John, love of her life.
She then turned around, hiding herself from Will's examining eyes as started to stare at the sea in thoughts eventually calming down, but pain staying on her face for a long time. Will felt uneasy as he sensed her distress but didn't know what to say or do to make her feel better. That had been hard for her he knew that. But after a moment he couldn't just stay silent.
Will stopped rowing and leant forward placing a hand on Eve's arm comforting. "Eve…" he started but was cut off by her. She didn't even look at him, not wanting him to see her so emotionally mixed up expression.
"Don't", Eve just said her voice suddenly surprisingly hard, which made Will go silent. And after a moment of hesitation he pulled away continuing to row.
She was hurt again. And there was nothing he could do either now. But they got the key and had managed to escape from the Dutchman. At least there was something good in this situation.
They sailed in the longboat the whole night, eventually both of them falling asleep as the endless rock of the boat made them drowsy.
Will was the first to wake up the next day and he opened his eyes, only to be blinded by the bright sunlight shining straight into his eyes. He blinked a couple of times and noticed it to be already early afternoon.
Will let out a breath and sat up. His back was aching by the unstable platform he had slept the previous hours and he gazed around to the left, his eyes then drifting to Eve who was still sleeping.
Will's heart skipped a beat. Had she always been so beautiful? So serene and flawless especially now when she was sleeping? Her curls had spread everywhere also drifting over the side of the boat shining in the rays of sun. And now Will could see actual shades of honey in them. Something he had never before noticed either.
Her chest billowed hardly noticeably, the emerald shining also in the sunlight on her bosom. Yes Eve was beautiful. She was indeed a Goddess by blood. And Will thought had he really been so blind before the undenied beauty of hers? He had as he had also pretty much forgotten the fact that she wasn't normal human. And now he had to resist an urge to sweep a wisp away from her closed eyes, indeed stopping himself in time.
Sighing Will looked away to the sea again now also turning around to look on the right. And there he saw it. Quite big merchant ship approaching them and it would reach them in ten minutes. Even he had just stopped himself of touching Eve he then leant forward to shake her awake.
"Eve wake up. There's a ship coming right toward us and we have to try to get on it", Will said and Eve then wrinkled her brows letting out a breath as woke.
"What?" she asked as opened her eyes, but Will noticed her gasp slightly as met his eyes. But Will also stared at her for a moment as he now noted another new fact about Eve as if he would've seen her the first time. In her eyes, deep down there was a brownish flicker which could be seen only under this direct sunlight as well and was probably the reason to give that warm, gentle look in her usually icy irises.
Eve was surprised by Will's closeness and blinked two times in sudden daze before shook her head and sat up, forcing Will to pull back.
"Where?" she asked again as gathered her hair on her left shoulder and also glanced at the sea. Then she turned around to the direction Will was now pointing and saw herself that merchant ship coming toward them. She let out a relieved sigh.
"Thank god!" she exclaimed and turned to sit her back to Will. "I already feared to have to drift in this boat for days without seeing any single ship."
They started to wave at the men eventually coming to sight on the deck of the ship as it approached, them also seeing them and preparing to take them aboard. And it didn't take long time before both of them were out of the small longboat and stood on the firm deck of the ship, being handed a blanket each and were brought to the captain's cabin. Seated next to each other as they were handed a cups of water to drink.
Eve drank it eagerly as even they had been drifting only one night on the boat she felt like she hadn't had anything to drink for days. And the water tasted heavenly as it flowed down her throat easing the strain she felt. She was better already.
The ship's captain named Bellamy was questioning them in curiosity.
"Strange thing to come upon a longboat so far out in open waters", he stated as eyed Will and Eve wondering. Eve glanced at him and two other crewmen present and stood up, then placing her goblet on the trunk she had sat next to Will.
"Just put as many leagues behind us as you can. As fast as you can", Will answered them glancing at Eve, who answered his glance until turned her eyes at the captain and two men behind him. Their suspicious faces turned now more serious.
"And what are we running from?" Bellamy asked his voice tense for disbelief.
"It should be enough for you to know that if you don't do as we say, then it is only a matter of time when you are granted a pass through heaven's gates!" Eve answered instead of Will wrinkling her brows.
The men tensed by her expression getting her point. But then Eve's eyes drifted on a dress placed on a chair at the corner of the room and her eyes widened. She knew that dress anywhere.
"Will", Eve called waking Will's attention as he now gazed to the direction Eve was now walking. Also he could have not recognized the gown and wrinkled his brows in awe, eventually walking next to Eve who had lifted up the dress to stare at it. They exchanged a look.
"That dress…" Will stated now turning to the men with Eve. "Where did you get it?"
"It was found aboard the ship. The crew thought it was a spirit bringing some omen of ill fate", Bellamy answered seriously. Eve lifted an eyebrow. Really? Did they actually believe such? That was foolish…
"That's foolish…" Will then stated saying Eve's thoughts out loud as took the dress from her to examine it also in thoughts.
Eve gazed at the dress one more time relieved. It was Elizabeth's wedding dress. Which meant she had managed to escape from Beckett and that she was alive! Eve was so relieved by this one piece of news that she forgot all the other things bothering her for a while.
"Oh, yes… Proceededly foolish", the quarter master agreed to which Eve wanted to snort as looked at him. She could see miles away that he probably had been the first to come up with a story of a ghost haunting the ship.
"It brought good fortune! The spirit told us… Put in at Tortuga. And we made a nice bit of a profit in there", Bursar continued.
Eve lifted both her brows at them until then gave Will slight wary look as saw him sniff the dress in his hands, him looking momentarily slightly embarrassed as noticed her look. But then he turned thoughtful again. And so did Eve as she stared at the men now in doubt.
Had Elizabeth arranged that ghost's appearance to make the ship to port in Tortuga where she went looking for Will? It would sound like something Lizzy would do and these men were foolish enough to be cheated. Eve wanted to laugh as she thought about this.
"Off the books of course", Bellamy added clearly satisfied. Eve saw that familiar realization on Will's face as he then turned to the men.
"I imagine… some of your crew may have jumped ship there", he stated questionably. Eve smirked a bit. He had got it too obviously. But the trio looked suspicious.
"Why do you ask?"
Then suddenly one sailor hurried down the stairs.
"Captain a ship's been spotted", he announced and Eve's skin hairs rose. Could that be bad news? She hoped not.
Will threw away the dress as Eve then rushed to the stairs herself, not waiting to hear the answer from the sailor as she had her own doubts, throwing the planket on the trunk.
"Colors?" Bellamy asked.
"She isn't flyin' any", sailor answered. There was a realization in Bellamy's eyes.
"Pirates!" he breathed but Will who had got wary by Eve's act wrinkled his brows now in worry.
"Or worse", Will stated, now also making his way on the deck where he found Eve standing still, her face toward the horizon where a silhouette of a ship could be seen.
Eve's hands rested on the rail and her eyes were closed in concentration, Will realizing what she was doing.
Eve saw Jones squeeze the cloth with the drawing of the key in his hand, staring at the ship he was after with bitter eyes as then walked over to Bootstrap who was hold by the crewmen. Eve flinched as she saw Jones place his huge claw around his neck.
"You will watch this!" he said as bitterly in suppressed hatred and then pulled away,walking to the railing as gazed down his crew who were whipped in order to turn the heaving device.
Horror struck Eve and her body tensed, froze on her spot as she followed the happening on the deck of the Dutchman.
"Let no joyful voice be heard!" Jones exclaimed. "Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake… The Kraken!"
Bootstrap's shout rang in Eve's head as her eyes snapped open, her staring in front of her in a horrified daze. Will saw her whole body being still and she was breathing brokenly. He saw nothing but cold fear in her eyes and it freaked him a bit.
"Eve, what did you see?" he asked placing a hand on Eve's. Then Eve took in a breath releasing her body from the frozen state.
"It is coming…" she only said getting a confused gaze from Will.
Eve felt the strong tremble in the sea and her blood went cold as she knew what it meant. Will then left her side and climbed to the mast getting a confirmation with his own eyes from above, seeing indeed the Dutchman after them.
"I've doomed us all…" Will whispered to himself in horror also until got serious. "It's the Flying Dutchman!" he shouted then.
Eve woke from her daze and she looked up in order to shout back at him. But suddenly with a strong yank the ship stopped, sending all the men and Eve down on the deck by its force. Will accidentally flew off the sail and grabbed a rope to prevent himself of falling.
Eve's blood stopped flowing now completely as she slowly stood up, hardly breathing.
"Oh Mother Cary's chickens, what happened?" Bursar asked as climbed on his feet.
"Must've hit a reef", the quarter master offered. But Eve's tone made also their blood run cold next.
"No. It's death", she whispered. "Devil has come to take us." Eve ran a couple of steps closer to mast. "Will!" she shouted seeing Will now managing to get himself back on the sail as looked then down at her. "Kraken! It's the Kraken!"
Will's eyes widened now in same kind of horror as Eve's had earlier and he now understood her shock while seeing what happened on the Dutchman. Jones had called it. His pet.
"The Kraken? What are you mumbling about nonsense girl!?" Bursar said laughing but his tone wasn't as secure.
Bellamy then walked to the side to look down in the water, seeing it bubble as if something big was coming up. But also him only thought of being hit on a reef.
"Free the rudder! Hard to port, then hard to starboard!" Bellamy shouted looking at the back of the ship and his men repeating the command.
Eve who hadn't noticed him walking to the edge now whipped around in fear. She dashed forward to pull the man back, but was too late. In shock Eve now stopped on her tracks as saw long slimy tentacle rise behind the rail. And wrapping around Bellamy it pulled him straight into the water.
One of the sailors who had also seen this now pointed at the sea with trembling hand, the others then witnessing too as the tentacle came up from the water smashing the poor captain back in the waves. The panic rose instant.
"Kraken!" now the other sailors started to scream in panic, running around away from the railing. Eve couldn't stop an eyebrow rising. They just stated the obvious. She had broke the news for them just a moment ago already…
Someone started to ring emergency bell as the crewmen hurried to get spears to defend themselves. Will hung from the rope leaning to it, as watched the disarray down on the deck, then seeing Eve running to the railing and look down.
Eve noticed many sneaking tentacles emerging from the water and slowly making their way on the ship's sides. She jolted and dashed away as the thick tentacles decorated by the same huge plungers that could rip a man's face off squirmed to sight, starting to harass the crewmen who in turn started to slash and cut them in panic.
Eve retreated backwards then noticing the Bursar hurrying toward the creature holding on to Elizabeth's dress, offering it to the beast. Eve rolled her eyes. Oh come on! As if that would tame it! It was here for blood and nothing else. Well, these superstitious fools…
Then the tentacles started to attack the men, hitting as fast as a snake pulling many men with them.
Eve avoided one tentacle by letting it flash past her, grabbing another man instead of her. But she didn't see the other coming right behind her and she only felt a soft limb of the beast circle around her and in a next minute she was flying through the air on her way in the water. Will saw this and he felt panic flash in him and he called out her name instantly.
Eve instead called out to her power and with no moment of hesitation she controlled the wind, forcing the creature let her go by its painful pressure. And when it eventually dropped her in middle of the deck after squirming its tentacle in agony, Eve swung her hand, making the air slice the limb so that Will and some others watched in awe as it broke in two. Huge piece of the still living tentacle dropping next to Eve.
Immediately Eve stood up and had to avoid yet another tentacle coming toward her as the creature had probably got enraged by her recent act. But Eve ran away, avoiding each and every one of those disgusting flying tentacles.
Eve managed to escape against the mast, barely dodging the gunshots also flying around her aimed on the tentacles which still circled in the air as endless attack.
But then as she thought of getting a slight break she was wrong as suddenly there was one more tentacle coming on her way, carrying a screaming man, it then circling around the thick mast just above Eve's head and snapping it broken like a dry branch. Eve dashed away from the falling mast with a sigh, then accidentally tripping on another man and landed on the deck with a hard hit.
Spite the pain she forced herself stand up, now seeing Will struggling on the falling mast holding on to the ropes with both of his hands. Eve then got startled as he suddenly jumped forward on the second mast, only to land on nothing and he started to glide down the sail uncontrollably.
Will then pulled out the knife his father had given, hitting it in the sail and then the cloth ripping apart by his weight he now continued gliding down the sail with controlled speed, eventually ending up hanging from another rope just above the deck. And there he noticed Eve again in turn who was now holding an axe, swinging it madly at each tentacle that dared to some close to her. She also lifted her hands sometimes to create new blades of air, striking the monstrous limbs swinging past her in every direction.
If the situation wouldn't have been serious Will would've actually laughed by the sight of her with that axe, which was clearly too heavy for her. But still she hacked the thing in shreds making the tentacles retreat from time to time.
Will didn't have time to watch over Eve as then he saw one tentacle attempting to bring the other mast down too. He then put the knife in his mouth and started to climb on the sail. The whole ship was filled with screams of horror as the beast did its work, all the time pulling more and more men in the water to be drowned.
One tentacle tried to grasp Will too but he slashed at it, making it pull back as on the deck Eve was forced to retreat with few other men toward the railing by another tentacle approaching. But then there was a weird cry of the monster coming from the depths.
Bucket loads of water was falling down on them as Eve then whipped around, watching in horror two even bigger tentacles to have risen from the ocean in order to land on the ship to most probably pull it completely underneath. Also Will's head whipped to the side to witness this and the whole ship was drenched with water.
"Eve run!" Eve then heard Will's voice shout out from somewhere far away and she obeyed, running as fast as she could as the tentacles then came tumbling down, crashing and breaking the sails by their weight.
Men were running away from the falling pieces of wood and sail parts raining down on them as the creature worked. And then as those thickest of the tentacles circled around the ship also it then snapped from the middle, more wood and planks bursting in the air as the creature started to pull the ship underwater, rest of the alive men now falling or flying down into the waves.
Eve struggled to get up the slippery deck full of shreds of wood, hurrying as quickly as she could to reach a railing so that she wouldn't fall in that now formed pit of circling water and sharp wooden parts in middle of the ship's earlier deck. Eve grabbed everything still intact to pull herself, force her way higher away from the tentacles toward the end of the ship.
Will followed her with worried eyes while hung in the mast, as many men were swung through the air around her by the tentacles.
Eve was nearly taken with another man sliding through the deck, but avoided by jumping away now actually grabbing one tentacle just next to her. She yanked herself over it, leaning to it as then grabbed a rope, managing to get to the still intact start of the mast. But then her leg slipped and she lost her balance, losing the hold of the rope as also started to glide through the deck to the direction of water flowing in the wreck. Where she now saw clear jaws opening to feed the last victims falling down from its limbs.
"Eve!" Will exclaimed in fright but didn't have time to react as then the last mast which he was still holding onto broke, snapping also and started to fall down.
Will then jumped straight into the water diving to save himself. Underneath the surface Will looked to the right and behind the sinking ship he saw the silhouette of the monster. Of Kraken now diving back to its lair where it had been summoned, slowly pulling the ship with it. Will then hastily resurfaced taking a deep breath of air as gazed at still above the surface being ship. She wasn't there. He didn't see Eve there.
Will then noticed a piece of deck floating behind him and he swam to it, taking a hold of it and pulled himself on it then letting out a breath of relief as slumped against the wooden planks. Where was Eve? Last time he had just seen her was when she had been gliding toward the beast's jaws. She didn't… die did she? Eve couldn't die… She couldn't…
Worry mixed with horror bothered Will as he then slowly lifted his head, then hearing a sound of something approaching. And as he then turned to look behind him he saw the Dutchman sailing right next to the late merchant ship.
Without a hesitation Will dove back in the water, swimming to the ship and climbed up its side. He reached the deck, then witnessed the last survivors of the merchant ship being killed coldblooded by Jones' men. Will turned his gaze away during the death hit but then his eyes turned to see Jones suddenly stop his walk listening, Will managing to escape just before Jones' eyes examined the place he had just peeked.
Will hid himself between the jaws like front, now leaning his back against the wet wall sighing for relief. Eve hadn't been on deck with the rest of the men. But still did it only mean what Will feared?
He then heard Jones speak to Maccus.
"The chest is no longer safe", he said. "Chart a course to Isla Cruces. Get me there first or there'll be the devil to pay."
"First?" Koleniko asked confused. Jones took few steps closer a hard look on his face.
"Who sent those thieving charlatans onto my ship? Who told them of the key? Jack Sparrow", Jones answered his voice reflecting nothing but hatred as he mentioned Jack.
For this Will lifted his brows. Well it wasn't a surprise. Everybody seemed to have their grudges with Jack.
Will then pulled himself up and made his way through the wooden planks which reminded of teeth to the farthest end of the front, gazing forward. Isla Cruces? So that was where the chest was hidden? But forgetting that quickly he then remembered Eve again and he felt his heart sink.
What had happened to her? Was she gone? Could she be gone? She had said that she couldn't be killed without her heart but… Where was she? Will's head sank also as he started to think what could've happened to her, his thoughts getting all the time more gloomy. What if she was gone, what then?
But then he heard someone coughing behind him. And as he turned in awe he saw a pair of hands emerging over the wooden front and it didn't take but a second for Will to realize for his utmost relief it was Eve. And alive and definitely not gone.
A smile on his face he rushed to her who was still coughing the water out of her lungs and slumped on the floor, huffing for exhaustion.
"Eve", Will stated and Eve's closed eyes then opened her lifting an eyebrow.
"Did you really think I was gone? No way I would let that freaking over-sized squid eat me…" she answered letting out a breath as then sat up smiling at Will. Will sighed too and hugged Eve.
"I already did think you were gone. Not dead but gone forever…" he confessed but still smiling. Eve sighed and answered the hug as relieved.
"Same goes for me but I see for my relief that my fears were wrong. And there's also no way I'd leave you here alone. Y'know, I promised your father to keep an eye on you", Eve teased. But then she let out a breath of pain and Will pulled away, now seeing Eve's shirt soaked with blood on her right side. He wrinkled his brows.
"Is that yours?" he asked seriously lifting up the hem. And indeed did see a pretty bad looking wound on Eve's side. His heart twitched as Eve only made a face.
"A part of a broken mast hit me as I was gliding down the deck", she answered shrugging. "Just my luck I guess."
Without saying anything Will was starting to rip his shirt for bandage. But Eve stopped him, leaning against the wall with amused smile.
"When are you going to learn that you don't have to fear for my life Will? It'll heal itself. Part Goddess as I am so it'll be fine. Just watch and be amazed."
Will answered her stare for a moment until smiled too amused. Also he leant against the wall.
"I guess I never get used to the fact that you don't need my protection in anything", he answered. Eve let out a laugh.
"Not true", she then said her eyes closed. "You defended me against Jones. Against Beckett and John… There are some things only you can do for me Will."
Will was surprised and he then turned his eyes down at Eve, as was then surprised again as her head sank to lean on his shoulder. Eve let out a breath of satisfaction. But then Will only noticed himself smile and his arm wrapped around Eve, smoothing her arm to warm her up.
A/N: Ready with 11th!
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