"Will?" Elizabeth said as the group woke up, seeing Will running up the hill to them. He panted heavily, getting everyone's attention as he said "t.. th-this way! COME ON!"

Jack jolted awake, as Perla dragged him up and they followed after them. "Hurry!" she said. "They're going!"

Will led the group into the canyon, past the glowing red river, as Jack said "William, who did you kill to do this?!"

"Shut up Jack and hurry up!" Will said as they quickly followed after the trail. Jack ran over to Elizabeth, saying "this is what 20 years at sea does to a normal lad. Trust me."

Elizabeth shrugged this off, as she said "Will, wait!"

"There's no time! Come on!" Will said as he sprinted ahead, trying to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. "Your parents are quite interesting, I'll give you that!" Carina said to Henry as they followed the others.

The sun rose higher and the red light faded from the river as they reached the end. Will stopped in his tracks as everyone caught up. Jack pushed ahead of Will, softly saying "we're here."

Before them stood a large stone temple, carved into the vast mountainside. The group stayed close together as they followed Jack and Will up the small flight of stairs leading to the altar.

"There's something written here." Will said. Carina ran up, saying "it's in Greek."

The inscription on the altar read Πέτρα του θανάτου, which Carina read out loud as "Pétra tou thanátou."

"What?" Jack and Will said, before Carina said "Stone of Thanatos."

CRACK! went the Earth beneath them as the rest of the crew panicked in their circle, Elizabeth holding Perla and Henry close as the temple began rumbling. The altar rose from it's spot, revealing a large stone pillar in the center of a small reservoir.

Jack, Carina and Will stood back in shock as a bright purple rock shone in the center of the pillar. "There it is!" Perla called. "The Stone!"

Jack slowly reached forward, plucking the stone from the pillar like an apple from a branch. Everyone tensed back with their eyes closed, expecting something to happen, only for Jack to scoff as he said "always so dramatic."

"Is that it?" Will said as Jack passed Carina the Stone. She held it in her hand, pulling out the scroll in her jacket. She examined it's resemblance, saying "yes, this is it. Ha ha! We've got it!"

Jack snatched the Stone from her hand as he quickly paraded down the stairs to the others, gleefully gloating at their find. As he and the others celebrated, Peters ran up the stairs, passing a flask to Carina. Carina dipped the flask in the reservoir surrounding the pillar, before putting it in her jacket.

That night, the crews of the Pearl and the Revenge celebrated around their campfire. Scrum played his mandola as Marty tapped two spoons against a pair of rocks. Perla sat with Murtogg and Mullroy, the latter telling a story of their past adventures.

"And then we were hung upside down. I suggested we each tell the other where our treasure was, though I didn't have any. HA HA HA!" Mullroy laughed.

As the others danced, Jack sat with Henry and Carina, observing the stone from inside their tent. Carina admired it, saying "such a fascinating specimen. This uniquely-designed segmented aesthetic of the glowing lines are truly a mar..."

"Yes, yes. Bloody beautiful. Now, skip to the good bit." Jack said. "You know, the part where I get eternal life from it."

"Jack. The Stone of Thanatos has little to no evident methods of it's power. This could take years of research."

"I don't know if you noticed, love, but we may not have years, may we?" Jack said. "As you can tell, a woman I once had stirrings for long before even meeting the Turner family is coming to ax me off, and just happens to have the eternal life that I gave her. Savvy?"

"We have to destroy it." Will said as he and Elizabeth entered the tent. Jack scoffed, grabbing the Stone from Carina as he said "not a chance. You're not screwing me out of this again, dear William!"

"Jack, be rational." Elizabeth said, before Will added "destroying the Stone is the only way to reverse the Fountain's effects on Angelica! I'll do it now."

"Ah ah ah!" Jack said as he held the Stone back. "Now who's being unrational, Mrs Turner?"

"It's irrational, Jack." Carina said, before Jack answered "I agree, he's just being stupid."

"You've put my family in danger for the last time, Jack." Will said as he put down his sword. "Could you live forever with yourself, knowing that this silly quest got the rest of us killed?"

Jack thought for a moment, before saying "uh... yeah, I think so."

Will groaned as he and Elizabeth left the tent, Carina and Henry following them as Jack sat looking at the Stone.

Later that night, they all ate dinner around the campfire. Jack stood holding the Stone to make sure none of them tried to destroy it.

Scrum then broke the silence, saying "so what are we supposed to do now, eh?"

"What do you mean?" Elizabeth asked, before he responded "well, we've got the Stone, right. And Angelica's probably on her way 'ere right now, yeah? So, do we leave? Or fight, or what? You lot have been very vague about what the plan is."

"With the right amount of configuration, we'll figure how to work the Stone. I'll become immortal and we can find out how to kill Angelica without destroying it." Jack said while glancing toward Will and Elizabeth.

"Captain." Peters said to Carina. "Perhaps now is the time to bring the water into the conversation..."

"The what?" Henry said. Carina reached into her jacket and pulled out her flask, saying "I collected this from the reservoir in the temple. It's healing water."

As the others looked at it, they were shocked by the sight of Jack's hand swiping it from Carina's. "I'll take that." he said as he stuffed it into his jacket. Carina scowled at him, before he added "just in case I have to throw away immortality for the umpteenth time."

Perla scoffed as she put her bowl aside and walked away from the campfire. Will turned to see her leave, saying "where's she going?"

"Probably heading back to the ships." Elizabeth said. Henry yawned as he lay against his parents, before Scrum said "maybe the lad's onto summit. We all ought t'get a little shut eye."

The crew all slept in the canyon, wearing sleeping bags or blankets around them as they lay their heads on rocks. Jack removed his hat and jacket, wearing it over him like a blanket as he placed his hat on the rock next to him.

"I must say, Jack." Will said, having chosen the sleeping bag behind Jack. "She is something special."

"I know she is." Jack scoffed. "You brought me back to life just to commandeer her."

"Not The Pearl, Jack." Will groaned. "Perla. Your daughter."

"Oh, her? There's not a chance she's mine, y'know." Jack said. Will scoffed, saying "what are you so afraid of?"

"What I'm most scared of is probably having to give up the treasure again for a certain eunuch." Jack scoffed. Will laughed, before saying "Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate."

Jack sat silently, before Will said "though I never did get to thank you, Jack. In hindsight, without you, I would never have had the greatest treasure of all."

"A Barnacle-face?" Jack said, remembering what Henry had told him. Will laughed, before looking to Henry and Elizabeth, who slept close together. He grinned, before saying "no, but you'll figure out one day. Probably sooner rather than later."

As Will closed his eyes and went to sleep, Jack stayed awake and pulled out his compass. He saw it point to the Stone, before the needle spun more rapidly. It stopped, pointing in the Turners' direction. He sighed as he put it back down and went to sleep.