Chapter Fourteen

"So, if you've done it before, why ave' yer got ter go through all o' the 'tests' again then?" asks John, the two are continuing up the mist filled pathway.

"Well, actually, now that you mention it" begins Jack uneasily. "I have to go through it all, but I can't be killed here"

"And I can, because it's my first time here, right?"

"Yep" smiles Jack.

"Yer don't ave' ter sound so happy about it!" snaps John.

There is a pause, but then John asks. "Why are you doing all of this anyway? I mean you still haven't said what you've come ere' ter get"

Jack shrugs.

"Aw, come on, tell me! It don't matter does it, there's no goin' back fer me now"

Jack sighs and stops walking, as does John. "All right, it's a- duck!"

"A duck?"

"No duck!" shouts Jack and he pulls himself and John to the ground.

A swarm of bats them fly over, each of their bodies covered in large black spiders. Jack pulls a face at the sight of them. They fly off into the mist.

"Your scared of spiders then?" grins John.

Jack pulls himself up from the floor. John, however, stays put and bursts out into laughter.

"The 'great' Captain Jack Sparrow, scared of spiders, hey?" John continues to laugh.

Jack rolls his eyes and continues up the path again.

"Hey, don't leave me on my own!" John quickly gets up from the floor and follows after Jack, he walks alongside him again.

That's when they hear a growling sound. Jack sighs. "No rest for the wicked"

John, however, looks about, terrified. Jack notices this. "And what is the matter with-" he then realises. "What is it?" asks Jack.

"W- Wolves" stammers John.

"And your sure?" asks Jack.

"One attacked me when I was young" gulps John.

"Get your gun out, mate" demands Jack, also taking out his own gun. "S' the only thing that 'll kill em'"

John, shakily, takes out his gun, he then looks to Jack. "How d' you know that?"

Jack smiles at him. "It seems you and you father have a lot in common"

"He was scared of em' too?"

"So it would seem, mate" nods Jack.

The growls suddenly get louder. One jumps out from the midst. A grey wolf with blood stains on it's fur and it's mouth open, revealing it's sharp teeth. It looks to John and leaps up in the air towards him.

"Shoot it!" orders Jack.

John shuts his eyes and quickly does so. The wolf then disintegrates into ash and disappears. John look to Jack and they both smile at each other with relief, but then another wolf jumps out from the midst and towards John again. Jack puts up his gun and shoots it. Like the other wolf it turns to ash and disintegrates.

"Don't think I'll stand here anymore" says John, quickly walking away from that spot and over to Jack. "Will there be any more?"

"Depends, mate" answers Jack, he begins walking again.

"Depends on what?" John walks beside him.

"How great the fear is" shrugs Jack.

"So, if yer really really afraid of somethin', it'll keep comin' back?"

"Aye"

"Fantastic" John sarcasms. "So they're gona keep comin' back, because I'm so afraid of em'?"

Jack nods, looking about wearily. Which John now notices.

"It's your fear next isn't it?"

Jack looks at him and nods.

"Do you know what it is?"

"No, mate, but I've go a hunch"

"Why?"

"Well" Jack nods, indicating what's at the end of the pathway in front of them.

A gigantic squid-like creature is at the end of the path way.

"What the heck is that?" John breathes.

"The Kraken" swallows Jack.