I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry!!! It's been such a looooooooooooooooooong time, but I've just been so busy. Anyways. Here's the next chapter. Finally. I promise right now that I will finish this story.

Before life comes death.

Jack read the phrase aloud.

He and Will were headed in the right direction, but they both knew that it couldn't be that easy. The phrase on the charts was probably a clue to what lay ahead of them.

The two of them started to brainstorm.

"Reincarnation?" Will suggested.

"Afterlife?" He guessed again.

"Before life comes death," Jack mused.

"Before eternal life comes death," Jack added a word, feeling closer to the solution.

"You have to die before you can drink from the fountain? Will questioned.

Jack shook his head, "No."

"Aha," Jack's face brightened.

"What?" Will asked, "What does it mean?"

"It means," Jack took his time, "Before one can become immortal, others must die."

"So we have to sacrifice people?"

Jack frowned.

"No," Jack said slowly, "I think we'll have to get past something, or someone dangerous. I don't know what."

Will nodded, and went back to the helm; willing the ship to go faster; hoping that the fountain wasn't too far away, that they would get there soon.

Before it was too late.

Davy Jones once again stood at the helm of his ship before turning to one of his crewmen.

"Take the wheel."

He walked across the ship, and stopped in front of the Turner boy.

The boy looked at him defiantly, "What do you want?"

The kid had certainly inherited his mother's personality.

Davy laughed out loud, "Simply to inform you that if your mother dies, you will take her place."

The boy's whole expression seemed to sadden at that, and Davy smiled in contempt.

"She won't die!" He insisted halfheartedly.

Davy laughed again, before making his way to the lowest deck.

He walked up to the brigs, and watched silently as the woman from Jack's ship wiped down her unconscious patient.

Exasperated, Ana Maria threw down the cloth and looked at Davy.

"She's not going to make it," Ana informed him knowingly, "And of course, neither will her unborn child."

"How long does she have?" Davy asked.

"I don't know!!" Ana started to get angry," I'm no doctor; I don't know anything about this stuff. If you want someone with experience, ask him," she pointed at Ragetti.

Davy nodded, "alright then," he opened both brigs, pulled out Ragetti and Ana Maria, and switched them.

Ragetti walked up to Elizabeth, and examined her, Davy watching. She'd been sweating constantly, her once golden tanned face now yellow and seemingly getting paler by the minute. He put his hand on her chest to feel her heart, and noticed that it was beating fast, and even skipping beats. Though she had a high fever and hot skin, she was shaking all over. Her breath was very ragged. Her wrists and ankles were swollen, and so was her stomach, but that of course was easily explained. She also had bruising all over. She was basically a mess.

Elizabeth's eyes suddenly opened, and she coughed roughly, blood coming out of her mouth. Ragetti wiped it off of her when her eyes went really wide.

She opened her mouth to speak and croaked, "I can't feel my legs."

As quickly as she'd woken, Elizabeth fell back into unconsciousness. Worried, Ragetti went over and shook her, but she didn't wake. He stood up, and went over to the bars where Davy was standing, "She just fell into a coma," he stated, "I doubt she has more than a day.

Davy nodded, and motioned to a nearby crewmember. The crewmember unlocked he cell, and pulled Ragetti out of it, putting him back in the other cell, and leaving Elizabeth alone.

There. I can't promise anything, but I'll try to post again as soon as I can.

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