The oceans calling

Chapter 21: Kraken attack!

There he was. The man, if you could still call him a man, that captained the Flying Dutchman. The brunette had heard stories of him. He was the sea, the thing that dragged you under if you were ever in the sea. He controlled the beast that lurked in the ocean and destroyed any ship that it wanted. No; this was no man at all. There wasn't anything about him that resembled a normal man – he was something else from the sea. He didn't even have a heart.

Rebby couldn't help such thoughts go through her mind. Her eyes were so focussed on him as he stood smugly at the helm of his ship which was right next to the Pearl. She hadn't had a chance to speak to Will considering he immediately went into a duel and was then knocked out since she saw him on the beach of the Isla Cruises. Though she couldn't imagine being a part of the crew was pleasant. The crew themselves were slowly losing their humanity just the same. Once again she was faced with cursed pirates, ones doomed to sail across the sea's until their debt was paid. And Will had to endure that being the only normal one as well as meeting his father after so long; she couldn't imagine how the young blacksmith must have been feeling. Rebecca then felt her hand tightening on the wooden rail she was holding, her grip making her knuckles go white.

Everyone on the ship looked mortified. "Lord on high, deliver us" Gibbs whispered as he made the cross motion.

Rebby watched vigilantly as Jack clutched the jar of dirt closer to him as he slipped by his now second mate so that he was clearly visible to the other ship. "I'll handle this, mate. Oi, fishface!" Jack smirked as he got as close as he could to the railing. The brunette couldn't help the chuckle that came to her seeing the pirate's confidence. It was in his nature and it was what she loved about him. He held the jar of dirt above his head proudly for all to see. "Lose something? Eh? Scungilli!" he moved sideways not looking where is was looking which became evident when he fell down the wooden steps to the main deck.

There were whispers and all eyes on where he had fallen knowing that it must have hurt. Rebby smirked seeing him perfectly fine on the deck and picking himself up. She knew him well enough. Within moments Jack held the jar of dirt back up for Jones to see "Got it!" He had fallen out of sight of the ocean cursed crew and now that he was back in sight Jones focussed more on his movements and listening to what he was saying. As soon as he was on his feet again he began to make his way down the ship again "Come to negotiate, eh, have you, you slimy git? Look what I got" At this point people thought that Jack had lost his mind as they all gave him weird and blank looks "I got a jar of dirt. I got a jar of dirt. And guess what's inside it?" Again the pirate held the jar above his head looking very happy with himself.

Rebby was perspective. Jones didn't just pop out of the water to be insulted and have a little chat. She watched as the heartless captain turned to his crew and then turned back and in an instant the cannons on the ship were being rolled out and prepared. The small smile for Jacks confidence and the plan she trusted him to have fell and the same thing happened to Jack. His confidence gone in a second knowing that Jones wanted Jack and the Pearl dead so wouldn't hesitate to fire upon them. "Hard to starboard" his voice was quiet but still loud enough for them to hear the new orders from the captain.

"Hard to starboard!" Elizabeth repeated the orders louder so that they reacted immediately and moved away from the imminent danger.

"Brace up the foreyard!" Will began to shout out orders as well. They all just wanted at that moment to get out of there and get to safety. Everyone had heard of Davy Jones though it was very few that ever survived him. He was a force to be reckoned with. The sails were picking up the wind quickly and from behind her Rebby heard Cotton turning the wheel to get the ship to turn away. She helped as he pulled and she pushed the wheel in circles. The Black Pearl was fast and before she knew it they were gaining distance from the Flying Dutchman but that didn't stop her panic as the cannons fired upon them. Splinters of wood from the ship flying up as the cannons hit on target but Rebby wasn't going to let the fear of the Dutchman getting them get to her.

"Direct her to land if you can" she spoke to Cotton and the parrot was quick to respond

"Aye!" she smiled reaching her hand out and stroking the bird quickly before moving off to the side and peering over the edge to look at the Flying Dutchman. She turning too but she wasn't as fast. She was grateful that now that the Dutchman was giving chase they wouldn't be able to fire on them anymore.

"She's on us!" Rebby's attention went straight to Pintel and Ragetti as the two ran up the steps to the helm. She was alerted by them and noticed that they had come from the entrance of the captain's cabin. As everyone was rushing about Rebby moved down and into the cabin. Her mind was set on something that she wanted to save, moving over to the bed her eyes set on the satchel beside it. The brunette fell onto her knees and dug through it until she brought out her mother's journal that she filled with all the papers that she had stolen also. She didn't exactly have anywhere to put the precious book so decided on the best place she could think that would protect it from water; she placed it in her boot the other containing a small dagger for precautions. Before she could stand up again cannon fire surprised her as he wrecked through the cabin. She screamed from the scare and made her way back out of the cabin again on deck to where the crew were back and forth making more sail to out run the Dutchman.

"Rebby!" she recognised that as Jacks voice coming from the helm.

She her feet moved without her even realising as she ran up the steps and stood beside him as he took the wheel and began to direct the ship. She moved from side to side trying to evade cannon fire. But that stopped one they were out of range and the cannons were no longer hitting them. Jack shot her a look that she knew too well. He was worried for her. He had the heart and yet there was no way they were going to be able to negotiate with Jones without being shot at. "She's falling behind!" Elizabeth and Gibbs were at the rail watching as the Dutchman was getting smaller and smaller.

"You don't have a plan do you?" she spoke to Jack as the three others were at the rail. The pirate didn't respond, for once his face was unreadable to her. She could feel the fear in her building though. As great as it is that they had escaped the fire power of the Dutchman, there was still a danger. The stories she had heard. Everyone knew – Pintel and Ragetti had even been arguing over its pronunciation when they were rowing towards Isla Cruises. The Kraken. People began to cheer on deck as they realised they had escaped death but Rebby didn't think so. "You're not free so long as Jones thinks he's invincible and right now he thinks he's invincible because he doesn't know you have the heart" she hated to be the bearer of bad news but she could tell that Jack was thinking it as well – he was just trying to forget it.

"My father is on that ship" Jack was smiling in a small celebration which his crew but Wills words only wiped it away for a short time "if we can outrun her then we can take her. We should turn and fight"

Rebecca was the first talk as soon as Will had finished; not liking the sound of what Will was proposing at all. "Are you crazy? I respect that you want to free your father but we'd be dead in a matter of minutes"

"We can all fight. We have weapons and would outnumber them"

"They're immortal, Will. Our weapons won't phase them, they have unlimited lives which means they outnumber us!"

Before Will could counter argue again Jack spoke to put in his final word on the matter seeing as he was the captain and that was where the orders came from. "Why fight when you can negotiate?" Jack smirked as he placed his jar of dirt on the wooden railing. "All one needs is the proper leverage" Rebby wanted to quickly steal it away and hide it from him to tease him but she didn't get the chance as the ship rocked and stopped moving. The wind in the sails didn't do anything now as they came to a complete halt. Rebecca held on as she almost fell and the jar tipped off the edge and smashed on to the deck.

His face was horrified see it shattered into pieces. Instead of shouting out more orders he took off down the stairs and was on his knees digging through the dirt that was spilled all over the wood. Rebecca reacted too looking to Gibbs before going to Jack "take over here" she spoke at a fast pace as well. In a second she was by Jack and could see no heart around which made her hopes fall completely.

"Where is it? Where is it?" Jack looked around carefully. It didn't look like anyone was around to take the heart that quickly "where is the thump-thump?"

Her bright blue eyes shone with sorrow "Jack, its gone" that was when they both made eye contact with each other and she could see the fear building inside of him "We'll find another way" she placed her hand on the side of his face and stroked his cheek.

"We must have hit a reef!" she heard a crew member shout out. But she could feel the fear in herself as well knowing well off that it couldn't have been a reef. It was too unlikely and since they just got out of range of the Dutchman's cannon there could only be one thing that it could be.

She doubted herself now. If it was the ocean beast then there wasn't another way. It wanted both Jack and the Black Pearl at the bottom of the ocean. All Rebby knew was that they needed to get away and quickly. "It's not a reef! Get away from the rail!" Will shouted out as he hugged Elizabeth close to him and kept her away from the edge of the ship where he feared she'd be taken.

To the befuddlement of the others they too stepped away "What is it?"

"The Kraken"

The name that everyone was scared off. It sent shivers down everyone's spines. Rebby didn't' miss Jack's reaction to the name. He looked up from his smashed jar of dirt and zoned out. His eyes glistening from the light of the day and his mouth hanging open from the shock. She was going to comfort him but Will and Gibbs' shouts were too loud and with the action that begun to take place as weapons began being prepped and ready for a fight. "It'll attack the starboard. Run out the cannons and hold for my signal!" the leader in Will took over as he shouted out commands and everyone obeyed.

Of course no one wanted to be eaten by the sea monster so they weren't going to stand around doing nothing. Her instinct told her to help, she needed to at least make sure that the cannons were ready to fire when they needed to. She stood back up and was going to move to go below deck but the brunette felt herself being pulled back. She was gripped at her wrist and pulled to the side where she was released and noticed Jack acting quickly, he was so focussed on his task that she could clearly see the fear in his eyes. Rebby was perceptive as she noted that he was letting a long boat into the water below. "Climb down" he spoke to her in a commanding tone but didn't look up from his efforts.

She knew immediately what he wanted and what he was doing. Shaking her head Rebby took a step back and almost walked into someone. "This isn't the way, Jack"

That was when he stopped and locked eyes with her "it'll kill everyone…" he was going to continue but the brunette interrupted him.

"You are the captain of this ship and there is no honour in running away now. If living and sentencing your friends and crew to death is what you want to do then do it but don't expect anyone to follow you. Especially me!" she didn't mean for her voice to sound so harsh but that was the way in which it came out. When she was done she ran away from him – not giving him a chance to convince her otherwise. She only wanted to help and if she went down with the ship then so be it.

She moved over to Elizabeth and was handed a long spear. She didn't question what she needed to do as the ship was knocked to one side and the Kraken then made an appearance. Large greeny tentacles rose up the starboard side of the ship and wriggled around slowly getting closer and closer to each of them. "Will?" Elizabeth called down to her fiancée as the men on deck pointed their spears at the huge tentacles and backed away from the monstrous limbs. "Will?"

Rebby didn't back up so easily though she moved in front of Elizabeth. "Will!" Elizabeth shouted down to the young blacksmith below deck.

"Fire!" his order was loud and all at once the cannons fired. Rebby threw her spear and the nearest tentacle and the limbs all around writhed with the pain they felt. One fell towards them. Rebby's eyes widened at the danger and pushed Elizabeth out of the way. The tentacle landed and broke a long boat that was on deck. Pieces of wood flew all over the place as the monster seemed to retreat back into the water and everyone on deck cheered believing the threat to be gone. They all peered into the water, no longer able to see it.

The newly formed pirate smiled at the achievement but it wasn't enough. The Kraken wouldn't be stopped just by cannons. She looked over to the last place she saw Jack but didn't see him. Her smile instantly fading as she searched for him in the crowd on deck but he wasn't there. He'd gone and she didn't even see.

"Pull the grates. Get all the gunpowder onto the net in the cargo hold!" Will barked orders out again which made her focus on what was next. The only long boat they had to get everyone to safety had just been destroyed and they couldn't swim away. It was too much water to cross before they got to land so they were stuck. There was no way out of this one unless they could scare the Kraken away for good. Kill it even.

Moving with the crew, Rebby wanted to do her part. She was handed a hook and instantly she began helping lifting the grates off so that they had quick access to the cargo hold where people were carefully passing barrels of gunpowder down into the net as Will had asked. Once they were clear she deposited the hook and moved down the steps below deck. Taking a barrel in her arms she threw it down to one of the men at the bottom and then went to get another. As she worked harder and beads of sweat began to drip down from her forehead she saw Gibbs moved past her. He gave her a small smile and patted her shoulder as he went to go up the steps. But Will came down which was who Gibbs needed to see. "There's only six kegs of powder!"

Will was quick to solve the dilemma though "then load the rum" he didn't leave a second for argument as he moved off and worked as well, hoping the Kraken wouldn't appear for a while at least. They needed to be ready which they certainly weren't just yet.

There was silence all around as the pirates looked at one another. They didn't and would never consider using the rum as well. Rebby smiled and saw the look of regret on Gibbs' face as the words he was about to force himself to spit out were internally hurting him. She moved over to him and placed her hand on his shoulder before looking over at the pirates surrounding the hole to the cargo hold. She looked at each and every one of them. "What you looking at? Get those barrels of rum into the cargo hold now before we're all fish bait!" all of them then got back to work. Rolling rum barrels into the cargo hold now to fill the net – they all groaned not wanting to sacrifice the rum. She couldn't believe how much of a pirate she sounded now but she preferred it.

Rebby wanted to laugh but knew this was no time and time was of the essence. Looking to Gibbs she returned the smile he had given her. He nodded to her "Milady" and with that he went up on deck.

Rebby followed. There was panic everywhere as the crew knew that an attack from the Kraken was imminent. Before she could help out Elizabeth walked up to her side with a very angry look her face. "He's a coward" she then walked off with a gun in her hand. Rebecca didn't know what Elizabeth was on about until she looked out at the ocean and saw a single boat floating in the water. The oars each side of it rowing away from the Pearl and towards the faint land that could be seen in the distance. It was him; she knew it was him. He had gone even after what she had said to him. He was running away just as she had expected he would but hoped in her heart that he wouldn't. She shook her head in disappointment before moving away.

The ship then shook as the sway of the water was gone and something was clung onto the bottom of the ship. Then the Kraken attacked. It attacked the cannons having learned from the last time and ship shook again this time Rebby couldn't hold her footing and fell onto the wooden deck. "Heave!" Gibbs shouted out as the Kraken continued to attack them. This was it – this was where they were going to die if this didn't work. Shaking off the disoriented feeling Rebby looked up to see the crew pushing the beams of wood around one of the masts to lift the net that was full of rum and gunpowder from the cargo hold. Marty on top shouting insults at them as well. "Heave like you're being paid for it!"

"Put your backs into it!"

Taking in a breath Rebby picked herself up from the floor. Her heart was pumping with the fear that they were all going to die but she wouldn't let it consume her. She felt the need to help the others now and was quick to join them in hauling the net up. She took her place next to Cotton and pushed as well. As they did more tentacles rose up from the sea and washed water over them. Some men began running around frantically trying to evade being caught while others were plucked off the deck and pulled into the sea, never to be seen again.

The brunette listened to the sound of the wood creaking as its supports were being destroyed and pressure was being put on it as the Kraken held on. Almost as if it were trying to suffocate the ship. There was also the screams of some of the crew that were being taken but the brunette tried to ignore it and not let it get to her. She was trying to ignore everything so that she could help more efficiently but that was made more difficult when one of the tentacles came close to them. Cotton was quick to push her away and that was when the tentacle wrapped around the mast and fell down snapping the wooden beams they had been pushing. Rebby was helpless to watch as some of the crew got squash and others jumped out of the way. Her eyes filled with tears now as she turned on the spot and saw the hectic scene around her, people dying left and right of her.

She was really wet now and the fear was overwhelming her. She saw Will holding onto the net as he was trying to get the Krakens attention. It sort of worked as a tentacle hit the net and Will was swung all over the place. "Will!" she yelled for him and noticed that he was caught in the ropes and had dropped his sword.

Drawing her own sword out, Rebby tried to take in a deep breath and calm herself a little. Building up as much courage as she could. She kept repeating herself in her mind. If she was going to go down then she would go down fighting.