Jack and Trynity hit the open beach and as Tryn stopped a few yards short of the longboat and whirled, hearing the fighting coming towards them.
Jack got to the boat "Jar of dirt!" and grabbed the jar of dirt, frantically opening it and dumping some of the dirt on the seat then reaching into his vest to grab the heart and shoved it into the jar, scooping up some of the spilled dirt and then closing it again, just in time to hear "DAD!" and a sloshing as of someone running behind him, he dropped the jar and picked up an oar, swinging it hard as he spun and connecting with Koleniko, one of Jones' henchmen. He threw a look at Trynity, seeing her in a swordfight with another crewman and a low growl as he swung again at the guy coming at him once more.
Suddenly the whole fight, Elizabeth, Ragetti, Pintel and the Dutchman's crew were on the beach and in the water as the Pearl's crew was desperately trying to get ahead of the game so they could escape.
Trynity swatted and swiped at the crewman she had bearing down on her and suddenly there was a shout, "Trynnie!" and she dropped to her knees, the oar made a swoosh as it sailed just over her head and connected with the Dutchman crewmember's head, just as she drove her sword up into his chest. The crewman staggered backwards and fell as Jack grabbed Tryn's arm and hauled her up to her feet.
"You okay, darling?" he asked.
"Fine, pop!" she said with a grin.
Jack smiled and tugged on her ponytail as suddenly the waterwheel came careening into the water and across the way. Tryn blinked and looked up at Jack who merely shrugged. Everyone watched for a moment as the wheel stopped, tottered and finally fell, Norrington and Turner climbing out and taking a minute to adjust from the dizziness. Then it was on all over again and Jack pulled Trynity towards the boat again, and once more the crewman that Jack had beaten down first came at them and the captain swung harder, connecting once more and knocking him out again.
Pintel and Ragetti tossed the chest into the boat they had 'rescued' from the Dutchman's crew and started to push the boat out to sea when suddenly Will was there, blocking their way. His sword up at them, "Right," And a smirk as the two drew their swo—er….and they looked down only to remember they had tossed them to the woman to fight off the crewmen as they ran off. Ragetti grabbed up the net and Pintel grabbed the other oar.
"Come on, Turner!!" Pintel hollered over the din.
Will saw the key in the chest and moved closer. .
What Jack hadn't seen was Norrington taking the heart out of the jar before Will had gotten to it and shoving it into his own vest and closing the jar again, putting it back inside the boat.
Will didn't know the heart was in the jar. As he looked at it and heard the splashing coming up behind him, he turned, only to come face to oar with Jack. The swing hit the blacksmith upside the head and knocked him unconscious half in, half out the boat.
Elizabeth saw Jack hit Will and ran over to the boat as Jack grabbed Trynity and literally tossed her up and into the longboat.
"Leave him lie!" Jack shouted at Elizabeth. "Unless you plan on using him to hit something with!"
"We're not getting out of this!" Elizabeth said, watching as the Dutchman's crew began circling around them.
"Not with the chest," Norrington said and grabbed it. "Into the boat!"
"You're mad!" Trynity said, watching the former commodore and sitting down on the seat she'd had on the way here.
"Don't wait for me." Norrington said after a long look at Elizabeth and he turned and ran off between the crewmen and headed for the jungle again.
"Uh…" Jack said, watching him for a moment then turning back to the Pearl's crew. "I say we respect his final wish." And with that, he began pushing – with Pintel and Ragetti – the longboat as Elizabeth shoved Will into the boat and jumped in herself. Soon enough the 6 of them were on their way back to the Pearl.
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Back on the Pearl, Jack didn't let Trynity get far from him as well as the jar of dirt he cradled close to his chest. Making his way past Pintel and Ragetti who were arguing once more –
"You're pullin' too hard!" Pintel hollered.
"You're not pullin hard enough!" Ragetti countered.
"Where the commodore?" Gibbs asked as the Sparrows moved past him.
"He fell behind," Jack said solemnly and stopped for a moment in the rush to get to the wheel deck, but then soon enough was going up the stairs.
"My prayers be with him…" Gibbs said quietly. Then just as brightly as he followed the captain, "Well! Best not wallow in our grief! But the bright side is you're back and made it off free and clear!" the old pirate said.
Jack had opened his mouth to say something back, but suddenly there was a rush of water and a mighty splash and wave as the Flying Dutchman appeared from the depths and as she bobbed on the surface and settled down, the crew of the Dutchman began throwing taunts and insults and the crew of the Pearl literally shook in their boots.
"Lord almighty…" Gibbs said.
But Jack wasn't going to let anything ruin his mood. He snorted at Gibbs and mumbled, "I'll handle this…" and turned to walk along the railing, holding up the jar. "Hey! Fish face! Lose something? Hey? Scungili! Oups!" And before anyone could realize it, he'd taken a header down the steps to the main deck, toppling ass over teakettle, but jumped to his feet, lifting the jar. "Got it!" and stood up again, going back to taunting Jones. "Come to negotiate, eh? Have you, you slimy git? Look what I got," and the jar was held up over his head again. "I got a jar of diiirt, I got a jar of diiiirt and guess what's insiiiide it!" Sounding too much like a kid on a playground.
"Enough!" Jones roared and as the Black Pearl's crew watched, the guns on the Dutchman appeared on her side ready to blow the Pearl into the depths.
Jack froze for only a heartbeat and then said, "Hard to starboard."
But it was Trynity – upon hearing her father's orders and knowing no one else heard the mutter - that turned and shouted "HARD TO STARBOARD!!"
And Will jumped in shouting, "Brace up the foreyard!!" As he ran off to help get the Pearl away from certain annihilation.
Gibbs repeated Jack and Tryn's orders and ran off behind Will as well.
The large ship turned and headed away from the nemesis, but not before they heard Jones bellow "FIRE!" and the cannonade that blasted the Pearl left gaping holes, one in her stern which Pintel and Ragetti took a look through only to see the Dutchman following them.
"She's on us!!" Pintel screamed forward.
But soon enough, it was clear that the Dutchman was certainly not catching up.
Jack watched from the quarterdeck and Trynity shouted, "She's falling behind!" as she looked over at her father.
"Aye, we've got 'er," Gibbs said.
"We're the faster?" Will asked, looking back at the Dutchman.
Gibbs nodded. "Against the wind, the Dutchman beats us. That's how she takes her prey. But with the wind…." Gibbs said a look at Will.
"We rob her advantage." Will finished.
Gibbs nodded again and he and Will both headed up onto the quarterdeck as well.
"They're giving up!" Marty shouted from his place in the rigging where he'd been watching the Dutchman.
Will turned to Jack. "My father is ON that ship. If we can outrun her, we can take her. We should turn and fight!"
Jack merely smirked at Tryn and a wink before he looked at Will. "Why fight when you can negotiate? "All one needs is the proper leverage—" Jack said but suddenly a large THUD jarred the Pearl, echoing in the very bowels of the ship. But not before the jar of dirt which had been sitting on the rail in front of him fell to the deck below and smashed into a million pieces. A whimper and he dashed down the stairs and dropped to his knees, brushing aside the dirt.
"Where is it?? Where is the thump-thump??" he threw a look at Trynity who had joined him.
"We must have hit the reef," Tryn said as she stood up again and looked around them.
"No. It's not a reef." Will said, and seeing Elizabeth walking over to the side of the ship, he grabbed her and pulled her back, "Get away from the rail!"
"What is it?" she said, looking up at him.
Jack stood up and Trynity backed up into him as she felt a shudder of fear run through her.
"The kraken." Will said. Then turning to the crew he shouted, "TO ARMS!"