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Chapter 21: Uh Oh
"Will…that isn't Liz." I warned seeing a distorted smirk on her face and watching Will glance back and forth between us. "She will kill you…I think it best to get down." I stated not liking the odd glint in her eyes and slowly making my way back down tugging on the still stubborn Will.
"I'm not leaving her." Will stated softly glancing down at me for a long while aware of my intense expression. "Blair…I knew something was wrong, I've been helping her remember." He stated sounding almost regretful watching my eyes narrow angrily at his confession.
"She's possessed by a demonic presence and you're still helping her?!" I all but shouted glaring at him from my perch and glancing down at the others waiting for our return. "What did she offer you?" I asked releasing my grip on his coat and glaring at his once kind dark eyes, watching them harden at my tone.
"To give me back Elizabeth." Will stated not understanding he was being easily manipulated by the presence that had now full control over Elizabeth.
"You're not getting Liz back…Will, we need to work together to get her…YIPE!" I cried feeling a force drive me roughly backwards locking my feet quickly into the rigging and hanging upside down watching Will leave me behind and start his ascent back to Elizabeth. "I always thought you were the gentlemen." I murmured frowning glancing down seeing Jack and Tia Dalma had nearly fainted at what had just happened above them.
--Other POV--
"Bloody hell!" Jack all but yelled watching Blair suddenly start falling, watching Tia Dalma run to his side and cry out in worry. "She's ok." He whispered breathlessly seeing she had somehow managed to lock herself in a familiar upside down position. "I think I'm glad she can be monkey like." He stated seeing Tia Dalma studying the situation with an odd scowl on her face.
"Will has fallen under the power." Tia Dalma stated dryly watching Jack walk to the rigging and watch Blair slowly untangle herself from her position glancing up at the now together couple staring across to the island, before she started down rapidly pausing and jumping the last couple of feet in front of them with a thump falling forward. "Careful girl." She murmured watching Jack catch her easily and smiling faintly seeing for once Jack may have found someone to trust.
--Original POV--
"I am careful…Will was promised he would get Elizabeth back." I stated softly seeing Jack glance up puzzling over our once ally and friend. "That whatever that possessed Liz has convinced Will he will get her back after this…whole thing is over." I muttered startled feeling the same force that nearly drove me to my death to the deck, again attack from nowhere.
"Bloody hell!" Jack yelled feeling the impact and falling backwards with the force feeling me land on him rather bluntly. "Oiy…she's playing dirty." He muttered glancing up at Tia Dalma, whose eyes were narrowed, staring up at the now grinning down maniacal looking Elizabeth.
"She also doesn't know yer not hurt…so act the bloody part." Snapped Tia Dalma noting I was quickly scrambling to my feet pretending to inspect any damage to Jack. "I need to go back to me spells, and such…don't try to confront her again." She warned before rapidly disappearing after Anna-Maria back below deck.
"I don't plan on it…it's a long way down from up there." I muttered helping Jack to his feet and noting he was putting on a rather good act at being injured again. "Gibbs…watch them both." I muttered seeing him nod nervously.
Jack and I both walked to the helm. I saw him reach out to grasp the helm and yelled in surprise watching for the first time, seeing Jack thrown from the wheel which moved rapidly back into place and started steering itself. I ran over to him and saw he was far from amused, glaring up at Elizabeth who was no longer paying any of us any mind. "That was just mean…he loves this ship." I thought glaring up at my once best friend and cursing irritably wondering how the hell I was going to get her back. Jack stood pretending to be in a great deal of pain and caught my wrist pulling me slowly back down the stairs and back into his cabin all but slamming the door, before releasing my wrist and waving his hands around in an angry rant.
"Jack…calm down." I whispered watching him pause in the middle of the cabin and turn to me with a dark scowl on his face. "Remember it isn't Liz…this demon is far worse." I murmured seeing he was thinking about disagreeing, but nodded in agreement instead. "I always knew she was demonic like, but this is pushing it." I muttered hearing the door open behind me and turning to see a very cross looking Tia Dalma standing in the room with a fine almost black dust surrounding her, she reminded me of an old cartoon where the character had dynamite blow up in their face and leave behind a black residue.
"That demon knows I'm trying to get yer Lizzie back." Tia Dalma growled darkly before dropping a rather odd looking mass of burnt looking herbs on the cabin floor and cursing avidly. "I'm not sure if I can get her back…the closer we get to the island the harder it is to find…
"Any part of the real Elizabeth within her form." I stated softly realizing the demon was slowly consuming everything Elizabeth once was and sighing wanting to run out and drag my best friend back from the hell, she had literally put herself in. "I'm going after her and dragging her…it…er…whatever down here kicking and screaming. I'm also taking a rum bottle to knock Will senseless…again." I grumbled marching over grabbing the nearest empty rum bottle and sprinting from the cabin ignoring Jack who reached out to catch me and Tia Dalma who attempted to do the same.
--Other POV--
"She's crazy!" called Tia Dalma in surprise seeing Jack pause at the cabin door and glance at her for a short minute.
"She's too nice for her bloody damn good…it's going to get her killed Tia!" Jack snapped before running after the sprinting form followed by a stunned voodoo queen tugging several potions, herbs and gimmicks after her upon Anna-Maria's cautious entrance into the scene.
"Aye…he's righ." Anna-Maria murmured charging after both Jack and Tia Dalma all three pausing near Gibbs in stunned surprise seeing he had apparently been knocked over. "Ye alrigh Gibbs?" she questioned.
"That girl run me down…women are bad luck and she's about to prove me point." Gibbs stated pointing up and seeing all heads turn to the form rapidly climbing the riggings.
--Original POV--
I glanced down feeling guilty for nearly knocking Gibbs out upon my exit to the riggings, but I couldn't risk anyone trying to stop me at the moment. I was carefully maneuvering myself along the rigging seeing Will briefly glance down with an odd almost cold look in his eyes, then to my annoyance Elizabeth come from the side and peered down her face still contorted with whatever was possessing her at the moment. "Here I go again." I thought locking my feet into the rigging and feeling the familiar force again drive me to face the deck below. I was growing annoyed with the upside down view or at least until I spotted Jack and another figure starting up the riggings after me.
"Looks like you brought some friends with you Blair." Called Elizabeth in an odd voice that really didn't fit her at all, and observing the others scrambling quickly up after me. "You should have stayed below with them…this won't end well for anyone of you." She called nodding in Will's direction forcing me to observe them both, surprised when Will started back down his sword glinting warningly in his hand.
"WILL TURNER YOU ARE GOING TO REGRET THIS IN THE MORNING!" I yelled watching him slowly making his way toward me with sword raised. "Then again…he's possessed too." I muttered sarcastically sighing sadly and snagging the rigging below me groaning readying myself for the pain and flipping swinging down to right myself again feeling the strain on my arms. "Ouch." I hissed glaring up at Will who was still coming at me, now quickening his pace seeing I was making my way back to safety.
"I WARNED YOU NOT TO CONFRONT THEM GIRL!" called a familiar voice from below, which force me to glance down seeing Jack and Anna-Maria were climbing after me leaving Tia Dalma below with a barrage of what appeared to be potions and such.