"Strange thing to come upon a longboat so far out in open waters," Captain Bellamy asked, giving a suspicious look to Will, covered in a warm blanket drinking strong, hot coffee.
"Just get me the hell out of here."
"Where are we going?"
To find the Black Pearl so I can splash this piping hot coffee all across Jack's face and watch him burn, Will thought, but couldn't admit he wanted them to find a pirate ship. "Just put as many leagues behind us as you can, as fast as you can."
"And what are we running from?" Captain Bellamy nodded over at Curly to get the rifle. His mother had always told him not to pick up hitchhikers, that each one was crazier than a sack of rabid weasels. He should have listened.
"Er…that dress." Holy shit, Elizabeth was here. She'd see he hadn't retrieved the compass. She'd call him a failure and then run off and find a successful compass-snatcher! Wait a second, he thought. This means she's safe from the death threat. I can concentrate on helping my deadbeat dad now!
"Oh that. It's not mine. I didn't put it on or anything." Captain Bellamy's eyes darted to and fro. "It was found aboard the ship. The men thought it was an omen of ill fate. All that doom-and-gloom nonsense is sooo not my style."
"It actually brought good fortune," Moe said, chiming into the conversation. "The spirit told us to pull in at Tortuga and we made a nice bit of profit there."
"And got drunk off our asses!" Larry shouted. Moe punched him in the gut and then kneed him in the head.
"I imagine some of your crew may have jumped ship there," Will said. So Elizabeth went to Tortuga. He had said he was going to start looking for Jack in Tortuga. Elizabeth had gone looking for Jack in Tortuga, which meant Elizabeth was probably with Jack right now. Oh no! His eyes widened, his heart racing in terror. That could only mean one thing…Jack told her about the abandoned idea to go and make a copy of the key! Now she would not only find him a failure at compass snatching, but at an integral part of the blacksmith profession! It was all over. She'd throw the engagement ring in his face and spit on the donkey back at the shop.
"Captain, a ship's been spotted!" Curly said. "And it's not flying any colors."
"Pirates!" Captain Bellamy shouted.
"Or worse," Will muttered.
"Not a ship of Captain Bellamy fangirls?" Larry shook with fear.
Will looked out to the sea.
"It's the Flying Dutchman!" he shouted. "I've doomed us all."
All of a sudden, the entire ship rollicked, an eerie creak sending waves of nausea into each and every man.
"Mother Carrie's chickens!" one of them said. DISCLAIMER: I am not making this up. Watch the movie. Apparently, this used to be a figure of speech that thankfully is no longer in use. "What happened?"
"We must've hit a reef!" Moe cried.
"Nautical terms!"
As soon as Captain Bellamy said it, an endless tentacle breached out of the sea and curled him into it, flinging him out to the sea with a sickening smack upon the water.
"Kraken!" Curly shrieked.
Sure enough, dozens of wild tentacles swept over the deck, rampaging everything in sight, wrapping up crewmen and dragging them down to the depths. The men scrambled in a blind panic, stray bullets and harpoons flying.
"Here! Take it!" Larry screeched, holding up the wedding dress.
"IT'S NOT MY TASTE!" the kraken gurgled under the water, but no one could hear it over the frenzy and even if they could, no one in these movies speaks kraken…maybe Ragetti does.
Will, who had thought it a good idea to be up in the crow's nest when he saw the Flying Dutchman, slid down the sail, using his father's knife to control his speed and prepare for his landing. It is truly a moment to celebrate stunt work.
Congratulations, Will, he thought. The coolest thing you've ever done and none of your friends were around to see it.
"Fuck!" he cried, jumping over a tentacle and diving into the water. Before his eyes, the Edinburgh Trader disintegrated into tiny splinters, sending the subconscious message to the audience that unless you're a pirate, you're just not going to make it. Will cleaved onto some driftwood, and a wave of nostalgia washed over him. How many times would he narrowly dodge being killed on a ship?
A/N: Okay, this is one of those times that having the script really comes in handy. Thanks again, Fedah and Colozamia, whoever you are! For the longest time, after Captain Bellamy says, "Pirates" in this scene, I always thought Will said, "what else," which would have been a very sarcastic comment on his part and I thought it was sort of making fun of the fact that this is the only time we get to see any regular sailors. Well, he actually says, "or worse," meaning he knows Davy Jones has found him and some serious trouble is about to go down. I would have preferred Will to be sarcastic. He is always better when he's got an attitude. Again, don't own the Three Stooges or POTC.