Chapter 26

Valeria looked still out of the window, waiting for the sky to change its colour into the familiar mix of red,
orange and yellow. She smiled brightly into the warm evening, her white fangs showing in clear
contrast to the red lips.

"Where is he?!" William asked now and interrupted the painful silence.

"As I said... he has to finish something he was not able to end the last time he tried..." She explained
with a sweet voice. "I think you know of what job I talk  ... do you not my sweet William?"

Will had been right, she had for some odd reason known that he would come back and that he would
perhaps bring one of the friends, he had tried to save, with him. Giving her time to finish off what was
left alive.

"Tell me young William... do you still feel sad about the death of your love?" She asked not turning
back to him.

Will winced at the mentioning of this and did not answer, Jack on the other side growled slightly and
went to get out of his chains as he had planed. Ready to shot the evil wench down, give the signal to
the Pearl and finish her off.

"Don't hurry Captain Thomas... or whoever you are...we have time...don't we?" She turned back to the
two men.

Jack pointed his pistol at the woman. "Me name is Captain Jack Sparrow..." He explained in his
normal slurring voice.

"Oh God... you want to kill me?" She sighed dramatically and raised a hand to her brow, throwing her
head back. "How heroic!" She rolled her eyes and started laughing. "Or better how stupid..."

"I wouldn't laugh demon... ye gonna die for killin Elizabeth!" Jack growled out, ready to shot.

Valeria still giggled and had a hard time to come back to her more controlled self. "I know it is a shame
that she died, Captain...she was such a sweet women..." She stopped laughing and shook her head,
looking to Will. "A shame that you could not hold back Will..."

Jacks head turned to look at the young vampire, pearls flying and his jaw dropped. "What?"

"Oh... missed young William to tell you that he killed her himself?" The woman shrugged. "But at least
she was a good nourishment..."

"Ye killed Elizabeth?" Jack could not believe this. "Ye really killed'er?" Jacks lowered his weapon.

"He is a Vampire...shall he eat rats?" Valeria snarled. Will looked down for a long moment, feeling the
eyes of his friend burning a hole into his skin.

"A thought Ana Maria's aunt was wrong... I thought there was something left of t'whelp a left in Port
Royal..." Jack babbled confused.

"Jack..." Will sighed.

"You killed her!" He cursed out, turning the pistol to point at his friend.

"Don't blame him Captain Sparrow, he just followed his instinct... like he did as he led Daniel to your
ship..." she explained, finally spotting what she had searched for on the sky. Dark smoke clouds were
rising somewhere over the near ocean.

Jacks face paled within seconds.

"I did not!" Will protested. "Jack... really, she is it, she does this to you..!"

Jack really was very confused now, he looked at least as if he had to face way too much information at
once. Will growled out, grabbed her by her shoulders and threw her through the window, grabbing the
sword he had hid under his jacket. He followed her into the garden, only to take her again by her
shoulders to push her to the ground, the sword directly on her throat.

"Finally..." She laughed. „I knew you would accept your new freedom someday..!"

"You made me a killer..!" He cursed out, drawing first blood from her skin.

"Freedom never is for free... I told you it would have its price..." She still smiled.
"What are a few innocent souls for immortal freedom... nothing..." She said.

Jack who had followed both Vampires through the rests of the window only looked up into
the sky, registering the smoke over the ocean, where his ship should be right now.

"You attack my ship!!" Jack cursed out, pointing the pistol at the female Vampire now.

"I said Daniel has to finish his job..." Valeria laughed again. "You could not honestly believe there
would be almost no guards around here when he would be waiting here for you..!" She laughed at Jack,
who was paler than ever before. He looked a last time to Will and Valeria and started running as fast
as he could into the direction of his ship.

It was her last laugh. Only one second later he throat was cut, and her immortal life ended with a glass
shattering scream from her. Will got up, burying the blade in her heart with a last growl.

"That was for Elizabeth...!" He spat out at her and wanted to follow Jack into the rising night.

He wanted to, but the last servants of Valeria and Daniel, who had obviously heard the
scream of their Mistress waited for him.