Fan Fiction: Pirates of the Caribbean... chapter 26 of the Black Pearl

Inside the cave, Barbossa sat on a pile of gold with Catherine. Will was on the ground below them. Jack was looking at all the different treasures.

"I thought I had you figured out Jack but you proved me wrong." Barbossa grinned.

"Oh really. Just a warning, it's the honests ones you have to watch out for honestly." Jack said as he pulled out a sword from a pirate's back. He ran and cut Will's ropes and threw him a sword.

"What is the meaning of this Jack?" Barbossa asked and got up slowly.

"To be honest, I'm going to kill you and your black heart." Jack said plainly as the three pirates in tghe cave surrounded Will. Will threw a urn over the one's head and jumped on a pile of treasure.

"Oh really." Barbossa said as he pulled out his sword. "I cannot die until the curse is lifted. So how are you going to do that?"

"I love challenges, mate. Catherine, do you mind if I kill this man? You can marry me instead." Jack asked as Barbossa swung at him. Jack climbed up a path. Barbossa followed in fury.

"I'm going to kill you Sparrow!" Barbossa yelled as Jack appeared from behind and drove his sword into Barbossa's back. Barbossa sighed as he pulled the sword from his back and drove it into Jack's gut. Jack started choking until he landed in a patch of moonlight. Instead of flesh, bones appeared, a gold coin was moving in his palm.

"Couldn't resist, mate." Jack smiled as Barbossa jumped at him. Jack pushed him backwards into a pile of gold.

"So Jack, are we to be two immortals, locked in a epic battle till Judgement day and trumpets sound." Barbossa sneered making his ghostly face more revolting.

"Three things, mate. The first is that I didn't think you believed in God. Second, your going to make no girl like you with that face, and third you could just surrender." Jack explained as Barbossa swung at him. Jack swung back, cutting off the feather on Barbossa's hat.

"I shouldn't have done that. Cutting that feather just made him more mad." Jack thought as he battled for his life. Meanwhile Will had just finished off the other three pirates in the cave. He headed for the chest. Jack threw him the medallion and took out his pistol. Jack fired the only shot he had. Catherine watched as the bullet hit Barbossa in the chest.

" You carry that pistol 10 years and waste your shot." Barbossa laughed at Jack.

"He didn't waste it." Will shouted as he dropped the medallion into the chest. Barbossa looked down and saw blood coming out of his chest. He stumbled over into a pile of gold. Catherine ran to his side and gentlely held his hand.

"Catherine... I can finally feel... pain and... the warmth of... your hand." Barbossa gasped for breath.

"Please save your breath. Your going to live." Catherine spoke softly as tears started flowing from her eyes.

"No... Please stop... crying... for me. Marry... Norrington... he cares... for you." Barbossa said as he looked up at Catherine. His breathing became shallower every word.

"Catherine..., I... lov..." Barbossa gasped unable to finish. His chest heaved one more time then stopped. Elizabeth came in and saw her sister crying over Barbossa's dead body. Jack took a step foward towards Catherine but Will shook his head.

"Don't Jack. Give her time to mourn." Will whispered to him.

"No problem." Jack turned and started looking at treasures.

"Elizabeth, I want to tell you that I love you since we first met. I should have told you sooner." Will whispered as Elizabeth kissed him. Then she went over to her sister.

"Catherine, he was a fine man deep down. He wouldn't want you to be crying." Elizabeth whispered as her sister pulled out the jewelery he gave her. The ring had a black gem set into it. The necklace had a long gold chain with the same gem on a pendant. She put them on and got up. She wiped her face and did the sign of a cross. Then she pulled out her rosary. It's gold luster shining in the moonlight gathered Jack's attention.

"Where did you get that?" Jack wondered as he went to grab it. Catherine pulled it towards her chest.

"My father gave it to me when I was young. He also gave me this." Catherine said as she pulled out a piece of silver that was similar to a coin.

"Oh." Jack said and picked up his loot. He put a gold crown on his head. "Now if you be so kind to drop me off at my ship."

"Sorry, Jack but the crew will meet you in Port Royale five days from now." Elizabeth explained to him as they rowed to the HMS Dauntless.