A Date with a Kraken/The MVC vs. Davy Jones
The heat of the day was the one thing that was the least of the group's troubles thus far. Aside from travelling for days across a large portion of sea and ocean, Luigi, Kairi and Goofy were hard at work cleaning the deck and doing other chores on board whilst Chris and Jack Sparrow discussed about dealing Davy Jones directly. "My boy, that is one tough enemy you shouldn't dare cross with. He's the master of the seas and an ultimate foe indeed. Even if you're powers are formidable, there's no guarantee of victory.", Jack responded. Chris shook his head and replied, "Yet this isn't your decision to make now is it? I was sent here for one mission only and that one has already been finished. Another side mission I was given was to get information from any men/women working with the Squadron. Methinks Davy Jones is knee deep in this situation more than he let on before. One way or another Jack, I'm going to find out." Soon getting back to business Elizabeth called Jack and Chris together along with Mr. Gibbs and Chris's group soon followed them afterwards. "Will was working for Beckett and never said a word.", Mr. Gibbs said. He then continued, "Beckett wants the compass. Only one reason for that." "Of course. He wants the chest.", Jack said. "Yes he did say something about a chest.", Elizabeth said. "If the company controls the chest, they control the seas.", Mr. Gibbs proclaimed. "A truly discomforting notion love.", Jack said. "Bad, bad for every mother son who calls himself 'pirate'."Mr. Gibbs said. Mr. Gibbs soon returned to his post and Jack then asked Elizabeth, "Might I inquire as to how you came about to all this?" "Persuasion.", she responded.
While this conversation was occurring, Chris rounded up his group and then began to tell them his plan of attack. "Obviously we got to hit Davy Jones where it hurts and surround him on all corners, but I've decided to go about this another way instead of attacking his crew directly.", Chris said. "Really? So what will you do then?", Kairi asked. "I will challenge Davy Jones himself to a one on one duel. While that goes on, you guys have to is protect the ship and the crew for as long as you can. The Kraken's out there I can feel it. I also know this. I can't guarantee I'll beat Davy Jones, but I will at least keep him at bay.", the boy replied. "What about the Kraken? That thing's got to be gigantic. There's no way we'd survive a fight against that thing.", Goofy said. Chris nodded and then gave Goofy an attachable device. "It's an electric charger. It has capabilities beyond anything anyone has used for technology on my planet and could electrocute a thousand men in a single shock. If anything it should work for this thing as well. All I have to do is push this button here…" Chris held out a tiny grey remote with a single red button labeled 'PUSH'. "…and all you have to do is somehow get it inside the beast's belly." Goofy gulped as he heard this as did the rest of his group to which Chris said, "We don't have much of a choice now people. Let's move it. I got a fight to win." With that Chris opened a brown portal to the Flying Dutchman and off he went to face Davy Jones.
A few minutes later, before anyone on the Flying Dutchman knew what hit them, Chris soon found himself aboard their ship, unbeknownst to both that Will Turner also climbed aboard after a rough run in with the Kraken. "So lad, I see Jack Sparrow is too cowardly to face me himself is he?", Davy Jones said. Chris transformed into his armoured self as he said, "Who do you think told me about your ship, your tricks, and your heart?", Chris asked. "Jack Sparrow.", Davy Jones said. Chris drew out his Sword of Balance and then said, "I'll keep the pleasantries short. Here's the deal, I want a one on one fight. You and me no help, no outside interference at all. I know you got a weakness and I intend to find it." Davy Jones laughed as did the rest of his crew as he said, "You must be more clueless than y'look lad. I control the seas with an iron fist. I am a talented Captain and a fine swordsman. What chance do ye and y'er sword have against the likes of me?", Davy Jones asked. "Duty, that's what I got. I am a member of the MVC. You'll be branded a coward if you back out now mister.", Chris replied. The crew said 'ooooo' quietly as Davy Jones told them to shut up. Soon enough he drew his sword and said, "Alright son. You got y'erself a match. But be warned, my backhand is a killer."
Soon enough Chris and Davy Jones clashed swords with each other, sparks flying everywhere. Meanwhile, back on the Black Pearl, Jack noticed Elizabeth troubled over her situation and how she should have been married right now, and said, "You know I am a Captain on this ship and as a Captain of this ship, I could perform a 'mar-iage' right here, right on this deck, right now." Elizabeth turned off at this gesture threw her bottle of Pirate's Rum at him and said, "No thank you." Kairi and the others shook their heads at this situation and Goofy said, "Looks like Jack struck out." "No kidding.", Kairi replied. Jack not giving up asked, "Why not? We are very much alike and I find you a sport." "Except for a sense of honour, decency and an immoral center and personal hygiene.", Elizabeth continued. The group shook their heads once again. "I'm trifled. You will come over to my side, I know it.", the pirate continued. "You seem very certain.", Elizabeth continued. "One word love: curiosity. You long for freedom. You long to do what you want to do because you want to. To act on sufficient pulse. You want to see what it's like. One day you won't be able to resist.", Jack said. Kairi then asked interrupting, "Why doesn't your compass work?" "It works just fine.", Jack said troubled. After a brief conversation on morals and Jack's good side, Elizabeth continued, "I have faith in you, and do you know why?" "No, please enlighten me.", Jack said. Then Elizabeth said in a sly way, "Curiosity. You're going to want it, a chance to be admired and gain rewards that follow. You won't be able to resist. You're going to want to know what it tastes like." "I do want to know what it tastes like.", Jack responded. Yet even afterwards, before he could smooch Elizabeth, his black spot on his hand appeared, reminding him of Davy Jones' prescence.
Kairi and the others decided it would be best to remain on the ship, since Chris gave them that job and would stick with it while Jack and the others went ashore on Isla Cruces in search for the Dead Man's chest and Davy Jones heart. Back on the Flying Dutchman however, Chris was still caught up in his fight with Davy Jones. They flung their swords back and forth at each other in a repeating pattern: two front lances, an evenly matched clash in the center, a backflip from both of them and their forceful acrobatics and then a hard smack at the tips of their swords. As they clashed again for the tenth time in a row, Davy Jones said to his foe, "Very impressive young man. I got to say, for a young child such as y'erself I got a lot of respect for ye." Chris turned towards the bow as Davy Jones did to the Stern and said, "Funny, for a man who controls and literally is the 'sea', you're pretty slow at this." "I'm just getting warmed up. Now watch as we take this fight to the moon. Now then fellas, while I take care of business, you chart a course for Isla Cruces. No doubt Jack will be there as well." The crew agreed as they returned to their posts, only a few members remained to watch the fight at Davy Jones behalf. The fight continued for about a couple of hours like this.
Chris then whacked at Davy Jones four times, left right left right. Then Davy Jones threw the boy into mid-air and kicked him higher and then sliced a large scratch across his tough brown armour. Then he grabbed the poor boy and slammed him hard onto the deck and landed on the ground without a scratch. Chris stood up slowly while lagging to his left side and Davy Jones clashed at his sword quickly. "You got to be quicker than that lad if you hope to beat the likes of me now.", Davy Jones said. Chris slashed at the man time and time again, but to no avail. Davy Jones was always a step ahead of him this time. With a single blow to Chris' stomach, the boy fell and Davy Jones flung his sword towards him as a sign of defeat. "One more?", the sea dog asked. Chris got up and nodded in agreement. He then clashed with Davy Jones once more.
Davy Jones smacked Chris across the face with his sword slicing open his left cheek and then made another large scratch across his armour. It wouldn't be long before his chest would be exposed for attack. Chris had to do something and fast. Then as they arrived on Isla Cruces, they began to head underwater. "I hope you can breathe as well as you fight boy.", Davy Jones said. "Not a worry. My armour can also transform in any environment as well, in air, in land and in sea.", Chris said. "Interesting. Once I kill you, I shall take that suit as my own and escape this world then. I'm curious as to what other sorts of powers are beyond Port Royal and this island now.", Davy Jones replied. Chris slashed at Davy Jones five straight times and sliced his chest, causing some dismay amongst the audience of his crew members. "Sadly, you won't live long to find out.", Chris replied.
Then Chris engaged Davy Jones once more, this time at the center of his ship. He slashed and hacked, left right left right left right again. Then with a single clash, kicked Davy Jones to the flow and pierced the spot where his heart would be. Davy Jones laughed at this gesture as he said, "Foolish boy. I don't have anything there but a hollow space. What good'll that do ya?" Chris smiled as he said, "I wasn't aiming for your chest." With a single slash his sword was stripped from his bare hands and Davy Jones was out bested by the youngest of the MVC members. "Very good boy, however that was only round one and round two. We got one round a piece and that's not all. We still have a third round yet. Then we'll see who's the better of the two on this ship.", Davy Jones replied. So once again, Davy Jones and Chris had at it once more. Chris slashed Davy Jones near the tip of his sword and back shuffled this time and then while standing on his hands clashed with Davy Jones holding his sword with his feet to put on a real show. He walked forwards three times while clashing each time, defended as Davy Jones pushed down hard with his sword and he said, "Fancy fightin' lad, but it won't help you." Chris then thought to himself, 'That's what you think there buddy.' Then before Davy Jones knew it, Chris slashed his chest again and threw him into the air. Then with his swift agility slashed the brutish captain ten times and slammed him to the ground. Then Chris held Davy Jones' own sword at him as a sign of defeat and thus won this fight against him.
As he left into his brown portal, Davy Jones asked, "What's the matter? Afraid I can't die. Once my chest is brought to me, I'll hunt ya to the far reaches of this world just like I did with Jack Sparrow." Chris shook his head as he said, "I got all I needed from this fight. Consider this a good break for you. I won't kill, but I could easily do it, with or without your heart inside you. Next time, you won't be so lucky." Chris then left Davy Jones baffled and confused as his loyal crew returned and they arose from the sea to the Black Pearl. As Chris returned, Jack Sparrow said to Mr. Gibbs with Kairi, Luigi, Goofy, Elizabeth and Will behind him, "I'll handle this one mates." Then Jack held out a jar of sand and said to Davy Jones and his fishy crew, "Hey fish mates. Lose something. Hey did ya really…" Then Jack tripped over the stairs of his ship to the center of his ship. After a brief silence Jack raised the jar above him and said, "Got it. Come to negotiate ya slimy git. Look what I got. I got a jar of dirt. I got a jar of dirt and guess what's inside of it." Davy Jones then said, "Enough." To which he turned around and ordered his crew to open the shafts with the canons inside on the Portside of his ship. As this occurred the crew began tough orders to turn the Black Pearl to the far end of Starboard side. As this occurred Davy Jones too ordered a slight turnaround to the Starboard side and they began blasting away at the Black Pearl with every canon shot. Davy Jones said confidently on ship, "Let 'em have a taste of the 'Triple Canons'." To which a crewmate of his said, "Aye Captain."
The Black Pearl was bombarded by three swift blasts from the Bow of the Flying Dutchman. Chris then told Kairi to transform into her armoured suit and as she did so told her to aim her sword into the sky and chant, "Moe Dom Bashoe" three times. Thus a purple barrier appeared around their ship deflecting shots by the Flying Dutchman and the crew cheered as this happened. Kairi then asked Chris, "What does 'Moe Dom Bashoe' mean?" "It's Sanshobian for 'My Safety from the Heavens' actually. Victor told me that chant a while back just in case of an emergency. Now the only thing left to worry is…" Davy Jones noticed the barrier and said, "So it's a war that this 'MVC' wants. Well it's a war they'll get. Release the Kraken." The crewmates then replied as they turned an odd wooden crank, "Aye captain." Then before they all knew the monster himself appeared surrounding the Black Pearl. Chris gathered everyone together as he said, "Gentlemen, prepare yourselves. We got ourselves a fight of the century."
The first of the tentacles appeared to which Goofy and Kairi teamed up against and sliced through easily, but those were only two of its vicious tentacles though. The crew threw as much as they could at the beast, but it was way too powerful. Luigi then said to Chris, "Let me handle this. I know I can do this." Chris shook his head as he said, "Forget it Luigi, you'll die. I won't take that chance." Luigi then said, "I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing this for Mario, for the world, Kairi, you." Chris sighed at this and got Goofy to give Luigi the electric device. Chris then explained to Kairi and Goofy that they would distract the beast while Luigi would toss the device into the monster's belly and hope for a miracle. Even as the plan got underway, crewmates were getting tossed about the monster's sheer power and even Kairi and Goofy were getting slammed by the monster's tenacity. Chris then stabbed the beast in its left eye, blinding it as he yelled, "Come on! You know you want me!!" He then ran across the deck and the beast followed him as well as Jack Sparrow who was also preoccupied with the beast as well. He shot a bullet straight into a bunch of barrels carrying gun powder and blasted away a couple more of the beast's tentacles.
The crew questioned about whether to abandon the Black Pearl and go to land or stay and fight. Either situation involved them getting into some danger, but they ultimately decided to head for land and abandon the Black Pearl. As the crew headed off to a single lifeboat Jack tried to use to make a cowardly escape, He had a moment to think about what he was going to do and Elizabeth said, "Thank you Jack." "We're not free yet love.", Jack said. "You came back. I always knew you were a good man." Even as Elizabeth smooched Jack, Chris in some odd way saw a bit of his parents to which he thought, 'Why now? Why would I think of Mom and Dad now? Something's not right.' Yet with no time to waste and headed down the ship, Luigi meanwhile stayed with Jack to fulfill his destiny. Soon enough, Goofy, Kairi and Mr. Gibbs were on the lifeboat as well. Jack was chained up to the mast of the Black Pearl and Luigi was too. "Oh well, better this than the Captain's quarters eh mate?", Jack asked. Luigi nodded and soon awaited the finishing blow from the Kraken. Soon enough, they struggled to set their hands free from the chains and as they both did so, they noticed the Kraken was right there and roared towards them with its spit flying everywhere and saliva covering the ship. The monster approached Jack with its mouth wide open ready to swallow him up as Luigi threw in his device and meanwhile, the crew of the Black Pearl escaped, and even Chris, Kairi and Goofy escaped as well, not knowing what became of Jack or Luigi at all.
They escaped out at sea and with a large explosion, the Kraken died, but the ship capsized as well. It didn't look good and seemed as though Jack and Luigi were gone. But from the very depths Luigi appeared on wreckage of the ship near the wreckage Chris and others used to stay afloat and Luigi was alive, but just barely. The same could not be said so for Jack. His life was claimed by the sea. They soon returned to Tia Dalma, exhausted, cold and befuddled. "What a day. Luigi was lucky enough to have destroyed that monster. I'm surprised you survived at all.", Chris said. Luigi said, "Jack tossed me overboard at the last second before the device went off. I should have stayed instead of him. Then none of this would have happened." "Nah, I should have been more helpful to you guys and went to Isla Cruces with ya, then maybe we could have ended this a long time ago with Davy Jones' Heart.", Goofy said. Outside were people holding candles in the shallow swampy depths of Tia Dalma's home as a sign of Jack Sparrow's passing. Tia Dalma offered drinks to everyone to ease against the cold night and their pain of Jack's loss, though even that would not do much good.
"Doesn't matter now, the Pearl's gone along with its captain.", Will said. "Aye, and already the world seems a little less bright.", Mr. Gibbs said. "Fooled us all right to the end, but I guess that honest streak finally went out. To Jack Sparrow.", Mr. Gibbs continued. Kairi and Goofy replied, as did the rest of the former crew, Elizabeth, Will and then finally Chris, "To Jack Sparrow!" Will noticed Elizabeth grieving and said, "If there was any way to bring him back Elizabeth…" Before the group could say anything they soon made their leave quietly before Tia Dalma could make her famous speech, and as they left via a brown portal and it closed, a black portal opened and Mike, Torahne, Mickey and Riku appeared just in time for Tia Dalma's speech. "Would you do it?" the black witchdoctor asked. "Well would you? What would any of you be willing to do? Would you sail the far ends of the earth to withdraw Jack back and his precious Pearl?" The entire crew said, "Aye!" as did Mike and his group although they were yet to be introduced to Elizabeth the others along with Will and Elizabeth herself. "Alright, but if you're to brave the haunted shores at 'World's End', then you'll need a captain who knows those waters. Before anyone could answer next, footsteps came down from Tia Dalma's second floor and low and behold from the wooden stairway it was Captain Barbossa and his monkey pet on his right shoulder. The man asked, "So tell me, what's become of my ship?" As he did so, he bit into a green apple with its juices dripping down his face and he laughed a little as his monkey growled leaving everyone in utter shock and surprise to his return. A few hours later, Mike and his group would introduce themselves to Elizabeth and her group and explain about their purpose in Port Royal, but also little did they know, the Squadron would return and Riku would have the fight of his life fast approaching.
(A fine end to such a long chapter. This has taken me forever to do, but it is done. As was said, this is leading up to At World's End and I will try to follow that movie as best as I can as well. The significance of Chris seeing his parents from looking at Jack and Elizabeth kissing will make a lot more sense as I keep going too. It has a lot to the Eternal Beyond as a small spoiler. More to come so stay tuned.)
(Next Time: The City of Randgriz.)
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