Including Katrina

Disclaimer: I don't own anything about this movie presented in this story. I only own the character Katrina, Judge Banks, Charles Davenport, and any creative additions put into the original story.

Chapter 36

"I'm gonna teach you the meaning of pain," one of the trio of pirates said sneeringly as he raised his sword to Will's throat.

"You like pain?" Elizabeth asked furiously upon entering the cave with Katrina, then taking a gold staff knocked the pirate to ground, "Try wearing a corset."

Will was surprised but relieved in seeing Elizabeth. However, just as he began to open his mouth to speak two more pirates appeared to attack.

As they began attacking back at these pirates, Katrina came into Will's line of sight. She had found a sword and was fencing the pirate that Elizabeth had but a moment ago knocked to the ground.

Eventually, Katrina turned her sword-fighting match around so that she could look beyond the pirate at Will and Elizabeth. Having gotten Will's attention, the blacksmith signaled Katrina to come towards him. With sly maneuvers Katrina was able to advance against her opponent so that he retreated right where Will wanted him.

Together, Will and Elizabeth took the gold staff hand in hand, and pushed it through all three of the remaining pirates of the cave as they stood in the moonlight. Then Will, lighting a small grenade, stuffed it into the chest cavity of one of the pirates. Pushing them out of the moonlight so that the pirates couldn't get the grenade out, the trio were blown to pieces.

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"Elizabeth, what are you doing here?" Will was finally able to ask, then seeing Katrina from behind added, "and what is she doing here?"

"Not now, Will," Elizabeth said softly, then looking past him at the skeletal Jack fighting in the moonlight asked, "Whose side is Jack on?"

"At the moment?" Will asked following Elizabeth's gaze.

"Jack!" Katrina whispered loudly when she saw him and tried to run past Elizabeth and Will to get to him.

"No, Katrina," Elizabeth and Will said strictly as they pushed her back away from the direction she was headed towards Jack and Barbossa.

"But I must," Katrina whined as she held up her sword, still looking past them at Jack fighting Barbossa.

"No, Katrina," Elizabeth said with concern.

"Katrina," Will said as he blocked Jack from her view, "Do you still have your dagger?"

"Yes," Katrina nodded.

"Can I please have it?"

Katrina gave Will a questioning look before giving in. She then lifted up her dress along her right leg and pulled the dagger out of her garter.

"Now, just sit and stay here," Will ordered as he took up her dagger and ran to the backside of the golden mound.

"Please, Katrina, just obey what Will says, everything will be alright," Elizabeth confirmed as she took off after Will.

Katrina sat on the rock as she was told, and continued to watch in fear as Jack and Barbossa continued to clash swords back and forth in the shadows. Then, as Will and Elizabeth appeared by the stone chest, Jack slit his own hand, took hold of a gold coin and threw it up at Will. Seeing Jack begin to reach for his pistol, Barbossa quickly pulled his out first.

Instinctively, for fear what could become of Jack, Katrina leapt off the rock she had been sitting on and began jumping from stone to stone across the small pool of water that separated her from Jack.

Noticing Katrina for the first time, Barbossa changed his aim from Jack to her. Jack, however, kept his aim right at Barbossa's heart. Katrina, seeing Barbossa's change of direction of his pistol, came to an abrupt stop. Suddenly a gunshot went off, and Katrina gasped.