Note: Yeah, my bad on getting a chapter daily. Some personal issues came up unexpectedly which kept me from a computer. However, I bring you an extremely long chapter to make up for it, although I had wanted to get further on this date. I will try to still accomplish my goal by the 30th.
Chapter 51: The Brethren Court
Lord Beckett sat in the ship as the mysterious man walked to the other side of his room. "I overheard that this Brethren Court is gathering during the attack upon the hideout. Where, I unfortunately did not hear. And something about getting nine pieces of eight."
Suddenly, a well dressed Norrington walked in. "Admiral," Beckett said.
"You summoned me Lord Beckett," said Norrington.
"Yes, I believe this sword is yours," Beckett said handing back the sword he was given when a Commodore. "And this is Luxord. He will be put in charge of the Flying Dutchman after all the problems with Davey Jones.
The golden cloaked Seeker turner around to face Norrington. "I promise you we shan't have any problems. I've dealt with pirates before, so I should, after all, be the best suited for this."
******
Riku slowly trudged upon the shore, soaked. "I'm really beginning to hate falling in the ocean and my home town's an island."
Everyone slowly walked up on the shore, tired and somewhat shaken as they looked around the wasteland that faced them. "Well, this place is pretty forsaken," Roxas said.
"Thank you Captain Obvious," Vald said trying to fry off his sword to prevent it from rusting, again.
"I don't see Jack. I don't see anyone," Elizabeth said.
"He's here," Barbossa said. "Davey Jones never gave up what he took."
"It doesn't matter. We're trapped here just like Jack because of your doing," Will said.
"Witty Jack is closer than you think," Tia said, petting an oddly shaped crab.
Namine walked up to her and looked at the crab. "I've never seen such a crab before. Did you find it here?"
But, everyone began to hear a loud noise. They all looked at a sand dune where they could hear the noise becoming louder. They began to see the impossible. They saw Jack Sparrow standing at the front of the Black Pearl as moved up and over the sand on top of an odd moving group of creatures. "Impossible," Donald quacked.
"Boat," Goofy just said dumbfounded.
"Slap me thrice and hand me to me momma, it's Jack!" Gibbs said.
As the Pearl came over the sand, gravity took over as the ship slid down the sand and into the ocean waves, where several crabs that were beneath it soon walked off back into the sand. Neku had taken out his camera to take another picture, but found that the batteries were dead. "Dang, that would have been a good one too," he said to himself.
Jack soon came from the Pearl as he walked over to the group. "A sight for my sore eyes! Jack!" Gibbs said running up to Sparrow.
"Mr. Gibbs," Jack said as if nothing extraordinary had happened. "I expect you can account for your actions, then?"
"Captain?" Gibbs said, confused.
"There has been a perpetual and virulent lack of discipline aboard my vessel! Why is that, sir?"
"Jack, you're in Davey Jones locker," Gibbs replied.
"I know that. Don't think that I do," Jack said walking towards Barbossa.
"Jack Sparrow," Barbossa said.
"Ah, Hector. It's been long, hasn't it?" Jack said as if meeting an old friend.
"Hector?" Goofy asked, surprised at Barbossa's name.
"Aye, Isla de Muerta, remember? You shot me," Barbossa said.
Jack gave him a face. "No I didn't." He then turned to see Sora. "Ah, Zola, I see you're back. Have you finally found out a way to give me that fancy blade of yours?" Jack said.
"You tried to give him the keyblad?" Kairi said.
"No I didn't," Sora said.
"Yes you did," Donald argued.
"He thinks we're a hallucination," Neku realized.
"And how'd you come to that?" Mickey asked.
"Personal history dealing with people who can't see you," Neku said.
"William," Jack said walking up to Will, "tell me something. Have you come because you need my help to rescue a certain distressing damsel? Or rather a damsel in distress? Either one."
"No."
"Then you wouldn't be here. So you can't be here. Q.E.D. you're not really here."
" Jack, this is real, we're here," Elizabeth said.
Jack looked at Elizabeth, saw her, and his mind suddenly got sober from hallucinations. He quickly turned to Gibbs and whispered. "The locker, you say?"
" Aye."
" We've come to rescue you," Riku said.
" Have you, now? That's very kind of you. But seeing as I possess a ship and you don't, it seems as though you're the ones in need of rescuing and I'm not sure as I'm in the mood."
I see my ship right there," Barbossa said pointing at the Pearl.
" Can't spot it, must be a tiny little thing hiding somewhere behind the Pearl."
"Jack. Cutler Beckett has the heart of Davy Jones. He controls the Flying Dutchman," Yami said.
"He's taking over the seas," Namine added.
" The song has already been sung. The Brethren Court is called," Tia said in her strange voice.
" Leave you people alone for a minute and look what's happened, everything's gone to pot," Jack said, waving his hand.
" Aye, Jack. The world needs you back something fierce," Gibbs said.
" And you need a crew,"
" Why should I sail with any of you? Four of you have tried to kill me in the past…"
"Five," Axel corrected, holding up five fingers.
"Axel?!" Sora said.
"Heh, he had annoyed me enough with the constant betraying, and I tried to nock him off so well. Turned out I missed."
"Alright," Jack continued, somewhat surprised. "Five of you tried to kill me in the past, one of you succeeded." Will looked surprisingly at Elizabeth. " Oh, she's not told you? You'll have loads to talk about while you're here. As for you..." he said turning to Tia.
" Now, don't tell me you didn't enjoy it, at the time."
" All right, fair enough, you're in. Gibbs, you can come. Zola."
"SORA!"
"Whatever. Donald. Goofy. Riku. Yami. Axel, I'm a bit iffy about considering you tried to kill me, but I like the outfit. Who are you?" said to Roxas as he stood by the others and the crew they had picked up.
"Uh, Roxas. This is the crew."
" Where do your allegiances lie?"
" With the highest bidder," said a crewmember.
" I have a ship."
": That makes you the highest bidder."
" Good man. Weigh anchor, all hands, prepare to make sail," Jack said as he pulled out his compass, but it spun wildly as he walked back to the Pearl. Everyone began to follow, Barbossa right behind him. "Jack, which way ya goin', Jack?"
******
They had sailed for a day in the eternal ocean, seeing nothing but the spooky cave of dead spirits passing by on the way out. Now they sailed on a bare ocean horizon, the sun beginning to set in the sky. From what Yami could tell, nothing important was going one because there was too much drama. Sparrow and Barbossa both arguing over who the Captain was, Will and Elizabeth having love drama about secrets, and she even now noticed Roxas and Namine holding hands. She pretended to look at the ocean horizon as Axel walked by, finally changed out of the pirate costume back just in his robe as he finished untying the black bandana over his forehead. "Time to shed that personality," he said.
"You tried to kill Jack, huh?" Yami said.
Axel shrugged. "Nah. I didn't. I had a few plans and half a mind two, but I never actually committed it."
Yami shrugged. "Dang, I actually felt proud of you for a second Axel."
Axel turned to lean against the rail. "You're woundering about them, huh?"
"Who?"
"Them two, over there, holding hands," Axel said, pointing out the obvious.
"Why so?"
"You're wondering how they could share feelings, right?"
"Aren't they just souls after all?" Yami said.
"Well, you're talking to one. The thing is we soulz are strong souls that survive through our feelings and emotions. After all, that's all we really have. So, love can exist, even without a heart. Besides, their case is special. They are not normal soulz. They're soulz of nobodies, but the original selves still exist."
"What?" Yami said.
Axel pointed to another part of the ship where Sora, Riku, and Kairi were talking. "You mean…Sora and Kairi?" she said. "Well, that does make some sense."
"So I see our little dark wielder doesn't understand everything there is to see. Not even the more obvious."
"What do you mean?"
"Why do you think Riku talks so much about the darkness?"
Yami thought for a second. "You don't mean he's…a heartless?"
Axel waved her towards under the deck. "It's easier to show than explain."
Cautiously, Yami followed Axel into the ship into a small charting room where several maps of the seas hung up against the walls. Quickly, Axel slammed the door behind her and brought one of his charklams ablaze in front of the only door, sealing off escape. "What are you doing?" Yami said, summoning Dark Whisper.
Axel chuckled. "Nothing, just time for some Q and A, that's all."
"Let me out, or I'll let myself out," Yami said.
Axel reached something in his pocket and threw at the small table in the room. "I think you can explain to me about this," he said pointing at the photograph.
Yami gasped at the picture and slightly lowered her weapon, stunned and nervous. "How…how…did you…"
"Trust me, there's a lot more I know about than you think. Now, care to talk a little bit. How about the beginning, eh?"
Yami looked back and forth between Axel and the photo as Axel sat down in a chair and offered another to Yami. Slowly, she sat down, and dismissed the keyblade. "Well?" Axel said.
"The beginning…I was just a girl. A normal girl in Radiant Garden…a normal life…"
*****
After several minutes with talking back to himself several times, Jack suddenly realized something with the map in front of him. "Not sunset, sundown...and rise.," he said as he turned the chart around. "UP!"
Instantly, he sprung to his feet and ran to the side of the ship, some looking at him. "Oh, what's that? What's that? I don't know, what IS that? What do you think?"
"Where?" asked Elizabeth.
"There!"
"What is it?" King Mickey asked.
Jack than quickly ran to the other side of the Pearl, nearly everyone following him to look over the edge on the other side of the boat. Quickly, ran across again, everyone following. Suddenly, Neku noticed some rope on the deck shifting back and forth. "He's rocking the ship," he said.
"We're rocking the ship!" Gibbs said as soon as everyone got the idea.
Soon, everyone had run across the ship several times back and forth that the Pearl had nearly capsized, everyone running as fast as they could to the other side, and held on tightly as they felt the ship begin to capsize. "Now up is down," Jack said just before they all plunged under the water.
For a few moments, they hung there under the water. Suddenly, a green flash appeared over the water that could be seen, and the water and gravity seemed to reverse itself as everyone soon found each other back on the deck of the ship. They were all wet, but they were alive and back in the real world as many cheered in joy. However, quickly Jack, Will, Elizabeth, and Barbossa all drew their guns and pointed them at one another. Neku slammed his palm on his face. "Again?"
The four looked at each other tensely, but began to laugh and bring their weapons down, but quickly brought them up again. Suddenly, the looked out of the corner of their eyes as they could hear swearing beneath the deck as Axel and Yami walked on board. "What the blazes-" Axel started to say, but saw the four pointing guns at one another. "uh….never mind." Axel sais as he and Yami slowly backed under the ship and shut the door to where the four turned back to each other. Will than went to fire his gun, but all he got was a click. Soon, everyone pulled the trigger but all the guns did was click. "Wet powder," Gibbs murmured from behind.
Sora sighed. "This wasn't at all what it was last time I was here," he said to himself walking over to the mast.
Valdamar meanwhile walked away from the arguing four about what to do as he looked at the map. After fooling around for a little bit, he found out how to work it. After a little bit, nearly everyone sat nearby or stood behind Valdamar as he looked over the map, Axel and Yami finally came up from below. "And not a word," Yami said.
"Unless the status quo changes," Axel said, "which hopefully it doesn't."
"What are you talking about?" Roxas asked.
"Nothing!" Axel and Yami said at the same time which caused Roxas to back up slightly.
"There's a freshwater spring on this island. We can resupply there, and then you can get back to shooting each other later," Vald said with some small humor.
"You can go on shore with a group while I stay on my ship," Jack said.
"I'm not leaving you in charge on my ship!" Barbossa said.
"How about you both go to shore while I am in charge in the ship!" Will said. He quickly received glares from the two captains. "Temporarily."
Soon Barbossa, Jack, Donald, Goofy, Sora, Valdamar, and a number of the crew given by Feng went in boats towards the island. Only later while the Pearl floated slowly away from the island, Yami noticed something. "No…could it be?"
Riku walked over and saw the Kraken upon the shore of the island, dead. "How…how could that be?"
King Mickey walked over and saw it too. "Welp, it looks like things are much more serious than we thought. Even if Jones was working with Maleficent before, there's no way that she's working with him now that Beckett has the heart."
"Quite correct, your majesty."
They turned to see Luxord behind them, smirking. "You!" Riku said.
However, before he could attack, the crew members of Feng quickly all grabbed them. "What are you doing?" Neku said as he was held down.
Riku then turned to see two ships approaching. One Feng stood on, and the other was who Riku could only assume was Beckett himself. "You see, Lord Beckett and the Seekers have a common goal, so we're working together for the time being. After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I am I wrong?" the Gambler of Fate said tossing some dice in his hand.
Soon, the group that had gone ashore came back in a similar fashion, to where Jack was surprised to see Luxord. "You again? I suppose you don't want the heart too? Jeez, you bloody people want everything."
Sao Feng walked upon board of the Black Pearl and walked up to Sparrow. "Jack Sparrow, you paid me great insult once."
"That doesn't sound like me," Jack said before Feng punched him in the nose. "Shall we just call it square, then?"
Will then walked up, not held by any crewmen as he saw Elizabeth being held captive. "Release her. She's not part of the bargain."
"And what bargain be that?" Barbossa asked, realizing what was going on.
"You heard Capt. Turner. Release her," Feng said to his men.
"Capt. Turner?" Axel said, surprised.
"Aye, the profidious rotter led a mutiny against us," Gibbs said.
"I need the Pearl to free my father. That's the only reason I came on this voyage," Will explained.
"Why didn't you tell me you were planning this?" Elizabeth said.
"It was my burden to bear."
"He needs the Pearl! Capt. Turner needs the Pearl! And you felt guilty. And you and your Brethren Court! Did no one come to save me just because they missed me?" Jack said. Gibbs somewhat rolled his eyes. Goofy slowly put his hand up, Donald following, than Sora. "I'm standing over there with them," Jack said turning to walk to them.
"I'm sorry, Jack, but there's an old friend who wants to see you first," Luxord, waving to the ship Beckett stood on.
"Oh. Him," Jack said slightly surprised, after only moving aboard the other ship when Luxord pulled out a bladed card like a knife at Jack.
As Jack slowly followed Beckett into hi quarters of the ship, Sao Feng's crew than punched Will back and also held him up. "And you think I would waste this opportunity to take the Black Pearl?" he said.
"Seriously, what is it with you pirates?" Neku said trying to get out of the strong crewmember's grasp.
"I believe you misunderstand something there, Feng. The Black Pearl is now property of the East India Trading Company," Luxord said.
"The deal was the Pearl was to belong to me!" Feng said outraged that he had been tricked as well.
"Lord Beckett's not going to give up the only ship that can outrun the Dutchman, now is he?" Luxord said giving a small laugh as he climbed back aboard Beckett's ship.
"It's a shame they're not bound to honor the Code of the Brethren, ain't it? Because honor's a hard thing to come by nowadays," Barbossa said.
"There's no honor in remaining with the losing side. Leaving it for the winning side, that's just good business," Feng said.
"The losing side, you say?"
"They have the Dutchman, now the Pearl. And what do the Brethren have?"
"We have Calypso."
"Hmph, Calypso! An old legend."
"Calypso? You mean like the goddess of the sea?" Valdamar said rubbing his wrists as Fengs crew upon command began to let go of everyone.
"The same," Barbossa said. "No, the goddess herself, bound in human form. I intend to release her, but for that I need the Court, all the Court."
"What are you proposing, Captain?" Feng asked, now intrigued.
"What be accepted, Captain?"
" The girl."
Slowly, the two captains turned to look at Elizabeth. "What?" she said.
"Elizabeth is not part of any bargain!" Will said, Sora standing next to him nodding.
"Out of the question." Barbossa stopped him.
"It was not a question," Feng agreed.
"Done," Elizabeth said.
"What?" Riku said.
"Not done!" Will said, trying to stop her.
" You got us into this mess! If this is what frees us, then done!" Elizabeth shook him off.
"She's right…let her go," Yami nodded.
"You're sure?" Riku asked Yami.
"You can't trust me?" Yami asked.
"Elizabeth! They're pirates!" Will protested.
"I've had more than enough experience dealing with pirates!" she said pushing Will aside as he watched hopelessly.
"So we have an accord?" Barbossa said, holding out his hand to Feng.
*****
"And you can accomplish all this, can you?" Beckett asked Jack.
"You may kill me, but you may never insult me. Who am I? I'm Captain Jack Sparrow!" Suddenly, the ship was blasted by the blast of a cannonball. Jack quickly grabbed Beckett's hand than shook it. "Done!" he said before quickly running out. He ran out on top o the ship were a small cannon was raised as he quickly tied a rope around a cannonball and loaded it. Just then, Luxord ran up to where Jack was, and stared in curiosity at what Jack was doing.
"You're mad!" The Golden-Cloaked Seeker said.
"Thank goodness for that, because if I wasn't, this would probably never work."
Jack fired the cannon, which hit the mast and vaulted Jack up and onto the statues at the back of the Black Pearl. "And that was without a single drop of rum." He quickly turned to where he saw Riku and Sora quickly blasting away at Beckett's ship as both the Pearl and Feng's ship fled off, Feng's crew back aboard his vessel along with Elizabeth.
"Where now?" Axel asked quickly grabbing the wheel, Valdamar looking at the map.
"Shipwreck Cove mates, Shipwreck cove!"
*****
Riku shook his head. This was all madness. First Will "supposedly" falling off the Pearl one night, and now here was the brethren court which consisted of the weirdest amount of people. He, Sora, Axel, and Gibbs were the only ones representing the crew with Jack and Barbossa after Barbossa had made his claim to free Calypso. "I really just can't see how this can get any weirder," Riku whispered to Axel.
"Aye, let's hope not," Axel said.
Riku stared at Axel. "Did you just say Aye?"
Axel stared off for a moment, than slapped himself on his face. "I have been here way too long."
"Those aren't pieces of eight," Sora said as he saw one of the Pearl's crewmembers with a wooden eye walk around gathering the supposed pieces of eight. "It's just junk."
"Aye, the original plan was to use nine pieces of eight to bind Calypso, but when the first court met, the brethren were to a one, skint broke," Gibbs said.
"So just change the name," Sora said.
"To what? 'Nine Pieces of Whatever We Happened to Have in Our Pockets at the Time'? Oh yes, that sounds very piratey."
"Mr. Ragetti, if you will," Barbossa said as the pirate came back with six items in the bowl.
"I kept it safe for you, just like you said when you gave it to me," the pirate said.
"Aye, ya have, but now I need it back." To which he hit the pirate on the back of the head as the wooden eye popped out and fell in the bowl. The pirate walked back a bit and put an eye patch over his missing over where the wooden eyeball had been. "Sparrow!" said a Pirate Lord.
Jack touched a coin on his bandana for a second, but hesitated. "Might I point out that we are still short one pirate lord, and I'm content as a cucumber to wait until Sao Feng joins us."
Then, Elizabeth walked in out of nowhere. "Sao Feng is dead. He fell to the Flying Dutchman," she said as she tossed a piece in the bowl.
"And made you captain? They're just giving the bloody title away now," Jack said surprised.
"Listen," Elizabeth said to the court. "Our location has been betrayed. Jones is under the command of Lord Beckett, they're on their way here."
There was some mumble among the pirates in the room. "Who would do such a thing?" said one Lord.
"No likely one among us," Barbossa put in.
"Where's Will?" Elizabeth asked Sparrow.
"Not among us."
"We must fight!" Riku said.
"Shipwreck Cove is a mighty fortress," said one Pirate Lord. "We can wait them out for many months."
"There is a third course. In another age, at this very spot, the first court captured the sea goddess, and bound her in her bones. That was a mistake. Oh, we tamed the seas for ourselves, aye, but opened the door to Beckett and his ilk. Better were the days when mastery of seas came not from bargains struck with eldritch creatures, but from the sweat of a man's brow and the strength of his back alone. Y'all know this to be true. Gentlemen, ladies. We must free Calypso," Barbossa spoke to everyone.
This did not go well with the pirates. "Shoot him!" yelled one.
"Cut out his tongue!" cried out another.
"Shoot him and cut out his tongue," Jack joined in, "then shoot his tongue. And trim that scraggly beard."
"Sao Feng would have agreed with Barbossa," said one Lord.
"Calypso was our enemy then, she will be our enemy now."
"And it's not likely her mood's improved."
"I would still agree with Sao Feng, we release Calypso!"
" You threaten me?"
"I silence you!"
All the pirates began to yell, some even fist fighting. "This is madness!" Riku said.
"This is politics," Jack said.
"Meanwhile our enemies are bearing down upon us," Elizabeth said.
"If they not be here already," Barbossa pointed out.
*****
Things just keep going from weird to even weirder Riku thought as he walked, the armada of ships besides Becket's ship and the Black Pearl. Sure, after a long series of arguments and ideas thrown around to the actually reading of the code from Sparrow's father ended up with electing a Pirate king so that war could be declared. In the most surprising vote ever, Elizabeth was made the Pirate King.
Riku, Elizabeth, Jack, and Barbossa had gone upon land to negotiate or something. As they approached, he could see Beckett, Davey Jones standing in buckets of water, Luxord, and…Will?!
"You be the cur that led these wolves to our door," Barbossa said.
"Don't blame Turner, he was merely the tool of your betrayal. If you wish to see its grand architect, look to your left," Luxord said grinning.
The everyone turned to look at Jack. For once, I'm not surprised, Riku thought to himself.
"My hands are clean in this....figuratively," Sparrow said trying to protect himself.
"My actions were my own and to my own purpose. Jack had nothing to do with it," Will said.
"Well spoke, listen to the tool."
"Will, I've been aboard the Dutchman, I understand the burden you bear, but I fear that cause is lost.
Will: No cause is lost if there is but one fool left to fight for it," Elizabeth said.
"If Turner was not acting on your behalf, then how did he come to give me this?" Beckett said holding Jack's compass. "You made a deal with me, Jack, to deliver the pirates, and here they are. Don't be bashful, step up, claim your reward," said tossing the compass back to Jack, who looked somewhat stupefied.
"Your debt to me is still to be satisfied. One hundred years in service aboard the Dutchman. As a start," Davey Jones said, staring at Jack with hate.
"That debt was paid, mate, with help," he said pointing at Riku and Elizabeth.
"You escaped!"
"I propose an exchange. Will leaves with us, and you can take Jack," Elizabeth said.
"Done," said Will.
"Undone," Jack said.
"Done," Beckett said, Luxord adding a small laugh.
"Jack is one of the nine pirate lords, you have no right..." Barbossa started to protest.
"King," Riku reminded him.
" As you command," Jack said, giving a bow to Elizabeth.
However as he did so, Barbossa took a knife and quickly cut away the piece of eight on Jack's bandana. "If you be sayin' something, I might be sayin' something as well."
With that, Jack and Will traded places as Jack walked next to Davey Jones who just stared at him."Do you fear death?"
"You have no idea," Jack said somewhat to himself.
"Advise your brethren, you can fight and all of you will die, or you cannot fight in which case only most of you will die," Beckett said, trying to make an offer.
"We will fight, and you will die," Elzibeth said turning around, Riku, Barbossa, and Will following her.
"Suit yourself," Luxord said as the other group left in the opposite direction.
"King?" Will asked Riku.
"Of the Brethren Court. Courtesy of Jack."
"Maybe he really does know what he's doing."
*****
Roxas took a crab off his head and threw it overboard. " Was that it?"
They had brought back Calypso, which actually had been Tia Dlama, but she did not wish to help the pirates and was brought back upon the open seas. "Why, she's no help at all. What now?" Neku said.
"Nothing. Our final hope has failed us," Barbossa said sitting on the stairs, as Barbossa actually had lost all hope. Nothing in his mind could save them.
"It's not over," Kairi said.
"There's still a fight to be had," Sora agreed.
"We've an armada against us, and with the Dutchman, there's no chance," Gibbs said.
"You're right," Elizabeth said going in front of the group upon the Black Pearl. "Then what shall we die for? You will listen to me. Listen! The brethren will still be looking here to us, to the Black Pearl to lead, and what will they see? Frightened bilge rats aboard a derelict ship? No! They will see free men, and freedom. And what the enemy will see is the flash of our cannons, they will hear the ring of our swords and they will know what we can do! By the sweat of our brows, and the strength of our backs, and the courage of our hearts...gentlemen, hoist the colors!"
"Hoist the colors!" Will agreed.
"Hoist the colors!" Sora exclaimed.
"Hoist the colors!" Riku cried out as all the keyblade wielders raised their keyblades among the pirate's swords.
"The wind's on our side, boys, that's all we need!" Gibbs said, now inspired.
"HOIST THE COLORS!!!" Elizabeth cried out to the Pearl and the other pirate ships with them of the Brethren Court. All the crews cried out in joy, their flags flying up in pride. Goofy began raising the old Jolly Rodger up as well when Namine stopped him for a second. "We shall have a second flag. I made this just in time," she said handing Goofy another flag.
Goofy than rose the Jolly Rodger above the Black Pearl, with another flag right underneath it. Where there would be crossbones were two identical keyblades crossed, a crown in the place of a skull.
Back aboard the Flying Dutchman, Luxord received a signal from Beckett's ship. "To arms! We give no quarter!" Luxord said to the crew of the Dutchman.
Davey Jones looked up into the air as he saw a storm gathering as he could also feel a presence among him. "Calypso," he said to himself, and cried out in anger that she had been freed.
Back aboard the Pearl, the crew began to notice as rain began to fall. "That really can't mean anything good, can it?" Donald said.
"Don't worry Donald, just keep an eye out for those near you and we should be fine," said his Majesty, helping move a cannonball.
" Man the capstan....keep that powder dry!" Gibbs said giving orders, but stopped as he looked at the sea. "MAELSTROM!!"
Riku gasped as he saw an enormous whirlpool in the ocean, just between the Pearl and the Dutchman. "Captain Barbossa, we need you at the helm!" Elizabeth said to Barbossa still sitting down.
Slowly, life came back to Barbossa, a smile upon his face."Aye, that be true!" He quickly ran up and took the wheel, back to his original self, ready for any challenge. " ...brace up the yards, ya cockeyed deck apes...dyin' is a day worth livin' for!"
Back on the Dutchman, Luxord began to tell the crew to avoid the massive whirlpool, but Jones stopped him. "She'll not harm us. Full bore and into the abyss!" Jones commanded.
"Are you mad?" Luxord said, Ninja Soulz standing guard behind him.
"Ha! You afraid to get wet?" Jones said, grinning beneath his tentacles.
"On our stern and gaining!" Will reported.
"More speed! Haul your wind and hold your water!" Barbossa said lively.
"Take her out or she'll overbear us!" Sora warned.
"Nay, farther in! We'll cut across to faster waters!"
"Prepare to broadside!" Elizabeth ordered.
"Captain the guns!" Riku yelled to those nearby.
"At the ready!" Axel cried out.
Both ships entered the vortex, and began to spin around at each other, quickly getting close to each other. "Hold it! Wait till we're more to port," Gibbs said to the group at the cannons.
Soon, they had come close enough. "Fire!" Barbossa yelled from the wheel.
"Fire!" Elizabeth and Will yelled together.
"Fire" Yami yelled further down the ship.
"Fire!" Jones yelled from the Dutchman.
All cannons fired across at each other as the battle with such an uncertain outcome began.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Dezblade
