Chapter Ten: Lissie's Worst Enemy is Back
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"HE KISSED YOU?!" Beth screamed at Lissie the next morning. They were alone in their room; the guys were upstairs helping the crew out.
"Yeah…" said Lissie in a dreamy voice. She could still feel his lips on hers, the way his mustache and goatee tickled her…
"Hey, Mrs. Turner!" Beth suddenly said. Who's the blonde now? She thought to herself.
"That's my name, don't wear it out!" said Lissie happily. He had kissed her…!
"You do realize where we are and what part of the movie we're at, right?"
"I do?"
"Elizabeth…"
"Oh yeah," said Lissie without thinking. Then… "WHAT?!"
"What do you mean, what?"
"Well, she's the one Will loves, and she's the reason we're out here with the men of our dreams!"
"You think?" said Beth sarcastically.
"Great, now I have a feeling it's going to be war."
"You girls still sleeping?" came Jack's voice through the door.
"No, we're awake," said Beth.
"Good, because we just reached our destination."
Lissie could only hope that the storm had turned the ship around 180 degrees and that they were now back in Port Royal.
* * *
"He roped a couple of sea turtles…?"
"Aye, sea turtles!"
"What did he use for rope?" Will asked Gibbs.
They both looked up and saw Jack looking at them.
"Human hair. From my back. Lower anchor! Young Mr. Turner and I have to go ashore."
"Can't we come too?" asked Beth.
"Sorry, girls, but as much as we would like your company, we don't want you gettin' hurt," Jack replied.
"But—" began Beth.
"I'll make it up to you tonight, I promise," said Jack with a wink.
"Be careful," said Lissie to Will as she kissed him on the cheek. She had a feeling that the kiss they shared last night would be their last for a while, if not that, then the very last one.
"Captain! What if the worst should happen?" asked Gibbs suddenly.
"Keep to the code."
Jack and Will then climbed into a rowboat, and Lissie and Beth each blew a kiss to the one they loved. Once Will and Jack were inside the cave, the girls headed down to their cabin. Lissie turned to Beth once they were inside.
"You do realize what part this is, don't you?" she asked, a smile playing across her face.
"Uh…" Beth screwed up her face in thought. What came after this? she thought to herself. Will and Jack get inside the cave, Will rescues Elizabeth, Jack gets knocked out…
"AAAHHH!!!!!" she had just realized what part came next. "LISSIE!!!"
"What?" she asked innocently.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?! NOW JACK WON'T 'BE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP TO ME!!!!'"
"Slipped my mind," she said calmly.
"NO IT DIDN'T!"
"Okay, maybe you're right, but he comes back, doesn't he? And Will's and my future is unclear now that Elizabeth is back in the picture."
"Looks like we both got it hard."
"Yeah… let's just hope things turn out for the best."
* * *
"What code is Gibbs to keep to if the worst should happen?"
"Pirate's code. Any man who falls behind… is left behind."
"No heroes amongst thieves, aye?"
"You know, for having such a bleak outlook on pirates, you're well on your way to becoming one! Sprung a man from jail… commandeered a ship and fleet… set off with a buccaneer crew from Tortuga…"
Will saw hundreds of pieces of gold beneath the water, and was fascinated by it.
"And you're completely obsessed with treasure," broke in Jack.
"That's not true! I'm not obsessed with treasure!" said Will back as they climbed out of the boat.
"Not all treasure is silver and gold mate." Said Jack when they reached a spot where they could see what was going on inside the cave.
"Elizabeth," exclaimed Will.
What on earth are you doing?! said a voice inside his head.
"Huh?" said Will out loud.
"What are you talking about?" asked Jack.
"Sorry," Will whispered.
Why do you still have feelings for Elizabeth when you have feelings for Lissie? there was that voice again.
"I don't have feelings for Elizabeth!" said Will aloud again.
"Then why are we here?!" asked Jack.
"Sorry, but we're rescuing her whether you like it or not!"
"All right, all right, keep yer pants on, but it's just I thought that what happened between you and Lissie last night was enough to make us sail straight back home, but then I wouldn't be able to get revenge…"
"The cursed treasure of Cortés himself. Every last piece that went astray we have returned… same for this!" Barbossa said as he held the medallion from Elizabeth's neck.
"Jack!" Will began, and he upset some of the gold coins on the rock in front of him. Barbossa's monkey looked up.
Jack pulled Will down. "Not yet. We wait for the opportune moment."
As they were sneaking around a corner, Will came up to him and asked, "When's that? When's it of greatest profit to you?"
"Can I ask you something? Have I ever given you reason not to trust me? Do us a favor, I know it's difficult for you but please, stay here, and try not to do anything… stupid."
"You know the first thing I'm going to do when the curse is lifted… eat a whole bushel of apples," said Barbossa. He held the knife up to Elizabeth. "Begun by blood… by blood undone."
Will came up behind Jack, and whacked him in the back of the head with an oar, knocking him out cold. "Sorry Jack! I'm not going to be at your leverage!"
"That's it?" asked Elizabeth once Barbossa had cut her hand.
"Waste not," he said, smiling evilly. He then held his head up and closed his eyes, as did all the other pirates in the cave.
"Did it work?" asked Koehler.
"I don't feel no different," said Ragetti.
"How do we tell?" asked Pintel.
Barbossa rolled his eyes, pulled out his gun, and shot Pintel in the chest.
"You are not dead!" exclaimed Koehler.
"No… Hey! He shot me!"
"The curse is still upon us!"
Barbossa looked at the knife, and clearly there was blood on it. Then, he turned to Elizabeth. "You, maid! Your father, what was his name? Was your father William Turner?" he asked as he shook her shoulders.
"No," replied Elizabeth.
"Where's his child? The child that sailed from England eight years ago, the child in whose veins flows the blood of William Turner?" When Elizabeth wouldn't reply, Barbossa backhanded her, causing her to fall down the heap of treasure, and land right at the water's edge, the medallion level with her head.
While the pirates were having their argument, Will resurfaced in the water and got Elizabeth to follow her. She grabbed the medallion with her.
They got out of the cave, leaving Jack behind. Quietly, they took all the oars out of the rowboats, and hightailed it back to the Interceptor.
* * *
"Great, now here she comes," said Lissie once Will's rowboat was visible.
"Aw, come on, Lissie! She can't be that bad!"
How very wrong they were.
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