Familiar People (blacksmiths, pirates, commodores, governors, etc.,)= not mine

Katrina= mine!

Lyrics (whenever they pop in)= not mine

/blah/= thought

Here is where I change the rating from PG-13 to R, and for good reason. You have been warned.

*evil glare*

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Chapter 2: Darkness Falls and Two Curses are Revealed

The door rattled in its hinges as some unseen weight kept crashing into it. Somewhere in the shop, Kat heard Becca squeak in fear. "Becca! What the hell are you still doing in here?" She growled.

"You didn't come up for a while, so I decided to wait for you. Buddy system, y'know." Becca said, trembling as Jack grabbed her arm roughly.

"Ye'll help the whelp take the rest of these weapons an' hide 'em in the tunnel, savvy?" He said threateningly. Becca nodded and helped Will shove the trunks into the secret tunnel and pushed the barrels in front of it.

"What is it?" Kat whispered, aiming her gun at the door.

"The townsfolk." Jack replied, mimicking Kat's stance. "How'd you learn to shoot these things?"

"My older brother works for the Government. That's all I'm allowed to tell you." The door gave way, and two half-rotted redcoats lurched into the shop. Kat squeezed the trigger and felled the two zombies , who were twitching and leaking blood onto the floor. "Now what?"

"Try kicking them." Jack said, showing her.

"Ew!" She whined, stepping into the spreading pool of blood and giving the guard a good kick in the head.

"You're no Lara Croft, Kat." Becca said, laughing slightly. If Kat's evil glares could kill, Becca decided, she would have been dead on her feet.

"No. Lara Croft never had to face evil zombies." Kat spat, doing a little mock-Irish stepdance to rid her shoes of the blood. "We need to arm you and Will." She went back into the tunnel, clipping on her LED flashlight, and finding exactly what she needed for them. "Here." She tossed Becca and Will their guns. "Jack, take this." He accepted the silver Magnum from her. She came back, arms loaded with clips.

"The small ones are for the handgun, the large ones are for the machine guns." Becca quietly explained to the two men. They began assembling supply packs, with extra clips and whatever Becca and Kat had on them.

"What about the gold's curse?" Kat asked, her hand brushing up against Jack's. She fought the blush that was threatening to work its way across her face.

"Me 'n Will 'ave been down that hole for three hundred years without food and drink. We were both in possession of pieces of that cursed gold. But I was the only one cursed outright the first time around. Those who take a piece of the gold from that chest are cursed to live forever."

"That doesn't sound too bad." Kat murmured as they worked hurriedly. Jack stared at her in shock.

"Mind what you say, lass. I feel nothin', I taste nothin', I don't even need to breathe underwater. But when the moonlight falls upon us, we are exposed for what we really are." He stepped backwards, out into the moonlight. Kat jumped and screamed as she saw the handsome man evaporate into a half-rotting, skeletal figure. Becca looked up and shrieked as well. Two more undead guards rushed into the shop at the noise. Will shot them, while Kat kicked them, and they stayed down. A cloud drifted over the moon, and Jack returned to normal.

"Jesus Christ!" She gasped. "That's one helluva trick. How are we gonna lift this curse?"

"You're willing to help us?" Will asked.

"Yeah." Becca said, clipping her own LED flashlight to her jacket.

"Why don't we split up to search the island." Jack suggested.

"Great idea. Becca, you go with Will. Jack, you're with me." Kat headed out the door, Jack not far behind. "We'll meet up at the Fort in about three hours, 'kay?" Becca nodded, hefting her pack up on her shoulders.

~*~

Jack and Kat ran down the street, ducking in the shadows every so often to avoid the dead people. "Where do you want to try first?" Kat whispered.

"Doesn't matter." Jack shrugged.

"Why don't we start at the Governor's mansion and work our way down from there." They quickly darted up the road, hugging the shadows before they reached the gates to Governor Swann's mansion.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~