Pirates of the Caribbean 2: The Return of the Aztec Gold
Notes: This chapter gets a little intense. I hope you can keep up with all I'm trying to say. Plus I hope this doesn't upset you (for the Will Turner fans).
Chapter Eight: The Treasure's Location, Verbal agreements, and Anna's Engagement
The eight of them sat in silence as the ship began to move. Angler came back down to them after awhile.
"Well, Sparrow. Tell me exactly where this treasure of the Isle de Muerta is." Angler said.
"Don't you know, mate? The only way to find it is if you know where it is. And even if I gave you the correct directions, you'd never be able to find it." Jack explained.
"Please don't make this any harder than it has to be. We are both Captains here, Sparrow. I'm sure we can come to some sort of agreement." Angler said.
"Aye. But agreements is what lost me my ship in the first place." Jack said, taking a gulp of ale. Angler snatched the bottle away from him and threw it to the floor.
"Listen, Sparrow! I am in no spirits to be cut through the sails. Tell me where the treasure is!" Angler said.
"Why, mate? So you can leave myself and what's left of my crew to drown?" Jack said.
"If you believe that is the proper fate for you, then so be it." Angler said.
"I'm only saving you from a horrible fate, you know." Jack said.
"What sort of fate would this be? Ghost stories are for children, Sparrow." Angler said.
"This is no story, Angler. Its real." Jack said.
"You won' talk me out of treasure worth more than an entire city." Angler said.
"Its true." Anna said. "There is a curse. For all those who have greedy souls. They suffer and eternity in the deepest circles of hell. Once there, all that was taken must be returned before the curse can be lifted. Blood must be spilled. Trust me. I know." Will and Jack gave Anna a puzzled look.
"I'll show you when the moon comes out tonight." Anna said.
The day went on slowly. But Anna didn't mind. She wasn't quite sure she wanted to show her true self in the moonlight. She had finally explained to Will and Jack about how she came across the gold. Anna sat next to the other cell and Paul sat against it as well. They didn't really say much considering no one else was speaking and they didn't honestly want anyone else to know that Anna had agreed to give him a try.
"Anna, I want to know something." Paul whispered.
"What?" Anna whispered back.
"If we make it out of here alive, will you be my wife?" Paul asked, hopeful.
"I don't know." Anna replied, truthfully. She had no clue what the future would hold for her if they survived through everything.
"To be completely honest, Paul, I really can't even feel your breath on my face right now. How am I supposed to feel that I want to marry you when all of this is over?" Anna blurted.
"Oh. I see." Pail said. "You're immortal."
"Only until I can release the curse." Anna said.
"Are you two done talking about your future yet?" Will asked.
"We are now." Anna said.
"Good. Because I need to ask you about mine." Will said.
"What do you mean?" Paul asked.
"I don't know." Will answered. Anna and Paul exchanged puzzled looks.
The moon began to shine its light into the brig and Anna became nervous. She avoided the windows and any stream of light the moon gave through the window.
"Are you really cursed?" Jack asked.
"Aye." Anna answered. Jack took her hand and held it into the light. It turned skeletal and Jack dropped it.
"Well at least you weren't lying about it." he said.
Angler and the same men he had with him earlier came down to take Anna up into the full moonlight.
"Come on, lovely." Angler said. He grabbed her and dragged her up the stairs.
"Attention to me, mates! The little girly here is going to show us what will be our fate if we shall take on this treasure of the Isla de Muerta. Go on, then! Show us!" Angler said. Anna slowly let herself drift gracefully into the moonlight. Her skeletal form being uncovered inch by inch. The crew gasped and mumbled to each other. Captain Angler stood dazed. Anna turned around to face him.
"No one else needs to earn the fate of the greedy and self-hearted." she said. Angler gave her a cynical look and took out his sword.
From down below in the brig, the rest of them began trying to break out.
"I've got it!" Jack announced.
"You've got what?" Elisabeth asked.
"How to unlock it. But I'll be needing one of those pin things you women stick into your head to keep your hair on." Jack said. Elisabeth grabbed a pin from her hair and some strands fell down in the front. She handed it to Jack and he stuck it in the keyhole. After shifting it around a bit he finally unlocked the door. He did this same maneuver on the other cell and the seven of them ran up the stairs. Angler was grabbing at the skeletal form of Anna and tying her to one of the sails' poles. When he noticed that the seven guests were attacking his crew, he let go of the ropes he was using to tie Anna up with and went in to fight as well. But Anna got loose and grabbed a bucket from off the deck. She ran behind Angler and knocked him over the head with the metal part of the bucket. He immediately fell to the deck with a flop. Anna went for his sword, grabbed it, and went in to help the others.
Will had cut off the limbs of many of the crew members with a sword he stole from a pirate he had attacked with a barrel. Jack and he were fighting off the largest pirate on the ship; a huge, hairy man who was covered with scurvy and stronger than the entire ship itself. The pirate managed to unarm Will and Jack. He came towards them and looked as if he were about to kill them both with his bare hands.
"G-good pirate…n-nice pirate…" Will said, as if talking to a dog. Suddenly, a sword swooped out of nowhere and beheaded the pirate (A/N As if this could actually happen…but hey! My story…deal with it!). Anna stood by the fallen body of the pirate.
"Bad pirate." she said. She handed Will and Jack a pair of swords from off the deck and they continued to fight the crew. Elisabeth and Paul were struggling with two other pirates who had them matched against the walls.
"Get ready to say bye-bye!" The pirate said to Paul. Paul, from somewhere in his head, found the strength to plunge his sword into the pirate's stomach. He turned to do the same to the pirate Elisabeth was fighting, only through his back. He pulled the sword out of the pirate and turned to Elisabeth.
"Guess he knew he was going somewhere when he said good-bye." He said.
Jack and Anna stood back-to-back and sword-fought with two other pirates. The pirate that Anna was fighting seemed to be very determined he could kill her.
"You do realize you can't kill me, don't you?" she said.
"I do. But I can kill him for certain!" The pirate replied, plunging his sword through Anna, attempting for it go through Jack as well. But Anna moved forward just in time and the sword only made a little cut in the fabric of Jack's jacket. Anna turned around, the sword still in her stomach to look at Jack's back.
"You tore his coat!" she said.
"He tore my coat?" Jack yelled, only his head turned around so he could still fight the other pirate.
"That's a really nice coat!" Anna said.
"Aye! I stole it from the governor of Grenham!" Jack said. Anna pulled the sword out of her stomach and plunged it into the pirate. He died instantly and she pulled the sword out as he fell.
Before anyone could do anything else, Angler stood up and called attention to everyone.
"Why are we fighting each other? We are all pirates, here!" He said.
"Ahem!" Elisabeth cleared her throat.
"Well, except for the lovely Miss Swann. Can't we all settle for a verbal agreement?" Angler proposed.
The crew looked suspicious. Jack stared Angler in the eyes. "Verbal agreement?"
