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Nine

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Dani sat facing the door, Will had been pounding on the door for a near ten minutes. Dani shook her head thinking hard. "How the hell did he find me? How the hell did he know where I lived?"

"Dani! Open up! Please! We need to talk!" Will shouted switching from the pounding to the annoying pouncing of the doorbell. "DANI!"

Dani kicked the door. "What do you want?" She shouted.

"It's Jack!"

Dani sighed. "I know," she whispered. "It's always Jack," she stood up and opened the door.

Will stared at her. "Jack's in the hospital, he was slashed."

Dani nodded. "He died young last time-"

"That can't happen this time!" Will hissed venomously. "I refuse to loose his this time around!"

Dani shrugged. "Did you loose him?"

"You were the one from last time! The one in the cloak!"

Dani nodded. "That I was," she smiled. "How did you find me?"

"After I dreamed of Jack's death again, everything in my dream froze, that's when I saw you."

Dani nodded. "But where I live, I thought only Jack knew that one."

"I just followed my heart, or my gut, whichever," Will waved his hand. "Jack did talk a little about you,"

Dani nodded. "Slashed," she sighed. "How bad?"

"Comatose bad," Will rubbed his eyes.

Dani sighed. "There's nothing I can do-"

Will glared at her. "Who the hell are you damnit?"

Dani starred at him.

"You look exactly like you did way back when-"

"I can't tell you."

"Why not?"

"Because this is my fate alright!?"

"Why is it yours?" Will asked. "Why are you immortal?"

Dani cocked an eyebrow at him. "Immortal? Who said that?"

"I figured it, I mean, you haven't changed, not once-"

"I am immortal, but it's not all glamorous."

"I take that much, I was just thinking, you know Jack and me-"

"Never." Dani said shaking her head.

"Why not?"

Dani opened the door and walked outside. "No, no, no, no…"

"But why not Dani?!"

"Because-" she turned sharply and faced him. "Because you are suppose to die and come back to life and die and come back to life until you damn well get it right!"

Will closed his eyes. "But if," he opened his eyes again to find himself in his apartment room. "What the fuck!"

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Will sat beside Jack's bed again. He had convinced the doctors to let him stay by the bed, Jack, still unresponsive, looked handsome to Will and Will took it upon himself to kiss Jack's cheek every ten minutes.

Lizzie and Norrington came and went, Will had tuned them out and had wasted away to not eating and barley drinking what the nurses pressed into his hand.

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"You can't die on me," Will said nodding off into a sleep. "You can't leave me, we were… just… about…"

Jack was sitting in his bed petting Will's hair back out of his face. Will smiled in his sleep before opening his eyes and sitting bolt upright.

"Jack! You're awake!"

"For now," Jack smiled. "Will?"

"I should get the doctor-"

"Wait," Jack growled. "Damn it William Turner!"

"What?"

"I just wanted to tell you, I love you. I'm sorry for all the bullshit I threw at you, I just, I didn't want to get close to you this time, I messed up my life and I didn't wan to get too attached to something so beautiful, I was too afraid that Bruno would take it away from me; and he tried and now I am here." Jack looked around. "The room with the pink bunnies," Jack smiled.

Will's eyes brimmed with tears. "This isn't real is it?"

Jack shook his head. "You're dreaming,"

Will hung his head and cried harder.

"Shhh," Jack got out of bed and hugged Will. "I'm going to be fine,"

"No your not," Will cried. "I know you're not,"

Dani appeared in the room and came up behind them. "Jack?"

"Dani," Jack looked up and Will stood up.

"Jack, Bruno and John are getting away right now as we speak. You must stop them, they are the ones that killed you last time,"

Will turned and ran out the door. Startled awake Will found himself running down the hall, understanding he slammed into the door that led to the stairs and he ran down, slamming into the door that led outside he sprang onto the street and headed for his car.

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Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear
Sealed with lies through so many tears
Lost from within, pursuing the end
I fight for the chance to be lied to again
 
You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never conceived in love
You will not rise above
 
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me
 
But through my tears breaks a blinding light
Birthing a dawn to this endless night
Arms outstretched, awaiting me
An open embrace upon a bleeding tree
 
Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you
I will never forsake you
 
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me
 
Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you
I will never forsake you
 
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

Will ripped into the driveway where Bruno and John were just getting into the car. Will stepped out of his car and glared at Bruno.

"William!" Bruno smiled. "Good man," he sneered. "How's Jack?"

You will never be strong enough, you will never be good enough, you were never conceived in love, you will not rise above
 
"He's dying," Will hissed. "You've killed him!"
 

"He's not dead yet," Bruno said. "And what can I say? He was a free man,"

"We couldn't let im' get off that easy," John chimed in, their voices turning into sinister accents.

"You destroyed us once!" Will screamed. "You kill me! And you killed him!"

John and Bruno stepped away from the car.

"It's two against one," Bruno said.

Will looked down to the ground, God damnit he's right, I'm outnumbered,

Don't turn away (Don't give in to the pain) Don't try to hide (Though they're screaming your name) Don't close your eyes (God knows what lies behind them) Don't turn out the light (Never sleep, never die)

Will looked up. "I'm not letting you get away with it this time you fuckers!"

Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me, shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet the end

The three collided in one more fight.