Title: The Old, the New and the Unexpected
Author: Legolas-gurl88
Disclaimer: I still own nothing!
Author Note: All my farewells are at the end of the story! But, this is my last chapter, so please, enjoy it!
Enjoy the last chappie! It's pretty long!
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14. Let it be
"What?" Elizabeth asked in disbelief and Will looked stunned. Little Ann walked to her mother, who picked her up.
"Barbossa from Daddy's stories, Mummy?" Little Ann asked.
"How can you be so sure, Jack?" Will asked, walking toward the crazed captain.
"See for yerself," Jack answered, shoving his telescope to Will. Will walked to the side of the ship and pulling the telescope open. He put the telescope to his eye and peered through it. What he was, he couldn't believe; Barbossa was alive and walking around on the deck of The Elizabeth! But how?
"I don't believe it! His crew is there too!" Will exclaimed, seeing the faces of Barbossa's old crew, whom he thought had been hung. Among them were Pintel, Ragetti, and Bo'sun.
"Exactly. Now, let's be on our bonnie little way, before they catch up. We don't want this to be a repeat of last time." Jack said.
"Why are they chasing us?" Gibbs asked, looking at Jack, but Jack just pointed a drunken finger at Will and all was silent.
"Why Will?" Anamaria asked and Will sighed. He then pulled out of his pocket, the two medallions that he had obtained.
"What does this mean, Dad?" Natalie asked her father.
"It means, luv, that we're in big trouble unless we can get away, so I need all hands on deck. Will, hang on tight to the medallions."
Within minutes, The Elizabeth had caught up to The Black Pearl. Plankard and Barbossa stood side-by-side, both looking very similar, yet very different. The reason was unexplainable. In unison, the captains each grabbed a rope, quite a few pirates doing that as well and as one, they all swung over to The Black Pearl. They landed in front of Jack, Will, Elizabeth, and the three daughters. As though in a reaction sense, the three adults pushed the three children behind them and Jack and Will drew their swords and walked in front of the four girls. Jack's crew also drew their swords.
"Sheath your swords, men, for Will and I need a talk with these two. Well, well, well… Captain Plankard and Captain Barbossa."
"Commodore Barbossa." Barbossa corrected in his throaty voice.
"Yes, well, the plans were never fully carried out, were they, Captain Barbossa." Jack said, smiling, his teeth glinting in the sunlight and reflecting onto the faces of the two pirates.
"Same for you, Jack, therefore, the Pearl really isn't yours, now, is it?"
"Now, that's different." Jack said, sheathing his sword and waving a hand for Will to do the same, "You see, Barbossa, you were dead so there really was no other choice but for me to take it. See, when a pirate is dead, they really don't have that many choices to make about what to do next, because they can't choose. And, now, since Plankard and his men are cursed, they're dead and they can't choose for themselves, even if they walk, so I must choose for them and I choose that the Pearl is mine, as it was before you marooned me on that Bloody, God-forsaken Island and I was innocent, so really, The Black Pearl is still mine, even if you claimed it, because I'm not dead, even if that's what you wanted." Jack said this all in one breath. The two captains stared at Jack for a while as though he were crazy (which, in a sense, he was). Finally, Plankard spoke up.
"But if you are marooned again, without any gunshots, you would die anyway, because then, you couldn't make any choices."
"You see, that's where you're wrong. Why don't we do a little negotiation, eh, mates?"
"It depends on the kind. And I don't entirely trust you anymore since our last negotiation."
"That's all fine and right for now, but what if I could give you the medallions you were looking for… right now… what would you do with them?"
"Well, we'd have to say… pillage, plunder and otherwise, pilfer our weasly black guts out."
"No lies? And why do you want to be dead anyway? Last I looked, and even felt, it was terrible to be dead."
"It is, trust me, especially since I have been spat back out of Hell twice now." Barbossa said and his crew laughed. Elizabeth could feel Little Ann shiver behind her.
"Ah ha! That's funny, that is!" Jack said, reciting what Murtogg and Mullroy had argued about so long ago, when Barbossa had been a huge threat. 'You've seen a ship, with black sails, that crude by the damned and captain by a man so evil, that Hell itself, spat him back out?'
"No, it's not funny. Hell isn't a very nice place, Jack… and I could show you, if you'd like." Barbossa drew his sword.
"Tell me… what would you do to my crew if we were to give you the medallions?" Jack asked, putting a hand to his own sword just in case Barbossa lunged at him. Will did the same thing, only drawing his sword out from his belt. Jack turned.
"Put it away, Will!" he warned and Will obeyed, sheathing his sword, reluctantly for a second time.
"Well," Plankard cut in, "We'll just have to see what we do to your crew when you give us the medallions." He held out a long-nailed hand expectantly.
"Tell me, Plankard," Jack said, "Couldn't you already smell the medallions with that big nose of yours?"
Plankard's eyes widened in anger and let out a war cry as he lunged at Jack, his sword drawn, but it was blocked by Jack, who had pulled out his sword in time. Barbossa unsheathed his sword and ran at Will, who just pulled his sword out in time as well. Diann, Natalie and Little Ann screamed as they saw their fathers fighting pirates whom they'd heard terrible stories about all their lives.
"Ann! Elizabeth!" Jack yelled, "Get the girls out of here!" Anamaria and Elizabeth did as they were told. The rest of the pirates that had come aboard with Plankard and Barbossa started to attack the crew. Lucy screamed and ran below deck. The rest unsheathed their own swords and Elizabeth and the girls found a pile of backup swords on deck and grabbed some for themselves. Then, with a lame war cry, they ran into battle.
Elizabeth took on two in one, slashing the sword around inexpertly. Natalie was putting her sword skills to the test as she parried most of the blows coming her way. Diann, who had learned a lot from Will, was glad she wasn't wearing a dress while doing this. It would have made it a lot harder. But she had inherited Will's sense of direction and skill with the sword, even though she would never measure up to his skills, at least she knew enough to keep herself alive. Out of all the crew, Little Ann was the most successful with her pirates.
Instead of slashing at them most of the time, she ran all around them and under their legs to confuse them. Then, when they were dizzy, she used the hilt of her sword to push them overboard.
Just then, Natalie's pirate kicked his sword out of her hand and sent her slamming into the port side of the ship.
"Say goodbye, missy!" The pirate yelled, approaching Natalie, his sword pointing at her chest. She tried to back up to avoid him, but the wall of the ship wouldn't allow her. But then, all of a sudden, the pirate went flying into the vast sea, without another word. Natalie stared around to see what had happened and saw Diann come up to her and hold her hand out. Natalie took it and the young Turner girl pulled the young Sparrow girl on her feet. Then, Diann handed Natalie her sword back, grinning from ear to ear.
"You might need this." Diann said.
"Thanks… why did you rescue me after I gave you so much junk about your family?"
"Everyone can change. Look at you father, for example."
"Good example." Natalie said.
"I thought so. But I figured, if my father could forgive most bloody pirates, I figured I could forgive you. That is, if you're willing to let me call you friend."
"Aye, I'm pretty willing, Turner." Natalie said.
"Thank you, Sparrow."
"Oh, and I didn't mean it about your dress being ugly." Natalie admitted. Diann looked at her and laughed.
"Just shut up and fight. We've got company." she said, burying her sword in the stomach of a pirate and pushing him overboard.
Jack and Will were fighting back-to-back, Plankard and Barbossa occasionally jumping at them. At one point, they lunged at the pair and sent them in opposite directions. Jack was thrown to the side of the ship and it took a while to regain his senses, before finding Barbossa bearing down on him, sword raised, a grin spreading across his yellow and rotting teeth.
"It's been a pleasure fighting with you again, Jack, but we really need the medallions, so if you kindly tell us where they are, we can work out some negotiations."
Jack stared at him.
"Talk, Barbossa."
When Jack and Will had been separated, and Jack had been thrown off to the side, unlucky Will stumbled and before he could regain his balance, crashed down the stairs, landing in a heap at the foot of the staircase. Plankard slid down the railing and pulled a gun out of his pocket.
"WILL!" Elizabeth shrieked, seeing her husband lying helplessly on the ground, but the ship was so thick with bodies, she was unable to make it to him. Amelia, however, was closer and ran protectively in front of her older brother. Shielding him from harm.
"Amelia, get back. I can take him!" Will said.
"For once, Will, shut up and don't be so proud. You can't take him if you're on the ground." Amelia said, keeping her eyes on Plankard, who tucked his gun in his belt.
"Well, well, well." Plankard said, "Amelia Turner. I thought you were dead."
"Do I look dead?" Amelia spat. "I thought you'd learned never to pick on a Tuner after the last time!"
"Amelia--" Will said, but Plankard cut in.
"Shut up, Turner. Miss. Turner here is having a conversation with me at the moment."
Amelia suddenly took up her sword and slashed it at Plankard. The tip hit his cheek and made another long mark on his face, right over the old one, but going the other direction, making a giant X. It didn't bleed, however, due to the curse."
"You should really stop doing that." Plankard said.
"Do you want any more?" Amelia said, raising her sword in warning.
"Hold on to your rum, Missy, we've got some negotiation to work out." Plankard said, turning to Barbossa.
"Barbossa! Get everyone to stop!" Plankard yelled.
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Barbossa heard Plankard's command and leaned over and picked Jack up forcefully by the forearm. He pressed the tip of his sword into the small of Jack's back.
"Tell your crew to stop." Barbossa said.
"MATES!" Jack yelled as the sword was pressed a little more firmly into his back, cutting it just a little, "STOP!"
"That goes for you as well!" Barbossa yelled at his crew. As though someone had paused the scene before them, everyone stopped and stared up at them.
"We're going to have ourselves a negotiation." Barbossa said. "Plankard, get Turner up here. Both of them!"
"Come on, kiddos, it's discussion time." Plankard said, pulling Will up by the scruff of his neck and grabbing the front of Amelia's shirt and pulling them both up the stairs. All was silent.
"Now, here's the deal," Barbossa said, "You give us the medallions and a Turner to lift the curse."
"But the bloody monkey stole the medallions." Will said.
"After a second time, the curse works in an interesting way. It needs the blood of the first person who had ever owned it… or an offspring."
"Then… you didn't force it onto my father?"
Barbossa laughed.
"Nah. Bill was the one who originally stole it."
"But he didn't ever turn into a pirate." Amelia said.
"You were young and stupid at the time, Amelia," Barbossa said, "Did you ever realize that you only saw your father at nights below the deck? Where the moon couldn't get him?"
Amelia stared at Barbossa, shocked.
"So, anyway," Plankard persisted, "You give us a Turner and the medallions and we give you Mr. Governor Swann."
"You have my father-in-law?" Will asked.
"Yes."
"Prove it."
Barbossa looked over to The Elizabeth and jerked his head at one of the pirates over on the ship. The pirate grabbed onto a man waiting by the side and swung over to The Black Pearl. When he landed behind the two evil pirates, Will looked into the scared face of Elizabeth's father.
"Governor," Will said, walking forward to comfort his father-in-law, but Barbossa stopped him with one arm and held out the hand of his other arm to Jack.
"The medallions, please, Jack, and a Turner, in exchange for this man."
Jack looked at Will, whose face was set as he prepared to hand over the medallions to Barbossa, and hand over himself, for the Governor. Jack nodded and Will sighed. He pulled both of the medallions out of his pocket. Barbossa snatched them away from Will and there were cheers from the crew of the two captains.
"Now, a Turner," Barbossa said, "And just because I'm a generous man, Jack, I'll let you chose which one. Let's see… your choices are Mr. Turner, Miss. Turner, here, or Mr. Turner's daughters."
Will looked at Jack and Jack looked back at him. How could Barbossa do this? How could he make Jack decide who was to live and who wasn't?
"I'll go." Amelia said.
"No, Amelia," Will responded, his heart skipping a beat, "Let me."
"Will, you have a family to take care of. I don't. It will be less traumatic for me to go."
"Amelia, I only just found you. I don't want to lose you!"
"Leave the decision be, Will, just let it be."
"But--"
"Shut up, Turner," Plankard said. He took the Governor by the shoulder and threw him at Will, who caught him.
"Are you alright, father?" Will said.
"William… who--" he responded in a weak voice, looking at Amelia.
"My sister." Will answered his question.
"Take her away!" Barbossa said.
"No! You can't do that! You can't! Take me!" Will jumped in and grabbed his sister's shoulder to stop her from being dragged away from him. Barbossa lost his temper and pulled out his sword, which he had sheathed and sliced Will's hand and arm.
"Leave it alone, Turner!"
"NO!" Will said, ignoring the searing pain in his hand. Plankard ran to Will and pushed him into Jack and the pair fell to the ground. Pintel and Ragetti ran up to them and tied their hands in front of them. Pirates below did the same for Elizabeth, Little Ann, Diann, Anamaria, Natalie and the Governor.
Barbossa walked to Jack, pulled him up by the front of his shirt and forced him around too look out to the sea.
"You see that tiny speck out there, Jack. Does it look recognizable?" he croaked. Jack squinted his eyes and looked out into the ocean. His eyes widened when he realized what was out there.
"Yes, Jack. Or should I say, Governor Jack."
"Not the bloody island!" Jack yelled loudly. Elizabeth looked out into the sea. It was true, the island that Jack had been marooned on twice already.
"Yes, Jack, the bloody island. And to make sure you don't get off this time, no pistol."
"But it's in the pirate's code to give the marooned one a pistol."
"Jack… Jaaaack!" Barbossa put his arm around Jack's shoulder, "The code is more of a guideline, isn't that right, Mrs. Turner?" Elizabeth glared at him. "Well, Jack, this time, you'll have company. Don't worry about your crew. We'll take good care of them." With that, he pushed Jack overboard. Will ran to the side to see if Jack was alright, his hands being tied. Luckily, the pirate was more of a fish in the water and he easily started to swim to the island.
"Ladies, after him, please!" Plankard addressed Elizabeth, Anamaria, Natalie, Diann and Little Ann. The pirates surrounding them picked them up and threw them overboard. The only one of them that couldn't swim was Little Ann. She floundered for a while until Anamaria swam by and helped her up. Together, they swam after Jack, knowing it was useless to try and get back on the deck.
"Now, the men!" Barbossa said and the pirates pushed over the Governor, who took a while to get used to the water, but still sank.
"Governor!" Will shouted, and without the help of any pirates, jumped off the ship to rescue his father-in-law. Once he had done so, he pulled the Governor to the shore. Everyone else had already made it to the island and in the distance, they could see The Black Pearl sailing away, but The Elizabeth was still floating.
"Ha ha!" Jack shouted with joy, "The bastards left The Elizabeth!" As those words escaped his lips, there was a giant explosion and the whole ship blew up. Pieces of debris floated in the water and after a while, started washing up on the shore as the group of eight watched the horizon, transfixed. It wasn't until Diann finally spoke up that anyone was able to process the fact that they were now stranded.
"Now what?"
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YES! I FINALLY FINISHED THE STORY! Yes, there WILL be a sequel! I'm not sure when it will be up, but keep an eye out for it! It won't come out right away because I'm planning on finishing 'Inseparable' first before starting this sequel. I promise, it won't take longer than three months to get up and going! I know… three months! But I also have to study in school, try to get my drivers' permit and license, start my new job in June, and I've got like two pretty long vacations to look forward to. But I WILL write a sequel, so just hang tight.
Thank you all so much for the reviews! They really meant a lot to me! I'd like to thank you all for reviewing to me, but that's a LOT of people, man and I just don't have the time! I will, however write my replies to those who reviewed to me! But thank you all so much for reading my story and I hope you had fun while doing so! Thank you *bows* Thank you *accepts flowers* THANKS *accepts donut that is thrown at her head for stopping the story this way*! Review time!
Eagle'sforever- You were sick? Man, that stinks! I hate being sick! It's fine that you haven't reviewed in a while! I'm sorry I'm ending the story. But, like I said, there WILL be a sequel, so look out for it! I don't like Lucy either, but I kinda liked the slight humor that she brought along with her. I would recommend 'Inseparable' to anyone who likes angsty stories! The main characters in it are from Lord of the Rings; Legolas and Aragorn are the two main characters. You can give it a shot, and if you don't like it, you don't have to read it. If you do like it, that's great! Another reviewer! Anyway, I'm glad you're feeling better and I hope to be reviewing to you in 'Inseparable'! Bye!
The evil witch queen- I am not thinking of killing Will! I'd step in front of a bus before killing Will or Legolas! I hope you liked this chapter! I hope you liked this story! Anyway, talk to you later!
Arwenevenstar- Yup, I have writers' block. Sorry! I don't like Lucy, but like I said to Eagle'sforever, I like the humor that she brought along with her. Sorry if she is driving you nuts! But, now, she's stuck on The Black Pearl! Ah hahahaha! Write to you later hopefully, if you read my sequel (I sure do hope so!)
Captain Howdy 611- Easter eggs… yum! They are so good! I'm glad you liked my story! Thanks!
Thank you all so much for your reviews! I truly did appreciate it! I laughed out loud when everyone who reviewed complained about Lucy! But now that I know that she annoys you all, my job is done! It's not easy to write for an annoying person… unless you are one, so I guess it was easy for me! Heh, heh! So, thank you all!
Also, if you enjoyed this story, look out for more to come! Right now, I'm writing 'Inseparable' so if you like angsty Lord of the Rings stories, you'll love this! I'm planning to finish Inseparable and then start on the sequel to this one. So far, the name I have come up with for this story is 'The Mermaid Song.' It could change, but just to let you know! Anyway, I hope to see you reviewing for 'Inseparable'! THANK YOU!
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Legolas-gurl88