DISCLAIMER: Don't own any POTC related. I only own Captain Draco, Hope, Katie, James, and the dragon's eye.

Chapter 10

The Attack

The Dragon's eye sailed closer to the Black Pearl.

"She's gaining. Isn't there anything we can do that we haven't done?" Will asked as Jack tried to think of something more that could be done. Hope starred silent and motionless at the fast approaching ship thinking. One idea came to mind.

"What about clubhaulin her?" Jack looked at her and took her idea into consideration.

"That could work or at least help."

"I don't see how that could work." Will asked

"Will, we really have no choice. She's way to fast for us and they will eventually catch up. The best thing for us to do is take the chance." Will looked intently at Jack and saw a change in him. This wasn't the pirate he met ten years ago.

"Captain!" Gibbs yelled out. "They're running out the sweeps, sir." Looking back at the Dragon's Eye they saw the sweeps emerging on the starboard side and the jolly roger up at full mast. "The dragon is going to luff up on our port quarter. She'll rake us without ever presenting a target."

"I'm not daft Gibbs. I can see that." Jack yelled looking forward again.

"Jack. Clubhaul her. There's no other choice." Hope pleaded with him.

"Lower the starboard anchor!" Jack yelled.

"We tried that before with Barbossa and the crew was captured." Will interjected. Jack glared at him before yelling at the crew once more.

"Lower the anchor or I'll keelhaul every single one of you." With that the anchor was lowered. Knowing how much they would be jolted Hope yelled to all the occupants of the Black Pearl.

"Grab on to something!" Her theory was correct. As the anchor caught onto a rock the ship was jolted to a stop. The crew was thrown from one side of the ship to the other. Elizabeth had grabbed onto the children while holding onto one of the yardarm ropes. Will was almost thrown down the stairs before Hope grabbed on to him. In the process of grabbing him she lost her balance and fell back into the pegs of the wheel at a fast momentum and screamed out in pain. She was caught by Jack before she hit the deck.

"You okay, darling?" Hope winced and grunted.

"Let go of the wheel." Hope yelled. Jack did so and both of them including Will were thrown forward against the railing.

"Bloody hell that hurt!" she said as they tried to stand. The Dragon's Eye avoided the head on crash and pulled up along side the Pearl as the two crews yelled back at each other.

"What do we do?" Hope asked Jack.

"We fight. Will, go to Elizabeth and the children. Get them and yourself out of harm's way." Will ran down the stairs over to Elizabeth, James, and Katie. Hope observed the ship. When she looked to the forward part of the ship she saw the dragon figurehead and the wood of black, darker than the night sky. Looking up at the helm she saw a burley man with a black hat and red feather. Her mind went back to her dream and she recognized the ship and the man. Hope ran off. Jack tried to grab her but she was already a good few feet from him.

"Hope!" Jack called after her. Hope ran to Gibbs.

"Give me the keys!"

"Why?"

"Give me the bloody keys!" Hope yelled out. Gibbs gave her the keys and she ran below deck.

SCENE CHANGE

Jacoby heard footsteps running down the stairs and saw Hope emerge with keys in hand.

"Come to get me out aye?" Jacoby asked seeing the keys in her hand.

"We're going to need your help." She said unlocking the door. Before he could take another step she pulled her sword. "If you betray me I will not hesitate to kill you, savvy?"

"Savvy." Just as he spoke the words they heard commotion above deck. She figured the Dragon's Eye crew had boarded.

"Let's go!" Hope said as they both ran up on deck to see both crews fighting and dead bodies were already lying on the deck. Jacoby went to do his part and Hope looked for Elizabeth and the children. She spotted them by the captain's cabin. She ran to them under no attack surprisingly.

"Mommy!" Katie cried hugging her.

"Take them and go into the cabin. Lock the doors. Do whatever means necessary to stay safe." Hope yelled. Before Elizabeth had time to react two Dragon's Eye crewmembers landed in front of them.

"Well. Two poppets and two brats. Looks to me like we gonna have fun tonight," one of them said lunging at the women, splitting them.

"Not if I can help it." Will yelled standing in front of Elizabeth and James. Hope raised her sword as the other one attacked her. She was doing well and blocking his thrusts with only one available hand. He was a little overpowering since she kept on being pushed farther away from the cabin. Knowing she wasn't going to get out of this she let go of Katie, swung her sword at him, and pushed him away. The pirate was knocked off his feet. Grabbing Katie they ran toward the helm fending off who ever stood in their way. When they got to the helm Hope didn't see Jack. Suddenly a body dropped from above her onto the stairs. Looking up she saw Jack battling two on the footropes.

"Hello, poppet." A voice came from behind her. Turning she saw three pirates advancing on her. She let go of Katie again.

"Stay behind me." Hope said turning back towards the three.

"Hello, gents. Care to have some fun?" she said taking the proper pose. The three smiled with rotting grins and all attacked her at once. They fought back and forth for awhile. She thrust her sword into one of them as he fell dead to the deck. She appeared happy for a moment that her number had fallen by one but another replaced him.

"Oh you got to be kidding. Don't you have anything better to do than terrorize women and children!" she shouted at them.

"Ravage, lass."

"Let's get this over with." They continued once again and every time she killed one, another would replace him. Her main concern then turned to Katie. If they continued like this her daughter was in danger, even more so than now. As she continued to fend them off she yelled up to the footropes.

"Jack! I need a little help down here!"

"I'm a little busy at the moment, love." Jack called down. Hope turned back to the four pirates.

"You really know how to ruin a perfectly decent day." Hope said before she picked Katie up, grabbed a rope and swung to where the Turner's were. Will was battling two pirates when Hope collided with them knocking them overboard.

"Thanks!" Will said as Hope landed. She handed Katie to Elizabeth.

"Take Katie and hide in the cabin. You too Will." Will was about to protest when Hope leaned closer to him. "You're the ones their after. Now do as I say," she whispered to them so as not to allow the other crew to hear. The Turner's did as told.

"Mommy! Mommy no! Don't leave me!" Katie yelled. Hope looked at her daughter as Elizabeth pulled her towards the cabin.

"Be brave, Katie. I love you." The last thing Katie saw was Hope joining the fight with three more pirates. The Turner's shut the door, locked it, and barricaded it as much as possible.

SCENE CHANGE

The battle was never ending, with losses on both sides. There was not one pirate from either side that wasn't bleeding somewhere. Hope had put up a good fight so far. She out fought many, but, received many injuries along the way. Her white shirt was cut in several places especially on the arms. Blood accompanied all the cuts. Jack had come down from the footropes and was battling numbers at a time at the helm. He was equally injured. Figuring she would help him out she made her way to him. Before she could get there a man stepped in front of her. Her dream flashed through her mind. She looked up at him and saw the same red glass eye and the hand with two missing fingers.

"Draco," she whispered.

"Well, well. What we 'ave 'ere?" In a flash reflex he raised his sword and brought it down slashing her arm. She screamed out in pain and fell to the deck holding her now heavy bleeding arm. Draco grinned as he brought the sword up once more.

SCENE CHANGE

From his spot at the helm Jack battled with increasing numbers of crew from the Dragon's Eye when he heard a scream coming from the main deck.

"I know that scream." He said kicking the one pirate he had been battling and sent him overboard. Jack turned and saw a man standing over Hope. She was clutching her left arm as she leaned against the ship's side. The man had his sword raised. His eyes widened.

"No!" Jack screamed as loud as he could.

Hope struggled to stand but Draco kicked her back down. Glaring at him she reached down for her sword. Before she could grab he kicked it away.

"Ye be a strong, young wench." Hope had no weapon and she was in pain. Everything she tried he would counter. Closing her eyes she lowered her head, accepting her fate that was about to come. As Draco was about to bring the sword down he was blocked. Hope quickly opened her eyes at the sound of two swords hitting. There, standing over her was Jacoby.

"Out of me way!" Draco yelled.

"Leave the lady alone!" Jacoby yelled back as he pushed Draco away and stood defensively in front of Hope.

Jack saw this and jumped over the helm railing and ran over to Hope.

"Ye don't realize who ye be dealin' with," Draco said as he lunged at the two but not before Jack stepped in front him.

"Back away if you want to live, Draco." Jack growled.

"Captain Jack Sparrow. I'd thought ye for dead."

"Sorry to break yer heart, mate."

"Where be the child of ole Boostrap Bill Turner. We 'eard the Black Pearl gave them sanctuary."

"Then, you'd be mistaken. Just me onesy and me crew." Jack said.

"Well then. Stand down!" Draco yelled to his crew as they stopped.

"Stand down!" Jack repeated to his own crew. Draco raised his sword to just inches in front of Jack.

"Where be they? Word travels fast about your grand adventure with Captain Barbossa and the Turner bloodline." Jack was silent. "Very well. We find them meself. In the meantime give over the wench." Jacoby and Jack raised their swords.

"No." Jacoby said.

"Ye look familiar. Have I threatened ye before?"

"If that had been the case your ghost would be standing here." Draco looked at him intently and it clicked.

"Jacoby Mathers. Ye be the brother of that whore, Isabelle Danforth. I tried to kill her for betraying me and ye got in the way." This angered Jacoby.

"My sister was no whore. She was a very respectable woman and you stole that from her."

"Not where I'm concerned." Draco said as he looked back down at Hope and realized she held a resemblance to someone he once knew.

"You be familiar too. Who be yer father?" Hope, still gritting in pain, burned a hole threw him with her eyes.

"That. Is not of your concern." Draco laughed but stopped abruptly and starred into the fire in her eyes. He studied her eyes for a moment and recalled a young woman from his past.

"Those same green eyes." Draco looked at Jacoby then back down to Hope and then he realized who she looked like.

"Well, if it ain't Isabelle's youngest daughter. She told me ye had died in childbirth." Draco said returning to his arrogant attitude.

"Told?" Hope asked shocked.

"Ah. So ye have not yet told her the whole truth about who she is, have ye Mathers?"

"What are you talking about?" Hope asked.

"Ye should have told her, Mathers."

"I did tell her."

"What might that 'ave been?"

"He told me my father was a pirate."

"Did he now? Apparently ye never told her the whole truth." Hope was confused and Draco laughed. "Tell her now."

"Tell me what?" Hope asked coming around Jack and Jacoby.

"Hope, don't," Jack yelled to her.

"Ah. Hope is it? Yer mother always liked that name. Well, Hope, yer mother and I were special friends in a very sensual relationship. We had many meetings. During one she told me she loved me and I was drunk enough to repeat it back. Ye were the product from that night. Two months later she told me she was pregnant with me child. Then she disappeared for another eight months. When she returned she said the child had died in birth. I can see now that was lie. Which doesn't surprise me at all being it was she that did this to me." Draco said as he held up a hand with two fingers missing. "I vowed revenge against her for this. Took care of her eldest daughter who was sporting with my long time rival, Darien Turner who persuaded his brother William Turner to spy on me. So now I seek revenge on the Turner bloodline." Hope about lunged at him but Jack caught her and pulled her back. Draco laughed.

"Fiesty one ye are. Yer mother was that way as well." Hope pulled away from Jack.

"You bastard, you murdered my sister. You can't possibly be my real father." Hope growled.

"Believe what ye want girl. Ye be havin to face the truth some day. Unfortunately, for ye that needs to be in the next few moments." Draco said as he thrust his sword into Hope's stomach.

"No!" Jack yelled. Hope's eyes widened and her mouth was in a silent gasp before she collapsed into Jack's arms. The dragon's heart fell out of her shirt.

"Now, I can't have a child with me blood running around now can I. Pity." Draco said laughing. He expected her to fall down dead but she didn't. The entire ship was surprised, but no more so than Draco and Hope. Hope looked down and slowly pulled the sword out. After she did there was no blood spilling. She felt fine.

"It's not possible. You should be dead." Draco said as he looked down and saw the necklace. "It can't be." Jacoby looked as well.

"The dragon's heart." Jacoby said realizing the truth. Draco heard him speak the name and reached down and grabbed his sword before pointing it at Jacoby's neck.

"What do ye know about the stones. Speak!" Draco yelled at him.

"Hope wears the dragon's heart and you wear the dragon's eye. It's the prophecy. It says: When the eye of the dragon sheds the blood of the heart of the dragon a spell will be cast, thus beginning an epic battle between the two immortals," he started but was cut off by Hope.

"But you said that could only happen if the wearers were descendents of those brothers." Jacoby was considering that and realized how it was possible. He looked at Hope and they both held the same thought.

"Oh god. It's true then."

"It is. You and Draco are immortal now because he shed your blood. You are the descendent of the dragon's heart wearer."

"But how?" Jack asked.

"Because, Draco is the rightful descendent but Hope is a descendent as well because his blood flows through her."

"Which means?" Jack asked. Hope didn't want to say it but she had too.

"Draco really is my birth father."

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