Chapter Seventeen: Watery Grave

Will's head turned abruptly as he heard a scream. It sounded like Lissie's. He ran back to the room she was being held in and started banging on the door.

The screams stopped.

"It's me!" he said.

"WILL?! Are you hurt?" he heard her ask.

"Just a little scratch, but I'm alive. Stand back, I'm going to try and get you two out of here."

He took out his knife again and put it in the keyhole of the door. He moved it around a bit for a minute until finally, he heard a click. He threw open the door just as Lissie flung herself at him.

"Oh WILL!" she said, hugging him tightly.

Her eyes fell on his arm and she screamed. "JUST A LITTLE SCRATCH?! I'M SURE—"

But he silenced her with a quick kiss. "It's nothing to worry about. Really," he added seeing the look on her face. "What we DO have to worry about, however," he began, glancing at Beth, "is what is going to happen to Jack."

"Barbossa said that he just used Lissie and I as a lure so that you two would come. He still wants revenge on Jack for killing him," said Beth.

"Well then, let's get moving," said Will, letting go of Lissie and leading the way out of the room.

"Wait!" said Lissie suddenly. The other two looked at her.

She grabbed Will's and Jack's swords. "You may need these," she said, handing them to Will.

"What about you two?" he asked.

"I'm sure there are some around here—" but Beth was cut off by a pirate suddenly coming out of nowhere and putting his arm over her windpipe.

Will threw Lissie a sword and together they moved around the pair, acting as decoys while the other tried to stab the pirate in the back. Lissie finally succeeded in doing so and Will grabbed Beth and pulled her out of the way.

Lissie stared at what she had just done. I just KILLED one of them…

She glanced back over at Beth. "Are you all right?" she and Will asked at the same time.

"Yes…" she said, still breathing heavily. "Thanks, you two…"

"Ah, it was nothing," said Lissie with a smile. She glanced back at the dead pirate, noticing that he had two swords in his belt.

"Here you go," she said to Beth, handing her a sword and giving Will Jack's. She kept one for herself also.

"One more thing," said Will to the girls. "Watch out for Elizabeth," he said grimly.

"Good plan," said Beth and Lissie together.

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"Ye see, Jack, ye killed me. But I came back, and now, yer the one who's gonna be killed. I've waited nearly eleven years for this…" he was leading Jack down to the cells. Once they finally reached them, he shoved Jack into one and locked the door.

Jack just looked at him. "So… yer gonna kill me by lockin' me in a jail cell, hm?"

"Well, that's just step one. Step two is this…" he grabbed his gun and shot it at the floor a few times… until a small but nevertheless effective hole was formed. Jack's gaze turned from the hole to Barbossa.

"That might kill ye, won't it, Jack?" he asked evilly.

"Yer mad, bloody mad!" replied Jack, grabbing the bars.

He laughed and walked back up the stairs, leaving Jack to die.

Jack looked desperately around the room… for anyway he could break loose. But the water was slowly creeping into the room. And the rain that was still pouring down outside didn't help by filling up the ocean even more.

"Jack! Get a grip on yerself!" he said to himself, shaking his head. "In yer dyin' moments yer thinkin' about rum?"

A great wave crashed against the ship, sending him flying to the side of his cell.

Within five minutes, the water was up to his ankles.

"Reminds me o' when Will was caught down below…"

"HELP!" he yelled. But he didn't think anyone could hear him.

Ever.

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Oh no!! Barbossa has sent Jack to his death!!! Will anyone find him? Dun dun DUUUUUN!!!! REVIEW!!!!