Chapter Twenty Two: The Wish

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Jack relaxed his shoulders, and Beth removed her finger after a few seconds. Norrington and his assistant moved to the stairs, but no sooner than they had done so and no sooner after Beth had removed her finger, Jack let out a stupendous sneeze.

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In an instant, all three of them had turned and looked at him, and Norrington turned around and yelled, "What was that?"

They heard footsteps thundering down the stairs and the guys quickly pulled the girls into another corner and hid the girls behind them.

"Where are they?" they heard Norrington ask.

All four of them held their breath.

"You look outside, I'll look in here," they heard Norrington say again.

Beth felt Jack stiffen as he heard slow footsteps coming toward them, as if he was longing to just punch him.

"I know you're in here!" said Norrington loudly. "Come out, come out, where ever you are!"

Will glanced sideways at Jack. What would they do?

Jack looked back, then nodded. Will groped behind him until he found Lissie's hand. Gently, he squeezed it. With a final glance at Jack, they walked out of the shadows.

"I knew you'd come out," said Norrington softly.

"Why did you think that?" asked Will.

"Because I knew you wouldn't want anything to happen to your 'bonnie lasses'."

"Well, that's one o' the reasons why we came out here," said Jack, glancing behind him at Beth. She suddenly understood what he wanted her to do…

"Yes, the other reason is—"

"—THIS!" yelled Beth, jumping out and running over to Norrington and kicking him in the stomach.

He keeled over, moaning in pain. He moved his hand to slap Beth, but Jack stopped him.

"If ye do that, she'll aim a lil lower next time," he said dangerously. "Now, yer not gonna tell any one about where we are, hmm?"

Norrington shook his head.

Lissie quickly ran out of her hiding spot and to the others, who were running up the stairs. Just as they had reached them, however, they heard a furious yell coming from the place they had just left.

"THEY ESCAPED! THEY ESCAPED! GET THEM!" they heard Norrington scream.

"RUN!" Will yelled as soldiers poured out of alleys, buildings, every place imaginable. They were running as fast as they could… they had reached the docks… a shot grazed Lissie's hair…

Suddenly, she tripped on a piece of wood that was sticking out. Since she was the last one in the line, no one noticed. She quickly got back up, but the others were scrambling onto the Black Pearl, and only when they looked back, they saw her.

"LISSIE!" Beth screamed. "WATCH OUT!"

Lissie turned around and Norrington came flying at her out of no where, grabbing her arms behind her, and pulling her hair so that her head bent back, so that all she could see was the sky.

"Now you won't leave, will you?" said Norrington loudly.

"LET HER GO!" Will yelled.

"You killed my future wife so why shouldn't I kill yours, Turner? But come down and I'll spare her," said Norrington dangerously as he pulled her head back a little more. Lissie kicked him as hard as she could in the shin, sending him backward into the water, but also taking her with him.

"NO!" Will yelled.

"Jack, we're settin' off!" said Gibbs, who had just ran onto the deck.

"NO!" said all three of them together, but they were pulling away from the port…

"I'M NOT GOING TO LET HER DIE AGAIN!" Will bellowed, and then he dove into the water.

"WILL!" said Jack and Beth together. Beth anxiously stayed near the edge of the ship, but Jack ran off to Anamaria, who was again steering the ship.

"ANAMARIA! STOP THE SHIP!"

"Jack Sparrow! Can't ye see that they're goin' to shoot at us? We need to get out o' here!" she said shrilly.

"WILL AND LISSIE ARE DOWN THERE!" he yelled, pointing to the water.

He looked down at the water, trying to see them, but he caught sight of a soldier pointing his gun at Beth, who was busy looking for any sight of Will or Lissie.

"BETHY!" he rumbled. "WATCH OUT!"

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Lissie had finally pulled herself out of Norrington's grasp and was just swimming to the surface when he grabbed hold of her hair again. She cringed in pain, her lungs feeling like they were going to explode from lack of air. Just as she had lost all hope, she saw Will swimming toward her. She saw him frown, then swim toward Norrington and punch him in the face. He lost his grip on her hair, and she swam up to the surface, gasping for air.

"Will?" she asked, looking around.

Will was dealing with Norrington. He wanted to finish him off, he had done enough damage in the first place. He punched him in the jaw and kicked him in the stomach again. But Norrington wasn't going to let Will get away unhurt. He kicked him in the face, causing his mouth to bleed. Will kicked him in the groin, and Norrington winced and stopped fighting at once. Will swam to the surface.

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Jack looked down at the water, trying to see them, but he caught sight of a soldier pointing his gun at Beth, who was busy looking for any sight of Will or Lissie.

"BETHY!" he rumbled. "WATCH OUT!" he ran toward her just as the trigger went off. Beth turned around, but Jack flung her to the floor just in time.

She looked up in shock as she saw the bullet fly past. "Thanks for that," she said weakly.

"Don't mention it," said Jack. (Harry Potter again! Isn't this weird… I'm watching Lord of the Rings, writing this, and putting Harry Potter lines in it! Weird combination, isn't it?)

They got up and peered over the edge of the ship.

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Will's head broke the surface and he saw Lissie next to him.

"Come on," he said. "We've got to get out of here—"

But something had pulled him underwater again. Or someone.

"WILL!" Lissie screamed.

"LISSIE!" she heard Beth yell. "TAKE THE ROPE!" Jack threw a rope off the ship and it landed in front of her, but she shook her head.

"Will's still down there!" she shouted.

"WHAT'S 'E HOLDIN' US UP FOR?!" Jack screamed.

Norrington had pulled Will under again, and kicked him in the back. Wincing in pain, Will turned around so that he was facing him and kicked him in the chest. This appeared to have an effect on him, because he stopped fighting at once and Will swam up just as Lissie took hold of the rope.

Jack and Beth pulled her up in seconds and then looked back down.

"WILL!" they all yelled at once. Jack threw the rope out again just as Norrington surfaced.

"TAKE IT!" Lissie yelled.

Will grabbed on and all three of them pulled.

"NOOO!" Norrington yelled. But Will was already on the ship before Norrington could do anything.

All four of them ducked down as more shots were fired. "Get us out o' here, Anamaria!" yelled Jack. "Now, how do we get back home?"

"We use the medallion," said Lissie quickly, "and wish."

"Where is the medallion?" asked Beth. They all exchanged glances. At once, they split up into pairs and ran down the stairs to look for it.

"Oh, where could it be?" asked Beth hysterically.

"I don't know, who had it last?" asked Jack.

"Hm, let's think, maybe, YOU AND WILL?!" she screamed.

"Calm down!" said Jack.

"CALM DOWN?! Jack, you of all people should know that I DON'T DO GOOD UNDER PRESSURE!"

"Okay! Let's just look!"

"Where is it?" asked Lissie to Will.

"Jack and I used it to come back here… I had it in my hand before we jumped into the pool…" he gasped and pulled out a chain from under his shirt.

"Oh my God!" she gasped, having noticed Will's bleeding mouth.

"Don't worry about me, where are the others?" he asked, running back to where they last saw them.

"Will!" said Gibbs as he came running down the stairs.

"Sorry, no time to talk!" said Will as he rushed past.

"Just thought you should know that THE NAVY IS INVADING THE SHIP!" he yelled.

Will and Lissie skidded to a halt.

"This isn't good," said Lissie.

"JACK! BETH! HURRY UP! WE FOUND IT!" shouted Will.

"Will? Lissie?" asked Beth.

"WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?!" screamed Jack.

They were all running, trying to find each other and hoping not to run into the officers. As Will and Lissie ran past the stairs, they could hear the sound of metal on metal. They were fighting.

They ran into a room and crashed right into Jack and Beth.

"OUCH!" said all of them at once. Jack quickly got up from the floor and slammed the door shut.

"I've got the medallion!" breathed Will, one hand clutching the medallion and the other rubbing his ribs. "Lissie, what do we do now?"

"Every one touch it; just a finger will do!" she said quickly. "Okay," she said once everyone had squished together and had a finger on the medallion. "Now, just wish we were back home—" a sudden bang told them the soldiers were trying to get in. "NOW!" she yelled.

I wish we were back home…

In our own houses…

The present time…

Away from all of this…

Norrington banged the door open and saw all of them standing together. He smiled and yelled, "I've got you now, Turner and Sparrow!"

Then, he flung himself at Will.

I WISH WE WERE BACK HOME!