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Chapter Seventeen: One Last Shot

Juliet was thrown into a room like she was when she was kidnapped before. Tears were still falling from her eyes over Will, she didn't think she'd ever get over it. Well, at least if she died she would be with him. Maybe dying wouldn't be so bad if she had something to look forward to after all…

The door was slammed and locked. She lay there where she had fallen on the floor, not moving at all, her eyes shut.

She could see Will's face, smiling when he had first became friends with her, she saw that look in his captivating chocolate eyes that said plainly "I love you", she saw him laughing. How she loved that laugh, that musical sound, where his eyes would dance and he would show every single one of those perfect blinding teeth.

She saw him rescuing her from Barbossa, then pulling her into his room, kissing her, holding her, loving her. She still could feel his hand on her face, still could feel his lips on hers. A sob racked her body and she cried helplessly. Life would never be the same.

…

It was the next day. Juliet was on the floor, asleep and dreaming about Will when the door opened. Barbossa walked into the room, pulling his sword out of its sheath. He sliced her arm again and her eyes flew open and she gasped. He chuckled. (LOL Zach and Chuck! CHUCKLES! (laughs hysterically…)) He turned around and slammed the door shut, locking it and throwing the key to the other side of the room.

Juliet's hands were still tied behind her back. There was no way she could escape. Barbossa pulled out his gun.

"Ye have caused too much trouble for yer own good," he said. "Me crew almost left me because of ye, I've lost part of me crew because of ye. And then there were those times I was so close to killin' ye, but ye got away. Well, that won't happen this time."

He cocked his pistol, pointing it at her face. "I hate to do this, I really do," he said, grinning. "What with the babe and all. But wait, what am I saying? I'm a pirate… and killin' two birds with one stone." He paused, as if savoring the moment. "Ye don't know how long I've waited to do this. Say good-bye, Juliet Blackstone…"

CRASH.

Juliet opened her eyes. The door was blown off its hinges, and through the dust, she could see the figure of a man. Her eyes lit up as he stepped into the room.

"Is that any way to treat a lady? Especially one who's pregnant? 'Cause you don't mess with this daddy." (LOL!)

"WILL!" Juliet gasped.

"This is impossible!" screamed Barbossa. "I KILLED YOU!"

Will brushed some of the dust off his sleeve. "You'd think that, wouldn't you?" He grinned.

Barbossa let out a yell of anger and re-pointed the gun at Juliet. Will's eyes widened. Just as Barbossa pulled the trigger Will flew through the air, pushing him over so that the bullet ricochet off the wall and went through the door frame instead. Will was punching Barbossa with everything he had in him, grabbing his head and slamming it into the floor. When Barbossa was unconscious he leapt off him, kicking his limp body. He turned and ran over to Juliet, caressing her face briefly, then untying her bound hands. He then took them and helped her off the floor.

"I thought you were dead," she whispered, not taking her eyes away from his.

"I almost was, but I held on, I couldn't leave you and," he put a hand on her stomach. "our child." He paused. "Don't you remember what I said before? I'll follow you to the ends of the earth. I'll love you forever…"

Juliet was crying again.

"Sssh, don't cry," he said softly, and with his other hand he wiped her tears away.

"No, these are tears of happiness," she whispered back. His eyes searched her face. "I love you so much…"

Will couldn't take it anymore. He pulled her to him, kissing her with all the love he had. Just then, they heard thundering footsteps outside, and Will pulled away to see Jack standing in the doorway.

"Juliet!" he said brightly, throwing his arms out and spinning her around. She laughed.

"Hello, Jack," she grinned.

"Let's get you out of here," said Will, grabbing her hand.

The three of them turned around, wide smiles on their faces, but they quickly disappeared. Barbossa's crew was standing in front of the doorway, grinning and some of them brandishing their weapons. Juliet grabbed Will's arm.

"Uh, Will?" she asked.

"Yes?"

"Please tell me you and Jack can fight all these men…"

The three of them glanced at each other.

"Well," broke in Jack, "we're gonna have ta do the best we can." He and Will pulled out their swords and began to fight. Will turned to Juliet for a moment before he jumped at a pirate.

"Go back in there and stay down. I'll come get you when it's safe."

Juliet stood there. "GO!" Will yelled.

She shook her head. "I nearly lost you once, I don't want that to happen again."

He quickly kissed her. "I promise, I'll come out of this alive. Now get in there!"

She nodded, retreating back into the room they were in before as Will jumped at a pirate and joined the fight.

But he seemed to have forgotten what else was in the room.

A few minutes passed and the fight was still going on outside the room. Juliet gasped when she saw Jack's shoulder get cut by a sword but he didn't seem to notice. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw something move in the corner diagonal from her. She turned around, but was immediately pressed against the wall and Barbossa put his hand over her mouth. He pulled out his sword.

"The more ye scream, the more I cut ye up. Savvy?"

She nodded, not taking her eyes off the sword that was being pointed at her neck. He moved behind her, pressing the edge of the sword against her neck. "Now, we're gonna walk out of this room and into another, this time with a door…"

She moved slowly to the door, Barbossa still behind her, sword still at her neck.

"Keep going," he said dangerously once they had gotten out of the room. She didn't speed up; she was going slow in hopes that Will would notice what was happening. The sword was pressed against her harder. "Walk faster," he breathed.

She sped up a bit.

Jack was fighting a pirate when he had to turn around to confuse him a bit. When he did turn around he saw Juliet being led away by Barbossa. His eyes widened.

"WILL!" he yelled, quickly stabbing the pirate. "TURN AROUND!"

Will did, and his eyes widened in horror. "JULIET!" he yelled. He shoved the pirate he was fighting out of the way and tried to get to her, but the rest of them had formed a wall around him.

They reached another room after Barbossa made Juliet speed up. He threw her to the ground and slammed the door behind them.

"Well, it seems like yer dear William will be taken care of properly as it should have been before. And so will you. But I've done some thinking, oh yes, I've done thinking."

Juliet spat on him.

"I'm gonna ignore that. Yer spirit is too feisty, just like yer mother." He laughed at the look on Juliet's face. "No, I'm gonna let ye die another way, a nice slow, painful death. Too bad I'll have to sacrifice me ship… ah, but it's worth it…"

With that, he took a candle stick that was on a nearby table and flung it to the ground. The fire reflected in his eyes. "Goodbye," he said, then left the room, locking the door behind him.

She just can't seem to stay away from situations like this, can she?! AAAAHHH!!! Oh yeah, I saw the BEST MOVIE on Friday that I have been waiting for since November 2001… HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN!!! OMG IT'S AWESOME!!!!! I've read the book 15 times so I thought to myself "This had better be good…" Well, it was, even though there are a LOT of differences like the scenery, music and uniforms… but I LOVE IT ALL THE SAME and all of y'all should GO SEE IT!!! And review, of course!