Sarah was outside, gazing up at the black sky. She knew she shouldn't be outside where Axel had access to her, but after her recent confrontation with Jack, she needed fresh air. Looking up at the moon, she sighed. 'Axel, why did you do this to me.'

"Because I loved you," a whisper came from behind her. Whipping around, Sarah gasped. Before she could scream for Jack or even Will, Axel pulled her to him and covered her mouth. "No where to go, no where to hide. You ask me why I did this to you? I thought that you could accept the fact that you were meant to live forever. I thought you could accept killing, feeding, from people you knew…but maybe I was wrong. For hundreds of years I've been infatuated with you, your perfection, your spirit. But I've found someone else now." Axel turned Sarah around, his hand still covering her mouth.

Out of the shadows stepped Elizabeth Swann. She smiled, a gesture tinted with evil, and unwrapped the scarf that adorned her neck. Two fresh bite marks surrounded by a dark bruise garlanded her neckline. Sarah shook her head and clenched her jaw. "Axel, you can't do this to her," she said, although the words were muffled. Axel uncovered her mouth and ran a finger down her cheek.

"I believe I can do this to her. She seems perfectly happy to abandon her loveless marriage and join me, as my queen."

Sarah tried to break through to Elizabeth. "I realize I barely know you, but you're too good for this! Don't do it!"

Elizabeth stepped closer to her. "Don't be jealous, Sarah. Your time has come and gone. If you had an ounce of smarts in you, you would have dumped Jack a long time ago and reigned with Axel. You lost your chance and now it's mine."

Sarah tried to get out of Axel's grip but his grip was iron-strong. "She's under your spell, Axel, and you know it. She would never say these things! You can't accept the fact that I never wanted to be with you and now you have to go and ruin her life just to prove how big and strong you are."

Axel smiled maniacally. "I really didn't want to do this, Sarah."

Sarah suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest. Axel let her go and looked at her with both dismay and contentment. Sarah looked down and started to shake. The hilt of a knife stuck out of her chest. She dropped to her knees, pain overtaking her. Axel knelt before her. "I really didn't want to kill you this way. Beheading is so much faster and less painful than getting stabbed through the heart." Sarah looked at him, unable to communicate her loathing. Axel sighed and, standing, offered his hand to Elizabeth, who took it. They disappeared into the shadows.

Sarah gritted her teeth and grasped the end of the knife and pulled it out of her chest. Taking a deep breath and standing, she crossed her arms. "My heart is not on my right side, Axel you bumbling idiot." Turning around, she went back into the house.

"Will, you're wife is in trouble," she said as she passed him on the steps.

"What?" Will followed her into her room where she pulled out her suitcase. Opening it she pulled out a knife with odd looking marks on it. "Sarah, what are you doing," Will questioned again, desperate for information.

"I'm getting ready to kill Axel, save your wife, and get back to Jack before he knows I've left."

"Too late." Sarah shut her eyes at the sound of Jack's voice.

"Jack, you can't stop me." He stepped up to her and looked down at her. She searched for hostility in his eyes, but didn't find any. "You can't stop me," she repeated, desperate to break the silence filling the room.

"I don't want to stop you, love. You have to do what you have to." Sarah opened her mouth and closed it again. She had become so used to waging verbal battle with Jack that she didn't know how to respond when he gave her support.

"Jack, I don't know what to say. Why are you being so…not like you?" Jack flashed her that boyish smile that made her heart melt.

"I realized that you don't need me around to protect you all the time. You are probably more capable of taking care of yourself than anyone in this room. You don't need me any more." Though he said it with a smile, there was a sadness lacing his words.

Sarah reached up and pulled him to her. She kissed him slowly and sighing, pulled away. "I do need you," she whispered. "But I don't want you to get hurt. I can do this alone."

Will cleared his throat and stepped closer to the couple. "I hate to break you guys up, but my wife is in apparent danger and you know, I'd really like to get her back!"