(A/N – "And so, if you read the story, you will do good on the quiz…" Yes, Mr. Reidman loves story quizzes… and cheesecake. "Who said cheesecake?" See what I mean?)

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x) Raina and Nayana - Your gold fish sounds awesome! lol... Purple shiny toothpicks and toasters, too... your reviews always crack me up! Thanks for a humorous review, and enjoy the chapter!

.:: It'snowing in Connellsville! Woot! 2 hour delay!! ::.

- Ever see A Nightmare Before Christmas? I love it… Well, I don't own Jack Skellington or Jack Sparrow… ah well… disclaimer for the rest of the PotC peeps!

- Forfeit the game before somebody else takes you out of the frame - and puts your names to shame – cover up your face – you can't run the race – the pace is to fast – you just won't last! LP!!! Oh wait, I own Lindsay, Jessica, Arielle Faye Turner, Rebecca Barbossa, Paige Castrella Madrine (Lillian Paige Barbossa), Thomas Pikes and the Meridian by the way. Now, back to Linkin Park!

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CHAPTER TWENTY: "You want a piece of this?!"

It's now the middle of the night, close to four. We got some shuteye (which was really good cuz we all needed it) for ten hours! I'm so happy… It's the most sleep I've gotten since yesterday!!! –Happiness!- Ok, enough of my joyous celebration of sleep, back to the story.

Like I said, four in the morning when I woke up with Stewy and Paige. Jack hadn't told us his plan yet, probably since he was still working out those hard details while murmuring about rum in his sleep (-glares at Jack-)… Then he starts his singing…

"Yo ho, ho yo! Really bad eggy rum and other… good… stuff… CHEESE! Aye, cheese…"

Jessica, Paige, and I laughed as hard as we could without waking anyone. Jack's murmurs turned back into soft snores, which we also laughed about.

"Did he do this in your time?" Paige asked. "When he was there last summer?"

"Not only this, but his feet almost killed us," I said. "You should've smelled those puppies!"

"Been there, done that," Paige said, shaking her head. "Awful stench…"

"I wonder what he's gonna have us do?" Jessica asked.

"Well, Mary, if it involves you, it'll be something ecstatic," Paige said.

Jessica smiled happily.

"Aye! It'll be crazy!"

"Hey, Paige, that was some speech you gave Rebecca about Jack," I said. "I've never seen anyone stand up for someone that well."

"You do it all the time…" Jessica said. "You're the peacemaker if anyone's fighting…"

"So? I'm helping someone out… It's what you're supposed to do," I said.

"Well there's something you and Paige are both good at," Stewy said. "I liked how you stood up for Jack, too… good job!"

"They're comin'! They're comin'! Duck!"

Jessica, Paige, and I slammed our stomachs to the wooden floor.

"Who's coming?!" Lindsay asked, shooting up from Thomas's shoulder. "What?!" We pulled Lindsay to the floor, and knocked Thomas over, too, waking him up. Then we looked up.

"They're… comin'…"

"Ugh… it's only Jack…" I said. "Nobody's coming…"

"What is it with him?" Lindsay asked. "Was he like this all last year?"

"Where have you been?" Jessica asked.

"I was swooning over Will last year!"

"Oh God…"

"Hey, shut up! You couldn't keep your hands off Jack!"

"I wanted the hat!"

- Two Hours Later -

"Now, we all know what to do?" Jack asked.

"Yeah, but can't we have a different plan?" I asked, wringing my hands together anxiously.

"Yes, I wish there were another way," Elizabeth said. "Must it be this way?"

"We're going through with it," Will said. "No matter what happens, it's the only way out."

"If you insist," I said, sitting on the floor.

"Calm down, Grace, he'll be fine," Thomas said.

"Yeah," Paige said. "Jack is one pirate who knows what he's doing."

"But are you absolutely sure?" I asked for the millionth time. "What if it goes so wrong we can't fix it?"

"Ye know," Jack said. "If ye're the same pirate I dubbed Little Sparrow a year ago, ye should be just as ye were – ye can think like me… if something happens, no matter what it is, ye'll know what to do. Always a plan ready for anything - even if the worst should happen."

I nodded. Wow. I was like, the leader if anything happened.

"Hey Will?"

"Yes, Grace?"

"You're still second in charge, right?"

"Aye, but ye'll get me ship," Jack said.

Everyone looked at me. I get to inherit the Black Pearl?? Cool…

"Shh… here they come…" Gibbs said.

- Isle de Muerta -

"You there! Secure Mr. Swann and make sure the others are as well!" Rebecca yelled, jumping out of her rowboat as we entered the cave. Then she turned to the four of us who were in the boat with her. "You, there."

She pointed up to the mountain of gold where the cursed gold of Cortez sat silent but deadly. The lid was slightly askew, shining the golden medallions' reflection to the cave wall. We were tugged out of the boat, and I turned to get a glimpse of Jack and the others. I only saw the boat with Thomas, Gibbs, the Governor, and Ana; Jack, Will, and Elizabeth must not have entered the cave yet.

"The end is near, oh the end…" Lindsay moaned as we walked slowly to the foot of the golden mound. Paige, Stewy, and I giggled, but Rebecca whipped around.

"Good joke, girls?" she asked. "Care to share it?"

"No thanks," Paige said.

"Oh, let me tell it!" Jessica said. "There once was this duck."

Silence.

"Yes?" Rebecca asked. "Continue."

"That was the joke," Jessica said still beaming up at her. The four of us burst into laughter.

"Good one, Mary!" Lindsay said. "Oh, did you here the one about the yak?"

"No, how does it go?"

"There once was this yak."

Silence. Laughter.

"That's hilarious!" I said. "There's one something like that about a-"

"Shut up!" Rebecca said. "There is nothing funny here for you. Just me."

"Why do you get to have all the fun?" Paige whined.

"Yeah, really…" I said, rolling my eyes.

"Psh…"

We walked right up to the cursed chest of gold and looked into it with big eyes. There it was. The answer. Why couldn't we just sneak one each and save Jack's butt? It's a lot more logical, easier, and other stuff! Why? I dunno… the mind of Jack is complicated from this angle of thinking… Oh wait, we do take some gold and become immortal again! I think we do at one point, anyways…

Rebecca spun us around to face her crew who were yelling and jeering, growling and cursing at us. I felt myself start to shake, then froze up when I saw a particularly large guy part the crowd with Jack, Will, and Elizabeth. Their eyes were on us as they lined up front with the other four. I met Jack's eyes; he nodded slowly as I swallowed hard and shook more. It didn't have to be this way.

"We have triumphed!" Rebecca yelled to her crew who cheered loudly.

"Not yet…" Lindsay muttered from my right side. I looked back down at Jack, my stomach all knotted up and getting worse. My shaking was visible now as a few of the crewmen were pointing at me.

"Our battle was successful, killing every soul on the Meridian except these special eleven survivors," she said, motioning to us. "Three of whom which will be unharmed, the other eight…"

She trailed off as the crew cheered again. My eyes were darting everywhere. Lindsay was side glancing at me whispering to stop shaking like I had Parkinson's disease, and I forced myself to stop. Well, Jack wants this to happen, so it's gotta work out somehow in his favor, right?

"And so," Rebecca boomed over the vast cave, "to get the justice my father deserves, we have attained Captain Jack Sparrow and his loyal ten – four of whom are the Littles, apparently no longer a rumor."

She motioned towards us, and gasps escaped a lot of the men there. Paige and Lindsay each gave a curtsy, but Rebecca stared her them down.

"What? Is it a crime to be more famous than you?" Lindsay asked. "That's right! We're the Littles! Turner, Swann, Sparrow, and Lily!" she said, going down the line.

"Shut up," Rebecca snapped.

"Why? And let you take all the glory? I'm living my life to the fullest! And you can't stop me!"

Rebecca pulled out the knife and pointed at her, revelry obviously taking place in her head.

"Go ahead, punk! Stab me! Let's go!" Lindsay said.

"That's not the plan…" Paige muttered from my other side. "Shut her up, Grace!"

I kicked Lindsay in the chin, and she stood next to me without a sound.

"Apologies," Lindsay said. "You may continue with your death ritual now."

And she did. Shouts from her crew every few lines, and still more knots in my stomach from looking at Jack and the others. But I had to show backbone. It wouldn't be at all like a pirate to go against Captain's orders or even back down period – especially if you're Little Sparrow or the captain's your second father. Or both. Both is what I got stuck with. Joy. I can't be a coward - the only thing I'm good at. I thought people always taught you to work with your talents?

"And now, we bring Jack Sparrow to his knees with the death of his beloved friends and assumed family." She looked at Paige and me; then it dawned on me that Paige was something of a daughter to Jack, too, therefore I had a second sister. I dunno. Assumptions of mine never turn out, so why start now?

Rebecca walked passed Lindsay and Stewy and up to Paige.

"Here they be. About to leave behind everything. Their pasts and futures."

They crew laughed. Ah, a time travel play on words… ah ha… oh boy, I didn't get it. The others down front nodded with weak smiles, especially Jack and Will. They looked up once again. Will nodded this time.

"Any last words?" Rebecca asked, knife to Paige's throat.

Hey! That's it! That's what we've been waiting for!

We nodded. I gathered up what little courage I had and got read for my line.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Stewy yelled.

"Pirates of all ages!" Lindsay bellowed.

"The Littles proudly present to you- (that's me!)"

"The greatest show you'll ever see- (that's Paige!)"

"The Disappearing Pirates!" the four of us boomed. We smiled really big and looked down at the crowd. Rebecca and the other pirates did, too, only to see that all seven of their other captives were gone. Vamoose. Not there.

"Find them!" Becca yelled in outrage.

She ran down the mound of treasure rushing around, and the four of us turned to the chest of cursed medallions. Then, Will popped up from the other side of the chest about scaring us half to death.

"Take one," he said. "Take one now!"

We obeyed, and Will drew his sword, cut the ropes that bound our hands, and slid down the treasure slope readying himself for the battle we knew was inevitable. Lindsay, Jessica, and I slipped our medallions in one of the many pockets in our boyz pants, and Paige, the small pouch on her side.

"Let's hope it gets good from here," I said.

"For better or worse," Stewy said.

"Jess, that's a freaking wedding vowel!" Lindsay said.

"How would you know?!" Jess asked.

"I've been to weddings!"

"Oh…"

"Score another for Super Stupid Stewy…"

WHAP!

"Hey, Stewy, watch it…" Lindsay said after Jessica slapped her upside the head.

"Come on!" Paige said. "We've got a plan to carry out!"

All twisted inside, I nodded, trying to hide my worry from everyone. How characteristic is worry to a pirate? I mean, c'mon, Little Sparrow, pull yerself together! Oh no… I'm even starting to sound like Jack in my own head! How long would it take for this to happen? It was gonna happen eventually…

We slid down into the massacre that was taking place, and we dodged our way through it all. We reached the nearest rowboat and got in.

"Wait!"

We spun around, and there was Gibbs, Governor Swann, and Elizabeth.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"We're getting father out of here," Elizabeth said. "Stay and fight. You took medallions, right?"

"Yeah…" Lindsay said.

"Oh, good. Now please let us take this boat."

We nodded and got out, letting the three of them get in. Gibbs took the boat and shoved it into the water, and they began to row out of the cave.

"Now!" Elizabeth mouthed to us.

Lindsay, Jessica, and I took a deep breath as Paige slipped back into the crowd.

"THEY'RE ESCAPING!!!" we bellowed. Heads turned, and Rebecca who was not that far from us, whipped around just as we ducked away from sight.

"Get them! Bring them back!" Becca said. "You! Gather up all the others you can find that haven't escaped yet! This isn't over!"

We slid along the cave wall and into a hidden cove where Paige was. She was just finishing with our special weapons when we got there.

"Almost done?" Stewy asked, taking her can of silly string.

"Yeah, those are done…" Paige said, "But I need one more minute on these…"

We dropped our silly string and helped her finish with our top secret weapon – honey filled balloons. Hehe… then there's those feathers and nitro snappers, and let's not forget the stink bombs!

"Done!" Paige said.

We loaded up, and ran out amongst the men leaving the cave, dropping stink bombs nearby. After that, we climbed up to the higher area in the cave. Now there's only Will, Jack, Thomas, Ana, and us left in the cave. Eight good guys vs. Rebecca, her monkey, and three other terds.

"Hey! Bub!" Lindsay shouted.

The two dumb oafs looked up from below us, and we scored with the honey balloons and feathers. Then we landed huge rocks on their heads, and score one for the Littles! We exchanged high fives, and then rolled to our feet ready to rid ourselves of the final idiot crewman. And he was huge.

"Should we make him a chicken costume, too?" Jessica asked.

"No way!" I said. "We'll run out of feathers!"

"I've got an idea!" Paige said.

"Light bulb!" Stewy yelled. "You have a light bulb!"

Disregarding Jessica's remark, Paige dropped her self off the high ledge we were on and landed next to the chickens we made, and then she screamed at the top of her lungs. The big guy turned his head and stampeded after her, leaving Ana whose throat he was about to slit. Our faces lit up in excitement when we saw Jack creep out of the shadows and pull Ana back in with him, but he held a finger to his mouth as not to give him away, and he was fast and discreet.

"You want a piece of this?!" Paige yelled as the guy approached her. I glared at Lindsay. She shrugged her shoulders with a guilty smile; yes, that's a line she uses constantly. And so, we return to the action.

The big lug lifted his giant fist in a howl of fury, and swung; Paige fell to the rocky cave floor on her stomach, and it missed her by inches. I let out a weak squeal, but I covered my mouth a bit too late. He saw us.

"Nice, Grace!" Lindsay said, jumping up. The guy started climbing after us, and we ran up higher. I looked around the cave as I ran, Rebecca was fighting to get hold of Will again as he wouldn't let her win that easily. I tripped; Lindsay and Stewy picked me up, and there it was – dead end.

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