1TriGemini- Thanks again for your wonderful reviews! Yea, Jack has a habit of showing up when Elli doesn't want him around, but then again-when does she ever want him around? And I'm glad you don't find this boring and I try to make it as funny as I can without over killing because there needs to be some seriousness too. (Wow, that doesn't sound like it would be a word...never mind) And yes, Ari doesn't mind being with Will on the Black Pearl because she loves him and doesn't care how bad the situation is-just so long as she can be with him. What can I say? I'm a hopeless romantic.

Jinxeh- Oh yea, Ari can so take Karolyn on. Especially when it comes to Will. Hey, she was going to brutally murder Elizabeth, remember?

Will; I don't think it was a good idea giving her that pistol...

Elizabeth; (who is currently being chased around by Ari) You think?

Ari; I'm not mean, you're just a sissy! It's only a flesh wound!

(Waaaaaaaaaaay too many of my friends have seen 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and are always quoting things from it. My friend Don has seen it close to 30 times, no joke.) Thanks for reviewing! And for pointing out the mistake in the last chapter. That was odd. O.o

Incubus2704- Yea, thanks for pointing out the mistake in the last chapter. And I know Ari's attempt to save Will was kind of misplaced, but at least she tried. Thanks for reviewing!

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Chapter Thirteen- A Cold and Broken Hallelujah

Jack stood at the sandy shores of the small island and sighed as he looked about him. "That's the second time I had to watch that man sail away with my ship." He muttered, looking at the Black Pearl which was shrinking into the distance. With a deep sigh, he turned around and walked back to the island.

"Where's Elli?" Elizabeth asked, looking around. "I could've sworn she came with us."

At this, Jack turned around again and looked in the water, seeing Elli trying to swim with her bound hands, but having problems. He rolled his eyes, irritated and waded out into the water to help her, when he stopped short. Did he really want to save her? After all, she had been so mean to him the whole time he had known her, she also frustrated him and she wanted him dead too, so maybe he should just leave her there.

But in the end, Jack decided to go save Elli, because he was a good person and Elli didn't deserve to die, no matter how annoying and frustrating she was.

Jack waded farther into the water and stopped when he reached Elli. Unceremoniously, he picked her up and hauled her out of the water, carrying her to the island.

"Hey, put me down-I can walk!" Elli shouted, indignant.

"Fine." Jack replied and dropped her roughly on the shore. Elli forced herself to sit up and glared at Jack who was sitting beside her, staring out at sea again.

"Why did you save me, I thought you hated me." Elli muttered, struggling with her bonds. Jack turned and looked at her with such a serious look in his eyes, that it frightened Elli a little.

"I don't hate you Elli, you were the one who always hated me." Jack said at last.

"But all those times you acted like you hated me or that I frustrated you." Elli muttered, looking down at her feet.

"Well, you did frustrate me, but I don't hate you." Jack replied.

"But why?" Elli asked, frustrated already. This was getting them anywhere. Jack didn't answer, he just stared out at the ocean again. Elli huffed and went back to struggling with her bonds. She looked over at Jack who was now laying down with his eyes closed. "You're gonna untie me right?" She asked him and held out her bound writs. He opened on eye and looked at her.

"I wasn't planning on it." He muttered and closed his eyes again.

"What?" Elli shouted. Elizabeth sighed and walked over, untying Elli's wrists. "Thank you." Elli said loudly, not looking at Elizabeth, but at Jack.

"I saved you from drowning." He replied, sitting up. "Actually, you're in my debt because of that."

"What?" Elli cried, standing up. Jack stood up as well.

"It means you owe me." Jack replied.

"I knew that! And I don't owe you, you rescued me on your own free will-I didn't ask you to!" Elli shouted, pointing a finger at him.

"Well maybe I should've let you drown if I knew you were going to be so ungrateful!" Jack snapped.

"Maybe you should've, then I wouldn't be stuck with you and Elizabeth, the prissy little princess!" Elli cried.

"Stop fighting you two!" Elizabeth cut in. "Jack, you were marooned on this island before. How did you escape last time?" Jack suddenly looked nervous and didn't answer, instead he walked off, weaving in between the palm trees, stopping and knocking on a couple.

"Supposedly he roped a couple of sea turtles and made them into a raft." He heard Elli call. Jack looked over his shoulder and shot Elli a dark look.

"Last time I was here a grand total of three days, alright?" He muttered and Elli started laughing.

"I knew that story couldn't be true, it was just something you made up when you were drunk one night." She said and smiled at him evilly. Jack ignored her and continued on.

"The rum runners came by and I was able to barter a passage off." Jack replied and began jumping up and down on a particular spot in the sand. Elli stared at him as if he had lost his mind. Jack bent down and opened a trap door in the sand and climbed down into a little cellar. "It looks as if they have been out of business for awhile. You probably have your bloody friend Norrington to thank for that." He came up again holding a good amount of rum bottles in his arms.

"So that's it?" Elizabeth began, sounding like she was close to hysterics. "That's the secret 'grand adventure' of Captain Jack Sparrow? He sat on a beach for three days, drinking rum..." Jack just stared at her for a minute and then handed her a bottle.

"Welcome to the Caribbean." He muttered and also handed Elli a bottle before walking off. Elli wheeled around and was about to bash Jack over the head with her newly acquired weapon, but Elizabeth's hand on her wrist stopped her.

"I have an idea Elli." She whispered and let go of Elli's wrist, following Jack.

"It better be worth it, because I just missed my opportune moment." Elli muttered and tagged along after them.

"We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs. Drink up me 'earties yo ho! Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!" Jack and Elizabeth practically screamed, dancing around a huge bonfire they had built not but an hour ago.

Elli groaned and took another sip of her rum. She wasn't drunk yet, but she had only downed a third of her bottle while Elizabeth was half way through hers and Jack had a third left in his second bottle. "Shut up!" Elli shouted. Loud noises were bad, plus they were both singing horribly off key. Elli took another large sip and shook her head. The rum burned her throat, but she managed to drink it anyways.

Dimly she heard Elizabeth and Jack talking about the Spanish Main and the Pearl and freedom, but she didn't care. What was freedom anyways? Elli corked her bottle and set it down in the sand while she walked out to the edge of the island, watching the black ocean waves roll in and out. Elli wondered how I was dong on the Pearl. She thought it was stupid of me to stay on the Pearl with Will. I was just going to be killed once Barbossa got rid of Will. But then again, Elli knew that I loved Will and so maybe it wasn't so stupid after all.

Elli sighed and laid on her back, staring up at the stars wheeling above her.

Love...Elli had never been in love before. She's had 'crushes' on people before, but she had never loved anyone the way I loved Will right now. She wondered what it was like. What was it like to love someone so much that you would die for them? What would it be like to have someone love you as much as you loved them? Elli knew that this was also what I was wondering.

Suddenly Jack came and sat beside her, interrupting her thoughts. Elli sat up and looked over at Elizabeth who had fallen asleep.

"What are you doing over here?" Elli demanded.

"I came to see if you were alright, you looked really troubled about something." Jack murmured. Elli felt a pang of guilt in her heart. Jack had just came over to see if she was alright and she was being rude to him.

"Well thank you." She muttered, a large part of her still bitter, even if Jack was being kind to her.

"Why are you so bitter towards me?" Jack snapped. "I try my best to be nice to you, but you still end up being bitter towards me and biting my head off about the stupidest things." Elli glared at him, but then realized that Jack was right, she was too bitter towards him.

"I guess...I do owe you." Elli said softly. Jack looked at her surprised as Elli moved closer towards him. She laid a hand on his shoulder and another on the back of his head. "This is just because you didn't let me drown, understand?" Jack nodded slowly and Elli closed her eyes, pressing her lips against Jack's. Jack's eyes widened and Elli felt him grow stiff and she knew that he was surprised. She didn't pull away though and soon Jack got over his shock and kissed her back, but as soon as he did, Elli pulled away.

"Again, that was just because you didn't let me drown." She whispered and walked off to think about what she just did.

"We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, we loot, drink up me 'earties yo ho!" One of Barbossa's crew members sang as he mopped the deck.

"Hey, you!" I shouted. The pirate looked up at me and pointed to himself. "Yes you." I muttered. "Do you know any other songs than 'A Pirate's Life For Me?'" I hissed.

"No." He replied.

"Then shut the hell up!" I cried. He glared at me and walked off. I went and sat back down, leaning against the far wall of the small cell I was sharing with Will because there wasn't enough room in the other cell with the rest of my crew members in it.

"I'm guessing you're not fond of that song?" Will asked softly.

"No! Especially since Jack and the crew sang it every bloody night on the Interceptor." I replied and then cast a glare at the crew, daring one of them to start singing. Will chuckled softly and laid a hand on my shoulder. I told my heart to calm down and stop beating since he just meant it in a friendly way.

"I wonder how Elli and Jack are doing on the island." Will murmured softly, I was surprised that he didn't mention Elizabeth, but then again, he probably didn't want to bring her up in front of me.

"I dunno, but hopefully they haven't killed each other." I muttered. "So...how are we supposed to get out of this mess?"

Will was smiling up until I said that last part. But now his eyes were dark and no light shone in them. He looked very tired and strained.

"I don't think we can." He whispered.

"Will..." I began softly, but he suddenly pulled me close to him, holding onto me tightly. Once again, I knew he just meant this as a friend, he just needed someone to comfort him. I laid my head against his chest and held onto him just as tightly. "It's going to be okay."

I then realized that I hated happy people. Right now in the town of Port Royal, everyone is going about their normal business, not knowing or caring that the town blacksmith was to die tomorrow. No one knew Will was gone except the Commodore and the governor, but they didn't care either. As for Mr. Browns, I doubt he even knows Will's name.

I also hated the fact that Will loved Elizabeth instead of me. I deserved Will's love because I was the one here, waiting with him while he awaited his death. I was the one sitting here in this cold, wet cell holding on to him and telling him that everything would be alright, even though that was a lie.

But he chose to ignore this. I knew he saw it, how could he not see it? So, he was just choosing to ignore it so he could go on loving Elizabeth. I hated him too right now, although I also loved him more than life itself. I find it funny how he can make me feel two powerful things at once.

"What are you thinking of?" Will whispered.

"What's going to happen to you...I'm worried for you I guess." I replied, not wanting, but very tempted to tell him that I hated how he loved Elizabeth instead of me.

"Ari, those aren't things for you to worry about." He whispered softly.

"I can't help it." I replied in a whisper. He held me tighter and closed his eyes.

"I'm going to be alright Ari." He said softly, trying to assure me even though he couldn't even reassure himself.

"Hn...turn out the lights." Elli muttered. It was way too bright this morning and the roar of the ocean was far too loud. Elli groaned and sat up, shielding her eyes from the relentless sun. She blinked a couple times, but her eyes still didn't adjust to the light. Elli squeezed her eyes close and tried to remember what happened last night, but it was all black and blurry at some points. All she knew was that she had a lot of rum-why else would she have such a bad hangover.

"No! What are you doing!" She heard Jack cry.

"Shut up you idiot...ow..." Elli moaned and clamped her hands over her ears.

"You burned all the food, the shade, the rum!" Jack shouted.

"I told you to shut up-damn it!" Elli shouted back.

"Yes, the rum is gone." Elizabeth's nasally voice cut in. Elli groaned and flopped back in the sand.

"Why is the rum gone?" Jack demanded.

"One, because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels and two, that signal is over a hundred feet high. The entire royal navy is looking for me, do you really think they won't see it?" Elizabeth countered. Elli opened one eye and looked around to see what Elizabeth was talking about. Then she saw that there was a large pile of crates and rum bottles burning. "Just keep a weather eye out and you'll see white sails on the horizon." Elizabeth muttered and sat at the edge of the island. Elli sat up and watched as Jack stormed off, not bothering to stop him.

"You really are stupid." Elli murmured to Elizabeth and started giggling to herself.

A couple hours went by and Elli noticed a small black dot moving towards the island. She looked carefully and saw that it was a ship.

"You have got to be kidding me." Elli muttered.

"But we have to save Will!" Elizabeth cried, now aboard the Dauntless with the Commodore and her father.

"No! You're safe now and we will not go gallivanting after pirates." He said firmly.

"Then we condemn him to death!" Elizabeth shrieked. The governor sighed and looked very tired. Elli started laughing again.

"The boy's fate is regrettable, but then so is his choice to engage in piracy." The governor continued, ignoring Jack and Elli.

"To rescue me! To prevent anything from happening to me!" Elizabeth cried.

"If I may be so bold as to interject my professional opinion, the Pearl was listing near the scappers after the battle. It's very unlikely she'll be able to make good time. Think about it, the Black Pearl, the last real pirate threat in the Caribbean, mate. How can you pass that up?" Jack said and grinned at the Commodore.

"While remembering that I serve others Mr. Sparrow." The Commodore muttered and walked off. Elizabeth hurried after him.

"Please, do this for me...as a wedding gift..." Elizabeth pleading, catching the Commodore's attention. He turned and looked at her, obvious joy and surprise written on his face.

"Elizabeth...are you accepting the Commodore's proposal?" Her father asked, over joyed. Elizabeth swallowed hard and looked into the Commodore's eyes.

"I am." She whispered.

"What? Why the hell would you want to marry a gay freak like him?" Elli shouted.

"A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack cried, but fell silent as soon as the Commodore glared at him. "I know, 'clap him in irons'-right?" He muttered and held out his wrists.

"Mr. Sparrow , you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with the bearing to Isla de Muerta . You will then spend the rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meaning of the phrase 'silent as the grave'. Do I make myself clear?" The Commodore replied.

"Inescapably." Jack assured the Commodore. Jack was then taken off to the helm while Elli and Elizabeth were escorted to the Commodore's cabin, which he had so graciously let them have. Elli flopped down on the bed and slept, hoping her headache would be gone once she woke up.

"A pirates life for me." The same crew member that was singing last night was singing again. Now, it's not that I hated that song, it's just that I had heard it too many damn times and the pirate's singing was horribly off key and cracked.

"I thought I told you to shut up buddy!" I cried. He glared at me and stopped singing.

"Shiver me timbers!" Mr. Cotton's parrot squawked. I smacked my forehead with my palm. It was going to be a long day.

"You knew Bill Turner?" Will suddenly asked, coming to stand at the front of the cell, leaning on the bars. The pirate looked up at Will darkly.

"Ol' Bootstrap Bill- we knew him. Never sat well with Bootstrap what we did to Jack Sparrow, the mutiny and all. He said it wasn't right with the code, that's why he sent off a piece of the treasure to you as it were. He said we deserved to be cursed and remain cursed." The pirate replied.

"Stupid blighter." Another pirate muttered.

"A good man." Mr. Gibbs countered, glaring at the two pirates.

"Really now, you do deserved to be cursed." I said to the pirates. "You for your singing and you for your freaky wooden eye." I pointed to each pirate.

"But as you can imagine." The singing pirate continued, "that didn't sit too well with the Captain."

"Didn't sit too well with the Captain at all." The freak eyed pirate replied. "Tell him what the Captain did."

"I'm telling the story!" The singing pirate shouted. He then turned back to Will. "So, what the Captain did, he strapped a cannon to Bootstraps bootstraps."

"Bootstraps bootstraps." The freak eyed pirate snickered.

I looked over at Will, who's brown eyes were full of sadness. I touched him lightly on the shoulder and sighed. It was already hard enough for him to learn that his father was a pirate, there fore making him a pirate, but now he also learned how his father died.

"The last we saw of old Bill Turner, he was sinking to the crushing black oblivion of Davy Jones Locker. Course it was only after that we learned we needed his blood to lift the curse." The singing pirate muttered regretful.

"Guess that's what you call ironic." The freak eyed pirate said and they both started sniggering.

"Damn you two to hell." I snarled.

"We're already in hell missy." The singing pirate replied, leaning close to me.

"Well good, it's what you deserve." I seethed.

Suddenly the door slammed open and Captain Barbossa stood in the door way.

"Bring him." He barked and tossed a key ring at the freak eyed pirate who went to unlocking our cell. I stood perfectly still so they wouldn't think that I was trying to escape as well. The singing pirate grabbed Will roughly and lead him up on deck. Will looked back at me one more time and tried to smile. I returned it faintly and he was drug up on deck.

The freak eyed pirate locked the cell again and walked off. I just watched him go, wondering how I was going to save Will. I should've stolen the keys from the freak eyed pirate, but now it was too late for that. I sighed and leaned against the wall of the cell. This was so wrong. I was supposed to save him! I was supposed to die for him and help him no matter what the coset was.

But then I heard Will's voice in the back of my mind, telling me that those weren't things for me to worry about. I took a deep breath and sighed, putting my faith in Will.

"You better come back to me alive." I whispered.

A/N: I know the two pirate's names, I just thought it was funner to call them those things.Wow, in about two more chapters, this will all be over and I'm telling you now, READ THE EPILOGUE! (When I post it of course.)