Annabelle's POV
I peered over the small jewel-covered hill, Elizabeth and I had ducked behind so we wouldn't be seen by Barbossa's crew. The first thing I saw was Will standing beside Barbossa, his hands tied behind his back. Jack was standing with his back to me, speaking to Barbossa, though I couldn't hear what they were saying, I could only assume that it wasn't good. Finally Jack and Barbossa faced the crew.
"All hands to the boats!" Jack announced to the crew, who just stared at him strangely.
Barbossa gave Jack a look, then turned back to the crew. "Gents, take a walk!"
The crew let out a cheer and filed out, passing dangerously close to where Liz and I were hiding. Once they were gone, I let out my breath and realised I didn't even know I had been holding it.
I heard a loud crash coming from the treasure chamber, and looked over to see Jack going through a rather large pile of booty.
Barbossa was standing off to the side, watching Jack. Will was standing on a stone, that peeked up out of the small pond which ran through the chamber, a crew member stood beside him.
"Ye know I thought I had ye figured out, Jack." Barbossa said. "But it turns out yer a hard man ta predict."
Jack sashayed around in his drunken way and spoke, using sloppy hand motions as he did so. "Me, I'm dishonest and a dishonest man you can always count on ta be dishonest, honestly." He said, stepping around the small chest he had been inspecting. "It's the honest ones you have to watch out for, because you can never tell when they're going to do something incredibly….stupid." With one quick swift movement, Jack pulled the sword from the pirate behind him, kicked him over and chucked the sword to Will, who caught it even though his hands were still tied.
Bewildered, Barbossa drew his own sword and clashed it angrily against Jack's.
A fallen sword caught my eye and I recognised it as the one Jack had bought for me in Tortuga. Without thinking, I ran forward and towards the sword. Just as I bent to pick it up, a botted foot landed on the blade, preventing me from picking it up. Annoyed, I looked up and gasped. Damn! It was the pirate from Tortuga. Terrified, I stumbled backwards and felt around for something to use for a weapon.
Stepping forward the pirate grinned. "Hows about tha' kiss, lovely?"
I almost sighed with relief when my hands enclosed around two fist-sized stones and clutched them tightly.
"C'mon, luv" He drawled, his kohl rimmed eyes flashing with desire. "I won't bite."
With my hands behind my back, I stood up and gave the pirate my most seductive smile, stepping close to him.
"Alright." I smiled again, leaning closer.
The pirate closed his eyes to kiss me and I raised my arms and smashed the stones into the soft sides of his head. I quickly stepped back, when his limp body slumped to the floor.
I was just sliding the sword into my belt when I heard a scream. Startled, I spun around to see the pirate standing with his sword drawn and blood running down the sides of his face, only a few metres from where I was.
"Ye bitch!" He shrieked, his arms flailing about in the air. "Ye'll pay fer that!"
I just gaped. Holy cow, that blow should have killed him, I thought, my mind racing for some logical explanation other then the one Jack had given my on the Island.
Uh oh, thank god I have my sword!
With a yell, the pirate charged me, his sword swinging dangerously close to my head. Quickly, I whipped the sword from my belt and clashed it against his, using the techniques that Will had taught me.
We were in a perilous parry, the pirate and I, all I could think was: don't stop, don't miss, don't hold back. I was backed against the edge of a small ledge, that over looked the small pond. I heard a noise from above me and looked up to see Jack, a sword through his middle, stumbling back and into a beam of moonlight. I gasped when I saw him become a skeleton like the ones I had seen on the boat. It was only for a moment, but a moment was all it took. I cried out as a piercing pain struck me, slowly I looked down to see the pirate's dagger sticking out from my stomach, blood oozing out onto my shirt. Gingerly, I wrapped my hand around the silver filigreed hilt and pulled it out, letting it drop from my hand. I looked up at the anger filled eyes and stumbled backwards and right over the edge.
"Annabelle!" I heard someone scream, as I landed, hard, in the shallow pool.
The last thing I saw before my world went black was Elizabeth's tear streaked face, looking down at me.
Will's POV
My heart caught in my throat when I saw Annabelle fall, It was then I knew what I had to do.
Quickly, I snatched up the dagger that had stabbed Annabelle and pulled the medallion off from around my neck and caught Jack's medallion as he tossed it to me on my way up to the cursed chest. Teeth clenched, I sliced my palm with the dagger and dripped the blood onto the medallion and held them both over the chest. I heard the click of a pistol and looked up to see Barbossa's pistol aimed at Elizabeth, who held onto Annabelle's unconscious form. My heart skipped a beat as the sound of a pistol being fired echoed around the chamber.
Confused, Barbossa looked around to see Jack's smoking pistol pointed at him. "Ten years yer carry thar pistol, Jack;" He said. "and now yer waste yer shot."
I lessened my grip on the medallions. "He didn't waste it." I shouted and released the medallions, dropping them into the chest.
Barbossa's eyes widened and he ripped open his shirt. The bullet wound appeared over his heart and began oozing his blood. "I feel…cold." He whispered and fell backwards, dead.
In a second I was at Elizabeth's side, taking Annabelle from her, cradling her limp form close. Jack dropped his pistol and stumbled over, tears appearing in his dark eyes.
Tearing off a strip of my shirt, I wrapped it around the gaping wound and tied it. "I'm so sorry." I sobbed into her hair. "I didn't tell you sooner, that I love you. I always have and I always will. Oh, Annabelle, please be ok."
(A/N: it's not the end.)
