A few minutes later, Elizabeth realized that she could no longer fight this. Jack helped her onto his shoulders, being more careful than he was the previous time, and walked her over to the window.

"Do you see anyone down there, Lizzie?"

"No one... it's clear. Not a ship in sight. Maybe one out there in the distance..."

"Perfect. Okay, love, I want you to take hold of those bars and pull 'em right out of the frame. If you fall, I'll catch you," Jack said, Elizabeth nodded her head. She grabbed onto the bars, pulling on them as hard as she could. They squealed and moved all over the place, but didn't come out. Jack stepped back as Elizabeth gasped for air.

"They're not budging, Jack," She said, her voice strained.

"Not yet!" Jack said, and rushed her back towards the wall. She pulled on the bars as hard as she possibly could, rocking back and forth and causing Jack to stagger back and forth as she did. When she least excepted it, she pulled the bars off, sending Jack stumbling backwards, both of them hitting the opposite wall. Elizabeth tumbled forward off of Jack's shoulders, and he held out his arms and caught her. She opened her eyes and he was smiling. She set the tiny square of bars on the ground so it didn't make much noise.

"You did it, love, you did it!" He said happily, hugging her to him. She was less than happy. "Your back alright?" He said into her shoulder, and then felt her nod her head with no enthusiasm. He pulled away, studying her face. "Elizabeth..." He whispered, "You know you have to get out of here. I can't watch them hurt you anymore. And frankly, you're slowing me up, love," He said, smiling. She tried to smile back, but couldn't. "No, that sounds as if I'm blaming you. I'm not. I just hate having to worry about you getting hurt. All you can do is get hurt here. I can't help you."

"Jack, you know that's not true. You've been helping me, ever since I got here."

"But now I know how I can really help you. I want to save you, love. And I'm going to by getting you out of here," He said, sighing. "Now... let's get you though this window." Jack put Elizabeth on the ground as unnoticed tears filled up her eyes. They walked over to the window together, Elizabeth holding onto Jack's arm. She turned towards him.

"Are you sure I can fit through there, Jack?" Elizabeth asked, her eyes pleading with him not to really get rid of her.

"Of course you can. Those corsets of yours have kept you fit, you're plenty small enough."

"I haven't worn one of those since you pulled it off of me that day, Jack," She said, looking at him. They shared a moment as he caressed her cheek; she closed her eyes and tried to hold onto the moment. Jack looked down.

"Time to say goodbye, love," He said. Elizabeth looked down as well, a tear falling down her cheek. Jack tipped her chin up, and then rubbed her arms up and down, for she was shivering.

"Elizabeth..." He said, looking into her eyes, "Once you get down there, I want you to run. I want you to run as fast as you can, as far as you can. Stowaway on the next ship that comes into port, keep yourself safe, and then get off the next time it stops. Get as far away from this place as you can. The second I get out of here, I am going to search for you, and I swear to you, love, I'm not going to stop looking until I find you. I will find you, Elizabeth."

"Jack... I... I..."

"I know, Lizzie. I know." He took her face in his hands, putting his lips to hers. She pressed herself to him, trying to get as close as possible as she wrapped her arms around his neck. The kiss ended and the hug began, and he wrapped his arms around her waist as tightly as he could, taking in her scent one last time. They pulled away from each other and he lightly pressed his lips to her forehead. Then, he turned her around and propped her up. She stuck her head through the window, and he helped push her all the way through. She landed on a ledge right outside the window. He could only see her hands.

"Jack..." She whispered, reaching for him. He reached up and took her hand, kissing it. "I love you," he heard her whisper.

"I love you, too, Elizabeth," Jack said, kissing her hand again. "Now, go." She retracted her hands, and her heard her jump down. He jumped up and grabbed onto the ledge of the window, trying desperately to hold himself up. He saw her running on the sand below, and then she turned to look back. He smiled at her, and then fell back down onto the damp stone floor of the cell.

She was gone.