A/N: Ok well things are going to start getting even more twisted and confusing but it's all going to be worth it.

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!

Will grabbed my shoulders.

"Alex there's nothing there."

"Maria's ship is right there! How can you not see it?" I screamed again trying to break free of Will's grasp.

Jack climbed down from the wheel.

"Alex there is nothing there!" He said. "Now come on we must get out of here."

When Will released my shoulders I looked back on the horizon but the ship was gone! Had I just imagined it? I could still hear Maria's laughter ringing in my ears and I knew I couldn't have imagined it. Jack steered the pearl down the Caribbean happily. Once we were somewhere out in the middle of the Caribbean we sent the evil crew packing in a rowboat. Jack sent the rest of the crew to bed telling them the ocean would be calm tonight. I stayed above, watching Jack as he sailed. Suddenly my head began to hurt really badly.

"Here's Johnny! No it's me Maria Cortez!" Maria's voice echoed in my head.

"No! You're not supposed to be here!" I yelled clutching my ears.

"Oh I'm here alright. And it's time for you to say goodbye to Sparrow!"

Jack walked down from the wheel.

"Alex? Are you ok love?"

"It's her! She's here!" I pointed out randomly on the horizon.

Jack looked on the horizon and there was Maria's ship plain as day. He ran to the hatch to tell everybody to load the guns.

"Aw! You think your going to bomb us? Well you've got another thing coming!" Maria laughed.

Jack came back up with a few other crew members who had weapons in their hands. Son we were alongside Maria's ship.

"Fire!" She screamed.

"Fire all!" I yelled.

The cannons fired. I ran and grabbed a rope with my taped up hands. I was parallel with Maria so I swung over to the other ship, nearly getting hit with several stray bullets. I tackled her to the ground and pulled out my sword. Maria got up and wiped a trickle of blood that slid down from her jaw.

"So you wanna fight? Ok we'll fight!"

Our swords clashed together in a wild fury. She was strong and well built. Her copper hair was in a tangled mass around her face. She was had an average weight but she was still rather powerful. I parried her blow and lunged at her gut. Our swords clashed in mid air and we were both trying to overpower the other one.

"I'm going to kill you!" I hissed, sweat trickling down my tanned face.

"Not if I do so first!" She growled back.

I overcame the lock and I shoved her backward. She almost fell off the ship but she regained her balance and charged right back at me. It was like a huge war. Finally Maria and I broke apart, panting and gasping for breath. I had a few minor cuts up and down my arm and Maria had one on the side of her stomach. Thinking stupidly, I charged at Maria and caught her around the waist. This time we really did fall over the edge of the ship and the ocean swallowed us up.

We both dropped out swords (accidentally) and started tearing at each other like underwater wrestlers. I grabbed her hair and wrapped it around my fist and pushed my legs onto her back. She grabbed both my legs and pulled me off her. My lungs were on fire but I refused to give Maria the satisfaction that she had beaten me. I pulled out my dad's golden dagger and attempted to stab her in the chest. She caught my arm about an inch away from hers. I wasn't ready for her swift movement as she plunged the gold into my abdomen. I uttered a silent scream and she swam to the surface laughing.

I no longer felt pain. Just uncontrollable rage. I pulled the dagger out and watched the blood swirl around me. With one hand on my cut, I swam towards the surface. I caught Maria's leg and pulled her down behind me kicking her in the chest with my foot. I broke the surface and gasped for breath. Maria did not surface next to me but I wasn't concerned about that. I swam back to the Pearl and climbed onboard. The other ship was sailing away again, and standing near the wheel was Maria. Her copper hair was smashed down on her face and her whole body was dripping wet. She fixed her glaring red eyes on me.

"I'll see you tomorrow at the Land of the dead." Her voice growled in my head.

"I'll be there." I whispered in a dark voice.

Maria Cortez was not getting away with what she had done to me. I was ready to battle Maria. I was ready to fight until death grasped its icy hands around my neck and take my soul away to either Heaven or Hell.

But she wasn't going to live to see the day after tomorrow. It was all going to end tomorrow. There wasn't a thing anyone could do to stop me. I was willing to make any sacrifice for I had to finish this.

"Tomorrow is it. This is final." I hissed.

I felt someone's hand on my shoulder. I looked up at Will hoping to see a smile, but his face had a very hurt expression on it.

"Alex…Jack's hurt."

A/N: yay cheesy romance thingy. I'll probably end up updating soon so nobody panic or anything. Not many chapters left I'm afraid. R&R

-16aqua