A/N: Ok reviewers this is the chapter that is the final battle. It's pretty violent and it's the battle that ends it all. This is not the last chapter however. There are two, I think, more. I am done speaking.
I rowed into the caves of the Land of the Dead. I left the boat bu the entrance, made sire my word was safely tucked in my belt strap, and walked inside. Maria stood in the center watching me, waiting for me.
"Ah so you had the guts to show up?" She asked menacingly.
I pulled out my sword and kept my eyes on her with a menacing glare.
"You killed him." I hissed quietly.
"Indeed. Sparrow was the one person standing in the way of your demise."
I gripped my sword so tight it hurt.
"Aww…are you gonna cry? Did you wove him?" She asked in a mocking baby voice.
My blood boiled and I sprang at her, sword drawn and angry. She simply blocked my blow.
"This is it Maria. End of the rainbow. We finish this now." I growled through tightly gritted teeth.
"Agreed." She growled right back.
I swung my sword and it began. The Final battle had begun. Our swords were swift and clashed together like wildfire. The cave was filled with old deeds and documents that were worth a fortune. There were also several different mounds of gold but it was mostly deeds.
I was fighting as hard as I possibly could. I wanted to hurt Maria, make her suffer. She hadn't been able to cut me yet, but I had given her a few life long scars. After a few minutes I had managed to kick the sword out of her hand.
Something snapped in me and I pinned her to the ground. I dropped my sword out of her reach and started to beat the hell out of her. The hot tears formed in my eyes and streamed down my cheeks as I continued to punch her across the face. My knuckles were raw and covered with blood, mine and hers. I stopped for a moment to catch my breath. Blood was caked all over her cheeks and blood was streaming from her broken nose.
The all of a sudden she started to laugh.
"You can't beat me Alex! You can punch me all you want but you're never going to win!"
"And why is that?" I growled.
She laughed again.
"Because you have a heart! You care about things. Me? I'm heartless! I don't feel love or compassion." She answered.
She shoved me off her and grabbed a torch. She stood over all the deeds and dropped the torch. The whole room was suddenly engulfed in flames. She picked up her sword, as did I, and we continued our battle. Soon the smoke was choking me and I could barely stand. Maria was struggling too so she backed towards the exit.
"Oh no you don't!" I screamed.
I tackled her to the ground again and whipped her sword away. I pulled out my dad's golden dagger. She was screaming and trying to squirm away and I could see the fear in her eyes.
"You've taken everything away from me! You've destroyed my life and now I'm gonna end yours!"
I plunged the gold into her chest. She screamed in pain for a very long moment, and then was quiet. Deathly quiet. Blood spilled as I removed the dagger. I stood up and watched the flames engulf Maria's dead corpse.
"Who's laughing now?" I whispered.
Flames had blocked the exit and any means of escape. I couldn't breathe, and my lings were full of the blackening smoke. I couldn't see so I staggered forward forcing myself to concentrate. I went towards a random exit but was met by a fiery wall of death. I ran another way and met more flames. I ran another way but met more flames. It was a now or never chance.
I dove through the flames and out towards my freedom. My back was on fire so I kept on rolling until I fell into the ocean, which quickly put out the flames. I put my hands on the rocks and pulled myself up on the cave floor. An explosion came from inside the cave room but I didn't care.
"I won." I said to myself. "I'm free of this deadly curse forever."
The smoke was still currently lodged into my lungs so I coughed trying to get it all up and out of my system. Suddenly I blacked out.
I blinked a few times and someone was carrying me into the rowboat. It was Will. He and Elizabeth started to row away.
"Wha happened?" I asked still delirious.
"You were delusional. But you killed Maria. We saw the whole thing!" Will replied.
"How's Jack?" I asked dreading the answer.
But to my surprise they both smiled.
"He's alive and well. You saved his life."
I smiled and that and let my hand trace the water as we rowed back to the Black Pearl.
It was finally over.