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Aren't I evil for making you wait so long? But I didn't intend for it to be this long.

He cocked the weapon and took aim. Elizabeth could no nothing more to stop him than her dying husband.

"Henry, no!" Barbossa stiffened. Very slowly, as if thawing from ice, he turned to face the newest intruder to the cave. Leah stood fifty feet away, the rest of Pearl crew still hidden behind her.

Jack looked at the girl. "You've met?"

She gave Jack a cold glance. "He's my brother."

"Oh. Well, that confuses things more, doesn't it?" He smiled his cocky grin. "Sounds like a proverb. 'The son of an enemy is an enemy, while the daughter of the same is a friend'. Funny lil' world, isn't it?"

"Leah, is this true? You are in cahoots with Father's killer? Why did you leave Tortuga? I promised to return," Barbossa said in disbelief. In his shock the pistol slipped from his hand, and Elizabeth began dragging Will towards a pile of treasure.

"Father promised to return. Just as James did. And both are dead. Mama promised to get better, but she never did. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. By the fourth time I was ready to quit waiting. I joined Jack on the Black Pearl, and I learned the truth about our father. He was a terrible man."

"You were told by the killer! Of course the story would favor him. But you were too young to remember how good father was to us until he left."

"I remember how angry he got at us. I remember how he would starve us for being bad. Have you forgotten your oath so easily? Is that why you want him back?"

"He was only angry because money was tight with three children. And we starved alongside him, none of us had food because we were too poor. As for the oath, I don't know what you're talking about," Barbossa said, looking away from his sister.

"You swore that you would never be what he had been. For leaving us without a father or a home or love. You promised," Leah said quietly, almost in tears over what her brother had become. "You are a ruthless killer, a pawn for the greatest evil in the sea!"

"Like you." The green spirit swooped over to the girl, materializing in front of her. Leah gasped, surprised at how handsome the spirit was. All of a sudden, it seemed very familiar.

"You, you're that man from the inn that told me the Black Pearl was looking for a new set of hands."

"I also happen to be Davy Jones. It was easy to trick you. Ever since I shook your hand I have been controlling you, and you have proved a very good spy. But you have neglected to contact me in a while." With that, the specter raised a finger and touched it to Leah's temple. Her whole body convulsed, and then she seemed different somehow. She raised a finger as well, and pointed to the crag that the crew was shielded behind.

"That is where they hide, my master." Barbossa's crew went over, and after a small struggle they brought Gibbs, Anamaria, and the rest of the crew was brought over. Leah stared at her former crew mates impassively.

"Free my sister!" Barbossa called. "Or the deal is off."

"Why should I listen to you? Half the deed on your part is almost done. Shoot Sparrow, and this'll all be over. Your father will return, and your sister won't need to be contained."

"What do you mean?"

"She is a liability. I had to control her, or else she might have told Sparrow about her origin and your quest for revenge. There was no need to ruin the surprise." He turned to Jack, still being held by a strong bunch of Barbossa's crew. "Do you remember when you told the crew that someone using the name Barbossa was after you? Do you remember how odd Leah was acting? She was going to reveal the truth, but I stepped in. Henry, if I may call you that," he turned back to Barbossa, "had your sister told then, you wouldn't be this close to reviving your father. Will you give it all up now for naught? After all those lives you took, what is one more?"

"One too many. Our deal is off. I did not fulfill my end of the bargain, so you needn't fulfill yours. Keep my father."

"You dare break an oath to Davy Jones?" The spirit raged. "I granted you immortality for your quest, I've helped you, and this is how you repay me? Treachery? You shall pay!"

"You didn't grant me immortality! The gold did. And I take it back." Barbossa pulled out one of the Aztec medallions and a knife. He slashed his palm, and allowed blood to smear the shining gold. He went over to the stone chest, and stared defiantly at Davy Jones.

"The moment you drop that into the chest, my crew will kill you," Davy threatened. Every pirate took on the same dead look as Leah, and they abandoned their prisoners to raise their pistols to Barbossa.

"They have been under my control all along. Why else would they not mutiny against a crazed captain, no more than a boy, that is searching for revenge against many innocent people?"

Barbossa looked once more at the chest, and a small smile played on his lips. "Then kill me." And he dropped the medallion as shots rang out through the cavern.

Next chapter should come relatively soon!