Hanging from a rope over the side of the 'Dutchman' Jack and Barbossa are dragged aboard by its crew. Barbossa is staring around at the sea and the sun; it is the first time he has seen either for a long time. Gibbs and several other members of the crew jab swords at Barbossa's throat, whilst Elizabeth attends to Jack. Jan stares out over the side where the portal was a moment a go and then turns to Jack, asking, "Where's Will?"
A familiar pair of eyes flutters lightly, painfully, before opening beneath the shadows of the enchanted forest. Will sits up, rubbing his head, and gazing around. He curses Jack's name under his breath before heading off into the forest.
Elizabeth furiously presses her pistol to Barbossa's head and demands to know what he did with Will, but the resurrected pirate only smiles and nods in Jack's direction. Jack simply shrugs and says that Will fell behind. This horrifies Elizabeth, but the other pirates accept that their captain "kept to the code". Barbossa then says, "I don't wish to appear ungrateful, gentleman, but would you mind explaining to me why it was you brought me back?" Gibbs tells him about the death of Davy Jones and how Norrington has taken over command of his forces, with the aim of eradicating all pirates. They need the Brethren to gather once more and join their Pieces of Eight. Barbossa says the other Brethren, those who are still alive, will be coming anyway, but his Piece of Eight was on the Black Pearl. Everyone aboard the ship suddenly frowns and looks glum, prompting Barbossa to realise what ship he is on, and asks "Where's by boat?"
Back with the EITC fleet, Norrington has returned to his lead vessel, looking furious. He walks to its head and gazes out at the horizon, where a much smaller fleet of vessels is waiting stationary. Lieutenant Groves nervously approaches and identifies the vessels as those of the Dutch fleet, who promised their allegiance to the British during the crusade against piracy. Groves explains that their captain, Van Hoffryn, is a highly respected sailor and pirate hunter who was responsible for the deaths of over one hundred pirates by his own sword. Norrington orders Van Hoffryn be brought aboard and dispatches a handful of Davy Jones' barnacled crew. He explains to Norrington that he is sending a message to the pirates. There are shouts in the distance from the lead Dutch ship, and suddenly the undead sailors return from the water, but this time carrying a fierce looking blonde sailor with a scar above his left eye and a beautiful sword at his side. Van Hoffryn is a silent man, who simply gazes around him with a sadistic smile on his lips. Norrington tells him to watch -
Suddenly, from the waters around the Dutch fleet; tentacles erupt into the air and smash against the various ships. From nowhere, dozens of the mutant pirates appear on board the ships and begin butchering the terrified crews. Screams of dying men filter across the waves towards the English fleet, as the Dutch vessels and sailors disappear beneath the waves to their deaths. Norrington never takes his eyes of Van Hoffryn, who watches the proceedings with an obvious enjoyment. Norrington says, "I don't know how you became a navy captain, but I don't care". Suddenly Norrington, Rabens the mutant pirate, two more mutant pirates, and three human sailors unsheathe their swords and attack the Dutch sailor. But Van Hoffryn is faster than anything they have ever seen, as he weaves in between them, deflecting the numerous blows with ease. He cuts down two of the sailors as the fight moves across the ship. Van Hoffryn performs a back flip and lands perfectly on the rail on the side of the sea, as he shrugs two mutant pirates down into the waves. He is so fast it is beyond belief, as he kills the final sailor with blade through the throat and then knocks both Rabens and Norrington to the ground. Norrington grins evilly, saying, "Welcome to my crew".
