A/N: I lied. Here's the chapter I was going to work on tomorrow. Ta da! Let me know what you think.

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At World's End: Chapter 27

"We wait?" Elizabeth exclaimed. "Just wait for Jones to come and get us. We're sitting ducks!"

"You are wrong on two accounts…" Jack started.

"We are one, pirates, and…" Dani then continued.

"Two, standing up. We are standing up pirates with a plan, savvy?" Jack asked.

Will nodded in agreement even though he had no idea what Jack had in mind. "Well, what is it?"

"We wait for Jones to get close enough, and then I stab the heart."

"That's it?" Elizabeth, Will and Dani all asked.

"What do you lot mean, 'that's it?' What else is there to do? Negotiations didn't work, and neither did fighting. My ship went down to his locker because of us fighting."

"No, the Pearl went down because the Kraken was after you."

"And you're the one who chained me to the ship."

"I thought we were past this…" Dani interrupted. The ship was now only within three miles. Within moments they would be there.

Jack looked out at the horizon again and immediately bolted down the stairs. Elizabeth was terrified that he was going to try to leave them again.

Will however, walked closer to Dani. "If we stab the heart and Jones dies, does that mean the crew are no longer indebted to him."

"I would assume so. If he isn't around, his crew would be free."

"Then we need to figure a way to get my father on our ship before Jack stabs the heart. I promised that I would be back to save him."

"That's extremely touching, Will, but we need to be saving our own skins right now. I understand that feeling of loss. My family is still in England. But right now, we are what we need to take care of, not the people on that bloody ship."

"I am not leaving with out my father."

"Then you will not be leaving," Dani said as she clasped an iron shackle around his wrist.

"Dani, you can't leave me chained down."

"I can do what I please. This way you stay on the ship. You cannot be running around the Flying Dutchman."

"Will! What are you doing, Danielle?" Elizabeth screamed, looking at the shackle.

"Elizabeth, go get Jack and tell him to bring the blasted key," Will said as he struggled against the cold metal. "You know I was a blacksmith, right?"

Dani nodded as an answer to his question and added, "and you know you have none of the tools of the trade currently with you."

"That's not fair," Will yelled at her. "You're using me as bait."

"I'm a pirate. And that's what pirates do best."

Jack came back onto the deck, no keys in hand.

"Where's Elizabeth?"

"Locked, for her safety in the cabin, below deck."

The ship was now clearly outlined, about a quarter of a mile away. The barnacle incrusted ship looked even more menacing than it did in the daytime.

The crew of the Dutchman would surround them in minutes. Maybe even in seconds. No one really knew how fast that ship could sail. The crew of Rum had backed off in fear as the front of the two ships met.

Jack, Dani and Will were the last left on the main deck, everyone else had taken cover.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Jack Sparrow…and his betrothed. I believe everyone thought you were dead."

"I am clearly not," Dani answered him.

She was unlocking the shackle as they spoke. Will didn't know what was going on until she whispered in his ear while Jack was making some witty comments. "I'm going to offer you as bait onto the ship. He'll take you because that's just how he plays. You'll get five minutes, maximum to round up your father and get him on board, then I let Jack do what he must." Will made a silent agreement with her and faced Jones.

"Captain Jones, we have a wonderful gift, to go with your heart and our sincerest apologies," she said. She saw Jack make a face out of the corner of her eye, but continued anyway. "We would like to give you young Mr. Turner back."

Bootstrap Bill, who had grown another nasty carbuncle on his head, looked out at them immediately.

"What a wonderful, prize, isn't it Bootstrap?" Jones said, laughing back at his crewman. "So, you decided to choose death over working for me, Sparrow, I must say I am more than slightly disappointed. And then offering Mr. Turner, again, to me. What a way to leave this world. Bo'sun, bring him aboard!"

Will was on the deck of the Flying Dutchman less than a minute later, standing next to his father.

"Which brings us to our next matter of business, Sparrow," Jones said, as one of his tentacles caressed Dani's face. "Give me the heart." He held out his tentacled hand to receive the package that was in Jack's hand. Jack reached out and handed it to him. Jones looked elated, well as elated as a squid could look, as he held the tiny leather pouch.

Jones was ready to open the bag when Jack started knocking things over on deck. Then, all of the sudden Jones started to wheeze and rock back and forth. The world was starting to spin for Jones and he could no longer keep his eyes open. It was too hard. Jones appeared to be having a heart attack, even though his heart wasn't in his chest.

"Sparrow…." Jones croaked as he struggled to get into the small pouch. What he found was a very mushy apple. "How…" he asked as he fell to the deck.

Will took his cue and swung back over to the deck of the Rum and his father followed suit. The men on the Dutchman were too stunned watching the events unfold on the other ship. And without warning, huge waves started to rock the ships. Jack, Dani, Will and Bootstrap struggled to hold on as their ship was tossed, but their eyes never left the man that was dying before them. Suddenly, the Dutchman ever so slowly started to sink. The whole ship was returning to the depths, the creatures on it going as well, never to be heard of as well. The man that was once the most feared pirate on the seven seas was now lying dead on their deck, from heartbreak.

Just as quickly as the waves started, they ceased. The sea was calm as it was previously. Jack and Will struggled to pick up the body of Jones, that had returned to full human, and tossed him over the railing. Making a cross over their hearts afterwards.

Will walked over to his newly-human father and embraced him, it had been something Will had wanted to do for a long time. And at the same time, Elizabeth brought an identical pouch up the stairs, some red liquid oozing from it.

"That's gets buried in the jar of dirt now," he said, with a smile on his face. He was glad his plan had worked and had worked quickly. He was also glad that everyone that mattered was safe and sound. He took the pouch and Dani by the hand and led her to find the jar, leaving Elizabeth, Will and Bootstrap Bill on the deck in the moonlight.

"Elizabeth," Will said, "I would like you to meet my father, Bootstrap Bill. He's a pirate." Will grinned.

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What did y'all think? I hope you like the way I ended this part of the storyline. I wasn't planning for this to be the end, but let me know what you think I should do. Should I continue with the next part, because it is far from over for this crew. Thanks!

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