TheOddOne/ Yes! Anywhoozels!
JeanieBeanie33/ Thank you! That's a wonderful idea! I hope you don't mind me using it.
Black-Raven3/ I got all flipped out and checked it, but it seemed fine to me. But thanks for being a new reviewer and all!
Estel Ashlee Snape/ Ah, yes. If only it were the only taste. God, scary.
ta1nt3d1uv/ I don't really mind school itself, it's the homework that I don't like. I mean, you sit through a whole day of people cramming things into your head and when it's finally over and you want to take a break, you can't since you have ten tons of homework sitting on the counter. But meh, that's only my opinion.
So, I really don't have much to say right about now... So read on, faithful reviwers, read on.
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"Jack!" He stood up to see who was calling him, only to be assaulted by the largest one-armed bear hug ever. As if he weren't surprised enough, she stepped back and smacked him across the face with her good arm as hard as she could (which was hard enough to give Ana Marie a run for her money).
"OW! What was that for?"
"That was for being SO DARN DRUNK, YOU ORDERED ME ONTO THE CLOSEST STUPID THING TO STUPID HECK ON EARTH! And for being sort of a jerk throughout this whole thing. Especially to Elizabeth."
"Oh." He looked down at her bloodstained shirt and the long slice over her face. "What the bloody heck happened to you? And I mean bloody quite literally."
"You know, the usual. Won a duel with the first mate of the Dutchman. It was pretty cool, actually."
Elizabeth looked around anxiously."Where is Will?"
"Don't worry, he's coming. I guess I ran pretty fast to get over here."
"Hullo?" Norrington waved his hand around.
"Ah! Hello Mr. Norrington! I hope-"
"Not you. I hit something."
"Humph. And I told Elizabeth to be nice to you." They gathered around the hole and brushed the chest off. The lock was very rusty and was easily broken. Inside, there were several letters and a smaller chest. Grace took one of the letters and read through it.
"That explains a lot." She saw that no one was paying any attention to her and slipped a large stack into her bag. They seemed like a good thing to have.
"It's real!"
Grace kneeled down and also put her ear to the chest. "Of course. You didn't think we came all this way for nothing, did you?"
"You actually were telling the truth."
"I do that quite a lot. Yet people are always surprised."
Finally, Will appeared at the foot of a sand dune. "With good reason!"
"Will! You're alright! Thank God! I came to find you!" She pulled Will into a kiss and Grace nearly fell over laughing at the looks James and Jack gave each other.
"How did you get here?"
Will grinned and looked at Grace. "Sea turtles."
Jack laughed at the joke. "You sure about that, mate?"
She raised an eyebrow. "Pretty darn."
He was about to voice his disbelief, but Will cut him off. "But I do owe you thanks, Jack."
"You do?"
"Drunk or not, you still tricked me onto that ship to square your debt with Jones."
Elizabeth's eyes widened. "What?"
"What?"
Grace knew that the crew of the Dutchman was coming and they were running out of time. "We met his father, Bootstrap Bill. Great guy, actually."
"Oh! Well... you're welcome, then."
"Everything you said to me... every word, was a lie!"
"Well, not really every word. The chest is real, is it not?" She interjected.
Jack gave her a look. "Aye. Well, other than that, pretty much. Time and tide, love." Will stooped down and started to open the chest "Oy! What're you doing?"
"I'm gonna kill Jones."
She would have drawn her swords to stop him had it not been for Jack taking her place. Was she just being protective of Jones? Good Lord, surely that spirit must have messed with her head. "Can't let you do that, William. 'Cause if Jones is dead, who's to call his terrible beastie off the hunt, eh? Now. If you please: The key."
"Wait, If Davy died, the Kraken wouldn't really feel obligated to carry out any orders it may have received before, right?"
Will ignored her and drew Elizabeth's sword. "I keep the promises I make, Jack. I intend to free my father. I hope you're here to see it."
Now it was Norrington's turn to draw a sword, which he also pointed at Will. "I can't let you do that, either. So sorry."
"I knew you'd warm up to me eventually." This only made Norrington point his sword at Jack. "Lord Beckett desires the contents of that chest. I deliver it, and get my life back."
"Ah. The dark side of ambition."
Grace raised a finger. "Actually, I'd call it being a suck up. But that's just my opinion."
"Oh, I prefer to see it as the promise of redemption."
The three of them began to fight as they moved across the beach. Elizabeth wasn't happy. "Stop it! Will! Jack! HELLO?"
Will was the only one who answered her. "Guard the chest!"
The duel stopped, all eyes on her. "No!" They shrugged and continued fighting. "This is BARBARIC! This is NO way for grown men to settle… Oh! Fine! just PULL out our swords and start BANGING away at each other! THIS WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING! I've had it! I've had enough! Wobbly-legged, rum-soaked... PIRATES!" She began to curse throw rocks at them. Grace only rolled her eyes and grabbed her wrist, stopping her from throwing another stone.
"Elizabeth. Elizabeth! Stop, stop, stop. You're doing it wrong and you're acting like a sissy. Watch and learn." She waltzed up to them and pulled out her own sword, trying to get in the middle. "Will! Jack! James! Stop being stupid!" Instead, they just fought around her and Norrington hit her bad shoulder with the flat of his sword. She fell over and cried out in pain, realizing that the wound had opened up again. "NORRINGTON, YOU JERK! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? I DEMAND AN APOLOGY! SOMEONE GET MY AGENT ON THE PHONE! Wait. They don't have phones in the 17th century, do they? And for that matter, are there even such things as agents?" She looked up, as if expecting an answer and saw Elizabeth pretend to faint. She walked back over to her and looked down into the sand. "Forget it. Boys will be boys and immature men will be immature men." They looked up, eyes following Pintel and Ragetti who were carrying the chest and giggling like little girls. "That was... Really freaky."
"Should we go stop them?"
"Definitely." With that, she followed Elizabeth inland toward the forest. In a particular dense bit, the two became separated. "Elizabeth! Elizabeth, where are you? Oh bugger." She caught sight of a flash and took off in that direction, screeching to a halt in time to see the wheel roll by, Jack running along side it. The four of them looked at each other. "That was uncalled for."
Pintel and Ragetti resumed advancing on Elizabeth. She gave a frantic look towards Grace." Sword!"
She drew Tui and threw it to Elizabeth. She gave a sly smirk to the two pirates. "Ha. And now we're unbeatable." An axe buried itself into a tree and a horde of fish-men burst through the underbrush. "And now we're not." They took off, trying to run and defend themselves at the same time. Ragetti's cutlass was wrenched from his grasp.
"Sword!" Pintel threw his to him and he deflected a blow.
"Sword!" Elizabeth in turn threw one to him.
"Swords!" She received one from both Grace and Ragetti with which she backhandedly stabbed two approaching crew members.
"Nice one!"
"Thanks!" They took off towards the beach, tossing swords and screaming the whole way.
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Tada! I haven't even started writing the next chapter so it might be a few days. But I'll get to work on right now. Reviews, please! Even if you've never reviewed before and you only feel like typing a few words, all reviews are appreciated!