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My brother was watching Spongebob yesterday and there was this episode with a pirate-ghost thingy. His name was the Flying Dutchman, so whenever he'd appear he was like, "Beware! Ah am the Flyin' Dutchman!" And it made me laugh. Heh.

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Splashing into the shallows, the foursome fought their way towards the longboat. Maccus was at the head of the opposing group. "You! You're supposed to be dead!" He growled and brandished his cutlass.

She came extremely close to stealing Jack's line, but refrained. "Oh, come now, I already beat you once."

Elizabeth stabbed another fish-man. "That's the guy you beat?"

She dodged a blow and sliced off one of the crab legs on his back. "Absolutely! Twice if you count that right there." The fighting stopped as the wheel came crashing down the beach, tottered in the shallows and fell on its side. Eyes from both sides went from the church on the hill to the wheel and back again. "Dude…" The break in the silence brought on a new wave of fighting. She made her way to the boat as Norrington was stuffing the heart into his pocket. She was about to say something but he interrupted her.

"What, are you going to try and stop me?"

"Actually, I was about to say that you should be very careful with that. Extremely fragile." He gave her a strange look and ran off as Will came over. He noticed the key in the lock and went to say something but she cut him off. "Hey, don't look at me." He was about to reply when Jack swung the oar around and hit one of the Dutchman crew, knocking out Will in the process. Elizabeth ran over to him but Jack held her back.

"Leave him lie!"

"Unless you plan on using him to hit something with." Grace finished.

Elizabeth spun around. "We're not getting out of this."

"Not with the chest. Into the boat." Norrington picked it up.

"You're mad!"

"Don't wait for me." With that, he ran off with it, taking the crew of the Dutchman with him.

Jack jumped into the longboat. "Uh, I say we respect his final wish."

There came several shouts of 'Aye!' and everyone piled in. They all chattered anxiously except for Will and Grace. The former because he was out cold and the latter because she was deep in a reflective trance. Mainly because she really, really didn't want to have to deal with the Kraken again. When they reached the ship, she came to her senses and dumped a bucket of water on Will, who jerked awake. "What happened to the chest?

"Norrington took it to draw them off."

"Oh." It was quiet as the three wondered what had happened to the former Commodor. Too quiet.

The Flying Dutchman suddenly burst out of the water, spraying water everywhere. "Shoot." The crew's of both ships raced to their recpectful railings, most cursing and threataning each other. In the chaos, her eyes locked with Jones' and she saw first surprise, and then sheer fury. "Jack…" Her voice wavered. "We have a problem!"

She looked up at the captain, who was calmly strutting towards the stairs. "I'll handle this, mate." He called out to the opposing ship. "Hey! Fishface! Lose something?" He waved the jar around. "Come to negotiate, you git? Look what I got! I got a of dirt! I got a jar of dirt! And guess what's inside it?" He took a plunging step down the stairs and the jar lurched from his grasp. It only took a millisecond for Grace to realize he couldn't catch it. She made a leaping dive and caught it safely in her outstretched arms. She stood up and grinned sheepishly. "Heh. I- I got it!"

"Enough!" Jones nodded to his crew and they pulled out the ship's cannons.

Jack didn't even flinch. "Hard to starboard."

"Hard to starboard!"

"Brace up the foreyard!"

The ship rocked violently as a cannonball tore through the stern, destroying Jack's quarters. The ship sailed away at top speed, cannonballs still pelting the deck. Grace shouted up to Jack. "Hard to starboard, they're bringing out the triple guns!" The ship made another sudden turn and a cannonball broke one of the lanterns, just missing Gibbs.

Elizabeth leaned over the edge. "She's falling behind!"

"Aye, and we've got her!

"We're the faster?" Gibbs seemed a bit preoccupied, so Grace took his place. "The Dutchman manipulates the currents so it can easily sail against the wind. That's how she catches her prey. But with the wind…"

"We rob her advantage."

"Exactly."

Marty turned away from the railing. "They're giving up!" The crew cheered but Will merely scowled at Jack.

"My father is on that ship. If we can outrun her, we can take her. We should turn and fight."

"Why fight when you can negotiate? All one needs... is the proper leverage."

The jar of dirt fell off the railing and smashed on the deck. Grace raised an eyebrow. "Which we don't have."

"We must've hit the reef!"

Both she and Will dashed to the sides. "No. It's not a reef! Get away from the rail!"

"They've called the Kraken! Everyone get a gun… Or at least something pointy!"

Will shouted out some orders as the tentacles began to wrap around the hull. "Easy, boys!" The ship creaked ominously. "Steady! Steady."

"Er, Will. Signal please!"

"Hold. Hold..."

"Do I look like fish food to you?"

They heard Elizabeth shout from above."Will!"

"Fire!"

She plugged her ears as the ship rocked with cannon fire. The tentacles receded and the crew cheered, save for Will, Grace and Elizabeth. "It'll be back. We have to get off the ship."

"The boats are all destroyed."

Grace shielded her eyes from the sun and casually peered out over the water. "Except for that one that Jack's rowing away in."

"What?" Elizabeth ran the rail and furrowed her eyebrows. "Oh, you coward."

Grace ducked below deck and Will gave her a worried look. "Only six kegs of powder." She thought a moment.

"Load the rum!" All activity stopped. "Either load the rum or die, mates. Your choice." She went topside again, frantically trying to think of the safest spot. It had been so long since she had seen the movie. She scurried off to find Pintel and Ragetti, who, as she remembered, had made it out ok. If only she had paid better attention! Another heavy thud hit the ship.

"Not good." The netting filled with explosives was hauled into the air, the tension in the air bursting as the Kraken reared up again. She drew her swords as she and the two pirates regrouped in the now ruined captain's quarters. There came a scream and Elizabeth came crashing across the floor, tentacle wrapped around her leg. Without thinking, Grace brought Tui down and severed the tentacle and Elizabeth raced off again. "Did I just save Elizabeth's life? Pintel nodded and axed another appendage. She grinned. "Cool." A few moments later there came a second explosion from the deck. All of the survivors appeared on deck to see the Kraken slither beneath the waves.

"We're not out of this yet. Captain! Orders!"

"Abandon ship. Into the longboat."

Before Gibbs could argue, she broke the conversation, voice downcast. "What's the point of a ship if you're dead? What's the point of trying to fight, when it's impossible to win?" She lowered her eyes, knowing what was to come next. "What's the point of trying to prevent the predetermined?"

He was surprised, as this pessimistic comment had just come from the biggest optimist in the Caribbean. "The missy's right. Abandon ship. Abandon ship or abandon hope."

Grace followed the group to the longboat and then faltered. She turned on her heel and gave Jack a hug, this time without the slap. "You've been so kind to me. Thank you." With that, she went to go help load the boat, not once looking back. Elizabeth sat down next to her within a few minutes.

"Where's Jack?"

"He elected to stay behind to give us a chance." Without another question, the longboat cast off, deserting Jack and the precious Pearl, although Jack was more precious than the ship. At least to her.

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Good Lord, this took me forever. I don't knnow why this chapter was so hard to write... But meh, school's started. This year's going to croak me. So, one more chapter left! Review while you still can. No, I'm not talking to my faithful reviewers, I'm talking to the 50+ people on the hit count. Seriously, every single review is welcome. More than welcome, in fact!