A/N: Back from my trip a little early! Yep, so now you all get a chappie earlier than u expected as a present. By the way I had lots of fun in Washington! Oh, and I realized I haven't been using a disclaimer so here it is before I get sued or something…

Disclaimer: I don't own any Pirates of the Caribbean characters or the movies, but man if I did…Ahem…I do however own this storyline and the plot. Please no copying!

Pirates of the Caribbean 3

-/-/-/- Jack -/-/-/-

Jack blinked open his eyes to find he was still in the Kraken's moist, dark mouth. He rolled his eyes and stood up. "Alright Beastie I've had enough!" He pulled out his rifle and held up to the roof of the mouth and grinned, "I don't know why I didn't do this when the rum was gone." Still grinning he pulled the trigger and the bullet plunged towards the roof and went straight through. Jack quickly prepared for a disaster, but the Kraken only screeched in pain as a thin trickle of blood flowed out. Jack titled his neck until it popped and then straightened, "Just like that Monkey…but it still makes me feel better."

Almost as if in answer the rushing sound of water soaring past ceased and Jack was thrown off-balance; he fell onto the tongue which jerked in surprise and he was thrown up towards the mouth's roof. Arms flailing he slammed into the mouth and fell back down. But this time the tongue wasn't surprised and Jack had time to stand up. He held up his arms to find that they along with his back had slimy gunk all over them. He sighed and started wiping it. The Kraken's eyes appeared inside the mouth and blinked a few times, then faded away and suddenly light streamed into the mouth. Blinded, Jack held his left arm in front of his eyes, grimacing. "Bout time, Beastie." He stated and walked forward as the mouth was opening up. Jack was surprised that they were on land, rather ice.

He looked at the Kraken and then back at the icy world before him. There were burgs and glaciers everywhere, and that's when the windy chills took effect on the slime-covered pirate. He shivered and turned to run back towards the Kraken's warm mouth only to find bubbling water where it had just been. "Oh yes, let's make Jack die slowly!" he shouted. He turned around to search for a cave of some sorts but was face-to-face with a black person in animal skins. "Ah…hello. Any chance of a city being close?" The woman, or maybe it was a man, didn't reply. Jack smiled but let it fade and tried again, "Perhaps—" the person held up a spear to Jack's throat. "Pirates just don't know when to shut up." An evil grin contorted across his face, "I do think Jones will be happy with you."

Jack held up his hands but did not give up, "Say, you look like a bartering type. I could give you this nice…" he looked around and picked up a clump, "…piece of ice. You like ice? Of course you do!" The man, for it was obvious that it was not a woman by the deepness of his voice, shook his head slowly, "Quiet fool." He flicked his head and then more people dressed like him poured around, pointing spears close to Jack's throat. He gulped, "Oh…how pleasant…more sharp things to poke inside my neck. Hmm, how bout once you kill me you all just dig in and eat my innards?" Their leader, who was the first man Jack had met, looked disgusted. "What, do you think we are Savages?" Jack grinned again, "Uh…yeah."

-/-/-/- Elizabeth -/-/-/-

Elizabeth felt a little better the following day after telling Will about Jack. But nothing would ever make her sense of dread about his fate dissipate. Throughout the hours wearing on, Elizabeth could tell Will was more troubled than he had appeared the previous evening. More than once she had wanted to make him feel a little better, but she decided just seeing her and knowing she had changed probably hurt him enough without her talking to him as if they were only friends, which in this case, they actually were only friends now.

So when Ragetti called out a warning mid-day Elizabeth was slightly relieved to be able to focus on something besides hurting Will, and missing Jack every aching minute of the day. "Captain, the Closing Walls 'are ahead!" Ragetti's raspy voice called out. Barbossa marched out of his cabin and towards the rail, where he leaned over and grimaced. "How could you not see them earlier?" Elizabeth also leaned over the railing and looked out at the sea. Huge rocks jutted up out of the water. They looked awkward being the only two long rectangular pieces of rock that stood alone. Her first relaxed gaze grew into a frown as she realized the path in-between the two rocks was very narrow and long. She understood Barbossa's anger that they had not seen them sooner.

"I'm sorry Captain, but there was mist everywhere before!" Ragetti said, bowing his head apologetically. Barbossa grimaced and beckoned him to be off, "Go on, and alert the others, this'll take work!" Elizabeth tapped his shoulder and he turned towards her looking annoyed. "What?" he growled. Elizabeth pulled her hand away, "What are the Closing Walls?" she asked. Barbossa looked dismayed and pointed out towards the two rocks, "That is the Closing Wall!" "Well, what's so bad about it?" she asked. Barbossa could only grin, "You'll see soon enough."

With that said he strolled off towards the Captain's Wheel just as the other crew members showed up on deck. After a few minutes of bustling about Will walked towards her with a rope in hand, "Elizabeth, tie this 'round your waist." Understanding Elizabeth grabbed the rope and quickly secured it around her slim figure; she noticed the other members had done so as well. Will nodded in satisfaction and walked away. Elizabeth leaned back over the rail again and gawked; the Wall was much closer now, and it was very slowly creeping closer together. In the water she could see swirling waters and grimaced. Mr. Gibbs surprised her by standing beside her and saying, "They say that there are mermaids in there." Elizabeth was immediately curious. "Really?" Gibbs nodded, "We had better hope they aren't though." Elizabeth seemed confused, "Why?" Gibbs gaped and after a pause replied, "They'll weave the spells on us…they use their charm to put Pirates in a daze so that the ship is left un-attended to and crashes. There are many jutting up rocks once you're in-between the Large Two."

Still transfixed in the story, Gibbs hobbled away, leaving Elizabeth to wonder on about Mermaids.

"Hold on!" Barbossa shouted above the sound of the whirling water. Elizabeth grasped the railing as the ship sailed on and into the whirl pool. Instantly it was tossed aside, but Barbossa managed to steer it away from the side of the Wall. They had made it in. Elizabeth, taking deep breaths nervously, looked around. It was dark and damp, molds were everywhere. There was a horrid stench that made her nose tickle and when she scratched it wouldn't go away. Then there was a high pitched sound that seemed to take the pirates' minds away from their trouble. But it had absolutely no effect on Elizabeth. She looked around to see everyone, except Barbossa, slipping down, forgetting about their danger. Elizabeth started to panic as the sound got louder and the water became more furious and swift. Rocks were more plentiful as the ship was thrown along, and all the while the Wall was moving closer and closer together.

Elizabeth grunted and started for the wheel of the ship, where Barbossa hadn't been able to resist the sound's charm any longer. When Elizabeth reached the wheel he was on the floor, his eyes closed and a smile was etched onto his normally serious and mischievous face. Elizabeth shook her head disapprovingly and grabbed the wheel. Although she had no idea what she was doing, she had to try. She turned the wheel violently to the right and the ship twisted in the water and jammed into the rock wall on the right. Elizabeth gasped, "Oops…" and turned the wheel back to the left and kept struggling until it was straightened out again. But now she had a different problem, the sound was very close and when she looked out at the water, Elizabeth could see a tail-fin diving under. "Mermaids…" she said under her breath. Not knowing what else to do, she knelt over and picked Barbossa's rifle out of his pocket and held it up. She waited until another Mermaid surfaced to sing and fired. The shot hit the fish square on the head and it fell over, the signing stopped temporarily. Elizabeth sighed, relieved, and reached back towards the wheel, but suddenly a wet hand grasped her arm, pulling her backwards. She turned, trying to pull away, to be staring at a Mermaid. "Let go!" she shouted yanking at her arm furiously. The Mermaid let out a screeching sound and a few other Mermaids jumped out of the water and grabbed hold of Elizabeth's arms. But their song had ceased all along. The crew members started to wake up, as the ship was tossed along. Will blinked and then heard Elizabeth shouting, and was wide awake. He jerked up and ran towards her to see three Mermaids yanking and pulling at her. "Elizabeth!" he shouted.

Elizabeth saw Will and tried to reach out for his hand, but the Mermaids managed to get her off-balance and she tumbled over the side of the ship and into the swishing water with the Mermaids.

She surfaced and took in a gasping breath, "Will!" the Mermaids had disappeared. Will was about to jump in after Elizabeth when Barbossa held up a hand, "No! The Mermaids will get you; the rope!" Will remembered the rope that Elizabeth tied around her waist. "Of course!" he reached for it and started pulling, but the current was making it very difficult. Barbossa grabbed hold of it and together they pulled. Meanwhile the end of the Wall was getting near and the crew could see sun light. The light hurt the Mermaids' eyes and they disappeared back into the middle of the Wall's in-between water's depths.

Will and Barbossa finally hauled Elizabeth over the railing. Elizabeth fell over in exhaustion and started gasping for breath. Will bent over her and laid his hand on her chest. Barbossa eyes him warningly but watched. After a moment Will removed his hand and looked at Elizabeth's eyes, which were closed. "She's going to be out for a while. The shock has taken a toll on her brain. The stress-" Barbossa sighed, "Yes, yes. Mr. Turner, see to it that she is taken under-deck and put to bed." Will frowned and stood up. He was about to speak when Gibbs shouted, "We're out!" Just then he noticed that sunlight was all around and the darkness of the Wall and the Wall itself was far behind. He returned his attention to Barbossa. "What if she gets fever?" Barbossa rolled his eyes, "Just put her to bed!" He turned towards the wheel, obviously the conversation was over. Will sighed and picked Elizabeth up, cradling her in his arms. Her breathing had returned to normal, but he had been right. She was unconscious now. He longed to kiss her, but he took her down to her hammock and gently laid her down. As he walked out, he started to wonder exactly what she loved about Jack Sparrow.