Running out of Time

Ok so the votes are in and here's how it went…

Option A) 2
Option B) 2
Option C) 4
Option D) 10

That includes all the ones where you people are like "this or that". So it looks like Madison is sending the Kraken after Norrington while Jack and Davy Jones fight. Trust me…neither of them will die in this. Jones will cheat, obviously.

It seemed that everyone was no either at the back of the ship or in the middle of it leaning over the railing to look at the Dauntless. No one bothered to keep an eye on the Flying Dutchman so when Madison turned to look at it, expecting to see it still far away, she jumped and screamed slightly when she saw it right next to them. Her reaction made everyone else look and Elizabeth acted the same way as Madison did.

"Oh…" Madison said.

"Bugger." Jack said. They looked at each other. Jack looked somewhere between angry, worried and scared. What did he have to be scared of? Madison's eyes drifted down to her pocket where Will had put the heart a few minutes earlier. She didn't want to have to stab her knife through it. No matter what, she still felt sorry for Jones and she wasn't sure why.

"Madison." Will said. Madison looked at him. "You have to do something."

"Why?" Madison asked.

"Keep Norrington at bay." Will said.

"Oh." Madison said. "That…I think I can do." She looked at the Dutchman. "Give it five seconds."

"What?" Will asked. Five seconds later, the water shook and sure enough the Kraken swam through the water.

"Pet." Madison said. A giant eye opened up under the water to stare at Madison. "Keep them distracted." She pointed at the Dauntless. "But please don't kill anyone." The Kraken swam over to the other ship. The crew started yelling and Madison and Will whipped around to see Davy Jones' crew holding everyone to the sides of the ship.

"He's going to fight Jack." Madison and Will jumped so badly from the sound of their father's voice that Madison actually hit Will and both of them fell over. Bill was standing right by where they were standing.

"What do you mean?" Madison asked.

"Jones." Bill said. "He's going to fight Jack." He looked at Madison. "For you."

"What?" Madison said. She scrambled up to her feet. Will stood up. Madison was about to run over to where Jack was standing, free from any mutant crew member, but Bill grabbed her and pulled her to his side so that he stood between his children.

"Don't interfere." He said.

"Jones will kill Jack!" Madison said.

"Keep your attention on the Kraken!" Bill said. Madison stared at him. That was the closest to snapping that Bill had ever done to her. She nodded and glanced back at the other ship where the Kraken was winding it's tentacles around various parts of it and rocking it back and forward but doing nothing else. It reminded Madison of a baby with a rattle. She looked back at Jack to see he had his sword out and Davy Jones was standing in front of him with his own sword out. Bill kept his arm securely around Madison's waist and his other hand on Will's shoulder.

"Why is he doing this?" Madison asked.

"He wants you." Bill said. "Isn't it obvious?"

"No! Yes…I don't know." Madison said.

"What'll happen if he wins?" Will asked.

"I don't wanna think of that." Madison said.

"Neither do I." Bill said. Madison closed her eyes tightly. She opened them again when the sound of sword hitting sword reached her ears. She groaned and would have fallen if Bill wasn't holding her.

"What makes you think you can win against me, Sparrow?" Davy Jones asked. Jack dodged the sword.

"Have to, don't I?" Jack asked. "Gotta keep the girl with me." His sword clashed with Jones'. "You need to find yourself a different girl mate." Davy Jones growled and, using one of his tentacles, took out a knife and threw it at Jack, who wasn't quick enough, and got it stuck in his arm. Madison screamed. Jack dropped his sword and pulled the knife out with a sickening noise. Madison struggled against her father, finally stomping on his foot. He let go of her and she ran down to where the two were fighting.

"Madison!" Will and Bill yelled. She ignored them and stopped at Jack's side.

"Maddie." Jack said, looking at her. "Get away from here."

"No." Madison said.

"Madison…" Jack said.

"I'm not going anywhere Jack." Madison said. She looked at Davy Jones. "What the heck is this all about?"

"You're mine." Davy Jones said.

"No…I'm not." Madison said. "You expect to win me by killing the man I love?" She didn't think about what she was saying but she had all eyes on her now. "Hate to break it to ya, mate, but that's not the way to do it." She looked around at all the eyes then looked at Jack to see him staring at her. "Ooooh…what did I just say?"

"You said you loved me." Jack said. He smirked. Madison rolled her eyes. Davy Jones rolled his eyes. "You love ol' Jack then, do ya?"

"Don't get cocky." Madison said. She yelped as Davy Jones pushed her out of the way. His sword was at Jack's throat. "NO!" Both men looked at her. "Davy please do not kill him. I'll…I'll stay with you if you don't kill Jack."

"Maddie!" Jack said.

"You'll stay with me? Forever?" Davy Jones asked.

"No!" Jack, Bill and Will all shouted.

"Yes." Madison said. "Leave Jack alone." She took a deep breath. "And set my father free." She looked at Davy Jones with pleading eyes. He looked at her.

"Madison do not do this." Jack said.

"Mr. Turner…thanks to your daughter, you're free." Davy Jones said. Madison looked down. She heard Elizabeth gasp but didn't bother to look up.

"Maddie…" Jack said.

"It's already done, Jack." Madison said, still not looking up. Jack looked at Davy Jones then back at Madison before taking her chin in his hand and tilted her head up. Her eyes were red and her cheeks were damp. "I'm sorry." Jack's eyes hardened but his hand remained gentle. He looked at Davy Jones again.

"What about my debt?" Jack asked. "My soul or hers." Madison's eyes widened.

"Jack…" She said.

"You wouldn't listen to me. I'm not gonna listen to you." Jack said, glancing at Madison.

"What would your choice be, Sparrow?" Davy Jones asked.

"You get my soul." Jack said. "If Madison doesn't have to go with you."

"I could just take both of you." Davy Jones said.

"You wouldn't." Jack said. Madison closed her eyes tightly, hoping that she was dreaming. In the distance she could still hear the Kraken playing with the Dauntless. She'd have to call it off soon.

"It is done." Davy Jones said. Madison felt Jack's lips on hers for a second before his hand was gone from her chin. Her eyes snapped open and she looked around. Davy Jones was gone, Jack was gone, Jones' crew was gone…Bill was still there, looking slightly more humane then before and, if Madison bothered to watch, he was changing back to his old self. She turned back to look at the Flying Dutchman. It was moving away from them.

"Madison?" Will said quietly from behind her. Madison turned and looked at him. She glared at him then hit him. "What was that for?"

"I can't hit Jack. So I'm hitting you!" Madison said. "Why did he have to do that? Why, Will?"

"You know him better then I do." Will said.

"Well I obviously don't, because I don't know why he did what he did." Madison said.

"He loves you Maddie!" Will said. "He was willing to do anything to get you back."

"And that includes going away?" Madison asked. "How is that fair?"

"I don't know." Will said. Bill came over.

"I save his ass just so that I can get kidnapped for two weeks and then Jack gets taken forever." Madison said. "Can someone tell me how this is fair?"

"Madison...you might want to call off the Kraken." Elizabeth said.

"GET BACK UNDER WATER!" Madison yelled, not even bothering to look and see if it obeyed. She pushed her father and brother out of the way and went into Jack's cabin.

She wasn't sure how long she was there for, just sitting on the bed, tears running silently down her face, staring at the floor. The feel of the heart beating in her pocket was uncomfortable against her thigh so she took it out and put it on the bedside table. She stared at it for a while. It felt like there was something she should do with the heart. She knew there was something. It was right at the tip of her tongue but she just couldn't get it. What was going on? She was never like this. She could think up plans within seconds. She never had this delay.

There was a knock on the door and Madison looked up and was shocked to see Barbossa enter. She had virtually forgotten about him. He hadn't said a word to her since she returned.

"What?" Madison asked, frowning.

"Everyone figured that if you killed me it wouldn't make that big of a problem." Barbossa said. "So they sent me to see if you were calm." As an answer, Madison stood up, walked over to him, and pushed with all her strength, managing to throw Barbossa out of the cabin and away from the door. She then slammed the door.

"She's still mad." Will said, who was standing near Bill by the helm. He had watched Barbossa go in then get pushed out. He looked at Bill. The man actually looked human now. He had turned from a mutant looking crew member to a man that actually did remind Will of himself.

"Jack has the compass doesn't he?" Barbossa said, coming up to them.

"Aye." Bill said, sighing.

"Madison has the heart." Barbossa said.

"So either way we would have lost something." Will said. He looked at his father. "Do you know why she wouldn't want us to kill Jones?"

"She doesn't?" Bill asked. Will shook his head. "I can't understand why. He kept her locked in his cabin for a long time. Didn't take into consideration that she needed to eat more then the rest of us did." He turned the wheel slightly. "But she never seemed to hate him."

"Really?" Will asked.

"Yeah." Bill said. "She would look at him…with pity I think."

"Why would she pity him?" Will asked. Bill shrugged.

Jack raised an eyebrow as he stood, virtually alone, at the back of the Flying Dutchman. His back was sore and he was sure that he'd be bleeding for a few days. He was leaning on his hands which were rested on the rail, staring out at the empty water behind them.

He'd spent all this time avoiding Jones, bargaining a hundred souls so that he could keep his own, just to trade it in a single instant for Madison's. He knew though. It was only a matter of time before Davy Jones' crew stormed the ship once more and took Madison again.

"Well…we have one similarity." Jack muttered to himself. "Both want the same bloody woman." Part of him wanted Madison here, but the other, louder, part wanted to make sure that Madison never had to return to this dreaded ship. He knew it didn't matter much what he wanted…Jones would get his way. Maybe then Jack would figure out a way to get this man off their backs forever.

Maybe…

Ok so they didn't really fight much but so what. Here's another pole for you all. Should Madison…

Remain on the ship she's on (which I've just noticed doesn't have a name so someone give me a name for it!)
B) Figure out a way to get onto the Flying Dutchman all on her own.
C) Get taken onto the Dutchman again.

I know that no matter what happens, Davy Jones isn't gonna last much longer, maybe two or three chapters, which technically means this story is almost over unless you people have ideas of what I could do what Jones gets out of the picture.