Ok...almost done, this is my next to the last chappy. Wow, I can't believe I actually got this far. I'm so proud. (pats self on back) Well, I told you I would finish this story, and I am...no this is not the last chappy, so plz no tears, not yet...

Alright...Me no own Jack or anything...me do howevers, own Shyla and the spider (shivers) stupid thing. Ok...also just a heads up...I didn't put everything that happend in here. Cause my wrist were hurting, but I urged myself to finish this chappy anyway. So...I hope you like it, and Plz review or I'll cry...and there will not be a sequel if I haven't gotten up to 10 reviews...ok..so fear my wrath...FORWARD MARCH...

Chapter 26

Ragetti and Pintel were setting in a long boat trying to distract Norrington and his men by dressing up like women. Which was working and would have worked through, if it wasn't for Ragetti's mouth and Pintel's temper.

"Oooh!" Ragetti said, waving the fan towards the men.

"Stop that! I already feel like a fool." Pintel said, rowing the boat. Ragetti smiled.

"You look nice, though." he said, trying to cheer his friend up. Which Pintel smiled at then realized what he said.

"I look nice!?" he said, reaching back and taking Ragetti into his hands, choking him, blowing their cover. Causing the ones aboard the Dauntless to see, and that's when the fight breaks out.

(In the cave)

Jack, being Jack is looking around and examining treasure. Barbossa who is lazing about on a rock, watches Jack, with a sly smile on his face. Will was standing with men around him and his hands still tied. Will who is still confused about how Jack can do this knowing the woman he loves is dead, wants to know…

"Jack, what about Shyla? She's dead, and still here you are acting as though she was never apart of your life." Will said. Jack stopped and looked at him for a moment, something in his eyes telling Will she was something more. He goes back to looking at treasure.

"Simple boy, pirates don't fall in love. It's a rule to live by, or else it'll be the death of ya." he said, closing his eyes and smiling.

"Besides, the lass isn't dead at all. Me and ya bonny lass ran into her on the island." he said, having his back turned to everyone. Will gasped.

"But I saw her blow up with the ship…how can she still be alive?"

"Boy, there's things that shouldn't be thought of. Water, stops most of the blast, and she was under water so no worries, savvy?" Jack said, hoping Will would shut up, which he did.

"I must admit, Jack, I thought I had ye figured. But it turns out that you're a hard man to predict." Barbossa said, with a sly smile. Jack looks left and right, then turns around abruptly.

"Me? I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly! It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly…stupid." Jack said, unsheathing a pirate's sword and kicks him into the water, and then throws the sword to Will. Jack starts to fight with Barbossa, while Will fights with the others.

"You're off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters." Barbossa said, both him and Jack holding up their swords blocking the other.

(On th Black pearl)

As two pirates talk about what to eat first when they become alive once more. Elizabeth and Shyla make their way onto the Pearl. Elizabeth turned to help Shyla who when she got on deck turned around to come face to face with a bone dead looking monkey. She didn't scream, instead she jumped in surprised, and slapped the poor thing, causing it to go overboard and hitting the cannon. Elizabeth smiled and shook her head. Shyla gasped.

"So…there is a curse?" she asked. Her sister nodded and they went below deck to the brig. But hid behind the wall when two men went running up deck.
The girls made their way down and heard whispering and someone saying shh, and then their names. They looked at each other and smiled. Shyla ran over and seen the whole crew, while her sister got the keys.

"Shyla!? But you died…how?" Ana asked gasping in surprise. Shyla smirked.

"Oh yeah…I've come back to haunt you…how nice, eh? Can't get rid of me that easily, you should know that." she said happily. Ana smiled.

"Alright, get us out of 'ere, mate." she said. Gibbs smiled and Lizzy unlocked the door letting them out. They make their way up deck.

(In the cave)

"You can't beat me Jack." Barbossa said, by now they were up on a ledge facing each other.

Jack stabs him and Barbossa lets out annoyed sigh. Taking the sword he stabs Jack making him stumble back with a defeated look on his face. Once he's in the moonlight Barbossa sees him as a skeleton.

"That's interesting. (he takes out the coin) Couldn't resist, mate." he said and ran off Barbossa not far behind. Barbossa who was behind Jack runs into the wall when Jack makes a quick move, his face hitting it on impact.

"Sorry!" Jack yelled and still ran. Barbossa catching up.

Jack stands on a rock and Barbossa swings his sword making Jack jump up and off the rock, turning Barbossa laid his back on the rock.

"Jack Sparrow? Will it be two immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and trumpets sound? Hmmm?" he asked. Jack looked as though he was thinking for a moment, then smirks.

"Or you could surrender." he said.

"Arr…" Barbossa laughs and runs after Jack. Who took off like a bolt of lighting.

(With the Pearl)

"All of you with me. Will is in that cave and we must save him. Ready? And heave!" Elizabeth yelled, only to see Shyla helping her alone. Shyla looks and rolls her eyes, she's getting angry.

"Please, I need your help! Come on!" Elizabeth yelled. Shyla crossed her arms and looked at them, knowing they wouldn't go.

"Any port in the Storm." the parrot yelled. Gibbs looked at him for a second.

"Cotton's right, we've got the Pearl."

"And what about Jack, you're just going to leave him?" Shyla yelled, angry.

"Jack owes us a ship."

"And there's the code to consider." Gibbs threw in. Shyla shook her head.

"The code? You're pirates. Hang the code, and hang the rules! They're more like guidelines anyway." Elizabeth yelled.

"No Elizabeth, forget them. They think their pirates. Well their wrong. Their just filthy cowards, looking for an excuse to run from a fight. The only real pirate is Jack. He's what a pirate is, and he's a good man. And I'm not going to wait for them to go and help him." Shyla said looking right at each and everyone of them and added.

"I'm sure he would risk his life for his crew, but they don't even have the guts to fight for their Captain…how pathetic"

Moments later both girls were rowing once more toward the inside of the cave.

"Bloody pirates." Lizzy whispered, Shyla looked at her.

"They're not pirates, Lizzy. They're cowards…remember that." she said and they went on without another word.

(With Ragetti and Pintel)

Both still dressed up, Ragetti looked and seen the Black Pearl sailing away into the night. He pointed.

"Hey"

"What?" Pintel asked.

"Is it supposed to be doing that?" he asked, pointing at the BP. Pintel looked and his face grew angry.

"They're stealing our ship"

"Bloody Pirates!" Ragetti yelled shaking his fist. Suddenly his is knocked on the back of the head and his eye pops out. He looks and feels of his eye socket and realizes what's missing.

"Ah, me eye! Me eye!" he yells and crawls after it.

(In the cave, with the girls)

They ran as fast as they could and seen the fight…Lizzy seen Will and pointed at him, showing Shyla, but she couldn't find Jack anywhere.

"Let's go help Will, then we'll find Jack." Lizzy said. Nodding Shyla ran after her sister and picked up a large golden thingy.
They ran up behind the man, and Will hadn't seen them just yet. Hearing him saying meaning of pain.

"You like pain?" Lizzy asked, Shyla smacked him with the large golden thingy and added.

"Try wearing a corset!" Will looked at both girls in surprise, Shyla helped him up and let him and Lizzy take the golden thingy out of her hands, she picked up a sword that was lying down beside her feet and felt someone tap her shoulder. She looked up and seen Lizzy
pointing at two people. She sees Jack as a skeleton and gasps.

"Whose side is Jack on?" her sister asks. Will shrugs.

"At the moment?" he answers and him and Lizzy run off stringing three pirates together putting a bomb inside the middle one who said it was no fair.

All the while they were doing this Shyla just stood there and watched. Wondering if everything he said had been a lie. But if it was a lie, then why is he fighting against that man for? she thought to herself. Shaking her head she turned around and screamed. Causing everyone to stop and look at her. Right in front of her was a skeleton man and it was the first time one was so close to her face. Jack looked and wished that he could help, but right now he couldn't but he seen Barbossa looking at her and took the chance and they went back to fighting. Will ran over and knocked the guy to the ground and looked at Shyla with a faint smile.

"Are you alright Shyla? I thought you died, how?" he asked. She rolled her eyes she was tired of people asking her that question.

"Oh yes, I'm the flippin ghost of Shyla Swann came to haunt those who killed me. Really, Will. I escaped, and was lucky enough to land on the island they did. Now…please, get back to fighting, incase you haven't noticed. We're not immortal at all!" she said and ran off to help her sister leaving a smiling Will.

"She hasn't changed a bit." he said to him self and ran behind her and up to the chest.

Holding in his hand the coin waiting for Jack. Who cut his hand and sent it flying to Will, who cut his hand and held the coins together. Shyla was running toward them, Barbossa seen Jack look at her from the corner of his eyes, and then pulled out his pistol and aimed at Shyla, and they heard a gunshot.

"Shyla!" Lizzy yelled, running behind her sister, who was looking right at Barbossa, who was holding his pistol her, and Jack to him. Jack had a not so pleased look on his face. Shyla let out the breathe she was holding.

"Are you ok?" her sister asked. She nodded.

"At the moment?" she replied. Lizzy smiled.

"Ten years you carry that pistol, and you waster your shot." he said. Shyla was confused, but the other two knew what he had meant.

"He didn't waste it!" Will said, dropping both coins in the chest. Barbossa drops his sword and looks at the blood forming on his shirt from the shot wound. He looked right back into Jack's eyes, who held hate, and said his last words.

"I feel…cold." he said and falls dead, letting a green apple roll out of his hand. The curse had now been lifted.
Shyla stood there and fell flat on her butt holding her chest. Lizzy saw and worry over came her.

"Oh my, Shyla are you alright?" she asked, causing both Will and Jack to run over, Jack bent down and looked at her. She looked at him and closed her eyes.

"That was one scary ending. I thought I was dead. Remind me to never take Aztec gold." she said, they laughed.

Her and Jack went about looking at the treasure, but she stopped and watched her sister and Will, who were talking, yet she couldn't hear them. Jack came up behind her and placed his arms around her waist pulling her into him.

"I'm glad your alright, love." he whispered into her ear. She turned and faced him with a loving smile.

"And I'm glad you're alive, Jack. I don't know what I would do if you hadn't been." she said, he smirked.

"That's why I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, love." he said, reassuring her. She looked at him in the eyes.

"Jack…if I may." she said, he nodded for her to go on.

"Are there really any truth to those stories at all?" she asked, he looked down then at her.

Pulling his shirt aside showing the gun shot wounds, then his sleeve showing the spider like wound, and the P wound. She traced the spider like wound with her finger and looked at him in the eyes. Smiling she threw herself into his arms and hugged him. While he embraced her.

"Shyla there's something I want to give you. This is after all, my treasure." he said proudly. She looked up at him and smiled.

"Yes, that I know. What do you want to give me?" she asked.

He reached into his pocket and showed her a beautiful ring and necklace that matched. Both sliver with a beautiful ocean blue Crystal in them, sparkling in the light, the necklace was a heart shaped Crystal, and the ring also, with two little diamonds on each side. He took his ring off of her ring finger and place it in it's place, all the while she was looking at him. He then placed the necklace around her neck.

"As long as you hold these in your possession. You belong to me." he said. She took his ring and placed it on his right index finger and then put her hand on the necklace he wore.

"And as long as you wear that necklace, Sparrow. You're mine and mine alone." she whispered he nodded and leaned down inching his face closer to hers, meeting with a kiss. She placed her arms around his neck and smiled once they broke apart.

"I love you, Shyla, never forget that." he whispered. She nodded.

"And I love you, Jack. Never forget that." he nodded.

She turned and looked back at her sister and Will, they were gonna kiss, and then they heard a loud crash. She looked behind her and rolled her eyes. Jack looked at her and smiled, she shook her head and turned back around seeing her sister make her way to the boats, she followed and heard Jack talk to Will.

"If you were waiting for the opportune moment…that was it. Now, if you'll be so kind, I'd be much obliged if you'd drop me off my ship." he said and walked right behind Shyla who was smiling the whole time.

Once they got out and looked, the Pearl was gone. Shyla was pissed, they left him to his death, that much she knew. But they shouldn't have.

"I'm sorry Jack." Lizzy said. Shyla who was setting beside him closed her eyes keeping the tears at bay. Jack noticed and placed his arm around her and pulled her close.

"They done what's right by them Can't expect more than that." he said. Shyla hugged onto his chest. He closed his eyes and knew what was making her cry, and really. He didn't want her to be apart of seeing it, so he would have a little talk with her father.

Oh...wow another cliffy. Man, me and cliffys...well...the next chappy is the final chappy. Gosh, I'm so proud, and happy, and sad...and emotional...ohhhh...

Review and tell me what you think...and you know what's funny...I know for a fact some people don't even read the authors note...it's just crazy. I used to not read them, but now I do..and some ppl are plain funny.

Well, remember...If i don't get up to at least 10 reviews, no sequel. I mean it...(points finger.) And, ppl, seriously, give me your opinions here.

Leya