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Chapter 18

"I killed her" I said simply, it wasn't really a big deal to me, I had killed many people in my time and Gillian wouldn't be the last.

"You did what!" Clara shouted

"I killed her" I replied "I overheard you and her plotting last night so when she came out I slit her throat and threw her overboard, it was quite easy actually" I gloated, revenge was sweet.

"You killed someone in your state!" exclaimed Oliver, coming over to me, his eyes were questioning as he took my hands in his own, he stood in front of me so the others couldn't hear or see what we were saying.

"It's fine Oliver, the wench didn't know what had hit her let alone come to attack me, the baby is fine, I'm fine, I made sure I didn't get hurt" I explained in a soft whisper. I knew the calmness in my voice would put Oliver's mind at rest. He nodded before looking over to Will and Elizabeth and then to Dad, who had a confused look on his face.

"What state?" he asked. I had forgotten he didn't know, but before anyone could tell him, I quickly spoke up.

"Nothing, I'm not in any state father, can we get back to the matter in hand?" I said quickly, praying that father wouldn't ask me anything else, of course, he being Jack Sparrow; saw fit to question me even further.

"You're not ill are you Lily?" he asked me, taking a step towards me.

"No! Just drop it, there's nothing wrong with me" I pleaded.

"Enough!" Clara shouted, she pulled out the sword that was sheathed in her belt and pointed it at me, she took at step towards me and Dad, Oliver, Will and Elizabeth instantly took out their own swords and pointed them at Clara.

"You touch a hair on her head and you are dead Clara" Oliver said dangerously, standing in front of me so I couldn't even see what was happening. No one spoke for a minute and I got restless. I stepped in front of Oliver and kicked his sword out of his hand, leaving him stood speechless.

"Right" I said, picking up Oliver's sword. It was a beautiful sword that Will had made for him in Port Royal when we had first met. It was encrusted with amber stones in the handle and the letters 'O.W' were engraved into the blade.

"Here is what we are going to do, you four…" I said, pointed my sword at Dad, Elizabeth, Will and Oliver "are to do nothing, and you…" I said pointing my sword at a curious Clara, "are going to fight me with the blade and nothing else, if I win, you'd be dead, if you win, improbable as it is, you can kill me" I said, of course I knew that I would win.

Elizabeth gasped and took a step forward but Will grabbed her arm and pulled her out of harms way as Clara evidently agreed with my terms as she lunged for me.

I pushed Oliver out of the way and managed to sneak a glare at father as he made to stop us.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting to kill you" Clara sneered.

"no Clara" I said "it is you who has failed to realise how long I have been longing to do this, I could have killed you any moment I wanted, but I found it best to wait for the opportune moment" I said, as I continued to parry and block Clara's blade.

We began to move around the deck in a kind of perilous dance, one wrong move and I'd be dead, the same for Clara.

Clara began to work her way towards the crate we had all recently been hiding behind. Remembering the twins that were currently safe behind that crate, I tried my damned hardest to not let her get to them. I moved swiftly in front of her so that my back was to the crate and Clara couldn't get passed me. I thrust my sword at her and managed to nick her shoulder, I noticed blood seeping through the tear I had created in her shirt, as did Clara. She winced in pain at first but then purely through a spit of rage, she attacked me with such force that I fell to the floor, just missing banging my head on the crate.

Due to my fall, and Clara's eyes following me, she noticed the twins that were lying just above my head. She ran around me, dodging my legs as I tried to trip her up in an attempt to keep her away from the twins, praying to God that my child would be safe during this fight.

Clara managed to get to the twins and I noticed that Elizabeth and Will were running to aid me in keeping their children safe. It was too late. Clara picked up Jack and ran to the rail of the ship, climbing onto the rail was proving difficult to her, since she had a screaming baby in one arm and her sword in the other.

"JACK!" Elizabeth screamed in hysterics, I stood up quickly, sword drawn.

"Clara!" I shouted, a sudden burst of anger rising within me. "Your fight is with me! Not a helpless child!"

"Your right" Clara said unexpectedly, "my fight is with you" she smirked and before I knew what she was going to do, she turned around and dropped Jack over the rail. Elizabeth screamed and Will immediately ran and dived over the rail and into the water. Not even waiting for Will to resurface with Jack, I ran towards Clara and took a huge anger filled leap at her. We both went tumbling over the rail and into the water below.

It took a minute for me to gather my wits when I opened my eyes in the water. I grasped my sword tighter and searched for Clara and the surface. Above me I could see Clara swimming to the surface; I did the same and gasped for air as my face resurfaced. I looked up at the ship to see Elizabeth and Dad helping Will and Jack over the side of the ship. Oliver was stood next to Elizabeth, frantically searching the waters for me. He smiled in relief when he spotted me.

Clara was gasping for air beside me, yelling callous profanities in my direction.

"Oh belt up Clara!" I shouted, I noticed her shoulder was still bleeding and the salt water was evidently getting into the wound, as Clara was screaming in pain. I smirked at this and cut her arm with my blade before swimming to the ship and climbed up the rope ladder that Oliver had let down for me.

"You ok darlin'?" Oliver asked me, pulling me onboard. I nodded and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before turning round.

I looked for Clara and smirked when I saw she was right behind me. I went to swing for her but she was too quick for me and she cut my hand, the salt water on her blade got into the cut and I gasped at the pain it was causing me. I ended up dropping my blade in the end and holding my hand in the hand that recently held my sword. Clara cut my arms as well, letting the salt get into the wounds. I cried out in pain and helplessly rubbed the wounds.

Seeing this as a chance to kill me, Clara stood over me and raised her sword high above her head. I shut my eyes and waited for the fatal blow, I was in too much pain to care about my unborn child, my husband, my father, my friends or my godchildren. I just wanted the pain to stop.

I waited for what seemed like hours for my life to end, but the time never came. I opened my eyes and gasped as the tip of a sword came through Clara's stomach right before my eyes. I looked up at her, her eyes were glazed over and blood was flowing from her mouth. She dropped her sword and I felt someone drag me away from Clara, who was currently falling into a pool of her own blood on the deck.

I looked up just in time to see Dad pull his sword out of Clara's dead body, wipe the blood off it on her shirt and come over to me, before I passed out, letting the darkness consume me.

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