Back to the Black Pearl, our heroes had already started to sail away from the island. Jack was holding on his jar of dirt for real life, Pinter and Raggetti were arguing while fixing the sails and Elizabeth was standing above an unconscious Will.

Soon, the said man woke up and came face to face with his fiancé.

"What happened to the chest?" he asked.

"Norrington took it to draw them off" she informed him as the arguing between two certain pirates became louder.

"You're pulling too hard!"

"You aren't pulling hard enough"

Artemis who was standing not too far away from Jack on the helm rubbed her temples and tried to block the annoying sound of their voices.

Since they left the island, she had a terrible head ace and the constant feel that something big would happen. She could sense it with every bone and muscle in her tired body. Gibbs noticed it and approached her.

"You okay Artemis?" he asked.

"Yeah. Just want us to sail as far as possible"

"I see what you mean. And where is the commodore?"

"Fell behind," Jack said from behind the helm while one hand was on the wheel n the other around his precious jar of dirt.

"My prayers be with him. *shrugs* Best not wallow in our grief. The bright side is you're back. And made it off free and clear" Gibbs continued and jinxed it.

A second later, [the Flying Dutchman popped out of the water next to the Pearl.

"Ah, the F-"Elizabeth didn't manage to finish her sentence as fear took over and Artemis eyes widen at the sight of the haunted ship.

"Lord, I done that" Gibbs admitted and crossed himself before being pushed away by Jack.

"I'll handle this, mate. Oi, fish face! *holds up his jar of dirt* Lose something, aye?—? *loses footing and falls a short way down the stairs with his dirt*" the whole Crew left different sounds 'ooh's' and cringes in sympathy at his fall. But jack simply raised both of his hands to prove that he still got the jar. "Got it! Come to negotiate, eh, have you, you slimy git. Look what I got. *in a sing-song voice* I've got a jar of di-irt, I've got a jar of di-irt, and guess what's inside it?"


"Enough," Jones said as the cannons slid out.


Jack lost his smile and confidence. "Hard to starboard"

"Hard to starboard!" Elizabeth repeated loudly as Artemis rushed to the wheel to turn the Pearl in hopes of saving themselves.

"Raise up the foreyard!" she shouted.

"Raise up the foreyard" Will repeated loudly to make sure each member of the ship heard the order.


"Rack the starboard! Send his beloved Pearl back to the depths" Jones ordered and his crew fired the canons. Some managed to hit the Pearl who was trying to retreat, and Artemis greeted her teeth.


Raggetti bended and managed to spot the haunted ship through the made hole of a cannonball on the side of the ship. He pales a few tones as he noticed that the Dutchman was on hot pursuit.

"She's on us! She's on us!" he shouted.

"Shit" Artemis commented and took a deep breath. Her knuckles relaxed and then held the helm tightly.

She had the suspicions that the previous canon balls were not the last ones and she had to be ready if she wanted the ship to survive.


"Let them taste the triple guns" Jones ordered as his eyes stayed locked on the figure of the ship.

"Aye, Captain," an undead pirate from his crew said and joined the others who pushed the canons out.

They rolled out in the front of the ship and are loaded with cannonballs. A second later, they started to fire.


Artemis steered the wheel sharply to one side and then to the other, almost causing her fellow mates to lose their balance. However, she effectively avoided most cannonballs and minimizing the damage the ship took.

Jack quickly joined her and tried to take the wheel. She pushed him back and a small glaring contest started between them before the Captain giving up.

"Fine" he muttered as he held his jar of dirt close to his chest.

Artemis eyed the jar carefully, but her attention went to he back to see what was happening with the Flying Dutchman.

At the same time, Will was manoeuvring the sails. Once the attacks stopped, she handed the rope over to a crew member. "Make fast" he ordered.

Pintel kept petting the railing of the ship as if it was a fragile woman or animal. "Don't let me down. Show us what you've got" he kept saying and as if his prayers had been heard, a gentle but good wind helped them put more distance between them and the haunted ship.

"She's falling behind!" Elizabeth noticed and shouted in relief.

"Aye, we've got her" Gibbs agreed.

"We're faster?" Will asked.

"Against the wind, the Dutchman beats us, that's how she gets her prey. But with the wind…"

"We've got her advantage"

"Aye"


On the Flying Dutchman:

A blowfish headed pirate approached his Captain. "We're out of range!" he informed.

"Break off pursuit, run on light and douse canvas!" The Captain ordered.

"We've given up, sir?" his first mate, a hammer shark head pirate asked.

Jones didn't answer but smiled wickedly. His grew understanding what he wanted, quickly rushed to someone the terrible beast that Jones so much loved.


"They've given up. Yeaaaah!" Marty shouted and the crew cheered while Raggett and Pintel did jig.

Artemis looked behind to see that it was true but her instincts hadn't stopped warning her. Something was suspicious and unknown to her, she would soon know what.

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

"Why fight when you can negotiate? All one needs is the proper leverage" Jack said and placed the jar of dirt on the banister.

Suddenly, the ship shuddered and came to a halt which caused the jar to fall and break. Dust was scattered everywhere and with worry, Jack rushed down the stairs and started to look through the dust but couldn't find what he was looking for.

"Where is the thump thump?" he asked himself as he kept searching.

"We must've hit the reef" one sailor suggested and pointed down where the water was bubbling under the hull.

"No. It's not a reef!" Will shouted as he grabbed Elizabeth. "Get away from the rail!"

"What is it?" she asked him.

"The Kraken. To arms!"

"Load guns, defend the mast!" Artemis shouted as she let go of the helm and rushed to grab a gun.

"It'll attack the starboard, I've seen it before. Roll out the cannons and hold for my signal" Will instructed and without a second thought, loaded and ran out the cannons to the left side of the ship.

Slowly, the giant tentacles of the kraken began to creep up the ship's left side. Artemis gulped and her single eye widen at what she was seeing. However, she kept her place and hand steadily on the canon along with Gibbs.

The Tentacle was slowly climbing higher and higher, its suckers as big as someone's head.

"Easy boys"

"Will?"

"Steady! Steady"

"Will?"

"Hold. Hold!"

"I think we've held fire long enough!" Pintel commented.

"Will!"