Once they reached the port, Barbossa, Gibbs, Jack, Raggeti, Pintel and Artemis walked out and headed for the main house or better say shipwreck. The whole city was a combination of wrecked ships stacked together and then somehow shaped and fixed to have rooms inside and windows outside.

It was a unique thing to see, showing quite the architecture which must and would shock normal people. Artemis, though, was excited as they entered the courtroom. She stayed by Jack's side, taking in all the faces.

She will admit, this was not how she expected the pirate lords to be; considering the fact, Barbossa and Jack were as well. There was a chine woman with a very angry look, a French man inexpensive clothing and makeup and a curly wig. Across you could spot a short fat man with a turban and a black pirate lord not too far away.

Each one was very unique and peculiar, having their most trusted crew members behind their fancy chairs. According to the rule, each Pirate lord could bring up to two or three crew members with high positions.

In their case, Gibbs was Jack's first mate and Artemis was his Quartermaster. Pintel and Raggeti had also joined, apparently holding similar positions for Barbossa.

The pirate lords were mutterings and discussion, barely being able to hear anyone but the one next to you. That was until Barbossa lifted a cannonball and banged it a few times on the table. This made everyone to stop talking and focus their attention on him.

"As he who issued summons, I convene this, the fourth Brethren Court. To confirm your lordship and right to be heard, present now your pieces of eight, my fellow cap'ns."

Raggeti started to walk around the table with a bowl and each pirate started to place an object inside. To her surprise, it was not something fancy but rather something simple and can almost be considered junk. Someone placed a card, someone else a wooden goblet thingy and so on.

"Those aren't pieces of eight, they're just pieces of junk," Pintel said, voicing her thoughts.

"Aye, the original plan was to use nine pieces of eight to bind Calypso, but when the first court met, the brethren were to a one, skint broke" Gibbs explained, causing the duo to look at him.

"So change the name"

"To what? 'Nine Pieces of Whatever We Happened to Have in Our Pockets at the Time'? Oh yes, that sounds very piratey"

"Good point," Artemis said, agreeing with his logic explanation and kept observing.

Raggeti had gathered all the pieces but one from Jack and made his way towards Barbossa who gave a grin, a nasty grin which held some bad intention behind it.

"Mr Ragetti, if you will," he said and caused the redhead to lift an eyebrow and focus on them.

"I kept it safe for you, just like you said when you gave it to me," the skinny man said.

"Aye, ya have, but now I need it back," Barbossa said and whacked Ragetti on the back of the head, causing his wooden eye to pop out and fall in the bowl.

Artemis blinked, not expecting such a revelation. She had seen that eye-popping in and out but the fact that the significance of it was such big…that was the plot twist she did not see coming. Her small horror realization was interrupted by a new voice.

"Sparrow!" someone called.

She stood right behind Jack, slightly being by his side but let Gibbs and him be at the front. She glanced at Jack who touched the coin dangling from his bandana but didn't pull it out, yet.

What do you plan Jack? She wondered and her answer, sort of, came right after.

"Might I point out that we are still short one pirate lord, and I'm content as a cucumber to wait until Sao Feng joins us"

Suddenly, Elizabeth entered; dressed in Captain Clothing that resembled the one worn by Sao Feng. With her hair pinned back and even a cap to match the outfit, she lifted the familiar sword of the Captain and stabbed the globe, letting it join the other 8.

"Sao Feng is dead. He fell to the Flying Dutchman" she said, causing everyone to start muttering and looking around in worry.

"Lizzie" Artemis exclaimed, shocked by the revelation as she quickly connected the dots, but she wasn't the only one.

"And made you captain? They're just giving the bloody title away now" Jack commented.

The blond looked at him and then at her older sister before focusing her attention at the other pirate lords. "Listen. Our location has been betrayed. Jones is under the command of Lord Beckett, they're on their way here"

"Who is this betrayer?" the French Captain asked, slamming his fist on the table.

"Not likely anyone among us" Barbossa quickly said while Jack and Artemis exchanged a look.

"Where's Will?" Elizabeth asked, realising the said man was missing.

"Not among us" Jack answered.

"And it matters not how they found us. The question is, what will we do now that they have?" the bearded Captain asked, already having a plan in mind.

To his surprise, Elizabeth spoke next. "We fight!"

This caused laughter from her fellow pirate lords but the one to comment was the Chinese woman. "Shipwreck Cove is a fortress, a well-supplied fortress. There is no need to fight if they cannot get to us"

Barbossa, though, was far from done. "There is a third course. In another age, at this very spot, the first court captured the sea goddess and bound her in her bones. That was a mistake. Oh, we tamed the seas for ourselves, aye, but opened the door to Beckett and his ilk. Better were the days when mastery of seas came not from bargains struck with eldritch creatures but from the sweat of a man's brow and the strength of his back alone. Y'all know this to be true. Gentlemen, ladies. We must free Calypso"

Artemis blinked, quickly connecting all the dots and staring at him. Calypso? A goddess? Gods weren't real. She accepted a giant Squid and the curse that followed Jones, hence immortality but you want to tell her there was a goddess bound in human form?

How? Why? And where is that woman?

Suddenly, her blood ran cold as scenes from the past few weeks replayed in her mind. There was always…her. No, it is not possible. Her? Calypso? No…impossible…but does that mean…and my mother…and the spell…and that night…Barbossa being back…

Her head started to hurt, and she tried her best to hold her ground while feeling like fainting. Her heart beast faster and she could feel it echoing deep inside her mind, each pulse causing her head to hurt more.

The voices around her were suddenly muted even though she could barely see their moths moving in some sort of heated argument. Without wasting any time, Artemis left the room; letting her friend and crew confused at her sudden behaviour.


The famous Black Pearl was tied in the harbour, some of the crew members watching over it but the majority were roaming the town. Tia Dalma was alone behind the bars of a cage, humming to the tune her locket is playing.

She closed it and left out a sigh, only to hear the music playing again. This time though, it was not from her locket. Turning her body, she saw Davy Jones walking out of the shadows, his locket open and playing the tune.

"My sweet, you come for me," the woman said as she approached the bars.

"You were expecting me," the cursed pirate said.

"It has been torture, trapped in this single form. Cut off from the sea, from all that I love, from you"

"Ten years I devoted to the duty you charged to me. Ten years I looked after those who died at sea. And finally, when we could be together again, you weren't there. Why weren't you there?" the man asked, standing at the other side of the bars.

"Is my nature. Would you love me if I was anything but what I am?"

"I do not love you"

"Many things you were, Davy Jones, but never cruel. You have corrupted your purpose, and so yourself. And hid away what should always have been mine" she touched his chest, her hand passing through the opening in the bars. Once she did, he turned back into his former human self.

"Calypso."

"I will be free, and when I am, I will give you my heart and we will be together always. If only you had a heart to give" with those words, she took her hand away and let him turn back into his cursed form. "Why did you come?"

"And what fate have you planned for your captors?"

"The Brethren Court? The last thing they will learn in this life is how cruel I can be. And what of your fate, Davy Jones?"

"My heart will always belong to you"

There was a silent moment as the two lovers looked at each other, both longing to be touched and awaken the fire that was once existed and burned brighter than ever. Their moment was interrupted by the sound of steps climbing down the stairs.

"Tia Dalma, I just-" Artemis stopped at the base of the stairs, her words cut short once she spotted Davy Jones as well.

"You!" the man said and turned angrily, not only for what she had done the first time they met but also because he had interrupted their moment.

Before Artemis could do something, he had appeared in front of her and trapped her neck between his lobster claws. With force, he slammed her against the wooden wall, causing her to lose the air she had within her while her single eye stared at John in surprise and slight fear.

"Davy Jones! Release her!" she heard a booming voice, coming from Tia Dalma.

"What is she to you?" the man spat, turning his head to look at her while Artemis tried to free herself.

The man watched something in the woman's brown eyes before he turned back to Artemis. His tentacle hand quickly ripped away from the black patch that kept her eye covered. Out of surprise, she opened and the cursed pirate had a clear view of the milky scared eye she tried to hide.

"Davy Jones!"

The voice boomed again but the man was starring at it. Suddenly, he tossed her to the side and turned sharply to face the dark-skinned woman. "You keep talking of plans and yet you fail to mention you have already put them into motion"

"Those plans do not concern you"

"I see. You never change Calypso"

With those words, he passed right through the wall and disappeared.

Artemis coughed and rubbed her neck, a marked print already visible on her skin. She managed to regain steady breathing, her body shaking slightly from the sudden and intense meeting she had with the notorious Davy Jones.

"Artemis" Tia's voice reached her, holding the soft tone she was used to and not the terrifying and commanding voice from before.

The redhead managed to stand and weakly walk to the cage before grabbing the bars, being face to face with the woman. "So it's true…you are…Calypso?" she asked, her voice hoarse.

The woman gave a nod. "Long time ago I was…but then the court tricked me and sealed me in human form. They wanted control over my domain, ruling the sea instead of being ruled"

"Sounds like pirates to me" she commented weakly with a smile but then her face changed to a serious one. "What was Davy Jones talking about?"

The woman passed her hand through the bars and placed it against Artemis' cheek, who subconsciously leaned slightly against it. "Davy Jones is a man of many suspicions and his words should not bother you, my child. The time is almost upon us and soon I will be free"

With wide eyes, Artemis looked at her, her eyepatch long forgotten. "What?"

"It is the plan. I will finally be free" Her gaze dropped, recalling the ideas and feeling of actually bonding with the woman. Learning more about her mother and the past she could barely remember. A dark hand went under her chin and lifted her head. "Do not shed tears over such thoughts Artemis. Fate has other plans for you" Tia said and passed her thumb above her scared eye. "Remember my words. The sea cannot be stopped. She is meant to be free and wild. That is her curse and her blessing"