Zarya's POV

Island Cruces was where the Dead Man's chest was buried. Jack decided I would go with him on to the island with Elizabeth, James, Pintel, and Ragetti. Once on shore Jack looked to me.

"Can you hear the heart love?

As a shapeshifter I could hear things better than a human can. At first things were silent before a faint beat of a heart caught my attention.

"It's that way" I nodded to the left.

"Guide the way darling" Jack encouraged.

The others followed me as I relied on the heart beat to find the chest. After a ten minute walk I stopped at a hill.

"It's there" I nodded where I heard the heart loud and clear. I helped James and Jack with the digging until the shovel hit something with a loud clang. Jack immediately bent down and began to hurriedly dig away the sand until a large chest came into view.

Jack opened the large chest and inside did were various things. A sword caught my eye and I pulled it out from the chest. It was your average pirate cutlass but it was unique. The hilt was silver and on the end was a garnet. There were designs of water dragons on the hilt as well which made it unique. I took the sword from its scabbard and it looked in good condition. This sword I decided was to be mine.

"Ah here it is" Jack said getting our attention.

I looked up to see my mate holding a smaller chest. We all pressed our ears against the metal and sure enough we heard a heart beating. I shivered while Norrington said.

"You were actually telling the truth"

"I do that quite lot" Jack replied looking to James. "Yet people are always surprised"

"With good reason"

Elizabeth and I turned around to see Will. Immediately Elizabeth got to her feet and rushed over to her fiancé. Jack, Norrington, and I stood up as well. My mate didn't seem too happy to see Will. But then again my idiot mate tricked Will in the first place so I didn't blame Will for being annoyed at Jack. Elizabeth and Will hugged one another before sharing a kiss. Norrington got a sad look on his face which made me pity him.

"How did you get here?" Jack asked Will.

"Sea turtles mate" Will answered. "A pair of them strapped to my feet"

"Not so easy is it?"

"I still think it's bullshit" I muttered.

"But I do owe you thanks, Jack"

"You do?" Jack inquired wondering what he was talking about.

"After you tricked me onto that ship to square your debt with Jones, I was reunited with my father" Will then looked to me. "Zarya I met Rune and her mate on the Dutchman as well"

It was my turn to widen my eyes. I had thought Rune had been dead and I looked to Jack.

"Did you know?"

"I've been meaning to tell you darling but with this debt thing I forgot" Jack confessed.

"It's a good thing your telling the truth or we would need to have a talk" I threatened. Will walked forward and bent down over the chest with a knife.

"Oi what are you doing?" Jack demanded.

I saw that Will had the key with him.

"I'm going to kill Jones" Will answered. Immediately Jack took out his sword and placed it at Will.

"Can't let you do that William"

Will looked up to Jack.

"Cause if Jokes is dead who's to call his terrible beastie off the hunt eh?"

Will sighed before standing up and Jack held his hand out for the key.

"Now if you please the key"

Will put his knife away before taking Elizabeth's sword and be pointed it at my mate.

"I keep the promises I make Jack, I intend to free my father, and I hope your here to see it"

James then undid his sword and Will was it's target.

"I can't let you do that either, so sorry"

I drew my blade and now had it aimed at James.

"Touch either one of them and your ass is getting kicked Norrington" I threatened.

"Thanks love" Jack told me.

"Lord Beckett desires the content of that chest, I deliver it, I get my life back"

"Ah the dark side of ambition"

"Oh I prefer to see it as the promise of redemption"

James then swung at Will and the sword fight was on.

Fighting alongside one man was tough but doing it against two people was a bitch. Elizabeth protested for us to stop but we ignored her. Will took off running with Jack and James on his heels. James swung at him again and Will used his sword to dodge the attack. The blacksmith then threw him forward while Jack was quick to grab the key. He turned around just as James rushed forward and I blocked James from getting to Jack. Our blades met and I body slammed him hard enough to knock him over and Will was knocked to the ground as well. Jack tossed me the key and I was able to catch it. Norrington was back on his feet and soon I was using my sword against his. I swung my sword forward and cut James on the cheek and Jack shouted for me to look out.

I whirled around to see Will coming at me.

"Sorry Will can't give you the key mate" I told my friend and used my body to push him away from me. Nearby Elizabeth pretended to faint hoping to stop the fight but it didn't work. Suddenly I lost my balance and fell onto the sand causing the key to fall out of my grasp. Will snagged it and I shouted for Jack to run after him instead of helping me up. Jack obeyed and hauled ass after Will and Norrington.

"Bloody pirates" I muttered getting to my feet.

The men were in the water still exchanging blows with their swords. Jack then ducked down between Will and James and used his sword to slice at Will's leg. Will winced as Jack got the key back and began to run for it.

"You keep the key this time!" I told Jack as he and I ran towards the jungle. Norrington was hot on our tail and my mate and I came upon abandoned church. Together we ran inside and up the stairs and Jack made me get behind him when Norrington began to attack. Jack tried both sword fighting and running but he ended up falling onto his face. He recovered and got back to his feet before being pushed into a wall. James grabbed the key and threw Jack over the ledge. My mate yelled as he grabbed hold of the bell rope and the bell rung.

Suddenly Will came from the bottom and snagged the key from Norrington before landing on the upper level. I then proceed to follow Jack outside where we found Will and James duking it out with their swords. The two of us walked across a narrow stretch of roof. I then let Jack take care of himself while I slid down to the ground. A second later the key appeared before me. I guess one of the guys accidentally sliced it out of someone's grasp. I quickly snagged it and hid it. A minute later when Jack was on the ground he rushed towards me.

"You got the key love?" he asked.

"Yep" I replied holding the key up with a smirk. Up on the roof James and Will were back to dancing blades. "Let's get out of here before they realize the key is gone"

"Good girl" Jack praised before he and I made our get away. We didn't make it far because we both fell into a hole in the ground which was meant for a grave.

"You need to watch where your going pirate" I scolded Jack rubbing my back.

"Sorry love" Jack apologized. He then began to climb out of the hole and the next thing I knew the wheel Will and James were fighting on grabbed him. I hurriedly climbed out of the hole and watched as the wheel picked up Jack and I tried hard not to laugh as I saw Jack being rolled on with the wheel. Once he got back to the bottom my mate was able to free himself before he banged his head and he fell out of the wheel.

"Some day huh?" I teased Jack coming over to him.

"You have no bloody idea love" Jack replied. He shook his head and I showed I still had the key before he and I went to retrieve the chest. Suddenly a member of Davy Jones crew was running in the distance with said chest in his hands. Some coconuts were on the ground so Jack picked one up and threw the coconut. The coconut hit it's target by knocking the crew members head off.

Jack and I went over to the chest.

"You open it love" Jack suggested.

I wanted to refuse but time was of the essence. I set the chest up while Jack told Conch Head to shut it. I inserted the key into the lock and the chest unlocked itself. Jack opened the lid and inside was Davy Jones heart. I picked up the beating organ and examined it.

"Ew it's yours" I told Jack giving him the heart.

"Good work love" Jack praised before the crew that Jones sent ashore came into view with Elizabeth, Pintel, and Ragetti fighting them. Jack hid the heart inside his vest before closing the chest and he helped me to my feet.

We ran like hell back to the long boat and I kept an eye out while Jack went to work undoing the jar of dirt. He quickly placed the heart inside it just as a member of Jones's crew ambushed me. I used the sword I found to block his attack while Jack used the oar to smack him away from me.

"Zarya get back to the Pearl! I'll handle things here!" Jack called out. I nodded before throwing my sword into the boat before I went underwater and shifted to my dragon form. As always I used my tail and wings to guide me to the Pearl. Once I arrived at the side I shifted back to human form and proceeded to climb back onto the ship.

"Zarya where are the others?" Gibbs demanded.

"They will be along shortly right now my hands need to be washed" I growled.