Chapter 7

­­--The Pearl--

"Jack!" Mr. Gibbs called out to him.

"Aye!" Jack turned his attention to him as he walked towards him.

"We are getting closer, what are your orders?" he asked.

"Uh? Prepare the guns," Jack said.

"Eye sir, prepare the guns!" Gibbs shouted. The members who had the gun duty went below deck and the others went to their posts.

"Are we going to attack?" Gibbs looks at Jack which stared out into the open.

"Just in case," Jack he lifted his index finger.

"Jack we're not going to fire, are we?" Will ran up to Jack.

"No I not planning on it, but incase Beckett decides to fire," Jack grins at Will.

"Oh, so how are we getting Elizabeth?" Will asked.

"That's your job Will, you'll board the Dutchman and get her as we stand guard out here," he says.

"What if she's not on the ship?" Will questions.

"Don't worry William I'm sure she's there, where else could she go? Besides I can smell her from here," he answered and walked away.

"Smell her?" Will looked at Gibbs and he shrugged.

--Dutchman--

Bootstrap pulls out his sword, "No one leaves the ship!" He swings at them and Beckett draws his and blocks the attack. James and Elizabeth runs around them looking for a sword.

Beckett charges at him and misses. Swords clinging and being swung, they seemed evenly matched. But Beckett knows that he can't kill him, so he focuses more on his defense then attacking.

"James!" Elizabeth happens to find two swords lying around. They both rush over to help Beckett. Bootstrap stabs him in the shoulder and the blood bursts out when he pulled the sword out. Beckett felt the pain, but continued the fight. Two of Mercer's men and Maccus heard the commotion and rushed over to the fighting. James and Elizabeth stopped and turned around to face the new comers.

"Admiral?" Maccus looked at him. "I thought you were dead?"

"I guess not," James smirked at him. All of them pulled out their swords and weapons ready to attack. James and Elizabeth stood guard; Maccus swung his bone looking sword at James. James blocked and countered stabbing him in the stomach. These guys were immortal and James forgot. No wonder why he left himself wide open James stood ready to attack. Maccus swung again. Elizabeth eyed the soldiers waiting for them to make a move.

One of them charged at her the same way Beckett did at Bootstrap. She dodged and swung at the soldier. He blocked and the other guy swung at her. She held the sword form the previous one and spun and blocked his attack as well. James looked over to her and saw her holding off the two guys. They'll kill her. He knocked the sword out of Maccus's hand and ran to help Elizabeth.

He charged and stabbed the second guy that attacked her. He fell to the ground and Elizabeth grabbed his sword. "Thanks," she looked at James and returned to her first attacker. James nodded and returned to his fight. He knew this was pointless, either he dies or escapes. There is no way to beat Jones's immortal members.

Beckett was stabbed in the other shoulder and both burned like no other. He had to suck it up and continue. He shrieked at the burning pain that shot up his arms as he gripped his sword. His head was aching and his whole body throbbed at the damage done to his arms. He had enough energy for one more powerful attack.

He lifted his sword to the side and pulled back. Bootstrap was going to strike again, but Beckett swung as forcefully as he could and sliced off half of Bootstraps body. The battle lasted a scorching 1 hr. and 15 min. He dropped his sword and put his hands on his knees to take a quick breather. He looked at Bootstrap and he was still moving. "Don't you know? I can't die," he voice was raspy. He was headed towards his other half. Beckett went over to his legs, picked them up, and threw them to the other side. Bootstrap's mouth dropped and it looked like he gave up and he lay still. Beckett has to tell James to do the same thing.

"Admiral! Cut off his legs or better half his body. It works!" he shouted to him. James looked up at him and Maccus swung at him. James ducked and grabbed Maccus's body and pushed him back.

"Come again!" James shouted.

"Cut him at the waist line!" he yelled again. James gripped his sword harder. He ran towards Maccus who was turning around and with one nice swing he sliced his body in half.

"You!" Maccus screamed.

"Now what?" James asked Beckett.

"Throw his legs over!"

James grabbed Maccus's legs and threw them over. Elizabeth had finished the fight with her attacker right at the same time. She walked over to James, "You got him?"

"Yes, Beckett told me how to stop him. They're not dead just paralyzed for the moment being," he breathes.

"Oh, are you two ok?" she asks. Looking both of them from head toe, she noticed the wounds in Beckett's shoulder. "Beckett you're hurt," she walks over to him.

"I'll be fine, right now we have to focus on getting off this ship," he picks up his sword and puts it away.

"Why are you trying to help?" James asked.

"I'll explain later, there is no time now," he started walking towards the end of the ship. James and Elizabeth followed him. Everyone else was on the main deck ready to confront the Pearl. Beckett looks down, "Should we swim for it?"

"No I think we should wait for the Pearl to arrive. We need a place to hide right now," James begins walking around a corner soon followed by the two. The Pearl was inching closer and closer. "It shouldn't be long," James sits and blinks harshly. The three sit down with Elizabeth in the middle. Anytime now He closes his eyes, for a few minutes and he hears orders being shouted from Mercer and opens them. The Pearl has finally arrived.

--Will--

Will swings on a rope and lands safely on board of the Dutchman. Jack sees Mercer and begins to stall. Will runs around the back followed by two men. Will steps behind a wall and takes out his sword. STAB there goes both of the men .Will continues to run and search for Elizabeth as quickly as possible if she's even on the ship. He gets to the back of the ship and he saw James, Elizabeth, and Beckett.

"Elizabeth," he calls to her. James turns around with Elizabeth and sees Will outstretching his arms for a hug. Elizabeth didn't move, "Elizabeth?"

"What? Oh I'm sorry Will, a lot of things has been happening," she gives him a soft hug.

"I know, I see James is with you, and why is he?" he looks at Beckett.

"Well Will he is apart of us now," she smiles.

"What? He can't just…," he broke off.

"He's helping us, Mercer is in command now," she explains. Will nods, but still wanting to ask a lot of questions, and then he remembered that Jack was waiting. "Come on Jack is waiting for us," he quickly said beginning to jog. The rest followed him around the ship. Jack sees them and continues to stall. Will, Elizabeth, James, and Beckett jump into the water.

Mr. Gibbs is waiting for them by the ship in a boat. They swim as quickly as they can with Beckett behind, because of his injury. They board the boat and climb aboard the ship. Now that they are all safe Jack says his goodbyes to Mercer and the rest of the men and begins to sail off. On the Dutchman they stared at him leave, "Strange," Mercer said. "Oh no the prisoners!"

Will turned his full attention to James. Will is going to get him back for putting Elizabeth in harms way even though Will does not have a clue.