15. So We Meet Again
Disclaimer: I am now entering At World's End territory. If you DID NOT see the movie yet...DO NOT READ! If you have seen it yet...wasn't is amazing?! I do not own any material from AWE but I do own my own storyline which will be intertwined with AWE. ENJOY!
Will and I continue sitting up in the crow's nest, gazing at the stars in the sky that seem to melt into the sea, surrounding us entirely.
"I can't get over this darkness—it's utterly breath taking," I say soberly as I continue to gaze.
"I know—it's as if we're floating in a void of stars and blackness," Will says philosophically, not entirely sober yet.
I sit up and feel the wind in my face, close my eyes and smile, knowing that Jack has to be near. Suddenly, Will joins me, feeling the wind on his face. We sit like that, silently, for a few moments until Will turns toward me, his face distraught.
"What's that matter, Will?" I ask, suddenly feeling a pit in my stomach.
"We're speeding up," he says, feeling the wind on his face harder than it was before. I too notice this.
"What's going on? Why are we speeding up?" I ask, gazing out at the ocean before me and notice crests in the water before us.
"We're speeding up!" Will shouts down to the crew below and Barbossa at the helm.
"Will!" I scream as he descends from the nest.
"Stay there!" He commands from below.
"No! I'm coming down!" I cry back as I too descend from the crow's nest.
On deck, the crew is frantically running around trying to figure out what is going on.
"There!" Will shouts as he points ahead, noticing the rougher waves and ocean current.
"This is perfect," Barbossa exclaims, "we've been good 'n lost and now we're gonna find somethin'!"
"You knew this would happen?!" Will exclaims.
"No—Ye can never find anythin' unless yer lost!" He retorts with laughter as the ship accelerates.
"This is horrible! We're gonna die!" I scream in panic as I see an enormous waterfall ahead.
"Welcome to World's End!" Barbossa cries with delight as the ship plunges over the falls.
We fall into complete darkness and are submerged entirely in ocean. We swim and struggle to stay above water and we finally make it to land. It is now daylight—a sharp contrast from the blackness of the night we just had.
"Where's Jack? Is he even here?" I ask as we merge from the water onto the beach shore.
"Jack is closer than ye think," Tia Dalma states as she picks up a crab, a smile crossing her face.
I glance over at Will who is standing silently next to Elizabeth and I suddenly spot black sails on the horizon over the sandy beach.
"Impossible!" I say under my breath as Jack's beloved Pearl comes sailing over the enormous sand dune. We all stand in utter amazement at the sight before us, forgetting we are no longer in the real world, but Davy Jones's Locker—it seems anything can happen here.
Jack is perched high upon the masts of the Pearl as she sails gallantly towards us and soon splashes freely into the water.
"Jack! Jack!" everyone seems to be calling in a cacophonous round.
Jack emerges suddenly from the ocean and makes his way on to the beach. His eyes scan the crew of pirates gathered on the sand.
"Gibbs! My ship is a wreck—ye better be fixin' it!" Jack exclaims as he sees Gibbs.
"Aye, but cap'n I haven't been on ye ship..." Gibbs states, confused by Jack's ridiculous remarks.
He clearly thinks we are all mirages, not really there in the Locker to save him.
"Jack, we're really here—we're here to save you," Elizabeth states affectionately.
"Save me? Since I'm the only one with a ship," he says, gesturing to our wreckage, "it looks as if I'm the one who'll be doing the savin'" he says with a golden grin. "And besides, why should I let any of you try to save me? Four of your tried to kill me in the past—one of you succeeded!" he says, eyeing Elizabeth, who awkwardly averts her gaze away from Jack. Will turns to her, the gaze in his eyes burning into her.
"Oh, William doesn't know? Ye both will have a lot to chat 'bout on board then," Jack says, still grinning.
Everyone starts to board the Pearl and I decide to follow, disappointed that Jack hadn't even acknowledged my presence. As I walk past him, he grabs my arm and spins me around.
"Not even a 'hello'," Jack says as I spin around to face him. "We meet again, luv," he says low in his voice and with a smirk.
"So we do, Captain Sparrow," I retort with a grin as I let my gaze flow from his head to feet and then up again as I walk away from him and towards the Pearl.
Aboard the Pearl, Jack and Barbossa argue over who is captain of the ship while I secretly gaze at Jack from the other side of the ship. I can't believe how glad I am that he's back. Suddenly, Jack catches me in my daydream.
"Did no one save me simply because they missed me?!" he exclaims and then glances over at me, catching me in my heavy gaze, "except Lindsey..."
The crew laughs as I turn bright red in the face and avert my attention back to the sea. I let the conversation continue without me as I try avoiding Jack altogether. How embarrassing!
"I can't help but notice yer glad t' see me, luv," I hear from behind. I swing myself around and see Jack and my heart almost stops beating.
"And what makes you think that?" I ask stupidly.
"Well, I did catch ye starin' at me from across the ship," he says with a cocky grin.
"I was just noticing that you haven't changed a bit since you've been down here in Davy Jones's Locker," I say nonchalantly, turning away from him to make it seem like I could care less if he was saved or not.
"No need to lie, pet. I'm glad t' see ye too," he says finally. I turn back towards him in disbelief at what he just said. I just smile.
"So we do meet again, Jack Sparrow," I say, still smiling.
"We meet again," Jack replies, his golden teeth shining in the sunlight.