Dark, dark, dark. So dark. It's wet, it's cold, it's death. But it's not death, because there is no death. There is no way out, and there is no death. Just life, tortured life forever. But there's a light ahead, it's… it's like a star… it makes the ocean floor look like the sky at night. It explodes, but of course, you don't die, you aren't hurt, you just see it happen. Then suddenly, the star turns into a swirling galaxy, a vortex, a whirlpool. You are drawn to it, be not because the water around you is, but because you feel you can't turn away, or rather, you shouldn't turn away. You move toward it, and reach out and-
Captain Jack Sparrow woke in his bed with a start. He sat up, dark eyes darting around until he got his bearings.
"That's interestin'."
Martina re-explored the ship after being apart from it for over ten years. She knew ever nook and cranny, every room, every rope, every sail. She stood staring at one of the holes in the rail surrounding the ship.
"Cannon fire," Ana Maria said, stepping up behind her, "It was us actually. When Barbosa had the Pearl."
"Barbosa," Marti shook her head, "I only met that man once, and I never suspected…"
"No one did, apparently," Ana Maria told her, "And you are a lucky woman to have only met him once."
"I take it you've had the pleasure."
"I had the pleasure of nearly getting my head blown off."
"Who hasn't?"
"Very true." Ana Maria paused, "The Captain's on deck with Will and Elizabeth Turner. He wants to see you, to thank you for taking his message." Marti sighed,
"Must do that then," She said, "And of course, thank him for finding my hat."
"Of course."
"So what about the Turners? What do they be doin' in all of this?" Ana Maria raised her eyebrows.
"I know." She said,
"Oh. Everything?"
"Most of everything. I think Captain Sparrow if trying to tell them now." She sighed, "It was a good excuse to escape. Finding you."
"And here was me thinking you be concerned about me." Marti said, grinning, "Maybe we should go on deck."
"Jack, what are you saying?" Elizabeth asked him. Jack was obviously trying to explain something that he didn't really want to, or didn't know how to.
"Elizabeth, just think about it, listen to the words," She said, exasperated, "The crew took the gold from the chest. Cursed, so they don't die. Ten years later…"
"The gold was put back, the curse was broken. Anyone at the bottom of the ocean would be dead." Jack shook his head,
"If you were at the bottom of the ocean, would you just wait around to die? When you knew that there would be a considerable amount of time before the curse would be broken?" Will shook his head,
"It can't be, it's been so long…" Jack put his hand on Will's shoulder and looked him in the eye. Will could see the sincerity there.
"Trust me, William," He said, "Your father's alive."
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