Thieves of a Feather

By Too Lazy

Chapter thirteen

AN: Nearing the end folks so I ask that you leave nice reviews so you can find out what happens faster as reviews are the only payment I get from this...PS: I do not own POTC...oh how I wish I did.

"I think you hit him too hard, Carla..." Danny said into her cell phone. "But he moaned Elizabeth's name in his sleep and when I used the smelling salts he just turned his head... Yeah, uh huh, okay I'll try it hang on a second." Danny said as she put her cell on the seat next to her.

Taking up a water bottle from the near by bar she unscrewed the cap and poured the cold water on Will Turner. It had the effect she had been hoping for; he was now awake. She picked up her phone. "He's awake thank you Carla...I will, I promise alright bye!"

"What are you doing?" Will mumbled slightly, he shook his head to rid himself of the excess water that had clung to him. Danny wiped his face with a towel.

"I am really sorry about this." Danny said before taking her seat and buckling herself in. "I need your help regarding your friends, who are no doubt waiting to catch C.J at the wrong location, I am willing to give you the place to catch Hector Barbossa, Boris Demitri, and Calypso Archer."

"And I suppose you want something in return." Will spat venomously. He hated negotiating with criminals, plus he had a bad headache and he was still not sure if he heard right about Miss Elizabeth.

"Sure do, there is no such thing as a free lunch. I want you to allow C.J. and his crew to get away and you get three criminals for the price of one, plus the lady who you have a thing for." Danny paused as the plane rumbled, light turbulence. "You have until we land to think it over."

"No need, my answer is yes." Will said and Danny smiled in return, things were going much better than expected.

"Great then, here's the plan. I will call you with the address where I am going to meet them when I am five minutes away. Then you call up your buddies, who are waiting for Jack, to come over and nab the other three bad guys, while Jack and his crew go and you never have to see him or any of us again. No doubt you'll be promoted for capturing three bad guys almost single-handedly." Danny smiled at her plan it was rather smart, provided that nothing went wrong. However in her calculations, she forgot that fate always loved to see Captain Jack Sparrow in trouble.

"Just drop Jack there boys, and let the lady go." Calypso said off-handedly, her gun in her hand, pointed at nothing. Barbossa was sitting on a barrel not making a move, holding his gun as well. Boris however, was quite surprised by Calypso's intrusion had his gun raised and ready.

"Father!" Elizabeth called groggily, the drug wearing off slowly. She approached her father and although her hands were tied and she could not hug him, she wiped the sweat from his forehead as best she could. She placed a kiss where her hands had just been and saw tears filling her father's eyes.

"Oh, how sweet." Pintel remarked as he pulled Elizabeth away from her father roughly. "You and I have some unfinished business, poppet."

"Unfinished business." Repeated Ragetti, giggling at the prospect.

"Where's the money Barbossa, so I can go!" Calypso snapped, she was sick of New Orleans- mostly because it was so damn hot.

"You'll get it once I have the coin." Barbossa lied but Calypso knew it and made to emphasize her point. She shot Boris in the head. Pintel and Ragetti had their own guns ready, as did Calypso's bodyguards. Elizabeth dropped to the floor next to her father and Jack was still pretending to be unconscious until the opportune moment.

"Okay, I said I wanted to go. If you are smart, Barbossa, you will take the girl, the coin, Jack and the money that will be offered for the two computer chips in return, far more then what I am asking you." Calypso said her voice filled with impatience.

"Computer chips!" Elizabeth screeched. "You are going to kill us for computer chips?"

"Not just computer chips, but weaponry computer chips that can make any computerized weapon go off, reset, and all that kind of jazz." Calypso informed proudly.

Barbossa suddenly shot at one bodyguard while Pintel and Ragetti took out the other. However, in the small blaze of gunfire, Jack jumped up and shot at Pintel and Ragetti, winging them so they dropped their guns and lay moaning on the floor.

"You are a sneaky son of a bitch, Sparrow!" Calypso said haughtily, mildly surprised. She made a metal note to tie up even unconscious men from then on. All three stood pointing their guns at one another, Calypso now pointing her gun at Jack, Jack pointing his at Barbossa who was steadily aimed at Calypso.

Calypso laughed slightly, "Well, looks like we have a Mexican stand off, only I don't see any Mexicans here."

"No but my father was half Spanish." Barbossa lowered his gun slightly and shot her in the heart. "Close enough." He felt really good to have killed her, after all- no one gets the upper hand on Hector Barbossa... for long.

Jack moved to shoot Barbossa, but found his gun was not loaded. He hesitated before dropping it and held his hands in surrender with a slight grin. "Now mate, maybe we can work out some kind of arrangement."

Barbossa returned the grin, and shook his head. "Sorry mate, but you have caused just too much trouble and as you can see, this whole thing has gotten out of hand. Can't have too many witnesses, you know." Barbossa said airily as he raised his gun to Jack's head.

Suddenly, the huge metal doors of the warehouse opened, spilling in sunlight and dust. The silhouette of Danny contrasted against the light.

"Am I late?" She asked, and then took in the scene before her. Barbossa, who was distracted by the new arrival, dropped his gun as Jack rammed into him, causing them both to fall to the ground.

A scuffle ensued as both men struggled with each other to reach the gun closest to them. Several punches were issued to one another and Jack had a feeling his nose may be cracked or worse as Barbossa's ringed fist came in contact again and again. Jack managed to kick Barbossa off him and went for the gun but Barbossa pulled Jack back by his ankle and once again a punching-fest resumed with Jack being the victim.

Danny ran over to Elizabeth and started to untie her and the prime minister. "Are you two alright?" Danny asked as she pulled the gag from the Prime Minster Swann's mouth. He nodded and Elizabeth helped her father up, before trying to find the gun, it was still clutched in Jack's hand and Barbossa was trying to pull it from him.

Elizabeth quickly scanned her surroundings coming to find a rusty pipe near an old forgotten Oldsmobile and seized it. She ran up to and with a stance a pro-baseball player could admire, whacked Barbossa hard in the back, he fell to the side. He was not going to be waking up for a very long time.

Elizabeth immediately bent down to Jack, kissing him despite his pain or the blood on his lips. "Thank god he didn't kill you." She helped Jack sit up and he wiped at his tender nose, definitely broken.

"I'm Captain Jack Sparrow." Jack tried to smile as he stood up with her aid. He was going to be very achy in the morning. "Nothing can keep me down for long."

"You are just lucky Jack." Elizabeth smiled as she looked to her father and Danny, relived that they were all right. She was about to ask what they should do when Jack threw her to the ground.

A gunshot echoed in the warehouse and Jack fell heavily, blood spreading on the front of his shirt.

Elizabeth saw Calypso gave final smirk before her body collapsed to the grimy floor, dead. Elizabeth ran over to Jack and put her hands to the wound as Danny instructed her. Danny then pulled off her coat to make a pillow for Jack. She then Called up Ana-Maria and told them to stay away, there was not going to be a rescue.

"What are you doing? Call an ambulance!" Elizabeth cried, seeing that Jack was turning pale.

"No worries they will be here in a second, the plan was for C.J. to get picked up by the gang but we've got to get this bullet out." Danny said distractedly. No sooner had she said this swarm of F.B.I. agents and uniformed officers entered the warehouse, guns raised as Norrington led the pack.

Elizabeth followed through with the motions of interrogations, medical examinations and consolation from the ever-valiant William, unwilling to let her mind stray from Jack as he was taken from the scene to a hospital. She'd allowed herself to be hugged and coddled, and taken to the hospital, only starting to feel the shock set in as she received the news that Jack Sparrow might not recover.