Authors Note:
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Chapter 9:
Treasure
Elizabeth eyes were glued to Jacks hands rowing the long boat towards the caves. She then smiled at him and looked down at the deck of the ship. Tears then suddenly filled her eyes and she wiped them away softly. She then whispered out loud "If only we all kept our promises". She then was interrupted by a knock at the door.
The door then flew open and her father came and then said happily "Our plan has succeeded". Elizabeth then suddenly got up and she asked her father "Our plan father?" The Governor then took Elizabeth's hand and let her out of the cabin and Elizabeth followed. Elizabeth then grabbed her fathers arm and asked "What do you mean father?"
Norrington smiled and joined them and then he stated happily "In a matter of minutes, my men will arrive in the caves and kill Captain Jack Sparrow once and for all!" Elizabeth's eyes then widened and then she screamed "James tell me your lying!" He then smiles and whispers to Elizabeth "And it's all thanks to you Elizabeth."
Elizabeth then asks shouting "My fault James?" Elizabeth's father then says to Elizabeth warningly "A proper lady does not shout Elizabeth". Elizabeth then nods and smiles and says "Your right father." She then takes a few steps towards the edge of the ship and shouts, "You will listen to me! You will all listen to me!" James then takes a few steps towards her and she pushes him away. She then states "Father I do not want to be a proper lady! The only reason I ever agreed to your stupid letter was because I was forced to! I refuse to let Jack die."
Elizabeth then runs towards the side and releases a long boat onto the water and her father then grabs her and says, "Elizabeth, you will listen to me!" Elizabeth then pushes him away and says, "No, I will not!" Her father then screams "But Elizabeth he is a pirate…" She then interrupts him and replies "Yes, and I love him!" She then tries to climb down into the long boat but Norrington grabs her and throws her towards his cabin while screaming "I have held my tongue for too long! I have let this little infatuation between you two go on far enough!"
He then throws her into his cabin and locks the door. He then screams at the men "When you see Sparrow, make sure you kill him straight away, and then cut out his heart, so Elizabeth can hold it dear to her own." Elizabeth then starts pounding on the door and screams "Let me out!" Norrington then turns around and smiles at Elizabeth while saying "No I'm afraid I can't do that." He then walks away from her, leaving her in tears.
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In the mean time I had made my way through the cave and I was talking to Barbossa. All his men crowded around me and I watched as Barbossa held his knife to the whelps (William) throat. Barbossa then caught me off guard with a question "Why don't I want to do this?" I then smile and reply "Because, right about now, the H.M.S Dauntless is lying in wait in the harbor and its guns and crew will cut you and your men into pieces when you step outside these said caves."
Barbossa along with his men gasp and start to reevaluate their plans. Barbossa then asks, "Then what do ye suppose we do Jack?" I then walk up closer to them and say "It's simple. Don't kill the whelp, yet. Wait for the opportune moment..." I then take a handful of coins from the chest and starts to drop each coin one by one as I speak "Like after you killed Norrington's men…. every…. last…one".
I then steal one of coins without Barbossa noticing and then explain, "The situation has changed. There will be two ships out there, I want the Pearl, and if I get the Pearl you get to introduce yourself as Commodore Barbossa." Barbossa then yells, "Men, take a walk". I smile and then walk towards a pile of treasure and examine it. Will then yells, "Not all treasure is silver and gold right Jack?"
I then grin at his statement and respond "Aye, aye mate." I then walk up to Barbossa and say "Hector, what say be your treasure?" He then smiles and says, "I thought you knew Jack. The sea is my treasure." I then glare at Will and he sighs at me and says, "Unfortunately my treasure will never be mine". I sighed and then replied back to Will "No worries mate. Neither will mine".
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In the mean time Elizabeth was building a rope made out of sheets to escape. She then climbed down the sheets, but stopped once she saw an unusual splash in the ocean under her. She then paused and watched a few skeletons aka. Barbossa's crew climb onto the ship. Once they cleared she sighed thinking about her father, she then closed her eyes praying to God hoping that he would be all right after the fight that was about to start.
She then once again begins to slide down the sheets and into a long boat that she lowered a few minutes ago. She then began to row towards the Black Pearl and when she arrived she ran straight towards where the jail cells where kept to find Gibbs and the rest of the crew.
She then orders at them "Help me lower this boat!" But no one decided to help her so she turned around and asked disappointed "What is the matter with all of you? You're just going to leave Jack?" Gibbs shrugged and then whispered, "We've got the Pearl. Besides there is a code…" Elizabeth then shouts at them "Screw the code, and screw the rules. They are more like guidelines anyway! I for one am not going to leave Jack alone, are you with me?"
A few seconds later Elizabeth found herself rowing towards the caves by alone. She then sighed and stated "Bloody pirates". She then continued to row towards the caves as she smiled and whispered, "I'm coming for you Jack."
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In the mean time I was fighting with Barbossa and he then shouted at me "You can't beat me Jack!" "Captain Jack Sparrow" I then hear a voice scream my name and I look towards my right and see Elizabeth standing there. I then smile and whisper "Elizabeth?" Barbossa then takes this as the opportune moment and takes his sword and stabs me in my chest. I then look down at the sword in my chest and Elizabeth screams in angst as she runs over to me terrified.
I then take a few more steps backwards and step into the moonlight "Isn't that interesting?" I ask myself as I began to realize that I have turned into a skeleton, there for making me immortal. Barbossa then looks at the piece of Aztec Gold that is showing on my skeletal hand and I then say, "I couldn't resist mate". Elizabeth then screams, "Jack what has happened to you?"
I then ask her confused "Me? Lizzie, luv what are you doing here?" She then smiles and whispers "I came to tell you…." Barbossa then points the sword at Elizabeth while saying, "I beg your pardons miss, but we were in a bit of a duel." I then step into the normal light and turn back into flesh and then push Elizabeth out of the way and say sternly to Barbossa "Leave the lass out of this".
Barbossa nods and then we continue to fight and then Elizabeth runs towards the side of the cave and examines it. She then sees Will fighting with another one of Barbossa's crewmembers so she picks up a poll and hits the crewmember with it. She then runs up to Will and hugs him and says, "It is so good to see you". He nods and then says, "I'm glad you're alright Elizabeth".
Elizabeth then smiles and turns away to look at me. She then begins to run towards me and Barbossa then points his gun at her. I then began to smile and pull my trigger back and shot Barbossa in the heart. He then smiles and asks, "8 years you've been caring that shot and why did you waste it?" Will then shouts, "He didn't waste it"! I then throw the piece of Aztec Gold to Will and Will lets his blood go along with his piece of gold into the chest.
Barbossa's chest then starts to show blood and then he whispers "I feel…cold" and then he falls backwards onto the floor. I then run over to Elizabeth and she hugs me and says, "Jack, I have to tell you something". I then sigh and look over at Will who looks disappointed. I then say to her "What is the point luv?" and then I walk away.
Authors Note:
Cliffhanger? Ouch… hate those.
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