I thought I was going to have to kill Jack. I mean it….no not really but you understand, right? He just had to go and do something this stupid. He just had to goad Davy Jones, known for his short temper, into causing him to attack us.
We saw the cannons come out of the side of the ship and I sighed. "Hard to starboard…" Jack whispered, stunned that Davy would attack us when the heart was on board, or maybe he was just frightened beyond his wits?
"Hard to starboard!" I screamed out to the rest of the crew. There was a flurry of chaotic movement to follow the order before we were all sunk to the bottomless sea. I scrambled around trying to help but to stay with Jack as well. I ran out of the way as another cannon blast went straight through the cabin door beside me. I ran to where Elizabeth was and grimaced when I realized that they were falling behind. I swept up the stairs and to where Jack was standing, triumphant.
"She's falling behind!" Elizabeth shouted, somewhat surprised.
"Aye," I said sadly, staring back at the slowing ship. I wasn't stupid, I knew what they were going to do and it wasn't better then being shot with a cannon.
"And we've got her." Gibbs said, ordering some rigging, nervously, as if he could feel it wasn't over in his bones.
"We're the faster?" William asked, curious as to how it worked.
"Against the wind the Dutchman beats us. That's how she takes her prey. But with the wind…" Gibbs said leading off. I let my eyes flick to Jack and he was looking at me with curious, sad, eyes. Obviously he'd read my expression and he knew but I think he still had a little fight left in him.
"We rob her advantage." William finished. Jack turned to look back out at the Dutchman which looked to be giving up.
"They're giving up!" Marty, the little midget shouted in victory and the crew screamed celebration. William looked around wildly and stood up next to Jack to bargain.
"My father is on that ship." William started and I couldn't help but to feel sad for him. I knew Bootstrap had meant something to Jack to but there was nothing Jack could do without getting himself and me in trouble. Being a pirate of course he wouldn't want to get himself in trouble. "If we can outrun her, we can take her. We should turn and fight." William said. I don't think he's gotten the hand of this pirate gig.
"Why fight when you can negotiate? All one needs…is the proper leverage." Jack said and held up his jar of dirt for the William to see. Sadly the Black Pearl was suddenly jarred harshly and the jar of dirt fell out of Jack's hands. I screamed bloody murder and ran down the steps to where the jar of dirt had busted on deck. Jack was right behind me and we searched through the meager pile of dirt, together in desperation. It wouldn't matter if I'd taken the black spot or not if Davy Jones himself killed all of us!
"Where is it?" Jack asked desperately. "Where is the thump-thump?" Jack asked and I put my head in my hands because I was doomed now. I could feel my power screeching inside me to be used but because of the bond I couldn't do anything unless it was to help Jack. Curse you Lizable Sparrow! (A/N: In case you don't remember that's Jack mother and she's the one that bound Destiny until Jack died at a healthy age)
"We must've hit a reef…" Some random crewmember yelled and looked over the side with the rest of the crew. I got up off the deck of the Pearl and I could feel despair trying to take over but I refused. I glanced down to see Jack looking at hands full of sand.
"I'm so sorry, love." Jack said when he looked up at me. I melted and all of my despair left me and a determination filled me suddenly, and a deep unsettling refusal to die without trying filled me. I grinned dangerously down at Jack and he seemed surprised.
"Don't worry about it, Jack. It's not your fault." I said strongly. Jack couldn't think that it was his fault…even though it kind of was it was still my decision to take his mistakes on to my shoulders. So really it was my fault and not his.
"No!" William suddenly shouted loudly. He pulled his fiancé away from the railings and the crew followed behind superstitiously. "It's not a reef! Get away from the rail!" He shouted at everyone. I winced and Jack stood up beside me. He grabed my hand with his.
"What is it?" I asked, afraid that I already knew.
"The Kraken!" William shouted. I cursed violently and since Jack didn't look in the move I took up the responsibility of Captain.
"To arms!" I shouted out to them. "All guns defend the masts!" I shouted and the others started going around. Jack stood still and looked terrified. I patted his cheek lightly. I grinned again when he looked at me. William stood beside me now.
"It'll attack the starboard. I've seen it before." William told me. I grimaced and clapped him on the shoulder in thanks. I winked at him, trying to make them feel better.
"Break out the cannons, chaps! Then hold for my signal!" I screamed out at them. They called an eye and did what I said. I turned to Jack who was completely unresponsive. I held him by his shoulders.
"Jack, it's going to be all right. I need you to help us now." I told him like he was a small child. Just like I thought it would, Jack became annoyed with being talked down to. "Ah, there's my Jack." I said and kissed him once. It was supposed to be small but Jack captured my full attention. That was until I heard a loud rumbling sound. I looked over at the sides and realized that the Kraken's monstorous tentacles were crawling up the side. I unsheathed my sword and looked over at Jack. I snickered because he didn't have a sword. I looked around and found an old sword. I concentrated and it slowly, crawling from were I held it, it was new again.
"Easy, boys!" I called when I realized that the others were getting to edgy. I handed the sword to a thankful Jack and I stared with the rest of them at the large tentacles coming over the side.
"Cassandra?" Elizabeth called from the group in front of us.
"Steady!" I called out, waiting for the best moment.
"Cass?" William called from below but it wasn't high enough on the Pearl yet.
"Hold, hold…" I yelled at them.
"Cassandra?" Elizabeth screamed.
"Fire!" I shouted and everyone attacked the climbing tentacles at once. I screamed when one of the tentacles was blasted apart and one of the tips landed beside me. I hacked at it when it started convulsing next to me. I took a deep breath as everyone looked at me weirdly. "What?" I said and they looked sheepish all but Jack who looked at me with a smirk. I stuck my tongue out at him. Thankfully the tentacles had disappeared again.
"It'll be back. We have to get off the ship." William said. I rolled my eyes at him.
"That won't work, we won't be able to get off with just that. It'll attack before we'd even get the boat in the water." I told them and glanced around. It looked like I'd burst all of their bubbles except for Elizabeth who looked at me calculatingly. I didn't like that look at all, especially when she pointed it at me. It had gotten us in trouble many times before when we were both littler. Then Jack seemed to get an idea.
"Pull the grates!" He shouted and everyone seemed surprised, as he'd stayed silent until now. "Get all the gunpowder from the hold." Jack ordered and the others scrambled to do his bidding. I stood beside Jack and watched the little minions scramble around. I ordered the netting to be laid down when I finally understood what Jack was doing.
I heard that they were even putting the rum in the netting. I hope Jack didn't hear that because then some people will probably kill them instead of the Kraken. Suddenly I was handed a gun from Jack. "Don't miss, love." Jack said and ran down below to do something. I blinked and held the gun close. I had to wait for the right moment. I felt the tentacles coming back up the side of the ship. I cursed and looked over the side and true enough they were on there way up. I turned back around to look for Jack, to make sure he was safe, and I saw him staring at his compass. (That turned back to its regular setting after we'd found the chest.)
He seemed to follow it until he was looking at me. I grinned at him but I had to turn when the tentacles got a little to close for comfort as the ship gave a large lurch. I moved back away from the railing as they lifted the netting. I shuddered as the Kraken began it's attack, and it completely ignored the barrels. William realized this too and he jumped on to it as they pulled it free of the cargo hold.
"Come on! I'm over here! Come on!" William called and the tentacles started heading towards him. I screamed when a tentacle tried to grab me but Pintel and Ragetti cut it off. I made a note to thank them latter. I looked as William shouted again. "Shoot! Cass! Shoot!"
I aimed and waited for him to jump free. I groaned when he dropped the knife he was using to cut himself free. I saw Jack heading up the stairs, hacking tentacles dangerously as he went. I ran past him and threw the gun at him. I jumped up on to the netting and climbed on to William. I grabbed the rope and jerked. It protested for a moment but then gave way. We both fell out of the way as Jack shot the barrels. They exploded violently, raining bits and pieces of flaming barrels down on us. William covered me bravely as the tentacles sunk back in to water with a whine.
William rolled off of me and I jumped up. I helped him up. "Thank you." He breathed out before he walked away to the little grouping around Jack. Jack seemed to be looking around for something but then he caught sight of me. He grinned and moved through the crowd until he took me in to his arms and then kissed me. I melted against him. His kiss just made me so blissful and like I didn't have to worry about a Kraken coming to eat me. That was until five seconds later when William cleared his throat. I pulled away, reminded that I was very close to death. This realization came at the same time as a large pain in my heart. My face became a mask of pain but thankfully Jack had turned to glare at William. This way I had time to hide the irregular yet continuous pain in my chest. It just felt like it was splitting in half along a line over my chest but when I looked all I could see was a faint red line.
"Did we kill it?" Marty the midget asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"No. We just made it angry. We're not out of this yet." Gibbs said and then everyone simultaneously turned to look at Jack. I did so much slower. He looked so forlorn that it nearly broke my heart. "Captain? Your orders?"
"Abandon ship." Jack said and looked around then back at me, as if he was gagging if it was worth it. I gasped lightly and wrapped my hand around his shirt collar. I knew how much this ship was worth, hell everyone knew. "Into the longboat." Jack muttered staring at his ship a little longer.
"Jack! The Pearl!" Gibbs said, incredulously. We all seemed to be unable to believe that Captain Jack Sparrow was giving up his ship.
"She's only a ship, mate." Jack muttered to Gibbs and he stroked the railing.
"He's right, we have to head for land." Elizabeth suddenly spoke up.
"'S a lot o' open wa'er." Pintel said. I walked up beside him and Ragetti.
"That's a lot o'f wa'er…" Ragetti agreed. I analyzed them before standing in front of them.
"Thank you…for cutting the tentacle off of me." I thanked them, sadly. I knew what I was going to have to do next. I knew that they won't make it through all that water with me on it. It would just not work. In the Pearl they stood a chance but in the longboat with me? The Kraken would eat us whole.
"Well, fine gentlemen like ourselves, could hardl' let a W'man die, aye?" Pintel said. I nodded and tried to smile for them. They nodded and walked as fast as possible to the quickly forming line to go down. I sighed as I saw Jack was stroking the mast and saying goodbye to the ship. I walked to him, knowing I was going to have to say good-bye as well.
"Jack," I spoke softly, getting his attention. He looked sad and forlorn. I wrapped him in a tight hug, bringing him close to me, getting one last hug. I kissed his hair as he clutched me to him desperately. "It's all right, Jack." I muttered to him. He pulled back and looked me in the eye. He kissed me, smashing his lips to mine.
"I love you, Cass." Jack said to me and I smiled, sadly at him.
"I love you, too Jack." I told him and kissed his chest right where his heart rested. At the same time we saw the awkward Elizabeth waiting. I sighed and hugged him tighter for a moment before padding his chest. "Why don't you go and I'll be down there in a moment, Jack." I said. He seemed somewhat suspicious of me but he didn't seem to grasp what he should be suspicious of. Jack squeezed my hand for a moment and walked until he was at the ladder. I watched him go before turning to Elizabeth. She looked nervous and she was sweating horribly.
"It'll be all right." I repeated to her. I'd said it so many times that it didn't even seem like I was lying anymore. It was all just coming in at once.
"Are you all right? It's you I'm worried about." Elizabeth asked, still looking suspicious. I looked her up and down.
"I'm fine. It's just coming all at once." I told her. I looked back and walked around the ship. I stopped by the mast to stare at it. Running up the mast was a roll of the tentacle. I wrinkled my nose before turning back to Elizabeth only to stop half way. I looked down and on my wrist was a pair of manacles. I stared at them for the longest time I could stand.
"I'm sorry, it's after you not us…" Elizabeth said and I could tell she was crying. I stuck my left hand out, the right being chained to the mast, and patted her hair.
"The irons were unneeded, Elizabeth, I was staying anyways." I told her and she broke out in a sob. I knew we didn't have time for her to stay here if the others were going to be gone in time to get away from the Kraken. She looked at me, for a moment looking like the younger sister she once was. I smiled caringly at her.
"Just do me a favor, give my love this…" I said and with a split second decision I spun a paper into existence and Elizabeth's eyes bugged out of her head. I smiled and handed it to her. She got a glimpse of it and she started crying again. I smiled, still, at her. She nodded and tried her tears before climbing down the ladder. I gulped in a breath as soon as she was gone and began shaking the irons. When they didn't give, I broke it with my power, I mean I was dying, and there was no way I was going to save all my power now, right?
With this in mind I fell to my knees and backed up against the mast of the Pearl and I closed my eyes. I took a deep breath. "Destino mi mostrano scialuppa della Perla!" I muttered and with a sharp and painful jerk, my concious was out of my body and I could see what was going on as if I was sitting there with them, they just couldn't see or hear me. (A/N: Destiny show me the Pearl's longboat! That's what it means)
I sat beside William and Jack was right in front of me. He seemed sad, and nervous. His brown eyes flicked to the ladder even though Elizabeth had just sat down. Now I was the only one left on the Pearl. After a moment of tense silent, that Elizabeth just couldn't tell them, Gibbs finally asked what I'm sure everyone was wanting to know.
"Where's Capatin Cass?"He asked, ready to get on the way. They had no idea that I was staying behind. Elizabeth burst out crying and it automatically clicked in their minds because suddenly Jack screamed.
"No!" He yelled and tried to get out to launch himself up the ladder but he was forced back down by the crew.
"Bless her..." Gibbs chocked out.
"S-She elected to stay behind to give us a chance..." Elizabeth choked out even though they all knew what had happened. I had no idea how deeply everyone seemed to be upset. Jack was thrashing around as the longboat began to pull out. I sighed out a breath and of course no one heard it. I watched tearfully as Jack still faught them to get to me, screaming my name desperately.
Finally they were far enough away that Jack couldn't get back in time to save me. He slumped in his seat and all of them sat down hesitantly. Elizabeth hesitated, the paper wadded in her hand. She held it out to Jack and he glanced at her face.
"She-She said that I should give it to you..." Elizabeth muttered through her tears of guilt, shame, and despair. I winced for her. Jack however didn't care because he grabbed the paper out her hand with a desperateness that just wasn't like Jack. I hate to think I'd changed him so much that he couldn't live with out me. (not that I'd be that vain) He read it and then cried out starting his despair anew. He tried to get off the longboat as if he was going to swim back to me even though the angry tentacles were climbing up the sides, again. The crew still wouldn't let him and as he tried to get out of the longboat he held the note to his chest.
I couldn't handle it anymore so I jerked myself back into my body. I breathed heavily and groaned. My heart was in so much pain. I looked down to see that the small slit of red line had turned in to a fine line of scar and I screamed violently as a large pain took over my cheek. I scrambled around the deck and held my hand to my cheek. I pulled it back and screamed again at how much blood was there except this tiem I screamed curse words at everything I could. I stumbled up to stare out at the boat muderously. My irrational mind was blaming Elizabeth even though I know that it was my own fault.(A/N: In case you didn't know the scar on her face is from Destiny's Murdock and it looks like the Joker's from the Dark Knight except it's just on one side of her face!)
"Cass!" I heard Jack yell out as he caught sight of me. My anger fadded to panic as I realized he'd seen me with my scar. I turned away and just in time to see the face the mouth of the Kraken waiting. I stepped towards it cautiously. I shut my eyes when it tok a breath and roared. I whined pitifully at the smell but more at the spit and mucus that splattered all over me. That's just wonderful.
I shook off the nastyness and whipped it away from my face. Looking at the razor sharp teeth I couldn't help but shutter.
"This...This is going to hurt." I said dryly before I made myself take a flying leap spin into the rotten stinking mouth full of teeth. (Like a spin in mid-air even though I had jumped stomach first? Eh...)
I felt the pain of a thousand teeth cutting in to my skin even as it tried to heal itself, only making it more painful. The Breath of it did in fact smell like rotten corpses, that I knew, and don't ask. The red stained teeth were so painful against my skin as they not only ripped me to peices but crushed my bones and tore away every nerve ending in my unmoving body. I screamed until I was choked by the blood coming out through my throat.
I could only really think of one thing. And no my last thought wasn't a romantic moment with Jack, or a flash of my life in a fancy collage of my favorite times. My last thought was stupid, and pointless but that made it mean more to me.
'I wonder how many points I could get for that leap of faith...'
J;C;J;C;J;C;J;C;J;C;J;C;J;C
DUN, DUN, DUN!
So did you like the ending? I thought it was awesome. I wanted to show you guys how Jack reacted. I'm sorry if you thought that was to over supernatural but she is very supernatural...Anyways, i hope you guys aren't mad that I didn't let Jack go to the locker. I thought 'hey I haven't seen any fanfictions where it was just the OC going into the locker.' So this happened.
Well, now I just need to find out how I'm going to put Jack into the story for At World's End.
By the way I have realized that Jack has become very OCC. I just thought that Destiny would effect him like that. I think we all change, at least a little, when we fall in love. Of course I wouldn't know because I'm going to be a lonely cat woman in the future...Just don't ask.
I really, really, hope you liked it. When I write the last scene it'll probably have Jack being really angst.
Thanks everyone for reading and I hope you stay tuned for when I let loose the next one which will be named, 'Destiny's Sparrow'. Look for it in a website nearest you!
