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Thank you again for reading and reviewing. It thrills me that you are all enjoying the story. Here is the next chapter and basically the end of their time on the ship. I hope you enjoy it.

The wind began to speed up as the rain finally began to fall. More thunder crackled from above and all Will could do was stare up at the man who was aiming a pistol at him.

"Any last words?" the Captain asked.

"Elizabeth? Jack, what's going on?" Will asked worried.

Before the pirate could say anything, Elizabeth raised a hand and the three men looked to the sky in fear. At first they did not see or hear anything but the moment they let down their guard a strange noise reached their ears.

"Is that...wings?" James asked unsure.

A flock of bright yellow birds suddenly descended upon them. They had never seen anything like it.

"Run!" Jack shouted.

James and Jack quickly ran for their lives but Will spared Elizabeth a quick glance before following. She seemed to stare at his retreating back and she frowned.

The way out of the hold appeared in the form of a guard who just so happened to be walking by then.

James quickly got to his feet and punched the man knocking him out. He checked the man for keys but there weren't any.

"Damn..."

Another man appeared and Jack was able to silence him quickly as well. A quick look over revealed a ring of keys, all of which looked exactly the same.

Jack looked through all of them and then looked at the lock. Several times he did that before James finally had enough, grabbed the keys and began to try them.

"Hurry!" Elizabeth shouted through the door.

"I'm going as fast as I can," James said taking another key out of the lock and attempting to use another. Three more keys and they all finally heard a clicking sound. "Got it!"

Jack was the first one to spot the cave. He quickly ran inside, James and Will following after him.

"I think we'll be safe in here mates," Jack said taking a seat.

"Would anyone care to explain what that was out there?" Will asked. He carefully put his head outside to take a look but James quickly pulled him back in.

"No idea," the Commodore said with a sigh.

"At least your spirit was a bit more on the friendly side. This one though...seems a bit on the, you know, crazy side," Jack added.

"Does the spirit have a name?" Will asked.

"Nharr," Jack said.

"It's Nhara," James corrected him, "and we really don't know anything about her. Only what the tribal man told us and regrettably he left with his people."

Will sat down next to Jack and tried to come up with something that could help his wife out of this situation. Suddenly they heard a voice from outside.

"Will? Where did you go?"

Will looked at Jack who in turn looked at James. Will just about jumped to his feet and Jack quickly grabbed into him forcing him to the ground.

"Do not make me sit on you, mate," Jack said in warning.

"But we have to help her Jack," Will said through his teeth.

"Will? I need to see you. Where are you?" Elizabeth...or Nhara called from outside.

Will stared up at the man with nothing short of fear written all over his face. The Captain actually laughed as he cocked his gun. Everyone stood in morbid fascination waiting for something to happen.

"Get away from our friend, mate!"

A body launched itself at the Captain and the two fell to the deck in a heap.

Will turned his head to see James and Elizabeth running towards him and he looked back to see Jack fighting with the Captain. The man was punching air and face as Jack managed to avoid most of the onslaught. No one on the deck said a word for several minutes. Without warning, one of the men in the back started cheering Jack on. More men and some of the women even began to join in on the cheering. The ship meanwhile was being pitched back and forth but it seemed as though no one noticed.

"Don't jus' stand there," the Captain shouted at his crewmen.

The crewmen were still just staring. No one had ever gone against the Captain in such a way before. To be honest, the man was a complete and total brute. Some of the crewmen then began to cheer Jack on as well.

A lightning bolt suddenly struck the mast and the wood rained down on them just as hard as the actual rainwater.

Not being able to block any longer, Jack began his own onslaught. Granted, he was still a bit weak due to his recent sleeping arrangements and malnutrition but he was still able to land a few punches to the man.

Elizabeth helped Will to his feet as James and the rest of the slaves descended upon the Captain all at once.

More waves began to strike the sides and water was getting all over the deck making it become rather slippery and dangerous. Without warning, a second bolt of lightning struck and hit the starboard leaving a large hole in its wake. With the waves continually bringing more water, it did not seem like the ship would likely stay afloat for much longer.

In the distance, Will looked out and spotted something that resembled a mountain of some sort.

The girl's body was a bit of a nuisance.

Within it, her essence and spirit only had so much power. Surely her true form would have been much, much more powerful but sadly it no longer existed within this world. Searching through the girl's memories, Nhara was able to find something that she could use to her advantage.

"Will, remember when you rescued me from those awful pirates? I need to see you again William; please come and I'll give you something special in return."

She knew that they were hiding in that cave and all it took was finding the right bait to lure him out. Then she could call upon Zuakoi's spirit and they would be together once again.

"Will?"

A rustle of the nearby bushes and Nhara raised her hand to be ready.

It was only the boy.

"Elizabeth; is it really you?" he asked stepping unsurely forward.

"Of course it is," she said coming to his side in a second. "Who else would it be?"

Slowly she lowered her hand and the minute it was down, the other two clowns jumped out and knocked her to the ground, holding her there. She writhed and shouted but they did nothing to ease their tight grip. Another downside to this weak human body.

"Stap af!" she screeched.

"Now I don't know about you two but that is most definitely not the Lizzie I know," Jack commented.

"What can we do now?" Will asked sadly. Looking at his wife like this, writhing on the ground shouting in a strange language, made his heart go cold.

What if they could not save her? As if to answer his question, a strange light came from the sky and shone around them.

"Nhara; verlof die lichaam en terugkeer naar me."

Elizabeth seemed to struggle but after a few minutes a strange mist disappeared along with the strange light.

Jack and James let go as she lay in place not moving. Will came forward and leaned over to pick her up. He hugged her and waited for her to awaken.

"Jack, I don't think the ship's going to last much longer. I saw a mountain in the distance that we should try to swim towards. Perhaps it's an island where we can find help," Will shouted over the winds.

The pirate Captain looked up and around the immediate area. It didn't look good. "Abandon ship!" he shouted.

Everyone, slave and crewman alike heeded his words and jumped into the water at once. Unfortunately the heavy currents caused by the storm caused many to go under and still yet others could not swim (including the crew).

Jack, James, Will and Elizabeth began to make their way but the waves seemed to be too much for them as well in their weakened condition. They only got so far when they stopped trying and waited for the water to take them wherever it wished. In the distance, the ship was finally brought under taking many innocent along with it.

"Elizabeth; please wake up. Please?" Will tapped her cheeks a few times hoping to get a reaction and when her eyes finally opened Will gave her a kiss the likes of which neither had ever experienced before.

After so much tragedy, at least love and hope were able to be salvaged...

Meanwhile-

It was early in the afternoon and there was some sort of speck of land just in the distance. Judging by the debris still floating a bit in the water, there was a wreck of some kind recently. A woman lowered the spyglass she was holding and sighed.

"Captain? Captain A-"

"I thought I already told you I am not this ship's Captain," the woman said in such a way that she'd likely said it a thousand times before.

"Are you sure he's still out there though Ana?"

AnaMaria turned to the man and nodded resolutely. "I can tell without a doubt. Besides, Jack Sparrow's too stubborn to die."

-Stap af! "Get off!"

- Nhara; verlof die lichaam en terugkeer naar me. "Nhara; leave that body and return to me."

Oo, twist ending. We've still got a bit more to go before I'm ready to hang up this tale. Thank you all very much for reading. I hope I didn't make any mistakes (been up for about twenty hours now-that's not an excuse though) Let me know if you liked it. I promise you sometime this week I'm going to write up that myth on Nhara and Zuakoi and post it on my livejournal to fill in a few blanks. Also on my lj, I posted a few story challenges that if anyone wants to take them up then they can. See you all in a week. :)