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Chapter 21: The Winning Side

Sing something new

"Yo ho…yo ho…a pirate's life for me…" Calypso sang under her breath as she calmed the maelstrom and sent away the storm clouds.

Bright sunlight filtered out over the water…and she smiled. The crew of the Dutchman were instating their new captain. All was turning out as she had planned.

As it turns out, she had decided to help the pirates before slipping off to torment her former lover in his very own place of madness, the Locker…and he would deserve it for all the misery he had caused her. To think that a simple man could have betrayed her so….and a simple man he is, to have corrupted his purpose so unfittingly. The centuries-old sea goddess could not allow him to get away with either of those crimes against her and her sea…no matter if she did love him as much as there were stars in the sky and flecks of sand on the Earth. Although in god and goddess terms…it wasn't nearly as much as heavenly possible. She chuckled a bit to herself. He will pay. Oh he will pay. And then we can be together always…after…yes…after…

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I have nothing left

Once they had smacked into the surf, Elizabeth, shocked from the cold of it, lost her grip on Jack. Panicking, she floundered around grasping at nothing but water. I WON'T LOSE HIM TOO! I WON'T! I CAN'T! I'll have nothing left…and then something was grabbing onto her arm. She flailed out in fear and made contact with a warm body that grunted nearly at her ear and then arms were around her and they were surging for the surface.

It was Jack. Oh thank God it was Jack. "All right, love?" He asked, a concerned look on his face.

She clung to him in the water as they treaded to stay afloat in the churning sea. "I am now." She whispered, tightening her grip.

He pressed his forehead against her temple. She must be hurting terribly bad…cheating on the man you love and watching him die…There is still no proof she loves him that way, you haven't asked yet…I can't exactly ask that of her NOW, can I? She's upset. Maybe she was worried she'd lost you too when she was flailing around. He didn't answer that. He hadn't thought of it that way.

While they waited for the Pearl to pick them up, Elizabeth clung to Jack and prayed that Will hadn't died before he'd been made captain…that the Dutchman had made it through Calypso's maelstrom. Surely she wouldn't take down the ship as well as Jones? Would she?

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James and Gibbs ran frantically to the side of the ship as they pulled alongside, anxious to make sure Elizabeth and Jack were safe respectively.

Jack looked at Elizabeth. "You had better go first, love. I'll catch you if you fall."

She gave him a nervous smile and climbed up to James' embrace and the warm blanket he had ready for her. "Are you all right, Elizabeth?"

She met his eyes then…reminded of her father asking that same question after Jack pulled her from the ocean floor on their first meeting…and looked away. "No…but I will be." They both turned to watch Gibbs help Jack onto the deck, not offering him a blanket.

He marched resolutely onto the deck and looked into the distance.

"Jack, the armada's still out there, the Endeavour's coming up hard to starboard, and I think it's time we embraced that oldest and noblest of pirate traditions…"

"Never actually been one for tradition…luff the sails and lay on iron!"

"Belay that, or we'll be a sitting duck." Barbossa replied.

Jack sighed, knowing he was right. "Belay that, belay that."

"But captain…" Gibbs interrupted.

"Belay!"

"The Endeavour…"

"Belay!"

"But we…"

"I said belay! Kindly SHUT IT!"

Gibbs shut his mouth and backed up a step. "Then what do you suggest we do."

Jack smiled a bit.

Gibbs knew that smile and felt a little frightened. That smile never bodes well for anybody…

"We wait."

"Wait for what?" Elizabeth asked, dropping her blanket to the deck and stepping up next to him.

The look he had for her, gave her so much hope that she knew what he would say before he said it.

"The Dutchman." A voice replied from behind them.

"You're still here?" Jack questioned. "I thought you'd be off tormenting your tentacley beau."

"I want to see this one through." She murmured, looking amused. "I may be of help yet."

"Is Will alive?" Elizabeth asked the goddess anxiously.

"Him carve out him heart." Calypso murmured, but didn't answer her question.

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"What is he waiting for?" An officer asked from the deck of the Endeavour.

"He actually expects us to honor our agreement."

"I thought he said he didn't agree to it?"

Beckett ignored him. "Have them ready the guns."

The officer next to him put away his spy glass and ran to call orders.

"Nothing personal, Jack…it's just good business."

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I can't face the dark without you

Deep below the ocean's surface, everything that had happened to Will came back to him as his eyes snapped open. Part of the crew stood over him, awaiting his awakening for orders. He was their new captain.

Part of the crew, part of the ship.

He reached to his chest and found a puckered scar…and no heartbeat beneath. It was surprising that it didn't bother him in the slightest.

"Bootstrap! He's awake."

His father stepped into the room. "My boy!" He exclaimed warmly.

"Father!" He exclaimed and hugged him.

"We almost lost you there."

"It got close…if it weren't for Jack…I couldn't have made it without him…"

"I know." He answered.

"He's a good man, you know."

"I do."

"He would have gladly taken my place, but we had no choice…"

"And…now you're captain. Orders, sir?"

Will pondered for a moment. "I believe I owe my life to Captain Sparrow."

"Aye?"

"We've a war to fight…and this time…I'm on the winning side."