The following morning Elizabeth was lying down on the bed in her cabin. Will was already out on deck, and Elizabeth felt grateful that she had a few moments alone. She couldn't wait until she saw Jack again. She had no idea how they were going to save him, but the important thing was that there was a way to do so. Elizabeth blamed herself for letting Jack die and get swallowed by the Kraken. To herself, she was the coward and not Jack.

Unfortunately, she wasn't alone any longer, as Will opened the door and walked inside. He stood there near the doorway and looked at a very distraught Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth, is everything OK?" he asked her. She merely nodded at him and tried to force a smile. "I don't believe you."

"Then what was the point of you asking me?" Elizabeth asked with an annoyed tone in her voice. Will bit his lower lip and so did Elizabeth.

"Why are you acting so cold towards me?" Will asked her quietly. Elizabeth shook her head and opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out. "Tell me," he urged her.

"It's not you, it's me," Elizabeth replied as she got herself out of bed and walked towards Will. "Will -"

Will hushed her by kissing her softly on her lips. "Everything will be fine Elizabeth," he told her.

No it won't be fine, Elizabeth thought to herself, but she nodded to Will. When they save Jack, everything will be much worse, especially if Jack wouldn't be able to forgive her. Elizabeth would be too devastated if that turns out to be the case.

The door suddenly swung open and Will and Elizabeth turned to see who it was; Akila.

"Sorry ter interrupt, but we need ye on deck," she informed them.

As they made their way towards the rest of the crew, Elizabeth and Will did not even look or speak to each other. They were silent and both of them felt that their relationship was soon coming to an end.

"What is it?" Will asked Gibbs, who was nearest to him.

"Barbossa needs to talk about somethin'. But I have no idea what about," he replied and shrugged.

Barbossa walked around everyone to direct everyone's attention to him. He stopped doing so when he arrived near Tia Dalma and when he was pretty sure that everyone was ready to listen to him.

"Now listen mates, we are about to carry out a mission which is highly difficult," he said. "I happen to have an ally, which has what we need to make it to the Land of the Dead."

"Which is what, exactly?" Will asked him.

"Ye can call it 'The Crypt'," Barbossa said and grinned. The rest of the crew frowned, all except Tia and Akila.

"The Crypt?" Will repeated and raised his eyebrows.

"Aye. The only thing that allows living beings to cross over to the Dead without allowing them to die themselves," Barbossa continued. "Now what ye need to know, is that this island makes you live in your fears, literally." He smiled.

"How long do we have to sail till we get there?" Elizabeth asked.

Barbossa smirked and looked to his left. The others did so, and they could see an island, even though it was still far away to be seen clearly.

- - -

As the got nearer to the island, some of the crew prepared to leave the ship and wander around the island. Elizabeth stared out at it, then looked sideways at Will as he made his way next to her.

"The island looks uninhabited, doesn't it?" Elizabeth asked him.

"It certainly does look so, but you can never tell," Will said. He remembered his experience in the island of Pelegosto, which was slightly similar to this very island. Will remembered how he thought that nobody lived there, which turned out to be a big mistake.

Elizabeth nodded as she and Will followed Barbossa, Tia, Akila, Gibbs, Ragetti and Pintel into the longboat. They rowed towards the island and then stepped onto the rocky shore.

"Do people actually live 'ere?" Gibbs asked Barbossa as they continued to walk into what seemed to be a large forest.

"Aye, but not much," Barbossa replied. "Only a chosen few."

"Chosen for what?" Will asked him with a raised eyebrow, but before Barbossa had a chance to answer, Elizabeth started screaming as she looked up at a tree.

All of the crew stopped in their tracks and looked at Elizabeth, who had a hand clapped to her mouth.

"Elizabeth, what's wrong?" Will asked her as he grabbed her arm and looked up at what she was looking. It only seemed like a plain tree.

Elizabeth didn't say anything. She pointed up at the tree with a gasp.

"There be nothing there Elizabeth," Tia Dalma calmly said as she walked over to her. Elizabeth hesitated for a few seconds and couldn't take her eyes off the tree.

"What do you mean?" Elizabeth shrieked. "There's -"

"I told ye in this island ye have to experience ye're greatest fears!" Barbossa interrupted her.

Pintel and Ragetti clung to each other as they looked frantically around them, afraid that their greatest fears were going to come alive to haunt them.

"I didn't take it literally," Elizabeth mumbled as she finally tore her eyes away from the illusion she had just seen, and they all continued to walk further into the forest. They were only stopped when Gibbs gasped and looked sideways.

"For the love of mother and child, what the bloody hell are ye doin' here?" Gibbs asked a tree, or rather, someone he was seeing.

"Umm – there is no one there Gibbs," Will whispered to him.

"Oh," Gibbs said as he glared at the person he was seeing then looked back at the crew.

"Try ter control ye're illusions lads," Barbossa said and rolled his eyes while he continued to lead the way.

"Where exactly are we goin'?" Pintel asked.

"Ye'll see," was Barbossa's reply as he smiled.

"The only thing there is here is a forest!" Elizabeth said.

"Well, we're not trying to find something other than a forest, are we?" Barbossa asked annoyed at all the questions they seemed to be asking him. Barbossa wasn't a patient one, and he disliked being asked questions which to him sounded pointless, even if they really weren't.

After what seemed like hours of endless walking through bushes, trees, and god knows what else, they arrived at a sort of small clearing, where only grass occupied the place. In the middle of this clearing was a hut, which was so small that no one in their right mind would want to live there. Then again, they doubted that the person they were about to meet was in their right mind.

Barbossa walked over to the hut with the rest of the crew walking behind him slowly. They weren't sure what to expect inside that little hut, but they all had learned to expect everything. Without even bothering to knock, Barbossa opened the door and walked inside. There was an old man, sitting at a table with a bottle of rum in his hand. He looked up as Barbossa walked in and flashed him a smile.

"Barbossa," he said, then turned to look as more people entered his hut.

"Scarface," Barbossa said with a smile. The others frowned at the name Barbossa called him. Indeed, this man's face was filled with scars which made him look twice uglier than he already was. He had a long white beard with ruffled white hair from under his pirate hat.

"What'd ye be needin'?" Scarface asked Barbossa.

"We need it," Barbossa told him sternly. Scarface tilted his head slightly to one side, not quite understanding what 'it' was. "The Crypt," Barbossa explained.

Scarface stared incredulously at Barbossa then eyed the others with him. He got up from his chair and walked over to Barbossa. It seemed like was finding it a bit difficult to walk, probably because of his age.

"Why do ye need it?" he asked.

"We need to go to the locker and fetch none other than Jack Sparrow," Barbossa informed him.

At the mention of Jack's name, Scarface couldn't help but laugh, and the others glared angrily at him, all except Tia Dalma. She seemed to show no emotion while Scarface was speaking. She just looked at him and waited for him to say something.

"I always knew that Jack would end up in there soon!" Scarface said as he walked back over to his chair and sat down. "Why would ye want to save 'im, eh?" he asked Barbossa. "He's no good in the Land of the Living."

"Now listen 'ere!" Gibbs started and pointed a threatening finger towards Scarface, but Tia Dalma calmly lowered Gibbs' arm and took a few steps forward.

"Why we want to save Jack is not really ye're concern," Tia Dalma said.

Scarface gazed at her. He opened his mouth to say something but closed it again shortly afterwards when he realized that he didn't know what he ought to say. He knew Tia. He had heard stories as well as facts about her. Scarface never thought he was actually going to meet her face to face. He had heard that she rarely ever leaves Pelegosto, except in cases of emergency. He wondered how saving Jack could be a case of emergency.

"You see lass, it is me concern," Scarface told her with a smile, "because in fact ye need me help to get the Crypt. I can decide not to give it to ye if me wants." He looked at her triumphantly.

"Do ye really think it wise to not give me the Crypt?" Tia Dalma asked him.

Of course, Scarface knew that he ought not challenge Tia Dalma, but it was worth a try. Going to Jones' locker to bring back someone from the dead was a curious thing, and unfortunately Scarface was of a curious nature. He was still going to give them the Crypt even if they don't tell him their secret.

Without saying a word, Scarface walked over to a corner and started to search for something. Pintel and Ragetti tried to take a peak at what he was searching into, but they could see nothing. After a while, Scarface said, "Aha!" and walked over to Barbossa. He was holding something with his right hand and covering with his left. Barbossa's eyes shone when Scarface revealed the Crypt.

It was nothing more than a pointed sculpture with strange gold symbols and words on it. It was nothing special, but everyone in that room felt strangely drawn to it.

"Now listen to me," Scarface told Barbossa, and everyone gathered around and listened. "When one of ye touches the tip of it, it will open up, and ye will see nothing but white light which escapes from it. Ye won't actually see yerself travel towards the Land of the Dead, but ye will arrive there immediately. Savvy?"

Everyone nodded, except Will, who was still mesmerized at the sight of the Crypt. Scarface handed the Crypt gently to Barbossa and bit his lower lip before stepping a few steps backwards.

"Good luck," he told all of them.

Barbossa was just about to touch the tip of the Crypt, when Tia Dalma quickly grabbed hold of his arm and shook her head. She knew that it wasn't a good idea if Barbossa opened it. She knew exactly how the Crypt worked, and she doubted that even Scarface knew properly how it worked. Barbossa frowned at Tia Dalma, but she looked at Elizabeth.

"You," she said, and Elizabeth stiffened up. "You do it."

"Do what?" Elizabeth asked her.

"Touch the tip of the Crypt," Tia Dalma said as she took old of Elizabeth's arm and pulled her slowly towards her and the Crypt, which was still in Barbossa's hands. "Only you can do it."

Too confused to say anything, Elizabeth decided it was best if she didn't argue with Tia Dalma. She bit her lip as her finger softly touched the Crypt's tip. It made a small noise and opened up slowly. Elizabeth retreated her finger away from it.

None of them could see what was inside it. The only thing they saw was a bright flash of white light coming out from it, and then there was nothing ...