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The crab was still stuck to Ragetti's butt, but he appeared to be motionless and dead. The others rubbed their head as they tried to stand up. They realized that they had returned back to Scarface's hut. He was sitting on his chair while staring at them and waited for them to get back to their senses.

Elizabeth looked around her until her eyes fell on Jack. He was lying there and to her shock he looked dead. She knelt down next to him worriedly. "Jack?"

Tia Dalma walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "He's dead," she told him.

"What? Dead?" Elizabeth asked her shocked. "What do you mean, dead?"

"He only appeared to be alive in the Locker because he was actually dead," Tia said, but Elizabeth raised her eyebrows in confusion. "The only way Jack could be properly alive again is if I bring 'im back to life meself," she said.

"Then come on, do it!" Elizabeth urged her.

Tia Dalma simply stood there and thought about it. After a while, she looked sideways at Barbossa. "Take 'em back to the ship. Jack and I will come soon," she told him. She wasn't about to perform her magic in a room full of people.

At first, nobody moved. They just looked from Barbossa to Tia and wondered why she couldn't just bring Jack back to life in front of them. All of them were quite curious to figure out what Tia's secrets were. She was too mysterious for everyone's liking.

Barbossa nodded at Tia and motioned for everyone to follow him. Elizabeth looked down at Jack and bit her lower lip before deciding to leave him for now and go after the crew. However, Akila remained inside together with dead Jack, Tia, Scarface, and the dead crab which had been stuck on Ragetti a few moments ago.

"Why do we have to leave while she brings Jack back to life?" Elizabeth thought out loud.

"Do ye really think she is going ter let ye in her secret?" Barbossa asked her and rolled his eyes. Elizabeth shut her mouth and continued walking alongside Will. He had been awfully silent ever since they arrived back.

Ragetti had fell behind since he couldn't walk properly. He kept rubbing his butt repeatedly while cursing under his breath.

"Oh come on, get a move on!" Pintel shouted at him.

"I can't! That crab got me fer good!" Ragetti moaned.

Barbossa rolled his eyes and ignored the two's ramblings. They had always been the annoying and silly members in his crew. To think that they were going to be stuck with him again was like a nightmare to Barbossa.

Elizabeth glanced at Will and bit her lower lip. He was staring straight ahead of him as if he was hypnotized my something and completely unaware what was happening around him. Elizabeth opened her mouth to say something, but only a sigh escaped her lips. This seemed to catch Will's attention, as he turned to look at her. His eyes were emotionless and the cold look he gave her made her shiver.

"Something wrong?" he asked Elizabeth. She simply shook her head and looked straight ahead of her. She made it a point to avoid looking in Will's eyes in the future. It hurt her how empty they were. She somehow thought it was her fault, and was quite certain about it.

Everything was going well between Will and Elizabeth, until she spoiled everything by kissing Jack. Now, Will was under the impression that she was in love with Jack, and Elizabeth knew that it wasn't the case. There was no way that she was in love with a pirate, or was she?

As they managed to arrive at the ship, Jack opened his eyes back in Scarface's hut to find Tia Dalma kneeling in front of him. Jack closed his eyes once again and rubbed his head. Akila smiled and knelt next to Tia.

"Jack! Glad ye're back," she told him.

Jack opened his eyes once again and smiled. "Hey love," he said, still rubbing his head. "What happened?"

"Ye were dead and I brought ye back," Tia said and stood up.

"Oh, thank you then," Jack said. He tried to at least sit down, but he didn't have enough energy to do so. His body was still weak and tired.

Akila noticed that, and she extended a hand to help him get up. Jack took hold of it and heaved himself up on his feet. He brushed dirt off of him when he caught sight of Scarface. He took a few steps backwards and frowned.

"What are ye doin' here?" Jack snapped at him.

"This is me hut ye insolent scallywag," Scarface barked angrily.

Jack glared at him and his eyes rested on the Crypt in Scarface's hands. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously at him. "Ah, so it's you who's in possession of that – that – thing," he said with a wave of his hand.

"Aye, and ye better be thankful fer it," Scarface replied.

"Right ... Thankful," Jack muttered. He wasn't really paying attention to what Scarface was saying. The only thing that mattered to him was how come the Crypt was in his hands.

"We better get goin'," Tia snapped at Jack, which caused him to take his eyes off of Scarface.

"Oh right," Jack said with a small smile then sent a glare at Scarface. "I hope I won't be seein' ye again," he told him.

"Right back at ye," Scarface snarled, before Akila grabbed Jack's arm and carried him out of the hut.

- - -

Back aboard Poseidon, everyone was scurrying around doing their jobs. They couldn't wait to get away from this island. Nearly all of them had witnessed their greatest fears take place in front of them, and it was the worst experience they had ever encountered.

Elizabeth was walking around, searching for Jack. She hadn't talked to him properly yet, and now that Will wasn't around, she could talk to him freely.

"Looking for someone?" a voice said behind Elizabeth, making her jump slightly. She smirked as she realized who it was and turned around to face him.

"Actually I was looking for you, Jack," Elizabeth said with a smile. She was disappointed to see that he did not return the smile.

"Oh, come to tie me up to the mast again?" Jack asked her. Elizabeth felt Jack's sharp voice killing her on the inside. She looked down and bit her lower lip. How could she say she was sorry after what she had done?

"Jack – I -" she started as she looked back up at him. Her eyes showed guilt, and even though Jack could see that, he still felt quite angry with her. "I was so wrong! I'm sorry Jack. I'm sorry for thinking that you were the coward, when in reality, I was," she told him as tears swelled up in her eyes.

Jack looked away from her and smirked. "It's a little too late for that," he told her.

"No it isn't," Elizabeth said and sighed. "We've come back to save you now, haven't we?"

"Oh and ye think that that's just going to make everything go away, eh?" Jack snapped at her with a wave of his hand.

Then there was silence between them. Even though there was commotion and noise all around them, both Jack and Elizabeth couldn't hear anything except their own thoughts. They didn't even realize that Will had made his way up on deck and was observing them from afar.

"How is your beloved fiance?" Jack asked Elizabeth after a while. Her head snapped up to look at Jack's twinkling eyes. Jack smirked when he saw the expression on her face. "Ah I get it, he doesn't know ye left me to die," he said and nodded. "Ye truly are a pirate, love."

"I am far from a pirate!" Elizabeth said angrily.

"Ha!" Jack shouted and Elizabeth raised an eyebrow. "Well I'm of the idea that you have acted as a pirate more than anyone else on this ship," he said triumphantly then twitched his nose as he caught sight of Barbossa. "Well, you're the second on the list actually," he said after a while.

"Jack please -" Elizabeth whispered as she took a few steps towards him. "Please forgive me."

Jack opened his mouth to say something when Gibbs made his way towards them. Jack narrowed his eyes at him. Gibbs looked a bit moody for some reason.

"Jack, what happened to the Pearl?" Gibbs asked him, and Jack looked away.

He didn't want to hear anything about the Pearl. It was the only thing he was living for, and now that it was gone ... Jack didn't want to think about such unhappy thoughts for now. He was pretty sure that he would get the Pearl back someday, somehow. He just didn't want to think about it right at that very moment.

"It's gone mate," Jack said softly. "Gone. Vanished. Deceased. Decomposed."

Elizabeth rolled her eyes at Jack's attempt to sound somewhat poetic in his description of the Pearl. She felt slightly sorry for him. She knew that the Pearl was terribly important for him, even though she couldn't understand how a person's life could rotate around a ship.

"Isn't there a way we could get it back?" Gibbs asked him.

"I'm afraid not," Jack said and sighed. "It's well crushed in Davy Jones' locker, and I'm afraid that seeing the remains of such a ship will haunt me throughout my life."

Now the description just sounded pathetic. Elizabeth crossed her arms across her chest and rolled her eyes once again. Jack saw her do so, and he glared at her.

"Oh ye shouldn't really be rollin' your eyes love," Jack told her. "If ye plan to save your precious self from falling under the hands – I mean claws – of Jones, then we really need a ship like the Black Pearl."

"As if this ship is bad!" Elizabeth told him.

"Oh no, this ship is wonderful, along with its captain I believe," Jack said with a smirk as he glanced over at Akila. Elizabeth narrowed her eyes as she looked from Jack to Akila, trying to ignore the pang of jealousy she felt once again. Jack looked back at Elizabeth. "But it cannot match the Pearl."

"Aye, it cannot," Gibbs agreed before he left their side in a solemn manner.

"You never really answered my plead Jack," Elizabeth whispered to Jack when Gibbs was gone.

"And what was that, remind me," Jack said, although he knew very well what Elizabeth was talking about.

"Forgive me?" Elizabeth pleaded and bit her lower lip, looking hopefully at Jack. She couldn't stand Jack being angry with her.

"Well love -" Jack started to say but was interrupted once again by a lot of sudden shouting.

Jack turned around and his eyes widened. "Oh bugger," he muttered, and Elizabeth gasped. There, on their very own ship, were some of the Royal Navy, all pointing their weapons towards every single crew member there was. Someone had even got hold of Elizabeth and Jack before they both even realized what was happening.

They heard a big splash, and to everyone's surprise the Flying Dutchman appeared from under the water. It would have been more of a shock to most of them if this same little episode had not happened before. However, none of them were expecting to see the Dutchman so soon again.

It was even more shocking to see Beckett standing near Jones, with Norrington not too far away from them.