Tiffany felt the blade go in. She felt warm blood trickled down her stomach. She heard the maniacal laughter of the dirty pirates in front of her. And then she crumpled to the floor in agonizing pain. The crown clattered onto the gold and rolled into a shaft of moonlight.

There was a flash of light as Jack and the others ran from their hiding places and into the cave. They began smacking people with the oars and getting proper weapons for themselves.

"It's too late, Jack! She's gone and he will return!" Grey shouted to Jack over the ruckus. Jack ran through his opponent with a stolen sword and ran at Grey.

"I'll kill you just as I did your no good brother!" Grey pointed at the Chest of Cortez and Jack stopped in his tracks.

"Death doesn't suit me, Jack!" Barbossa stood leaning on his sword. Jack screwed up his face as a beetle crawled from a hole below Barbossa's left eye. Barbossa ignored it as it clambered beneath his hat. He began making his way down the pile of gold and into the middle of the cave towards Jack and Grey. As Barbossa walked he pulled out his pistol and aimed. Jack closed his eyes. The shot went off and some one fell. Jack put a hand to his chest, then his arm and then his face. He slowly opened his eyes and jumped back. Barbossa was standing right in front of him with the smoking pistol back in his belt. Jack looked down and there, lying in a pool of blood, was Grey.

"Why did you just kill your brother?" Jack asked, pulling out his sword. Barbossa grinned.

"He took too long. I've been here decaying for a long time, Jack, in the deepest circle of hell. And he took his time." Jack nodded and put his sword to Barbossa's.

"Ye can't beat me, Jack." Jack smirked as Barbossa lunged at him.

"Isn't that what ye said last time? You know the time I shot ye?" Barbossa growled and ran at Jack again.

"Tiff, wake up. You only got stabbed. Wake up now!" Elizabeth whispered to Tiffany.

"Elizabeth, she's gone." Will said and pulled Elizabeth back from Tiffany. Elizabeth nodded.

"Looky what we got here." Suddenly a rope was thrown around both Elizabeth and Will and they were tied up.

"Happened to ye too, I see." Gibbs said to Elizabeth and Will. Mr. Cotton's parrot flew around, squawking, much to the annoyance of Grey's crew. They dispersed in all directions leaving the Pearl members to struggle their way from the binds. Thinking quickly, Will scrambled over a discarded sword. He struggled to pick it up but eventually did and began sawing away at the rope.

"Hurry up!" Gibbs whispered.

"I'm trying."

"Give up, Jack."

"I don't think so. I could do this for another three weeks if I had to." Barbossa sighed.

"Is this for the girl? Did ye love her, Jack?" Jack lunged for Barbossa and they weaved throughout piles of gold and dead bodies. Barbossa swung his sword around and caught Jack's arm. It spilled blood and as Jack was distracted Barbossa knocked Jack's sword from his hand.

"Never let your guard down, Jack. It gets ye killed." Barbossa said with a wicked grin. Jack shrugged but dived for his sword and rolled over grabbing it and landing on his feet. Barbossa looked astounded.

"I know what mean, mate." Jack said raising his sword. Barbossa rolled his eyes and pulled out a pistol and pointed at Jack. Barbossa looked around at Will, Elizabeth, Gibbs and Mr. Cotton who had escaped the ropes.

"Any o' you four move and I'll kill him then I'll kill ye!" Barbossa roared. They stopped dead in their tracks. Barbossa smirked as one of his eyes rolled back in his head. Jack stuck out his tongue, disgusted.

"That's not right." Barbossa raised the pistol to Jack's head and no one dared to move. Suddenly Barbossa felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around, his dead eyes widened.

"Yer meant to be dead." He growled.

"In the words of a certain captain, I couldn't resist, mate." Tiffany said, flipping a coin with her fingers. Then she plunged a sword through Barbossa's gut.

"Hurts don't it?" She said as Barbossa dropped to his knees. She replaced the crown on her head and saw Barbossa aimed his pistol and fire at her. The bullet ricocheted off her rib. Tiffany looked unfazed. She motioned to herself and stepped into a shaft of moonlight. Her skin instantly turned a dead blue and her face decayed. She looked herself over and twirled before speaking.

"That's interesting." Jack smirked as Barbossa dropped to the floor, dead.

"You'd really think dieing once would be enough for him." Tiffany said stepping from the moonlight and returning to normal. She was being watched intently by everyone in the cave

"Stop staring! It's not like an undead mutant skeleton zombie pirate is anything out of the ordinary." She laughed walking up to the Chest of Cortez. She picked up the dagger and cut her hand, wiping blood on the coin and dropping it back in the chest. She skipped down and joined the rest of the group. Elizabeth practically chucked herself on Tiffany, hugging her.

"You're alive! I can't believe it. I'm so happy." Tiffany laughed as she was inundated with hugs.

"Don't seem so thrilled. As if I'd be done in from being stabbed…then shot." Finally Tiffany was released and Jack approached her. He smiled, awkwardly.

"Nice crown."

"Thanks."

"Right let's get back to the ship, shall we?" The chorus of 'Ayes' echoed around and everyone left began walking back to the Black Pearl. Tiffany sighed. She had just been killed…twice, actually thrice if you count turning into an undead zombie, and still all Jack could say was, "Nice crown." She looked over to Will and Elizabeth, who were holding hands.

"I love you, Elizabeth." Will said, kissing her.

"I love you too." Tiffany huffed.

"What does a girl have to do to get told she's loved around here?" Tiffany asked herself slightly too loud. Marty gave her an odd look.

"I love ye, lass." He said. She huffed again before smiling.

"Thanks, Marty." She called as he waddled off. She scowled before picking up a necklace that caught her eye and walked after them, the crown still firmly atop her head.

"You okay, Tiff?" Elizabeth asked as Tiffany kicked a rock into the water. Tiffany shrugged then looked up, scowling.

"Elizabeth when Will told you he loved you did you have to die twice, three times actually, and save him from being killed? Did you have to turn into a skeleton and give yourself up, knowing you would be killed, for him?" Tiffany blurted. Elizabeth frowned.

"Well, I only had to almost die once." She said with a weak smile.

"Great." Tiffany muttered and picked up her pace back to the row boats. Soon they'd be back at the Black Pearl. Tiffany liked that ship but in a way she was weirdly jealous of it.

"Jack loves that piece of floating wood more than he loves me…not that I'd want him to or anything…" She thought and climbed into an empty rowboat.

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