Once, Forever and Always
Chapter 10 – Fighting, Trading and Marriage
Barbossa, Jack and I were currently meeting Jones, Beckett and Will on a small strip of sand between the two armies. I was pissed that Will was the rat.
"You be the cur that led these wolves to our door." Barbossa questioned but it more of a statement to Will.
"Don't blame Turner, he was merely the tool of your betrayal. If you wish to see its grand architect, look to your left." Barbossa and I turned to our left and found Jack.
"My hands are clean in this, figuratively." Jack said holding up his hands.
"My actions were my own and to my own purpose, Jack had nothing to do with it." Will said.
"Well spoke. Listen to the tool!" Jack spoke.
"Will, I've been aboard the Dutchman. I understand the burden you bear but I fear that cause is lost." I told him thinking back to my encounter with Bill Turner.
"No cause is lost, if there is but one fool left to fight for it."
"If Turner wasn't acting on your behalf, then how did he come to give me this?" Beckett holds up Jack's compass "You made a deal with me Jack, to deliver the pirates, and here they are. Don't be bashful, step up, claim your reward" I turned to Jack and glared.
"Your debt to me is still to be satisfied. One hundred years in servitude aboard the Dutchman, as a start."
"That debt was paid, mate. With...help" Jack says referring to Elizabeth who currently aboard the Pearl getting ready for battle.
"You escaped!" Jones shouted.
"Technically..." Jack started but I interrupted him.
"I propose an exchange. Will leaves with us, and you can take Jack." I said turning to Jack and smirking.
"Done." Will says.
Jack looks between me and will and shouts "Undone!"
"Done!" Beckett says smirking.
"Jack's one of the nine pirate lords, you have no right!" Barbossa says leaning towards me.
"King!" I tell him.
"As you command, your nibs." Jack says removing his and bowing. Barbossa takes out his sword and slices off Jack's braid with the piece of eight attached to it. Jack the monkey collects it and gives it to Barbossa.
"If you have something to say, I might be saying something as well." Barbossa tells him.
"First to the finish, then?" Jack asks but that question doesn't need an answer. Will and Jack swag places but Beckett forces Jack to stand next to Davy Jones.
"Do you fear debt?" Jones questions Jack.
"You've no idea." Jack says looking nervous.
"Advise your Brethren: You can fight and all of you will die, or you can not fight, in which case only most of you will die." Beckett says. I scuff at the stupid man.
"You murdered my step-father. You tried to marry me while having me thrown in prison."
"He chose his own fate." Beckett said conforming that he had indeed killed the man.
"Then it seems that you have chosen yours. We will fight. And you will die." I tell him.
"So be it." Beckett says. Well leave when Will turns to me.
"King?"
"Of the Brethren Court. Courtesy of Jack." I told him smirking.
"Maybe he really does know what he's doing." Will says and prays he does or else were doomed.
Back on the Pearl people are trying to get ready for the right but it seems that Barbossa has other plans.
"We need to use the Black Pearl as a flagship to lead the attack." I say to no one in particular.
"Will we now?" Barbossa asks playing with only eight pieces of the eight. I still have mine and plan on never giving it up.
"Barbossa, you can't release her." Will tells him having Elizabeth right be his side.
"We need to give Jack a chance." I tell him.
"Apologies your majesty, too long my fate has not been in me own hands, no longer." Barbossa says pulling the last piece of eight from my neck.
Barbossa drops Jack and my piece of eight into the bowl. I found it weird that we were last two. My mind started questioning was it sign that we were meant to be together. I shook those thoughts from my head. Anything to do with Jack and I being together was a sign to me. I just wanted him and the fact that I possibly couldn't have him was driving me crazy.
"Be there some manner of rite of incantation?" Gibbs asked.
"Aye. The items brought together, done. Items to be burned," Gibbs pours some rum onto the items "and someone must speak the words 'Calypso I release you from your human bonds'."
"Is that it?" Pintel asks.
"To said it must be spoken as if to a lover." Barbossa says.
"Calypso! I release you from your human bonds!" Barbossa shout and sets the items alight but nothing happens.
"Is that it?" Pintel questions again.
"No no no, you didn't say it right. He didn't... you, you have to say it right. Calypso," He whispers in her ear "I release you from your human bonds."
The items start to disappear and she breathes in the smoke from them.
"Tia Dalma. Calypso." She stops and drops the bowl to the floor "When the Brethren Court first imprisoned you, who was it that told them how? Who was it that betrayed you?" What was Will doing.
"Name him!" Calypso shouts.
"Davy Jones." Will says. She starts to grow and the rope around her starts to snap. The men and I step back each time she grows more and more humongous.
"Calypso!" Everyone bows to her "I come before you as but a servant, humble and contrite. I have fulfilled my vow and now ask your favour. Spare meself, me ship, me crew, but unleash your fury upon those who dare pretend themselves your masters, or mine."
"Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir l'Esplanade, Dans l'Fond d'l'eau!" Were her last words before she turns into a load of crabs that spill over the edges of the ship. I really truthly didn't see the purpose in doing that.
"Is that it?" Will asks.
"Why she's no help at all." Pintel says and turns to Barbossa "What now?"
Barbossa sighs "Nothing. Our final hope has failed us."
A strong wind starts to blow and I feel it coming. We can still win this.
"It's not over." Elizabeth says. Will turns and smiles at her.
"There's still a fight to be had."
"We've an armada against us, and with the Dutchman there's no chance." Gibbs says seeing no hope.
"There's only a fool's chance." I say thinking back to Will's words on the beach.
"Revenge won't bring your step-father back, Miss Baker, and it's not something I'm intending to die for." Barbossa says and he's right but what shall we die for then?
"You're right. Then what shall we die for? You will listen to me. Listen!" I climb aboard the ship's rail and start screaming at the crew "The Brethren will still be looking here to us, to the Black Pearl to lead, and what will they see? Frightened bilge rats aboard a derelict ship? No. No, they will see free men, and freedom! And what the enemy will see is the flash of our cannons, they will hear the ring of our swords and they will know what we can do! By the sweat of our brows, and the strength of our backs, and the courage of our hearts. Gentleman, hoist the colours."
"Hoist the colours." Will shouts and soon the whole crew joins in.
"Hoist the colours."
"Hoist the colours!"
"Aye, the wind's on our side boys, that's all we need!" Gibbs says raising a hand into the air and the crew agrees.
"Aye!"
"Hoist the colours!" I yell to the other ships and they hoist their flags and prepare for battle.
The Black Pearl starts to move forward. This battle is ours and we are going to win it.
"Maelstrom!" Gibbs shouts.
"Captain Barbossa!" I shout "We need you at the helm."
"Aye that be true!" Barbossa says and takes the helm "Brace up yards ya cack headed dinkies! Dying is a day worth living for."
"She's on our stern and gaining." Will shouts.
"More speed! Haul your wind and hold your water!" Barbossa shouts leading us right into waterspout. Cannons are being fired at us from the Dutchman.
"Take us out, or they'll overbear us!" Will shouts not liking where this was going and neither did I.
"Nay, further in, we're going to cross to faster waters." Barbossa said pulling us in right next to Dutchman.
"Prepare to broadside!" I tell them.
"Captain the guns, pair a hand." Gibbs shouts grabbing a sword.
"Muster your courage men, at the ready!" Will shouts.
"Batten down the hatches! Step to your guns! Sight the mast!" Gibbs shouts reading for war. "Hold it, wait till we're board and board."
"Fire!" Barbossa shouts.
"Fire!" I shout
"Fire! Fire all!" Gibbs and Will shouts. Fish men start swinging over on their ropes to our boat. There are just about two dozen fish men on our boat by now. The fish man swings at me but I block is in time and cut off his head.
"Elizabeth! Elizabeth, will you marry me?" Will asks fighting off a fish men. I 'aw' at this it was quite cute.
"I don't think now is the best time!" Elizabeth shouts fighting off the man.
"Oh, just marry him for god sakes!" I shout over the cling of swords and the firing of cannons.
"Now may be the only time!" Will shouts and pulls her close to him "I love you." Will lets her go and they carry on fighting "I've made my choice. What's yours?" He asks.
"Barbossa, marry us!" Elizabeth shouted. I watched the romantic moment from the corner of my eye. No matter what anybody said they were always meant forever one another.
"I'm a little busy at the moment!" Barbossa grunted fighting off pirates from the helm.
"Barbossa, now!" Will shouts not wanting to waste any time.
"Fine then!" He says and climbs up onto a box like structure by the wheel "Dearly beloved, we be gathered here today- to nail yer gizzard to the mast, ya poxy cur!" He adds but is quickly interrupted by one of Davy Jones's fish men.
"Elizabeth Swann, do you take me to be your husband?" Will says speeding up the process. It wouldn't have gotten anywhere either if he didn't.
"I do!" Elizabeth shouts from where she is fighting off a pirate. They finally get a moment to themselves. They stand there holding each other and looking into each other's eyes.
"Great!" He says smiling. I laugh and think to myself: way to kill the mood.
"Will Turner, do you take me-" Elizabeth says fighting off some more fish men pirates "to be your wife? In sickness and in health, with health being the less likely." I chuckle as I hear this and swing my sword to the fish's men's brain instantly killing him.
"I do." Will shouts.
"As captain I now pronounce you-" Barbossa starts but is again interrupted by more pirates "You may kiss!" Barbossa adds shooting a pirate.
Elizabeth and Will lean in to kiss but are attack by another pirate that they fight off together.
"You may kiss!" They finally get rid of the pirate as Barbossa shouts: "Just kiss!"
I watch the cute, romantic scene unfold before me. I've never seen anything like this before and I don't think I will.
I looked around the deck looking for Jack but didn't him anymore. I then looked up to the Dutchman and find him on top of the mast with Davy Jones chasing after him with a sword in hand.
"Now what have you done?" I ask Jack even though he can't hear me.
A/N:
So i am terribly sorry that i haven't updated in a while i've been on vaction and forgot to mention it but i thought i could update this chapter before i left but it didn't look like it. So i'm now updating but i'll be gone on another vaction but it's only for three days. So i won't be gone long and saturday there should be an update.
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