The Dark Storm was readying it's attach on the Pearl. Aphrodite's would be kidnappers were ready to lead the rest of the pirates. It had taken them weeks to catch up to the Pearl and now they saw their "treasure" in sight.

Jack saw The Dark Storm approaching rapidly and told Will to ready the men. The Pearl could out run them but Jack thought that they had been following them for a while and decided not to wait any longer, this was the closest they had gotten. Will called all the men to arms and once he saw them getting into heir positions, he quickly went below. "Aphrodite, it appears that we are about to fight with some pirates and while I can not be sure, from the spyglass I believe that the two men who tired to kidnap you are on board that ship."

Aphrodite's eyes grew wide, while she did not remember the men or what had happened; she did see the concern in Will's eyes. "What do you ask of me," she simply replied.

"I want you to stay below here until when it is safe. Either Jack or myself will come to get you," Will told her.

She nodded her head and Will started to leave, "Will – wait. Can't you stay here too? I fear that those men will be seeking revenge on you."

Will smiled – she was concerned for his welfare he thought to himself, "No, I must stand and fight with my men." Then he was gone.

Will came back on deck just as the crew from The Dark Storm started to board the Pearl. Jack looked down at Will, "nice for ye to finally join us."

Will smiled, "wouldn't miss it for the world."

Then the entire crew of the Pearl found themselves fighting for their very lives. The two kidnappers stayed clear of Will for now because they knew first hand of his skill with a sword and they were afraid since he did not die last time; but they would watch and wait – they would have their time with young Turner.

Jack watched as one of his new crew members from Tortuga fell early in the battle. He could not get to the man quick enough then seeing another in trouble later he called to Will to help the poor gent, "Will, over there. Man needs help." Jack said pointing to the man in distress.

Will seeing what Jack was calling about made quick work of the pirate he was fighting. Will then went to help the new Pearl member – only to get there just in time to see his demise. As Will started to avenge the man's death, the two pirates that he had fought in Tortuga saw the opportunity to get their revenge on Will Turner.

Jack looked down now to see his first mate fighting one man with two more sneaking up on Will from two different directions. Jack called out once again to Will, "Will! Watch out!" Will heard Jack and went to turn but it was too late. The two men thrust their swords into Will at the same time and he fell to the deck surrounded by his own blood.

Aphrodite did not know what but she could sense that something was terribly wrong. When she could not stand it any longer because she needed to know that Will was alright, she grabbed a sword that Will had in the cabin, for just in case, and headed toward the deck.

On deck, she looked around and saw Will lying in a pool of blood surrounded by three men, two of them were laughing. She quickly ran to Will not thinking about what she was doing and as she did; she startled the man who that Will had originally been fighting. She startled the man so much that he quickly stabbed Aphrodite without even seeing it was a woman, the woman that they were in fact seeking. She fell beside Will. The larger of the kidnappers angrily yelled, "you idiot. You killed her." The smaller kidnapper used no words he simply killed his own crew member for his costly mistake.

The crew of the Black Pearl having just witnessed Will and Aphrodite's fatal wounds, sought revenge on a new level. They quickly killed most of The Dark Storm's crew and what little was left fled back to their ship.

As soon as the Pearl was free of all of The Dark Storms crew, Jack asked, "Mr. Gibbs. All men accounted for?"

"Aye Captain, we lost the four new men, God rest their souls. Will and the lady, Aphrodite are in very bad shape and Mr. Cotton has a wounded arm – Cotton's parrot seems to have gotten his wing clipped as well," Gibbs reported.

"Thank you Mr. Gibbs. And were Will and Aphrodite were taken to Will's cabin," Jack asked.

"Aye, Marty is tending to them as best he can as we speak."

Jack headed below to Will's cabin. The door was open and Marty had finished bandaging one of Will's wounds.

"Marty," Jack said looking at the pale unconscious couple.

"He was stabbed three time captain, looks like all three men that he was fighting got their turn. As for her - she was run through once. I don't know why they are both still alive, especially Will."

Jack nodded in agreement with Marty.

"Captain, you know they probably won't make it through the night," Marty added.

"I know Marty. I'll stay here with them if he passes on I want to be here for him," Jack said taking a seat beside his friend Will.