Chapter 6: Bedtime
Tia Dalma floated back towards the bed. She stopped next to it, looking at her ex with a light smile on her face.
Everybody surrounded Jack and Tia Dalma asked, "are you ready for the ritual? You've been strong and true."
Jack kept looking from one to another, from Tia Dalma's air castle face to Elizabeth's pressed together lips.
"Eee…well, I take it we can start then. Light the incenses I brought will you Elizabeth? It's probably better if you all go out."
"You sure? I mean do we have to?" asked Elizabeth.
"I'd prefer it. It is easier to turn," she pulled out corals from her pocket. "Me soul stands still...Oh glittery night. Is this the moment I dream of?" Calypso carried on. "All right, but just you. Poseidon, share thee ye god of seas, horses and earth shakes, you who rule over Cronus. Triton, you merman, wild beast," she held the corals up, "mend your all but wicked, ruinous pirate breed."
"Woahey!" Elizabeth interrupted, "all but wicked? Ruinous? Are you sure about this Tia Dalma? Cause Jack's not like that!"
"Regular intone! Chisel in no! Make me not truly end up with that out of no care!" She put down the corals and held Jack's hand, "your sword Elizabeth Turner! You who were born from the sea be one with the sea," she smiled, anticipating her own next move and she stabbed the blade through their hands, making Jack wriggle and moan.
A blindingly vivid red glow radiated from their wounds. A pulse of energy spread out and Tia Dalma collapsed into Jack's arms. "Poseidon, redemptive, close your gateway," commanded Tia Dalma. And then the light faded to a faint flicker and went out, "Jack?" She inquired about the success of the procedure.
He nodded energetically, "thank you. That worked like a jar of dirt," Jack held on to Tia Dalma in his arms for a moment.
"Barbossa will be gone from the seas," she promised, "I'll take care of the Pearl too." She took a slow, deep breath. "Will you miss me when I'm gone?" But she didn't wait for an answer, the human world was not hers anymore. As she closed her eyes she started moving back and forth like the waves, humming like the waves till she gradually faded and her humming became one with that of the sea close by.
Jack was left thinking about the four women who saved him, cared for him. They all loved him, differently. He never deserved any of it. Especially not from Giselle. But they all loved him. There was no doubt about that. And that brings him to...on the one hand, he's feeling better, on the other hand, what on earth is he doing in Elizabeth's bed in his own father's house?? This is just meant to turn out to be awkward. He grinned at them hugely, tugging at his shirt's sleeves, "where me assets be?" Christ, what about the rum? Giselle was a better nurse than Elizabeth in that respect.
"Teague!" The innkeeper burst in, "I don't understand what happened! The Pearl! It just surfaced right out in front of the house! Men on board, no captain, come and see!"
Then, Jack grinned some more. He has to go get Gibbs from Tortuga and there were a couple of wenches he would've wanted to thank there so much and he knew exactly how. Elizabeth? She can come along if she wants? And Tia Dalma? Well, she was always with him, he could sense her under the ship, all around.
The End.