Author's note: Okay so I'm seriously bent on getting at least one hundred reviews for this story because I'm so close! So I'll make you all a deal, leave a review and I'll pm you little spoilers for what's going on in the third movie because once this story is done (which will be one more chapter because there's something important I need to set up) I'm going to be taking a small break in order to focus on my Sweeney fic and then get back to Pirates. SO REVIEW IF YOU WANT SOME PREVIEWS!

Thank yous go out to: xBelekinax , QueenOfWeird1995 , Lt. Sarcasm , katilia , and of course ThePurpleness who's been teased long enough about this chapter haha so here it is hon.

katilia: You're pm thing is disabled so I just wanted to say something here to you, college is really just high school with some smokes and mirrors that you pay for haha. The work really isn't that much harder as long as you study but the biggest problem is time management because every professor is convinced that their class is the only class you have or that your others don't matter and only their's does. It keeps a busy schedule but so long as you invest in a day planner (with a lot of room mind you) you should be fine. ^.^

well enough with the stalling, here's the second to last chapter all!

"Abandon the ship." Jack said sullenly as he moved to where he had tied the boat earlier, "Into the longboat." His tone was monotonous and his gaze somewhere far away, his thoughts solely on Alina and their fate.

"Jack the ship." Gibbs reminded, as if there was any need to.

"She's only a ship mate." Jack replied, the same dull tone overpowering the crew. They knew what it took for their captain to admit to such a thing. Alina came up to him dejectedly and wrapped her arms around his chest, her head resting against his back. The crew turned away from the rarely displayed affection between their co-captains. She squeezed him tighter for a brief moment.

"I'll be right back. There's something I need to get before we leave." She whispered for only him to hear before letting him go and walking down to the cabins. Jack caught barely a glimpse of her hair before she disappeared from sight. Had he turned to see her face during her hug, he would have seen the crystalline tears streaming down her face. As she reached the cabin she shut the door and leaned her back against it while her heaving gasps wracked her body. She couldn't say it. She just couldn't. Not when she was about to leave him. It would be too cruel.

She ransacked the cabin before locating her prize; her little teddy named Smiley, and hugged him to her chest as she sank to her haunches, leaning against a wall for support. She would wait here. The Kraken would take down the ship with her and Jones would be half content as he sorted his winnings. It would give Jack and the crew just enough time to escape. It would work.

Right?

Or perhaps she was just being selfish. The very least she could do was tell Jack how much he meant to her. Maybe give Smiley to him so he would think of her from time to time. She could pretend to have forgotten her ring as an excuse to come back for a quick moment and in that time the crew will have lost patience and leave right? Surely there's only so much Jack can say before they leave despite his protests? Right?

"Abandon ship or abandon hope!" She faintly heard Gibbs' voice.

She began wiping her tears as she fought the battle within herself. She had to tell Jack. It was her last chance. It was her last task. Follow your heart, and your body dies. She would tell Jack she loves him, and the Kraken would take her. Wiping the last of the water on her face she slipped her Black Pearl ring into her pocket, stood up with Smiley resting in the crook of her arm, and walked out of the cabin.

Unfortunately Alina looked up from the stairs in time to see Elizabeth push herself on Jack. He stumbled backwards with surprise and she followed him until he was hard-pressed against the main mast. Her face contorted in rage at the loggerheaded, hell-hated harpy. Luckily for Jack, she could perfectly see his discomforted face. Elizabeth's face remained close enough for each to smell the sweat on the other's brow as she muttered something to him. Jack smirked and replied with one word that looked like 'pirate' from the movement of his lips. It confused her for the briefest of moments until she saw the shackle around his wrist. Elizabeth turned around to leave and the glare on Alina's face was enough to send her running for the longboat before anything could be done to her.

"Alina." Brandy called from down below. She closed her eyes briefly against the pain her decision was causing her and picked up a loose rope she had found on the deck. She tied the rope around Smiley's waist and lowered him down into a significantly confused Will's arms. It took him all of two seconds to realize what it meant. Alina was not coming down. She was going down with the ship. She was going down with Jack.

As the crew was rowing away, Alina gazed at them forlornly. She would miss them. Will, Gibbs, Brandy, Marty, even Pintel and Ragetti oddly enough. Elizabeth could fall down a well and drown for all she cared. She was no longer a friend of hers and the only thing stopping her from being an enemy was Will's affection for blasted, dog-hearted lewdster. Though perhaps that was a bit cruel to say about dogs.

Alina reached into her pocket and replaced the ring on her finger where it belonged, and turned to see Jack fighting to free himself muttering, "Bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger." As if it would help him. He turned in an attempt to find something to help him free himself when he saw Alina standing at the rail. "Oh bugger." He said as his heart plummeted like an iron weight to his stomach. She turned to face him with a solemn smile adorning her face.

"He never collects half right?" She joked lightly as she bent down to retrieve an oil lamp. She smashed the glass and poured the remaining kerosene on his hand, grasping his wrist delicately in her hand.

"Ali." He whispered, his breath fanning a wisp of her hair as he nuzzled her, "Why didn't you leave?"

"Why do you think?" She replied nuzzling him in turn. They freed his hand and he held her tightly against him. They embraced each other desperately, her face tucked into his neck and his head resting lovingly atop hers.

"Ye've made an honest man out o' me love." He chuckled.

"What do you mean?" She asked, tickling his skin with the vibrations of her voice.

He shivered slightly before answering her, "A captain goes down with his ship dun he?"

Alina shifted enough to place a tender kiss at the base of his neck, "Aye," She whispered, "that he does. Whaddya say to one last swig o' rum before we're doomed for eternity aye?"

Jack's grip on her tightened, forbidding her from moving an inch, "Just stay here Ali. Forget the rum. Please, let's just stay here and enjoy what we've got left. I'm sorry I got ye into this love. I wish there was somethin I could do ta change this for ye."

"I don't Jack. Either I live with you or I die with you, but I can't live without you." She responded. "Jack there's something I've been needing to tell you but we just kept getting interrupted or it wasn't the right time or that spleeny, sheep-biting pumpion got in the way of everything or…"

"I love you too Ali." He interrupted her ramblings, "I always have." He buried his face in her hair as she stood in shock at his words.

"I love you Jay." She cried happily, "So much." She hugged him tighter, if it were even possible and their lips met in an erotic tango so passionate, neither noticed the rise of the kraken. They were surrounded only in the happiness of each other's confession. They devoured each other in their kisses and the kraken roared to alert his presence, smothering them in its slimy, yellow spit. They separated in time to see Jack's hat come flying from the creature's mouth and Alina knelt to retrieve it. "I love you Captain Jack Sparrow." She said as she placed the hat on his head.

"I love you Captain Alina Carter." He replied, neither releasing their grip on the other. They gazed into each others' eyes, accepting their fate and reveling in the truth of their emotions. "See you in the locker." He said with a smirk.

The kraken descended.

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