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"Easy boys," Will instructed as everyone held their breath, widened eyes watching the tentacles creeping around the Pearl.

"Will?" Kate looked over to him. She had lost Jack a few moments ago when she'd been searching for a rifle.

"Steady!" Will commanded as the tentacles rose higher.

"Will?" Elizabeth cried tis time. The tentacles were making their way around the ship entirely.

"Hold," Will commanded.

"I think we've held fire long enough," Pintel suggested.

"Will," the two Swann sisters cried at once, glancing at him with skeptical eyes.

"Fire!" he finally commanded. The crew fired the cannons, Kate even shooting at the Kraken at the same time. They hit the target, the Kraken's tentacles, and nearly severed some off. The beast sank into the sea, tentacles glowing from the blast. The crew began to cheer.

"It'll be back, we have to get off the ship," Will walked over to where Kate stood with her sister.

"There's no boats," Elizabeth told him, glancing at the wrecked boats. He then set his eyes elsewhere, on the barrels of gunpowder. He nodded, "Pull the grates! Get all the gunpowder onto the net in the cargo hold." He handed Elizabeth a long gun and glanced at Kate, "Whatever the two of you do, don't miss."

Kate nodded, understanding, "As soon as you're clear."

The crew began to busy themselves, loading barrels of gunpowder from the hold.

"We're short stocked on gunpowder. Six barrels below!"

"Bring it up!"

"There's only half a dozen kegs of powder," Gibbs relayed to the trio.

"Then load the rum," Kate winced as the words came out of her mouth.

"Aye," Will nodded, "Load the rum!"

Gibbs, shocked, turned to see the entire crew at a stand still, waiting in a shocked silence. "Aye!" he agreed, "The rum, too!" He winced as well, quite upset as the crew continued to load barrels.

Kate began to help Gibbs lift a barrel as Elizabeth made her way to a prime shooting location, waiting for her sister. She looked over the railing to see Jack rowing away. "Oh, you coward!" she cried out to herself, realizing that's why he hadn't been around for any of the orders as of late.

Another thud hit the ship and the crewmen began to shout. Marty let out a cry as the Kraken began to attack again.

"Heave!" Gibbs was crying as Kate made her way up to Elizabeth, "Heave like you're being paid for it!"

"Kate, I have to tell you something about Jack," Elizabeth rushed out.

"Not now, Lizzie," Kate nearly moaned, checking to make sure there was enough powder in her gun, "Now is not the proper time for discussion."

Will was hanging from the net holding the barrels of gunpowder and rum and he was slashing at the Kraken's tentacle with his sword, taunting it.

"Shoot, Elizabeth! Shoot!" he cried out. The eldest sister hesitated, waiting for Will to fall free. One of the Kraken's tentacles wrapped around her leg and dragged her backwards. She screamed, causing Kate to look back, eyes wide, "Elizabeth!"

She dropped her own gun and ran after her sister and got to her in time for Ragetti to chop off the end of the tentacle that had a hold of Lizzie.

Another crewmember picked up the gun Elizabeth had held and tried to shoot, but the Kraken grabbed him and flung him around. The rifle dropped to the deck above the two sisters and they each looked at each other and ran for it.

Kate fell over another piece of tentacle that had fallen off the beast and she looked up as Elizabeth struggled to get the rifle out from underneath someone's boot. She squinted to see that it was Jack and saw him bend over and pick up the gun, aiming for the Kraken. Elizabeth stepped up and proudly stood next to him. Kate's blood boiled at the sight of Elizabeth right next to him as if it were her spot.

Jack shot at the gunpowder as soon as Will fell from the net and the barrels all exploded. The Kraken cried out in pain as it withdrew again.

"Did we kill it?" Marty asked hopefully.

"No," Gibbs answered, helping Kate up from the ground, "We just made it angry. We're not out of this yet. Captain! Orders!" He glanced at Jack who had suddenly appeared.

"Abandon ship," he spoke softly, "Into the longboat."

"Jack!" Gibbs cried, "The Pearl!"

"She's only a ship, mate," Jack smiled sadly.

"He's right," Elizabeth spoke up, still next to the Captain. Kate nearly growled, "We have to head for land."

" 'S a lot o' open wa'er," Pintel looked fearfully at the ocean.

" That's a lot o' wa'er," Ragetti repeated, just as terrified.

"We have to try!" Will cried out. "We can get away as it takes down the Pearl," he glanced to see Kate inching towards Jack and Elizabeth, trying to get closer to the captain. He raised an eyebrow, why was Elizabeth next to him in the first place?

"Abandon ship," Gibbs nodded.

"Or abandon all hope," Kate finished for him. The crew began to load whatever supplies and guns they had left into the longboat.

"Go in the boat, love," Jack turned to Kate who had finally made her way over to him. He had his thumb on her chin, smiling at her, sadly.

She gave him a small kiss, whispering an apology for his ship, before she made her way into the boat.

Will went up to see where Elizabeth was, but he froze on the climb up before getting back into the boat, his face blank. Kate, confused at Will's behavior and wondering where Jack was, repeated his attempt to see what was taking the two so long. She saw Elizabeth forcefully kissing Jack and she made an attempt to get back on the ship, but a hand on her back, stopped her.

She turned her head to see Will's sad face and she stepped back into the long boat. She sat next to her oldest, dearest, and truest, friend and wrapped her arms around his waist as he put an arm around her shoulder, kissing the top of her head.

Elizabeth got into the boat a few moments after. She glanced at Will and Kate, confused. Was her sister crying? Kate never cried.

"Where's Jack?" Will asked venomously.

"He elected to stay behind to give us a chance," she said, sadly. The crew looked uncertain, "Go!"

The longboat casted off and Kate looked up from where her head had rested on Will's chest to watch as the Kraken took down the ship with her captain on it. She let out a soft sob once the water had settled, no trace of a ship or monster left. Her head went back to Will's chest and he stroked her hair gently, glaring at his fiancée.

"Where do we go now?" Marty questioned.

"Tia," Kate mumbled out from her place on Will, "Tia Dalma."

Will nodded, "Aye. Tia's not too far from here," he glanced around, "Right, Gibbs?"

He looked terrified, "No, no she's not. Alright. Tia Dalma it is."

"Who's Tia Dalma?" Elizabeth asked, trying to make conversation. No one replied to her. They all had a feeling that she had something to do with Jack staying behind and her only friends in the crew were terribly angry with her for what they saw on deck.

By nightfall, the painfully quiet journey to Tia Dalma's shack in the bayou had come to an end. They paddled through the narrow rivers to Tia's shack. Many of the natives that had once sat in the dark and stared, now stood in the water surrounding the shack, holding candles in mourning of Jack Sparrow.

"How-" Pintel began, but Kate looked over at him with a slyness in her eyes, "She must have told them."

They climbed out of the longboat and made their way into the shack. Tia looked up and upon seeing the crew, without their captain, knew it was true. She stood up and wrapped her arms around Kate in a hug, knowing what the captain had meant to the young girl. Kate felt enveloped in incredible warmth as the older woman hugged her.

She sat next to Tia's chair, prepared to stay with the woman forever. She had an amazing comfort to her and she was taking care of Kate's sorrow wonderfully, just because she knew Jack as well as Kate did, if not better.

Will was absently throwing his father's knife into the table and taking it back out, only to throw it again. Tia emerged with a tray and she brought it around to all of them. Mugs of warmed rum sat atop the trap. Everyone took one and as she got to Elizabeth, she paused, "Against de cold," she explained when Elizabeth didn't look up. Her voice caught the Swann's attention, "And de sorrow," her voice was dark as her eyes glared a bit towards the elder sibling.

"It's a shame," Tia moved on after Elizabeth took the mug, "I know you're t'inking that wid the Pearl, you coulda captured the devil and set free your fadder's soul."

Will looked up, "Doesn't matter now. The Pearl is gone. Along with it's captain."

Gibbs was standing in the doorway on the side of the shack, "Aye, and already the world seems a bit less bright," he glanced over at Kate who was normally glowing with happiness to see that she was the most depressed. Of course, she was, he thought. She loved the captain. "He fooled us all right to the end. But I guess that honest streak finally won out…to Jack Sparrow."

"Not another like Captain Jack," Ragetti added.

"He was a gentleman of fortune, he was," Pintel agreed.

"He was a good man," Elizabeth added.

"The best," Kate whispered, fresh tears prickling her eyes. She hadn't cried since she'd used Will as a human hankie and she didn't plan on crying now.

"If there was anything that could be done to bring him back…" Will spoke up. Elizabeth looked at him, only to see he was glancing at her sister, "Kate…"

"Would you do it?" Tia Dalma jumped up next to him. He nearly jumped out of shock. "Hmm? What would you? Hmm? What would any of you be willing to do? Would you sail to the ends of the eart' and beyond to fetch back witty Jack and 'im precious Pearl?"

"Of course," Kate spoke up. Will was incredibly surprised that she would even think of saving him. After what he had done to her.

"Aye," Gibbs agreed. Pintel, Ragetti, Marty, and Cotton's parrot all agreed as well.

"Yes," Elizabeth whispered, looking away from Will's glare. He stared at the floor, "Aye."

"Alright. But if you're goin' brave de weird and haunted shores at world's end, den…you will need a captain who knows dose waters," Tia grinned and looked up at the stairs as a pair of boots began to descend them into the room.

Kate's eyes narrowed in confusion, were those the boots the monkey had been playing with? Suddenly a familiar face that she never thought she'd see again stepped into view.

She gasped as Hector Barbossa grinned at them all, "So tell me, what's become of my ship?" He bit into a green apple, letting juice dribble down his chin as Jack the monkey faced them, snarling.

"You, but you-" Elizabeth began, "Jack, he…the curse…you're dead!"

"Am I?" Barbossa looked down at himself, grinning, "At least in this death, I can taste the fineness of these apples," he bit into it again, savoring the flavor.

The monkey flew from his shoulder and used objects on the ceiling to get across the shack. The crew all ducked, save for one person, and that person was the one who the monkey landed on with nearly a grin on his face.

"'Ello, Jackie," Kate smiled sadly, holding up a finger for him to grab happily. He screeched with joy and climbed onto her head, playing with her long hair.

Barbossa frowned for a moment.

"He likes me," Kate shrugged, "Right, Jackie?" The monkey screeched, nodding.

"She kept Jack from shootin' him a couple of times," Gibbs explained.

"Wait, if Tia can bring you back why can't she just bring Jack back?" Elizabeth asked.

"Because Jack is gone, not only body, but mind and soul as well, lost in Davy Jones' locker," Tia explained. She glanced around, "The shores at world's end are not to be taken lightly. Only be goin' if you can 'andle it."

"Now, whose sailin' with me?" Barbossa asked, still a bit peeved that his monkey went to the lass.

They all glanced around, sharing a glance with one another. Kate answered for them, "We're all going," she answered him. "It's only right." The rest of the crew nodded.

"Well," he grinned, beckoning his monkey back to him, "Looks like we're in need of a ship…"

Author's Note: And this is all you're getting out of me today, folks! I have work in an hour. Perhaps tomorrow I'll get another up...