Chapter 6-Captain Problems, and the ghosts

Hey guys, I hope you're doing okay, I have another story planned for Scarlet which will explain a lot about her past and will be an adventure which is separate from Jack. So please let me know what you think of that. Anyway I don't own POTC, but I do own Scarlet enjoy.

The minute we got back on the pearl it began, "Trim that sail!" Barbossa ordered.

"Trim that sail!" Jack repeated.

"Slack windward brace and sheets!" Barbossa said louder.

"Slack windward brace and sheets!" Jack mimicked.

"Haul that pallet line!" was the next order given by Barbossa.

Followed by yes you guess it, "Haul that pallet line!" said by Jack.

Barbossa turned to Jack, "What ARE you doing?"

To which Jack replied, "What are YOU doing?"

This continued for about a minute, before I just walked off, giving up trying to get a single normal word out of either of them. All I heard as I walked away was, "That makes you...chart man!"

Then the loud shouting of Pintel voice, "Stow it! The both of you! That's an order! Understand?!" everyone turned to face him, shocked, in a quieter voice he said, "Sorry. I just thought with the captain issue being in doubt, I'd throw my name in for consideration, sorry."

Jack and Barbossa both walked up the stairs.

"I'd vote for ya," Ragetti said sympathetically.

"Yeah?" Pintel smiled.

I looked up at the two Captains on deck, Barbossa had pulled out his spyglass and was looking out to sea, Jack had his out too, but it was a lot smaller than Barbossa so he gave up, for now.

I walked below deck like I had planned and went looking for my rum hide out and some books I left on the ship. The books were miraculously still dry, so I didn't have to worry about illegible writing. When I came back up Will and Elizabeth had just begun talking. I hid in the shadows not wanting to stop them.

"You left Jack to the Kraken?" Will questioned, I felt my anger heat up again.

"He's rescued now, it's done with. Will, I had no choice," Elizabeth said sounding desperate. I did understand why she did it. I would probably have sacrificed Will for Jack, because I love Jack.

"You chose not to tell me," Will said quietly.

"I couldn't. It wasn't your burden to bear." Elizabeth said looking away from him in guilt.

"But I did bear it, didn't I? I just didn't know what it was. I thought..." Will said fading out at the end of the sentence.

"You thought I loved him," she finished looking back at him in anger. I had thought the same.

Elizabeth turned to leave but Will grabbed hold of her, "If you make your choices alone, how can I trust you?" he asked in a whisper.

"You can't," Elizabeth replied simply, looking as through she was struggling to stop her tears from falling, pulling out of his hold she left for the deck.

I came out of my hiding place and sat down next to Will who was still staring at where Elizabeth had left."She does love you, you know," I said reassuringly.

Will turned to face me, "How do you know?"

"If you don't believe she killed Jack to save you then you're mad," I explained.

"Mentioning love. How's Jack?" Will said sending the topic away from him.

"He doesn't love me Will. If he did he would never 'ave kissed Elizabeth!" I said softly looking down at my rum.

"An' she loves me?" Will questioned disbelievingly.

"She kissed him to save us," I said softly, "He kissed her back because he wants her, not me Will." I got up and left Will on his own to think things through.

A little while later I was sitting on deck, watching the water thinking through the feeling I was feeling and my love for Jack. When I noticed bodies floating in the water. They looked empty, see-through and emotionless. Pintel and Ragetti came onto deck with cannon balls in their hands laughing, Tia gives them a look and they drop the cannon balls.

"Be disrespectful, it would," Pintel said softly.

"They should be in the care of Davy Jones," Tia said softly before looking out into the water, "That was the duty him was charged with by the goddess Calypso. To ferry them who dies at sea to the other side. And every ten years he could come ashore to be with she who love him, truly. But the man has become a monster."

"So he wasn't always...tentacley?" Ragetti asked.

"No, him was a man...once," Tia said softly as if remembering a different time.

"Now it's boats coming," I looked out and sure enough there were boats floating towards us. Everyone else came onto deck to look at the dead. Gibbs began to load his gun but Will stopped him

"They're not a threat to us, am I right?" Will asked.

"We are nothing but ghosts to them," I told him moving over to the other side of the ship looking out into the darkness.

"Is best just let them be," I heard Barbossa say in a soft voice.

We continued moving until I heard Elizabeth say, "It's my father, we've made it back. Father here, look here!"

I felt sorrow for her, for the first time ever, I remembered losing my family that I had had on the Black Pearl. I knew she would be suffering in a moment.

"Elizabeth, we're not back," Jack said softly, it was obvious that even he didn't want to tell her the truth. I watched the boats go by looking for anyone who I might know, anyone who I was associated with.

It took Elizabeth a moment to work out what this meant, "Father!" She yelled her voice suddenly panicked.

I tried my hardness to zone out I didn't want to heard anyone suffering. By still I heard the words, "Elizabeth, are you dead?" Governor Swan questioned.

"No, no," Elizabeth gently sobbed.

"I think I am," He replied as simply as if he was discussing the weather.

"No, you can't be!" Elizabeth yelled.

"There was this chest, you see." That got my attention I turned to face the other side of the ship, "And a heart. At the time it seemed so important."

"Come aboard!" Elizabeth yelled, completely oblivious to what he was saying.

"I learned that if you stab the heart, yours must take its place," Governor Swan continued as if she hadn't spoken, "Sail the seas for eternity. The Dutchman must always have a captain. Silly thing to die for."

"Someone cast a line!" Elizabeth ordered, her voice shaking.

Marty gives Elizabeth a line, and I heard Tia words to Will, "A touch of destiny." The words echoed in my head.

"Take the line!" Elizabeth ordered throwing the line into her father's boat.

He made no move to get it, "Elizabeth, I'm so proud of you."

"Father, the line, take the line!" Elizabeth yelled running towards the stern of the ship

Seeing what she was doing Tia yelled, "She must not leave the ship!"

Will grabbed hold of Elizabeth safely in his arms, as she yelled, "Father, come back with us! I won't leave you!"

"Elizabeth." Will said trying his hardest to comfort her.

"I'll give your love to your mother, shall I?" Governor Swan called as his boat moved away, I took my hat off and turned back to the water.

Will asked the question everyone knew but had to check, "Is there a way?"

Tia said sadly, "Him at peace."

I went back to looking over the side of the ship and gasped. Coming towards us was my old crew, my loyal crew members. The ones I had left when Jack asked me to, "No, No!" I screamed.

They looked up at me their pale faces smiling, "Cap'n?! Are you dead?" Tommy asked me.

"No," I said shaking my head, "What…what happened?"

"They caught up with us at that island you talked 'bout. Blew the ship apart. We couldn't stop 'em cap'n sorry," He looked sorry when he said this as if they had done something wrong. He was twenty had a little girl back home had told me once that if he got enough he would go and live with her and her mum happily. That could never happen now.

"Don't be. You did your best men," I said shakily.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Jack, "Scarlet what is it?" he asked caringly.

I nodded towards the boat, "That's my crew." I said simply, "I should be with them"

"At least you still 'ave Sparrow. Don't let him escape ya Cap'n" Tommy said with a wink then went back to facing forward.

I collapsed down onto the floor sobbing. I should have been there, they should have been alive and fine. Back home with their families, instead of in a boat leading to the dead. Jack pulled me into a hug, rubbing a hand up and down my back comfortingly. I began crying harder, I didn't have anyone who truly loved me, I used to have Jack, but even though he was comforting me, I could tell it was awkward between us.

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