Chapter 8-Making a deal with the Devil

Okay I'm sorry it's taken me over two weeks to publish. It's Christmas! Which means everything goes a bit crazy for me. My boyfriend is back home and presents need wrapping, oh and did I forget to mention the three exams I've got in a month I promise to publish another chapter soon though I think I've got 15 chapters in this story in total then I have an idea for another one of Scarlet's adventures along with a Charmed story and a Young Dracula. So I am busy trying to organise everything but after my exams I should have more time for you lot anyway sorry for the rant. Hope you enjoy the story, I don't own POTC, but Scarlet is my creation.

We slowly made our way to shore. I smelt it before I saw it. The stench of death hang deep in the air, almost sour. Then it was there a huge large grey blob, as we got closer and closer. I recognised it, the Kraken, it must have washed up onto the shore.

"Crimety!" Pintel exclaimed.

"Hods bodkins!" Ragetti said, in the same shocked voice.

I walked over and looked up at it. It was smaller than I remember, or maybe it was just the fact that it was dead. It may not have been beautiful but I did feel loss when I saw the Kraken there. It was a connexion with my father, and in a way was amazing.

Pintel began poking the Kraken with a stick, no matter whether it was dead or not it shouldn't be treated like that, "Careful, careful!" I yelled at them.

I zoned out from their voices after that. All I know was it was something about touristy stuff, and selling it as souvenirs.

I reached out and touched it. The cold, slimly skin. The black empty eyes. I could see why men feared it, why people were so very afraid of the black spot, if that was coming to get you.

I gently stroked the side of it's body, "I can't believe they killed it," I whispered.

"You know that thing killed me?" Jack said angry as I hadn't seen it take down the beloved Pearl and my lover with it.

"No Jack, I thought that was a mermaid," I replied back sarcastically, not in the mood to get into a row.

"Still thinking of running, Jack? Think you can outrun the world?" Barbossa asked moving to stand next to Jack, "You know, the problem with being the last of anything, is by and by, there be none left at all."

"Sometimes, things come back, mate. We're living proof, you and me," Jack tried to reason.

"Aye, but that's a gamble of long odds, ain't it? There's never a guarantee of coming back, but passing on, that's dead certain," I said quietly, more to myself than them but they still heard me.

"Summoning the Brethren Court, then, is it?" Jack asked in defeat.

"It's our only hope, lad," Barbossa said. This must have been one of the only time since we were together on the Pearl when we were younger that the two of them weren't yelling or trying to beat each other.

"That's a sad commentary in and of itself," Jack said quietly looking into the eyes of the monster that killed him, while he was back alive. That must have been an odd sensation.

"The world used to be a bigger place," Barbossa said simply.

"The world's still the same. There's just less in it," Jack replied. I couldn't help but nod at this.

We left the Gulls to their never ending meal, as we travelled further in land, trying to find the spring. When we reached it, we found a body, face down in the water. Barbossa tasted the water then spat it back out, "Poisoned. Fouled by the body."

As his body was turned over. Pintel exclaimed, "Hey, I know him! He was in Singapore!"

Everything happened so quickly after that the parrot began chatting about Singapore. Yells for the captain could be heard, but Ragetti voice rose above the rest, "Oy, we've got company!" we all began to walk forward, looking out of the forest. One of Sao Feng's ships pulled up alongside the pearl. All of Tai Huang's men turned their guns onto us all.

"I told you not to leave the ship!" I sighed looking down the nose of a gun.

Jack pointing at Barbossa said, "He's the captain," I had to roll my eyes at him.

We were lead back to the pearl and dragged onto deck. I stood up straight and stared into the eyes of Sao Feng. Barbossa was the first to speak, "Sao Feng, you showing up here, 'tis truly a remarkable coincidence."

Jack was trying to hide behind Barbossa and me, but it did no good. Sao Feng saw him and got his men to drag him from behind us. "Jack Sparrow, you paid me great insult once."

"Really?" Jack said trying to talk his way out of it, "That doesn't sound like me."

Before anyone could react Sao threw a punch at Jack straight into his nose. I tried to move but one of Sao's men grabbed my arms, "Get the hell off of me," I said struggling against the man.

Jack moved his nose around, before clicking it back into place, "Shall we just call it square, then?"

Will run forward and pointed to Elizabeth, "Release her. She's not part of the bargain."

"What bargain?" me and Barbossa said at the same time.

"You heard Capt. Turner. Release her," Sao Feng said with a slight smile.

"Cap'n Turner?" Jack and I exclaimed at the same time.

"Aye, the profidious rotter led a mutiny against us," Gibbs grumbled from behind me somewhere.

"Nice so I'm not worth releasing!" I muttered Sarcastically, still struggling in the arms of my capture.

"I need the Pearl to free my father. That's the only reason I came on this voyage," Will said.

Elizabeth ran up beside Will and asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were planning this?"

"It was my burden to bear," Will said simply. That was harsh, using her own quote against her.

"He needs the Pearl! Capt. Turner needs the Pearl!" Jack began pointing at Will, then at Elizabeth, "And you felt guilty," Then he turned to Barbossa continuing his moaning, "And you and your Brethren Court! Did no one come to save me just because they missed me?" Jack asked, looking around at everyone. I just shrugged, I wouldn't admit to him how much I wanted him back. Slowly Marty raised his hand, followed by Pintel, then Ragetti and Cotton. The monkey also raised a hand, "I'm standing over there with them," Jack said simply making a move to come over to us, until his arms where grabbed by Sao Feng, and he was pulled back.

"I'm sorry, Jack," Sao Feng began, not sounding sorry at all, "but there's an old friend who wants to see you first."

"I'm not certain I can survive any more visits from old friends," Jack said wearily.

"Here's your chance to find out," Sao Feng said, turning Jack to face the ocean behind us. The Interceptor was coming slowly towards us, "You to Miss Jones," Sao Feng said simply.

"What?!" I turned to face Sao Feng, doing my best to ignore the fact he had my name wrong.

"He wants to see you too," Sao Feng said, not actually looking too happy about this fact.

I mock a salute and moved over to stand by Jack, replying sarcastically, "Aye, aye cap'n."

Okay hope that was a good enough chapter to make up for two weeks. Please review I love to know what you guys are thinking

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