A/N:

The sixth chap coming up! (re-edited)

Disclaimer: I do not own POTC characters, only my Evie and my other own stuff I've thrown in in this fic! ;)

The next day went past as they made their way to the reefs of Arcipelago, where Tia Dalma had predicted Davy Jones to be. But as Eve was now standing on the deck looking over at that wreck of a ship, which seemed to have been cut from the middle into two pieces, she couldn't help but feel somewhat doubting. That was the ship of a man who had cursed her? Not very spectacular sight Eve could say…

It was raining and Eve felt the drops fall hard against her back, wetting her and telling a story of their own to her. Something strange was in the air now when she thought about it. The waves hit against the ship and circled around the Arcipelago rocks where the Flying Dutchman had wrecked, now waiting there silently with no movement at all on its deck, all lights out. This was suspicious.

Will also stood there in the rain staring at the ship in doubt, his eyebrows together, until directed a very pondering look at Jack and Gibbs behind him.

"That's the Flying Dutchman?" he asked, his voice full of disbelief as Eve gave him a glance.

Eve looked at the two behind her too and saw Jack and Gibbs stare at the wreck clearly scared, stiff on their spots. Jack rubbed his mustache as Will made a face and shrugged, turning back to look at the wreck.

"She doesn't look like much", Will then stated. Eve tilted her head agreeably as leaned against the rail with her side her arms crossed.

"Neither do you. Do not underestimate her", Jack answered, walking to Will's side.

Will gave Jack another doubting look as Jack stared at the ship now serious, then looking at Eve slight smile on his face.

"That's why you'd do good if you proceed with her the same way you do with Evie. Either of them shouldn't be defined by first-impressions as you might already know…" Jack continued, Eve then giving him a questionable brow-lifting, her face slightly insulted looking. Eve didn't know should've she accepted Jack's sarcasm in a good or bad way.

"Does it look like the right ship to you Eve?" Will then asked looking at Eve, who then shrugged wrinkling her brows.

"I didn't actually see the ship back then. The crew was on me quicker than I could register any kind of a ship near the one I was aboard…" she answered and Will made a brisk nod. But then Jack, after making a relieved face glanced at Gibbs and elbowed him, making him gasp.

"Must've run afoul of the reef", Gibbs agreed, looking over the ship himself.

"So what's you plan then?" Jack inquired from Will. Will had a tired look on his face.

"I row over, search the ship until I find your bloody key!" Will answered, giving Jack as well tired look until gazed over at the Dutchman. He looked again rather thoughtful in fact, despite the impression of this task being a clear bother to him. Even if it would help save Elizabeth.

Jack wrinkled his brows in wonder. "And what if there are crewmen?" he asked. Will answered with no moment of hesitation.

"I cut down anyone in my path."

Eve then watched Will march away as next directed another suspicious, thoughtful look over that very unrealistic Flying Dutchman. Jack looked contended.

"I like it", he stated, giving both Gibbs and Eve a look. "Simple, easy to remember."

Eve then separated from the rail and walked quickly to Will, who was about to climb over the railing to get into the longboat. Eve stopped him, meeting his eyes.

"You shouldn't go there alone Will", she said, giving the ghostly ship yet another glance before returned her serious eyes on Will. "Do you really think you can cut down all the crewmen if they attack you at the same time? Not very realistic, is it?"

Will looked once again slightly confused by this Eve's quite right remark, but he then only shook his head about to climb over again. "Who'll come with me then? Jack clearly isn't going to take a step out of the Pearl, and no one else is quite favorable to accompany me…" he answered. But got a squint from Eve who crossed her arms.

"And I'm here for what? Making the crew more pretty?" she asked back, now also about to climb over giving Will a smile. "Well that obviously, but I'm also coming with you."

"No, you're not!" Will said back and stopped her, grabbing her arms. Eve gave him a questionable look but Will only answered it with a hard stare, waving toward the wreck. "There was a reason I didn't ask you with me. What do you think would happen to you if Jones gets you into his hands? You have a debt against him, don't you?"

Now it was Eve's turn to freeze for a moment, until she then just sighed shaking her head.

"Will, you're silly. Besides, I just might have another agenda than only to come babysit you", she answered, Will giving her a brow-lifting.

"And what's that?"

"He has my heart! If I'm ever going to get it back, shouldn't I even try to get it from him instead of running away from Jones as you seem to suggest? Now, let us just go and get over with this…"

Again Eve was about to climb over, but Will wrinkled his brows and didn't let Eve pass. Now Eve directed slightly annoyed look at him.

"Will, what're you doing?" she asked squinting. "Let me pass."

"No. You stay right here out of harm", Will said back, now starting to climb down. Eve's eyes widened.

"What? You can't be serious!?"

"I am. You stay right here Eve. I'll be right back."

"William!"

Will didn't listen to Eve and only ignored her, even she had used his whole name as always when she had a bone to pick with him. But then Eve only sighed frustrated and gave in, walking away from him.

Well maybe Will was partly right. But still Eve needed her heart back, and the only place she could think to find it was the Flying Dutchman. Nevertheless she did as Will had asked her, though extremely reluctantly. And as she then walked to the other side of the ship she let out angry breath, scowling the water as leaned on her elbows. She sure would bring this and Will's sometimes overprotective act up after he came back.

Jack then took Eve's place and leaned down to look at Will as he started to row. "Oi! If you happen to be captured, just say Jack Sparrow sent you to settle his debt! Might save your life!" he exclaimed over the sound of thunder, as Will gave him a wary look until continued rowing away.

"Bon voyage!" Eve heard Ragetti exclaim and she followed Will's boat clearly pissed, Jack then turning to face Gibbs completely serious.

"Douse the lamps", he ordered. And Eve glanced over as the men hurried to put out the lights of the ship, making it disappear into the darkness.

Eve let out a sigh. But then Jack came next to her, giving her a hinting look as also casually leaned on the rail.

"Y'know love... It wouldn't be a good thing to let dear 'ol William to go alone against all Davy Jones' men. Somebody should go with him…" he said, glancing over at Eve, who straightened with another sigh and gave Jack annoyed look.

"What can you do? He's Will. He wants to do everything by himself…" Eve answered. Then Jack just smiled and leaned closer.

"I would most probably feel better in such same situation if I had a Goddess by my side", he continued, his face extremely hinting and Eve could read his thoughts from it. "It certainly wouldn't do any harm, could it? After all you'd be two against the crewmen, instead of a one against the crewmen…"

Will kept on rowing toward the Dutchman, seeing the Black Pearl disappear in darkness as they put out all the lights just after he left. He wrinkled his brows in confusion due the act. But let those thoughts be, as then concentrated to think his mission over at the Dutchman after reaching there. Thank god Eve hadn't come along. Will would've then had to worry about her safety at the same time while trying to find that bloody key to the chest of Davy Jones, was it real or not. But even Will found this whole thing rather suspicious himself, as always when it came to Jack Sparrow and his doings, he would do this. As long as it saved Elizabeth.

But then suddenly Will was startled and woken from his thoughts by a pair of arms coming from the sea, taking a hold of his boat's side. And in complete astonishment he then followed Eve coming to sight, pulling herself up as climbed to the boat. Will stopped rowing and his shocked gaze moved between Eve and the Pearl for a moment, until he wrinkled his brows again.

"Eve?" came out of his mouth as Eve just sat before him, pushing her wet hair out of her face and smiled at him innocently, crossing her legs. "What are you doing? Didn't I tell you to…?"

"Wait? Yes William, you did", Eve then answered, totally brushing him off. "But you should know me that well to remember that I never listen to anyone else's reason than my own."

"Go back Eve", Will said, nodding toward the ship behind her. But Eve only gave him a victorious smile as leaned back, staring at him.

"You have to make me. With the point of a sword. I've had enough of your unneeded overprotective mannerisms! Besides did you think I really let you go there alone?" Eve answered, now nodding toward the Dutchman in turn, making Will freeze.

"In addition… Jack sent me after you. He agreed with me by thinking it wouldn't be good for you to face Jones and his men alone", Eve then continued, now turning serious.

Will answered her gaze, opening his mouth to protest. But as saw Eve then eye-roll at him, he only sighed and smiled slightly. Will didn't figure anything to say to make Eve leave. And if he was honest, he felt now much better of going to the Dutchman with someone as trustworthy as her. She had promised long ago to have his back wherever he went so… Why not?

"Actually…" Will then said, starting to row again. "I feel much calmer now when you're here."

Eve smiled at him. "That's why I'm here."

They reached the Dutchman after a moment of fighting against the strong waves. Will attached the boat to its broken railing, jumped on its deck lighting a lamp, helping Eve to follow him. Instantly they glanced around and prepared to meet with Jones' men, but they didn't. The whole place was abandoned.

They hopped over the shattered rail and took steps forward. The deck was full of pieces of it, consumed by water which came on the deck through that hole which had formed in the center of the ship. The spot it had been ripped open. Everywhere laid pieces of wood and fallen masts also shattered into pieces. Barrels and other objects had been scattered all around, some of them floating in the water.

Eve looked to the prow of the ship, Will then directing his steps toward the stern, walking uphill as went. Eve gave him a quick tense stare as then turned, walking through the water to go investigate the front as Will did the other side.

Will walked forward, passing a still intact mast as then the light of his lantern hit a corpse attached to the ropes. He made a slight grimace after seeing its face rotten by water.

He then heard a sound. And looking forward Will's eyes hit on true alive man, pulling hastily a rope as tried to raise a sail in panic. Will went over to him.

"Sailor?" he called. But the man didn't listen.

"Hoisting the jib, captain's orders", the man muttered to himself, pulling the rope intensely.

"Sailor!" Will called again, still not getting an answer as the man still pulled the rope pointlessly.

"Hoisting the jib. Bring up with a round turn..."

"There's no use, you've run aground", Will said to him, finally getting an eye-contact from the man who sharply turned toward Will. He was terrified.

"No! …Beneath us... Foul breath", the sailor answered, now meeting Will's eyes with scared ones. Will wrinkled his forehead.

At the same time Eve walked around the prow, examining her surroundings. There was nothing in there! Could this ship actually be the Flying Dutchman? Eve started to feel it wasn't. But even if it were, there was nothing left of the crew or the key or her heart, if they had ever been here. The ship was only full of corpses and refuse. Nothing worth to waste time upon.

But then as Eve reached the former front of the ship, glancing over it to see a peek of the figurehead now submerged in the waves, she then suddenly heard a sound of something crawling through the water. Eve whipped around so fast that her hair smacked her on the face, taking out her sword as quickly. But she then only saw a man, still alive man trying to pull himself up by the railing, grabbing onto it feverishly.

Eve then let out a sigh and put the sword away, hurrying over to the man. And grabbing him from behind she started to pull him up.

"It's alright. You're safe now…" she said to him with a reassuring voice. But as that sailor now turned, Eve couldn't stop a low scream of shock escape through her lips as she gasped away, letting go of the man who then fell back down without balance. Eve stared at the man with widened eyes as backed away. That man… He had no face!

"Eve?!" Eve then heard Will call out to her and she got serious, turning to see him hurry over to her. Probably alarmed by her slight scream. Eve took a step closer to him, pointing at the man.

"Will! This man… He has no face!" Eve shouted over the rain. "He has lost his face!"

Will slowed down, now staring at Eve in puzzlement. But then he was stopped on his tracks as then another man fell down from the mast, landing right in front of Will on his stomach with a splash, starting to desperately crawl out of the water from the center of the ship.

"Hey!" Will then called, putting the lamp hanging onto the mast. "Hey!

Eve then ran in the water next to the man as watched Will kneel before him, pulling the man up. Eve heard scared moaning and as she lifted her gaze, she now saw another sailor trembling in fear behind a net. Staring at her and Will in horror. Eve wrinkled her brows. What was going on in here?

But then as Will turned the man over and revealed his face also sucked off, Gibbs' story returned in Eve's mind. Suddenly she was filled with cold fear herself as she stared at the body, then exchanging a horrified look with Will, who had also stood up and stepped away from the man in fright. Eve wrinkled her forehead.

"The Kraken…" she whispered and Will gasped, until then suddenly there was a loud sound of water splashing near the ship.

Both of them looked to the right, seeing with widened eyes as a big ship was surfacing under the water. Both Eve and Will rushed to the side, Will jumping on the railing as they examined that ship infested with corrals and other submarine plants and fungus which covered it throughout, making the ship look like a shipwreck itself. Eve's brows wrinkled in awe. Yes. That must've been the real Dutchman. Even greater fear grasped her now, as she stared at the ship dripping water. How was that possible?

"Crap", escaped through her lips. Will agreed.

They watched the ship to sail right close to the wreck they were in, then exchanging a remarkable look with each other. But suddenly Eve jolted as she felt once again that ghostly heartbeat in her chest. Will noticed her to put her hand on it, touching it, a puzzled look on her face.

"Eve?" he asked. But she didn't answer. Eve could feel her heart beating now more clearly than back at Tia Dalma's cabin and she knew why. Davy Jones was close.

Eve shot now a hateful glance over at the ship. But then in a blink of an eye behind them could be heard a weird sound, as if something pushed itself through something. And as Eve turned, she only had time to stare in sudden shock as some creatures had appeared on the deck, their skin consumed by sea plants and animals as well. They weren't men at all. And they were grabbing the still alive shipwrecked men who looked at them back in even greater horror. One of these creatures now walked next to Eve, staring up at Will.

"Down on your marrow bones and pray!" he exclaimed, squinting at Will who now also turned around in shock to see those monster like crewmen.

He glanced at Eve who answered his gaze, but didn't waste any time to pull out her blade and pushed it right through the crewman. But Eve and Will both then watched in horror as he just only turned toward Eve not affected at all, now swinging those small cannonballs in a chain he was holding and tried to direct a hit on Eve's head. Eve jolted and avoided the hit by yanking herself backwards, freeing her sword from his torso and falling down on the deck in just a nick of time.

The crewman then attacked Will, swinging his weapon again as launched it at him. But Will only avoided the hit, and grabbing the rigging next to him made a slight summersault as jumped on the deck. He quickly crouched and pulled Eve up, as they both now saw another Davy Jones' man to run toward them his sword raised, Will receiving him with his own.

Will fought him, sending him behind his back to Eve to fight in turn, only to have that same first attacked crewman on him again. Will deflected his weapon and sliced him, making him fall to the side after a moment as another crewman hurried to take his place and attacked him.

Eve fought her opponent. And making a quick turn she made him strike the railing, then only to be kicked by her, which sent him over the said rail and made him fall in the water.

Eve whipped around as two other disgusting looking crewmen ran toward her in an attempt of attacking her at the same time. Eve deflected their blades with her own, then diving quickly through their armpits she turned, swinging her sword a little. She let out a whistle to the men, the confused crewmen then recovering and charging at her again.

Eve sliced the first on the face, making a crab fall from it with an arch. Eve made a disgusted face as then kicked the other, only to swing around and then slice him on his chest. And changing her hand quickly she pushed the blade through the other's stomach with her left. With another quick movement she pulled it out, changing her hand again and took a step closer to the first hit crewman. Giving him two other strikes first on his chest, and then sent him falling backwards with the other directed on his head.

Eve then heard angry shout behind her, and there was yet another Davy Jones' man running forth. Eve rolled her eyes. She surprised him by making a light volt over him, landing behind him ready to stake him. But was surprised herself as somebody grabbed her from behind.

Will, who was fighting the same one with the hat and the cannonballs noticed this, and in a moment of shock tried to get rid of his opponent to save Eve. But ended up to only sent a worried look over her as he couldn't.

Between the strikes he saw another crewman hurry to kill Eve from the front as his companion hold her still. But Eve let out a frustrated shout. And lifting up her legs she used the attacker from the front as a foot stool to gain speed and sent herself up in the air in a fast swing, getting free from the hold. And before her holder could do anything Eve used her sword, pushing it through him after landing and kicked him against his companion. Both of them now laying on the wet deck.

Will made a slight smile as then received another strike, making a quick turn as then dipped his sword into a barrel of oil he noticed standing right next to himself. Eve, who was retreating toward him now saw Will hit his sword against the lantern still hanging from the mast, it setting the sword in flames. Eve now ran to him, taking her place by his side as Will threatened the crewmen with the flaming blade, pulling Eve closer to himself from her shoulder. They were now surrounded by the crewmen who laughed amused as Will swung the sword in front of them, preventing them from coming closer.

"Get back!" he shouted, eyeing at the crew. "Get back!"

The crewmen started to approach, Will slicing one of them on his stomach. Both Will and Eve watched in even greater disgust as fishes poured out of his gut on the deck, him uttering a cry of pain as fell down.

But they stared too long as then one of the crewmen attacked behind them, hitting Will on his head. And Eve then gasped as he fell down unconscious, his sword falling on the deck with a clang too.

"Will!" escaped through her lips in sudden panic. But then the same crewman tried to hit her, Eve ducking down and jumping away from him, escaping on the railing.

The crewmen gathered to stare at her grinning as Eve only gave them a scary look back, examining them, then lifting her arms. Instantly the ocean obeyed and the stormy waves rose up under her command, the crewmen watching in awe as took a careful steps backwards. Eve knew that water wouldn't do much good, as they seemed to have become sea creatures themselves. But maybe she could scare them.

Eve released the first wave at the men, it washing over them with great force, also wetting Will and putting out the flaming sword. Half of the crew fell down due the hit, but the other half then rushed toward her holding their weapons, Eve then only letting loose the other wave. Also making them fall.

But as Eve was about to pull the water back to lift up the crew and throw them in the ocean with it, she then felt horrible sting in her chest which paralyzed her, making her powers seize and retreat immediately. Making the water drop on the deck again.

Eve let out a breath of pain as pressed a hand against her chest, the sudden piercing pain making her body bent down. Eve felt herself go weak and her eyes close as all power left her, eventually making her fall down next to Will on the deck. But just before she lost her own consciousness she heard a familiar tap of a wooden leg, coming closer as she then indeed saw a pair of legs stopping next to her. And then all she saw was black.

A/N:

Thanks for reading! Hope my re-editing made this chap easier to follow :)

BTW, I found this quite hilarious video from youtube. Check it out! It contains one of the scenes from Dead Man's Chest re-acted by random people!

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