A/N: How ya doing?

Freaky, I just learned that one Finnish film has been selected as a nominee for this years Oscar-gala! WHAAAAT? I'm puzzled. (00) But okay, great. Some fame to our small country here in north... I haven't yet seen the film though myself and don't know have any of you non Finnish heard of it before. It's named "Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?" in English...

But anyway, here's the next part of the fight for the heart! Enjoy!

~lindam2254

Eve ran between huge bushes of some kind, Norrington not far after her.

Eve saw old remains of a church before her and thinking a little she dashed forward, directing her run through many crosses and tombstones toward the church. She ran to the entrance, glancing around quickly until then heard Norrington stepping right behind her in order to grab her.

But Eve then jumped up turning, grabbing the ceiling and with a small swing kicked him back making him fall down. But as Eve then jumped back down Jack wasn't far to follow Norrington's suite. Letting out a sigh Eve then rushed to the low stairs going up to the small tower, Jack and eventually Will and Norrington also following.

Eve had reached the second stairs as she then noticed something hanging right next to her. Eve gave it a look stopping for a brief moment, then jolting as stared at old bony body of a priest hanging from a noose. Eve made slight face. Right, wasn't there a story which told this church's last priest to have buried every single person on this island because of a disease which pillaged here a long time ago? And in the end he was the only one left and got mad eventually hanging himself. Apparently the stories weren't wrong this time either…

"Eve!"

Eve then turned around due the sound of Jack's voice, now going up the stairs backwards as then fought Jack who had reached her first. She answered his hits perfectly in anger and irritation. There was no way she would give the key to him. To any of them as long as they did not think rationally. Eve then glanced at the hung priest.

"Don't you know it's a sin to use violence in a house of God?" she asked then sarcastically lifting her brows, but then gave Jack a series of quick hard hits.

Eve pushed Jack back, making a light volt and landed on the end of the stairs as Norrington then arrived taking the worry off Eve's shoulders as then Jack met him, also defending himself going up the stairs backwards as now Norrington furiously hit him in turn. Eve smirked and ran forward, leaving them to fight each other. But then she heard a tumbling sound as Jack kicked Norrington on the chest, making him hit against the wall as Jack had done just a moment before.

Norrington then quickly attacked again, making escaping Jack then trip by grabbing his ankle and then stepped on the middle storey with him meeting his sword with Jack's again. They turned making now Jack's back hit against the wall as Will then arrived, gazing up at the fighting men seeing Eve rush up toward the peak of the tower.

Norrington then tried to hit Jack him dodging, but he was flown forward accidentally as Norrington turned around, Jack then closing the edge and grabbing the rope hanging before him. Eve was frozen to her spot as the loud sound of church bells started to echo in the tower, making her curse under her breath.

"Great, just call them all right here!" Eve nearly shouted and glanced behind. But she was dumbfounded as suddenly Will flew up to her level, holding the rope Jack had grabbed, being flown up by his weight.

Eve exchanged a weird glance with Will until he then landed next to her, jumping on the clearing gazing down smiling.

"By your leave Mr. Norrington!" Will exclaimed amused, Norrington making a grimace. But Will was then surprised by Eve who suddenly pushed him off the edge, making him fall back down this way again lifting Jack back up.

Eve ran away jumping on to a broken arch outside of the church, gazing around the church yard. There were no Jones' men in sight. Not yet. But Will was once again flown back up and he again jumped on the clearing following her, him being followed by Norrington who had also dashed up after him.

Eve turned quickly and jumped over the broken part to the other side of the arch, leaving the two men fighting at each other once more as they both tried to jump after her at the same time. Eve then turned, balancing on the thin broken wall and made her way forward as Will and Norrington exchanged hits, trying to beat and prevent each other from reaching Eve and the key.

They had now moved to the other side of the broken arch Will retreating all the time.

Eve then stopped and turned to look at them, lifting an eyebrow and sighing. Could men be any stupider? She had the key but there they were again. Fighting each other now strictly because of pure ego. Eve shook her head in disbelief.

But then she noticed Jack stick his head outside and turn to look on the left where also he now saw Will and Norrington fight. He then came out, glancing to the direction of Eve who then jolted as Will and Norrington reached her while fighting, making Eve retreat forward toward the side building of the church. She jumped on its roof Will and Norrington soon following and Jack came after the two by crossing the open roof by old support plank.

Eve gave them a hasty look and hurried at the end of the roof, glancing around as then got startled by Will who bumped right against her as he still fought Norrington.

Eve turned around again searching a way down feverishly. Where would she get down? She saw that there was an old wheel used in watering and she realized that being her ticket out of there. She jumped on it in order to get away from Will, but then she saw Jack trying to get past the two men to get the key from her. There she got an idea.

Making sure Will and Norrington were engaged into their fight well enough, Eve then suddenly jumped down to the lower part of the roof, running on it back to the direction she came making the old tiles fall down by her steps. The men were again surprised, but even Eve had made her move when Jack had tried to get past the two men from the other side she had ran, Jack was still too fast.

Eve got back on the roof and was just about to sneak back inside the tower, but then felt Jack´s sword point her neck through her locks. Eve froze but let out a tired sigh as slowly turned to see now all three men point at her with their swords.

Eve smiled and crossed her arms, lifting an eyebrow.

"No more running, Evie dear", Jack said extending his hand again. "Just give me the key, or I'll have to harm you permanently."

"What you're going to do? Indeed kill me?" Eve asked amused shrugging looking victorious as now also gazed at Norrington and Will.

They then gasped as Eve suddenly pulled the key out from her bodice, swinging it around her finger. "To get this you would have to take it over my dead body. But at least three of us know it is impossible to kill me. You can stab me all you want. That won't help you much…"

Jack then grinned. "Oh, I do not want to kill you Evie. I like you, I really do love. But even if I cannot kill you completely I can still do it for as long as you soul crawls back into your body. That, my dear Evie, is the opportune time to get the key from you, over your dead body or not."

Eve lifted an eyebrow. But then Will jumped before her surprisingly, now pointing his sword at Jack and Norrington who actually gave him a weird look.

"You don't lay a hand on Eve!" Will exclaimed making then also surprised Eve roll her eyes. She gave him a hard stare as put her hand on her hip.

"And I suppose now you want to be civilized and sort this thing without violence, is that it, William Turner?" Eve said tiredly now meeting his eyes as Will turned, only to be stopped by Eve's sword which rose up to point at him. Will frowned and glanced at it.

"You can put that away Eve. Like I said I won't harm you", Will said seriously. "But give me the key. You know I have a real reason to use the chest. I have to save my father."

Eve let out slight snort.

"I will not do such thing, Will", she just said simply. "Have you already forgotten the promise you made for me? You promised to save me too, remember? To find my heart and free me from my curse. Well, with the chest I could find my own heart and be free. But I see that you do forget you promises as easily as you make them. The chest cannot save you father, as it probably cannot even save me. As I am not going to use it. Or let any of you use it. The Dutchman must always have a captain, being a hard ass brick if nothing else…"

Will froze a bit by her words but obviously Eve wasn't completely serious. Just playing time. But because of this Will was soon pulled back by the two men.

"As she said, step away!" Jack said then taking again a step closer to Eve. "Eve. Give me the key. Now."

Eve only lifted her jaw as met Jack's now irritated gaze lifting up her blade. But then she gasped as she had another vision.

She saw Elizabeth in the jungle of this island fighting against the Jones' men. Her chest then squeezed and she wrinkled her brows in worry, the men now staring at her in wonder of her a bit absentminded face. Elizabeth was in danger. Eve couldn't waste any time more with these three morons as both Elizabeth and the chest were just waiting for Jones' crew to take them for themselves. Eve sighed.

Then she again surprised the men by suddenly sheathing her sword with one quick movement, giving them a tired brow-lifting and threw the key in the air it landing in Jack's hands who stared at it a bit dumbfounded.

"Have fun with it!" Eve said now indifferently. And without a word more the men followed as she suddenly jumped to the side of the roof and with a few volts then landed back on the grass filled ground, starting to run away from the church toward the jungle. She just gave up the key and ran off. What was she thinking?

But Jack then grinned holding up the key, his smile dying anyway as then Norrington and Will started to strike at him in turns, Norrington crouching a bit between his and Will's hits. Will made a slight weird face for this attack style but Jack answered their blows, until eventually Norrington managed to throw Jack's blade away from his hand it landing on the far away ground.

Jack made a troubled face as immediately both Norrigton and Will threatened him, Will stretching his sword over Norrington's head. Norrington then turned to look at Will.

"Do excuse me while I kill the man who ruined my life", he said Will nodding.

"Be my guest", Will answered lifting his eyebrows approving.

"Let us examine that claim for a moment, Mr. Commodore, shall we?" Jack then said tilting his head. "Who was it that at the very moment you had a notorious pirate safely behind bars, saw fit to free said pirate and take your dearly beloved all to hisself, eh?" he continued widening his eyes, both Norrington and Will staring at him.

Norrington had realization reflecting from his eyes but his expression was still hard. Norrigton glanced toward Will.

"So whose fault is it really... that you've ended up a rum-pot deckhand what takes orders from pirates?" Jack finished looking completely serious, as always trying to get himself out of the pinch.

"Enough!" Norrington suddenly bellowed attacking Jack, who saved himself by making a summersault down the ceiling and dropped at the same place as Eve had just a moment before. Norrington and Will stared at him until Norrington spoke then a bit bitterly.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Turner… he's right!" he exclaimed and Will was then surprised as he attacked him, them giving Jack a free pass to get up smirking and starting to walk away with the key.

"Still rooting for you mate!" Jack shouted to Norrington as pushed his sword into his belt.

Eve sighed and rolled her eyes by the men's actions. Really they let Jack manipulate them so easily? Maybe she should've stayed anyway a bit longer… No. She had to find Elizabeth. The men could take care of the key well enough in the end.

Eve still ran in her search of her friend. But then a smile crept on her lips as the surrounding nature offered her a vision of Jack, stepping onto nothing and falling accidentally into a open tomb. Eve chuckled. That's what he gets.

She didn't waste time to see more what Norrington and Will were doing as she regarded their interaction still as a stupid fight for their egos and couldn't actually care less. There were more important things to do that argue over things which had already happened.

Eve ran and finally she came out of a bush, seeing now Pintel and Ragetti running to her direction with the chest laughing until they froze on their spot seeing Elizabeth stop before them. Eve smirked and came forth, now walking toward them as then noticed Elizabeth reach for a sword, except that she had none. Then Pintel and Ragetti smirked in turn, dropped the chest and pulled out their swords against the unarmed Elizabeth.

"'Ello poppet!" Pintel said indeed mockingly, them taking a step closer to Elizabeth who took one back instead.

Eve now pulled out her sword and dashed forward, until was also frozen on her spot in middle of the act. All four of them were now looking to the left, seeing that same old wheel from the church roll past them. On top of it Will and Norrington were still fighting each other, and Jack was running after it. Eve's brows wrinkled and her sword dropped for awe. What the hell were they doing now?

"Fools!" Eve let out as sighed, startling Elizabeth who then gasped and turned to her. But Eve then took a leap forward, lifting up her own sword against Pintel's chest who didn't have time to react.

Eve glared at him and he revealed his teeth into a grin, until he met Ragetti's gaze and lifted an eyebrow.

Even Eve held her sword pointed at them, they next started to walk forward toward the girls and they backed away, Eve shifting the point of her blade in turns between Pintel and Ragetti. But then Eve noticed the abandoned chest behind the two men.

Quickly she showed the sword to Elizabeth and jumped, making a volt over the men and ran to the chest. But at the same moment she had a vision she had feared as an axe was thrown against a palm tree right next to Elizabeth. And as all four of them turned around again, Eve holding the chest, they saw Jones' men finally run out from the jungle holding up their weapons. And so Eve's earlier warning vision came to be.

Pintel, Elizabeth and Ragetti then backed away toward Eve, the two men now also showing their swords to Elizabeth as ran away, surprising Eve as then pushed her down stealing the chest from her hands.

Eve cursed and turned to look at their fleeting forms, but still just stood up and with two steps she was with Elizabeth, taking Pintel and Ragetti's swords to herself waving them once in her hands as prepared to fight. But Elizabeth then grabbed her shirt and pulled her with her, preventing Eve of meeting her death against all of those men. And so all four of them fled from Jones' crew running forward in the jungle.

"Come on, run!" Pintel exclaimed to Ragetti, Eve and Elizabeth looking back at the following crewmen. Eve jumped over a stone.

"What was that wheel thing about?" Elizabeth exclaimed glancing at Eve as they ran. Eve rolled her eyes.

"They were still at it. I ran with the key to the old church and they followed me there. There was that old wheel you just saw rolling past us. I seems to have gotten loose during their fight", Eve answered. Now even Pintel and Ragetti turned toward her after hearing her mention of the key, slowing down.

"You have the key, Eve?" Elizabeth asked. Eve directed a glower toward the two men and kicked them to keep on going.

"I had, but I gave it to Jack. I left them fight over it as much as they desire, as I saw you here fighting against Jones' men. So I don't have it. And so don't stop running!"

"But Eve, what if Jones gets the key back?"

"He won't. Those three won't give it over that easily. If you would've just seen them as they chased me and tried to obtain it you'd know this to be true."

Then suddenly as if gaining more speed Jones' men started to reach them and Eve sprinted forward, pulling Elizabeth with her. Elizabeth let out a scream as Pintel and Ragetti then glanced back, not noticing a tree sticking right in front of them. Eve froze.

"Watch out…!" she exclaimed but it was too late as they crashed against it, the chest hitting to the trunk of the tree, the two men continuing running forward empty handed.

Elizabeth also now ran past the tree, but then freezing on her spot they turned around to see Jones' men closing in. Eve wrinkled her brows and again pulled out the other sword from her belt. Now it would happen surely. And there they came, Cripple being the first and he met Eve's blade Elizabeth stepping next to her as she met the other man's sword.

Cripple revealed his teeth and his breath smelled like rot fish.

"You again!" he said acidly growling. But Eve then just stepped back, making the eel head being sliced again cutting it in two, then kicking Cripple against his comrades.

"Friend of yours?" Elizabeth asked as sent also one of the men fall back. Eve snorted.

"Far from it."

During the fight Eve took a interested peek at Will, Jack and Norrington still trapped in the wheel. All three of them were now inside it, still trying to obtain the key to themselves climbing up and down the center of the wheel as hit each other a couple of times with their swords.

Eve rolled her eyes as kicked yet another crewman backwards, another immediately taking his place. But still, how long would it actually take for one of those three to get the key? She had gotten it very quickly and had had a possession of it until she had voluntarily given it away. Well, she had to admit that even the earlier scene with the two men on top of the wheel fighting had been ridiculous, it also had been quite funny. But Eve would laugh at it later.

Eve then noticed as Ragetti was tripped by a chain thrown to his feet.

"Sword!" Elizabeth shouted and he threw his to her, Elizabeth hitting one crewman.

"Sword!" now too Pintel shouted and Eve turned, jumping a bit aside and gave her other sword to him as immediately dashed forward piercing the one with the cannonballs straight through.

Now Elizabeth threw back her sword to Ragetti and Eve went next to Elizabeth, smiling at her quickly until protected her from one crewman attacking instantly as she was left unarmed. Eve and Elizabeth then turned as one, Eve slicing at the three other crewmen trying to attack them but all of them were cut down by her, Pintel and Ragetti fighting on their own against other men at their sides.

But then Eve noticed one of them, the one with a huge shell as his head she hardly remembered, lift up the chest from the ground it had fallen.

Her eyes widened as she now shoved the other sword again at Elizabeth, now trying to make her way toward the chest. No, the chest couldn't be taken to Jones! She had to stop him!

Eve crouched down as cut one of the crewmen on his side with force, making him fall as then stood up striding forward hitting two more who tried to stop her. Elizabeth too noticed her trying to get to the chest and tried to go after Eve herself, but was assaulted by two other Jones' men who prevented her from leaving. Then she saw one crewman sneak behind Eve.

"Eve!" Elizabeth shouted as slashed her opponent on his face.

Eve only sighed loudly and didn't do anything. But Elizabeth could next see as the crewman about to attack Eve from behind was suddenly pinned on the ground by vines growing from the ground. He tried to get himself free but as much as he struggled the vines grew thicker. Eve had noticed him coming behind her but didn't react at all as now was still trying to reach the chest.

But just before she could attack the one holding it she was grabbed behind, thrown backwards and her sword met with a blade made from the skeleton of a shark.

Eve glared at the crewman and attacked him furiously, soon another crewman joining the fight and she now fought against them with her one blade, turning and jumping and kicking trying to avoid their hits. She then kicked the one in front of her to his jaw with huge force, making him retreat. In a blink of an eye she jumped behind him with a volt, grabbing him and pushed him down, sitting astride on his back as wrapped her left arm around his neck twisting it, and lifted her sword to meet the other's blade. The one holding the sword used so much force that he closed in Eve all the time more, Eve wrinkling her brows.

"Damn it!" she breathed for frustration, trying to push the crewman away as the shell headed crewman now looked at her grinning satisfied, Eve glaring back as he dashed into a run.

Eve let out a shout of anger, twisting the crewman's head she was sitting on making him utter a shout of pain as his head turned around. Eve next quickly aimed a kick on the sword holder's side, making him retreat as well. Then Eve stood up and turned to give Elizabeth a look, seeing her fight quite skillfully against the crewmen out of harm. Eve even smiled a little. Will was indeed a good teacher…

Then shaking her head Eve wrinkled her brows, dashing now after the shell head through the jungle. She had to get the chest. And so she ran, soon reaching the thief satisfied smile rising on her lips as she closed their distance.

But she was then stopped by a coconut that flew from the right, hitting straight on the crewman's head making him fall down. Eve blinked in confusion as stopped, but then saw Jack standing a bit farther away. How had he managed to get here?

"Jack?" she stated but then saw him run toward the chest. Jack must've had the key.

Eve directed a quick glance at the crewman and made a face. Jack's throw had taken his head clean off and it now laid a bit farther away from the body, uttering curses and soon starting to instruct the body toward itself. Eve lifted a brow.

"Oh shut it!" Jack said to it, now Eve seeing him indeed take out the key and pushed it into the lock of the chest, creating a clicking sound as it opened. And as Eve walked quietly toward Jack she started to hear the consistent but slow thumping sound of a pulse in the air. She took in a breath. Jones' heart.

But then suddenly there was a racket coming from the left and both Eve and Jack now saw Elizabeth, Pintel and Ragetti come toward them Jones' men still following as they exchanged swords to fight.

Jack closed the chest and was about to push the heart he had been gazing on his hand under his shirt, but Eve then leaped forward, landing her blade on his shoulder making him startle.

"Give it to me!" Eve said not nicely and this time tensely, pushing the blade with more force against the pirate captain's skin. But Jack only grinned.

"You've threatened me once or two times too much as I now you won't harm me", he said quite cocky. Eve squinted but then in a second of time sliced his cheek, making him gasp and circled him, pushing him back with her boot and forced him down. She stared sharply in his eyes.

"This is not a game, Jack. Too many lives are at risk if Jones gets his heart and I do not trust it in the hands of any of you three. So give it over!" she exclaimed.

Eve was completely serious. Even if she might've been acting now just like Jack, Will and Norrington she knew what she wasn't going to do; Use the heart herself, but to keep it away from the hands who wanted it for no matter what cause.

Jack answered her hard stare, but all the time more loud racket on their side and the crewmen realizing Eve and Jack in front of them made Eve glance to the left alarmed. Now sighing she crouched down and finally took the heart by force, wrapping it inside her scarf and sheathed the sword.

One more glance toward the crewmen who now started to abandon Elizabeth and the two pirates they were just a minute ago fighting as now directed their chase after Eve, Eve then too starting to run once more. Away from the jungle to get to the shore not exactly sure what to do. Would she leave the island with the heart to make sure not anyone including Jones would know where it was?

Eve let out a heavy breath as she now just ran, hearing Jack shout after her as he also chased her. Eve then noticed Pintel and Ragetti run to the other direction, carrying the empty chest between them. She couldn't stop amused smirk forming on her lips, but then suddenly after seeing the chest the crewmen once again dashed after them and Elizabeth thinking they had the heart.

Eve stopped for a moment to exchange a quick look with Elizabeth who also took a small time to look over at her, but immediately Eve continued her run forward just praying that Elizabeth would be alright. She had either no idea where Will and Norrington were.

It didn't take much time before Eve reached the shore, a breath of slight relief escaping through her lips. She glanced back and made a smile. It seemed she had managed to lose Jack as didn't see him follow her any more.

She then jumped out of the jungle, landing on the soft sand and ran with all she got toward the longboat in sight, probably the one Jack had used to get there. She reached it, checked the oars were intact and started to push the boat in the rising tide. She didn't want to leave the others in there and steal the boat, but she had realized she had no other choice if she wanted to take the heart away from there. Like Will had once said. There wasn't any other choice than to steal a boat. For that she made a gloomy laugh.

But then Jack indeed also got out of the jungle, his horrified gaze immediately hitting on Eve who was pushing the only boat in the water in order to escape. He pulled out his sword, sprinting now also with all he got to Eve who had managed to push the boat quite far already. But she didn't manage to get away as then Jack reached her, Eve hearing and she turned hitting her own sword hard against his blocking Jack's attack.

Both of them let out a couple off huffs as stared at each other.

"Eve, don't be a fool love", Jack said. "Give me the thing and don't run anymore. You know I don't want to hurt you, but if you won't give me that thumping piece of meat on your free will I'm afraid I have to."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Eve said tensely not lowering her weapon at all. "Attack me already! And don't hold back just because I'm a woman!"

Jack made a face. But then he did attack Eve and his hits were harder. But Eve answered as hard and fought against him in irritation, making Jack fall back.

But then Jack did something Eve didn't expect as he then suddenly pulled out the pistol Eve had given him. And now with the powder dry he shot her at first on her shoulder, making Eve freeze for surprise, as then Jack's sword went through her chest after he had circled behind her.

Eve's eyes widened and she let out a cough. Jack pulled out the blade and his hands grabbed her arms, holding her up.

"I'm sorry love. You didn't give me a choice", Jack said truthfully sorry in Eve's ear as she gasped in a breath, wrinkling her brows. And as Eve was starting to lose her consciousness he placed her down slowly, Eve grabbing the side of the boat as tried to breathe. But she knew what would happen next. Her eyesight started to fade as death started to take over her body. But she fought back. No, she couldn't die. Not now.

Jack took the heart from her and lifted it, unwrapping it from the fabric and quickly reached his jar.

"Jar of dirt!" Eve heard him exclaim as he then opened the lid, poured some of the dirt out then slipping the heart in the jar, then again putting most of the dirt back in.

But then as Eve fought against the dizziness her eyes suddenly shot open as she saw one Jones' crewman attack at Jack, but she wasn't fast enough to warm him. She then avoided the hit aimed at Jack as it landed on the side of the boat in the end and Eve fell back, uttering a cry of pain by the fall. This was weird. Her wounds felt like not healing at all and the pain increased all the time. What was this?

Jack then fought the crewman, lifting up an oar and swung it at him eventually managing to hit him back on the ground.

But then a racket of approaching people and angry shouts could be heard from the distance and Jack saw the rest of the crewmen of Jones also reach the beach coming his way. Jack sighed.

Also Eve, as much as she could see with her wavering eyes changing black from time to the time saw Elizabeth still fighting against the crewmen, Pintel and Ragetti also swinging their swords at them as tried to flee still holding the chest in their hands.

Eve tried to pull herself together, taking out her sword again and tried to stand up but her body didn't cooperate. She let out a frustrated cry as the pain froze her still, her body slumping back down. Jack looked at her wondering as she then breathed more heavy. Why wasn't she healing?

Eve let out a cough as she tasted blood in her mouth, but then just about to faint she felt Jack's hands again grab her and he lifted her in the boat, Eve making a gasp as her wounds protested. Jack gave her a wrinkled forehead until then turned around to fight the same crewman who was now on his feet again.

Farther away Pintel hit one crewman with the heavy chest as Elizabeth took on a whole group of them. But she was surprised as suddenly the same wheel came flashing right in front of her, crushing all of the crewmen except the one she had been currently fighting, both of them looking after the wheel in awe as it continued its journey forward.

Eve bit her teeth together and fought against the fainting sensation, forcing herself up and gazed around. She saw Jack still fight against that one crewman and Elizabeth a bit farther away. Eve cursed and yanked herself on her feet, climbing over the side holding out her sword. No, this definitely wasn't the moment to die even for a short moment. And it was everything she seemed to do nowadays. Faint like an average woman would. It was pretty pathetic and she hated the thought.

Jack gave her slight alarmed gaze.

"Evie?" he stated questionably but Eve ignored him as took in a deep breath, straightened herself even her wounds screamed their objections and she ran forward, not so fast but still toward the crewmen to help Elizabeth. Jack wouldn't go anywhere.

But then Eve stopped as she also now saw the wheel come out of the jungle, making its way toward the group of crewmen Elizabeth was fighting crushing them as hit them, advancing forward and Eve followed it as it rolled right in front of her eyes, finally losing its speed and stopped falling down in the shallow water.

Eve lifted an eyebrow as then took a couple of steps toward the wheel, examining it as then saw two pairs of hands come out of it.

Eve saw Will and Norrington pull themselves up, their faces having an extraordinary face as they gazed around warily. Eve let out a laugh by their expression. Their worlds must've been rounding right now and very badly. Actually as she now watched the two men trying to get up and walked quickly toward the wheel, she forgot her pain and laughed amused. They looked funny.

Eve reached Will and helped him to get over the wheel's edge, still smirking and bursting into another laugh as he then crashed down in the water not having any kind of balance at all. Same went with Norrington.

"Are you alright?" Eve asked amused watching as Will got himself up, now leaning against the wheel, gazing around clearly his thoughts in a whirl until gazed at Eve smiling at him amused.

Will nodded and Eve giggled, but let it go as then took out her sword once more starting to hurry back toward the fight.

"Right", she heard Will say seriously and as an attempt of joining the fight too he and Norrington took both a step forward.

But instantly after losing the support of the wheel Will crashed back in the water, making a huge splash but Norrington managed to stay on his feet. Eve heard this and made another laugh, but it changed into a cry of pain as her wounds once again reminded of their existence. Eve furrowed. Why didn't they heal? Why was she still bleeding? Or could it be…

Will tried to stand up but again he fell back down. He was even dizzier now when the circling had stopped. He was frustrated.

He was about to stand up again, but then he froze and he squinted as he saw something red in the water. He blinked a couple of times not clearly sure was what he saw an illusion of the dizzy head or true. But as he followed the trail of red it led to Eve, who he heard sigh and in a second she was next to him pulling him up.

"Really, are you a grown up man or not? Why do I have to lift you up when you cannot do it yourself?" Eve mumbled taking a hold of Will and lifted him on his feet. But even Will was dizzy, still he did notice Eve make a small wince.

Will directed a wondering but still a bit wary look at her. But didn't have the time to ask what it was as Eve again dashed forward a sword in her hand, joining the fight. Will then also took in a breath and struggling to stay on his feet he made his way toward the fighting men also holding up his sword. But then he happened to gaze at his left hand which had taken support from Eve's shoulder. He wrinkled his brows. His hand was covered in blood.

Norrington ran toward the longboat, then stopping abruptly as noticed the red colored water around it. he squinted and wondering he let his gaze wander along the trail of red, it leading to Eve who was fighting now alongside Elizabeth, both of them hitting the crewmen in turns. Was Eve wounded? Norrington had seen some blood on her clothes even through the dizziness but…

But then he shook his head. He had better to do than worry about a woman who he had thought being a completely different person.

He found the Letters of Marque from Jack's jacket and he made a satisfied smile. But then he noticed the jar of dirt, making a wrinkle of brows. Norrington glanced at the fighting Jack, but as he then noticed some dirt on the boat and he looked at the jar, he realized something.

Eve gasped awake from her vision. And between the hits aimed at one crewman she now saw James run away from the boat, Pintel and Ragetti now taking his place in an attempt of taking the boat. But her thoughts weren't on them.

"James!" she exclaimed, but was hit by the crewman even harder and she had to take a step behind.

But now Eve let out a breath of relief. She eventually started to feel the pain suddenly lessen. And as she gazed down she saw the blood covering her skin now retreat back into her veins as many times before.

Eve felt strength coming back in her body and she fought harder, a smile on her lips as attacked more sharply and determined. And Elizabeth saw this, lifting an eyebrow at her sudden eagerness to fight as Eve hacked one of the crewmen on the ground with continuous hits.

But then Elizabeth let out a shout of horror as a new blade all of a sudden stuck out of Eve's chest, from just the same spot Jack had hit her. Eve let out half hurt half frustrated breath as then yanked herself off the sword, turning around as spat blood out of her mouth. And she was staring no one else than Cripple who smiled upon her satisfied.

"Now die!" he shouted, but thunderstruck Elizabeth then saw dangerous flicker in Eve's eyes as suddenly Cripple vanished. Being sucked in the wet sand under their feet.

Eve sighed in frustration as the pain increased again and blood dripped in the water from the reopened wound. Great, she had just started to heal! Elizabeth was frozen and she stared at her and the spot Cripple had vanished in turns, but was woken up by Eve's cry.

"Elizabeth don't daze!" she shouted and waved her to turn, which Elizabeth did only to meet a sword aimed at her with her own.

Eve now left her and searched James with her eyes. She didn't see him anywhere. But as she took a couple of steps forward and hit one crewman on his back she noticed Will stopping Pintel and Ragetti stealing the boat, pointing his sword at them. Eve made a smirk as saw them try to grab their weapons from their belts as Elizabeth had earlier. But not possessing them they only met Will's quite smug face first grinning and shrugging themselves, but then they pulled a net and an oar from the boat.

"Come on Turner!" Pintel exclaimed, Will just shaking his head until his gaze hit on the chest in the boat, the key in its lock.

Eve glanced around and dashed toward the boat holding her chest momentarily, also Elizabeth and Norrington, who hadn't managed to escape earlier, now closing in being forced to retreat as Jones' men also closed in around the boat. Eve reached Will in a second.

"It's not there!" Eve shouted and gave him a serious glance. He looked confused.

"What do you mean?" he asked and glanced around, until the blood coloring the blue water drew his attention.

Eve gasped for pain as Will's hand moved on her chest, removing the shirt out of the way. He wrinkled his forehead.

"You're hurt", he stated clearly worried but Eve just rolled her eyes.

"Never mind me! James, have you seen him?" Eve said and Norrington who was approaching the two turned his head toward their direction while fought the crewmen. "Do you know where James is Will?!"

"Norrington? No, he vanished somewhere…" Will said having a questionable look in his eyes. "Why do you ask?"

"James stole it! He took it while no one was watching. He…" Eve said, but was startled as suddenly an oar came flying through the air, hitting Will still holding the chest. And Jack was responsible of the hit and Eve gave him astonished look.

Will had slumped to the side with the chest, now laying half in the boat. Elizabeth saw him being hit and Eve glanced at her as she dashed to her fiancé, also Jack and now all of them gathering to the boat facing the Jones' crewmen from eye to eye. Both Elizabeth and Eve were about to help Will up but Jack cut in.

"Leave him lie! Unless you plan on using him to hit something with", Jack said looking at both Elizabeth and Eve, who wrinkled her brows in irritation. But then her eyes finally caught Norrington standing right next to her.

"Hey!" she exclaimed and grabbed James from his jacket, forcing him to turn. Eve squinted. "I know you have it", she said. "Both of them. So be nice and hand them over now."

Norrington answered her gaze a bit hesitant for a moment and shocked for her to know about his possessions. But then as one of the Jones' crewmen ran to attack him, he made a solution to silence Eve by dodging. He stepped away, letting the weapon of the attacker hit on Eve and not him.

Eve was surprised by his move and let out a pained breath due yet another piercing blade, but immediately pulled the crewman's blade out of her already shredded chest. She sent a glare at Norrington as the power of the strike made her retreat and hit against the boat. Eve slashed the crewman away, her hand then finding its way to her chest to touch the soar skin. She made a slight grimace. Then Elizabeth's hands were on her.

"Eve?" she asked her voice thin for worry but Eve forced a smile on her face straightening.

"I'm fine Lizzy. I'm fine…" she said.

But then she had a vertigo and the world turned upside down as she crashed against the boat again, starting to lose her consciousness once more. Her sight and everything in front of her became blurred, but Eve did everything to stay awake. Dying now would mean getting caught and go back to the Dutchman most likely. But James… He let her to be stabbed so that she wouldn't tell that…

Norrington did sent Eve a sorry glance as saw her suffering. His choice had been made in the matter of seconds and he now regretted it, but he had made his decision and nothing could take it away.

"We're not getting out of this", Elizabeth stated, holding up Eve who tried to clear her vision and stand on her feet as gazed at the crewmen. But couldn't get herself together.

"Not with the chest. Into the boat", Norrington then said ordering, suddenly grabbing the empty chest. Eve cleared her head for a moment to glare at him and he had to fight not to flinch by the look in her eyes. Elizabeth stared at him and the chest in awe as realized his plan.

"You're mad!" she stated looking dumbfounded.

"Don't wait for me", Norrington answered, then quickly taking the chest and starting to run in middle of the crewmen, they following him with their gaze. Eve twitched.

"No! Don't let him…!" she started but as she tried to step forward to go after James she had another vertigo and Elizabeth grabbed her so that she wouldn't fall down.

"No, Eve you must rest. You're terribly wounded and hardly can walk! You cannot save him in your state!"

"I say we respect his final wish", Jack stated, Pintel and Ragetti nodding in the background.

"Aye!"

Eve wrinkled her brows and tried to clear her mind from spinning. But she couldn't as her body once again gasped in pain when she tried to walk forward, Elizabeth grabbing her shoulders to stop her and pulling her into the boat. No, he was getting away. James was getting away with the…

But then as she reached her power, in the jungle she saw James trip on something, falling. The chest flying a bit farther away and he was soon surrounded by Jones' men. One of them, the shell headed, stopped in front of him placing his leg on the his weapon.

"Your bravery is wasted", he said to James laying on the ground, the crewman tapping his loose head in his hand. "I shall pry that chest away from your cold, dead hands…"

Eve let out a sigh and opened her eyes. James was gone. And the heart…

"It's over", she whispered with paper thin voice, then seeing nothing in front of her.

But she didn't have time to react as finally her world went black, the familiar sense of cold taking over her limbs, as Elizabeth's faint voice calling out to her was the last thing Eve heard before her next death.

A/N:

Hi! I wish you please point out my mistakes or give me suggestions to better this chapter! Seriously, I say this maybe WAY TOO often, but for real... If there is something you don't like in my writing PLEASE tell me! Whatever it could be, I am only delighted to read about it and try to do as told! ;)

Thank you for reading! Still 2 chapters to go before the finish! BD