A/N: Hi!

Darn it, I was just watching the end of the scene at the Isla Cruces and noticed there indeed is an error in my writing. But now hopefully it is edited and everything is well again ;)

Okay, this is the penultimate chapter of the second part! I might as well publish these last two immediately and start to work on the third part of the series. So, without further ado, enjoy! ;D

-lindam2254

"Why isn't she moving then? And why is she so pale if she is alive as you claim her to be?" Elizabeth questioned as now stared at Jack standing a bit ahead of her.

Will was resting on the deck next to Elizabeth and Eve was right beside him, white as a sheet. As if she was dead.

Elizabeth's heart was strangled by worry and sadness battling each other as she tried to understand Jack's answer. Jack then rolled his eyes and pointed at Eve.

"Of course she's alive!" he exclaimed staring back at Elizabeth. "I've seen her much worse! She'll open her eyes in no time. Trust me, Lizzy."

Spite of his sure tone Jack did give Eve a weird look. This was strange. Eve should've woken up by now, but she had laid there now more than ten minutes. And the earlier ten minutes in the boat on their way to the Pearl. But his thoughts were interrupted by Elizabeth's snort.

"Trust you? What I've learned of you Jack Sparrow is that you cannot be trusted. Ever! As we can see by the fact that you lied to me all the time about the reason why Will and Eve were on the Dutchman…" Elizabeth answered. Jack only shrugged and walked away.

But then suddenly Will moved, opening his eyes and Elizabeth leaned closer gazing at him examining. She detected slight surprise in his eyes as also Will examined her, blinking a couple of times in confusion then answering Elizabeth's slight smile. Will gazed around the sails, then remembering something and he frowned.

"What happened to the chest?" he asked.

"Norrington took it to draw them off", Elizabeth answered, Will making a surprised frown until then he remembered something else.

"Where's Eve?" he then asked, now directing his serious eyes at Elizabeth as half sat up, seeing her hesitate. Will wrinkled his forehead due her expression, but then followed her gaze as she looked behind him.

Will saw Eve lie by his side, her face turned away from him so that he didn't see her sickly pale skin. Will made a small relieved sigh as he leant forward, glancing at the wounds on her chest and then peeking at the one on her shoulder. But then he frowned again. Why weren't they healing? She had had them quite long now so why did she still have these wounds?

"Jack says she's okay but… I'm not sure Will", Elizabeth then said behind his back as Will moved to the other side of Eve, examining her as then lifted her hand.

His heart skipped a beat. Her hand was ice cold. Exchanging a worried look with Elizabeth he then turned Eve's head, sweeping the hair away and they now both saw how white she truly was. Looking like a corpse. Will's heart now stopped.

"How long has she been like this?" Will asked directing more serious look at Elizabeth whose face was full of worry. She hesitated.

"Ten minutes. Or more. She lost her consciousness already in the boat on the way here so she has been out about twenty minutes", she answered.

Even greater panic filled Will as he once again turned to look at Eve. No, something was wrong. It didn't take that long for her to heal. She should've… Elizabeth saw him wrinkle his brows into a deep line as stared at Eve's lifeless face.

"What? Will, what is it? What's wrong with her?" Elizabeth questioned herself getting more panicked all the time too. But then she realized the truth. "Is she… dead?" she asked with quieter voice making Will jolt as he met her eyes. Elizabeth saw the answer from his and let out a breath.

"But why, wasn't she…? Wasn't she supposed to heal? Not able to die", Elizabeth continued but Will avoided her eyes now.

He didn't understand this. Why hadn't Eve woken up yet? Or had her soul now left this life and started a new one somewhere in the future? That thought made his chest tighten. He noticed himself squeezing Eve's wrist.

"You're pulling too hard!" Pintel suddenly shouted and both of them gasped.

"You ain't pulling hard enough!" Ragetti answered and Will and Elizabeth noticed them heaving up the longboat. Jack walked toward the helm.

"Where's the Commodore?" Gibbs asked from him, Jack looking indifferent.

"Fell behind", he answered simply, carrying his dirt on his arm and continuing walking as Gibbs stopped next to Will and Elizabeth.

"My prayers be with him", he stated looking thoughtful. Until then he noticed Eve and lifted his brows, pointing at her. "Is the lass alright?" he asked looking at both Will and Elizabeth.

Elizabeth looked helpless but Will only looked away gripping his shirt. That told Gibbs the answer and he felt a sting in his chest.

"Mother Mary, who else will die in this ridiculous stampede…" he then mumbled to himself nodding to the two and went after Jack, Elizabeth and Will staying sitting next to Eve's corpse in silence.

"The bright side is you're back!" Gibbs then continued as stepped next to Jack, as if the conversation never seized. "And made it off free and clear."

Jack gave Cotton a wide eyed look as saw him holding the helm. But then suddenly the surface of the water was broken and the Dutchman appeared from the water next to the Pearl. Also Will and Elizabeth looked over the appeared Dutchman, Elizabeth gaping in astonishment as she had never seen the ship. But at the same moment the mark on Eve's neck started to glow.

Will and Elizabeth didn't see it, but finally the blood consumed in Eve's clothes turning them dark flowed now back in her veins, the terrible wounds closing and leaving only clean soft skin behind as always. They didn't notice this until Eve's eyes snapped open and she took in a deep breath, sitting up as all the color returned on her face her hand pressed on her chest to touch the intact, new skin.

Will whipped around. The squeeze around his chest vanished as he now saw Eve sitting there, alive and taking in deep breaths. Elizabeth smiled relieved her eyes moist as both of them now watched Eve stand up, a bit warily but still, and she took one more deep breath until examined herself turning around. The wounds were gone but the pain hadn't lessened yet.

Eve wrinkled her brows in thoughts and didn't notice the two relieved figures stand before her.

"Thank god you're alive!" Elizabeth shouted then and Eve was snapped out of her thoughts as she jumped to hug her, Eve's deep frown smoothing and she blinked a couple of times. Will grinned also relieved.

"Yea I… I am … alive", Eve answered even a little questionable and sinking in her thoughts again she stuttered a bit, looking away. Will noticed her changed expression and frowned.

"What happened?" he asked again dead serious walking in front of Eve, placing his hands on her arms. "Why didn't you wake up sooner? You were dead over twenty minutes, Eve. We thought…" Will's voice broke. He couldn't say it as it had felt being so true just a moment before. That Eve could actually die.

Eve was even more serious looking at him, until then sighed shaking her head.

"My powers Will", she then just said simply. "I'm getting weak. And so does the immortality in me start to get shattered. My soul is struggling in this body and that is why it had to fight to get back to you…"

Elizabeth wrinkled her brows. But there was realization on Will's face, which then turned into worried wrinkle. But Eve said no more as then stepped forth, making many men then gasp for surprise as she now walked next to them looking at the Dutchman even just a moment ago she had laid dead on the deck. Elizabeth exchanged a look with Will.

"I'm sure she'll tell you later", Will answered Elizabeth's silent question making a small smile, which she returned before they too took steps forward next to Eve. They saw Jones standing at the side staring at Jack.

"Lord high, deliver us!" Gibbs breathed and made a cross on his chest, Jack just staring at Jones in a daze. The crewmen of Jones were swinging their weapons, shouting as too stared at the crew on the Pearl making them tremble. Eve felt a squeeze in her chest and she looked slightly scared. What would happen now? But then Jack just causally walked over to the railing Eve's eyes following him in awe.

"I'll handle this mate", he said to Gibbs carrying that jar of dirt of his. Eve's eyes flashed. Oh lord was he going to…

Will and Elizabeth saw her stare and shake her head, now also turning to look at Jack in wonder.

"Oi, fishface!" Jack then exclaimed lifting up the jar. Jones gave him a questionable look as Jack started to walk along the deck a smile on his face. "Lose something? Eh? Scrungilli!"

Jack was cut off by him accidentally falling down the stairs to the main deck Eve making a grimace. It must hurt come down the stairs with summersaults. Also the rest of the crew made a face after seeing Jack's fall, Will and Elizabeth wrinkling their brows. But Jack acted as if he hadn't fallen.

"Got it!" he exclaimed lifting up the jar which miraculously had survived the fall without breaking for Jones to see and Eve saw him wrinkle his brows wondering. Then Jack got up and smirked looking straight at Jones. "Come to negotiate, eh, have you, you slimy git? Look what I've got!"

Eve, Will, Elizabeth and the rest then followed questionably wrinkling their brows as Jack walked along the deck bragging and smiling, holding up the jar and started to sing a bit. "I've got a jar of dirt! I've got a jar of dirt! And guess what's inside it!?" he sang grinning now lifting up the jar once more on straight hands.

Eve shook her head. No, Jack no… Will glanced at Elizabeth at first but as he saw Eve's expression he exchanged a weird look with her. Eve lifted her brows.

"Jack stop it!" Eve exclaimed now walking next to him but Jack didn't react at all. Jones looked enraged.

"Enough!" he exclaimed as turned around Eve jolting for fright. She hissed to Jack's ear.

"Jack you don't have it! You don't have it, so stop it!" Eve said and stared at him seriously. But then she froze as she saw Jack's grin vanish and it was replaced by questionable, but also frozen expression. Eve turned around and saw the cannon holes been opened in the Dutchman.

"Hard to starboard", Jack then stated in a shocked daze Eve rolling her eyes as dashed into motion.

"Hard to starboard!" she exclaimed loudly repeating Jack's words, Elizabeth repeating hers as now everyone were running around to avoid the hits of the cannons. But it was too late now.

"Brace up the foreyard!" Will shouted. Eve ran to the helm watching how the Pearl separated from the Dutchman, seeing Jones starting to give orders to his men. And there they came. The cannonballs started to fly toward their ship ripping it as hit and made it tremble. Eve took a hold of the rope next to her.

"She's on us! She's on us!" Eve heard Pintel shout out from the lower deck and she turned her head to look away from the Dutchman. But then she closed her eyes for a moment.

Will then soon saw her dash to the rail, gazing down to the main deck looking alarmed.

"They're using triple guns!" Eve warned and instantly the first one hit Pearl, Will almost losing his balance. One of them almost hit Gibbs and Eve who were next to the helm, Jack climbing up the stairs also avoiding the flying cannonballs. Eve gave him a nasty look.

"You just had to get him on us?" she said irritated, lifting an eyebrow and put a hand on her hip as always she was angry. Jack didn't answer but instead shoved Gibbs away from the helm, taking his place clearly terrified expression on his face.

Eve lifted another eyebrow. Where had his courage ran off? Oh wait, let's see, maybe that he didn't have the heart of Jones he boasted to have?

Eve shook her head again and gazed around in the ship, then looking back at Jones' ship. Elizabeth rushed up and came to Eve, both of them now leaning forward holding on to a rope to see the Dutchman.

"We're not getting away", Eve said wrinkling her brows. Elizabeth wrinkled hers but then smiled.

"No, look! She's falling behind!" she exclaimed. And as Gibbs also got next to them now Eve too noticed the Dutchman's speed indeed fall. It was true, they were really getting away.

"Aye! We've got her!" Gibbs exclaimed too satisfied. But even Eve also felt relief still she wasn't so happy about this fact. She doubted. Why would Jones let them get away so quickly without a chase?

"We're the faster?" now also Will's questionable voice asked as he joined them, Eve glancing at him.

"Against the wind the Dutchman beats us. That's how she takes her prey, but with the wind…" Gibbs answered looking at Will. Elizabeth then smiled as she realized.

"We rob her advantage", Will stated meeting Eve's gaze as Elizabeth and Gibbs ran away from the railing.

Will saw restlessness in Eve's eyes. And she didn't hide her doubt as also she now stared at the Dutchman again with wrinkled brows. It was true that as a smaller ship the Pearl could escape the wind in its sails from the Dutchman which was bigger and heavier, but that didn't mean that Jones would just give up. Because it seemed as if he had stopped completely. Then Marty shouted from the mast.

"They're giving up!" he exclaimed, the whole crew now cheering for joy. But Eve shook her head in denial.

Now even Will didn't look that pleased. And then after his face turned a bit gloomy, Eve followed him walk to Jack who was also smiling satisfied.

"My father is on that ship", Will said. "If we can outrun her we can take her. We should turn and fight."

"Will don't be absurd!" Eve said and she walked next to him staring at him. "Stick your sword out and swing it is always your solution to every problem! And wouldn't it be a problem for your fiancé to get in the line while doing it, hmm?"

Will froze as always as Eve talked sense into him. But Jack then continued the talk answering Will.

"Why fight when you can negotiate?" he asked a small smile on his lips. "All one needs is a proper leverage."

Jack placed the jar on the railing, tapping it with his fingers. Will gave him odd look and Eve tapped the deck with her boot.

"Jack, listen to me. You don't have it. Jones' heart isn't in that jar", Eve said then tired staring at Jack remarkably. Jack gave her a weird look but Will's eyes widened. He pointed at the jar as looked at Eve.

"The heart is in the…" he stated but Eve sighed.

"NO. The heart is not in the jar for the last time. James has it", Eve continued emphasizing some of the words as turned her eyes back to Jack. "I saw him take it back at the island."

Jack only stared at her hesitant, measuring as if trying to find out were her words worth trusting.

Eve then sighed and without a word she pushed the jar over the edge of the rail, Jack trying to grab it before it fell but it was too late. And then at the same time the ship was stopped with a tug, making all on it lose their balance as Jack instead just ran down the stairs.

Both Eve and Will froze and slowly they turned to look at each other. They shared the exact same thought.

Will watched as quickly Eve closed her eyes, only to open them with a wrinkled forehead and horrified eyes. Eve looked at Will and he felt his heart stop.

"It's here", Eve whispered. Eve was the first to move and she saw Jack dig the sand spread on the deck in panic.

"Where is it? Where's the thump thump?" Jack asked looking up in confusion and Eve leant forward over the rail.

"I told you James took it with him! He stole it during the fight on the shore!" she continued repeating the same, finally Jack realizing and he now looked too horrified. But then also the cold horror took its steel hard hold of Eve's chest. Yes, now when Jack didn't have the heart they couldn't be saved by anything. She sighed.

"We must've hit a reef!" one of the crewmen shouted after looking down in the water. Also Elizabeth gazed down over the rail.

"It is never a reef if you have the Flying Dutchman behind you!" Eve shouted.

"No, it's not a reef!" also Will exclaimed. "Get away from the rail!"

Will grabbed Elizabeth and pulled her back, her giving him a confused look. Eve let out a breath and now also gazed down, starting to feel a dark presence underwater. It was coming. And it was pissed.

"What is it?" Elizabeth asked. Will stared in front of him until looked at Eve quickly before answered.

"The Kraken", he stated, Eve seeing Jack lift up his head in horror. Eve then dashed to the stairs and jumped down on the main deck over the rail.

"To arms!" Will shouted then, Gibbs joining him after the first shock left him.

"Load guns! Defend the mast!"

"It'll attack the starboard. Run out the cannons and hold for my signal!" Will shouted pulling out a sword, now the crew running once again around to fill the orders.

Eve ran in the armory and started to hold out weapons to the crewmen, after a while coming out after choosing an axe and a spear to herself. She pushed the axe under her belt and tried the tip of the spear. It was sharp but wouldn't do much damage against a thick tentacle.

Sighing she now marched back on the deck gazing around, then seeing Elizabeth and walked to her, handing out the axe looking serious.

"Take this and use it. Hit with everything you have!" Eve said her gaze so serious that Elizabeth couldn't say anything but just took the axe. Eve nodded approving, but then smiled before dashed away again to the side looking down.

She saw the cannons being pulled out. But what she also saw next was those same disgusting tentacles coming out from the water. Eve's blood went cold again.

"Here it comes!" she screamed, jumping back on the deck and took a stance to start to slice everything slimy and covered in plungers. Eve noticed Elizabeth standing behind her as she retreated, she also holding onto a spear the axe in her belt. They exchanged a look but turned their eyes back on the rising tentacles.

"Easy boys!" Will shouted from below, waiting the right time to release the cannons. Elizabeth glanced down at him.

"Will?" she said questionably. Eve shaking her head.

"Not yet", she said still staring at the tentacles coming from the water.

"Steady! Steady!" Will said loudly showing the men below to stay calm with his hand. Elizabeth still retreated and glanced down.

"Will?"

"Hold. Hold!" Will continued calming, the tentacles now starting to come on deck. The atmosphere was completely different than on the merchant ship as the Pearl was as silent as the grave by expectation. Now Elizabeth couldn't wait any longer and she leant over the rope.

"Will!" she shouted, Eve then taking a step forward, lifting up the spear and threw it at the tentacle in front of her.

"Fire!" Will finally ordered, the cannons finally firing and the balls hit straight on the tentacles, making them jolt. But one of them was about to crash down on the deck, Eve grabbing Elizabeth and pulled her down to prevent her getting crushed.

Elizabeth let out a shocked sound as both of them followed that tentacle too eventually pulling back in the water, hurt. But Eve wrinkled her brows. It wasn't done.

Eve and Elizabeth ran back to the railing, soon Will joining them as them and many others of the crew gazed at the bit burnt tentacles pulling back in the water. The crew cheered and Elizabeth smiled relieved, but her smile vanished as she saw Eve's pout.

"What's wrong?" she asked gasping as met Eve's eyes.

"It isn't gone", Eve stated dead serious and Elizabeth gave her a horrified look.

"It'll be back. We have to get off this ship", Will then said now meeting Elizabeth's gaze. Eve sighed.

"It only retreated for another attack. I feel the sea to rumble below us for its rage. It's pissed", Eve continued. Will nodded as Elizabeth stared forward past him.

"There's no boats", Elizabeth then stated, both Will and Eve now looking at the same direction and indeed seeing the broken longboat. Eve snapped.

"¡Maldita sea! ¡Demonio lo hereda de este maldito culpo!" Eve then exclaimed, making Will and Elizabeth jolt. They stared at her a bit wondering for her slip of her native language.

Eve then sighed and lifted a brow. "Sorry", she said.

But then there was a small barrel of powder rolling down the deck and Eve got an idea. Also Will was thinking something same as Eve then stepped up.

"We can blow it up!" she said and pointed at the barrel. "If we gather all the powder together and fire it, we can torch the creature when it comes!"

Will stared at Eve understanding her idea. He thought a moment, Elizabeth staring at them in confusion a while until Will then walked forward in thoughts still.

"Pull the grates! Get all the gunpowder onto the net in the cargo hold!" Will then ordered the men, Eve smiling as also then ran to fill the orders. Will then hold out a rifle to Elizabeth.

"Whatever you do don't miss."

"As soon as you're clear", Elizabeth answered, now also understanding the plan in motion.

Eve ran in middle of the ship, grabbing the hatch covering the cargo hold. And with a couple of the men they pulled the hatch away. Immediately the net was prepared and the crew started to roll the barrels onto it.

Eve was handed some barrels which she then threw down where some men took a hold of them and placed them on the net.

"Hurry men!" she shouted and waved the ones close to her bring forth the rest of the barrels, her throwing them down too until the deck was clear for the powder.

"We are short-stocked on gunpowder! Six barrels!" one man shouted then from the cargo. Eve was surprised. But then what had she been throwing down just now?

Eve sighed and she turned to look at the men who had handed the barrels to her, lifting a brow. They grinned apologetically as she then just rolled her eyes. She didn't want to know. Then she heard Gibbs talk below.

"There's only six kegs of powder!" Gibbs exclaimed as met Will who was going down to the cargo.

"Then load the rum", Will just stated as if it was obvious and all of the pirates, including the ones behind Eve and in the cargo froze gazing at each other. Eve smirked amused.

"Aye the rum too!" was finally the confirmation order from Gibbs and reluctantly the pirates started to fill it, now rolling the barrels of rum into the net.

Now Eve was handed new barrels, but this time she gazed at the etiquette before threw them down. One after another she dropped them down, but as the last one rolled down the hatch suddenly she froze, feeling something approaching. It was coming.

Eve walked on the deck, gazing at the sea carefully in order to see some alarming sings of the next attack. But yet the creature didn't come forth. Though then her eyes hit on a boat, floating a bit away from the Pearl.

Eve wrinkled her brows. She glanced at the place where the last longboat had hung just a moment before and now was missing, her seeing somebody rowing it toward an island at the distance. Eve went to the rail and it didn't take long as she recognized the figure rowing away, escaping from the ship as a coward would.

Jack Sparrow. Didn't he have any sense of responsibility? All of these people were on this ship because of him and he just ran away! Well, actually the answer was no. He had none.

"Eve!" Will's voice then broke Eve's hateful thoughts as she was cursing in Spanish in her head, but then turned as Will came to her.

"Do you feel it? Where is it?" he asked also gazing at the sea. As an answer Eve then pushed him away from the rail, gazing at him seriously through her lashes.

"Close. It doesn't take long when it's on us. I feel its anger and desire for vengeance and it lingers right below us", she answered. Will nodded.

Eve was about to walk away, but suddenly Will squeezed her hand into his stopping her. Eve turned confused and met his eyes, but her face softened a bit as she saw Will's serious expression.

"Watch yourself", he said remarkably. Eve sighed and nodded, smiling at him weakly.

"Take care of yourself too Will. I might not be able to have your back very often from this moment", she answered now also squeezing Will's hand slightly. But then she ran away, leaving Will to send a wondering look after her before he also continued working.

But then just after they separated another tug of the ship made it tremble and the crew hold on to something not to fall. Eve whipped around.

"It's here again!" she shouted. Eve then just took out her sword calmly, preparing to the following attack some of the crewmen gathering around her into a small defense group. And there it came, but from the below.

The creature's tentacles now came from the water and in a blink of an eye they pushed through the cannon holes into the cargo, attacking the men under the deck. The ship trembled and Eve wrinkled her brows for the change of the attack style, now running to the stairs and saw the tentacles break havoc among men below ripping even bigger holes on the sides of the ship. Then Will put the plan in motion.

"Haul away!" he shouted, the crew starting to pull the net full of barrels of powder and rum up from the cargo. Eve hurried to Gibbs, watching the net coming up.

"Heave! Heave like you're being paid for it!" Gibbs ordered.

"Put your backs into it!" Marty cut in, him standing on the heaving device as a freeloader Eve shaking her head. But then the creature started to attack on the main deck too and Eve hardly avoided one aiming straight at her.

The net still rose and soon Eve saw Will's head appear from the hatch, him hanging from the net. Another tentacle came rushing toward Eve and the small number of the defenders, taking some of them with it. But Eve then snatched a spear from one of the still standing men and with a volt to the side she hit it straight through the tentacle, pinning it on the deck. She then swung her sword around, putting in all her rage as then landed it on the soft flesh of the creature, cutting the tip of the tentacle off.

The men around her gave her admiring looks but Eve just shooed them off and tried to wake their attention to the all the time flying around tentacles. Eve directed a look at Will.

"Will, tell me you are not hanging from the net to be blown up because you are in middle of performing some kind of crazy plan of yours?!" Eve asked loudly, glancing at Will who was rising with the net just behind her. Will did give her slight smile even the situation was completely serious.

"Even so I know you'll be there to save me if this doesn't work out!" she heard Will shout back behind her as she slashed one more tentacle and shot another a bit farther away. Eve rolled her eyes.

"You might be surprised. Just don't get killed while doing it", she said to herself. But then again as on the merchant ship she hacked and slashed around at every tentacle in sight.

The below of the ship was filled with sounds of crushing wood and horrified screams of the crewmen being pulled out into the water to their death. Eve then made a quick turn as avoided one tentacle, slashing at it as then noticed Gibbs holding onto one sailor who was grabbed by the tentacle.

"I got you! I got you!" Gibbs shouted as tried to pull back the man.

"Don't let me go!" the man shouted back in panic.

"I won't let you go!" Gibbs answered, but then his hold slipped and the Kraken managed to pull the man toward the ocean.

"Shoot me!" the man shouted in panic as flew through the air. But was then saved by Eve who dashed forward, calling out to her power and once again used wind to her advantage to cut the fat tentacle in two, releasing the poor sailor from its grip.

The man fell on deck and looked at Eve in awe, meeting her eyes as she smiled at him before jumped forward and walked in middle of the deck lifting up her arms.

"Hey! You remember me?! Come on attack me! I'm sure you remember the one who cut down your limbs as if they were straws! Come on now, attack me!" she shouted, knowing the creature hearing and sensing her as she could sense it too. Then few of the tentacles indeed flew in her direction as planned.

"Miss. Eve!" Gibbs shouted as a warning and Eve turned around, then jumping up with a volt as the tentacles met in order to grasp her.

Eve landed on them as lifted up her hand, making the creature unable to pull them away as then each and every slimy limb sent after her got cut, some of that slime flying to the sides. Eve could hear the creature bellow in pain and anger as she then released the tentacles, them pulling back again momentarily by the creature's defeat. But as quickly as Eve and the rest of the crew prepared for the next attack it was already on them again, grabbing onto any sailor possible.

Eve then avoided another tentacle as Elizabeth suddenly ran next to her looking up at Will.

"Clear?" she shouted questionably, but Will was only motioning the men to pull the net higher. Eve snatched the axe back from Elizabeth and hacked the creature.

"Higher! Higher!" Will exclaimed, finally glancing at Elizabeth as an answer who then turned to watch in horror the tentacles do their work, pulling the men with them around the deck.

She then ducked down with Eve as one of the tentacles started to wrap around the main mast. As if it knew about their plan and tried to stop the heaving men to get the net higher, succeeding as the men escaped from its reach and the fat tentacle fell down crushing the heaving device.

Eve then heard Will utter a surprised shout as the net suddenly fell a bit down by the loss of the support, still staying hanging freely over the deck. But then he started to call out the creature too.

"Here! Come on!" Will shouted swinging his sword around as hang from the net inviting, it reminding Eve about the incident at Pelogosto island. "Come and get me! I'm over here! Come on!"

Suddenly one of the tentacles rushed from the side of the ship, ripping one cannon off and it flew in the air, the same tentacle hitting accidentally against the net and making Will lose his balance. His foot got trapped under the ropes and he fell back. his sword falling down.

Eve hit the tentacle in front of her with the men, but then as Will's sword just nearly avoided of landing on her she then looked up and saw Will helplessly swing back and forth with the net. Eve's eyes widened for horror.

As Will pulled out a knife and started to saw his boot free from the net, Eve who saw him not making such great process then ran to the side of the ship climbing onto the rail. And as the net then swung back toward her she jumped, now also taking a hold of the net and was on it.

Will gave her surprised look as Eve too started to saw the ropes with her sword, throwing away the axe. If Will wanted to keep his foot the axe didn't help much.

"Thank for your luck you have indeed me to save you!" Eve shouted giving Will a quick look, until concentrated on cutting the ropes completely. But they were very thick to cut and she became soon frustrated. The water hit them sometimes as Eve tried to work as fast as possible, Elizabeth standing on the deck her rifle prepared to shoot as it moved to the pace of the net.

"Eve, you have to jump down now! This net must be blown into bits!" Will shouted. Eve wrinkled her forehead.

"Not you still attached to it idiot!" she just answered and continued working with the rope. "And if I won't make it before this thing it lit, then it's a whole another life for me!"

Will wrinkled his own forehead but then hung down looking at Elizabeth.

"Shoot! Elizabeth shoot!" he shouted giving in, Elizabeth following the net concentration on her face. Eve then happened to glance at her too and her chest squeezed.

"Elizabeth behind you!" she shouted, now also Will seeing those tentacles sneaking behind Elizabeth from the captain's cabin. But immediately after that one of them grabbed her leg, pulling Elizabeth through the doors toward the huge hole in the back of the ship, Will and Eve watching in horror. Both of them called out to her as she was dragged through the deck.

But then closing her eyes briefly Eve continued freeing Will, now finally managing to cut two strings. But then the brief feeling of fear vanished as she saw Elizabeth run back from the cabin from the corner of her eye, then dashing up the stairs to the upper deck. Smiling Eve cut another rope and there was only one holding Will still.

And as Will then sawed it too with his knife they managed to cut it together, just before Will then grabbed Eve and pulled her with him they now falling down toward the deck. Kraken's tentacles reached toward the net taking a hold of it just before she and Will saw Jack stand next to Elizabeth, holding up the rifle and fired it, making the net loaded with powder and rum explode.

Eve gazed up and saw fire erupt from the net, spreading wide and Will then was there again to pull her down. He sheltered her with his arm as both of them now pressed against the deck, feeling the hot wave against their backs as burning pieces of the Kraken's tentacles rained around them.

Will hit the knife on the floorboards as he and Eve then lifted theirs heads, witnessing the burned almost cut tentacles now wobble and again retreat back in the water. As a signal that they had won that round too. Eve let out a sigh and pressed her head back on the deck, soon feeling Will's hand on her back.

"You're okay?" he asked, Eve nodding as then she sat up, eventually getting on her feet. That had been close. She was starting to tire of dying or nearly dying all the time on that day. But that thought was interrupted as then her gaze traveled on Jack. He came back!

Will also stood up and saw Eve start to smile as watched Jack standing next to Elizabeth on the upper deck. Will gave Eve a little suspicious look. Was she that happy to see him?

The survivors of the creature's most recent attack now came forth, under the burned pieces of the deck gazing around in awe. Eve walked forward and kicked a piece of still burning piece of meat. The scent of burnt flesh taken over the ship was disgusting. Probably even more disgusting than Kraken's breath. Marty then joined Gibbs on the side of the ship.

"Did we kill it?" he asked looking at Gibbs.

"No. We just made it angry", Gibbs answered looking thoughtful for a moment.

"No. We made it furious. It will next pull the whole ship immediately underwater not bothering to play with its prey anymore", Eve then cut it making them look at her as she still walked forward, now looking at Elizabeth and exchanged a smile with her noting she was alright.

Eve touched her own face absentmindedly and as she then looked at her fingers she figured her skin was covered with kohl. She sighed.

"We have to get away from here. Fast", she then finished, taking her scarf and wiped her face cleaner.

"We're not indeed out of this yet. Captain orders!" Gibbs agreed, now walking next to Eve gazing up at Jack, who then came down the stairs from the other side handing the rifle to Gibbs.

"As Evie said, abandon ship. Into the longboat", Jack answered looking at Eve briefly as walked past them. Gibbs gazed at the ship hesitant.

"Jack. The Pearl", he stated miserably, turning to Jack who then froze on his spot but didn't falter.

"She's only a ship mate", Jack answered quietly, clearly having a hard time to say those words.

Eve then wrinkled her brows for compassion as looked at him. Yes, she could understand him. Her father had also had undying love to his ship. But then Eve smiled as walked to Jack, pressing her hand on his arm.

"You returned to help us", she stated smiling, Jack meeting her gaze again and did smile a bit. "I'm sorry, Jack", she then added truthfully. "I know how much this ship means to you."

Jack nodded as an answer but didn't speak.

"Jack's right we have to head for land", Elizabeth then agreed in turn, looking at Jack a bit tensely. Eve noticed Elizabeth's suddenly very weird look and she frowned. What was that tension about?

"It's a lot of open water", Pintel stated.

"It's a lot of water", Ragetti repeated still in horror.

"We have to try. We can get away as it takes down the Pearl", Will answered meeting their gazes, then turning to look at Gibbs and then the others, last looking at Eve. But he avoided her gaze quite quickly, making Eve frown again questionably.

Gibbs then nodded hardly noticeably. "Abandon ship. Abandon ship or abandon hope", he stated.

And with a heavy heart everybody started to prepare for the quick departure. Will took the rifle from Gibbs as Eve then directed her walk to the upper deck, looking some replacing weapons to the ones she lost.

A/N:

I have forgotten to mention that if any of you notice some grammar mistakes in my writing, I would like to hear about them. I do check my chapters, but as I have written to my profile... English is not my naive tongue. AS is not Spanish for that matter! So I'm sorry if my Spanish sucks... But I really wanted Eve to say somethign in Spanish as she is part Hispanic in my imagination ;D

Thanks for reading!

Translation: Maldita sea! ¡Demonio lo hereda de este maldito culpo! / Damn! Let that cursed squid be damned!

This line would've been easier to translate in Finnish as a language I came up with it, so the English translation might not be so accurate. BUt just that you get the idea.