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It seemed to happen almost in slow motion. Jack's head took ages to hit the floor. I looked at him for signs of life, but his eyes remained closed and his body still. Will had walked quicker than I thought he would.
"Will!" I called; he slowed, stopped and turned. "Why did you do that? You've ruined the only chance of survival we have!! What are we going to do?!?"
I kept my voice low in case the pirates heard us arguing. He glared at me, "I tell you what we're going to do, Isabel. We're going to leave Jack and get Elizabeth. Then we're going to get back on the Interceptor and go home."
"We can't leave Jack," I said. "If Barbossa finds him, he'll be killed."
Will shrugged. "'Every man who falls behind is left behind,'" he quoted. "He wouldn't stay if it was us. Pirates don't do people favours, there's always a hidden catch, I just haven't figured out what this one is yet, but I will not let him use us. Come on."
He walked away, expecting me to follow. I had heard what he'd said and I knew that it was what I'd always been taught. If we left Jack it would make us no different from the pirates. We'd basically be following the pirates' code. I knew that was why Will did what he did. He was proving a point, but the pirates' code wasn't my code and I didn't feel I had anything to prove. I couldn't leave someone completely defenceless, especially if they fell into the hands of Barbossa. If he was going to kill us for any reason, surely it wouldn't help our case if we left him. We didn't know what we were going to do, but Jack had a plan. Will realized I wasn't following him and turned.
"Isabel!" he snapped like someone shouting at a dog.
"I'm not coming," my voice trembled as I said it, but my decision was clear. "I can't leave Jack here if he's going to be killed. If I do that, what makes me any better than a pirate? And now we don't have a plan. He did."
"So, do you want us to wait until he wakes up?" said Will sarcastically. I nodded. He glared at me and then turned on his heels and stormed away to save Elizabeth. What I really needed now was for Jack to wake up and prove me right. I was aware I could have just made the biggest mistake of my life. I had done what I thought was right, but it hadn't been easy. I picked up Jack's hat from where it had fallen and started to use it as a fan. I wasn't sure if I was doing the right thing, but it was what I had seen people in Port Royale do when ladies had fainted in the heat of the day.
"Come on Jack," I murmured, willing him to consciousness, but his eyes remained stubbornly closed. Time seemed to drag on and I started to worry. Had I made the right decision? Should I have stuck by my friends? How long had Will been gone? Had he reached Elizabeth? I listened intently, but it was eerily quiet. What were Will's chances on his own? I shouldn't have left him. Jack clearly wasn't waking up any time soon.
I stood up and left him. If I ran I could catch up with Will. The only problem was I had no idea where Will had gone. The stone passage carved into the rock twisted and turned with various openings. Had Will left by now? Had he entered the cave? I shouldn't have left him. One stupid decision that had seemed like the right thing to do at the time had got me lost and spilt up from everyone. I didn't know where Will was and I couldn't judge how far away from Jack I had gone. I forced my racing pulse to stay calm, but just as I was beginning to feel normal the silence of the cave was shattered.
Furious roars and the sound of many rushing feet split the air. They were coming. Barbossa's crew were storming the cave and I was on my own. Completely defenceless against an entire bloodthirsty crew. I pressed myself into the wall of the cave and prayed they wouldn't come my way.