Cold As Glass

Sequel to Heart of Glass

Part Two of the Glass Trilogy

A Pirate Lord's Adventure

Chapter 30

I grabbed my triton, and held onto the wheel, and ignored Elizabeth. I was just worried about my survival at that moment.

Suddenly the tentacles of the Kraken appeared again, and went right for the holes for the cannons, upon the sides of the Pearl, and destroyed what little was left in those area.

And still the rest of the ship shook violent in after shock.

"Haul away!"

"Heave! Heave like you're being paid for it!"

"Put your backs into it!"

That's when I finally understood what Will's plan was, as he was beginning to immerge from the hold down below. Hanging off a net filled with gun powder and rum.

They were going to try to ignite the Kraken with all the gunpowder and rum.

But a wave of water washed over me, and when I became able to see again, I saw the horrors before me.

Brother was holding onto brother, screaming for dear life. Men were holding onto ship, hoping she would bless him with her good luck. Men were hiding, praying that their god find mercy on their souls.

"I got you! I got you!"

"Don't let me go!"

"I won't let you go!"

"Shoot me!"

I was distracted that I hadn't noticed the tentacle wrapping around my delicate ankle. It wasn't until my feet were out from underneath me had I begun screaming in worry.

I hung upside down, with my hat just barely hanging off of my head, and my hands desperately thrusting the triton into the slimy beast's tentacle.

"I am the Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea!" I growled to myself. " This shouldn't be happening to me! I've overcome so many things! I shouldn't be killed by Davy Jones's pet!"

Yet suddenly the beast dropped me, without any further poking or prodding. Almost as if it realized that…it wasn't supposed to touch me.

I landed in a big painful thud upon the deck, making me screech out in pain.

"Beaux!" Suddenly Sirius was standing right over me, firing shots at the oncoming tentacles. "Beaux, are you alright?"

"I guess so," I groaned, as I forced myself to stand up onto my feet, despite my body's protests.

Then Elizabeth's voice rushed to my ears," Clear?"

"Higher! Higher!" Will answered, making me look up at him, as I struggled to not fall over from the fighting.

Then out of nowhere, a tentacle came down out of nowhere, crushing what remained of the helm, sending Gibbs, Cotton, Cotton's Parrot, Marty, and several other crew members, who were still trying to gather up the ropes for bringing Will higher up.

But this caused Will to drop several feet, from the lack of tension in the ropes. But still he remained.

Sirius wrapped an arm around me, and shouted, over the screaming and yelling," We need to find a way off this ship, or else we are both doomed."

"Just stay with me," I announced to him, grabbing onto him. "I have a feeling that the Kraken was told my Davy Jones not to harm me. Which would explain why I wasn't ripped apart seconds ago."

Sirius starred at me curiously for a second, before Will's shouting finally got to our years.

"Come on! I'm over here! Come on!" Will swung side to side, before he was knocked over by a tentacle, but his foot was tangled up in the net and his sword fell to the ground.

And boy that reminded me of the exact moment, back at the beginning of my journey upon the cannibal island, where Will and I searched for Jack. But Will got caught in a trap and was knocked unconscious. But then again so was I…

Unfortunately, that camaraderie I shared with him at the beginning of our journey began to reappear in my heart.

I growled angrily to myself, and took Sirius's musket from him, and giving him my triton.

"What are you doing?" Sirius gawked at me, as we both became wet with a splash of salt water.

"Repeating history," I grunted, before ordering him, as I began to sound like my father," stay here and control the ship!"

"But-"

"Don't question me, sailor!" I barked at him, making him close his mouth and stare at me in absolute shock and worry.

Dear god, he is going to kill me one of these days with those eyes of his.

I grabbed his shirt collar, pulling him down to my level, before I pressed my lips against his. "Just stay right here, and if any of the tentacles come near you, just mention something about me being the Pirate Lord or say your part of my crew. And I think that will deter the beast."

With that I pushed away from Sirius and rushed down the stairs, aiming and shooting at the tentacles, as I went.

I passed a stunned looking Elizabeth, who was gawking at the chaos. Then I passed my two loyal crew men Pintel and Ragetti, both of whom were hiding in a corner, with a single axe in both of their hands.

More and more men were being violently plucked off the deck, causing most, if not all of the crew, to run around like chicken's who had their head cut off.

But I got underneath Will, aiming my gun up towards him and his soon-to-be bomb.

"I'm right here, Will!" I shouted underneath him. "Just say the word when you're ready."

Then Elizabeth joined my side, holding her own musket. She grunted towards me," I'll take care of this."

I couldn't help but roll my eyes.

Since when was the last time she did anything productive?

But, Will (who was still hanging upside down entangled in the netting), shouted," Shoot! Elizabeth, shoot!"

Yet, just as Elizabeth was aiming her musket, she let out a horrid scream, before falling face first onto the ground, dropping her gun.

There was a tentacle wrapped around her ankle.

She clawed at the floor, trying to stop herself, as she was being dragged into the demolished captain's quarters.

Yet, I saw my faithful Ragetti throw down his axe, freeing Elizabeth of her predator.

Yet as Elizabeth struggled to come back towards my side and gather her musket, I took this as a hint that I should be the one to fire the needed shot to free the Pearl from the Kraken's grasp.

So I brought up the musket, and tried to become one with my surroundings. I let my body naturally adjust to the unconventional rocking of the boat and ignore the splashes of water upon me.

I aimed my musket upon the swinging net that held Will captive, letting the barrel of my gun swing in the same motion of the net, trying to find the perfect moment to fire.

But then-

My musket was yanked out of my hands, revealing Jack standing there in all of his glory.

Elizabeth was cowering at his legs, holding onto him for dear life. It was almost sickening, how she seemed to need Jack more than her fiancé William Turner.

But I was brought back to the scene, when I saw Will's body fall to the ground, signaling his freedom from the nets.

Yet some of the barrels had come loose too, causing them to fall, as the tentacles wrapped around them.

Then a crack from Sirius's musket, which Jack had taken, echoed across the ship. Followed by an earth shattering explosion.

At first everything was silent, but then the Kraken loudly whined in pain below us. Sounding like a whale, as it's burning, and burnt, tentacles flailed around like a dying fish and returned to the murky bottom.