Chapter 25

Something fell from above. Jewel couldn't tell what it was, but she saw where it landed. She fought her way to the spot, but somebody beat her to it. Will swung over from the Pearl to the Dutchman and picked it up. Jewel grabbed his arm. He pulled away until he realized who it was. Jewel's eyes grew wide when she realized what he was holding.

"The chest, you have the chest!" she said happily. a loud thud drew their attention, they looked across the deck, through the fighting and spotted Davy Jones. Will and Jewel nodded to each other, charging into the fray, dodging cannon blasts and other fights, until they met Maccus, the shark headed man.

"Turner!" He yelled, charging at him with his hatchet. They dodged the attack, that made them split. With a shove and a shriek Jewel was pushed over a railing and landed on her back on a lower deck.

"Ow." she moaned. A fishman came in view, he was about to swing something down to kill her, but Jewel thought quickly and pulled her legs up, her feet stopping the attack. The man pulled back his weapon in surprise. Jewel pulled one of her pistols out and shot him before jumping to her feet and punching him in the face. The fishman fell back in surprise. Jewel shook her hand, the punch actually stinging a little.

She hurried up the stairs to the main deck to find Will. She spotted him fighting somebody, but couldn't believe her eyes. For fighting Will was his own father. And yet he fought Will as if he was his enemy.

"Bootstrap," Jewel said, shaking her head in disbelief. She was going to run over to the two, in hopes of making them stop. But instead Jewel stopped. No, she shouldn't let her emotions take control of her now.

She scanned the deck for the Dead Man's Chest before she finally spotted it beyond Will and Bill's fight. She ran to it, sliding on the wet deck to catch it in her arms when she noticed Davy approaching it as well.

The cursed captain carried a sword that glimmered and shined. Jewel growled and placed the chest down behind her, pulling out her own cutlass.

"Hand it over." he ordered. She raised her cutlass.

"No." she said

"What's in yer head girl?" Davy asked getting closer.

"I... am not afraid of you any more. You're just a giant squid. I eat squid for my breakfast," she said, "and I eat it RAW!"

"Hm. I may actually enjoy this." Davy said, taking a few steps forward. The two attacked with their swords, but in a few short moves, Jewel's cutlass was thrown out of her hand and amidst the fighting.

"That's not good." Jewel said slowly, knowing her pistols would have been useless. She backed up, her heels touching the chest. From above, Jack landed in front of her.

"Dad!" Jewel said with a smile

"Don't worry luv!" Jack said, pulling out his sword. Unfortunately, what remained of his sword was a sliver that resembled more of a knife.

"... I'm worrying." Jewel said flatly

"Well, luv, we're running." Jack said

"Good idea." Jewel nodded her head. The two ran from Davy Jones, who was at both of their heels and gaining. They stopped behind the Kraken wheel, Jones stopping on the other side of it. Jack and Jewel would jerk in one direction and Jones would follow. No matter which way they took though, they never ran out from behind the wheel. Davy stood up and raised an eyebrow, looking down at the wheel.

The cursed sea captain began to walk through the wheel. Jewel's eyes grew wide watching, a question suddenly occurring to her touching the tattoo on her arm.

"Could I do that?" she wondered. Jack thought quickly and turned the wheel around. Doing so caused Davy to spin around with it. The Sparrows smiled and snickered at the sight. when the wheel spun in front of them, Davy leaned forward and roared, his tentacles shaking madly. They both screamed and ran away. Jack pushed Jewel ahead of him.

"Keep going Jewel!" he said, turning around and continuing his cat and mouse game with Jones. Jewel spotted her sword on deck, then turned around to see her father fighting Jones. Jack had grabbed onto one of the wheel spokes and was using it to fight. Davy tore it out of his hands before backhanding him with his claw, making him fall back to the ground some distance away.

"Dad!" Jewel yelled, not seeing him get up. She growled and charge to Davy, sword raised and ready to strike. Davy turned to her and caught Jewel's sword with his crab claw, spinning around to make her lose her grip and fall to the deck. He looked at her, then threw the sword past her and overboard into the whirlpool.

"No!" Jewel shouted. She took in a few breaths, then held her arms akimbo, willing to fight with her own bare hands. Elizabeth suddenly swung over from the Pearl landing at Jewel's side.

"All right, then! You'll see no mercy from me!" Davy yelled at the girls.

"That's why I brought this!" Elizabeth said, drawing her own sword.

"My dad's down, I need to see if he's okay!" Jewel shouted

"Go!" Elizabeth said to her. Jewel knelt by her father and shook him.

"Dad, wake up! Please! Don't die." she said

"I am not yet dead, luv." Jack said. Jewel smiled and hugged him. He was surprised by the action, Jack held his arms out unsure of what to do. Jewel pulled away and looked at him.

"Where's the chest?" he asked

"It's useless without the key." Jewel said. Jack's eyes turned to the deck.

"Not any more." he said. Jewel turned and saw a little squid tentacle holding the key and crawling along the deck like a caterpillar. Then she looked at Will fighting Bootstrap. She snatched the key and without looking, tossed it back to her father. He caught it and watched Jewel run to where Bootstrap and Will were. Will pinned Bootstrap to the railing, his knife drawn. He looked ready to kill his own father.

"Bootstrap! Will! Stop!" Jewel yelled, gaining their attention. "Please." Something seemed to flicker in Bootstrap's eyes. There was something familiar about the girl. He knew her. Will looked back at Elizabeth fighting Davy Jones. He kicked her down to the deck, knocking her out.

"I'm not going to kill you. I made you a promise." Will said, stabbing his knife into the railing. Jewel looked back at Will, then turned to Bootstrap.

"I know you." he whispered, "Don't I?" Jewel nodded her head. She looked back at Davy when he heard him roar. Will had run his sword straight through him. The end of the blade protruding from his middle area. Jewel put a hand on the area, remembering a nightmare.

"Mister, did you forget? I'm a heartless wretch." Davy said, bending the tip of the sword back. He chuckled slightly, before Will tried pulling his sword back. He waved his arms around, trying to hit him, before he managed to kick Will down with his crab leg.

"Will!" Jewel yelled, running over toward him, but stopping before she could have been considered 'part of the fight'.As soon as she was conscious, Elizabeth looked worriedly at Will, with him looking back at her as well. Davy glanced at the two.

"Ahhh, love." he said, "A dreadful bond. And yet, so easily severed. Tell me," he stood over Will, "William Turner, do you fear death?"

"Do you?" came Jack's question. All eyes turned to Captain Jack Sparrow. The chest was open at his feet, the heart of Davy Jones in one hand, with his dagger of a sword hovering over it, ready to strike at any moment. Jewel let out a shaky breath she didn't know she was holding, a smile crossed her face.

"Heady tonic, holding life and death in the palm of one's hand." Jack said

"You're a cruel man, Jack Sparrow." Davy said

"Cruel is a matter of perspective." Jack said

"Is it, now?" Davy asked

Everything happened so quickly, nobody had a chance to react or stop him.

Davy Jones raised his sword and spun around toward Will. He stabbed him in the heart, twisting the weapon in deeper, pinning Will to the wood of the Dutchman. Davy chuckled, looking back at Jack. All eyes were glued to the scene with shocked apprehension of what will happen next. While Will was in pain, and showing every excruciating moment of it. Elizabeth crawled to Will, her hands on his face. Jewel's breathing was quickened, her heart pounding with anger and hatred.

"Will! Will! Look at me! Stay with me! You're all right!" Elizabeth said, trying to convince herself the lies she told would be made true. Jack looked at Davy's heart and was going to stab it, but couldn't. Jewel clenched her fists and glared at Davy.

"You... You... MONSTEEER!" Jewel shrieked, running up to him. He knocked her away with his claw, but she came right back, clawing at his face and pulling the tentacles on his beard. He knocked her away once more. As she was going to try again, he grabbed Jewel's arm with his claw and squeezed it. She screamed in pain, actually feeling the bone break. Suddenly, he jerked Jewel close to his body at a certain angle. She gasped at the feeling of cold metal piercing her skin.

"Your soul was always meant to be mine girl." he said. She sneered and spat in his face. He quickly let go of her arm, grabbing her around the neck with his crab claw.

"Dad..." she wheezed, losing air. Bootstrap picked up the knife, memories coming back to him, realization kicking in.

"William! My son!" he said, "And Jewel!" Bootstrap ran forward launching himself to grab onto Davy's back to fight him. Jewel was dropped to the ground who curled into a ball coughing and holding her neck. She pushed herself up with her left arm, then cried out in pain, falling back down to the deck. Jack stared in horror at Jewel, unsure of what he must do.

"Don't... Don't worry... but... But dad. Will." she wheezed. Jack nodded to her firmly and went to Will and Elizabeth. Jewel managed to stand up, holding her injured arm close. She stood with them, but then fell to her knees when fit of coughs shook her body. A warm liquid had managed to escape her lips. Jewel rubbed at her lips and saw red. Davy pinned Bootstrap.

"You will not forestall my judgment!" he yelled, about to deliver his final blow.

"Now!" Jewel said. Jack stabbed the heart, holding Will's hand around his blade to do so. Davy's breathing became shallow. He turned and saw the reason why. Davy stood still for a moment looking to the sky.

"Calypso." he whispered, falling overboard.

"It's over." Jewel said. She hissed, pain searing through her body. Jewel wrapped her good arm around the area where she was stabbed.

"Jewel!" Jack said, catching her before she fell over. She pulled her hand back and the two saw blood.

"Davy used the sword that was stuck in him to get me." she said. She leaned over and coughed some more. Jack looked at the Pearl. They were aiming a cannon up at the masts to separate the Pearl and Dutchman.

"We have to leave." he said

"Then go." Jewel said. Jack stared down at her, shaking his head at what she wanted.

"No." he said

"I can't dad." she said

"We'll die if we stay here." he said

"You will live. You and Elizabeth will live." Jewel said

"... No. No! Please, I don't, you can't!" Jack said, "You are coming with us."

"No! No! No! No!" Elizabeth screamed, crying over Will's dead body. Davy's crew began to appear, literally coming out of the woodwork, swarming around them, around Will. One of them held the open chest, Bootstrap held his knife.

"Part of the crew, part of the ship..." they chanted. Jewel pulled out her pistols and aimed them at her father.

"You are going! I won't make it to the Pearl!" she yelled. "No go or I'll shoot you! I swear I will! I swear it daddy!" Tears were forcing their way out of her eyes. Jack looked at the ship remains around him, then at his daughter. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he went around and tied off parts of wood and sail together.

"Don't leave me! I won't leave you!" Elizabeth screamed before Jack pulled her off of Will.

"Take care dad." Jewel said with a smile on her face.

"Hold on!" Jack yelled, hanging onto part of the sail, aiming his pistol at the wood. They were lifted up into the air, as if they were hanging onto a parachute. Jewel fell to Will and grabbed his hand as if she was shaking it. She pulled herself closer to him and whispered something in his ear.

She coughed again and fell to the deck, seeing the water coming closer to the Dutchman. Jewel closed her eyes and smiled. She had lived a good and fun life, full of adventure and excitement every single day. Besides maybe drowning wasn't such a bad way to die after all. Perhaps wherever she goes, she'll finally see her mother again.

Not yet Sparrow...