Hmmm...Just imagine He's A Pirate playing in the background of this chapter...

"...You can mistrust me less than you can mistrust him.
Trust me..."

Neptune's War
The Final Battle

Fire was consuming the island as he looked out at the three sides of the war, finally coming together for one last epic battle. The battle that would decided this: Would Neptune once again come out on top? Or would pirates rule the seas? Or maybe, would the EITC come back stronger than it ever was? Or maybe, just maybe...

"Sir?" He brought his eyes off of the flames that he was staring at thru the window, and turned to see the young man walking inside. "He's here...do you want me to...send him-" A small smile crept across the other man's lips as he said, "I'll see him myself." The young man was trembling from the sound of his leader's voice. It was enough to send chills down anyone's spine. The young man nodded slowly, then said quickly, "He's in the-"

But the older man had already pushed him aside and began walking down the stairs. Another smile crept across his face as he walked down the staircase. He was going to win. Well, he had already won actually. There was no way that anyone could get in the way of his perfect plan now. They were broken up. They doubted each other. They were seperated. They had no one to turn to now. No one. He made sure of that. A laugh now escaped his lips as he got to his destanation. The man they captured was tied up to a chair. Breathing heavily, his dark eyes were immediatley filled up with rage only making his captor smile even more, if that was even possible.

"You're betrayl, sadly enough, was your downfall." He poured his captive some tea to which the captive only scowled causing him to laugh and say, "And hers as well...Her death is your fault."

William Turner smiled as he looked down at the tea that had been offered to him. Cutler Beckett sat down across from him, and said to him in a tone above a harsh whisper, "Bella died because she was trying to help you. You and Miss Parrish... Mr. Turner, do you realize how stupid you are? Just waltzing in like this? That crown will be mine now, regardless of what you do-"

"What I do? Mate, I don't think it's only me." Will said with a smirk as the door behind Beckett opened. Cutler didn't turn around, but a minute later, he felt a tip of a sword at his neck as a teasing voice said, "Funny thing about crowns. You have to be born into them. Or marry into them. And seeing as you aren't of royal descent and you're bloody well not marrying me-" She pushed it deeper and said, "You're out of luck, mate. So sorry."

Lila walked over to Will and cut him out of his ropes. Moments later, Beckett had both of them holding their swords at their throats. Will wasn't digging his in half as much as Lila was, but then again, Lila was pretty mad. Cutler made no sign that this actually affected him in any way. He just sat there with a smile on his face, as he said "Do yo think you can actually win? Do you really think you can?" He snapped his fingers, and instantly his men were walking in the doors. Lila backed up against Will, and asked" What now, Captain?"

"We fight..." Came another voice. All of the men, Cutler, and Will and Lila turned to look to see who was walking in the door. A very tired looking Jack Sparrow walked in. He scowled as he said." Honestly, mate. I've been watin' forever now. And now you decide to show up?" He ywaned a bit, before he dusted off his pants and raised his word as Will and Lila were doing. "I reckon I might as well join this anyway. Where William is involved, in some sort of twisted way, I'll end up ivolved as well, so I better just go ahead and spare the trouble, aye?" Jack came to join Will and Lila over in front of Beckett. Cutler Beckett only pulled out a sword himself and said, "Do you think that wise, Master Turner? You need to find your place in this world."

"It's right here, Mr. Beckett. Fighting you to your death between my best mate and my fiancee. Where's your place?" Will said with a smirk as all three of them took a step towards Beckett. Somehow, Cutler ordered his men to attack, and in just a few moments, they were being swarmed with the Royal Navy. Jack looked over at Will and smirked as he said, "Just like old times, aye?" When he looked down to see Lila's tear stained cheeks, he glanced back up at Will but never had a chance to answer, because at that moment a sword nearly came colliding with his head.

"OI!" Jack yelled, as he ducked and knocked the man down. He rolled his chocolate eyes and began fighting. Will glanced over at Lila who gave Will a faint smile, before beginning to fight herself. Will was watching him more carefully more so than he was watching what he was doing. "WILL! Mate, it's me!" Jack spat as he caught Will's sword before it hit him. Will was about to apologize, but he didn't because he had to knock a sword away before it came down to meet Jack's neck where it had been aiming. Jack smiled, and then glanced at the curtain, before ripping it off of the wall and throwing and end at Will. Will smiled as he tossed his sword to Lila and began running with Jack down the room. Jack was smiling as people flipped over the curtain as they ran. They ran behind a column and pulled so that the men in the curtain fell back agaisnt the column and were immediatley knocked out.

"Sword!" Will cried when he and Jack emerged from the column. Lila looked slightly taken back, but nodded as she disarmed one of the men and kicked him down. Then she tossed one of her swords to Will and followed him up the stairs. "Where's the crown?" Jack yelled up to Will who was now up the stairs looking for it. "I don't know, Jack! Lila, cover me!"

"Already doing it, love." Lila said as she was fighting behind him. "Hurry!" Will started looking inside chests and drawers. He groaned when it wasn't in there. "What the hell!" Will muttered angrily as a sword nearly slammed against his head. He moved just in time, and in a matter of moments that man was down the stairs, not moving and sprawled out. Will glanced at Lila in shock who looked about as shocked as he was. She finally got over it, and let her Sparrow ego shine thru as she said, "What? Did it really surprise you that much?"

She leaned over and kissed him before saying, "Nobody hurts my fiancee. Even if he is immortal." With that, she turned around and blocked another sword. Will sighed as he looked around the room. Where wa s that bloody crown? "Li?"

Lila spun around and looked over where Will was looking. "Oh bloody hell." She mumbled as she came to stnad beside Will. He glanced down at her for a minute, before turning back up to look and the chandelier. It blended in perfectly with it, but he still didn't know exactly how the hell Beckett managed to get it up there. Will gave her a smile, before getting on to the railing and standing there, staring at the chandelier and how far he was in the air. He jumped before he could stop himself, and was actually surprised when he grabbed on to the chandelier and pulled himself up on it. A crystal flew off when one of Beckett's men tried to shoot at Will. Lila glared over at him, but turned it into a smile as she walked over to him. He was taken, back and just stared at her long enough for he to disarm him and push him roughly down the stairs like she had done that man earlier.

She smiled to herself, that was her strategy. Acting like a damsel in distress so that she could use that to her advantage. Jack and Lila were now watching Will swing back and forth on that chandelier in horror. Well, amusement for Jack. "I got it!" Will cried when he stood up on it and raised the crown in the air. He realized a split second later that he shouldn't have done that, because the ceiling cracked. All the color drained out of Lila's face as Jack ran up to the balcony and started pulling down the curtains. "WILL!" Will amazingly swung over and caught the curtain that Jack was holding. Lila ran up behind Jack, and helped him hold on to the curtain and pull Will back up.

The chandelier? It fell. Taking Beckett's men down with it. Jack smirked over at Will as he pulled him to his feet, and said, "Nice job, mate." Will smiled up at Jack, but then became serious as he said, "Take this-" Will handed him the crown. "-get back to the Pearl, and don't wait for me, alright?" Jack took the crown, and stared up at him as if he had just told him that he was engaged to a goat. "Jack, please. And whatever you do, keep Lila safe."

"You know I will, mate." Jack said, with a slight smile and a nod to his friend. "Be careful, eunuch." He moved over so that Lila could run over to him and hug him. Will wrapped his arms tightly around her and kissed her cheek as he said, "I love you." She pulled back as he wiped her tears. She smiled and said, "I know you do. I love you too." She leaned up and briefly kissed him, before allowing Jack to pull her down the stairs. Jack and Lila turned around once more when they reached the door, but continued out.

Will rested his hand on the railing, waiting for him to speak. He heard footsteps a minute later, and then the chilling voice as it said, "Wrong move, Turner." Will smiled to himself as he grasped his sword tightly in his hand, preparing to fight and said, "Actually? I think your wrong-" He turned to face Beckett as he said, "-I think it was the right move."

It started so fast, that Will had no idea how they ended up on the outside part of the balcony. Will had a rather deep gash on his arm, but made no sign that it hurt as much as it really did. Beckett swung his sword, and spat, "Just like your mother. A coward." Will felt his anger bubbling up inside of him as his sword made contact with Beckett's arm. Beckett winced in pain long enough for Will to push him up against the wall and restrain him as he spat, "My mother was not a coward. You killed her trying to get to her best friend's daughter. She didn't tell you, because that girl had become like her own daughter. She died wanting to protect her loved ones, how is that being a coward, Beckett? Oh, but that's right. You wouldn't know. You don't have a heart anyway, do you?"

"SHUT UP!"

"That's where you messed up the first time. You killed my mother. You had to have known that I wasn't going to sit too easily with that one-" He was holding Beckett at an angle that he couldn't try anything with Will, lest his arm be snapped. Will smirked at his enemy's pain and said, "-you know where you messed up the second time? You bloody went and brought Lila in to this. That's just asking for a death wish, mate. And you know, I do have a place reserved for people like you? A fate worse than hell. The locker. Because. you're not going to bring my mother and my fiancee into this, mate. Not again."

Will moved so fast that Beckett had no time to react, the sword made contact with Beckett's arm once more. Cutler tried to duck under Will and swing at him, but his foot got caught on the balcony's railing. It happened quickly. So quickly, Will had to look down to make sure that it really happened. Cutler Beckett had fallen to his death off of a balcony. Will stared down at him for a moment, before putting his sword into his belt and saying, "By your leave, Mr. Beckett."

And then he walked out of the castle, back in the direction that he had hoped that his fiancee would be...

"Saphira? Wha' the bloody 'ell are you doin' out 'ere?" Jack asked her rather roughly as he and Lila ran down the Pearl's deck, behind the mast. Every once and a while, Jack would push her behind him so that either he or Lila could block either a pirate's , EITC's or one of Neptune's Army's swords. Jack spun around to see Saphira wasn't there anymore. "Saph? Saphie?"

"JACKIE!" He and Lila spun around quickly to see that one of the EITC's men was dragging her off the Pearl. Jack's chocolate eyes narrowed as he whispered to Lila, "Stay here." He ran down the deck to where the man was dragging Saph to get into a longboat. Jack pulled out his gun, but was cut off when the admiral said, "Drop your weapons. Or she dies." He placed the knife under Saphira's throat.
Jack smirked as a laugh escaped his mouth, and said, "Son, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow. I'm capable of anythin' and most everythin'..." He said that as he walked behind the admiral and Saphira to place a rope inside the cannon. "...and that anythin' that I am most capable of has everythin' to do with out smartin' ye." He lit the cannon, and then turned to the new admiral and said, "Ta." It happened so quickly that the poor admiral had no time to react. Jack pulled Saphira back into his arms, and the admiral shot off into the water with the cannon.

"Are you alright, darlin'?" Jack said, a trickle of blood running down his face more than likely from the battle back in the castle. Saphira was breathing heavily as she jumped into Jack's arms and wrapped hers around him. Jack was stunned for a minute, but smiled as he wrapped his arms back around her and said, "Darlin', I was goin' to let that terrible beastie of an admiral hurt ye." She smiled as she looked up at him, maybe longer than she should have. They were getting closer, when...

The Pearl rocked violently almost knocking over half the people on it. Lila was running down the decks, looking for any sign of Will, when a faint pop was heard behind her. She spun around to see Will materializing behind her. She almost fell down she was so releaved to see him. He looked tired, but that didn't stop her from running over to him and jumping into his arms. He laughed as he picked her up and kissed her. "Happy to see me?" He asked, putting her back down.

"Bloody hell, you have no idea..." She was cut off when the ship rocked again, this time actually lifting it out of the water. Lila would have fallen down, but Will caught her, and kept a firm arm around her as they made it down the stairs. It didn't look good. Nothing really did. The sky should have been clear and sunny, but it was black and red. Explosions were going off, people were screaming, guns were shooting...it was a nightmare. Will took Lila's hand kissed the top of her head as they waited...that's all they could do...

"Saphira?" Jack asked, looking over at the young girl beside him. She turned around with a horror stricken face as the ship rocked again. She smiled faintly as Jack pulled her into his arms and whispered, "Being Captain of all forward remarks..." Jack started pulling back so he could look into her face. He pushed a curl and said, "I seem to be fallin' for ye, Miss Dawson."

"I seem to be doing the same for you, Mr. Sparrow." And with that, Jack leaned down and kissed her as he wrapped his arms around her waist. She smiled against him, and wrapped hers around his neck. They just stood there in each other's arms, kissing.
Right there on the Pearl, as it was seemingly sinking...in the middle of the war...

But it didn't matter to them.

"...You can mistrust me less than you can mistrust him.
Trust me..."