Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Chapter 13: The End...For Now.

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Davy Jones watched through his spyglass as the Kraken dragged Jack and the Black Pearl into the water.

"Jack Sparrow. Out debt is settled." Jones said, lowering his spyglass.

"The Captain goes down with his ship." A crewman commented.

"Turns out not even Jack Sparrow can beat the devil." Hammerhead added.

Davy Jones turned to his crew. "Open the chest." He ordered.

His crew looked a bit confused.

"Open the chest, I need to see it!" Jones snapped.

Hammerhead turned the key, unlocking the chest, and Jones pushed the lid open, only to find it empty.

Jones shook with rage. "Damn you, Jack Sparrow!" He cursed into the sky.

...

Lord Cutler Beckett sat at his desk, in his office, when Mercer entered.

"The last of our ships have returned." He announced.

"Is there any news on the chest?" Beckett demanded.

"None. But one of the ships did pick up a man adrift at sea." Mercer held up the letters of marque. "He has these."

Mercer dropped the papers on the desk, and Beckett picked them up and examined them.

"I took the liberty of filling in my name." Norrington said, as he entered the room.

Beckett waved him forward. "If you intend to claim these, then you must have something to trade. Do you have the compass?"

Norrington smirked. "Better." He placed a small bag onto the desk. "The heart of Davy Jones."

...

The rest of the crew floated down the river of a familiar swamp, passing several people who were standing in the water holding candles in honor of Jack Sparrow.

...

Everyone sat around Tia Dalma's hut looking defeat and exhausted.

(Y/n) sat curled up in a chair, with tears streaming down her face. Elizabeth looked over at her from her spot by a desk and hesitantly approached her.

Elizabeth sat on the armrest of the chair, and took a deep breath. "(Y/n)..."

She looked up at Elizabeth, and seeing her red eyes made telling her more difficult.

"Before Jack...stayed behind...he wanted me to tell you something. He...He wanted you to know...that he loves you."

(Y/n) gasped softly, and her bottom lip began to tremble. She buried her face in her hands and let out a shaky sigh.

"...I'll never get to say it back." She whispered.

The guilt Elizabeth was feeling grew exponentially at the sight of her friend looking so distraught.

At that moment, Tia Dalma entered the room with a tray of drinks, and began passing them around. She approached Elizabeth who tried to decline.

"Against de cold. And de sorrow." Tia told her.

Elizabeth hesitantly accepted a cup, and Tia bent down next to (Y/n).

"Drink child. It'll help." Tia told her.

(Y/n) took a cup but didn't drink from it. "I don't see how anything could help now." She rasped, her throat weak from crying.

"I know ye loved him child. And I know him loved you too."

(Y/n) looked up at her. "You did?"

Tia nodded. "In all de years I have known Jack Sparrow, I never see him look at a woman de way he look at you. Ye meant more to him den you know."

Tia Dalma walked away from the girls and moved over to Will who was repeatedly throwing his dagger into the table.

"It's a shame. I know you're thinking that with de Pearl you could have captured the devil and set free your father's soul."

Will took a cup. "Doesn't matter now. The Pearl is gone, along with its Captain."

"Aye." Gibbs agreed. "And already the world seems a bit less bright. He fooled us all right till the end, but I guess that honest streak finally won out. To Jack Sparrow."

"Never another like Captain Jack." Ragetti whimpered.

"He was a gentlemen of fortune he was." Pintel said tearfully.

"He was a good man." (Y/n) whispered.

Will sympathetically looked to his friend. "If there was anything that could be done to bring him back...(Y/n)..."

"Would you do it?" Tia jumped in. "What would you, hm? What would any of you be willing to do, Hmm? Would you sail to de ends of de Earth and beyond to fetch back witty Jack and him precious Pearl?"

(Y/n) immediately stood up. "Aye."

"Aye." Gibbs declared.

"Aye." Pintel said.

"Aye." Ragetti agreed.

*squawk* "Aye."

"Yes." Elizabeth nodded.

"Aye." Will whispered.

Tia smirked. "Alright. But if you go and brave de weird and haunted shores at world's end...den you will need a Captain who knows dos waters."

Tia Dalma turned towards a set of stairs, and a pair of boots clunked as they walked down the steps.

"So, tell me..." Barbossa said as he entered the room "...what has become of my ship?"

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