Child Of Calypso

The Isla De Muerte

Mina and Elizabeth were both roughly awaken and forced into the long boats. Only Mina was put in the long boat with Baand Elizabeth in another. 

"If you plan on frightening her to death, than by all means please continue." Mina says in a cheerful voice as she motions to where Elizabeth sat huddled in the other long boat. 

"What concern is it of yours?" 

"None, only I thought that you needed the blood to be from a living host. If she dies on the way in all your well laid plans will be for naught." Mina taunts and soon finds herself being gagged by the captain himself. 

"With I normally admire your voice, miss mouse, tonight I am in too good of spirits to have you ruin it for me." 

Mina glared at the pirate but could only blame herself, after all someone can only be pushed so far. When the boats hit the beach Mina was filled with a cold dread. 

She could feel the cursed gold pieces from where she sat and Mina was suddenly overcome with a fear of seeing the pieces. 

Barbossa caught her look of panic and laughed. 

His laughed strengthened her resolve and so once more Mina hid her fear. 

"Be mindful of pits a crevasses. Stay together." Barbossa warns them as he has Mina's hands tied behind her back and then grabs one of her arms. 

The group keeps together under the firelight, the path leads between boulders on a slope downhill. 

Mina attempts to ignore the sheer drop close to her left but it is impossible to ignore. 

Her foot slips and she finds herself falling away and panic gripping her core causing her to forget any magic that could help. 

Suddenly a hand shoots out and grabs her right arm, she is pulled back beside Barbossa, and meets his gaze with a glare. 

If he hadn't tied her hands she could have stopped herself, but no instead Barbossa had to 'take cautionary measures' even though it was not Mina's blood that was to be spilled. 

The pirate captain leads the group down farther and farther until even Mina is lost in the caverns. Yet Barbossa seems to know exactly where he is. 

The group reaches the end of a small chamber of mostly jewels and pearls pilled around a large bed before emerging into the largest cavern. Gold coins reached to the ceiling and even Mina was in awe of the sight. 

"Here we stand before the cursed treasure of Cortez himself. Won by blood, it demands blood in return." Barbossa tosses Mina to a few of the pirates and they each take hold of her arms. Pintel grabs Elizabeth by the wrist and then proceeds to make a cut on the fleshy part of her palm.

"What did you expect? We're all gentlemen here, right and proper." Pintel says with a grin as Barbossa takes the medallion and grins at Elizabeth. 

"You know the first thing I'm going to do after the curse if lifted? Eat a whole bushel of apples." Mina fought the urge to roll her eyes. 

"What was begun by blood, let blood now end!" Barbossa yells as he tosses the gold medallion onto the others in the chest. 

A moment passes...

And than two.

"Did it work?"

"I don't feel no different."

"How do we tell?" 

Barbossa frowns, draws his pistol, and shoots the pirate next to him in the chest.