CHAPTER 16: Remarkable Dealings

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       IN THE CENTER of the cavern, Will is pushed close to the stone chest by two pirates, then shoved to his knees. The pirate pushes Will's head forward directly over the chest, the medallion hanging below his throat.

       I glanced at the compass; the needle point towards Jack. I looked at him and he looked away.

       "...I guess I'll be sticking around with you instead." I thought.

       "Right. The whole cave is watched." Jack looked around, "Follow me."

       Barbossa takes the stone knife from atop the chest of gold. He thumbs the blade: sharp enough. He began, "Begun by blood... by blood un..."

       "—Excuse me. Pardon me. Beg pardon." Jack and I make our way and emerges from the crowd of pirates.

       Everyone stared at us, looked surprised including Will Turner. He exclaimed. "Jack! (Y/N)!"

       Barbossa breathed, "...It's not possible."

       "Not probable!" Jack corrected him.

       I looked around and wondered, "...Uhh... Where's Elizabeth?"

       The pirates surround Jack and I; Barbossa points a knife at us. "You two! You're next!"

       The pirates dragged us backwards. Barbossa again puts the knife to Will's throat-

       " —You don't want to be doing that, mate." Jack concerned.

       Barbossa pretends to think about his words. "No, I really think I do."

       Jack clasped his hands together and shrugged, "Your funeral."

       Barbossa presses the blade to Will's throat. He wants to do it but dammit! He whirls back on Jack. "Why don't I want to do it?

       "Well, because..." Jack shrugs away the pirates' hand in his shoulder. He steps forward. "Because the H.M.S. Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is floating just off shore, waiting for you."

       A buzz of apprehension sweeps through the pirates. Barbossa hesitated.

       Pintel interjects, "Did you really expect us to believe you?"

       "Just hear me out, mate." Jack stated. "You order your men to row out to the Dauntless, they do what they do best. Robert's your uncle, Fannie's your aunt, there you are with two ships. The makings of your very own fleet. Of course, you'll take the grandest as your flagship, and who's to argue? But what of the Pearl?"

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