Fight for the Heart

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"Lord Beckett desires the contents of
that chest. I deliver it. I get my life back." He argued.

"Ah. The dark side of ambition." Jack stated, knowingly.

I prefer to think of it as the promise
of redemption." He corrected.

The three of square off against each other.

Will looked to us and demanded.. "Guard the chest."

He moved back to the fight and we glared him. "Will stop this!"

Elizabeth started yelling. "No. This is barbaric. This is not
how grown men settle their... oh,
fine! Let's just all haul out our swords and start banging away at each other! Have at it! That will solve everything. Well I've had it with the lot of you! I've had enough of... rum soaked... wobbly-legged... pirates!"

Norrington shoved Will back and Jack times his slash to cut away the key. It flashed up in the air and Jack caught it.

"Hah-hah!" He smiled.

Jack raced away and Norrington tripped Will, kicking his sword away. He smirked. "By your leave, Mister Turner."

I growled. "Le áantaj ti' le jala'acho' meyaj le jala'acho'! Stop this now!"

I ran after them in pursuit. I aimed at the men and shot. It went amd hit the church. They looked at me, then went back to fighting. Norrington ran past Will, in pursuit of Jack. Key in hand, Jack climbed, Norrington followed in the run-down church. I ran climbing and followed Jack. Jack entered the tower, and climbed. Norrington caught up to him on the stairs.

Dangling at the end of a rope in the center of the tower was the skelton of the hanging priest in the church. Will arrived, looked up along the ropes of the tower. Norrington slammed Jack with the hilt of his sword, took the key from Jack, flinging Jack off the stairs. I quietly scurried to Norrington and took the key as I passed.

I handed Jack the key and he kissed me real quick. He took it from me and smiled. He held my waist and grabbed the rope holding the hanging Priest, and we dropped. Will grabbed a second rope and shot up past us on his way down.

Will reaches the top as the tower bell rung. Will stepped onto the rooftop. Norrington appears behind Will, as he jumped across. Norrington followed and the they both fight across the void created by a broken wall. We exited the tower and slipped on the roof.

I ran to Will and struck him. He blocked me and I laughed. This was fun. It is never dull with Jack and Will.

I yelled to Jack, grinning as I fought Will. "I missed this! I misses us! We are a great team, you and I!"

Jack smiled. "As did I."

Quickly, Norrington engaged Jack with his blade, knocking the sword out of Jack's hand. It flung over his shoulder.

Norrington frowned. "Excuse me while I kill the man who ruined my life."

"Be my guest." Will responded. While will was distracted, I bent down and kicked him off his foot. He landed on his stomach and I jumped on him.

I went behind Norrington, with my pistol to his head. "Do that..." I cocked my pistol and sneered. "And I pull this trigger." 

Will's fine with that, relaxes to watch. Norrington turned to Jack.

"Let's examine that claim for a moment, shall we, former Commodore. Who was the man who, at the moment you had a notorious pirate safely behind bars and a beautiful dolly belle bound for the bridal, saw fit to free said pirate and take your dearly beloved for himself?"
"Jack shot his eyes toward Will. "I was nothing more than an almost innocent bystander to the aforementioned events...so whose
fault is it really that you ended up as a rum-pot deck hand who takes orders from pirates."

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