Beckett screams down at his men, it is inaudible.
Weatherby Swann is dragged out into the middle of the battle, a pistol is pointed at his head.
"Now Miss Swann, i think you better rethink your situation"
Elizabeth shocked to see her father reduced to such a state drops her sword in shock.
Beckett smiles and points his sword at her neck.
YIKES!!!! (bites nails nervously)
Elizabeth raises her hands in a gesture of surrender. Around her, the battle has stopped. Dramatic music begins to play. A Pistol shot rings out suddenly, and Governor Swann falls to the ground, dead... in a moment of slow motion, we see Norrington lower the pistol. Elizabeth screams and throws herself onto her father's body, while mayhem ensues around the deck. Will charges Norrington. Jack rushes over to Elizabeth, but Norrington is quicker. He seizes Elizabeth and holds the pistol to her head, while the rest of the pirates surround him and Beckett.
Norrington: Not a step furthur, gentlemen...
Jack: Wait! (everyone stops what they are doing) What is it you really want, Norrington?
Beckett steps forwards and looks steadily at Jack.
Beckett: What have you to trade?
Jack: Myself. Leave the girl. Take me. A notorious pirate behind bars.
Beckett: Oh I'm afraid it wouldn't be behind bars, Jack. Not this time.
Jack: Very well. SHoot me. But let the girl go.
Everything goes black. when light returns we see, Tia walk over to Jack, while Liz holds her father in her lap, sobbing over him.
"You forget Jack, you may be safe now but how long will that last don't forget I have the heart!"
At that moment, the sea bubbles and froths, a mast begins to appear, until a ship crashes heavily onto the surface.
"Right on time" Norrington laughs.
The crew turn away from Norrington only to face Davy Jones and his crew surrounding them.
"How the bloody hell did you survive?" Davy says with a slight grin of admiration on his face.
"Doesn't matter i prefer it this way" he draws his sword, while knocking Jack back.
The fight begins.........
Jack, knowing that only the heart can kill Davy, uses his wit and speed to try weedle his way out of the battle. Turning to look at Liz, he sees her distraught, and crying yet she watches him intently. Her presence gave him a warmth stronger than Tia's magic and he turned to fight. Jack fights bravely, until Davy knocks the sword out of his hand and has Jack helpless on the ground.
He raises his sword to deliver the final blow.....He suddenly feels a small, gentle hand rest on his shoulder, he turns to see Tia standing behind him. She looks at Jack, then to Liz.
"Please Davy, don't do this, if you kill him you are my enemy, and i cannot love my enemy, can i?"
Davy's face softens and he embraces her with affection.
"I would never do anything to hurt you"
He turns to Jack, and puts out his hand to help him up. Jack smiles at Tia and accepts the offer.
When Jack dusts off his hat and assures himself it's on straight, he looks up to see just him and his crew onboard.
Later that night, while he is standing at the railing looking out to see, memories of a life of comfort and money came rushing back to him. Tia slowly strolls up to him...............
G. Sparrow (in Singapore with Bootstrap Bill): Bloody hell! All we find is dead body after dead body where our sons have been.
Bill: Does something seem wrong to you?
G. Sparrow: Lots of things, but what did you notice?
Bill: Something has to have been protecting Jack all this time for him to have lived through the Kracken and through Sao Feng.
G. Sparrow: I take it you may know what that something is?
Bill: Tia Dalma. (pause) We have to get to sea and find the Black Pearl!
Back to the Pearl.
"I never thought i would see the day when you would actually fight fair and risk your life for a woman" Tia sighs. "Does she mean that much to you?"
".......She reminds me of me when i was younger. The life i lived before i was a pirate."
"Have ya told her?"
"NO! she loves me as Captain Jack Sparrow, not Jack Smith, son of the Govenor of Singapore."
"Oh!................so.......remember our deal Jack, 1 week."
"What!.......i thought after what happened you had changed your mind."
"No Jack, i love you and if i can't have you, neither can she!"
Tia disappears into the water.
"Jack..." Elizabeth called him softly, he turned to lokk at her, her eyes were red and her face was pale.
"Lizzie..." he reached up to wipe away a tear that rolled gently down her cheek.
She snaps his hand away, "Tell me once, Jack please, Do you love me?"
He sighed heavily and did not reply.
She nods her head, "i guess there was one thing true about your stories, your a womens man and will always be"
She blinks angrily to stop a tear falling, and her breath shudders she turns and walks to the cabin.
Jack watches her walk away, while the lump in his throat began to burn.
He knew he had hurt her more than anyone could have, and it was tearing him to shreds.............
Ok, er..............
That night Jack stayed at that same spot, he could not sleep. In the morning, Jack did not go to breakfast, for some reason he could not face Elizabeth, he dreaded to see her because it reminded him of the pain he had caused her. Instead he took out his trusty rum, drank it and thought of a way to escape this situation.
"What's wrong with you?" a cold voice, full of jealousy asked him.
"What?......Oh it's you.....nothing" Jack replied when he saw Will standing watching him.
"Mary, mother of god Jack, have you been out here all night?" Gibbs rushed up to his captain.
"Don't you have a deck to wash or something" Jack said to Will. He wasn't in the mood to listen to borng Will because the conversation was most likely to turn to Liz.
As Will stalked off, grumpily, Gibbs stared at his captain.
"Captain, is everything alr.... Ship! out to sea, starboard side, men prepare yourselves!"
It was the avenger, a small ship previously owned by Sao Feng, but commandered by Bootstrap and Grant Sparrow.
On deck of the Avenger.
Bootstrap: Well that's the Pearl.
Grant: Aye, a fine ship......
Bootstrap: i'll raise the flag of truce........i finally am free to live my boy.
Grant: Aye, i have talking to do with Jack aswell.................
WOW...I haven't visited this thread until today...this is awesome..I love the Jack/Liz moments...that's exactly how I picture it...jack sacrificing his love, denying his love to Elizabeth....but I can't write as good as you guys can....Please get Jack out of this deal with Tia....because in the end Bootstraps will convince Will that better to move on and find a new love then to spend his life with a woman who longs to be with someone else...in the end Jack and Liz must be together...But I am enjoying the story so much...don't like the Tia kissing Jack scene ugghhhh.....