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Post by Fish-legs Bob on May 13, 2004 20:26:56 GMT -5
Fishy looked down at Jack in horror, and knelt. He casualy sliced away at a zombie pirate who wandered too close, but his eyes remained on Jack. The blood, life, dripping out of his captain was almost too much for the lad to bare, but he wasn't about to leave Jack's side. Not for the world. And there was nothing else to say now, except
"Goodbye Jack...and thank you..."
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Post by Evelyn on May 13, 2004 20:28:42 GMT -5
Evelyn looked around noticing as all the undead disappeared before her eyes. Barbossa caught her eye and she smirked seeing Will stopped him. When Mari placed her head upon her shoulder she did nothing. She couldn't she was in shock at the whole situation. Barely getting over what happened with Barbossa was one thing, then Hawk being gone for a while, and now Jack dying.
She could only look on at what was happening. Then smiling at Maria she moved herself away from her and crawled forward towards Jack, still not crowding him, but just so she could take a look at him. She wiped her tears and stared down at him. Hawk and Rose crying over him, as well as Will by his side. This was how he should go, surrounded by those who loved him most and he did as well.
She sat there, alone, sniffling occassionally. She grinned looking at Jack and catching his eye. "Goin' out with a hell of a bang Jack...literally." Evelyn smiled at him and giving him a small salute. "Bye Capn'." She said as tears fell.
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Post by Will Turner on May 13, 2004 20:31:38 GMT -5
*Will listened to the speech given by Hawk and he couldn't help but smile. He looked back at Jack and he nodded in complete agreement.* I'd say goodbye to you Jack but I'm not going to. *Will said, looking him in the eye.* Not just because I dont want to but...mostly because I know this isn't the last time I'll see you. Someday we'll all be together again raising hell, even if its not in waking life. *He said and he rose slowly, placing a hand upon Roses shoulder as he smiled down at his truest friend.*
*James waited by the cave entrance a moment longer before he shook his head, grabbing his necklace again. He couldn't hide from fate, he had to say goodbye to Jack or he would regreat it for the rest of his life. He come rushing back towards the mound of treasure and he dropped to his knees and wrapped his arms gently around Jack, careful not to discomfort the man. Then he pulled away and leaned back on his heels.* Goodbye Jack, Ill never forget you I promise I wont! *He sniffed.*
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Post by Rose Glassman/Hawk Aureye on May 13, 2004 20:36:22 GMT -5
Rose smiled tearily at Will, then squeezed Jack's hand. "'Zactly...y'can' keep family 'part...Dad, I swear I'll make you an' Mum proud." She beamed at Jack.
Hawk squeezed his father's hand as well, then reached up to detach the earring from his ear. He placed it in Jack's hand, then took it again. "An offerin', if you will." He grinned through the tears. "Dad...'ll miss you...I love you...an' I'll never forget you." It was an uncharacteristically emotional moment for Hawk...and he bore the weight of the grief well.
"Dad...'til we meet 'gain." Rose leaned down and kissed her father's cheek, continuing to hold his hand. "Love you...miss you...forever..." she managed before her throat closed up.
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Post by Victoria Brighton on May 13, 2004 21:00:43 GMT -5
*Tobbs charged angrily at the creatures. Stabbing them from side to side, she realized she only seemed to be slowing them down. She sighed, keeping Jack in her sights. All of a sudden, she heard Rose scream Hawk's name. Racing over to her, she helped fight off the dead while they looked Hawk over. She saw Flame, an old aquaintance, and went under a furious fight with him.*
*Tobbs managed to clash the last hit in and bring him to the ground, when she heard a large echo...of a gunshot. Her eyes flew to the one person she'd kept her eyes off for a few seconds....then her heart sank...*
*There was Jack, the crimson color of blood suddenly becoming visible, and he somewhat went to the ground gently with a few of the crew by his side. She couldn't belive it. She looked to the goddesses, and they had tear streamed cheeks...so it was true...she'd failed him...*
*An angry growl escaped her lips, and she began hacking, slicing, cutting, twisting, jumping upon, everything imaginable to get the undead out of her way. When they all began sinking down, she threw down her weapon and ran to the place all the crew was....she saw Rose and Hawk talking, and caught herself fom near fainting...she'd failed....*
*When they finished, and Jack had spoken to them in return, she ran to his side and sank to the ground, her eyes watching his all the while. She knew every characteristic in his face, his stormy eyes...she knew she'd memorized them long ago naturally...now she knew she'd never forget them...a tear slipped down her cheek....*
*she'd failed now, she'd lost the one man she ever loved, the one who loved her back, the father of the only child she'd have, and the only man that'd be in her life as he was. She bit her lip and placed her hand on his cheek.*
"Jack," she choked, knowing this'd be the last few moments she had with him. "I love you Jack, and no matter what 'appens, no matter if tis a year from now, or when I'm old and near death, I'll never foget ya....ever...." She couldn't belive this was happening. "I'm sorry Jack, I'm sorry I couldn't keep ya here with the crew, with yer family, with me....an' no matter 'o I meet, they'll all know about ye by the time I'm done..., 'ow wonderful you are, 'ow you gave yer life for the ones you loved, 'ow ya took the pain away every time, 'ow yer the greatest man I ever knew...especially the little one that's comin..."
*She trembled as she took his hand that someone had lightly released for her to grasp, and placed it for a moment on her tummy, as if letting him say hello, and goodbye to this new Sparrow. Then, she held it tightly, and theld back a sob*
"I luv ya so much Jack, so so much..."
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Post by Emma Hawkins/Rick MacKinnon on May 13, 2004 21:17:07 GMT -5
Emma slashed her way through wave after wave of zombies,side by side with the man she loved.Her blade moved quickly and with practiced effieciency through the air.Suddenly,there was a gunshot,and the enemies just...vanished.She felt a wave of cold go through her body,and turned in time to see Jack fall.Her eyes went wide with shock,and she ran over."JACK!"Tears pricked at her eyes,but she fought them back.Not in front of the crew....never in front of the crew."Damn you,Jack Sparrow....you can't do this to us!"It was a rough thing to say,but the emotion behind it was obvious.
Rick put a steadying hand on Emma's shoulder,feeling his own heart beat quicken with panic."Jack...we'll miss ye,mate.We'll tell th' girl all about you...she'll grow up 'earin' about th' bes' captain any pirate could ever ask for..."He almost choked on the words,and his green eyes shone with tears."G'bye,mate..."
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Post by Jack Sparrow on May 13, 2004 21:27:32 GMT -5
:Jack trembled.....shivered and stared at Tobbs...tears leaked from his eyes..first a trickle...then a torrent of tears....he wasn't going to be around to see another child of his born...the thought ripped his hearrt:
:He sobbed...loudly...desperatly....lifted a hand to his lips, kissed his fingers then pressed them to Victoria's cheek: "Thank you.....I love you...." :His eyes for once...maybe....the only time he'd admit it..showed fear. He wasn't ready. He thought. But...it was hard to say goodbye....so hard to bid farewell and sail away to a place his friends couldn't follow. He'd be alone there....:
:"Emma...Rick....Maria...Evelyn....James...Will.....Fishy....Hawk...Rose....Tobbs...." He stared them all in the eye as he said there name: "It has been.....the honor of my life to be your captain...your father....your....friend....."
:He stared at his crew....at Hawk..at Rose...: "I'm always going to be with you..." Then has lifted his head, looking at them: "My cabin....please....Fishy...there's books there....and...for all of you....my cabin...".blinked a few times: "This will be the day you'll always remember as the day......"
:Jack's body shivered again, trembled. He felt for one brief instant cold as ice.then hot as fire....and the last drop of blood slide down out of the wound...and Jack's last breath wretched itself free from his body:
:Outside...the sky ripped open. Storm clouds raced together....an angry dark mess of violence in the heavens...lighting tore open the sky....the sea roared to life...steel gray and vengeful....and someplace over the clouds.....dancing in the storm...Jack's soul relished the fury his departure had caused.....:
:If Jack had been....a poet...a writer....a great thinker..he might have told his crew th sun would go on shinning....the stars would glitter..the world would continue on without him......and death was just another beginning........but...he wasn't a elegant speaker..nor could he speak anymore.:
:What made Jack Sparrow....what made him more then a man...a legend.....a Captain....left his body....and fled .....shook free of his body....and his soul...which was always free.....broke whatever bonds it had.....and laughed.....really laughed....:
:And back...body cold and silent amongest a kings ransom in gold and jewels...lay a body devoid of the drunken madness...the crazied brillance that made Jack who he was. The eyes which glittered..where still lined with kohl....but blank....souless and cold.....:
:Jack Sparrow died....not just a man......bloody, bold, reckless, wild, mad and brillant. That would be the day everyone remembered as the day.....Captain Jack Sparrow passed away.....into history....and legend....:
#nosmileys
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Post by Rose Glassman/Hawk Aureye on May 13, 2004 21:31:40 GMT -5
The twins were motionless.
Hawk's head was bowed in mourning. His tears flowed no more...his eyes were dry. He continued holding Jack's hand. He couldn't bear to look at his face...Jack was motionless, so unlike him...he'd always been moving, in a drunken swagger, or in an earnest, quick step...Hawk had had him for three years, and now he was gone.
He mourned in silence.
Rose, meanwhile, didn't move either...but her body shook in place with silent sobs. She held Jack's cold hand to her face, sobbing quietly...she couldn't believe he was gone...she was an orphan...Hawk was all she had now...Hawk and the crew...
And then, a ridiculous question came into Rose's head, and she said it out loud before she could think, in a voice stained with tears.
"What of th' Pearl...?"
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Post by Fish-legs Bob on May 13, 2004 21:36:32 GMT -5
Fishy stood. And smiled. He knew his friend was finally at peace, at last. "Goodbye..." he whispered, turned, and walked from the cave.
If any had been watching, they would've seen Fishy standing on a moist, gray boulder, gazing out into the sea, at the waves. He smiled sadly, deeply, truely. He was alone now, but Jack was with him. Noone was gone, his heart still back in the cave. "I'll see you again, mate...but not yet."
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Post by Jack Sparrow on May 13, 2004 21:39:50 GMT -5
:Outside........there was a single shot from a cannon....loud enough to shake the caverns:
:A ship....ghostly gray sliver rose from the Black Pearl...a replica in every other way....from the Pearl.....but no black sails....a shimmering...glowing sliver...:
:Over the wind.....over the gail......a single bawdy voice was heard: "Yo ho yo ho.....a pirate's life for me......"
:The wind picked up..the ship rose and lifted...then the sail opened.....Jack's voice carried to them all...:
"And really bad eggs....drink up me hearties.......yo ho!"
:The ship shivered, shimmered then turned towards the horizon..fading..flickered and was gone...."#nosmileys
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Post by Will Turner on May 13, 2004 21:40:46 GMT -5
*Will watched in utter sadness as Jacks chest rose and fell, then never rose again. Outside a storm raged but Will didn't notice it, his world seemed almost deathly silent. His eyes moved from Jacks wound to the mans dark eyes that were now still and silent. He swallowed hard as the tears ran down his face. Jack was at peace now. He was no longer in pain nor feeling regret. He was free. Will smiled as he placed his hands on his sons shoulders and pulled the boy to him. James didn't look away from Jack but he smiled gently as his hand clasped his necklace once more. Then the distant voice of Jack and the infamous song filled the air. Will looked at Rose as she wondered about the Pearl and he simply shrugged then he and his son hurried to the mouth of the cave and the two watched with curious eyes as a bit of the Pearl seemed to have left with its captain. *
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Post by Maria Maharet/Turner on May 13, 2004 21:58:25 GMT -5
* Maria sat there and took a deep breath... Tears ran down her face even more as her captain passed. She looked down with blurry vision at her bloodstain hands then buried her face in them...* " 'old yerself tegether.." * She said to herself but no words could help. She pulled herself up and tried to wipe the tears from her head. She headed towards his body and knelt down beside Rose. Maria closed Jacks eyes and, with two shillings from her pocket, she placed them on Jack's eyes. It was to let him pass over the river of styx, but she knew a man this honorable had to pay no price...With one last sigh she too headed towards the entrance ofthe cave, taking one glance back at Jack's body, she knew life would never be the same...*
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Post by Victoria Brighton on May 13, 2004 22:11:11 GMT -5
*Tobbs squeezed his hand when he told her he loved her, and she tried to hold a smile as he began to speak about the cabin, and what was in it, and how he'd loved being their captain. She savored his last words, and then, there was silence.*
*As the winds howled, Tobbs was frozen. She only stirred when she heard Jack's cheerful voice in it...for a moment, she smiled lightly, glad he was out of pain of torture, in such a better place. She looked to the heavens and paused, then looked back at the lifeless image of himself that lay before her. She kissed his forehead, and sighed, unable now to cry....he looked too peaceful to do so...but she knew sad emotions and tears would be shown later*
*She stood slowly, shaking as if she was weak, tired, and upset. She suddenly gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and closed her eyes. Then, she turned to the watching gods who still stood in the back of the cave.*
"YOU HYPOCRITES! HOW DARE YE!"
*perhaps Tobbs looked crazy talking to nothing, which some people saw, or insane yelling at the gods, which other people saw, but all that mattered now was proving Jack's innocence to her. It was the least she could do for him.*
"Ya killled 'im for no bloody reason at all but fer yer own twisted minds! Innocent blood of the deed you claimed 'e did! And YOU call yerself all knowing! Monsters is what you are! Devils themselves!"
*She heard a growl from some of the gods, but a sigh from the goddesses who had been on her side. She looked to them, as if knowing they couldn't do anything more, and nodded her head when they gave her the signal to bring justice to Jack's name.*
"The scallywag that took yer treasure was not Jack at all! I was with 'is crew when I was naught but a young girl, 10 or 11 at most, in my real early first digits! Ten years later I was with Jack, ten years after the curse 'ad been redeemed! An' you blamed 'im!"
*She saw Barbossa in the corner of her eyes, and could tell that most of the crew had gone out to see the Pearl. She had waited for them to do so, or most of them, then she could hold her anger no longer, to which she was unleashing now. Picking up her weapon which happened to be close, she pointed to him angrily and said*
"There's the man you want, the man who started this all! Condemn the guilty, and punish the innocent no more!"
*She suddenly felt a burden removed form her shoulders, like she was giving Jack's name the title of innocentt as deserved.. She then returned to where Jack had been, threw her saber down, and sank to the floor, sobbing as she did so. She was happy to see him leave peacefully, but she'd never say she was happy to see him go in all the world.*
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Post by Emma Hawkins/Rick MacKinnon on May 13, 2004 22:34:50 GMT -5
As she watched Jack breathe his last breath and go still,Emma felt as though her own heart would stop beating.She breathed slowly,trying to calm herself down,then cried out in frustration,in anger against the world that could let things like this happen."God damn the lot of those bottom-dwellin' blige rats!This can' 'appen,dammit,e's...'e's bloody Jack Sparrow!"she ranted,trying above all to keep herself from crying.She couldn't show such weakness in front of her friends...angrily,the young woman kicked the ground,sending gold coins and small gems scattering across the floor and into the wall.She wanted to punch something,to fight someone,to do anything to keep her too busy to cry.Instead,she turned her head to the heavens and glared."I hate you,"she whispered to the now-departed spirits."I hate you..."
A numb feeling sank over Rick as he watched Jack fall totally still.He closed his eyes,hearing Emma all but screaming beside him,pacing across the gilded floor.Rick simply stood there,reflecting on all that Jack had given him...if Emma hadn't joined the crew and come to Port Royal,he'd have never met up with her again...Jack had given them a crew that accepted them,a ship to call home,a way to continue the life they loved so much.He had put up with everything from Emma's temper to their request to find somewhere to be properly married...Opening his emerald eyes,the young man knelt by the captain,something in the back of his mind reminding him this was the second captain he'd respected,he'd loved,and he'd had to watch die.The first had been his own father...the second.he now thought,hurt no less."Go 'n peace,Jack Sparrow,"he said softly."Y'won' be f'rgotten...not ever."He stood,then went and put his arms around Emma,who was pacing,her fists clenched,her knuckles white.
She didn't protest against his embrace.Instead,she turned and wrapped her arms around his neck,grabbing her own forearms,burying her face in his shoulder.For a few seconds,Emma struggled against her emotions,but his touch just seemed to push them out of hiding.First one tear,then many more came spilling from her eyes,dampening the collar of his shirt."'E's....'e's gone,Rick..."His hand rubbed small circles on her back,but it did nothing to calm her down now,as she sobbed hopelessly.Then,she heard another shot.She pulled herself away from Rick slightly,then nestled back into him when she realized it was a cannon.From far away,she heard a familiar voice....a familiar song...Her breathing still harsh and ragged,she smiled into Rick's shoulder."Yo ho,yo ho...a pirate's life f'r me,"she sang along with the voice,sniffling softly.
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Post by Captain Morgan Barbossa on May 14, 2004 0:33:04 GMT -5
(Damn....Jack you got even ME crying over this! And I NEVER cry!) (And just a little warning...this post got a bit more graphic than I originally intended... sorry guys. If you have a weak stomach, you maaaay not want to read this....)
::Even as he pulled the trigger, the seriousnes of the situation had yet to dawn on Barbossa. All he knew was that Jack Sparrow was right in front of him, and that drawing his pistol was more reflex than a conscious action::
::He watched as Jack fell to his knees, the sweet crimson liquid already staining the front of his shirt. For some reason, Barbossa couldn't move, couldn't speak... was this real? Had he finally won?? And....why did he feel so... sad?::
::As Jack collapsed back into a pile of gold and gems, Bossa looked down at the smoking pistol in his hand, and immediately dropped it. He was beginning to panic::
//This is what ye've been waiting ta do fer twenty years, and now it's finally done! What're ye worried about?!//
"Its over.... Fin'lly over." ::He couldn't help the tears that suddenly poured from his eyes as fast and as real as the blood that poured from Jack's wound. Barbossa fell to his knees and wept::
::His entire life, his being, his PURPOSE was his rivalry with Jack Sparrow. Since they day they'd first met so long ago he knew that there was a bond between them, one which would eventually consume them both. And so it had. This realization, that he no longer had a purpose in this world, was too much for him::
::He watched through blurred eyes as Jack's life finally faded, and it sent a chill through him. He felt so empty, so broken... he couldn't go on living. Surely he was not immortal to his own devices, right? He put the pistol to his head and choked out a hideous laugh::
"What an end fer the infamous Captain Barbossa...: ::he spat:: "Died at the only 'ands worthy enough ta kill 'im - 'is own."
::But he was spared the dignity of taking his own life, as he heard Tobbs screaming out curses to the emptiness of the cave. But suddenly...it wasn't empty anymore. The pistol once again fell from the pirate captain's trambling hands as he beheld the faces of the gods and goddesses, those who had brought him back so many times, given him power and strength. He felt his heart stop as they turned to look at him with accusing stares::
"YOU" ::He heard their booming voices in his mind. He collapsed to the grounds, hands flung over his ears, screaming at the new sensation of pain rippling through his body:: "DECIEVER - LIAR - MURDERER. HELL IS NOT PUNISHMENT ENOUGH FOR YOUR CRIMES. YOU HAVE PLAYED US FOR FOOLS - NOW YOU SHALL SUFFER THE TRUE EXTENT OF OUR COMBINED POWERS."
::There was no emotion behind their words, but the message was clear. Barbossa writhed on the ground a moment longer, the violent pounding in his head still fresh from the combined cacophony of the divine voices. Then, a mixture of blood and tears streaming down his cheeks, he felt his body lift into the air. A wave of fresh convulsions ripped through him, causing him to scream out. But he couldn't hear over the sound of the blood pounding in his ears::
::He felt a sharp pain in his stomach, followed by an intense burning sensation that filled his entire core. He felt as though he were being ripped in half... ::
"Mercy!!" ::he sobbed, new streaks of crimson dribbling out of the corners of his mouth:: "What....'re ye doin'...ta me?!"
::He screamed again, and heard the laughter of the gods' voices fill the room, fill his mind, his soul. Then he realized what was happening... He WAS being ripped in half!::
::But it was too late. The gods were punishing him the worst way they could - by breaking his mortal body and condemning his restless soul to wander the earth forever. For Barbossa, that was truly the ultimate Hell::
::He felt the searing pain grow stronger... stronger... until his bones began to crack and he could feel his body stretching unnaturally out of shape.... then it was over. The pain, the screaming, the fear.... he was just floating above the stone now. He saw his body below him, the two pieces surrounded by a pool of blood, yet he felt nothing. He was free now...::
::The presence of the gods around him suddenly brought him back to reality. He fell from the sky, plummeting back to the wretched earth. He looked around him, then sighed::
"In the end ye finally won, Jack. Ye're free... ye got ta go home. Must be that damn Sparrow luck ye were alw'ys talkin' about...." ::he chuckled slightly:: "Good luck, mate.... an' good bye."
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