The tall thought-woven sails, that flap unfurled
Above the tide of hours, trouble the air,
And God's bell buoyed to be the water's care;
While hushed from fear, or loud with hope, a band
With blown, spray-dabbled hair gather at hand.
Turn if you may from battles never done,
I call, as they go by me one by one,
Danger no refuge holds, and war no peace,
For him who hears love sing and never cease,
Beside her clean-swept hearth, her quiet shade:
But gather all for whom no love hath made
A woven silence, or but came to cast
A song into the air, and singing passed
To smile on the pale dawn; and gather you
Who have sougft more than is in rain or dew,
Or in the sun and moon, or on the earth,
Or sighs amid the wandering, starry mirth,
Or comes in laughter from the sea's sad lips,
And wage God's battles in the long grey ships.
The sad, the lonely, the insatiable,
To these Old Night shall all her mystery tell;
God's bell has claimed them by the little cry
Of their sad hearts, that may not live nor die.

Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!
You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled
Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring
The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.
Beauty grown sad with its eternity
Made you of us, and of the dim grey sea.
Our long ships loose thought-woven sails and wait,
For God has bid them share an equal fate;
And when at last, defeated in His wars,
They have gone down under the same white stars,
We shall no longer hear the little cry
Of our sad hearts, that may not live nor die.

by W.B Yeats

Thanks, my lovelies.

Nim, the High Priestess, lover of mayhem and magical witch person

xxx

Scene 14: Just Good Business

[Elizabeth and Jack are helped aboard the Pearl by Gibbs]

Gibbs: Thank goodness, Jack! The armada’s still out there. The Endeavour’s coming up hard to starboard, and I think it’s time we embraced that oldest and noblest of pirate traditions.

Jack: Never actually been one for tradition. [loos out at the armada.] Close-haul her! ---- the sails and lay her in eye!

Barbossa: Belay that! or we’ll be a sitting duck.

Jack: Belay that belay that!

Gibbs: But, Captain...

Jack Belay!

Gibbs: The armada...

Jack: Belay!

Gibbs: The Endeavour...

Jack: No! No! Shut it! [They watch the Endeavour approach. On the Endeavour;]

Groves: What are they waiting for?

Beckett: He expects us to honour our agreement. [Endeavour’s guns are rolled out.] It’s nothing personal, Jack. It’s just good business.

[The Endeavour approaches the Pearl, but then the Dutchman, under its new captain, emerges from the water.]

Beckett: Ah, she survived. [On board the Dutchman, the fish crew are turning human again. Bootstrap removes his starfish. They all turn to look at Will.]

Will: Ready on the guns!

[On the Pearl, they start to realise.]

Jack: Full canvas!

Barbossa: Aye, full canvas!

[The Dutchman and Pearl are side-by-side, the Endeavour about to sail between them. Beckett starts to look worried.]

Groves: [frantic] Orders, sir?! [Beckett is, for once, lost for words.] Sir?

[On the Pearl]

Gibbs: Cap’n?

Jack: Fire.

Gibbs: Fire!

Will: Fire!

Barbossa: Fire!

Elizabeth: Fire all!

[The two ships, now united, fire on either side of the Endeavour, reducing her to splinters. Beckett looks shocked.]

Groves: Orders! Orders, sir!

Another lieutenant: Sir, what do you command?

Beckett: It’s just...good business. [Beckett stands at the helm, paralysed. Chaos reigns around him]

Groves: Abandon ship!

2^nd Lieutenant: Abandon ship!

Groves: Abandon ship!

[Beckett’s men struggle to get off the ship, most dying in the cannon fire. Beckett begins his slow walk down the stairs onto the forecastle, his ship crumbling with his reputation around him. Then, he is swallowed by the blast from the powder magazine. His body is flung into the sea, landing on an East India Trading Company flag. The Endeavour sinks. On the Pearl, Marty is looking out at the armada.]

Marty: They’re turning away!

[The crew cheer. Murtogg and Mullroy join Pintel and Ragetti on the forecastle, cheering too. Cotton’s parrot returns to Cotton, with a cry of “Wind in your sails!” Gibbs, Elizabeth, Barbossa and Jack stand on the quarterdeck, watching the celebrations with smiles on their faces.]

Mullroy: Arrgh! Shiver me timbers! [Pintel and Ragetti look at him oddly, before joining in. The rest of the Brethren Court are celebrating too; Sir Sumbahjee smiles gleefully, Captain Ammand dances on the deck, Capitaine Chevalle cries “Allez!”, Villanueva throws his hat into the sky, Gentleman Jocard raises his sword into the air, Mistress Ching shrieks and Captain Teague throws his hat, grinning.]

Jack: Mr Gibbs?

Gibbs: Cap’n?

Jack: [takes of his hat] You may throw my hat if you like.

Gibbs: Aye! Aye, Cap’n! [takes hat and throws it while the rest of the crew throw theirs.] Hooray! Hahahahaha!

Jack: Now go and get it.

Scene 15: The Debt and One Day

[on the Dutchman, Will stands alone by the helm. He is joined by Bootstrap.]

Bootstrap: [smiling slightly] Orders, sir?

Will: You’re no longer bound to the Dutchman. You’re free.

Bootstrap: Aye, that’s a fine thing, but by my reckoning, I still have a debt that has to be paid, if you’ll have me.

Will: On the wheel then, Mr Turner?

Bootstrap: Aye, Captain Turner. [Will looks across at Elizabeth who is on the Pearl] This ship has a purpose again, and where we are bound, she cannot come. One day ashore, ten years at sea. That’s a steep price for what’s been done.

Will: Depends on the one day.

[on the Pearl, Gibbs approaches Elizabeth. A little boat waits for her at the side of the ship.]

Gibbs: Your chariot awaits, your Highness. The oars are inside. [she goes down to the forecastle where the crew are waiting to say goodbye.]

Barbossa: [inclines his head slightly] Mrs Turner...

[she smiles at him]

Pintel: Goodbye, poppet. [Murtogg and Mullroy nod to her. She finally reaches Jack.]

Elizabeth: Jack...it would never have worked out between us.

Jack: Keep tellin’ yourself that, darlin’. [she smiles and goes to hug him, but he stops her] Once is quite enough.

Elizabeth: Thank you. [With that, she leaves them, bound for a place where there are no pirates and battles with eldritch creatures.]

[On the beach, two swords stand poked into the sand, crossed. Will sits on some rocks, pulling his boot on.]

Will: I’m gonna need the other one.

[Elizabeth puts her foot on the rock beside him. She is wearing the boot and smiling slightly. He takes the boot from her.]

Will: It’s nearly sunset. [he walks to the water’s edge. The Dutchman waits on the horizon. He picks up his coat from another rock and reveals the chest. Inside, his heart beats.] It’s always belonged to you. Will you keep it safe?

Elizabeth: Yes. [she goes to him] Yes. [they stand together, their foreheads touching. He leaves her with the chest, walking to the water. She opens her eyes and puts the chest back on the rock.] Will! [they kiss in the surf.]

Will: Keep a weather eye on the horizon.

[she stands on the shore and watches his ship sail into the horizon just as the sun sets and a green flash appears in the sky. His soul is back from the dead. The Dutchman disappears and Elizabeth is alone.]

Scene 16: A Pirate’s Life

[In Tortuga, Jack is walking along the dock with Scarlett and Giselle.]

Jack: Granted, it tends to list to port and has been known on occasion to frighten young women, but I promise you, you will not be disappointed.

Giselle: Is that it? [They have stopped at the end of the dock where a dinghy sits in the water]

Scarlett: The Black Pearl?

Giselle: It’s not very big.

Jack: Love, that is a dinghy. My vessel is magnificent, and fierce, and huge...ish, and...gone. [scans the sea for the Pearl] Why is it gone?

Giselle: Is that it there?

Jack: Yes, there it is! Why is it there? [they look at him] It’s much larger up close.

Scarlett: Jack, you promised to take us for a ride.

Giselle: I was to be given the first ride.

Scarlett: What, you?!

[Jack spots Gibbs lying on the dock, cuddling a teddy bear, fast asleep. He pours rum on him.]

Jack: Mr Gibbs, any particular reason why my ship is gone?

Gibbs: The ship? We’re on the ship. [he wakes up properly] Jack! The ship’s gone!

Jack: Really? [Scarlett and Giselle fight behind them. Jack approaches them] Ladies, will you please shut it?! Listen to me! Yes, I lied to you, no I don’t love you, of course it makes you look fat! I’ve never been to Brussels, it is pronounced “EGREGIOUS”, by the way, no. I’ve never met Pizarro, but I love his pies. And all of this pales to utter insignificance in light of the fact that my ship is, once again, gone...savvy? [Giselle slaps Jack, Scarlett slaps Jack, Jack slaps Gibbs. Gibbs looks offended at first, but then nods as if it probably was fair.]

Gibbs: Take what you can.

Jack: Give nothing back. [they punch each other’s fists and Gibbs walks off to walk with Scarlett and Giselle]

Gibbs: Tell me, ladies. What do you know of sea turtles?

[Jack looks out at the Pearl]

[On the Pearl, Barbossa is feeding a peanut to Jack the monkey.]

Barbossa: Ooh, that’s a good boy. You’re daddy’s boy, yes you are! [Pintel, Ragetti, Murtogg, Mullroy and Marty come up.]

Pintel: Sir? Some of the men don’t feel entirely settled about leaving Cap’n Jack behind.

Ragetti: [quietly to Pintel] Again...

Pintel: Again.

Barbossa: Is that so?

Pintel: It would make us feel a whole lot better regarding our fortunes if we could see that item you told us about...

Marty: On the charts.

The men: Aye.

Pintel: With our own eyes. Ragetti: It’ll put an ease to our burden of guilt, so to speak.

Barbossa: Argh. Feast your eyes upon this, mateys. [picks up charts] There’s more than one way to live forever. Gents, I give you...the Fountain of Youth. [rolls out charts to see great gaping hole in the middle.] Sparrow!

[on Jack’s new dinghy, he is hoisting his new colours; a skull in profile and a red bird in flight, similar to the one on his tattoo.

Jack: Yo-ho, yo-ho, a Pirate’s life for me. [hums vaguely and rolls out his section of the charts, pilfered from Barbossa. He turns the section round to show the “Aqua de Vida” and a picture of a ship, below which are written the words “Ponce de Leon, 1529”] We’re devils and black sheep and really bad eggs! [takes out compass, which points behind him, to the rum. He gets the rum, and the it points forward. He sails on] Drink up, me hearties, YO-HO!

The End

As you can see, there are a few missing word.s If you know what they should be, just say.

I will be glad of the help, my dears. If you managed to read that all the way to the end,

I salute you.

Much cheer,

Nim

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Scene 12: Preparing for Battle and Last Hope

[the ships of the Brethren Court sail bravely out of Shipwreck Cove. It is day. On the Black Pearl, the crew waits, looking out the horizon, waiting for Beckett and Jones to appear. Eventually, a ship appears silhouetted on the horizon.]

Marty: The enemy is here! Let’s take ‘er! [cheering from the crew. The cheering fades as they sea an armada coming into view. They all look shocked. Cotton’s parrot flies away towards land.]

Parrot: Awk! Abandon ship! Abandon ship! [the crew look to Jack menacingly]

Jack: Parlay?

[on a small strip of land between the armada and the Brethren, six people meet. On one side, representing the Brethren, are Barbossa, Elizabeth and Jack. They walk towards Will, Beckett and Davy Jones…who stands in a bucket of water. The two trios face each other at last]

Barbossa: [to Will] You be the cur who led these wolves to our door.

Beckett: Don’t blame Turner. He was merely the tool of your betrayal. If you wish to see its grand architect, look to your left. [All look to their left, even Jack who stands on the end of the row.]

Jack: My hands are clean in this…[looks at his hands] figuratively.

Will: My actions were my own, and to my own purpose. Jack had nothing to do with it.

Jack: Well spoke! [to Elizabeth] Listen to the tool.

Elizabeth: Will, I’ve been aboard the Dutchman. I understand the burden you bear, but I fear that cause is lost.

Will: No cause is lost…if there is but one fool left to fight for it. [Will and Jack exchange a small smile.]

Beckett: [to Jack] If Turner was not acting on your behalf, then how did he come to give me this? [holds out compass.] You made a deal with me, Jack to deliver the pirates…and here they are. [throws compass to Jack] Don’t be bashful, step up, claim your reward.

Jones: Your debt to me is still to be satisfied. One hundred years in servitude aboard the Dutchman…as a start.

Jack: That debt was paid, mate…with some help. [points to Elizabeth]

Jones: You escaped.

Jack: Technically…

Elizabeth: I propose an exchange. Will leaves with us, and you can take Jack. [Jack and Barbossa look worried.]

Will: Done.

Jack: Undone!

Beckett: Done!

Barbossa: [to Elizabeth] Jack’s one of the nine Pirate Lords. You have no right…

Elizabeth: King!

Jack: [bows to her, sweeping his hat off] As you command, your nibs. [Barbossa draws his sword.]

Barbossa: Blackguard! [cuts the piece of eight from Jack’s headscarf. It lands on the sand. The monkey rushes to retrieve it. Quietly;] If you have something to say, I might be saying something as well.

Jack: [to Barbossa] First to the finish, then? [Jack and Will change places and Beckett forces Jack to stand beside Jones]

Jones: [to Jack] Do you fear death?

Jack: You’ve no idea.

Beckett: [steps forward. To Elizabeth;] Advise your Brethren. You can fight and all of you will die, or you can not fight, in which case only most of you will die.

Elizabeth: [Stepping forward.] You murdered my father.

Beckett: He chose his own fate.

Elizabeth: Then you have chosen yours. We will fight, and you will die. [walks away, past Barbossa and Will.]

Beckett: So be it.

[Will, Elizabeth and Barbossa walk back towards their ship. The monkey hands Barbossa Jack’s piece of eight.]

Will: King?

Elizabeth: Of the Brethren Court…courtesy of Jack.

Will: Maybe he really does know what he’s doing.

[Jack is in the brig of the Dutchman, staring mournfully through the bars. Another Jack sits in the corner; a reminder of Jack’s insanity.]

Corner Jack: Bravo. You’ve successfully arrived aboard the Dutchman, as per the overall scheme.

Jack: Look…

Another Jack: Oh yes, chapeau, mate. Except for this little sojourn in the brig, it’s utter clockwork.

Jack: Go away.

Corner Jack: What, back to the Locker?

Other Jack: Not without you, Jacky. [another Jack, this one attached to the ship’s wall like a crew member of the Dutchman.]

Dutchman Jack: Stab the heart. [comes forward, exposing brain] Live forever…as captain of the Flying Dutchman. [he pulls out his brain and licks it.] Then again, if you’re in the brig, who’s to stab the heart?

Corner Jack: That does seem to put immortality a bit out of reach.

Other Jack: [Finds peanut in Jack’s hair.] Oh! Peanut.

[Elizabeth gets onto the Black Pearl, where she is met by Will.]

Elizabeth: We need to use the Black Pearl as a flag ship to lead the attack.

Barbossa: Will we now?

[they all look at the stairs, where Tia Dalma is being led up onto the deck, tied up.]

Will: Barbossa! You can’t release her. [other crew members point guns at him]

Elizabeth: We need to give Jack a chance.

Barbossa: Apologies, your majesty. Too long me fate has not been in me own hands. [picks up Sao Feng’s necklace that she wears.] No longer. [pulls it off]

[On board the Endeavour,]

Beckett: [To his crew] The enemy has opted for oblivion…ready the fleet.

Groves: To your stations!

[On the Pearl, Barbossa adds the final two Pieces of Eight to the dish. They are all standing around Calypso.]

Gibbs: Be there some manner of rite or incantation?

Barbossa: Aye. The items brought together…done. [waves his hands over the dish in a mystical way.] Items to be burned. [Ragetti hands him the lighting stick. Gibbs pours some rum into the dish.] And someone must speak the words “Calypso, I release you from your human bonds.”

Pintel: Is that it?

Barbossa: ----- It must be spoken as if to a lover. [the crew all say “ooh…” Barbossa says the incantation in a ridiculous voice.] Calypso! I release you from your human bonds! [he tries to light the things, but it doesn’t work.]

Pintel: Is that it?

Ragetti: No, no. You didn’t say it right. [Barbossa looks at him] You-you have to say it right. Calypso? [he whispers in her ear] I release you from your human bonds.

[The items in the dish ignite and the dish levitates. She breathes in the fumes, shaking.]

Will: Tia Dalma?! Calypso? [she turns to him. The dish falls.] When the Brethren Court first imprisoned you, who was it that told them how? Who was it that betrayed you?

Tia Dalma: Name him!

Will: Davy Jones. [she looks shocked and sad. She begins to grow.]

Pintel: This is it! This is it! [she grows taller still, until she is almost the height of the mast.]

Barbossa: Calypso! [he kneels before her and the crew follow] I come before you as but a servant, humble and contrite. I have fulfilled me vow, and now ask your favour; spare meself, me ship, me crew…but unleash your fury on those that dare pretend themselves your masters…or mine.

[She roars and turns into thousands of crabs, flooding the deck before disappearing over the sides of the ship. Calypso has returned to the sea.]

Will: Is that it? [all the crew rush to the side of the ship]

Pintel: Why, she’s no help at all. [to Barbossa] What now?

Barbossa: Nothing. Our final hope has failed us. [there is a sudden wind, and grey clouds are gathering in the sky. Everyone falls silent, looking up and listening to the sails and rope creaking above them]

Scene 13: Everything We’ve Ever Faced…Has Led to This.

Elizabeth: It’s not over.

Will: There’s still a fight to be had.

Gibbs: We’ve an armada against us, and with the Dutchman there’s no chance.

Elizabeth: There’s only a fool’s chance.

Barbossa: Revenge won’t bring your father back, Miss Swann, and it’s not something I’m intending to die for.

Elizabeth: [turns to him] You’re right. [Walks away and turns back] Then what shall we die for? [She is facing the crew] You will listen to me. Listen! [She climbs up onto the ship‘s railing. All are looking at her.] The Brethren will still be looking here, to us…to the Black Pearl to lead. And what will they see? Frightened bilge rats aboard a derelict ship? No! No, they will see free men! And freedom! And what the enemy will see is the flash of our cannons, they will hear the ring of our swords and they will know what we can do! By the sweat of our brows, and the strength of our backs…and the courage of our hearts! Gentlemen, hoist the colours!

Will: Hoist the colours.

Ragetti: Hoist the colours.

Pintel: Hoist the colours!

Gibbs: Aye. The wind’s on our side, boys! That’s all we need! [the crew cheers]

Elizabeth: [To the nearest ship, The Empress] HOIST THE COLOURS!

[All around, the ships of the other Pirate Lords are raising their flags; pirates from all around the world uniting as one.]

[Not knowing what he’s in for, Beckett sits calmly on the deck of the Endeavour, drinking tea.]

Groves: We have a favourable wind, Sir.

Beckett: And so we do. Signal Jones to give no quarter. That should brighten his day.

[Groves sends a semaphore message to the Dutchman, ordering Jones to give no quarter. On the Dutchman, Mercer gets the message first.]

Mercer: Jones! We give no quarter!

[Davy Jones watches as the clouds gather and the sails are unfurled.]

Jones: Calypso? [The sky flashes with lightning and thunder rumbles ominously in the distance. Rain begins to fall heavily on Davy Jones. He roars. The Dutchman and Pearl charge at each other.]

Pintel: Have you noticed, on top of everything, it’s raining?

Ragetti: That’s a bad sign.

Gibbs: Man the capstan! -----------! Keep that powder dry! [The sea between the Dutchman and Pearl opens up to form a great, swirling maelstrom.] Maelstrom!

Elizabeth: [sees the maelstrom] Captain Barbossa! We need you at the helm!

Barbossa: Aye, that be true. [he takes the wheel from Cotton] Brace up yards, you -----------. Dying is the day worth living for!

[on the Dutchman]

Mercer: --------------

Jones: She’ll not harm us. [takes the wheel] Full port and into the abyss!

Mercer: Are you mad?

Jones: Hahaha! You afraid to get wet?

[Both ships go into the maelstrom]

Will: [looking at the Dutchman] She’s on our stern and gaining!

Barbossa: More speed! All your wind and hold your water!

[on the Dutchman]

Jones: Bow cannons! [the triple guns are rolled out and begin to fire on the Pearl.]

[On the Pearl]

Will: [to Barbossa] Take us out! or they’ll overbear us!

Barbossa: Nay! Further in! We’ll cut across to faster waters!

Elizabeth: Prepare to broadside!

[the Pearl goes further into the maelstrom, speeding round so that it is almost on the opposite side to the Dutchman.]

Gibbs: Captain the guns! ----------- hands!

Will: ----- your courage, men. At the ready! [cannons are loaded.]

[brig of the Dutchman. Jack is still in the company of his hallucinations.]

Other Jack: Think like the whelp, Think like the whelp, Think like the whelp, Think like the whelp, Think like the whelp, Think like the whelp, Think like the whelp.

Corner Jack: Half-barrel hinges! Leverage. [Jack breaks open the cell door]

Jack: Wish us luck, boys. We’ll need it.

Corner Jack: I miss him already.

Other Jack: He is quite charming, isn’t he?

Dutchman Jack: Nobody move! I’ve dropped me brain.

[on the Pearl]

Gibbs: Batten down the hatches! [goes below deck] Stand to your guns! ------Sight the blast!

[on the Dutchman]

Mercer: ---------------------

[on the Pearl]

Gibbs: Hold it! Wait til we’re --------------- [ships are directly opposite each other on the maelstrom]

Barbossa: Fire!

Elizabeth: Fire!

Gibbs: Fire!

Pintel: Fire all!
[Dutchman]

Jones: Fire!

[Pearl]

Will: Fire all! [the two ships fire on each other.]

Barbossa: It be too late to alter course now, mateys! Hahahaha!

[Dutchman; Jack goes into Davy Jones’ cabin where Murtogg and Mullroy are guarding the chest with their miniature cannons. They immediately turn the two guns on Jack.]

Mullroy: Hold it or we’ll shoot.

Jack: Good one. [walks towards them] I just come to get me effects. [picks up his effects from the side] Admirable though it may be, why are you here when you could be elsewhere?

Murtogg: Someone has to stay and guard the chest. [They both turn their guns back onto the chest.]

Mullroy: [to Murtogg] There’s no question, there has been a breakdown of military discipline aboard this vessel.

Murtogg: I blame the fish people.

Mullroy: Ah, so fish people, by dint of being fish people, automatically aren’t as disciplined as non-fish people? [Jack takes the chest while they argue.]

Murtogg: I’m saying it’s contributory, that’s all I’m suggesting.

Mullroy: Well it is true, if there were no fish people, there’d be no need to guard the chest. [Jack leaves.]

Murtogg: And if there were no chest, we wouldn’t need to be here to guard it. [They both look at the dais where the chest was standing and see that it’s gone.]

[Meanwhile, the ships are still firing on one another. On the deck of the Dutchman,]

Mercer: Prepare to board!

Jones: Cover! [an explosion knocks the two of them together. When they right themselves, there are men lying on the deck, screaming and bleeding. Jones grabs Mercer. Very slowly, his tentacles creep up Mercer’s face. They slither up his nose and itnto his mouth, choking him. Mercer is dead, suffocated. The Dutchman is no longer under his command. Jones laughs softly as he kills him and takes the key before allowing him to fall to the ground. Jack comes out of the captain’s cabin and onto the deck. He bumps into Jones]

Jones: Haha! Looky here, boys! [Maccus and another are behind him] A lost bird…a lost bird that never learned to fly.

Jack: To my great regret. [walks backwards until he is at the edge of the ship.] But…[climbs onto the railing, holding a rope]…never too late to learn, eh? [swings up onto the crosstrees of the Flying Dutchman. Jones materializes out of the mast, drawing a sword.]

Jones: The chest...hand it over!

Jack: [draws sword] I can set you free, mate.

Jones: My freedom was forfeit long ago. [lunges at Jack. They fight. Crew from the Dutchman swing across the abyss to the Pearl, while crew from the Pearl swing across to the Dutchman. Below Jack and Jones, an enormous battle is taking place. Barbossa is still at the helm, trying to steer and fight off the fish crew. Will and Elizabeth are below on the quarterdeck, fighting other fish men.]

Will: Elizabeth? Elizabeth? [grabs her arm] Will you marry me?

Elizabeth: [strikes a fish man with her sword] I don’t think now’s the best time. [They continue their fighting.]

Will: [While sword fighting] Now may be the only time. [Elizabeth kills an East India Company soldier and they come together again.] I love you. [They look at each other for a moment, and then they have to fight again. Then, they have another moment.] I’ve made my choice. What’s yours?

Elizabeth: Barbossa! [Will looks confused] Marry us!

Barbossa: [trying to fight off fish people] I’m a little busy at the moment! [Will and Elizabeth launch into another fight]

Will: Barbossa, now!

Barbossa: Fine then! [kills a couple and manages to struggle his way onto the rail in front of the wheel] Dearly beloved, we be gathered here today...[another fish man threatens him]...to ---- your gizzards to the mast, you poxy cur! [kills him]

[Will and Elizabeth have to fight briefly, before coming back together.]

Will: Elizabeth Swann, do you take me to be your husband?

Elizabeth: I do!

Will:...great! [they fight again]

Elizabeth: Will Turner, do you take me...[they fight again, this time hand-in-hand.] ...to be your wife? [They fight more.] In sickness and in health...[they help each other to kill a fish man] with health being the less likely. [they fight more]

Barbossa: As Captain, I now pronounce you...[he has to kill an EIC soldier] You may kiss...[he shoots another EIC man, laughing. Will and Elizabeth are about to kiss, but another EIC man threatens them and they kill him.] You may kiss...[Barbossa launches into another fight. So do Will and Elizabeth, but they find there are no more to fight and end up crossing blades with each other.] Just kiss! [Will and Elizabeth kiss amidst the chaos just as Pintel, Ragetti and Jack the monkey come up. They watch, smiling. The monkey makes a noise and Ragetti grabs him. On the Dutchman, Murtogg and Mullroy leave the captain’s cabin. Mullroy tries to take the miniature cannon]

Murtogg: Leave it!

[Up on the crosstrees, Jack still fights Davy Jones. Jones blocks Jack’s swipes and they stand close together.]

Jones: You can do nothing without the key!

Jack: I already have the key.

Jones: No you don’t. [holds out key on tentacle] Haha!

Jack: Oh that key. [Jack swipes at Jones, taking him by surprise and slicing off the tentacle that holds the key. It falls to the deck. Jack knocks Jones’ sword out of his hand with the chest and takes a swing at him, but Jones blocks it with his clawed hand and breaks Jack’s sword. Meanwhile, Barbossa struggles to fight a particularly nasty fish person and Cotton tries to take control of the swerving ship. The masts and crosstrees of both ships lock in the middle, leaning out over the abyss. Jack is forced off his perch, but Davy grabs the other end of the chest, so Jack is hanging from the chest, which is hanging from Davy Jones. Will sees Jack’s peril. Davy pulls up the chest to sea Jack hanging from it.]

Jones: Bah! [Jones moves the chest up and down, so Jack is forced to let go, swinging off and catching a rope. Unfortunately, a fish man hangs from the rope too. Jack takes his pistol.]

Jack: Oi! My pistol. [smashes the creature on the head with it and the fish man falls into the maelstrom. Jack swings further takes aim and shoots the chest from Davy’s hand, sending it to the deck. Will swings across to the Dutchman at the same time. He sees the chest, picks it up and walks off, but he bumps into Maccus.]

Maccus: Turner! [Will tries to fight off Maccus and it looks like he will lose, when Pintel and Ragetti fire the monkey out of a cannon and it hits Maccus in the face, flaming. He falls.]

Will: Thank you, Jack.

[Davy and Will both get onto the quarterdeck. Jones takes a sword from an EIC soldier and kills the soldier with it. Will is running along the deck when he is hit by his father. Jack struggles to fight off fish people midair. Will is almost killed by Bootstrap.]

Will: It’s me! [Bootstrap fights him to side of the ship] It’s Will! Your son! [Bootstrap looks confused but throws Will aside, obviously not recognising him. Jack makes it onto the deck just in time to stop Davy Jones getting the chest. He draws his little sword and Davy laughs at him. He runs away, around the capstan, so they stand one either side. Davy starts to walk through the capstan, but Jack spins him round. For a moment, Davy is delayed, by then he stops spinning, facing Jack. He roars, tentacles flailing. Jack screams and runs off. He keeps running from Jones while Murtogg and Mullroy swing over to the Pearl, hoping to escape the fighting. Elizabeth uses the rope they have just used to get over to the Dutchman.]

Gibbs: [to Elizabeth] Go! [Jack finds a piece of wood to fight Jones with, but is flung aside. Jones is about to kill him, but Elizabeth swings in front of him, landing between him and Jack.]

Jones: [to Elizabeth] Harridan! You’ll see no mercy from me!

Elizabeth: That’s why I brought this! [draws sword and they fight. Meanwhile, Jack, lying on the floor, sees Jones’ tentacle that holds the key slithering weakly along the deck. He grabs it. Will holds his father at knifepoint, their fight having turned, but he sees Elizabeth thrown to the ground by Davy Jones. He holds up the knife his father gave him.]

Will: [to Bootstrap] I’m not going to kill you. I made you a promise. [stabs the knife into the railing. Jones approaches Elizabeth who lies on the steps, unconscious. He raises his sword to stab her, but Will stabs him through the back.]

Jones: Argh! Missed. Did you forget...I’m a heartless wretch! [bends the sword so Will can’t get it out. Will hangs onto the sword, but Davy swings him round and knocks him to the floor. Elizabeth comes round and looks at Will. Davy Jones sees them looking at each other.]

Jones: Ah...love. A dreadful bond. And yet, so easily severed. [walks closer to Will] Tell me, William Turner, do you fear death?

Jack: Do you? [behind Davy Jones, holding the heart in one hand and his broken sword suspended above it, he grins. Will and Elizabeth exchange a hopeful look] Heady tonic, holding life and death in the palm of one’s hand.

Jones: You’re a cruel man, Jack Sparrow.

Jack: Cruel is a matter of perspective.

Jones: Is it? [with a roar, Jones turns and stabs Will through the heart. Elizabeth and Jack both gasp. Jones twists the knife and leaves it standing in Will’s chest. Jones turns to Jack and laughs. Jack looks at the heart, now unsure what to do. Elizabeth goes to Will’s side.]

Elizabeth: Will? Look at me! Stay with me! You alright?

[Bootstrap looks up and sees his son dying. It is as though he has awoken from a deep sleep]

Bootstrap: William. My son. Aaah! [he dives at Jones, grabbing his back. Jack still holds the heart, confused.]

Elizabeth: Will? Will! Look at me. Look at me!

Jones: [throws Bootstrap off] You will not forestall my judgement! [But then he stops. Behind him, Jack and Elizabeth have helped Will, with his last energy, stab the heart of Davy Jones. The Dutchman has a new captain. Jones takes his last breath, turns his face to the sky and says;] Calypso! [The once-terrifying captain of the Flrying Dutchman, who cut out his heart rather than have it get broken tumbles off the side of the ship, dying at sea, where he was always supposed to. On the Pearl,]

Barbossa: She’s taking us down! Make quick or it’s the Locker for us all! [Pintel and Ragetti load a cannon and fire up into the tangled masts. They break the crosstrees of the Dutchman’s foremast and are free. The Pearl steers out of the maelstrom. On the Dutchman, Bootstrap Bill takes the knife he gave his son from the railing.]

Elizabeth: [Will is fading fast.] No. No. No!!! [The crew of the Dutchman are gathering. They chant eerily.]

Crew: Part of the ship, part of the crew. Part of the ship, part of the crew. Part of the ship, part of the crew.

Elizabeth: Don’t leave me! [Jack, realising what’s about to happen, pulls her away. The crew, including Bootstrap who holds the knife, draw closer to Will, still chanting.] I won’t leave you!

Bootstrap: [kneeling before Will] The Dutchman must have a captain. [He raises the knife to cut out Will’s heart. Jack holds onto Elizabeth and shoots a rope attaching the sail. They shoot upwards, the air from the maelstrom forcing the sail to carry them like a parachute. They go up to safety, the monkey grabbing onto the rope as they go. They float upwards out of the maelstrom, while the Dutchman is swallowed by the swirling water. The sail-parachute lands in calmer waters, near the Pearl.]