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Our very own AWE script!; We are very good... or highly obsessed.
Topic Started: Jul 3 2007, 04:21 AM (2,481 Views)
pirategirl0306	Jul 3 2007, 04:21 AM Post #1
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	All right, we've worked hard, and our script is almsot complete. I've added in descriptions of what's going on and tried to divide it logically into scenes so that it's easier to find the information you're looking for. The lines with red question marks are the places where we're missing something. Either a word I couldn't understand or a line. If you know what they are, please let me know in the thread for discussing the script. Some thanks are in order. First of all, thanks to all the members who took the time and energy to remember and/or write down lines from the movie. Second, thank you to the junior novelization of AWE. Third, a big thanks to the Borders Special Edition junior novelization that has the real ending of the movie and not the book ending (We're the Pirates of the Caribbean!) And last, thank you to the coloring book I bought from Target (no lie! :lol:) for providing the translation for whatever Tia Dalma was chanting before the Hai Peng went over the edge of the world.
pirategirl0306	Jul 3 2007, 04:23 AM Post #2
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	[size=10]Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End[/size] Scene 1: Executions A long line of shackled prisoners winds around the interior of a fort. One group at a time, these men and women are lined up on a gallows where they are all hung. Their bodies are collected and carted off, but not before useful items such as boots are added to the growing mountain. Some of these prisoners are crying; others look resigned to their fate; still others look like they are trying to remember better times. As the executions continue, a cryer reads out a proclamation. Cryer: In order to effect a timely halt to deteriorating conditions, and to ensure the common good, a state of emergency is declared for these territories, as decreed by Lord Cutler Beckett, duly appointed representative of His Majesty the King. By decree, according to martial law, the following statutes are temporarily amended: right to assembly, suspended; right to habeus corpus, suspended; right to legal counsel, suspended; right to verdict by a jury of peers, suspended. By decree, all persons found guilty of piracy, or aiding a person convicted of piracy, or associated with a person convicted of piracy, shall be sentenced to hang by the neck until dead. The next group of prisoners is led to the gallows. As each takes their place, the last to climb the steps is a young cabin boy. He walks up to the noose, but looks up as it is several feet above his head. He turns a large silver coin over and over in his hand—a piece of eight. He begins to sing. Cabin Boy: The king and his men stole the queen from her bed And bound her in her bones. The seas be ours And by the powers, Where we will, we’ll roam. The executioner brings sets a barrel on the trapdoor of the gallows. He roughly lifts the boy on top and puts the noose around his neck. Another pirate takes up the singing. Gallows Pirate: Heave ho, all hands, hoist the colors high. All gallows pirates: Heave ho, thieves and beggars never shall we die. All pirates: Heave ho, all together, hoist the colors high. Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die. Groves: Lord Beckett! They’ve started to sing, sir. Beckett: Finally. The singing continues. The executioner pulls the handle. The piece of eight drops to the ground and the title appears: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Scene 2: Singapore In the darkness, Singapore is quiet. A few merchants wander near the river. Troops from the East India Trading Company march up and down the bridges, searching. A figure rows down the river, singing as she goes. Elizabeth: Some men have died and some are alive And others sail on the sea. With the keys to the cage And the devil to pay, We lay to Fiddler’s Green. The bell has been raised from its watery grave. Do you hear its sepulchral tone? We’re a call to all Pay heed the squall, Then turn your sail to home. Yo ho, haul together Hoist the colours high. Heave ho, thieves— Tai Huang: [interrupting] Thief and beggar Never say we die. A dangerous song to be singing, for any who are ignorant of its meaning. Particularly a woman. Particularly a woman alone. Barbossa: [walking down the stairs] What makes you think she’s alone? Tai Huang: You protect her? Elizabeth: [Putting a knife to Tai Huang’s throat] And what makes you think I need protecting? Barbossa: Yer master's expectin' us, and an unexpected death'd cast a slight pall over our meetin'. Elizabeth releases Tai Huang. Just then, some military men march by. The group backs up against the wall until they've passed. Then Tai Huang leads the way toward the meeting. Meanwhile, amid the garbage in the river, several coconuts float by. As they float under the bridge, we see that they are actually the crew of the Black Pearl in disguise. First out of the water, Ragetti makes his way over to a grate. Looking up to bridge above, he watches several military men walk by. Then, a cart stops above, and he signals to everyone else to move forward. Above, we see that the cart belongs to Tia Dalma in disguise. Mr. Cotton's parrot sits on the cart. Mr. Cotton's parrot: Steady as she goes. Jack the monkey turns the wheel on the music organ, and a loud melody begins to play. Below the bridge, the crew begins to file away the grate. Elizabeth: Have you heard from Will? Barbossa: I trust young Turner to acquire the charts, and you to remember your place in the presence of Captain Sao Feng. Elizabeth: Is he that terrifying? Barbossa: He's much like myself, but absent my merciful nature and sense of fair play. Barbossa and Elizabeth follow Tai Huang to the entrance of Sao Feng’s bath house. Tai Huang: [knocks] Hoi. The door opens, and Barbossa and Elizabeth follow him inside. The doors close behind them. Back under the bridge, the grate is filed through. Gibbs: We're through! Make ready! The crew begins crawling into the tunnel below ground. Meanwhile, Barbossa and Elizabeth hand over their baldrics with their swords and pistols to the doormen at the bath house, who put them on a table by the door. Elizabeth moves to walk forward, but Tai Huang puts up his hand. Tai Huang: [looking at Barbossa] You think because she is a woman we will not suspect her of treachery? Barbossa: Well, when you put it that way... Tai Huang: [to Elizabeth] Remove. Please. Glaring at him, Elizabeth pulls on the string to undo her hat. She pulls off her coat to reveal a harness containing several guns. She hands over several more guns and a grenade. She looks at Barbossa, starts to speak, then puts up a finger. She reaches behind her and struggles, finally pulling out a very large blunderbuss. Giving Barbossa a demure look, she moves to walk forward again, but Tai Huang puts up his hand to stop her again. Tai Huang: Remove. Please. [smiles] Barbossa and Elizabeth follow Tai Huang farther into the bath house. Uncomfortable, Elizabeth tugs at the short skirt of the robe she has changed into to prove that she is not concealing anymore weapons. She looks disgusted at the men sitting in the tubs who are covered with growing fungus. Barbossa and Elizabeth approach a platform. The man standing on the platform turns around to greet them. Barbossa bows low and signals Elizabeth to do the same. Sao Feng: Captain Barbossa, welcome to Singapore. [to serving woman] More steam. She pulls a rope, which leads to signs below the bath house. A midget walks over, sees which signal has been given, and pulls the appropriate rope to produce more steam. In a side tunnel, Ragetti, Pintel, Gibbs, Marty, and Mr. Cotton make their way towards the steaming furnace. Then a very, very large man walks by. Ragetti tries to run away in fear, but Gibbs stops him. Gibbs: None of that! If things don't go the way we want, then we're the only chance they've got. Sao Feng: I understand that you have a request to make of me. Barbossa: More of a proposal to put to ye. I've a venture underway, and I find myself in need of a ship and a crew. Sao Feng: Hmm. scratches his head Is an odd coincidence. Elizabeth: Because you happen to have a ship and a crew you don't need? Sao Feng: No. Because earlier this day, not far from here, a thief broke into my most revered uncle's temple and tried to make off with these. He walks over to a wrinkled old man sitting on a stool and takes something from him. The navigational charts. The route to the farthest gate. Wouldn't it be amazing if this venture of yours took you to the world beyond this one? Barbossa: It would strain credulity at that. Sao Feng gives Barbossa a long look, then nods to two of his henchman standing near a tub. They lift up the rod sticking out of the tub and pull out Will Turner, who they have been holding under the water. Barbossa and Elizabeth look on with shocked but carefully neutral expressions. Sao Feng: This is the thief. Is his face familiar to you? Elizabeth and Barbossa slowly shake their heads. Sao Feng pulls a deadly looking spike, a fid, out from his belt. Sao Feng: Then I guess he has no further need for it. As he thrusts the fid toward Will, Elizabeth gasps, horrified. Sao Feng stops and looks at her, catching her and Barbossa in their lie. Sao Feng: You come into my city, and you betray my hospitality. Barbossa: Sao Feng, I assure you, I had no idea-- Sao Feng: [interrupting] That he would get caught?! You intend to attempt a voyage to Davy Jones' Locker, but I cannot help but wonder... why? Looking angry, Barbossa pulls a piece of eight out of his pocket and tosses it at Sao Feng. Blowing on the coin, Sao Feng holds it up to his ear and hears a ringing sound. Barbossa: The song has been sung. The time is upon us. We must convene the Brethren Court. As one of the nine pirate lords, you must honor the call. Sao Feng: [to his serving woman] More steam. She pulls the rope again, and we see the signs spinning below the floor. This time, however, all the midgets are tied up, and we see that Barbossa's crew has taken control. They look at the ropes, unsure of what to do. Sao Feng: More steam! Looking confused, the woman pulls the rope again. This time, Mr. Cotton pulls on a rope, releasing steam. The rest of the pirates set about getting their weapons in order. Sao Feng: There is a price on all our heads, it is true. It seems the only way a pirate can turn a profit anymore is by betraying other pirates. Below the floor, Gibbs and the other pirates unload their arsenal of weapons. Above the floor, we can hear Barbossa and Sao Feng, and later Elizabeth, discussing the matter at hand. Barbossa: It be time to put our differences aside. Gibbs: Wait for the signal. Barbossa:The first Brethren Court gave us rule of the seas. Below the floor, the pirates to prepare, but Ragetti signals to Pintel to come to a certain floorboard. He points up, laughing. Ragetti: It's Elizabeth. Barbossa: But now that rule is being challenged by Lord Cutler Beckett. We see that Ragetti is looking up through the floor, albeit with his wooden eye, and up Elizabeth's robe. Sao Feng: Against the East India Trading Company, what value is the Brethren Court? What can any of us do? Elizabeth: [incredulous] You can fight! [moves forward, then addresses the man who grabs her] Get off me! [to Sao Feng] You are Sao Feng, the pirate lord of Singapore. As Elizabeth continues addressing Sao Feng, Pintel moves to the crack to look up at Elizabeth and instead finds himself looking up the man's loincloth instead. He turns back to Ragetti and makes a disgusted sound, while Ragetti, unaware of the change, gives him two thumbs up and giggles. Elizabeth: You command in the Age of Piracy, where bold captains sail on free waters, where waves aren't measured in feet but in increments of fear, and those who pass the test become legend. Would you have that era come to an end on your watch? The most notorious pirates from around the world are uniting against our enemy, and yet you sit here, cowering in your bathwater! Sao Feng: [walking toward Elizabeth] Elizabeth Swann, there is more to you than meets the eye, isn't there? And the eye does not go wanting. At this, Will struggles against his captors. Sao Feng: But I cannot help but notice, you [pointing at Barbossa] have failed to answer my question. What is it you seek in Davy Jones' Locker? Will: Jack Sparrow. He's one of the nine pirate lords. Sao Feng's attendants, Park and Lian, giggle. Sao Feng: [looking furious] The only reason I would want Jack Sparrow returned from the land of the dead is so that I could send him back myself! Barbossa: Jack Sparrow holds one of the nine pieces of eight. He failed to pass it along to a successor before he died. So we must go and get him back. Sao Feng: [noticing the dripping paint of the fake tattoo on the man in front of him] So, you admit you have deceived me. Weapons! The men in the bath house draw out the weapons they had been concealing in the tubs with them. Below the floor, Gibbs hears the commotion. Gibbs: Weapons! Barbossa: Sao Feng, I assure you, our intentions were strictly honorable. Gibbs and Pintel throw two swords each for Barbossa and Elizabeth up through the floorboards. They catch them, and Barbossa smiles sheepishly at Sao Feng. Sao Feng grabs the man with the dripping tattoo and holds him hostage with his sword. Sao Feng: Drop your weapons, or I kill the man! Barbossa: [looking confused] Kill him! He's not our man. Will: If he’s not with you, and he’s not with us… who’s he with? Military men from the East India Trading Company burst into the bath house. Much fighting ensues. Will gets free from the rod and Elizabeth passes him a sword. Mercer walks in and takes aim at Elizabeth. Will pushes her out of the way and the shot hits one of Sao Feng’s women instead. The pirates convene close to the door, and all the military men face them, taking aim. Just then, the explosives set by Gibbs and company go off, creating a huge crater in the floor and a diversion for the pirates to escape. As they run out into the street, Sao Feng gets possession of the charts. Gibbs, Pintel, Ragetti, and Mr. Cotton climb out of the hole, yelling and shooting as they go. Marty shoots off a huge gun and is knocked back into the hole. Meanwhile, outside the fighting continues all over the streets of Singapore. Men from the East India Trading Company take aim and shoot a Chinese man. As they take aim again, the musical cart behind them finishes its song and explodes. Tia Dalma looks on with satisfaction, then disappears again. Mercer corners and shoots Sao Fengs other serving woman. Then he takes cover behind a screen as Will and Sao Feng appear, Sao Feng holding his knife to Will's throat. Sao Feng: Is an odd coincidence, isn't it, that the East India Company finds me the day you show up in Singapore? Will: It is coincidence only. They struggle some more, resulting in Will gaining the upper hand, pressing his dagger against Sao Feng's throat. Behind the screen, Mercer pulls out his pistol and takes aim. Will: If you want to make a deal with Beckett, you need what I offer. Confused and intrigued, Mercer lowers his pistol and listens intently. Sao Feng: You crossed Barbossa. You are willing to cross Jack Sparrow. Why should I expect any better? Will: I need the Black Pearl to free my father. You're helping me to get it. As the fighting continues, Jack the monkey picks up a firework and props it up against a bridge. Mr. Cotton's parrot watches apprehensively. Mr. Cotton's parrot: Uh-oh! Jack the monkey returns with a candle, laying it next to the wick of the firework. He covers his ears, anticipating the explosion. Mr. Cotton's parrot: Fire in the hole! The firework explodes, flying across the river and into a firework warehouse, which explodes. Barbossa takes the opportunity to stab the distracted military man he was fighting. Barbossa: Thank you, Jack. The fighting over, the group reconvenes on a bridge. Will is carrying Sao Feng's charts and is followed by a group of Chinese pirates. Barbossa: You have the charts? Will: And better yet: a ship and a crew. Elizabeth: Where's Sao Feng? Will: He'll cover our escape and meet us at Shipwreck Cove. Tai Huang: This way. Be quick! The Hai Peng sails out of the harbor. Tia Dalma stands alone, staring off into the night. Elizabeth approaches her. Elizabeth: There's no place left for Sao Feng to cower. Do you think he will honor the call? Tia Dalma: I cannot say. There is an evil on these seas that even the most staunch and bloodthirsty pirates have come to fear. Scene 3: The Dutchman at Sea The Flying Dutchman shoots out of the water amid a group of ships. Firing from every cannon, the ship soon overcomes the entire fleet, leaving death and destruction in its wake.
pirategirl0306	Jul 3 2007, 04:29 AM Post #3
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	Scene 4: Inside the Endeavour Inside Beckett's quarters aboard the Endeavour, many war preparations are being made. Beckett sits at his desk with nine pieces of eight lining his desk. One spins around, and he slaps it onto the desk. Beckett: A piece of eight. Nine of them you say? Mercer: Our new friend in Singapore was very specific, sir. Nine pieces of eight. Beckett: What's the significance of that, I wonder? Mercer: Does it matter? There's nothing can hold against the armada, not with the Flying Dutchman at the lead. Beckett: Nothing we know of. Did your friend happen to mention where the Brethren Court are meeting? Mercer: He was mum on that, sir. Beckett: Hm. Then he knows the value of information. Better keep this between ourselves. We don't want anyone running off to Singapore, do we? [looks significantly across the room at Governor Swann, who is signing papers] Norrington enters the office, looking serious. Beckett: Ah, Admiral! Norrington: [taking a deep breath] You summoned me, Lord Beckett? Beckett: Yes. Something for you there. Your new station deserves an old friend. Norrington turns to see a familiar box sitting on the table. Slowly, he walks over to the table and opens the box to find his sword, the one Will Turner made for his promotion ceremony. Gov. Swann: Not more requisition orders. Clerk: No sir. Execution. Norrington draws his sword, swallowing hard. Beckett: The brethren know they face extinction. All that remains is where they make their final stand. The look of pleasure at receiving his old sword leaves Norrington's face at Beckett's statement, and he and Governor Swann share a signficant but brief look. Scene 5: Frozen at Sea The Hai Peng sails past ice covered cliffs as snow falls on the water. Jack the monkey sits shivering on a box next to Pintel and Ragetti, who are covered in snow and shivering just as hard. Pintel: No one said anything about cold. Ragetti: I'm sure there must be a good reason for our suffering. Pintel: Why don't that Obeah woman bring Jack back the same way she brought back Barbossa? Tia Dalma: Because Barbossa was only dead. Jack Sparrow is taken body and soul to a place not of the earth, but punishment, the worst fate a person can bring upon himself stretching on forever. That's what awaits at Davy Jones' locker. Ragetti: Well, I knew there was a good reason. In the background, a pirate is frozen in the process of what he had been doing before the cold. Another pirate massages his frozen foot, only to break off his big toe. Will and Tai Huang stand shivering, looking at the charts. Will turns the various circles, trying to make sense of it. Will: Nothing here is set. These can’t be as accurate as modern charts. Tai Huang: But it leads to more places. Will: [turning the map, then reading it] “Over the edge, over again.” “Sunrise sets, flash of green.” [to Barbossa] Do you care to interpret, Captain Barbossa? Barbossa: Ever gazed upon the green flash, Master Gibbs? Gibbs: I reckon I seen my fair share. Happens on rare occasion: the last glimpse of sunset a green flash shoots up into the sky. Some go their whole lives without ever seein' it, some claim to have seen it who ain't. And some say-- Pintel: It signals when a soul comes back to this world! From the dead! Gibbs glares at Pintel, upset at having his thunder stolen. Pintel: Sorry. Barbossa: Trust me, young master Turner. It's not getting to the land of the dead that's the problem; it's getting back! Will continues to contemplate the map as the ship sails into a dark, icy cave. Scene 6: The Wreckage of the Dutchman Through a telescope, Beckett surveys the wreckage of the fleet that the Dutchman destroyed. Beckett: Bloody hell, there's nothing left. Mercer: Jones is a loose cannon, sir. Beckett: Fetch the chest. Mercer: And the governor? He's been asking questions about the heart. Beckett: Does he know? [sees Mercer's look] Then perhaps his usefulness has run its course. Several boats are dispatched toward the Dutchman. Governor Swann sits in one, looking disgusted at the wreckage and carnage left behind. Davy Jones sits at his organ, no longer exhuberant in his organ playing, but forlornly playing a slow, mournful song. As he plays, his music box starts up. He picks it up and opens it, looking inside and looking tragic. As the song ends, he closes it and contemplates the lone tear that has leaked out of his eye. Suddenly, he begins shaking with fury. On deck, the East India Company's men line the walkways, guns at the ready. Murtogg and Mullroy take their position, looking very nervously at the crew of the Flying Dutchman. Norrington follows them. Norrington: Steady, men. Davy Jones: [walks on to the deck and sees the Dead Man's Chest] Go. All of you! And take that infernal thing with you. I will not have it on my ship! Beckett: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Because I will. Because it seems to be the only way to guarantee that this ship do as directed by the Company. At a gesture from Beckett, Norrington leads the two men carrying the chest past the crew and below decks. Davy Jones watches their progress anxiously, then turns back to Beckett. Beckett: We need prisoners to interrogate, which tends to work best when they're alive. Davy Jones: The Dutchman sails as its captain commands. Beckett: And the captain is to sail it as commanded. I would've thought you'd learned that when I ordered you to kill your pet. This is no longer you world, Jones. The immaterial has become... immaterial. Below decks, the open chest is set on a table. Soldiers line up and have their guns set to shoot the heart. The heart continues beating inside the chest, bleeding and bloated from previous encounters with the East India Trading Company. Scene 7: Headed for the Edge The Hai Peng sails on a clear sea, a sky full of stars shining above. In fact, it seems as though the ship is sailing smoothly on the night sky itself. Will approaches Elizabeth, who is standing in the bow, contemplating. Will: How long do we continue not talking? Elizabeth: Once we rescue Jack, everything will be fine. Will: [looking upset] When we rescue Jack? Elizabeth looks at him, confused at his reaction, then walks away. Will gazes ahead, looking hurt. Suddenly, he notices a strange mist coming up. Worried, he turns to alert the crew, where he encounters Tia Dalma. Tia Dalma: For what we want most, there is a cost must be paid in the end. Will looks at Tia Dalma, musing over what she said, then gazes down and notices her crab-shaped locket. Recognition stirs him to action, and he races to the stern. Will: Barbossa, ahead! Barbossa: Aye, we’re good and lost now. Elizabeth: Lost? Barbossa: For certain, you have to be lost to find a place as can't be found. Elseways everyone would know where it was. Gibbs: We're gaining speed. Barbossa: Aye. Will: To stations! All hands to stations! Run her full! Hard a-port! Gather way! Barbossa: Nay! Belay that! Let her run straight and true. Everyone runs to the starboard railing in order to see what lies ahead. Ragetti: Blimey. Up ahead, the sea ends in a thundering waterfall. The ship is headed straight for it without much hope of escape. Elizabeth turns angrily to face Barbossa. Elizabeth: You’ve doomed us all! Barbossa: Don't be so unkind; you may not survive to pass this way again, and these be the last friendly words ye'll hear. Will: Tie her off! Tia Dalma: [muttering into her hands] Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir l'Esplanade, Dans l'Fond d'l'eau. (Translation: Criminal in the Tomb, Bent at the shoreline, Beneath the waves.) She casts some crab claws onto a crate. Elizabeth: Hard to port! Will: [taking the rudder] Hold on! Everyone grabs onto some part of the ship and holds on for dear life. The ship turns completely the other way in a valiant effort on Will's part, but it's too late. The ship is too close to the edge, and the stern slowly begins to go over. The monkey slides across the deck in a barrel, Elizabeth screams, and Barbossa laughs. Then the ship falls over the edge and is lost in the fog at the bottom of the falls. In the darkness, music and gunshots are heard. Then the laughter and shouts of a distant pirate world are heard."...you bloomin' cockraoches...dearie, show 'em yer larboard side...dead men tell no tales..." Scene 8: Davy Jones' Locker A nose appears on screen, sniffing. The nose moves along until it comes to… a peanut. The person to whom the nose is attached tucks a napkin around their neck. It’s Captain Jack Sparrow! Taking his fork, he carefully stabs the peanut and brings it toward his mouth. Just as he is about to eat it, a shot rings out. Struggling, Jack tries to bring the peanut close enough to taste, but he falls over backward. We turn to see the smoking pistol being held by… Captain Jack Sparrow? He walks over and picks up the peanut. Real Jack: My peanut. [eats it] Haul the halyard! Slacken braces! Jolly Roger Tattoo Jack: Aye Captain! Slacken braces! Step lively! With a will! Multiple Jacks: Aye, aye! Right away, sir! Jack in background: I want a fire down below! Shot Jack: Help. A Jack: Man the yards, you filthy toads! One Jack stares off into space. Suddenly, he clucks and begins walking around like a chicken. The Jack behind him picks an egg up off the deck and walks away. A Jack sitting on a box looks coyly at the goat sitting next to him. Multiple Jacks haul the sail. Multiple Jacks: Ho! Ho! A Jack: Haul the sheets! Handsomely, boys! Scandalise the lateens! Multiple Jacks: Aye, sir! Right away, sir! Real Jack: Mr. Sparrow. Maori Tattoo Jack: Aye, Captain? Real Jack: What say you about the condition of this tack line? Maori Tattoo Jack: It be proper to my eye, sir. Real Jack: Proper? It is neither proper nor suitable, sir. It is not acceptable nor adequate. It is, in obvious fact, an abomination. Maori Tattoo Jack: Beggin' yer pardon, sir. But perhaps if you gave a man another chance. Real Jack: Shall I? [stabs Maori Tattoo Jack] That sort of thinking got us into this mess. [to the crew] We have lost speed, and therefore time. Precious time. Which cannot be recovered once lost. Do you understand? Jacks: Aye, Captain! Slow Jack: Oh, aye, Captain! Real Jack: Do you now? As Jack turns to address the other Jacks, we see that he is talking to himself and there is actually only one Jack. (Sorry to bust all your fantasies, girls.) Jack: It will all have to be redone. All of it! And let this serve as a lesson to the lot of you. Doldrums, sir, has the entire crew on edge. I have no sympathy for any of you feculent maggots and no more patience to pretend otherwise. Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this weirdness. Taking hold of the rope, Jack jumps off the ship and lands on the ground below. He licks his finger and holds it up in the air, testing for wind. Jack: No wind. 'Course there’s no bloody wind! My soul, I do swear for a breeze, a gust, a whisper, a tiny, miniature lick. Sniffing, Jack sees a rock on the ground and throws it. Then he begins talking to himself as he walks away. Jack: Yes, well I know, but, why, why would he do that? Because he's a lummox, isn't he? Well we shall have a magnificent garden party, and you're not invited! [giggles] Jack turns to see that the rock is again right behind him. He waves his hands at it. Jack: Shoo. Jack starts to turn away, then quickly turns back, but the rock is still there. He picks it up and stares at it. Jack: R-rock. Very carefully, Jack brings the rock to his mouth and licks it. Disliking the taste, he throws it as far as he can. It lands on the ground, then cracks open, revealing itself to be a white crab. Jack: Now we're being followed by rocks. Never had that before. Oh! Rope. Jack pulls on the rope, which falls into a pile at his feet. Straining, he pulls the rope to its furthest extent in a vain effort to move the Pearl. He pulls and pulls, but the ship does not budge. Slowly, he looks to his right. There watching him is the little crab that he previously saw as the rock. Jack looks ahead again, then falls to the ground. The crab scuttles away to a sandy expanse covered in rocks. He makes crab noises and clicks his claws together, causing the rocks to all hatch into crabs and begin moving toward the Pearl. A shadow crosses over Jack's face, and he opens his eyes and sits up. To his amazement, the Pearl is sailing away. He stands up, staring in disbelief. Millions of tiny crabs are crawling over one another to move the Pearl. As it "sails" away, Jack finally comes to his senses and chases after his ship. On the beach, the pirates crawl, coughing and spitting, onto the beach, the wreck of their junk, the Hai Peng in the surf behind them. Gibbs: This truly is a godforsaken place. Elizabeth: I don't see Jack. I don't see anyone. Barbossa: He's here. Davy Jones never once gave up that what he took. Will: And does it matter? We're trapped here by your doing, no different than Jack. Tia Dalma: [stroking a little white crab] Witty Jack is closer than you think. Everyone turns their eyes toward the dune where the Pearl is rising over the sand. Jack stands triumphant on the foreyard, gazing out to sea as the Pearl sails down the sand and into the water. Everyone watches, incredulous. Tai Huang: Impossible. Ragetti: [struggling for words and pointing] Boat. Gibbs: Slap me thrice and hand me to me momma. It’s Jack! The pirates begin to run down the beach toward the Pearl. Elizabeth smiles and starts to follow, but then a sad look crosses her face and she holds back. Jack rows the longboat to shore and walks toward the group waiting for him on the beach. Pintel: It's the captain! Gibbs: Sight for sore eyes! Jack: Mr. Gibbs! Gibbs: Aye, captain! Jack: I thought so. I expect you're able to account for your actions, then. Gibbs: Sir? Jack: There has been a perpetual and virulent lack of discipline on my vessel, why? Why is that, sir? Gibbs: Sir, you're… you’re in Davy Jones’ Locker, captain. Jack: I know that! I know where I am. And don't think I don't! Barbossa: Jack Sparrow. Jack: Ah, Hector! It’s been too long… hasn’t it? Barbossa: Yes, Isla de Muerta, remember? You shot me. Jack: [laughingly] No I didn’t. [sees Tia] Tia Dalma. Out and about, eh? You add an agreeable sense of macabre to any delirium. Will: He thinks we’re a hallucination. Jack: William, tell me somethin'. Have you come because you need my help to save a certain distressing damsel? Or rather, damsel in distress? Either one. Will: No. Jack: Well, then you wouldn't be here, would you? So you can't be here! Q.E.D. - you're not really here! Elizabeth: Jack. This is real. We’re here. Jack stares at Elizabeth, obviously not happy to see her. He runs back to Gibbs. Jack: The Locker, you say? Gibbs: Aye. Elizabeth: We've come to rescue you. Jack: Have you now? That's very kind of you. But it would seem that as I possess a ship and you don't, you're the ones in need of rescuing, and I'm not sure as I'm in the mood. Barbossa: I see my ship—right there. Jack: Can't spot it! Must be a tiny little thing hiding somewhere behind the Pearl. Will: Jack, Cutler Beckett has the heart of Davy Jones. He controls the Flying Dutchman. Elizabeth: He's taking over the sea! Tia Dalma: The song has already been sung! The Brethren Court is called! Jack: Leave you people alone for a minute, and look what happens. Everything's gone to pot! Gibbs: Aye, Jack, the world needs you back something fierce! Will: And you need a crew. Jack: Why should I sail with any of you? Four of you have tried to kill me in the past. [looking at Elizabeth] One of you succeeded. Everyone turns to look at Elizabeth. She ducks her head, and Will gives her a searching look. Jack: Oh! She’s not told you. You'll have loads to talk about while you're here. [to Tia Dalma] As for you... Tia Dalma: [playing with Jack’s beard] Now, don’t tell me you didn’t enjoy it at the time. Jack: [grinning and almost blushing] All right, fair enough, you're in. [to Ragetti] Don't need you, you scare me. Gibbs, you can come. Marty. [sees Pintel] Eugh. Cotton. Cotton's parrot, I'm a little iffy, but at least I'll have someone to talk to. [sees the Chinese pirates] Who are you? Tai Huang: Tai Haung. These are my men. Jack: Where do your allegiances lie? Tai Huang: With the highest bidder. Jack: I have a ship! Tai Huang: That makes you the highest bidder. Jack: Good man. Weigh anchor, all hands. Prepare to make sail. Jack pulls out his compass, but it is spinning wildly and obviously is not going to work. Barbossa: Jack. [holds up the charts] Which way you going, Jack? Jack snaps the compass closed and grimaces.
pirategirl0306	Jul 3 2007, 04:31 AM Post #4
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	Scene 9: Onboard the Pearl Barbossa: Trim that sail! Jack: [overlapping] Trim that sail! Barbossa: Slack windward brace and sheet! Jack: [overlapping]Slack windward brace and sheet! Barbossa: Haul the pennant line! Jack: [overlapping] Haul that pennant line! Barbossa: What are you doin'? Jack: What are you doin'? Barbossa: No, what are you doin'? Jack: What are you doin'? Barbossa: No! What are you doin'? Jack: What are you doin'? Captain gives orders on the ship. Barbossa: The captain of the ship is givin' orders. Jack: My ship, makes me captain. Barbossa: They be my charts! Jack: Well, that makes you… chart-man! Pintel: Stow it, the both of you! That’s an order! Understand?! Jack and Barbossa stare mutely at Pintel, looking horrified. Pintel: Sorry. I just thought with the Captain issue in doubt, I'd throw my name in for consideration. Sorry. Barbossa heads for the stern and Jack tries to head him off. Pintel leans on the ship railing. Ragetti: [tapping Pintel] I’d vote for you. Pintel: Yeah? Barbossa pulls out a telescope and scans the horizon. Jack looks at it, then smirks as he pulls out his own. Struggling to open it farther, he realizes it's a lot smaller than Barbossa's and walks away, looking chastened. Below decks, Elizabeth sits alone on the stairs, looking miserable. Will walks toward her from elsewhere below decks, looking upset. Will: You left Jack to the Kraken. Elizabeth: He's rescued now. It's done with. Will, I had no choice. Will: You chose not to tell me. Elizabeth: I couldn't! It wasn't your burden to bear. Will: Well I did bear it, didn't I? I just didn't know what it was. I thought... Elizabeth: You thought I loved him. She tries to leave, but Will grabs her arms and backs her toward a beam. Will: If you make your choices alone, how can I trust you? Elizabeth: You can't. Eyes filling with tears, Elizabeth pushes Will’s arm aside and runs up the stairs, leaving Will below decks. Scene 10: Lost Souls Pintel and Ragetti are sitting at the bow of the Pearl, night fishing. Suddenly, Ragetti jumps and drops his fishing line into the water. Looking down, they see ghostly souls floating in the water. Pintel: Eerie. That’s down right macabre-y! Ragetti: I wonder what would happen if we dropped a cannonball on one of 'em. Pintel and Ragetti carry cannonballs across the deck, giggling as they go. They stop short when they see Tia Dalma standing at the bow, gazing down at the spirits in the water, clearly upset. She turns around to glare at them. Pintel: Be disrespectful, it would. Tia Dalma: They should be in the care of Davy Jones. That was the duty him was charged with by the goddess Calypso. To ferry those who die at sea to the other side. And every ten years, him could come ashore to be with she who love him. Truly! But the man has become a monster. Ragetti: So he wasn’t always… tentacley? Tia Dalma: No. Him was a man, once. Ragetti: [looking ahead] Now it’s boats comin'. Gibbs loads a gun, but Will stops him. Will: They’re not a threat to us. [to Tia Dalma] Am I right? Tia Dalma: We are nothing but ghosts to them. Barbossa: It's best just let them be. Ghostly figures in boats float by the Pearl. Elizabeth sees her father sitting in one of them. Elizabeth: It’s my father; we’ve made it back! Father! Father, here, look here! Jack: Elizabeth… we’re not back. Elizabeth stares at him, horrified, then turns back to her father. Elizabeth: Father! Gov. Swann: Elizabeth! Are you dead? Elizabeth: No. No. Gov. Swann: I think I am. Elizabeth: No, you can't be. Gov. Swann: There was this chest, you see. I saw it. At the time it seemed so important. Elizabeth: Come aboard! Gov. Swann: And a heart. I learned that if you stab the heart, yours must take its place, and you will sail the seas for eternity. The Dutchman must have a captain. Silly thing to die for. Elizabeth: Someone, cast a line! Come back with us! Marty moves to pick up a rope, but he is too slow for Elizabeth. Frantically, she runs toward the rope to cast it off herself. Tia Dalma stares at Will and approaches him. Tia Dalma: A touch... of destiny. Elizabeth: [throwing the line to her father] Take the line. Gov. Swann: [smiling up at Elizabeth] I'm so proud of you, Elizabeth. Elizabeth: Father, the line, take the line! The line slips from the governor's boat, and Elizabeth runs to the stern, desperately trying to follow her father. Tia Dalma: She must not leave this ship! Everyone runs toward Elizabeth, who has begun to climb onto the railing of the ship. Elizabeth: [sobbing] Father, please come with us! Please, I won't leave you! Gov. Swann: I’ll give your love to your mother, shall I? Elizabeth: [struggling with Will, who is pulling her back into the ship] I won't let you die! Will: Elizabeth! Will finally succeeds in pulling Elizabeth back onto the deck. He pulls her to him as she sobs hysterically. He looks at Tia Dalma hopefully. Will: Is there a way? Tia Dalma: [shaking her head] Him at peace. Scene 11: Up is Down It is daylight again, and the Pearl seems to be stalled with no wind to move it anywhere. The crew sits around the deck, looking tired and hot. Pintel: [tipping an empty bottle over his mouth] No water. Why is all but the rum gone? Gibbs: [looking at another empty bottle] Rum’s gone, too. Will and Tia Dalma stand at the port rail, gazing off at the sunset. Elizabeth sits on the stairs in the background looking morose. Tia Dalma: If we cannot escape these doldrums before night, I fear that we will sail on trackless seas, doomed to roam the reach between worlds... forever. Gibbs: [approaching] With no water, forever looks to be arriving a mite too soon. Will: [looking up at Barbossa] Why doesn't he do something? Ragetti: [in the background, chasing the monkey] Me eye! Give it back. Gibbs: There's no sense to it. Will: And the green flash happens at sunset, not sunrise. Gibbs: "Over the edge." It's driving me over the bloomin' edge. Sunrises don't set. Jack: [fiddling with the charts] Up is down... well that's just maddeningly unhelpful. Why are these things never clear? Left-shoulder Jack: Clear as mud, Jackie. Jack: What? Eh? LS Jack: Stab the heart. Right-shoulder Jack: Don't stab the heart. Jack: Come again? RS Jack: The Dutchman must have a captain... Jack: Well that's even more than less than unhelpful. LS Jack: Sail the seas for eternity. Jack: I love the sea. LS Jack: What about port? Jack: I prefer rum. Rum’s good. RS Jack: Making port. Where we can get rum and salty wenches, once every ten years. LS Jack: What’d he say? Jack: Once every ten years. LS Jack: Ten years is a long time, mate. Jack: Especially considering the deficit of rum. LS Jack: But eternity is longer still. RS Jack: And how will you be spending it? Dead? Or not? LS Jack: The immortal Captain Sparrow. Jack: Ooh, I like that! RS Jack: Come sunset it won’t matter. Jack: Not sunset. [turns over the ship on the map] Sundown. And rise. Up. [stands up and points to something, sounding frantic] What's that? [running to the starboard railing] What is that? I don't know, what do you think? Gibbs: Where? Jack: There! [looking over to the port railing] Ah! Jack continues running back and forth between the railings as Barbossa watches. First joined by Will and Gibbs, then slowly, more of the crew begins to follow him, trying to figure out what's going on. Elizabeth falls out of her mournful reverie and stands up to join them. As the pirates continue running back and forth, the ship slowly begins to rock. Ragetti reaches for his wooden eye, which is rolling on the charts. Barbossa reaches down and grabs Ragetti's wrist, stopping him. Elizabeth: What is it? Jack: [looking the other way] Blu-lu-lu-lu! Barbossa picks up the eye, pops it into his mouth, and then shoves it back into Ragetti's eye socket, smacking him on the cheek twice. Pintel: [wonderingly] He's rocking the ship. Gibbs: We're rocking the ship! Barbossa: [looking at the charts] Aye, he's on to it! Pintel: He's rocking the ship! Ragetti: [tapping Pintel on the shoulder] We tie each other to the mast. upside down, so when the boat flips, we'll be the right way up. Barbossa: Time it with the swell! [yelling at the crew belowdecks] Loose the cannon! Unstow the cargo! Let it shift. The pirates continue to run back and forth, causing the ship to rock harder and harder. Anyone who gets left behind falls behind, as one unlucky sailor finds out as the boat tips on its side and he gets crushed by a cannon. Everyone holds onto the railing for dear life, except for Pintel and Ragetti attached to the mast, as the ship begins to flip completely over. Jack: Now up... is down. The Pearl flips. Will falls off the railing and begins to sink. Elizabeth thrashes around but is unable to reach him without falling off herself. Various pieces of cargo begin to fall from the ship as well. Will reaches for a rope and grabs on, saving himself from sinking into oblivion. Above the water, the sun sets. A green flash goes off, and then a strong current pushes the Pearl up and out of the water. The pirates all cough and spit, the right way up. Pintel: [angrily] This was your idea. Gibbs: Blessed sweet westerlies. We're back! Elizabeth: [gazing at the horizon] It's a sunrise. Barbossa pulls out his pistol and points it at Jack. Jack, Will, Elizabeth, and Gibbs all point a pistol at Barbossa. Jack pulls out a gun and points it at Will. Will and Elizabeth each point one at Will. Jack pulls out another and points it at Elizabeth, who glares at him. Gibbs points one at Will. Jack the monkey pulls out a tiny pistol and points it at Mr. Cotton's parrot. Mr. Cotton's parrot: Parley? Pintel: [struggling] We need our pistols! Get untied, hurry! Barbossa now has a second pistol pointed at Gibbs, who has another one pointing at Will. The gun-pointing pirates stare at each other fiercely. Then Barbossa begins to laugh. Jack grins. Elizabeth and Will begin to laugh. Soon everyone is laughing heartily and lowering their guns. Just as suddenly, the guns are back up. Barbossa: All right, then! The Brethren are gathering at Shipwreck Cove, and Jack, you and I are a-going, and there'll be no arguing that point. Jack: I is arguing the point. If there's pirates a-gathering, I'm pointing my ship the other way. Elizabeth: The pirates are gathering to fight Beckett, and you're a pirate. Will: Fight or not, you're not running, Jack. Barbossa: If we don't stand together, they'll hunt us down one by one 'til there be none left but you. Jack: Quite like the sound of that: Captain Jack Sparrow, the last pirate. Barbossa: Aye. [stepping forward, then readjusting his pistols toward Gibbs]And you'll be fightin' Jones alone. How does that fit into your plan? Jack: I'm still working on that. But I will not be going back to the locker, mate. Count on that. Jack points his pistol at Barbossa, then pulls the trigger. Nothing happens but a squishy splash. All the pirates pull their triggers, but nothing happens. Gibbs: Wet powder. Pintel: Wait! We can still use ‘em as clubs! Ragetti looks at his pistol, then hits Pintel on the head with it. Pintel: Ouch! Ragetti: Sorry. Effective, though. Scene 12: Resupplying the Ship Will: [pointing to the charts] There's a freshwater spring on this island. We can resupply there and get back to shooting each other later. Jack: You lead the shore party; I'll stay with my ship. Barbossa: I'll not be leaving my ship in your command. Will: Why don't you both go ashore and leave the ship in my command? [seeing the look Jack and Barbossa give him] Temporarily. Barbossa pulls out his telescope and scans the shore. After a long series of clicks, Jack peers through his incredibly long compass. Barbossa turns to look at him, incredulous. Several longboats are dispatched toward the shore, the one holding Pintel and Ragetti overturning. On the beach, Barbossa and Jack's attention is drawn to the far side. Jack begins making his way toward the end of the beach. Barbossa follows him Pintel: Criminy. Ragetti: Oddsbodkins. They follow Jack and Barbossa down the beach where they see the enormous carcass of the Kraken lying in its final resting place, being eaten by gulls. Ragetti: Careful. Careful! Pintel: You... stupid... fish! Ragetti: Actually, it's a cephalopod. Pintel: [in the background] Serves you right! Jack approaches the giant, empty eye of the Kraken, silent. Ragetti: Hey, I bet people'd pay a shilling to see this. And another shilling for a sketch of 'em sitting at the top. Pintel: Pintel and Ragetti: Kraken Slayers! Ragetti: We can serve up a slice as a souvenir! Barbossa: Still thinking of running, Jack? Think you can outrun the world? You know, the problem with being the last of anything, by-and-by there'll be none left at all.. Jack: Things come back, mate. We're living proof, you and me. Barbossa: Aye, but that's a gamble of long odds. There's never a guarantee of coming back, but passing on, that's dead certain. Jack: [resigned] Summoning the Brethren Court, then, is it? Barbossa: It's our only hope, lad. Jack: That's a sad commentary in and of itself. Barbossa: The world used to be a bigger place. Jack: [shaking his head] The world's still the same; there's just… less in it. The group makes their way inland, looking for a place to refill their water canteens. They find a pool, but they also find a body in it. Barbossa tastes the water, then spits it out. Barbossa: Poisoned. Fouled by the body. Pintel: [turning over the dead man] Hey, I know him. He was in Singapore. Mr. Cotton's parrot: Singapore. Marty: Captain! Ragetti: Oy! We got company! The group turns to see the Empress bearing down on the Pearl out in the bay. Suddenly, the Chinese pirates pull out their guns, pointing most of them at Jack. He points back to Barbossa. Jack: He's the captain. Barbossa rolls his eyes. Scene 13: Mutiny on the Pearl Back on the Pearl, Sao Feng and his pirates have taken over the ship and taken everyone prisoner. Barbossa and Jack climb back on board. Jack bites his finger and tries to hide behind Barbossa. Barbossa: Sao Feng, you showing up here is truly a remarkable coincidence. Sao Feng: Jack Sparrow. You paid me great insult once. Jack: That doesn't sound like me. Sao Feng punches Jack in the nose. The pirates all groan out loud, and Jack brings his hand to his face, holding his nose and cracking it back into place. Jack: Shall we just call it square, then? Suddenly, Will stalks on deck and points at Elizabeth, furious. Will: Release her! She's not part of the bargain. Barbossa: And what bargain be that? Sao Feng: You heard Captain Turner. Release her! Jack, still holding his nose, looks incredulous. Gibbs: Aye, the perfidious rotter led a mutiny against us. Will: I need the Pearl to free my father. That's the only reason I came on this voyage. Elizabeth: Why didn’t you tell me you were planning this? Will: It was my burden to bear. Jack: He needs the Pearl. Captain Turner needs the Pearl. [to Elizabeth] And you felt guilty. [to Barbossa] And you and your “Brethren Court.” Did no one come to save me just because they missed me? Gibbs and Tia Dalma exchange glances. Marty raises his hand, and Jack points at him, excited. Pintel and Ragetti tentatively raise their hands, making Jack even more excited. Finally, Jack the Monkey raises his hand. Jack (the pirate) grins. Jack: I’m standing over there with them. Sao Feng: [grabbing him] I'm sorry Jack, but there is an old friend who wants to see you first. Jack: I'm not sure as I cannot survive many more visits from old friends. Sao Feng: [pointing him toward the Endeavour] Well, here is your chance to find out.
pirategirl0306	Jul 3 2007, 04:35 AM Post #5
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	Scene 14: Negotiations Jack is pushed into Beckett's office on the Endeavour by two armed EITC guards, who close the doors behind him. Beckett: Curious. Your friends appear to be quite desperate, Jack. Perhaps they no long believe that a gathering of squabbling pirates can defeat the Flying Dutchman. And so despair leads to betrayal. But you and I are no strangers to betrayal, are we? Jack opens several containers, clearly looking for something. When Beckett mentions betrayal, his gaze strays to the pirate brand on his right arm. Beckett: It’s not here, Jack. Jack: What? What isn’t? Beckett: The heart of Davy Jones is safely aboard the Dutchman, and so unavailable for use as leverage to satisfy your debt to the good Captain. Jack: By my reckoning, that account has been settled. Beckett: By your death? And yet here you are. Jack: Close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream, that's how I get by. Holding Beckett’s cane, he poses in front of the large portrait, making faces. Beckett: And if Davy Jones were to learn of your survival? **** The pirates stand in stony silence as EITC guards board the Pearl. As Mercer boards the ship, Sao Feng approaches him. Sao Feng: My men are crew enough. Mercer: Company ship, company crew. Will: [to Sao Feng] You agreed the Black Pearl was to be mine. Sao Feng: And so it was. Sao Feng nods to one of his pirates, who punches Will in the stomach. **** Beckett: Perhaps you'll consider an alternative arrangement. One which requires absolutely nothing from you, but information. Beckett offers Jack a drink, holding another for himself. Jack looks at Beckett's desk and sees his collection of pieces of eight. Jack: [taking his drink] Regarding the Brethren Court, no doubt. [takes Beckett’s drink] In exchange for fair compensation, [downs one drink] square my debt with Jones, [drinks the other] guarantee my freedom. Beckett: Of course. It's just good business. Jack: [picking up the Beckett figurine] Were I in a divulgatory mood, what then might I divulge? Beckett: Everything. Where are they meeting? Who are the pirate lords? What is the purpose of the nine pieces of eight? **** Will and Elizabeth are reshackled with the other prisoners. Sao Feng turns angrily to Mercer. Sao Feng: Beckett agreed the Black Pearl was to be mine. Mercer: Lord Beckett's not about to give up the only ship as can outrun the Dutchman, is he? [walks away] Barbossa: Shame they're not bound to honor the code of the Brethren, isn't it? Because honor's a hard thing to come by nowadays. Sao Feng: There is no honor to remaining with the losing side. Leaving it for the winning side is just good business. Barbossa: The losing side, you say? Sao Feng: They have the Dutchman. Now the Pearl! And what do the Brethren have? Barbossa: We have... Calypso. Sao Feng: [looks at Elizabeth, then scoffs] Calypso. An old legend. Barbossa: No. The goddess herself, bound in human form. Imagine, all the power of the seas brought to bear against our enemy. I intend to release her, and for that I need the Brethren Court. [picking up Sao Feng's necklace] All the court. **** Jack: [fanning himself] You can keep Barbossa. The belligerent homunculus and his friend with the wooden eye, both. And Turner. Especially Turner. The rest go with me aboard the Pearl and I'll lead you to Shipwreck Cove where I will hand you the pirates and you will not hand me to Jones. Bloody fair deal, don't you think? Beckett: And what becomes of Miss Swann? Jack: What interest is she to you? **** Sao Feng: What are you proposing, captain? Barbossa: What be ye accepting, captain? Sao Feng: [staring at Elizabeth] The girl. Elizabeth: [hotly] What? **** Beckett: Jack, I've just recalled. I've got this wonderful compass which points to whatever I want. So for what do I need you? **** Will: Elizabeth is not part of any bargain. Barbossa: Out of the question. Sao Feng: Was not a question! **** Jack: It points to the thing you want most. And that is not the Brethren Court, is it? Beckett: Then what is, Jack? Jack: Me! Dead. **** Elizabeth: Done. Will: What? Not done! Elizabeth: You got us into this mess, if this is what frees us, then done! **** Beckett: Damn. Beckett tosses Jack the compass, who tosses back the fan. Beckett begins to fan himself. Beckett: Although, if I kill you, then I can use the compass to find--Shipwreck Cove, is it?--on my own. Cut out the middle man as it were. [pulls out pistol] **** Will: Elizabeth, they're pirates. Elizabeth: [angrily, pushing him] I have had more than enough experience dealing with pirates! Barbossa: Then, we have an accord? **** Jack: With me killed, you'd arrive at the Cove to find it's a stronghold nigh impregnable, able to withstand blockade for years, and then you'd be wishing, "Oh, if only there was someone I had not killed inside to ensure that the pirates then come outside." Beckett: And you can accomplish all this, can you? Jack: "You may kill me but you can never insult me. Who am I?" Beckett looks at him, confused. Jack: Mmm, "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow." A cannon fires into the Endeavour, knocking Beckett off his feet. Jack shakes his hand. Jack: Done! Jack opens the door to see the two guards. He slams the door in their faces, knocking them out. Then he makes his way to the deck. Beckett follows and sees the Empress sailing away and the pirates overtaking the Pearl. Mercer and Barbossa fight near the helm. In an effort to save himself, Mercer jumps overboard. Beckett goes to see what Jack is up to. He sees Jack setting up something with a rope and a cannon. His face falls when he sees the Beckett figurine from his war maps sitting in the mouth of the cannon. Beckett: You’re mad. Jack: Thank goodness for that, because if I wasn’t, this’d probably never work. Jack lights the cannon, which fires, pulling the rope he is holding and vaulting him over the gap between the two ships. Everyone on the Pearl runs to the other side of the ship, looking for Jack. Barbossa looks up at the lanterns on the Pearl’s stern to see Jack leaning against one of them. Jack: And that was without even a single drop of rum. Barbossa rolls his eyes and stalks away. Pintel and Ragetti grab hold of Will, and Jack stares him in the face. Jack: Send this pestilent, traitorous, cow-hearted, yeasty codpiece to the brig. Back on the Endeavour, Beckett stalks to the rail and watches the Pearl sail off, followed closely by Lietenant Groves. Groves: Which ship do we follow? Beckett: Signal the Dutchman to track down Sao Feng. We follow the Pearl. How soon can we have the ship ready to pursue? A cracking sound behind them signals the falling of the mast that Jack shot with the cannon. Groves: Do you think he plans it all out or just makes it up as he goes along? Scene 15: The Empress Onboard the Empress, Elizabeth is being dressed in Chinese robes and attended by two women. Sao Feng walks into the room and dismisses them. Sao Feng: [translated] Young willow shoots. Touching, brushing, the water. Of the garden pool. By this time tomorrow, we will arrive at Shipwreck Cove, and you will be free... Calypso. Elizabeth: Excuse me? Sao Feng: Not a name you fancy, I imagine, out of the many that you have, but it is what we call you. Elizabeth: We being who? Sao Feng: You confirm it. Elizabeth: Confirm what? You've told me nothing. Sao Feng: The Brethren Court. Not I, the first Brethren Court, whose decision I would have opposed. They bound you to human for so that the rule of the seas would belong to men and not to-- Elizabeth: [understanding his misconception] To me. Sao Feng: But one such as you should never be anything less than what you are. Elizabeth: Pretty speech from a captor, but words whispered through prison bars lose their charm. Sao Feng: Can I be blamed for my efforts? All men are drawn to the sea, perilous though it may be. Elizabeth: And some men offer desire as justification for their crimes. Sao Feng: I offer simply my desire. Elizabeth: And in return? Sao Feng: I would have your gifts. Should you choose to give them. Elizabeth: Oh. And if I should choose… not? Sao Feng: Then I will take your fury. Sao Feng kisses Elizabeth, but she bites him and pushes him away. Wiping his lips, he begins to walk toward her again, and she backs away. Suddenly, a cannon fires, spreading debris all over the room. Up on deck, the crew of the Flying Dutchman boards the Empress and attack the Chinese pirates. Down below, Elizabeth slowly walks toward Sao Feng, looking frightened. Elizabeth: Sao Feng? Sao Feng: [struggling] Here. Please. Another cannon fires through the room, and Elizabeth ducks, crouching next to Sao Feng, who has been skewered with a piece of the wreckage. He pulls off his necklace, the Captain's Knot, and hands it to Elizabeth. Sao Feng: With all nine pieces of eight, you will be free. Take it! You are captain now. Elizabeth: Me? Sao Feng: Go in my place to Shipwreck Cove. Tai Huang: [running down the stairs] The ship is taken, we cannot- Sao Feng: [whispering] Forgive me, Calypso. [falls back, dead] Tai Huang removes his hat in respect to his dead captain. Elizabeth rises slowly, looking incredulously at the Captain's Knot in her hand. Tai Huang: What did he tell you? Elizabeth: He made me captain. Tai Huang looks at her in anger, then returns to the deck. Elizabeth follows him, and they are both captured by military men. Admiral Norrington has just walked on deck and looks up in disbelief to see Elizabeth. Tai Huang: You are not my captain. Norrington: [looks up and sees Elizabeth] Elizabeth? Elizabeth: [struggles past the guard's sword] James? James! Norrington: [hugging her] Thank God you're alive. Your father will be overjoyed to know you're safe. Elizabeth: My father's dead. Norrington: No, that can't be true, he returned to England. Elizabeth: [bitterly] Did Lord Beckett tell you that? Davy Jones: [to the Chinese pirates] Who among you do you name as captain? Tai Huang: [pointing at Elizabeth] Captain. Her. Davy Jones: Captain? Norrington: Tow the ship. Put the prisoners in the brig. [looking at Elizabeth] The captain shall have my quarters. Elizabeth: Thank you, sir. But I prefer to remain with my crew. Norrington: Elizabeth, I swear. I did not know. Elizabeth: Know what? Which side you chose? [backs up toward the Chinese pirates] Well now you do. Scene 16: Searching for Bootstrap The crew of the Empress is tossed into the brig and the door locked behind them. Elizabeth stops every crewmember of the Flying Dutchman that walks by. Elizabeth: Bootstrap? Jimmy Legs: [laughs and walks away] Elizabeth: Bootstrap? Bill Turner? Koleniko: Huh? Nah. Bootstrap: Bootstrap. You know my name? Elizabeth: Yes, I know your son. [sees his blank look] Will Turner. Bootstrap: William? [seeing her nod] Ha! [jumping out of the wall] He made it! He's alive. And now he sends you to tell me that he's coming to get me. Ha, ha, ha! God's wounds, he's on his way! Elizabeth: Yes, Will is alive. And he wants to help you. Boostrap: [deflating] He can't help me. He won't come. Elizabeth: But you're his father. Bootstrap: I know you. He spoke of you. He can't save me. He can't come because of you. Elizabeth: [confused] Me? Bootstrap: You're Elizabeth. Elizabeth: [getting frustrated] Yes, I'm Elizabeth. Bootstrap: If Jones be slain, he who slays him must take his place. Captain. Forever. The Dutchman must always have a captain. And if he saves me, he loses you. Elizabeth: [eyes filling with tears as she understands] I see. Bootstrap Bill: He won't pick me. I wouldn't pick me. [backing up to the wall] Tell him not to come. Tell him to stay away. Tell him it's too late. I'm already a part of the ship. Of the crew. [sits down and closes his eyes] Elizabeth: Bootstrap? Bootstrap: [opens his eyes] You know my name? Elizabeth: [shocked, then upset by his condition] Yes, I know your son. Bootstrap: William! He's coming for me. Wait and see. You'll see. He promised. Elizabeth watches him go back to sleep, despair on her face as she processes this new development. Scene 17: A Deadly Trail A body floats on a barrel, surrounded by a flock of seagulls that pick at its flesh. This catches the attention of the Endeavour, which pulls the body aboard. There is a bottle attached, which Beckett removes and smashes open. A piece of paper with the East India Trading Company's seal is inside. Looking up, he sees several more bodies leading the way. Lietenant Greitzer: Sir! Beckett: A bread crumb trail. And we're meant to follow. Lieutenant Greitzer: A betrayer among them? Or a trap? Beckett: A gambit by a skilled opponent. Adjust course, lieutenant. Lieutenant Greitzer: Sir? Beckett: We can only hope we reach our destination before they run out of bodies. That night, Will hides on the bow of the Pearl, tying another body and bottle to a barrel. He stops to look at his dagger, the one that was a gift from his father. Jack: You escaped the brig even quicker than I expected. William, do you notice anything? Rather, do you notice something that's not there to be noticed? Will: You haven't raised an alarm. Jack: Odd, isn’t it? Not as odd as this. Come up with this all by your lonesome, did you? Will: I said to myself, “Think like Jack.” Jack: This is what you arrived at? Lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove, so as to gain his trust, accomplish your own ends? It's like you don't know me at all, mate. And how does your dearly beloved feel about this plan? Will looks away. Jack: Ah. You've not seen fit to trust her with it. Will: I'm losing her, Jack. Every step I make for my father is a step away from Elizabeth. Jack: Mate, if you choose to lock your heart away, you'll lose it for certain. If I may lend a machete to your intellectual thicket, avoid the choice altogether. Change the facts. Let someone else dispatch Jones. Will: Who? Jack looks at him innocently. Will: You? Jack: Death has a curious way of reshuffling one's priorities. I slip aboard the Dutchman, find the heart, stab the beating thing, your father goes free from his debt, you’re free to be with your charming murderess. Will: And you're willing to carve out your heart and bind yourself to the Dutchman? Forever? Jack: No, mate. I'm free forever. Free to sail the seas beyond the edges of the map, free from death itself. Will: You have to do the job, though, Jack. You have to ferry the souls to the next world. Or end up just like Jones. Jack: [cringing] I don't have the face for tentacles. But immortal has to count for something, eh? Oh! [hands Will his compass] Will: What's this for? Jack: Think like me, it'll come to you. Jack leans close, then breathes in Will's face, knocking him off his feet and into the ocean below. Then he pushes the barrel with the body into the water. Jack: My regards to Davy Jones! Will: [grabbing onto the barrel] I hate him. Edited by pirategirl0306, Apr 10 2009, 09:18 PM.
pirategirl0306	Jul 3 2007, 04:38 AM Post #6
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	Scene 18: Leaving the Dutchman Norrington: [unlocking the cell] Come with me. Elizabeth stares at him, unmoving. No one else moves, waiting for her reaction. Norrington: Quickly! Elizabeth nods, and Tai Huang signals for the men to leave the cell. As they file out, Elizabeth walks up to Norrington. Elizabeth: What are you doing? Norrington: Choosing a side. The pirates skirt they way around the outside of the ship to the stern. They begin crawling across the lines that are towing the Empress behind the Dutchman. Bootstrap sees the open door and leaves the cell as well. Elizabeth jumps onto the deck beside Norrington. Norrington: Do not go to Shipwreck Cove. Beckett knows of the meeting of the Brethren. I fear there is a betrayer among them. Elizabeth: It's too late to earn my forgiveness. Norrington: I had nothing to do with your father's death. That does not absolve me of my other sins. Elizabeth: Come with us. James, come with me. Bootstrap: Who goes there? Norrington: [pulling out his sword] Go. I will follow. Elizabeth: You're lying. Norrington: Our destinies have been entwined, Elizabeth. But never joined. He leans in and kisses her. Surprised, Elizabeth pulls away. Norrington pauses for a moment, then turns back to face whoever is coming. Norrington: Go, now! Elizabeth stands for a moment, wanting to protest, then grabs onto the rope and begins crawling toward the Dutchman. Norrington: [pointing his sword at Bootstrap] Back to your station, sailor. Bootstrap: [seeing the escaping pirates] No one leaves this ship. Norrington: Stand down. That's an order Bootstrap: That's an order. Part of the crew, part of the ship. Part of the crew, part of the ship. Part of the crew, part of the ship! Norrington: Steady, man! Bootstrap: Part of the crew, part of the ship! All hands! Prisoner escape! Elizabeth looks back from where she's crawling across the lines at the shouting. Norrington continues to point his sword and pulls a pistol on Bootstrap. Norrington: Belay that! Elizabeth: James! Norrington turns and sees Elizabeth beginning to crawl back towards the Dutchman to help him. With a regretful look, he shoots the lines pulling the Empress and all of the pirates, including Elizabeth, fall into the water. As he turns back, Bootstrap steps forward and stabs him. Elizabeth struggles to the surface and sees the horrible scene unfolding. Elizabeth: James!! No! No! Seeing there is nothing she can do, Elizabeth begins swimming towards the Empress with regretful looks back over her shoulder. Norrington slumps to the ground as the members of Davy Jones' crew arrive. FD Crewmembers: [murmuring] The admiral's dead? The admiral's dead. Davy Jones stumps onto the deck and sees what has happened. Maccus: To the captain's cabin! Cheering, all the men follow him to regain control of the ship, except for Davy Jones and Bootstrap. Davy Jones approaches Norrington and bends down. Davy Jones: James Norrington, do you fear death? With his last breath, Norrington stabs Davy Jones with his sword, leaving it in his shoulder. Then he slumps down. Davy Jones: I'll take that as a no. [pulls out the sword] Nice sword. Hmm. Davy Jones follows his crew into the captain's cabin, only to find a slew of EITC men pointing guns at the chest and Mercer holding the key. Mercer: The Dutchman is under my command. Davy Jones: For now. Scene 19: Arrival at Shipwreck Cove Gibbs: Look alive and keep a weather eye. It's not for naught that it's called Shipwreck Cove, where lies Shipwreck Island and the town of Shipwreck! Pintel: You heard him! Step lively. Jack: You know, for all that pirates are clever coves, we are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things. Gibbs: Right. Jack: I once sailed with a geezer lost both his arms and part of his eye. Gibbs: What'd you call him? Jack: …Larry. Barbossa and Tia Dalma stand near the helm, talking. Barbossa: I do not renege on a bargain once struck, but we agreed on ends only. The means are mine to decide. [reaches up to her cheek] Tia Dalma: [catching his hand] Caution, Barbossa. Do not forget it was by my power that you returned from the dead. Or what it mean if you fail me. Barbossa looks in horror as the hand she is holding decays to down to the bone. Tia Dalma releases his hand and starts to stalk away, but he grabs her by the arm and pulls her to face him. Barbossa: Don't you forget why you had to bring me back. Why I could not leave Jack to his well-deserved fate. It took nine pirate lords to bind you, Calypso, and it will take no less than nine to set you free. Masters Pintel and Ragetti. Take this fishwife to the brig! Pintel: Right this way, Mrs. Fish. Pintel and Ragetti try to take her arms and lead her away, but she slaps away their hands and walks, head held high, down the stairs. Jack watches her progress as Barbossa turns and flexes his un-decayed hand, looking momentarily nervous. Scene 20: Tea and Stories on the Endeavour Onboard the Endeavour, yet another dead body is added to the growing pile from the "bread crumb trail." Inside his cabin, Beckett serves a cube of sugar. Davy Jones storms in. Davy Jones: I cannot be summoned like some mongrel pup! Beckett: Apparently you can. I believe you know each other. Will turns around and nods at Davy Jones, stirring sugar into his tea. Davy Jones: Ah ha! Come to join my crew again, Master Turner? Will: Not yours. [gestures to Beckett] His. [starts to drink, then stops] Jack Sparrow sends his regards. Davy Jones: [confused] Sparrow? Will: [to Beckett] You didn't tell him? [to Davy Jones] We rescued Jack from the Locker along with the Black Pearl. Davy Jones: What else have you not told me? Beckett: There is an issue far more troublesome. I believe you're familiar with a person called Calypso? Davy Jones: [gasps] Not a person. A heathen god. One who delights in cursing men with their wildest dreams and then revealing them to be hollow and naught but ash. The world is well rid of her. Will: Not quite so well, actually. [taking another ship] The Brethren Court intends to release her. Davy Jones: No! They cannot! The first court promised to imprison her forever! That was our agreement. Beckett: Your agreement? Davy Jones: I...showed them how to bind her. She could not be trusted. I- she gave me no choice. We must act before they release her. Will: You loved her. She's the one. And then you betrayed her. Davy Jones: She pretended to love me. She betrayed me! Will: And after which betrayal did you cut out your heart, I wonder? Davy Jones knocks Will’s cup of tea out of his hand. Davy Jones: Do not test me. Will: I hadn't finished that. You will free my father. [to Beckett] And you will guarantee Elizabeth's safety, along with my own. Beckett: Your terms are steep, Mr, Turner. We will expect fair value in return. Davy Jones: There is only one price I will accept. Calypso....murdered! Will: Calypso's aboard the Black Pearl. Jack will sail the Black Pearl to Shipwreck Cove. Beckett: And with you no longer aboard her, how do you propose to lead us there? Will: [holds up Jack’s compass] What is it you want most? Scene 21: The Brethren Court Inside Shipwreck Cove, the town of Shipwreck glows with the light of many ships piled on top of each other. The Pearl sails around to dock, and everyone gathers to see the sights. Pintel: Look at them all! Barbossa: There's not been a gathering like this in our lifetime. Jack: And I owe them all money. Inside the "building," the various members of the Brethren Court gather around the table, talking with their accompanying crewmembers. Barbossa: [pounding the table] As he who issued summons, I convene this the fourth Brethren Court. To confirm your lordship and right to be heard, present now your pieces of eight, my fellow cap'ns. Ragetti brings around a wooden bowl and the pirates begin pulling things out of their pockets to place into the bowl. Pintel: Those aren't pieces of eight; they're just pieces of junk. Gibbs: Aye, the original plan was to use nine pieces of eight to bind Calypso, but when the first Court met, the Brethren were, to a one, skint broke. Pintel: So change the name. Gibbs: What? To "Nine pieces of whatever we happen to have in our pockets at the time"? Oh yes, that's very pirate-y. Barbossa: Master Ragetti, if you will. Ragetti: I kept it safe for you, just like you said when you gave it to me. Barbossa: Aye, you have, but now I need it back. He hits Ragetti in the back of the head, and his wooden eye pops out into Barbossa's waiting hand. He drops it into the bowl. Villanueva: Sparrow! Jack: [fingering his dangly piece of eight] Might I point out that we are still short one pirate lord, and I'm content as a cucumber to wait until Sao Feng joins us. Elizabeth: Sao Feng is dead. He fell to the Flying Dutchman. [stabs the globe with her sword] Mistress Ching: The plauged ship! Jack: And made you captain? They're just giving the bloody title away now. Elizabeth: Listen to me. Our location has been betrayed. Jones is under the command of Lord Beckett. They're on their way here. Jocard: Who is this betrayer? Barbossa: Not likely anyone among us. Elizabeth: Where's Will? Jack: Not among us. Barbossa: And it doesn't matter how they found us! The question is, what will we do now that they have? Elizabeth: [fiercely] We fight. All the pirates begin roaring with laughter at her suggestion. Mistress Ching: Shipwreck Cove is a fortress. A well-supplied fortress. There is no need to fight if they cannot get to us. Barbossa: There be a third course. All the pirates fall silent and turn towards Barbossa, their attention caught. Barbossa: In another age, at this very spot, the first Brethren Court captured the sea goddess and bound her in her bones. That was a mistake. Oh, we tamed the seas for ourselves, aye, but opened the door for Beckett and his ilk. Better were the days when mastery of seas came not through bargains struck with eldritch creatures, but by the sweat of a man's brow and the strength of his back alone. You all know this to be true. Gentleman... [nodding to Mistress Ching] ladies... we must free Calypso. The pirates stare at him in shocked silence. Then pandemonium breaks out. Pirates began yelling and gesturing wildly. Ammand: Shoot him! Jocard: Cut out his tongue! Jack: Shoot him and cut out his tongue, and then shoot his tongue! And trim that scraggly beard. Tai Huang: Sao Feng would have agreed with Barbossa! Barbossa: Aye! Jocard: Calypso was our enemy then. She will be our enemy now! Chevalle: And it's unlikely her mood's improved. Villanueva: I would still agree with Sao Feng. We release Calypso! Chevalle: You threaten me? Villanueva: I silence you! Chevalle punches Villanueva in the face, causing his gun to go off in the air. The pirates from each camp begin fighting, until the whole room is filled with shouts and crashes. Jack and his crew stand back and cringe. Elizabeth, her own crew, and Barbossa watch silently at the mass chaos. Elizabeth: This is madness! Jack: This is politics. Elizabeth: Meanwhile, our enemies are bearing down upon us. Barbossa: [rolling his eyes] If they not be here already. Scene 22: Calypso and Davy Jones Meet Again Tia Dalma sits in the brig of the Pearl, listening to her music box. She closes the locket, but the song starts up again outside the cell. She turns to see Davy Jones walking toward her out of the shadows. Tia Dalma/Calypso: My sweet. You come for me! Davy Jones: You were expecting me. Tia Dalma/Calypso: It has been torture. Trapped in this... single form. Cut off from the sea. From all that I love. From you. Davy Jones: Ten years I devoted to the service you to charged me. Ten years I looked after those who died at sea. And finally, when we could be together again... you weren't there. [closes his music box] Why weren't you there? Tia Dalma/Calypso: Is my nature. Would you love me if I was anything but what I am? Davy Jones: [turning away] I do not love you. Tia Dalma/Calypso: Many things you were, Davy Jones, but never cruel. You have corrupted your purpose...and so yourself. And you did hide away what should have always been mine! Tia Dalma/Calypso reaches out and touches Davy Jones. He turns back into his human form for a few moments. They reach out and touch each others faces tenderly. Davy Jones: Calypso... Tia Dalma/Calypso: I will be free. And when I am, I would give you my heart and we would be together always...if only you had a heart to give. Tia Dalma removes her hand, and Davy Jones turns back into his squid-like self. His lobster arm still in the cell, he grabs Tia Dalma by the throat. Tia Dalma/Calypso: Why did you come? Davy Jones lets go and tries to pull his arm through the cell bars, but it won’t fit now that it is a claw. He tries a few times, then instead decides to walk through the bars into the cell. Davy Jones: And what fate have you planned for your captors-a? Tia Dalma/Calypso: The Brethren Court? All of them, the last thing they will learn in this life is how cruel I can be. [turning back to Davy Jones] And what of your fate, Davy Jones? Davy Jones: My heart will always belong to you. Tia Dalma/Calypso turns back, smiling, as Davy Jones walks through the wall and, presumably, back to his ship. Scene 23: The Pirate Code Back in the meeting room, fighting still continues. Barbossa stands up on the table and fires his pistol, getting everyone's attention. Barbossa: It was the first court what imprisoned Calypso! We should be the ones to set her free, and in her gratitude, she will see fit to grant us boons! Jack: Whose boons? Your boons? Utterly deceptive twaddle speak, says I. Barbossa: If you have a better alternative, please... share. Jack: Cuttlefish. Eh? Let us not, dear friends, forget our dear friends, the cuttlefish. Flipicanorious (?) little sausages. Pen them up together and they will devour each other without a second thought. Human nature, innit? Or...fish nature. So yes, we could hole up here, well provisioned and well armed and half of us would be dead within the month. Which seems quite grim to me, any way you slice it. Or...ah...as my learned colleague so naively suggests, we can release Calypso, and we can pray that she will be merciful. I rather doubt it. Can we in fact pretend that she is anything other than a woman scorned, like which fury hell hath no? We cannot. Res ipso loquitor, tabula naufragio, we are left with but one option. I agree with--and I can't believe the words are coming out of me mouth--...Captain Swann. We must fight. Barbossa: You've always run away from a fight. Jack: Have not! Barbossa: You have so! Jack: Have not! Barbossa: Have so! Jack: Have not! Barbossa: You have so, and you know it. Jack: Have not, slander and calumny. I have only ever embraced that oldest and noblest of pirate traditions. I submit that is herenow what we all must do. We must fight to run away. Gibbs: Aye! Various pirates: Aye! Barbossa: As per the code, an act of war--and this be exactly that--can only be declared by the Pirate King. Jack: You made that up! Barbossa: Did I now? I call on Cap'n Teague, keeper of the Code. Akshay: Sri Sumbhajee proclaims this all to be folly. Eh! Hang the code-- A shot rings out, and the speaker falls down dead. Teague: [blows smoke from his gun] The code is the law. All the pirates sit down slowly. Teague walks down the stairs toward the table. Jack stands, looking uncomfortable. Teague: You’re in my way, boy. Jack sidles out of the way, and Teague approaches the table. Two very old men carry a large book after him. Pintel: The code. Ragetti: As set forth by Morgan and Bartholomew. The two men set the book on the table. The title reads "Pirata Codex." Teague whistles, and a dog appears with the keys to the book. Ragetti: That can't... How did...? Teague: [shrugs and takes the keys] Sea turtles, mate. Pintel: Sea turtles. Teague opens the book and runs his fingers along the pages, searching. Finally, he stops at a certain spot and taps it. Teague: Barbossa is right. Jack: [moving to read the book] Hang on a minute. [reading] "It shall be the duties of the King... to declare war... parley with shared adversaries..." Fancy that. Chevalle: There has not been a king since the first court, and that's not likely to change! Teague: Not likely. Elizabeth: Why not? Gibbs: Because the pirate king is elected by popular vote... Barbossa: ...and each pirate only ever votes for hisself. Jack: I call for a vote! Barbossa rolls his eyes at Jack. Captain Teague sits down and begins playing his guitar. Ammand: I vote for Ammand, the Corsair! Chevalle: Capitan Chevalle, the penniless Frenchman! Pusan: Sri Sumhajee votes for Sri Sumbhajee. Mistress Ching: Mistress Ching! Jocard: Gentleman Jocard. Elizabeth: Elizabeth Swann. Barbossa: Barbossa. Villanueva: Villanueva. Jack: Elizabeth Swann. Everyone stares at Jack in disbelief. Elizabeth: What? Jack: I know, curious, isn’t it? The pirate lords start yelling, clearly displeased. Jack: Am I to understand that you lot will not be keeping to the code, then? A string snaps on Teague's guitar, and everyone freezes. They all sit back down and look at Elizabeth. Mistress Ching: Very well. What say you, Captain Swann, King of the Brethren Court? Elizabeth: Prepare every vessel that floats; at dawn, we're at war. Sri Sumbhajee: And so...we shall go to war! Cheering, the pirates all begin to leave. Barbossa, visibly angry, nods at Ragetti, who hids the bowl with the pieces of eight under his shirt. Jack turns around and approaches his father. Jack: What? You've seen it all, done it all, you survived. That's the trick, innit it? To survive? Teague: It's not just about living forever, Jackie. The trick is living with yourself forever. Jack: How’s Mum? Teague holds up a shrunken head. Jack: [wide-eyed] She looks great!
pirategirl0306	Jul 3 2007, 04:41 AM Post #7
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	Scene 24: Parley The pirates ships line up outside Shipwreck Cove, waiting for Beckett's arrival. Suddenly, out of the morning fog, a ship appears: the Endeavour. Marty: The enemy is here! Let's take 'em! Cheers erupt from all the ships, then stop suddenly. More and more ships appear out of the fog. In fact, it appears as if there are hundreds of them against this fleet now paltry-looking put together by the brethren. Mr. Cotton's parrot takes off toward Shipwreck Cove. Mr. Cotton's parrot: Abandon ship! Abandon ship! The pirates turn and look at Jack. Jack: Parley? A tiny spit of land between the two fleets becomes the meeting point. Barbossa, Elizabeth, and Jack make their way to the other end where Will, Beckett, and Davy Jones--standing in a bucket of sea water--wait for them. The leaders face each other. Barbossa: [to Will] You be the cur that led these wolves to our door. Beckett: Don't blame Turner. He was merely the tool of your betrayal. If you wish to see it's grand architect, look to your left. Barbossa turns to look at Elizabeth, Elizabeth turns to look at Jack, and Jack turns to look at nothing. Turning back, he protests. Jack: My hands are clean in this. [looking at the grime] Figuratively. Will: My actions were my own and to my own purpose. Jack had nothing to do with it. Jack: Well spoke! 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. Beckett: If Turner wasn't acting on your behalf, then how did he come to give me this? [holds up Jack's compass] Barbossa and Elizabeth turn to glare at Jack, who grimaces. Beckett: You made a deal with me, Jack, to deliver the pirates. And here they are. Don't be bashful. Step up, claim your reward. [tosses the compass to Jack] Davy Jones: Your debt to me is still to be satisfied. One hundred years aboard the Dutchman, as a start. Jack: That debt was paid, mate, with some... [gesturing to Elizabeth] help. Davy Jones: You escaped! Jack: Technically- Elizabeth: I propose an exchange. Will leaves with us... and you can take Jack. Will: Done. Jack: Undone! Beckett: Done. Barbossa: Jack's one of the nine pirate lords. You have no right! Elizabeth: King! Jack: [removing his hat and bowing mockingly] As you command, your nibs. Barbossa: Blackguard! Pulling out his sword, Barbossa swipes at Jack, slicing his dangly piece of eight off of his head. Jack the monkey picks it up out of the sand. Barbossa: If ye have something to say, I might be saying something as well. Jack: First to the finish then? Will and Jack stare each other down as they trade places. Beckett moves aside so that Jack is forced to stand next to Davy Jones. Davy Jones: Do you fear death? Jack: You have no idea. Beckett: [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: You murdered my father. Beckett: He chose his own fate. Elizabeth: And you have chosen yours. We will fight, and you will die. Beckett: So be it. Will, Elizabeth, and Barbossa walk away. Jack the monkey jumps onto Barbossa's shoulder and gives him 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. Scene 25: In the Brig Jack stands in the brig aboard the Flying Dutchman, trying to think. Suddenly, multiple Jacks appear. Multiple Jack #1: Bravo. You've successfully arrived aboard the Dutchman, as per the overall plan. Jack: Look- Multiple Jack #2: Chapeaux, mate. Except for this little sojourn in the brig, it's headed clockwork. Jack: Go away! MJ #1: What, back to the Locker? MJ #2: Not without you, Jackie. Dutchman Jack: Stab the heart. All three Jacks turn to see another multiple Jack, this one a part of the ship just like Wyvvern and Bootstrap have become. He pulls away from the wall, leaving the top of his skull on the wall and his brain exposed. DJ: Live forever as captain of the Flying Dutchman. He reaches up to scratch his brain, then pulls it out of his head. Jack walks over, looking horrified, followed by the multiple Jacks. DJ: Then again, if you're in the brig, who's to stab the heart? [licks the brain] MJ #2: It does seem to put immortality out of reach. MJ #1: [sniffing] Ah! [reaches into Jack's hair] Peanut. Scene 26: Releasing Calypso Elizabeth: [to Will as they climb onto the Pearl] We need to use the Black Pearl as a flagship to lead the attack. Barbossa: Will we now? Elizabeth and Will look up to see Tia Dalma/Calypso being led up from below decks, bound with coils and coils of rope. Pintel: Come on, Mrs. Fish. Will: Barbossa, you can't release her! At a signal from Barbossa, pirates pull out their pistols and restrain Will and Elizabeth. Elizabeth: We need to give Jack a chance. Barbossa: Apologies, yer majesty! Too long me fate has not been in me own hands. [taking her piece of eight] No longer. Onboard the Endeavour, a line of EITC troops stands. Beckett comes on deck, giving him their instructions. Beckett: [to his troops] The enemy has opted for oblivion. [to Groves] Ready the fleet. Groves: To your stations! Back on the Pearl, Pintel holds the bowl containing the pieces of eight in front of Tia Dalma/Calypso. Barbossa drops the final two, Jack's dangly piece and Elizabeth's Captain's Knot, into the bowl. Gibbs: Be there some manner of rite or incantation? Barbossa: Aye. The items brought together. Done. Items to be burned. [takes a torch from Ragetti] And someone must speak the words "Calypso, I release you from your human bonds." Pintel: Is that it? Barbossa: 'Twas said it was to be spoken as if to a lover. All the pirates murmur in anticipation. Barbossa: [raising the torch above his head] Calypso! I release you from your human bonds! He puts the torch into the bowl containing the pieces of eight. Nothing happens. Everyone turns to look at Barbossa, including Tia Dalma/Calypso. Pintel: Is that it? Ragetti: You didn’t say it right. [Everyone looks at him.] He- y-you have to say it right. [leaning over to whisper into Calypso’s ear] Calypso? I release you from your human bonds. The objects in the bowl catch fire, and the bowl floats in the air. The pirates take a stronger hold on the ropes holding Calypso as she begins to shake. The smoke from the fire enters her nostrils, and she relaxes, breathing them in. Will struggles to get closer to her. Will: Tia Dalma. Calypso. When the Brethren Court first imprisoned you, who was it that told them how? Who was it that betrayed you? Calypso: [shaking with fury] Name him! Will: Davy Jones. Calypso looks heartbroken and begins to shake again. In her hurt and anger, she begins to grow. The ropes creak as they wrap around her, growing higher and higher. They slide through the pirates' hands, giving them rope burns. Pintel: This is it! This is it! Everyone begins to back away. Calypso grows until she is as tall as the mast. Barbossa bows, and the rest of the ship follows suit, although Will and Elizabeth look at each other, shocked, before kneeling down with everyone else. Barbossa: Calypso, I come before you as a servant, humble and contrite. I have fulfilled me vow, and now ask your favor. Spare meself, me ship, me crew, and unleash your fury upon those who dare pretend themselves your masters... or mine. Calypso smiles down at Barbossa, apparently contemplating his words. Then, without warning, her face becomes a snarling mask of rage. She screams foreign chants at him as the pirates cower down before her. ?? Then she changes herself into a massive tower of crabs which rain down on the deck and the pirates, then pour themselves into the sea. The pirates struggle up after the crabs have mostly gone. Pintel yanks one off of his nose and Ragetti dances around as he tries to get one out of his pants. Will looks out toward the sea. Will: Is that it? Pintel: [looking down into the water] Why, she's no help at all. What now? Barbossa: Nothing. Our final hope has failed us. A strong wind begins to blow, and everyone looks up to see storm clouds approaching. 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: You’re right. Then, what shall we die for? You all listen to me. Listen!! [climbs onto the railing] The brethren will still be looking here, to us, to the Black Pearl, to lead. And what will they see? Frightened bilge rats board 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: [nods]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 pirates aboard the Black Pearl all begin to cheer. Elizabeth: HOIST THE COLOURS! The pirates aboard the ships of the other pirate brethren begin to cheer as each in turn raises the colours on their ship. Finally, the Jolly Roger is hoisted on the Black Pearl and the pirates all look toward battle. On the deck of the Endeavour, Beckett enjoys a cup of tea as the sky darkens and the winds pick up. Groves: We have a favorable wind, sir. Beckett: [stirring more sugar into his tea] Ah, so we do. Signal Jones to give no quarter. That should brighten his day. Mercer: [seeing the signal from the Endeavour] To arms! We give no quarter! Davy Jones: [looking up at the angry sky] Calypso... The clouds swirl, and heavy rain begins to pour down. Davy Jones relishes it until it becomes to hard, then roars. Scene 27: The Final Storm The pirates on board the Pearl prepare for battle amid the pouring rain. Pintel: Have you noticed, on top of everthing, it's raining? Ragetti: That's a bad sign! Gibbs: Man the capstan! Raise the main topyard! Keep that powder dry! The Pearl and the Dutchman move out from their respective sides. As they approach, the storm worsens, and a giant whirlpool forms before them. Gibbs: Maelstrom! Elizabeth: Captain Barbossa! We need you at the helm. Barbossa: Aye, that be true! [pushing Cotton aside] Brace up the yards, you cack-handed deck apes! Dying is the day worth living for! On the Dutchman, Mercer clings to the rail as one of the EITC men tries to steer the ship. Mercer: Veer off! Davy Jones: [taking the helm] She'll not harm us. Full forward into the abyss. Mercer: Are you mad? Davy Jones: Ha! Y’afraid to get wet? The Dutchman heads around the outside of the whirlpool and begins following the Pearl. Will: She's on our stern and gaining! Barbossa: More speed! All yer wind and hold yer water! The Dutchman continues to gain ground. Or rather, water. Davy Jones: Bow cannons! The fearsome triple guns on the Dutchman's bow begin firing, taking out pieces of the Pearl and even one of the crewmembers. Will: Take us out, or they'll overbear us! Barbossa: Nay, further in. We'll cut across the faster waters. Elizabeth: Prepare to broadside! Gibbs: Captain the guns! Bear ahead! Will: Muster your courage, men. At the ready! Still in the Dutchman's brig, Jack paces back and forth, trying to figure out how to escape. Jack: Think like the whelp, think like the whelp, think like the whelp, think like the whelp... MJ Jack #1: Hinges, hinges, hinges, half-barrel hinges... Jack: Leverage! Jack uses a bench to lift the door off its hinges, just as Will escaped him escape from the Port Royal prison several years ago. Jack: Wish us luck, boys. We'll need it. MJ #1: I miss him already. MJ #2: He is quite charming, isn't he? DJ: Nobody move! Dropped me brain. The ships continue their pursuit and escape as the storm continues to rage. Gibbs: Batten down the hatches! Get to your guns! Midship cannoneers, sight the masts. Mercer: Main battery at the ready! Gibbs: Ho there! Wait till we're more to port! Barbossa: Fire! Elizabeth: Fire! Gibbs: Fire! Fire all! Davy Jones: Fire! Will: Fire! Shots erupt on both sides, filling the breach across the maelstrom and damaging both sides. Barbossa: It be too late to alter course now, mateys. Hahaha! On the Dutchman, Jack walks into the captain's cabin to find his belongings, and also ends up finding Murtogg and Mullroy guarding the Dead Man's Chest. Mullroy: Hold it! Or we'll shoot! [they point their guns at Jack] Jack: Good one. I've just come to get me effects. Admirable though it may be, why are you here when you could be elsewhere? Murtogg: Someone has to stay and guard the chest. The guards point their guns back at the chest. Mullroy: There's no question. There has been a break down in military discipline aboard this vessel. Murtogg: I blame the fish people. Mullroy: Ooooh! So fish people, by dint of being fish people, automatically aren't as disciplined as non-fish people. Murtogg: Seems contributory, is 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 walks off with the chest. Murtogg: And if there were no chest, we wouldn't need to be here to guard it. They both look to see that the chest is gone. Mercer: Prepare to board! Davy Jones: [seeing a cannonball coming] Cover! Davy Jones covers Mercer, but the other four guards standing at the helm are all injured. Seeing his chance, Davy Jones wraps his tentacles around and into Mercer, until he chokes to death. He takes the key to the Dead Man's Chest, then walks down toward the captain's cabin. At the same moment, Jack walks onto the deck with the chest. Davy Jones: Ha ha ha! Lookie here, boys. A lost bird. A lost bird that never learned to fly! Jack: To my great regret. But, never too late to learn, eh? Jack uses the chest to hit a lever, which sets off a pulley that shoots him up onto a yard. He grabs onto a rope to catch his balance, then sees Davy Jones appearing out of the mast. Davy Jones: The chest. Hand it over! Jack: I can set you free, mate. Davy Jones: My freedom was forfeit long ago. Whoa! With a cry, Davy Jones rushes forward and engages Jack in a fierce duel on the yard. Battle continues and sailors from each ship begin to board the other.
pirategirl0306	Jul 3 2007, 04:42 AM Post #8
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	Amid the fighting, Will finds Elizabeth to ask her a pressing question. They continue to fight the other pirates throughout the entire sequence. Will: Elizabeth! Elizabeth. Will you marry me? Elizabeth: I don't think now's the best time! Will: Now may be the only time... I love you... I've made my choice. What's yours? Elizabeth: Barbossa! Marry us! Barbossa: I'm a little busy at the moment! Will: Barbossa, now! Barbossa: Fine then. Dearly beloved, we be gathered here today... [shouting at a pirate as he attacks him with a sword] …to nail yer gizzard to the mast, you poxy cur! Will: Elizabeth Swann, do you take me to be your husband? Elizabeth: I do! Will: Great! Elizabeth: Will Turner, do you take me... to be your wife... in sickness and in health, with health being the less likely? Will: I do. Barbossa: As captain, I now pronounce you... you may kiss...[shoots a pirate] ahahaha!... you may kiss... In the middle of the battle, Will and Elizabeth, who have been fighting ferociously, find themselves crossing swords. They stop, transfixed. Barbossa: Just kiss! Will pulls Elizabeth toward him, and they kiss for the first time as husband and wife. The battle and the storm continue around them, but they are oblivious to everything but each other. Pintel, Ragetti, and Jack the Monkey peek up from below decks and smile at the happy couple. Then they head back down. The battle rages on both ships, and Murtogg and Mullroy emerge onto the deck of they Flying Dutchman, Mullroy carrying his small cannon. Seeing the battle, they decide to escape. Murtogg: Leave it! Mullroy drops the giant gun, and the wade their way through the battle. Meanwhile, Davy Jones and Jack continue their fight up on the yard. Davy Jones: You can do nothing without the key. Jack: I already have the key! Davy Jones: [holding up the key] No you don't. Haha! Jack: Oh, that key. Amidst the fighting, Jack slices off the the tentacle holding the key to the chest. It falls to the deck below as Davy Jones lets out a scream of pain. Jack takes the next opportunity to knock Davy Jones' sword out of his hand. As he parries, Davy Jones grabs Jack's sword with his lobster claw and snaps it off. As this battle is going on, the ships are getting closer and closer to the center of the maelstrom. Mr. Cotton grabs the helm of the Pearl in an attempt to save the ship, and the masts of the two ships collide and lock. Jack falls off the yard, still holding the chest, and Davy Jones grabs the chest to keep it from falling down into the oblivion. He tries to shake Jack off, but it doesn't work. Finally, Jack is flung off, but he is caught by a crewmember swinging on a rope. Jack: Oy! [takes pistol and hits pirate on the head] My pistol! Continuing the graceful arc, Jack cocks his pistol and, as he comes around, shoots Davy Jones and knocks the chest out of his hand. Meanwhile, Will swings aboard the Dutchman, landing right next to the chest. He picks it up, then stops as he is spotted by Maccus. Maccus: Turner! He swipes at Will with his ax, who blocks it with the chest. Meanwhile, the crew of the Black Pearl is loading up for another broadside. Gibbs: Fire! Pintel and Ragetti have loaded Jack the monkey into their cannon. He flies screaming across the gap, hitting Maccus in the head and knocking him over. Will: Thank you, Jack. Davy Jones jumps down from the yard into the battle below. An EIC marine is looking at Davy's sword, which Davy takes as he stabs the man through the heart. Jack continues swinging though the air, pushing off of one Flying Dutchman crewmember with his feet. Will continues his search for the key to the chest when he is knocked over by a pirate. It's his father, Bootstrap. He doesn't seem to recognize Will, so Will stops him. Will: It's me! It's Will! Your son. Bootstrap looks at him, and Will waits. Suddenly, Boostrap grabs Will by the shirt and flings him to the deck. He continues his fight against Will, still unable to recognize him. At the same time, Jack continues swinging around the mast, but he is being pursued on both sides. At the last second, he slides down the rope, entangling the pirates above him. He lands right next to the chest laying on the deck, but Davy Jones is right there as well. Jack pulls his sword out, forgetting that it is broken. He drops it and runs away as Davy Jones chases after him. On opposite sides of the capstan, Jack and Davy Jones feint and try to catch the other. Finally, Davy Jones tires of this and walks into the capstan. When he is in the center, Jack spins it around, watching as Davy is stuck in confusion. When the capstan stops spinning, Davy Jones is facing Jack and roars in his face. Jack screams and runs away as Davy chases him around the deck. Murtogg and Mullroy give each other a last glance, then yell as they swing over to the Pearl. Unfortunately, they misjudge and end up hitting the side of the Pearl rather than the deck. Elizabeth grabs ahold of their line, then looks around at the raging battle on the deck of the Pearl. Gibbs, struggling with a cannon, gives her the go-ahead. Gibbs: Go! Back on the Dutchman, Jack is still being chased by Davy Jones. Reaching the capstan, he pulls one of the rods out and uses it as a weapon. He clashes with Davy Jones but is overcome and knocked down onto the deck. Elizabeth swings over the side of the Dutchman, landing right in front of Davy Jones. Davy Jones: Have at then! You'll see no mercy from me. Elizabeth: That's why I brought this! [pulls out sword] Elizabeth and Davy Jones engage in some fierce swordplay and battle rages around them. Jack shakes himself awake on the deck and sees the tentacle holding the key crawling by. Will, still defending himself from his father, finally gets the better of him. He turns to see that Elizabeth has been knocked down by Davy Jones. Will: I'm not gonna kill you. I made you a promise. He stabs the railing next to Bootstrap with the dagger he had been given, then goes off to help Elizabeth. Davy Jones knocks her down onto the stairs, where she lays, stunned. Davy Jones approaches her, growling and ready to make the death strike. Will comes at him from behind and runs Davy Jones through with his sword. Davy Jones: Mister, did you forget? I'm a heartless wretch! With that, Davy Jones twists the tip of Will's sword so that it's stuck and Will no longer has a weapon. Will struggles with Davy Jones, but he brings up his pegleg and knocks Will over. Elizabeth sits up and sees the fight. Davy Jones looks at the two of them and realizes their relationship. Davy Jones: Ah. Love! A dreadful bond. And yet so easily severed. [holding his sword to Will's throat] Tell me, William Turner, do you fear death? Jack: Do you? Davy Jones turns around to see the open, empty chest and Jack holding the heart with his broken sword poised over, ready to stab the heart. Elizabeth and Will look at each other, relieved. Jack: Heady tonic, holding life and death in the palm of one's hand. Davy Jones: You're a cruel man, Jack Sparrow. Jack: Cruel is a matter of perspective. Davy Jones: Is it? Davy Jones turns and stabs Will through the heart, who cries out in pain. Elizabeth gasps, and Jack stops, horrified and confused. This clearly was not what he had pictured happening in his mind. Davy Jones twists the sword in Will's chest, then leaves it there as he turns around and laughs at Jack. Elizabeth, equally horror-stricken, crawls over to Will and takes his face in her hands. Elizabeth: Will. Look at me, stay with me! You're all right! Boostrap notices the dagger in the railing next to him, and he finally realizes that Will is on board the ship. Bootstrap: William. My son! Yelling, he throws himself at Davy Jones, distracting him from the drama unfolding on the deck. Jack stands conflicted on the deck, wanting to stab the heart but no longer sure that is the right thing to do. Meanwhile, Will lays on the deck, struggling to stay alive, and Elizabeth does all she can to help him. Elizabeth: Will. Will, look at me! Look at me! Davy Jones struggles against Boostrap, who has found new strength in his fury. However, he is overcome by Davy Jones, who holds him, ready to strike. Davy Jones: You will not forestall my judgment! Just then, his tentacles flail about in pain, and he turns to see what has caused this. A hand has stabbed the broken sword into the heart: Jack has placed Will's hand on the hilt. Jack and Elizabeth turn to see what happens. Davy Jones staggers backward toward the railing. Davy Jones: Calypso... And with that, Davy Jones falls over the railing and into the whirlpool, finally dead. On the Pearl, the crew is struggling to free their ship from the Dutchman. Barbossa: She's taking us down! Make quick, or it's the Locker for us all! Murtogg and Mullroy struggle up onto the deck of the Pearl and collapse. Gibbs, Pintel, and Ragetti have finally gotten a cannon straight up. They shoot, and the cannonballs break the yard on the Dutchman, freeing the Pearl to make her way out of the maelstrom. On the Dutchman, Will's eyes struggle to stay open, his labored breathing finally stopping. Elizabeth shakes her head in frantic disbelief. Elizabeth: No. No, no! NO! Bootstrap picks up his dagger, and another crew member picks up the Dead Man's Chest. The crew members all begin coming from every part of the ship on to the deck. Jack begins looking around for a means of escape. Bootstrap Bill/Flying Dutchman crew: Part of the crew, part of the ship. Part of the crew, part of the ship… Elizabeth: Don't leave me! As the crewmembers approach, Jack pulls Elizabeth out of danger, but she holds on to Will until Jack is able to wrench her away. Elizabeth: No. No! I won't leave you! Bootstrap kneels down in front of Will with the dagger as the crew continues chanting. Bootstrap: The Dutchman must have a captain. With that, Bootstrap plunges the dagger into Will's chest in order to get a heart for the Dutchman. Jack picks up a gun off the deck, then takes Elizabeth over to the contraption he has created to get them off the ship. Jack: Hold on! He fires the gun, releasing the ropes from a sail that he turns into a makeshift parachute. Jack the monkey runs and grabs onto the trailing ends of the rope as the wind lifts the group clear of the whirlpool. Elizabeth looks down to see the Dutchman get sucked into the maelstrom and disappear. She holds onto Jack in despair as he pulls on the ropes to steer them toward the Pearl. They land in the water nearby and climb aboard. Scene 28: The Final Showdown Elizabeth and Jack climb back onto the Pearl where Gibbs is waiting for Jack to give them orders about what to do now. Gibbs: Thank goodness, Jack! The armada's still out there, the Endeavour's coming up starboard, and I think it's time we embrace that oldest and noblest of pirate traditions. Jack: Never actually been one for tradition. Closehaul her! Luff the sails and lay her in iron. Barbossa: Belay that, or we'll be a sittin' duck! Jack: Belay that belay that! Gibbs: But- it- the- wh- Jack: Belay! Belay! Stow! Stow! Shut it! Jack and the others head to the starboard rail to see what Beckett's reaction will be. On the Endeavour, Groves peers through his spyglass to see what the pirates are doing. Groves: What are they waiting for? Beckett: He expects us to honor our agreement. The gunports on the Endeavour are opened as the ship prepares for a broadside. Beckett: It's nothing personal, Jack. It's just good business. Suddenly, a disturbance breaks the water. The Dutchman has returned! Beckett: Ah, she survived. On board the Dutchman, the sailors look around in amazement as their fish parts begin to fall off and they become real men again. Bootstrap peels a starfish off his face. Realizing what this means, he looks to the helm. There is Will, sporting a nasty looking scar on his chest but otherwise looking very much alive. Will: Ready on the guns! The people on the Pearl have also seen the resurrection that has taken place, which makes them very happy. Jack: Full canvas! Barbossa: Aye! Full canvas! Barbossa takes the helm of the Pearl, and Will takes the helm of the Dutchman, and each ship turns to take either side of the Endeavour. Beckett looks in disbelief at the ships coming to attack him and seems at a loss. Groves: Orders, sir? Sir! Beckett simply stands, blinking and silent. Meanwhile, the Pearl and the Dutchman get within very close range of the Endeavour. Gibbs: Cap'n? Jack: Fire. Gibbs: Fire! Will: Fire! Barbossa: Fire! Elizabeth: Fire all! On board the Endeavour, explosions go off as Groves looks at Beckett, panicking. Groves: Orders?! Orders, sir?! Officer: Sir, what do you command? Beckett: [in shock] It's just... good business. Groves: Abandon ship! Abandon ship, men! As the other officers jump overboard in an effort to save themselves, Beckett stands transfixed, evidently unable to move. He then begins a slow descent down the stairs to the deck. All around him, his perfect world is exploding right before his eyes. Just as he reaches the main deck, the powder magazine is hit and the entire ship explodes. Beckett's body falls into the water among the wreckage, landing on the EITC flag. The other ships in the armada begin to turn away without a fight. Marty: They're turning away! The pirates begin to cheer and celebrate. Murtogg and Mullroy run up onto the deck, in full pirate garb although awfully clean for pirates, and begin yelling and making terrible faces. Mr. Cotton's parrot returns to the ship and lands on Mr. Cotton's shoulder. Mr. Cotton's parrot: Wind in the sails. On deck, Murtogg and Mullroy continue enjoying themselves. Turning to Pintel and Ragetti next to them, they shout. Murtogg: Avast ye! Mullroy: Shiver me timbers! Aaahhh! Ragetti looks them up and down, very confused. Then he turns to Pintel and shrugs. They continue wtih their celebrating. The other pirates of the Brethren Court are also celebrating, with much cheering, dancing, and throwing of hats. Jack: Mr. Gibbs. Gibbs: Aye, cap'n? Jack: You may throw my hat if you like. Gibbs: Aye, aye, Cap'n! Hurray! Jack: Now go and get it. Scene 29: The Aftermath On the Dutchman, Will stares out at the sea in deep thought. Bootstrap approaches him quietly. Bootstrap: Orders, sir? Will: [turning from the railing] 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 to be paid. If you'll have me. Will: [softly] On the wheel then, Mr. Turner. Bootstrap: Aye, Captain Turner. Will turns back to the railing to gaze across the sea to the Pearl. On the Pearl, Elizabeth stares back, looking just as pensive. Bootstrap notices what Will is staring at and turns back. Bootstrap: This ship has a purpose again, and where we are bound, she cannot come. One day ashore, ten years at sea. It's a steep price for what's been done. Will: Depends on the one day. On the Pearl, Elizabeth takes a deep breath, then turns around to see Mr. Gibbs waiting for her. Gibbs: Your chariot awaits, Your Highness. The oars are inside. Elizabeth makes her way down to the deck. As she walks down the line, everyone says their final goodbyes. Barbossa: [nodding] Mrs. Turner. Pintel: Goodbye, poppet. Elizabeth: Jack, it would never have worked out between us. Jack: Keep telling yourself that, darling. Holding back a grin, Elizabeth leans in for a goodbye kiss, but Jack puts up his hands to stop her. Jack: Once was quite enough. Elizabeth: Thank you. The waves crash onto the beach of a nearby island. Footsteps in the sand lead to two swords crossed in the sand, then further on into the island. Will sits on a rock and pulls on one of this boots. Will: [smiling] I'm gonna need the other one. Elizabeth puts her foot up onto the rock next to him, wearing his other boot. Will kneels down and gently pulls off the boot. Elizabeth smiles down at him as he caresses her leg. Suddenly, Will pulls back and looks disappointed. Will: It's nearly sunset. Brought back to reality, Elizabeth's face falls as she looks at the sun so close to the horizon. She follows Will over to the rock where his coat is draped. Underneath it is the Dead Man's Chest, containing a new beating heart. Will picks up the chest and turns to Elizabeth. Will: It's always belonged to you. Will you keep it safe? Elizabeth: Yes. [taking the chest] Yes. Holding the chest together, Elizabeth and Will lean forward until their foreheads are touching. Elizabeth closes her eyes, savoring the moment with an expression showing that she's already thinking of what's to come. Will looks at her, taking in her face, then slowly walks away. Elizabeth stands on the beach holding the chest alone, looking like she's just been punched. Finally, she can't stand it and she sets down the chest and runs down the beach. Elizabeth: Will! He turns around and embraces her, and they share one last, long kiss before he is forced to pull away. Will: Keep a weather eye on the horizon. Elizabeth watches him leave. The Dutchman sails off toward the horizon. As it approaches the sun, there is a green flash, and the ship is gone, leaving Elizabeth standing in the surf alone, watching the sky darken. Scene 30: Tortuga and Beyond Jack: Granted, it tends to list to port, and has been on occasion known to frighten young women, but I promise you, you will not be disappointed. Giselle: Is that it? 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. Why is it gone? Giselle: [squinting at a ship sailing into the horizon] Is that it there? Jack: Yes, there it is! Why is it there? [to the women] 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: [scoffing] What, you? Giselle: S'What he said. Scarlett: Well, I never! The arguing continues in the background. Jack walks over to where Mr. Gibbs is curled up asleep on the deck with a teddy bear. He pours the contents of his goblet all over the sleeping man, who opens his eyes, sputtering. Jack: Mr. Gibbs? Any particular reason why my ship is gone? Gibbs: [confused] The ship? We're on the ship. [closes eyes, then jerks awake] Jack! The ship's gone! Jack: Really! [turning back to the now screaming women] Ladies! Will you please shut it? Listen to me. [to Giselle] Yes, I lied to you. [to Scarlett] No, I don't love you. [to Giselle] Of course it makes you look fat. [to Scarlett] I've never been to Brussels. [to Giselle] It is pronounced "egregious". [to Scarlett] By the way, no, I've never actually met Pizzaro but I love his pies. [to both] And all of this pales to utter insignificance in the light that my ship is, once again, gone. Savvy? Scarlett and Giselle exchange glances. Giselle slaps Jack, then Scarlett slaps Jack. Then Jack slaps Gibbs. Gibbs looks angry, but then acknowledges that he may have deserved that. Gibbs: Take what you can... Jack: Give nothing back! Gibbs: Tell me, ladies, what do you know of sea turtles? Giselle: Sea turtles? Jack turns to watch the Pearl sail away. On board the Pearl, Barbossa picks up a peanut and feeds it to Jack the monkey, despite the fact that the monkey is still undead and can't taste it anyway. Barbossa: Oh, you're such a good boy. You're daddy's boy. Oh yes you are! Pintel: Sir, some of the men don't feel quite settled about leaving Captain Jack behind. Ragetti: 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. Murtogg and Mullroy: Aye. Ragetti: To help put an ease to our burden of guilt, so to speak. Barbossa: Arr. Feast your eyes upon this, mateys. There's more than one way to live forever. Gents, I give you the fountain of youth. He unfurls the map only to see that the center part has been cut out. Barbossa: Sparrow. Jack raises the colors in his dinghy, preparing to set sail. Jack: Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. [continues humming as he unrolls the stolen charts, turning them to reveal the location of the fountain of youth] We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs. Jack pulls out his compass to get his bearings and looks confused as it points over his right shoulder. Turning, he finds a full bottle of rum. Grinning, he bites the cork and spits it out. Then he looks at the compass again. It turns and finally stops at its proper location. Jack: Drink up me hearties, yo ho! He takes a big swig and then sails off into the sunset. Scene 31: Ten Years Later... A young boy is skipping across a moor, singing. Young Will Turner: Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. We pillage and plunder, we rifle and loot, Drink up, me hearties, yo ho. We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot, Drink up, me hearties, yo ho. As he nears the edge of the cliff, we see he is followed by his mother, Elizabeth. She stands next to him as he stares at the horizon, his song slowly fading away. Young Will: Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me. He looks anxiously at the horizon, waiting for something that he's not sure will come. He looks up at Elizabeth, who smiles and pulls him closer as she too scans the horizon, looking hopeful and happy. Just as the sun dips below the horizon, there is a flash of green light. Elizabeth grins, then looks down at her son, who looks up at her surprised but happy. They both look out to see a ship sailing in. It's the Dutchman, and Will is onboard, looking just as hopeful and excited to see his family again. THE END!

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