As was Jack, who was a bit unnerved and stunned to have yet another run-in with Davy Jones, who laughed.
"Looked here, boys," Jones taunted, is crew surrounding him and Jack. "A lost bird. A lost bird that never learnt to fly!" He unsheathed his sword and Jack shrugged innocently.
"To my great regret," he said around a mouthful of rainwater. "But..." he ran to the railing and wrapped his hand around a rope. "... never too late to learn, eh?" He then smashed the side of the chest against a coil of rope, which was attached to a corner of one of the sails, and the crew of the Dutchman watched in surprise as Jack went flying up into the air, still holding tightly to the chest.
Jack wasn't quite sure where to go from there once he was off the deck of the Dutchman, but he went along with it as he was jerked forward and his feet touched the top mast. "Whoa!" He released the rope and caught his balance, swinging himself with a small smile of triumph, which faded as a certain octopus-faced Captain materialized out of the mast in front of him.
Davy Jones unsheathed his sword again. "The chest, hand it over."
Jack unsheathed his own sword. "I can set you free, mate."
"My freedom was forfeit long ago," Jones answered, before charging forward with a yell.
Amounts the rain and the wind, and while the two ships still circled each other on the churning waters, Jack SParrow and Davy Jones became locked in an intense sword fight atop the top mast of the Flying Dutchman. It was a surprise to any who saw how they could keep their balance, but as they were both some of the most experienced fighters in the world - at least in the world of pirates - it was not so much of a worry for them.
Meanwhile, the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman were sailing closer and closer to the middle of the maelstrom, and with the cannons above and below deck still firing, crew members on both ships stood at the railing and prepared to swing over to the other ship.
With wild battle crows and flailing limbs, pirates from both ships swung across on thick roped, some getting shot down or run through in the air and falling into the ocean before they even made it across. On the Black Pearl, Will, Maddie and Elizabeth were all on the deck and unsheathed their weapons. Side by side, Will and Maddie fired pistols at pirates swinging over from the Dutchman, managing to hit either them or the rope they were holding onto and they fell into the ocean.
However, members of both Davy Jones' crew and the Company made it across, and Maddie was instantly locked in a sword fight with one. She ducked and swung and stabbed and slashed, like she had done so many times over her years of fighting with a blade. There was never a moment she's forgotten what she had learnt, it all seemed to come naturally.
Elizabeth and Will were locked in their own battles, sometimes fighting back to back with another crew member or each other before running across the deck to avoid being killed. At the helm, Barbossa was battling a member of Jones' crew, and laughed manically as the pirate got his sword trapped in the ship's wheel and he punched the pirate, knocking him senseless before running him through with his sword.
Maddie was tackled backwards onto the stairs, and received a hard punch before she managed to kick her opponent away and scramble u other stairs, ducking just in time for another pirate to stab the one pursuing her. He battled back to back with Barbossa for a moment before flipping off the railing again and leaning on the deck, locking herself in the fight once more.
Will had never been more grateful for his training sessions with Maddie than he was now; he had never thought all those mornings of fighting behind closed doors in the shed of a blacksmith's would lead p to this moment. He beheaded one pirate and ducked the attack of another, and as more swung onto the deck from the Dutchman he quickly disposed of the pirate he was fighting, spotting a familiar figure behind him.
"Elizabeth."
The two of them ducked an attack and dodged out of the way as a pirate from Jones' crew swung at them, his back pressed against the mast. While he was undefended, they both stabbed him and he fell to the deck. However, they and the rest of the crew of the Black Pearl soon realized it was taking a lot more than simple stabbing to kill those of the Dutchman crew.
"Elizabeth." Will lunged forward while they had a moment to breathe and grabbed her forearm. "Will you marry me?"
Elizabeth's jaw dropped but before he could answer a pirate charged at them, and they locked their swords with that of the pirate against the mast. "I don't think now's the best time!" She exclaimed, quickly whirling her sword free and beheading the pirate as Will fought off another.
"Now may be the only time!" He answered, kicking a Company soldier backwards not the blade of another pirate. The two of them continued fighting for several minutes before they both got the chance to recover their breath, and Will grabbed her forearm once again. "I love you."
Elizabeth's expression was unreadable, but again she didn't have time to answer as Will flung her aside at another battle cry from a pirate. She locked blades with a pirate and quickly stabbed him, withdrawing her blade just as quickly and fighting off another at the same time as Will.
HE grabbed her firearm a third time. "I've made my choice," he said. "What's yours?"
Elizabeth stared at him for a moment. "Barbossa," she called, looking up at the helm where the Captain was fighting hard out. Will frowned in confusion. "Marry us!" Will's frown disappeared as he understood what she was saying.
Barbossa unbalanced his opponent long enough to whirl around and yell, "I'm a little busy at the moment!"
Will and Elizabeth continued fighting, which seemed to be getting more intense as cannons kept firing - but few now - and more pirates from both ships boarded on both sides. This really was a war.
Will finally had a chance to yell, "Barbossa, now!" Before diving back into the fight.
At the helm, Barbossa stabbed one pirate and caused him to stab the two behind him, the wind blowing. His scraggly hair about his face despite the hat and bandana keeping it flat. "Fine, then!" He yelled, yanking his sword free.
Elizabeth and Will both disabled more pirates while staying within range of one another, and Barbossa got up o the pedestal in front of the wheel, kicking a pirate in the face before recovering his feet, still fighting. Will and Elizabeth tore free of the fighting and Will held ELizabeth in his arms as they looked up at the Captain.
In between the moments he was locked blades with a pirate Barbossa placed a hand over his heart and said, "Dearly beloved, were gathered here today..." A pirate charged at him with a yell. "To nail your gizzards to the mast, you poxy cur." HE kicked the pirate in. The face as he said this, earning confused looks from Will and ELizabeth below.
Elizabeth suddenly ducked as Will whirled his sword around horizontally, catching two pirates that charged at them. Fighting their way free, they moved around the mast and clasped hands. "Elizabeth Swann, do you take me to be your husband?" Will asked.
"I do!" ELizabeth said with a small laugh, grinning.
"Great," Will grinned.
Elizabeth's eyes widened and Will turned just in time to block the attack of a pirate of Jones' crew. Elizabeth sliced her blade across the gut of a COmpany soldier and as they moved across the deck she grabbed Will's forearm in her free hand. "Will Turner, do you take me..." They both stabbed and slashed at pirates. "... to be your wife..." Will lifted his arm and Elizabeth twirled beneath it, both of them locking blades with pirates before killing them. Will released Elizabeth's arm and they fought back to back as she continued: "... in sickness and in health..." She blocked the blade of a pirate and from behind her Will stabbed him. "... with health being the less likely?"
At the helm, Barbossa whirled around and thrust his sword between his feet into the chest of a Company soldier, laughing. With one foot Elizabeth kicked the pirate away and they continued fighting. Elizabeth ducked again as Will beheaded a pirate in a moment of rest Will turned and held her in his arms.
"I do."
Elizabeth could not help the small smile on her face, nor the look of adoration as she gazed at his through the rain and the fighting going on around them.
But the moment ended as they both ducked, causing two pirates to strike each other instead, and they quickly disarmed them. Back at the helm, Barbossa swung his sword arm back and forth as he crossed blades with two beings at once - one of Jones' crew and a Company soldier. "As captain I now pronounce you..."
Elizabeth leant far over Will's shoulder as she stabbed a pirate behind him, and he did the same, before placing her back on her feet.
"You may kiss..." Barbossa broke off and brought out his pistol, laughing as he shot at a Company soldier approaching him.
Will brought Elizabeth into his arms in a dip, and leant in to kiss her but had to pull away quickly as a Company soldier ran at them. They both killed him in seconds and straightened up.
Barbossa jumped down from the pedestal and tried again as he kicked a pirate in the gut. "You may kiss..." He broke off again as he locked blades with another pirate.
Elizabeth and Will both sliced their blades across the guts of pirates before whirling around, expecting to find another enemy but instead locking their swords together in an 'X' formation. They froze, panting for breath.
Barbossa growled in frustration and stabbed one pirate then another. "Just kiss," he yelled at them before turning and locking blades with another pirate.
Elizabeth lowered her sword arm and pulled Will closer, their lips crashing onto each other's as they embraced one another tightly. They were locked in their own little bubble a moment of pure bliss which kept out the noises and distractions of the battle raging on around them.
From below deck, Pintel, Ragetti and Jack the monkey poked their heads up. They glanced around the mayhem, but the thing that caught their attention was Will and Elizabeth in the middle of the deck, strangely enough remaining unharmed and untouched by any blade or weapon as they slowly broke apart from the kiss. The two observing pirates smiled, remembering Elizabeth when they'd first met her and It was hard for them to believe they were looking at the same person.
Then Jack the monkey screeched and they turned to him, frowning, and brought him back below deck like one would remove a child from a sight they shouldn't see.
'Really?! You're getting married now?!" Maddie shouted as she ran past them with three pirate from JOnes' crew pursuing her.
Elizabeth turned to ear as she readied her sword and charged at one of them. "When else?" She yelled back.
"Perhaps a time when we're not fighting for our lives?!"
Will rolled his eyes at their banter and beheaded a pirate sneaking up on the two sister. From the way Maddie was smiling, despite the mad adrenaline rush running through her veins, Will could tell she was happy for her sister. And he was right; Maddie had been waiting for that moment for a long time, since the first official day had been interrupted and she had gone o Beth run again.
However, she made a mental note not to trust Barbossa with wedding vows.