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Summary: As Will and Jack fight off Barbossa on the Interceptor, the ship wanders off into the Cursed Mist. The curse: Will, Jack and Barbossa end up switching bodies.Can Elizabeth cope up with Will being in the body of another?!

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The Cursed Mist : Marooned in Another's Body

By Cmdr. Gabe E. Email: gabe_gce@yahoo.com Site: galuade.com

PART 7 : Lost and Found

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The head guard, who seemed like the captain of the navy ship, made his way towards the wheel to check on the status of their travel. His brows suddenly furrowed as he saw a small boat behind them heading their way. He narrowed his eyes as he stared at the small vessel. "Now who could this be?"

He took out a telescope from one of his compartments and focused on the boat. He saw a young man by the steering wheel and he recognized him. It was that boy who stopped them from taking Ms. Swann a while ago. "Will Turner?" He asked himself.

When Jack saw the guard looking at him, he started waving his arms in the air as if he was telling them to stop.

"What does this boy want now?" The guard growled. He went down to the main deck and called his men. "Hold on, gentlemen. Looks like we have company. It's that Turner boy again."

One of the guards stepped up to the one who just spoke "Perhaps he's changed his mind and has decided to come back with us to Port Royale."

"Perhaps.." Said the head guard. "Let's hear the young man out."

One of the guards stood by the ledge of the ship and waved at Jack to come closer.

Jack smiled and waved back as he steered his boat closer to the navy ship. "This is just tooo easy." He said from the smile in his lips.

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Will had been under water for more than 15 minutes now. "Jack's plan better work this time." He thought to himself as he swam towards the navy ship.

It felt odd that sea water had entered his lungs and yet he's still alive -- - and breathing --- and feeling. He couldn't even see death coming. Physical death just seemed like mere fiction now. "Looks like being undead has its own advantages after all." He said to himself.

Will spotted the bottom of the navy ship and swam to the side that he and Jack agreed upon. He slowly swam towards the surface and carefully peeked from underwater. He looked up and saw a few guards staring at the distance from the side of the ship.

He swam closer to the lower part of the ship in order to avoid their view. "You better get here soon, Jack."

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Jack steered the boat closer to the huge vessel until it was only a few meters away from it. He then stood up on the ledge of his small boat to address the guards on the navy ship.

He raised his arm and bowed down in a sign of courtesy "Gentlemen!!! I am -- -"

"Will Turner! We know!" One of the guards said.

"Um.Right. Well I came after you fine gentlemen because I've changed my mind about my refusal to join you in your journey to Port Royale. As we all know, I care for Ms. Swann's safety as much as you do. That is why I've decided to lend my assistance to make sure that you don't take the route that will be um.taken by the cursed Black Pearl!" Jack looked up at the guards as he shielded his eyes from the sun.

At the mention of the Black Pearl, the guards on the deck of the ship started to gather around Jack's side, eager to hear more about the young man's report about the Black Pearl.

"Black Pearl?!!! Isn't that just a legend?!!! A myth?!!!" Asked one of the guards.

Jack motioned his hand "The Black Pearl is very REAL, my friends! I overheard one of the pirates in Tortuga talking about it and I heard that it's going to sail in the route that you're going to take."

He then saw curiosity in one of the guards faces as the guard spoke up "And what more can you tell us about this.Black Pearl?!"

Jack smiled. He finally got their attention. Fools. He thought to himself. If they only knew they were talking to the REAL captain of the Black Pearl. Jack grinned and started to tell the guards the story he heard on Tortuga about the cursed ship with the black pirate flag.

Will heard Jack's loud voice from the other side of the ship. "Right on time." He thought. He then looked up to check on the patrolling guards. "They're gone..Good work, Jack. You were always useful at getting attention. Unfortunately, that's what might get us into trouble in the future." He muttered.

Will searched his pockets and found the knives Jack had given him earlier in the small boat. "Well, this is it. I just hope Barbossa's had enough exercise for the past 10 years he'd been undead.". He looked up at the ship that towered over him. "This is going to be one long climb.."

The young man took his first stab at the side of the ship, and pulled himself up using the knife as a leverage. Using the knife in his other hand, he then stabbed the ship again as he worked his way up, one knife after the other, with his feet trying to step on any of the crevices on the side of the ship.

Will grunted everytime he pulled himself up. Barbossa's body was definitely very heavy. "If I were still in my body, this ---- would be no problem --- at all." He said to himself as he continued his way up on the side of the ship.

On the other hand, Jack continued to tell tales about the 'legendary' Black Pearl as he tried keep the guards' attention on him.

"So you see, gentlemen, the Black Pearl is real --- VERY REAL! It fell upon the curse of Cortez which made its crew into LIVING ZOMBIES ---" Jack raised his voice and stretched his arms forward in a zombie-like fashion, causing some of the guards to step back in surprise. "For 10 years they've been cursed! And they're still out there --- searching for new victims to join them in their ship of the ---UNDEAD!!!". Jack made a scary face as he said the final word.

"Hurry up, Will.." Jack thought to himself. "I don't know how long I can keep these fools amused."

"Almost there." Will whispered as he saw the ship's wooden railing at arm's reach.

He then grabbed onto it as he slowly and carefully hoisted himself up to the deck. "Careful now..." He thought. Will felt relieved as he saw the guards staring at the opposite direction, with Jack's voice filling the air with his 'pirate stories'.

"Keep going, Jack." He said with a worried tone in his voice. "We don't want trouble here."

Will had been on these kinds of ships before. In fact, he'd help build one himself. He knew what it looked like from the inside so he had an idea of where the guards might have kept Elizabeth.

"I just hope I'm right." He whispered. He carefully tiptoed his way to the door that lead to the cabins in the lower deck.

Will walked down the stairs carefully and made his way through the ship's passageways. As he walked pass one of the rooms, he suddenly heard guards' voices coming from inside it. "Must be the guards' quarters." He thought to himself.

Before continuing on his way, he spotted a couple of barrels right next to the room, which gave him an idea.

Will quickly positioned himself behind the barrels and pushed them right in front of the door. The barrels felt heavy and that's exactly what he needed. "Sorry, gentlemen. But I'll have to keep you in there for a while. Believe me, you don't want to get caught up in the trouble I'm about to make."

He brushed himself off and made his way to the room where Elizabeth could be in.

After a while, Will found himself in front an elegantly decorated door. "This is the room..Elizabeth" He whispered to himself.

He slowly opened the door and looked inside. His eyes wandered around the room until the sleeping form of Elizabeth on the bed caught his eyes.

Will felt a rush of happiness as he saw her laying there peacefully. When he saw the ship leaving the dock, he thought he'd never see her again. But now, she was there --- right in front of him. And he was ready to bring her back into his life --- curse or no curse.

He carefully walked his way towards her sleeping form. He gently leaned over her as he reached his hand out to caress her cheek. "Elizabeth." He whispered.. "Elizabeth wake up.".

Elizabeth shifted on the bed as she felt a hand on her cheek. "nnn." she groaned. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the form who was gazing down upon her.

The young woman clenched her fist and sent a swift and hard punch right at Will's face.

"OOOWW!!!!" He cried out as he fell on the floor right next to the bed with his hand on his nose. "Elizabeth can sure punch!" He thought to himself. But he couldn't ignore the throbbing pain on the bridge of his nose.

Elizabeth quickly stood up and looked down at him, still unsure of what was truly going on.

Will looked up at the enraged woman who just knocked him to the ground. "Elizabeth.It's ME!!! It's Will!!!". With his hand still on his nose, he slowly stood up, trying to regain his balance.

"Will?" Elizabeth's eyes narrowed as she looked at the man in front of him. Her eyes lightened up as she realized that this was truly the boy she spent the last 8 years with. "WILL!!!!"

She suddenly threw her arms around him, almost causing Will to fall back again. She felt her body pressing against his. This was the body of another man and she knew that. But for her, it was still Will. Will had come to save her from her fate.

She slowly pulled away from him and looked into his eyes. Unlike her encounter with him that morning, Will looked into her eyes this time.

"I thought I'd never see you again." She said. Through his eyes, she didn't see another man. She saw Will's eyes --- The eyes of a young man who's loved her ever since.

"I.I thought I'd lost you. I don't want to lose you again, Elizabeth." he said, as he placed his hand on her cheeks. Then he remembered where he had left Jack.

He quickly pulled away from her and held her by the hand. "We must go.NOW!!!". Elizabeth nodded as they quickly exited the room.

Meanwhile.

The guards still had their attention on Jack as he continued to talk about the Black Pearl.

"..And I have ANOTHER story to tell you fine gentlemen!!!" Shouted Jack as he waved his hand, trying to get their attention. "Once in my journeys, I've met one of the Black Pearl's crewmen. His name was um --- Black-eyed Pete and a VILE pirate he was. ARRR!!!". He definitely felt stupid acting like that, but he had to keep the guards busy until Elizabeth was finally off the navy ship.

Will and Elizabeth finally found their way to the door that leads to the upper deck. Will stopped in his tracks and turned towards Elizabeth.

"Okay, Elizabeth. As soon as we surface on the deck, run and jump off this side of the ship ---" Will motioned his hand towards the side where he climbed up. "Swim to the other side and you'll find Jack there on a small boat. As soon as you're on the boat, make your way to the cabin! They must not see you!!!"

"How about you, Will?!" Elizabeth said with a worried tone in her voice.

"I'll distract them so they won't see you boarding Jack's boat." He ran a hand down her cheek.

"But ---"

"Don't worry. Elizabeth. I'm undead now, remember? Nothing can kill me." He said in a joking way as he smiled at her. Still, he couldn't ignore the worried look on her face.

Slowly, a smile formed on Elizabeth's lips and seeing that comforted him. "Come back to me, Will." She said. She suddenly leaned forward and gave him a quick kiss.

Will felt surprised as he felt Elizabeth's lips touch his briefly. He didn't know what to say. Feeling Elizabeth's lips against his wasn't a strange thing to him ---- After all, he had kissed her before --- but that was back when he still had his REAL body.

Will eyes widened as he stood there looking back at her with a dumbfounded look on his face. The only thing he could say to her at that moment was . "Let's go!"

He slowly opened the door to the main deck and looked through the narrow crack. The guards' attention were still turned towards Jack Sparrow's side of the ship. "Good." He whispered.

He then turned around towards Elizabeth. "Okay, Elizabeth. You know what to do."

Elizabeth looked into Will's eyes and nodded her head. "I love you, Will." She whispered.

She then carefully made her way to the main deck and slowly walked towards Will's side of the ship. She slowly made her way up to the wooden railing and looked down at the water underneath her. "Come back to me, Will." She whispered as she jumped into the sea below her.

On the other side of the boat, the great Captain Jack Sparrow was already running out of things to say.. "Er.once I even had the opportunity to er.sneak into the Black Pearl." He said in an uncertain way.

One of the guards stepped forward leaning closer to the edge of the navy ship. "But you just said that you haven't been on the Black Pearl before."

Jack bit his lower lip in worry as he tried to think of something to say. "Er.Well...You see.."

The guards suddenly heard a loud splash on the other side of the ship.

"Finally..." Jack sighed with relief.

"What was that?!!!" The guards shouted as they turned around to face the opposite side of the ship. And on the main deck they saw the proud image of Captain Barbossa, standing with his hands on his hips.

"Ahhh.gentlemen. I see that you're on your way to Port Royale." Will said in the best pirate voice he could come up with.

"IT'S A PIRATE!!!" Shouted one of the guards.

One of the guards suddenly unsheathed his sword and stepped forward "It's not just a mere pirate!!! He --- He's that Captain Barbossa pirate!!!"

The guards' voices filled the air as they positioned themselves in a fighting stance. But Will felt the fear in their movements and on their faces.

"What?!! THE Captain Barbossa?!!! Of THE Black Pearl?!!!"

"Then it IS TRUE!!! The Black Pearl does exist!!!"

"The boy Will was right!!! And Barbossa has come to steal our ship!!!"

The head guard stepped in front of the others and pulled out his gun. His other hand holding on to a sword. "What do you want, Captain Barbossa?!"

Will held his head up, trying to look as proud and fearless as he could. "As.you've said earlier, I have come to take your ship!". Will hoped that Elizabeth was already with Jack. He knew he had to keep the guards busy until Jack gives the signal that Elizabeth is finally onboard their little boat.

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TO BE CONTINUED!!! ^_^

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