Disclaimer:

Sess: *looks at computer* You know, for the past few chapters, you've completely forgotten to write a disclaimer.

Py: I know, it's all a part of my master plan *evil grin*

Sess: *rolls eyes and cuffs py's head* You idiot, you're gonna get your ass sued off

Py: *rubs head* OW! Muse abuse! Is there some hotline I can call?

Sess: What about you constantly using that evil frying pan on me?

Py: That doesn't count.

Sess: *glare* Stop trying to change the subject- say the disclaimer!

Py: But I thought you were going to buy it for me.

Sess: Yeah right. Say it or I'll never cook you pancakes again.

Py: *pouts* Fine. As of right now, I DO NOT OWN POTC! (although my plot to overthrow Disney and own the rights to pirates and kingdom hearts is coming along nicely ^.~) Happy Sess?

Sess: No.

Slightly Hazy

Chapter 14: No Regrets

(A/N: Since Jacque is unconscious, this little scene is following Will, 'cause. well 'cause I feel like it.)

Will bites his tongue in an effort to keep from crying out as he watches Jacque fall down the side of the heap. Swimming as quickly and as quietly as he can, he approaches the heap.

"Mm." Elizabeth stirs and begins to open her eyes.

Will quickly places his hand over her mouth, startling her, and motions for her to quietly get in the water. She nods and grabs the medallion lying a few feet away from her and Will turns to Jacque. His breath catches in his throat when he notices a cut on her forehead.

"Jacque," He whispers, shaking her shoulders. "Jacque, wake up."

Will feels his heart skip a beat as he realizes that she's unconscious, or worse. He realizes that they have to get out of that cavern as quick as possible and looks down at Jacque's pale face. He quickly lifts himself out of the water and, staying crouched, lifts Jacque up so that her head rests on his shoulder and her legs dangle on either side of his waist.

"What are you doing?" Elizabeth hisses at the rather compromising position they're in.

"This is not the time." Will says as he lowers himself into the water.

Elizabeth gives him a scalding glare.

"I have to keep her head above the water and this is the best way to do it." He snaps, irritated. "Now, we have to get out of here as quickly as possible so let's move."

*

"Bloody Turner, I'm going to kill you. Bloody trekking around in the dark. ow!" You curse as you trip and fall flat onto the ground.

"Mm." You jump and scramble to your feet as you realize that whatever you'd tripped over is somewhat alive. You pause as it moans again and realize it's a very familiar voice.

"Jack?" You say, bending over to look at him in the dim light.

"Luv?" Jack says, disoriented, ant attempts to sit up.

"What happened?" You question, silently hoping that Jack will join you on your anti-Will tirade.

"That stupid whelp's gonna get us all killed. Bloody hit me with an oar." Jack says as he rubs his head and stands up. "Didn't I tell you to look after him?"

"It's not my fault he went on another pirates are scum tirade an' I had to keep myself from knockin' him out 'cause he's so irritating." You say defensively, not wanting Jack to thing you're weak as you follow him through the caverns. "Can't accept anything, he needs a bloody psychiatrist."

"What?" Jack asks, confused.

"Never mind." You say, and pull on Jack's shirt as you notice the pirates surrounding the rowboats ahead of you.

"Wha-?" Jack says and quickly turns around and ushers you toward another tunnel.

"You!" You and Jack freeze and slowly turn around to find a grimy pirate with yellow eyes pointing at you. " You're supposed to be dead."

"Am I not?" Jack asks and turns in an attempt to escape only to find about eight pistols and cutlasses pointed at the two of you.

"Jack." You trail off as a grinning pirate places his pistol on your temple.

"Puhluley," Jack says, slipping into his 'confused drunk' façade. "Puhlulehvoos, parleli, parsmi, pasley, parle, parle."

"Parley?" You and another pirate say, looking at Jack skeptically.

"That's the one, Parley! Paarley!" Jack says happily.

"Parley?" Pintel, ( A/N: Ok, so you don't actually know that his name's Pintel, but the yellow eyed pirate is too long to type) says as he glares at his crewmate. "Damn to the depths whatever man 'ad thought of parley!"

"That would be the French." Jack says and you smirk, realizing that he may still have a plan to get you out yet. "Makers of mayonnaise, eunuchs, all of them."

"That's not right." A pirate says they lead you into the main cavern.

* (A/N: Since Jacque's still unconscious, we're still gonna follow Will)

"Not more pirates." Elizabeth groans as she steps onto the deck of the Interceptor.

"Welcome aboard, Miss Elizabeth." Gibbs says as Elizabeth's eyes narrow in confusion.

"Mr. Gibbs?" She questions, thoroughly confused.

"Hey! Boy!" Gibbs calls as Will climbs aboard with Jacque in his arms. "Where be Jack an' the lass?"

"Jack? Jack Sparrow?" Elizabeth says in an accusing voice, clearly outraged that she must travel in the company of pirates and ignoring that those pirates enabled Will to rescue her.

"They fell behind." Will says and turns to Anamaria. "Where's the medical supplies?"

"In the Captain's cabin." She states simply, somewhat in shock at the 'death' of Jack.

"Keep to the code." Gibbs says solemnly as Will heads towards the cabin.

"Raise Anchor!" Anamaria shouts, snapping out of her stupor. "Hoist the sails! Make quickly you ninnies!"

*

Will cringes as Jacque moans painfully he dabs a rum-soaked rag onto the gash on her forehead.

"You said that you gave Barbossa your name as mine." Will says to Elizabeth as he places a wet rag on Jacque's head. "Why?"

"I don't know." Elizabeth replies as she attempts to tie the bandage around her hand.

"Here, let me." Will says, and he ties the knot.

"Will." Elizabeth says, as she guides his hand along the chain on her neck, yanking it off as he grasps the medallion. "It's yours."

"I thought I'd lost it when they'd rescued me. It was a gift from my father." Will says, reminiscing. "Why did you take it?"

"Because I was afraid that you were a pirate." Elizabeth says sincerely. "That would have been awful."

"It wasn't your blood that they needed." Will says as he clutches the medallion in his hand. "It was my father's blood. my blood. the blood of a pirate."

"Will, I'm so sorry." Elizabeth says, and Will wasn't completely sure if she was sorry that it was her fault he got involved or that his father was a pirate.

After a moment of silence, Elizabeth sighs and gets up, leaving Will to his thoughts as she closes the door.

"Don't look so hopeless," Jacque says quietly from the bed. "It's rather depressing."

"Jacque!" Will says as he rushes over to her, relief apparent on his face.

"'Lo Will." Jacque says as she sits up. "Man, what I wouldn't give for an aspirin right now."

"What?" Will asks, confusion apparent on his face.

"Never mind." Jacque says as she leans against the wall. "What happened?"

"You were knocked unconscious by Barbossa and then I snuck up and took the two of you to this ship; the Interceptor." Will says quickly.

"No duh," Jacque says, making a face at Will. "Any idiot could've figured that out. Let me rephrase it, how did you get to the Isle de Muerta? And if you say something stupid like 'I took a boat' I'm gonna hurt you."

"Fine," Will says, chuckling. "I'm so glad to hear you joke around again." Will gets to the point after Jacque half-heartedly glares at him. "Well, actually, I broke two pirates out of jail, they helped me seize the Interceptor, we sailed to Tortuga, picked up a crew, and sailed here."

"Well then, where are the two pirates you sprung from jail? I'm pretty sure I know one of them." Jacque asks innocently.

"Umm. well," Will says, shifting nervously. "I knocked Sparrow out with an oar after I ditched the other one."

"What?" Jacque exclaims. "You left them separated and possible unconscious in a cavern full of pirates?"

Will's expression falls and Jacque immediately calms down, seeing the remorse in his eyes.

"It'll be fine, I know those two will be able to get out of it." She says to reassure Will.

"How is it that you know that other pirate, Jacque?" Will asks, attempting to get a straight answer from a new source.

"Umm." Jacque says, knowing that she'd have to get herself out of this one instead of crying and passing all the lying to you. "Well, she's my best friend from before I got here. Actually, she arrived with me, but decided that, as long as she was in the Caribbean, she'd sail to Tortuga and become a pirate. She's the person I was going to meet on that last night in Port Royal."

"Oh, that was vague." Will says sarcastically, something he only did around Jacque.

"But of course." Jacque replied, smiling slightly and attempting to ignore the pounding in her head.

"I'm so sorry, this is all my fault." Will says as he brushes his hand across Jacque's bandaged forehead. "If they hadn't been looking for me, none of this would have happened."

"Will," Jacque says as she tilts his head, forcing him to look at her. "This is not your fault. It's not like you knew that a crew of undead pirates were after your blood. Although I can't explain why, I knew what I was getting into and, if I had the chance, I'd do it all over again."

A silence falls over the two for a moment, and Jacque rests her head on Will's shoulder.

"Jacque," Will says softly, looking down at her. " You don't mind that my father was a pirate?"

"Of course not," Jacque says with a yawn. " Who or who not your father was doesn't change who you are. Plus, I like pirates, they're much more fun to be around than most respectable people."

"Lie down." Will says, gently guiding Jacque's head towards the pillow. "Get some rest. Your head will feel much better if you do."

"Mm hm." Jacque agrees as her eyes lower of their own accord as she slips into a dreamless sleep, but not before she recognizes Will's lips on her forehead as he whispers,

"Thanks."

*

"How the blazes did you get off that island?" Barbossa says to Jack, bewildered.

"When you marooned me on that godforsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate." Jack says with a smirk. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."

"Jack." You hiss as you watch Barbossa become more and more irritated.

"Ah, well, I won't be makin' that mistake again." Barbossa says with a smirk of his own. "Gents, you all remember Cap'n Jack Sparrow? Kill him."

You move closer to Jack as the pirates cock their pistols at you.

"What about the lass?" A pirate asks form the crowd.

"Hmm." Barbossa says as he turns around and lifts up your chin and laughs when you growl. "It seems that she's a feisty one. Let's see how long she'll hold up."

You send a slightly panicked look at Jack as Barbossa begins to pull you away and the pistols are brought to his head.

"The girls' blood didn't work, did it?" Jack states, still the picture of serenity with that smirk still plastered on his face.

"Hold yer fire!" Barbossa orders as he turns around, still gripping your arm, and looks at Jack. "You know whose blood we need?" He questions as Jack looks at you with an unreadable expression.

"I know whose blood you need."

*

A/N: Why the heck did Jacque get more fluff than 'you' in this chappie? What's going on in my head? Truly, I don't know.

Sess: Ah, the truth finally comes out.

Next Chappie: You and jack. stuck in a cell. again. can anyone else see my evil smirk?

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SleepingBeauty1988: Thanks, school's a drag.

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Twisted: sexy mime outfit? I don't wanna know. Yes, you should always separate your drugs. Love scene? Define "love scene" ^.~

LeaRobins: Thanks. Yeah, Sess can be kinda scary, although the giant fluffy boa somewhat diminishes it.

Ayashe: Italian is cool, my friend taught herself that. I was teaching myself Japanese, but I've been kinda lax recently and only know very random things and am missing some key verbs. I'm taking Spanish too- my teacher's so cool- she's teaching us to tango on Fridays! I don't think that it'll ever occur to Will or Jack that you're from another time until you tell them.

Stacey Lofton: I'm not a big Will fan either, and, as much as I REALLY wanna whack him with an oar, it's out of the question for now. Hey, so does your hat know where Sess hid my frying pan of doom?

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Niki1: Thanks. I've sorta made it that Lizzy has an extreme dislike for pirates, which pulls her away from Will. I think that she can grow to like Norrington too.

SeXySuPeRsTaR: What are you smoking- SESS IS HOT! And he's completely male, thank you very much. Sorry, just had to set the record straight. You can not buy the Frying pan of doom- it is a mighty weapon that one must steal from Chichi from DBZ.

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