Ch 5: New Occupations and Life After Death

Murtogg and Mullroy sat at the far corner of the fort, arguing over who knows what.

"Yes it is!"

"NO! IT'S NOT!"

"Gentlemen?" Norrington and Gillette had approached them.

"Oh! Yes, Commodore?" Mullroy said surprised.

"That's Governor, now," Gillette said trying to look impressive, and as usual pursing his lips and making his eyebrows jump.

"Is that so?" Murtogg said.

"Yes, well. Down to business...Mr. and Mrs....," he struggled with this a bit, "ahem... Turner have gone missing. I believe that they must have left on account of her lost father. I believe that may have gone into a depression and may do something rather drastic."

Murtogg and Mullroy just stared with their mouths hanging open.

Norrington and Gillette looked at each other then at the two soldiers, then back to themselves.

Norrington coughed. "Well. Since most of the other men are out looking for Sparrow-"

"Oh you haven't found him yet?"

Had Norrington not just been promoted he probably would have blown up at Murtogg for saying this. Instead, he bit his lip (hard) and stood there, his face turning purple, until the anger passed.

"No," he managed to say. "We haven't found him."

"That's a shame. Both that you haven't found him and that you're on the look for him," Mullroy said sadly.

"Ya. That Jack Sparrow was a pretty neat man, even if he was a pirate. Ye have to admit." Murtogg paused in admiration before going on. "Oh! Terribly sorry! Go on."

"Thank you. As I was saying... since most of the men are out, we are trying to gather as many soldiers that are left that we can."

The two soldiers just stood there staring at Norrington.

"So will you help us?!"

"Oh! Yes! Of course!" they said together.

Norrington clapped his hands together (scarily) much like Jack Sparrow would to say thanks.

"We are gathering supplies, men, and ideas to where Elizabeth and Turner may be as we speak. We shall be ready to leave in the morning. Everything clear?"

"Yes... however, isn't Elizabeth considered Turner, too? Murtogg asked.

Norrington cringed. "Yes, why?"

"Well you said 'Elizabeth ánd Turner' so... wouldn't that just be repeating yourself?" Mullroy added in.

Norrington threw his hands up in exasperation and stormed off.

'Note to self: murder those two when I return with my love.'

---Liz, Will, and Jack's POV---

Jack boarded The Longing after telling his crew to anchor and meet back soon after sunset.

"Now. Turner... Turners. Let me get this straight," he said rubbing his temples. "Ye both feel ye'r in danger o' being killed or forced into marriage, right? O'course 'at's right. I'm always right. Now, here's th' part I'm 'avin' trouble with. Ye wanna pirates?"

"Yes Jack. For the ump-teenth time. Yes we want to get branded and become pirates!"

"...but... ye'r... the Túrners! I jest can't picture it is all."

"Jack. Trust us. You will."

"Yeh? Well noone'll be able t' tell ye'r one. That's for sure. Ye need t' change, a lot, if ye want t' be taken seriously. Hmmm..." He began circling them like a hawk, inspecting them. "First, ye need new clothes."

Five minutes later they were on the shores of Tortuga looking at the shops. Tortuga was definitely a different town during the day. Will remembered the last time he had been there, there were whores and drunks sprawled all over the town. Now, however, there were no drunks or whores but calm people walking around. They people didn't look nearly like the ones in Port Royal, mostly pirates, but at least not drunk out of their minds and women only half dressed.

Jack escorted them into a clothing store.

Immediately he picked out several skimpy dresses and shoved them into a changing room along with Elizabeth.

He then hurried Will over to the other section of the store, grabbed a couple of lose shirts and baggy pants, and shoved him into a changing room too.

Shortly afterward, Elizabeth screamed.

Will came flying out of his room; half dressed, and opened the door to Elizabeth's room.

The woman that stood in front of him didn't look in the least like the one he was married to.

"Elizabeth?"

There was a LOT of cleavage showing out of that tiny dress and a lot more leg as well.

He couldn't contain himself. He kissed her passionately.

After he let go eventually, she said: "Wow. Is it really that good?"

Jack started laughing.

"Elizabeth, I thought I'd only see ye like this in me dreams," he said smirking.

She couldn't help but smile too.

"I don't look too much like a whore do I?" She twisted around in front of the mirror.

"Oh, I wouldn't say tha', luv. But it suits ye all the same."

Will just kept looking her up and down.

Then he kissed her again, more passionately this time, and his hands began to wander...

Jack closed the door, laughing to himself.

'I think th' lad could be a pirate but th' lass'll be more his whore than a pirate.'

He laughed again and walked out of the store, headed for a pub.

-Barbossa's POV-

Jack the monkey crawled onto his shoulder, chewing on the medallion.

"What's goin' on, Jack? How am I livin' again?"

Jack the monkey held the medallion in front of the pirate's face and swung it under his nose a little.

Suddenly a light bulb clicked on inside his head.

He jumped up from his crawling position and every bone in his body cracked.

"OOO! How long 'ave I been 'ere?"

He took out his pistol and fired it at his foot.

He didn't even flinch.

Not one drop of blood oozed from the hole in his big toe.

He smiled and stepped into the moon light streaming from a hole in the cave.

An odd sensation came over him. He felt himself go deathly cold and his weight lifted away from him. He examined himself.

His fingers were long and slender, very white. No skin.

He was under the curse once more.

His mind was racing. He was both mad and extremely happy. He was alive again. But he was under the curse again, so he wasn't really living.

"I need answers..."

He stepped out of the moon light and took the medalion from Jack. He felt the gold on his fingers.

There was another odd sensation. He felt cold again but he wasn't in the moonlight.

"Barbossa."

He jumped and spun around looking for the voice.

There was a pale light coming from the chest of the cursed gold.

Slowly the light took shape and became more solid looking. Features took their place and he realized what it was. Or rather, who it was.

He gasped.

"Cortez."

"Very good."

"But...what are you doing here?"

"Can't a man come and admire his treasure? Besides. You said you needed answers." He paused and began walking, no floating, toward Barbossa. "Now, I could be the evil, torturing man that I am, but you just looked so pathetic down here and I couldn't help myself."

Up close, Barbossa could understand how this man wipes out so many men, so many armies, and forced civilizations out of their homes. He was terrifying. Scars covered his face which was thick and full of confidence. He was extremely tall, as well. Taller than Barbossa. He had huge broad shoulders and strong arms that looked like they could break a man in half. Cortez looked like one of those men that could terrify a lion just by looking him in the eye.

But Barbossa stood his ground, convinced that he would not look a coward in front of him, and said, "How am I still here?"

"Did the monkey not explain it to you enough?"

"I got that much! I jest meant, the curse was lifted and I was shot. How am I here now?"

Cortez began to laugh. "That's the part of my curse that I left out. If some greedy pirate, or a monkey in this case, that has just been relieved of the curse, comes back and takes another piece of my gold within a day of the curse lifting ceremony the curse comes back. To everyone. Everyone that took the gold before."

"So, Jack must have come back after everyone was gone and taken another gold piece."

"That's what I just said wasn't it? The monkey took a piece an hour after the curse was lifted."

"Then why did I just now wake up?"

"Since you were shot, you came back in a coma. Koehler as well came back in a coma. He was stabbed just after the curse was lifted and fell."

"So if the curse is upon éveryone again, then that means-"

"Your crew shall be coming shortly."

Barbossa just smiled his wicked smile and thought to himself.

'Touché, Captain Jack Sparrow. Here we go again.'

Sorry it took so long... but how'd ye like it folks? Review and tell me what ye think! Gracias! OO! New thing I'm trying.

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