1 1/2 Years Later…..

Kaden's POV:

I was talking with Cutler Smith, he was the navigator for the Shark's Fin, Sophia's ship. We were sitting on the benches on the deck when Finn Anderson hollered to us from the crow's nest.

" Sail,ho! " I looked portside and recognized the flag whipping in the wind, my blood turned to ice. It was my dad, my legs started shaking and I felt like I couldn't move. Sophia and Isabella were walking shoulder to shoulder over to the starboard side and I could see many figures on the deck. None of them looked like the dad I remembered from 5 years ago. The whole crew was assembled on the deck, all 25 of us. a tall man approached the rail,

" Ahoy, my name is Alek James, I'm looking for my younger brother, a boy named Kaden. Do you know him?" I bit my tongue, I felt bile rise up to my mouth. Sophia gave me a fleeting gaze, I shook my head, no don't tell him.

" Our dad is sick, it's a life threatening disease, were not sure if he's going to make it. Do you know Kaden? It's very important." I elbowed past everyone to the front, standing by Sophia.

" My name is Kaden, why's dad want to see me now. I don't remember him wanting me when I was 6." I said defensively, Alek looked hurt, why? I don't remember him stopping dad from tossing me on Benno's ship.

"He's sorry for that, please Kaden, its important." he pleaded

" Give me a few minutes" I said, he obliged, I stepped back to talk with Sophia.

" I want to go, my dad didn't want me but.." I shrugged "his family"

" Kaden…" Sophia trailed off "I'm giving you permission, but I don't know about Isabella." she said, I smiled ruefully, walking over to Isabella, I took a deep breath.

" Is, I'm going, I need to see my dad again. I don't care if he didn't want me as a kid, he's family." she looked like she was going to cry, but then she nodded.

"I understand Kade, I just.." she cut herself of and threw her arms around me,

"I'm going to miss you" I whispered into her ear

"I'll miss you" she said, I pulled away to go say by to my friends. I hugged Cutler, Finn, William, Peter, Annie and Teegan.I was going to miss them

"Sophia" I said, shook her hand "Godspeed"

"And to you" she said, I walked over to the railing and my older brother helped me over onto his ship.

"Where we going?" I asked

"Farm in Northern Ireland"

"Isn't that right by the queen's place, aren't we just, what's the saying; walking right into the lion's mouth, or something"

"That's a risk we'll have to take, Greg Turnbull might the only guy with land who trusts us in the whole world." Alek said grimly, oh right, because apparently the James family are a bunch of bloodthirsty cannibals.

"How you been?" he asked

"Alright, considering i've been on my own since age 6" I said accusingly, I mean he did leave me on my own, I'm allowed to make Alek feel guilty.

" Sorry bout that bro, I was to scared to say something" I looked at my shoes, okay, so maybe I shouldn't be that hard on him. Maybe, he really had cared, and I was hurting him.

"It's okay, the past is the past what matters right now is the future."

"Your right, let's go down below"

Isabella's Pov:

I still can't believe Kaden's gone, it's only been a few weeks, but still. It feels so much longer. Sophia says the next soldier ship we see, were raiding. I'm usually excited for them but I'm still worried about Kaden.

As I stat to head below decks to my cabin, I hear Finn's boyish voice holler from the crow's nest.

"Sail, ho!" he says, indicating a ship was in view. We prepared for battle. They were british soldiers, usually carrying gold, food, medicine and other essentials. Also, it was usually an easy battle. Swinging across to their ship, I felt adrenaline take over my body, in battle it felt amazing. I was lighting quick, and vicious. No One could kill me. I took down soldier after soldier, beside me, I could see Cutler Smith dueling a tall buff soldier. He missed Kaden too, though there was a 2 year age gap between the two, they'd become great friends, and Kaden being gone, well it was getting to him. I focussed on the man I was dueling, outsmarting him would be my only opinion as he was a good swordsman, he was strong and quick. No way could I beat him on skills alone. I feinted to the right, ducked through his legs and slashed at his head, but he was too quick, he easily blocked my swing. And countered that with one of his own, right away I knew I couldn't block it, and it was going ring right into my heart, I prepared myself to die. When a blur of purple jumped in front of me and blocked his thrust, Sophia. I screamed in horror, sobbing I fell to my knees, someone grabbed my arm. Cutler Smith.

"Get up!" he said "we're still fighting" I tried to stop the tears but it just wouldn't work

"Tell Finn…" I made a sign with my hand, his eyes widened, "We can't beat him" I said, gesturing to the tall man, he had just killed Paul Jackson and was currently dueling Julia Feingold.

"Your right" he admitted, grimacing he ran off to find finn and I got up. I heard the whistle blow and everyone started running for our ship. I'd called for a retreat. When we finally got away, I could see that we'd lost more than I'd thought. At least 6 of our crew were dead, and from the way William was working, a ton more were injured. This was not good.