November 21, 1718

I am so incredibly sorry I haven't updated in for ever! Well enjoy the chapter. I hope it was like Indiana Jones 4, worth the wait.

Disclaimer: If I owned NT, PotC and their charters I wouldn't be writing this would I?

Chapter I: An Old Friend

"Hey Ben," said Dr. Abigail Chase, walking across the handsome study to give her boyfriend a kiss on the cheek. He looked up from his Apple.

"Hey, Abigail," he said, returning the kiss. "How was work?"

"The same old," she said. She looked at the picture that was dominating the screen. The picture appeared to be some sort of diary entry.

She read:

November 22, 1718

All is going well. Ever since C. was set free we have been having good weather and from what I have heard the EITC has been having foul. Annie is in prefect condition. I saw Jackie a few weeks ago in Tortuga. He said that the King's (or is it Queen? I'll figure it out later) lover has taken Jones' place. Poor bloke, hope he can handle it. I never did meet him. Maybe I won't have to go to hell if I tell him I'm Jackie's father. Jackie asked an odd favor. Could I possibly put the certain words on my ship's bell? I agreed and asked why. Jackie said one word, treasure. Then he ran off and I put the words on my bell.Crazy boy.

-Edward Teague

"Is that from the Book of Secrets?" she asked.

"Yeah it is," he said. "It appears to be an entry in a ship's log. I can't make heads or tails of it."

"It's been a month since we found the City of Gold can't you take a break?" asked Abigail, jokingly.

Her boy friend stared at her over his reading glasses. "No," he said simply.

There was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it," said Ben. He got up from his mahogany desk and walked out of the room.

"Reilly!" Abigail heard Ben say. "Long time no see."

"Hello to you too," said Reilly as the two men walked to the study. "Guess what?"

"What?"

"My book is an official NY Times best seller!" said Reilly excitedly. "By the way thanks for endorsing my book, even though you still haven't gotten around to reading it."

"Sorry," apologized Ben as they entered the room. "I've been busy."

"Hi Abigail," said Reilly, waving to her before turning back to Ben. "Lemme guess your working on finding some super-awesome-priceless treasure that will change history?"

"That's pretty much it," laughed Abigail. "Hey, Reilly your still into, erm, conspiracy theories right?"

"Yes," said Reilly.

"Maybe you can figure this out."

Reilly put on his reading glasses and scanned the dairy entry.

A grin spread across his face. "You don't know what this is?" he asked.

"No, we don't know Reilly. Care to enlighten us?" asked Ben.

"Well, it appears to be the final entry Blackbeard made before he was killed by Lieutenant Robert Maynard," explained Reilly. "I'm surprised you don't know this."

"Blackbeard's name was Teach, not Teague," said Abigail, her eyebrows narrowing.

"Actually," said Reilly. "No one is sure what Blackbeard's real name was. It could have been Teach, Thatch or Teague…"

Unexpectedly, Ben took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Who are you calling?" asked Abigail.

"Eric Beckett," said Ben, putting the cell to his ear. "He is an old friend and the director of the North Carolina Maritime Museum. That's where the bell of Blackbeard's ship a.k.a. the Queen Anne's Revenge is kept."

A minute passed.

"Hey, Eric, it's Ben," said Ben.

A pause.

"Yes, I found the Templar Treasure and Cíbola."

Another pause.

"Yes, I know you want to kill me for not letting you in on the fun." Ben laughed. "Look, Eric I need a favor."

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