Alex stood in his Sharpshooter's Citadel at the top of the highest spire. He stared at the map of the spiral Boochbeard had given him. The lone captain walked amongst the hologram looking at the marked spots. "Looks like the first thing we'll need to do is grab an ancient navigational artifact from the Marleybone Museum of Natural History. That's not going to be easy, even with my rank in the navy, I can't just go in and take it. We'll have to perform a heist. I'm putting Fin and Froggo Villa in charge of it because they are the best thieves on this crew."

The shark pirate raised his hand in a salute "We won't let you down captain." Alex smiled and opened a wardrobe against the far wall and pulled out his adventurers clothing from Mooshu. "I will follow you guys but we'll need Fin's old ship. The Marleybonians know what my ships look like, even my recent acquisition from Aquila. Fin, can you get a hold of your old vessel?" Fin grabbed his cutters "I can one up that captain, I can get you an Armada vessel to use. If you need, we can disguise the crew for a distraction pillaging."

Dressing the crew as clockworks, that was an idea that just might work "Alright, but don't hurt any civilians. I don't need that resting on my conscience." Fin nodded and walked off with the mander assassin behind him. This left Alex to study the map crystal that now hung from his ceiling. Wizard City floated by him and he wondered if his wizard friends had made it home safely. The pirate didn't have time to wonder, for he had a treasure to find.

Fin Dorsal brought the Armada Ship as promised, it had some cannon scarring, but it was still sky worthy. After disguising his crew as Clockwork Soldiers, Alex himself changed into his black adventurer's tunic and hood. He strapped on his shoes and grabbed his naginata spear before joining his crew on board the ship. In the captain's quarters, Alex made a plan, some of his crew would descend on ropes, into town and cause a little chaos. This would allow Alex and Froggo Villa to enter the museum and snag the astrolabe of Krokhotep and set sail.

The ship arrived in Marleybone, slipping past the royal navy and closing in on regent square. The anchors dropped and Alex sent down Bonnie Anne, Louis le Bisque, Lucy Sterling and Rodolfo Cappoferro. Alex jumped down next, followed by Froggo. Kicking open the doors, Alex threw his voice and spoke in Mooshuan "Sate sate, kii te. Watashitachiha, dare mo gaisuru shitakunai. Watashitachiha, asutororābe no tame dake ni koko ni iru."

Alex broke the glass of the display of the astrolabe and let out a whistle. El Tiburon flew in through a broken window and snagged the navigational instrument. Alex grabbed the Sky Shark's tail and rode out, letting out a cheery "Arigatō!" as he disappeared from the view of the Marleybonians.

Back on board the armada vessel, the crew had returned from their distraction pillaging and the ship set sail once again. The navy hadn't been able to mobilize a ship to go after the Invincible. Once the ship had sailed out of the navy's jurisdiction zone, Alex unbottled his Bison Frigate, Troubled Shadow. After looting the ship, Alex's crew boarded the Shadow and removed the gangplanks. Standing at the helm, Alex yelled to his crew "What are ye waiting for? Blow it out of the skies!" There was a volley of cannon fire and the Invincible was blown apart.

Down on the foredeck, a teleportation circle with a rose in it appeared. In a flash of white light, Krystal Windlass appeared. After swapping control of the ship with Bonnie Anne, Alex jogged down to his sister. The musketeer knew that his first mate Wing Chun, and Krystal's first mate could understand Mooshuan, but they couldn't understand Krystal's native tongue. His sister had been raised in Grizzleheim, so she spoke fluent Grizzly. Alex had picked up on it when he was growing up and going on trade expeditions to Grizzleheim, as well as through lessons from his sister.

"Krystal, hva gjør du her?" Alex asked

Krystal responded "Jeg kom til å bli med deg på din skattejakt."

Shaking his head, Alex replied "Ingen Krystal, ikke denne gangen."

Krystal's smile faded "Alex, hvorfor?"

Putting his hand on his sister's shoulder "Dette er min skattejakt, jeg kommer til å gjøre dette på min egen lillesøster."

Though disappointed, Krystal understood what her brother was getting at. She just opened a teleportation circle "Fin. Har det på din måte bror, bare gjøre det tilbake trygt."

With at she disappeared from view, leaving her brother alone. Steeling himself, Alex barked to his crew "Raise full sail and turn hard to port, travel south and find the first fragment." Staring at the ancient Krokotopian navigation instrument in his hand. "We will find all seven fragments, and I will make it home."

The frigate, banked hart to the left and went full sail. The wind whipped at Alex's Royal Navy uniform, as the ship sailed into the sunset. He opened the hatch on the deck and dropped down. Proceeding back to the stern of the ship he found his hammock, sat down in it and pulled off his hat. After sitting alone for about an hour, Wing Chun jumped down and walked up. "Captain," he said "We're coming up on the first piece of the sword.

Alex stood up and pulled his hat back on his head. Grabbing his guns off a nearby barrel, the musketeer followed the crane disciple back up onto the main deck. The frigate floated up near the wreckage of an old Monquistan trade vessel. Alex sat down on El Tiburon and patted the sky shark's flank "Let's get going buddy." The shark swam through the open sky and out to the wreckage. Inside the skiff, Alex stared at the monkey skeletons "Whatever took these Monquistans down completely slaughtered them. In the captain's quarters Alex found an ornate Krokotopian chest. He quickly picked the lock and pulled out the hilt of a scimitar. It had an emerald embedded in the pommel.

"We did it buddy. We've got the first piece of the sword. Six more to go and we have a full blade." Alex put the sword fragment into his backpack. The pirate and shark swam back to the ship. "We've got it everyone. The first fragment is ours." Taking the helm Alex said "Let's go find the other six!" There was a rousing chorus of cheers from his crew as the ship sailed into the setting Marleybonian sun.

A/N: For those of you who don't understand Alex and Krystal's native tongues, here are some translations

The museum: Alex said: Alright, Alright. I don't want any troubles, I'm just here for the Astrolabe

Alex and Krystal's conversation:

Alex: Krystal, what are you doing here?

Krystal: I came to join you on your treasure hunt

Alex: No Krystal, not this time around.

Krystal: Alex, why?

Alex: This is my treasure hunt, I am going to do this on my own little sister.

Krystal: Fine. Have it your way brother, just make it back safe.