They left their hiding spot by the archway and sprinted to bushes in the corner of the courtyard to their right. They waited until the brutes were close enough before they pounced; the two pirates sprung to their feet and stabbed the large men with their blades, and they hid the bodies in the dense foliage. Edward and Sebastián looked up at the floor above them. If they timed it right then they could ran to the store room without hassle, if not then they'd surely be caught and make the whole situation worse. The two pirates glanced at each other and made a break for the store room as fast as their feet could take them, all the while staying as quiet as they could.
They thrust open the heavy storeroom door and rushed inside, quickly closing it behind them. The fort captain pivoted and stared at them, his mouth opening to yell for aid but Sebastián was at the man's throat with a dagger before he could blink at the sudden arrivals. "Now then, I want you to speak English so my friend here can understand you," he told him. The man nodded slowly. "Where is the Assassin Adelaida Guerrero Huerta? I'm going to slowly move my hand away and you will tell us the information we need. No screaming, shouting, nada, or I will kill you." He slowly removed his hand from the Spaniard's mouth.
The fort captain swallowed hard. "She isn't here."
"Where is she?" he growled.
"They took her to New Bone."
Edward stepped forward, "Anything else you have to say because it looks like you do."
"The man overseeing her is Basilio Cruz. He's the man you want, he's the one in charge."
"Who betrayed the Assassins? Cruz is a Templar." The captain said nothing. Sebastián shook him and pressed the blade deeper into the neck, drawing out a thin line of blood. "I should warn you that I'm not an Assassin and either is he. You fail to tell us everything and you're life won't be worth living."
"No lo sé!"
"Inglés, asshole!"
"I swear I don't know! I swear! I only know who's behind it!" Sebastián gave him a cold stare. "I really don't know!" Edward and Sebastián glanced at each other, it seems that was all they were going to get out of him. But then the fort captain started laughing and they stared at him. "Será mejor que te des prisa, pirata. Ella está siendo enviado a la Florida pronto para algunos interrogatorios real."
Sebastián drove the dagger into the captain's neck, cutting his laugh short. Edward watched the body drop to the floor dead, asking, "What did he say?"
"They're taking her to Florida."
His eyes widened in shock. "Then we'd best get the fuck out of here."
They crossed the room to the door and Edward peeked out into the battlements. He signalled at Sebastián when the guards had their backs to them and they sprinted out of the store room. Rushing to the edge of the battlements, they wasted no time in diving into the blue water below. They swam ashore and climbed onto the dock out of the eye of the snipers. Alarm bells echoed around the fort and the two pirates high-tailed it to the Jackdaw.
Surprisingly Ah Tabai was not there to meet them. "He's not one to not keep his word," Sebastián said, eyes scanning the harbour and streets beyond.
As the moments passed, Edward impatiently tapped his foot against the wooden floor. "Where the hell is he?" he asked.
"He's probably still speaking to Rhoda. Don't worry, I'm sure he's- Edward."
With a confused face, he followed Sebastián's eye line up to the street far in the distance. What he saw was a fairly large group of British officers fighting some unknown assailant. "That doesn't look right."
"No, it does not," he looked at him. "We should help."
"We?"
"Yes, we," Sebastián stated, arms folded.
"He really doesn't like me."
"That's because you led the Templars to Tulum, a place even Adela can keep secret, and caused the loss of several lives. Of course he doesn't like you and it'll take a lot to get him to change his mind."
"Alright, fine, let's go."
The two pirates leaped off the Jackdaw and sprinted up the dock, towards the heated battle. By the time they got there, half of the officers were already dead on the ground and it was quickly made clear who they were fighting. Ah Tabai. The Mentor may be old but he had the fighting spirit of a someone much more youthful. The sounds of swords clashing echoed around the close buildings as Edward and Sebastián entered the fray. They hacked and sliced the British, cutting them down with years of fighting behind their belts. As it was now three on a lot, the last officers fell from the swords and onto the ground.
They wasted no time in sprinting back to the Jackdaw and unfurling before reinforcements came to kill them. Sebastián, hunched over regaining his breath, ran a hand through his hair and looked up at Ah Tabai, "What the mierda was that?! How the hell did they find you?!"
"We were followed from Kingston," he informed. Edward and Sebastián looked at each other. "During my return from the bureau, my instincts were telling me that someone was following me. He was on the rooftops and jumped down once I had noticed him. We fought for a moment and I was victorious, but unfortunately he had alerted the guards and what you witnessed was them discovering me."
"Shit," Edward mumbled.
"Did you discover anything on Adelaida's whereabouts whilst you were in the Castillo?" he asked them.
Sebastián nodded and straightened up, "She's being held in New Bone but they're taking her to Florida soon."
A chill went down Edward's spine as Ah Tabai's eyes landed on his back. "We'll get there as fast as the wind will let us," he said, eyes locked on the ocean and resisting the urge to turn and see how deadly the Mentor looked. "We'll get there."
"We also discovered that Basilio Cruz was the orchestrator but the captain didn't know who was the traitor."
"I have the feeling that the traitor will be on New Bone and not Cruz."