Annabelle wakes up in a cell with Phoenix. She gets up and taps Phoenix on the shoulder. Phoenix grunts and wakes up.

"Annabelle, where are we? Where's Hayley?! Did we find her?!"

Almost like magic, a torch light comes on. Phoenix observes the light with confusion. Annabelle looks at the other torch. The torch automatically comes on. Annabelle gasps. A voice comes up.

"Well, well, well. Look who finally came."

Annabelle and Phoenix hear loud creaks. They also hear a laugh. Not an evil laugh, not a cruel laugh, not even a devious laugh. Just a laugh, as if they had told a joke or a funny story. Finally, a foot appears. The foot is wearing one of the boots only the Navy would wear. Then, the person appears and Annabelle gasps in shock. Phoenix screams,

"HAYLEY?!"

Hayley looks toward them with a light smile. She gestures toward herself.

"The one and the only."

Phoenix screams, "WHAT IN THE BLOODY WORLD?!"

"Why so surprised, Phoenix?"

"I'm so surprised because YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD NEVER WORK FOR THE NAVY! EVER!"

"Well, looks like both of us are downright dirty liars."

Phoenix frowns and says, "That was the one and only time I have ever drank."

"And this is the one and only time I have ever joined the Navy. We're even."

Annabelle chuckled, but quickly caught herself. "Why would you join the Navy?! It goes completely against what you believed!"

Hayley smiles, "Well, I had two options. It was join the Navy or get hanged."

Annabelle winces. "Well... How has your life been since then?"

"Oh, it's been same old, same old. Oh, I found something that might interest you."

"What is it?"

"I found Adam."

Annabelle excitedly gasps while Phoenix just stared at her, gaping.

Hayley smiles and motions for someone to come down. Creaks are heard again as a tall, muscular, tanned teenager walks down the steps. Adam comes up to Hayley and tilts her hat.

"How are you doing, my little Hay Bale?"

Hayley blushes. Phoenix glares at Adam. Annabelle smiles. Adam turns around and Phoenix quickly changes his angry expression to a surprised expression.

"Hey, guys! How have you been?!"

Phoenix nods while Annabelle says, "Great!"

Adam smiles and turns to Hayley.

"Hay Bale, we should probably let them out."

Hayley smiles and grabs a bone off the floor.

"Here, boy!"

A dog runs into the room and drops the keys at Hayley's feet. Hayley picks up the keys and walks over to their cell. Hayley unlocks the door and lets Annabelle out. When Phoenix tries to get out, she pushes him back in and slams the door.

"Who said I was letting you out?"

Adam runs up behind Hayley.

"Hayley! Why are you shutting him in?! That's not the Hay Bale I know!"

Hayley glares at Phoenix and says, "Well, does the Phoenix you know lie?!"

Adam puts his arms around Hayley.

"Hay Bale. Everybody lies. Everybody forgives."

Hayley nods.

"You're right."

Hayley opens the door and whispers to Phoenix, "You're a lucky man."

Annabelle smiles weakly at Phoenix. Then she says, "Hayley, we were wondering if you... You know."

Hayley looks at Adam with a smile. "Hey, honey. They want us to go on the ship with them."

Adam smiles. "Wherever you go, I'll follow you."

Hayley blushes and starts laughing. "Sure."

Annabelle smiles and starts running up the stairs. "Let's go."

Phoenix runs beside her.

"How in the bloody world could Adam be alive?! We saw his dead corpse! We all went to his cremation!"

Annabelle sighs. "How am I supposed to know?! Let's just be happy that he's alive."

Phoenix didn't reply.

"You are happy that he's alive, right?"

Phoenix doesn't reply but instead runs ahead of her. Annabelle raises an eyebrow. Right?

Annabelle starts climbing the ladder to the boat. Will smiles when he sees her. Annabelle smiles back. When she finally gets up, Elizabeth runs over to hug her. Phoenix follows and Elizabeth pulls him in. Hayley comes up and motions for Adam to follow her. Elizabeth releases Phoenix and Annabelle and looks over to Jack.

"That's everyone! Let's get moving!"

"Finally!" Jack groans.

"Wait!" Hayley screams, trying to help Adam aboard.

Jack smiles toward Phoenix. "Well I see you found your little girlfriend!"

Annabelle gasps. Phoenix's words get caught in his throat. The crew hears an angry voice. "Girlfriend!?"

Adam finally climbs up to the deck and growls at Hayley, "He's your boyfriend?!"

Hayley whimpers, "No, honey! I don't know what he's talking about!"

Adam growls and looks at Phoenix.

"You!"

"Me?"

Adam charges towards Phoenix and pushes Phoenix to the ground. A look of concern appears on Annabelle's face. Phoenix gets up and Annabelle relaxes. But she then puts her face in her hands as the two boys start fighting. Hayley just stands there, shocked. Jack looks around cluelessly, then starts chanting, "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" until Will nudges him in the shoulder. "Can't we just place wager-" He looks at Will's expression. "Alright fine."

Annabelle starts trying to break up the fight because she knows one of them is going to get hurt.

"Stop! Guys, this is going to get out of control! Stop!"

Neither of the boys payed attention to her, so she sighed, grabbed their ankles, and flipped them both. Hayley started laughing. Annabelle started walking away, but Adam grabbed her ankle and tripped her. The boys continued fighting. Annabelle got up and walked over to Hayley.

"I'm done."

Hayley laughed and walked over to the fight. "Stop fighting, you bloody fools!"

Adam tripped Phoenix one last time before they both finally quit fighting. Hayley rolled her eyes. She walked over to Annabelle, who also rolled her eyes. Adam and Phoenix glared at each other. Annabelle smiles at Hayley.

"You do know what they're fighting over, right?"

Hayley sighs. "Yes I know what they're fighting over."

Adam and Phoenix finally seem to have ended their big fight. The ship is near the port of Tortuga.

Once they docked, Annabelle asked, "Why are we in Tortuga?"

Jack replied, "I, uh, have some unfinished business to attend to…" And with that, he got off the boat and walked away. Three seconds later, he ran back into view.

"Oh, and Will, if I come back with the ship not in the same condition it's in now…" He pulled out his gun and blew on the tip. "Savvy?"

Will nodded and Jack left.

"I've been here before," Adam told the group.

"You have?" Hayley asked.

""Yeah. I could show you around, if you'd like."

Phoenix and Annabelle looked at Will and Elizabeth for permission.

"I don't know…" Elizabeth starts.

"Mum, we're eighteen! We'll be fine. Please?"

Elizabeth shakes her head furiously, but then Will puts his hand on Elizabeth's shoulder and sighs. "Fine. But be careful. I'm serious."

Phoenix and Annabelle nodded, and they left with Hayley and Adam. Adam ran through the streets of Tortuga, holding Hayley's hand. Annabelle and Phoenix run side-by-side as they try to follow the couple throughout the twisty roads. Hayley smiles and laughs. Phoenix scowls.

"Annabelle, I have a really bad feeling about Adam."

"Why would you say that?"

"He's been dead for several years and now he just suddenly appears out of the blue and starts picking fights?!"

"Well, he did think that Hayley was your girlfriend, and you know how he feels towards her."

"Adam doesn't feel any emotions toward anyone but himself. He's too self-centered to even have a feeling for anyone, especially if it's someone who loves him."

"What if he heard that?"

"He can go disappear off the face of the Earth, that's what he can do."

Annabelle mutters to herself, "I think he would make you disappear off the face of the Earth…"

Phoenix sighs, "Poor Hayley. She's so blind, she can't even see what's plainly in front of her."

"He makes her happy. Why can't you accept that?"

Phoenix hesitates and doesn't respond.

Annabelle gives him a questioning look.

"I can't accept it because I don't want what happened to Adam to happen to her. If she's not careful, she could end up in trouble."

Annabelle sighs, "Hayley is much more careful than Adam ever was."

"NO, she isn't. She's tangling herself in a problem she will never be able to fix. She cannot change the past and she cannot save Adam forever. Adam will always find himself in more trouble than he can handle and Hayley won't always be there to help him. When that day comes, Hayley will be hit so hard by the impact… none of us will be able to save her."

"NO. It's you that won't be able to do anything, because unlike you, there are some people who care for their close friends."

Annabelle runs ahead of him and catches up with Adam and Hayley. She gives Phoenix one last annoyed look before completely shutting him out. When Annabelle does turn to the couple, Adam smiles and says, "Oh, hello, Annabelle! Could I talk to you for just a moment?"

Annabelle nods and Adam pulls her into an alleyway. Annabelle smiles and asks,

"So, what did you want to talk about?"

Adam smiles mischievously and grabs her hand. Annabelle gives him a questioning glance.

"Adam?!"

Then, she feels a burning pain in her hand. Annabelle screams in pain. She tries to pull her hand away, but Adam's grip was firm. Finally, Adam releases her hand and Annabelle pulls it away from pain. She looks at the palm of her hand and sees a flaming 'x' in the middle of her palm. She looks at Adam in despair.

"What have you done, Adam?"

Adam's voice starts changing while he's talking.

"Adam is no longer here, Annabelle. It's just me."

Adam's figure starts changing until he gets to a shadowy, slouching figure. His voice changes to a cruel, harsh voice. Adam's eyes start dancing like a wildfire.

"The one and only David."

Annabelle gasps in horror.

"DAVID!"

David rushes to Annabelle. "Hello, Annabelle. Miss me?"

Annabelle screams and starts running in the other direction, but she feels herself being pulled back. "Hayley! Phoenix! Help!" She screamed.

Phoenix and Hayley suddenly appear in the alleyway. "What the-?!" Phoenix starts. He widens his eyes. "Annabelle!"

They both advance toward Annabelle and David, but David is pulling Annabelle towards the end of the alley. He finally spots Phoenix and Hayley, then holds up a dagger to Annabelle's throat. "You'll come no closer."

Hayley and Phoenix pause in their tracks.

"What do you want!?" Hayley demands.

"There are many things I want, 'Hay Bale'. But one does not simply achieve all their goals at once. It takes time. Lots and lots of time. But I think I've waited long enough, don't you?"

"Waited for what!?"

"I think you know."

Of course David is using talk that no one understands, so Hayley just changes the subject.

"But why do you need Annabelle?"

"Oh, you have this all wrong! That's just it! Annabelle's the only one I don't need."

Hayley gives him a confused look.

Phoenix glares at him and shouts, "I won't let you harm her!"

David smiles evilly. "Oh, don't worry. I only need you and Hayley."

"Why do you need me?"

"You'll find out eventually."

"What is going on?!" Hayley finally asks.

"I think you of all people should know, you started this."

"How did I start this?"

"Well, I thought it'd be obvious. I had brought Adam back to life after you three had left, and he still had feelings for you."

He pointed at Hayley.

"I told him I had brought him back to life, but made him promise not to tell you. Once I let him return, I gave him a choice. He could be friends with you, or be friends with me. At first I believe he chose you, but then he felt betrayed. By you."

Hayley thought this over. "I…"

"Exactly. Now, I'm really sorry, but…"

He moves so fast they could barely make out what happened. In his turn, he knocked out Annabelle, came over to where Phoenix and Hayley were, and teleported them both to a secret location.


! Oh no! :) So now Adam's a sorcerer? Hmm... well :) what will happen next :)