Here we go guys, the penultimate chapter!

The Jackdaw stopped before the beach on Tulum. The Black Serpent was already there with what looked like only the crew on board; they were a few hours ahead after all. Edward thought long and hard about disembarking his ship and going into the jungle to find her. He eventually landed on no; he shouldn't. No one invited him and Adelaida didn't seem like she wanted him here anyway, especially after leading the Templars here in the first place. Just as he was about to give to order to leave, Sebastián appeared on the beach and looked up at him. "Ya era hora! (It's about time!) You have been given permission to come onto the island and I'm to escort you to Adelaida."

"Escort me?" He didn't like the sound of that.

"Sí, escort you. Some here still despise you after what happened and I have to make sure they don't kill you."

"A lot of people want to kill me lately," Edward mumbled. He glanced at Adéwalé then back to the other quartermaster. "What about him?"

"They don't hate Adéwalé."

"Fair point," he said. "Come on, Adé." They climbed off the Jackdaw and walked with Sebastián into the jungle.

It was as lively as it was when he infiltrated the place, though a few Assassins still sported injuries and a look of daggers towards him. That was to be as expected. "Where is Adelaida now?" Adéwalé asked.

"In her hut," he replied. "She's feeling much better but Ah Tabai and the settlement's physician both agree for her to be bed ridden for the next week."

"I bet that didn't sit well," Edward said.

"It never does, so they eventually settled on her wandering about Tulum without fighting or causing havoc."

"She won't last until tomorrow morning."

"I'd say this evening."

Something small and fast collided with Edward's right leg and a quiet oof was followed by a thud. He turned and looked down to find that whatever ran into him, but it was gone. Edward frowned and turned back to the other pirates. "What, or who, was that?"

Adéwalé looked unsure and Sebastián quickly shrugged. "Come on. Let's keep moving," he said. They continued on but Edward kept looking around for what ran into him. He certainly didn't imagine it, it was something.

They reached the hut just as Kidd left, looking around for them. "It's about time. She's going to tell us what happened." He ushered Adéwalé and Edward inside with Sebastián bringing up the rear.

Adelaida was sleepily snuggled with her head resting on Ah Tabai's right shoulder. Bruises dotted her skin and her brown hair hung freely by her shoulders. She blinked tiredly up at the newcomers and sat a little further up on the mattress. "Buenos días," she greeted. "Right, time to tell you how I came to get the fuck out of my hovel, and you're getting the long of it." Edward readied himself. "After that hijo de puta stabbed me, with my own hidden blades! He left, moaning about me not telling him what he wants, blah, blah, and sent two guards to keep watch over me inside my cell. They were armed with pistols and swords." She smirked. "Now, I work my best when others have weapons and I have none and after about a minute or so, I charge them both, smashing their heads against the door behind them and before they even had a chance to retaliate, I kicked them both were it hurts, took a sword and stabbed them. I took the cell key from a belt and ran.

"Unfortunately, there were a lot of officers outside waiting for me and they came for me; I was already exhausted because if the lack of sleep and I just about managed to fight them off with the one sword but I got another after disarming a charming gentleman and the fight was much more even. Then I slowly started to make my way towards the way out. I heard Cruz yell kill them and I knew that it had to be you. I turned a corner and a pendejo hits me right across the head with the pommel of his pistol, sending me into a daze that I've still got. He knocked my swords out from my hands and tried to shoot me but I grabbed his gun and threw it away. He tried again to hit me with his dagger but I used the force of his swing to stab him in the throat. I took it and ran again. That's when I saw Cruz and kicked his thick skull in."

Edward slowly absorbed it all. He didn't give her enough credit for her skill or her in general. She was an all round brilliant fighter by the sounds of it and that's when she's angry but she's just as good calm.

"Thank fuck I didn't get taken to Florida... I don't know what would've happened." The hut filled with a somber mood before it brightened with her smiling, "But I'm here and if those Templars think they can get me again, they think wrong. Very wrong."

"It won't happen," Sebastián said. "They took us by surprise but they won't again."

The flap of the hut flew open and they all turned to it. Standing there was a small boy staring at up at the adults with wide, brown eyes. His skin was lightly tan and his scruffy hair dark brown fell by his ears. His features were a striking resemblance to someone in the hut. And there were only two people in here, Edward thought, that had that similar skin colour. The boy's face had uh-oh written all over it. He began to back up.

"Cariño, por favor, quédate. Tenemos algo de que hablar. (Sweetheart, please stay. We have something to talk about.)" Adelaida said to the boy, any last drop of anger was gone from her entire body. He nodded but hesitated to move forward. "No te preocupes, son bien. No te hará daño. (Don't worry, they're alright. They won't hurt you.)" He nodded again and moved forward, plonking down beside Adelaida on the mattress, all still watching Edward and Adéwalé. Now it all made sense, the boy was the one that ran into him. But who was he to Adelaida and Ah Tabai; he had an idea. Kidd and Sebastián had both tensed up at the arrival of the lad but since Adelaida was somewhat relaxed, they did to. "Puede presentarse a ellos. (You can introduce yourself to them.)"

"Seguro, mamá? (Are you sure, mummy?)"

"Soy. (I am.)"

The boy looked to his father who nodded agreeingly. Then he turned back to Edward and Adéwalé. "Hola," he said with a hesitant smile creeping over his face; his voice a mix between Adelaida and Ah Tabai's accents. "My name is Chac and... I am..." He quickly looked to them again, highly unsure but they nodded for him to go on. He took a deep breath. "I am the son of Ah Tabai and Adelaida Guerrero Huerta."

Edward couldn't help but stare at the three of them. So, he was their son, his feeling was correct and it made him chuckle at the thought that Adelaida was a mother. Fortunately, his chuckle wasn't outloud. But at her son's announcement she fixed Edward with a cold, hard stare; he was actually scared of her. Don't get him wrong, he wasn't scared usually per se but she still instilled an intense fear inside him if she was angry, and that was most of the time. Ah Tabai was as impassive as ever and squeezed his wife's hand. "I do not need to remind you what would happen if you told anyone."

"You'll kill me."

"Oh I will and it wouldn't be quick."

Edward swallowed and Chac giggled. "My na' (mother) scares you." He looked down at the boy in shock, did he just say that? "You know my name, what is yours?"

"Edward."

"Adéwalé."

"Nice to meet you," he said with a bright smile. "Thank you for finding my na', she is the best na' and I love her so much!" At that, a blush crept over Adelaida's cheeks.

"You're welcome, lad. You're mother's a very interesting woman and had I not helped she would've not been happy."

"No, she wouldn't," he giggled.

"Now," said Adelaida, "Edward, we-"

Gunshots.

Heads whipped around to the entrance of the hut and Ah Tabai was up and out before anyone could blink. Adelaida restrained her son as he was about to run after his father. "What the f-hell was that?!" Edward exclaimed.

"Were you followed?" Adelaida demanded.

"No, I swear we weren't."

"Then make them disappear."

Edward nodded his head at her before sprinting out of the hut with Kidd, Adéwalé and Sebastián right behind him.