The pirates looked at her in amazement, baffled and confused. Jack, half naked bent on the ground looked up at her. He felt like he was dreaming, either that, or he was slowly turning mad.
Amera herself looked at them confused. They were all looking strangely at her. Then, one of the pirates exclaimed, "She's eternal! She must be invincible Amera Knightly, come back to take revenge!" She smiled, many pirates were superstitious, so she took it to her advantage. "Aye! That's right you mangy scoundrel! Now leave here immediately or I will place a terrible curse on all of you!"
She jumped down from the boulder she stood on and ran straight for Jack. Some of the men came to their senses, realizing she was just acting, and began yelling at her. Without hesitating, she pulled Jack off the ground and hauled him back behind the stone as the pirates began to shoot their pistols. Amera moved her head out in the open and shot two of the pirates, keeping them busy.
Loading her gun with more bullets, Jack began babbling, "Dream...dream, it's just a dream. This isn't real. It's too impossible to be re-" But before he had finished, Amera put her hands on Jack's face and kissed him with her whole heart, soul, and tongue. After she finished, she looked into his eyes, in the way that seemed to say 'You're so adorable when you're confused.'
Then, Jack came back to life, and hugged and kissed Amera frantically. As he did, he whispered like he was saying a secret, "I thought I lost you forever!" Amera forced him to look at her, and she said, "You'll never lose me. Not even if I died for real." Suddenly she got up and shot another two men, then sat down again quickly. "How did you live? Look! You still have a blood stain on your shirt!" Jack stated pointing to Amera's white shirt, now with a splash of red on it. Then, she laughed and said, "Jack, don't you know? I'm one of the most cunning pirates in the entire ocean!" She looked behind her to make sure the pirates weren't sneaking up on her, and then she looked back and said, "I'll tell you what happened, but I have to be fast." She then gave Jack his sword and pistol that was left by the waterfall. "We have work to do."
The Captain said, "Well, go on now!" Feeling very suspicious towards Scarborough, Amera watched him as she backed up. But then suddenly, she felt her foot loosing balance. She turned her head and saw she was on the cliff, right below her was the waterfall. And just as she turned back, there was a loud gunshot. Everything happened so fast. The last thing she saw, was Scarborough's brutal black eyes. Then, from the force of the blow, she fell back, she fell down, down into the water below.
From the bullet hit, Amera only felt a pressure in her chest, but knew she was alright for she felt no pain. So, as she dove into the water, she took a gigantic breath of air, and hit the water. Under water, she pulled out her bottle of deep red rum and unscrewed the top. She put in on her shirt and in the water around her. It was thin to fake as blood, but she had to take a chance. Then she quickly put the bottle in her coat, spread her arms and legs, and she let her body float up to the surface, face down.
Then, Amera waited as long as she could hold her breath. She had gotten good at holding it for quite a while, but she had to wait as long as she possible could, because if any of the pirates saw her, it would have been catastrophic. After she ran out of air, she popped her head out of the water and took a big gulp of air. She swam over to the rock near the waterfall, finding her and Jack's weapons and put them in her coat as she floated in the water. Clumsily, she dropped on of her daggers into the water, and it slowly went to the bottom.
Since it was the last weapon she had to pack onto her, she swam down to the bottom of the crystal pond to get it. She reached the bottom and grabbed the dagger and put it in one of her belt holders. As she did, the knife reflected something shiny in the water. So, Amera looked up, and right in front of her, right below the waterfall, was a circular gold piece with an aquamarine gem in the middle. 'Ye find the eye of the blue, then ye find the openin' to me tomb.' That was it; Amera had found the entrance to the cave of ultimate power.
In awe, she swam up to the rock wall and touched the blue gem in curiosity. By doing so, it moved in, and then the golden circle began to spin. Bubble began forming around her, the wall in front of her began to move up, and the water from the pond flowed inside of the cave, taking Amera with it. She tossed and turned through the water, becoming dizzier by the minute. Then, Amera came up to the surface gasping for air; looking at her surroundings, she was in amazement. The water from the pond connected with a small pond inside the cave, leaving only a waterway for enter and exit. So, Amera swam over to the end of the pond inside the cave and crawled up onto the stone ground. She coughed and breathed heavily, then stood up wobbly.
Around her was a small cave, having no where to go. The room was barren, silent, and dark. But then, she heard the sound of water, like from a river. She followed the sound for a little while, until she felt she was right on top of it. She was in a corner of the cave, looking at nothing but a stone wall. She looked down at her feet, and she saw a faint light. There was a small tunnel that was right in front of her, and she hadn't seen it because it only came up to her knees. Amera bent down and looked at the end of the tunnel and saw the light. So, for the first time that day, she went into the light.
After just a few moments, the tunnel ended, and Amera slowly stood up in the new cave room she had discovered. This cave was much larger than the last. She saw the faint light that was in the opposite side of the room, with a silvery liquid coming down into a river becoming a moat surrounding a small stone ground with an old dusty goblet on a stand. Going towards the goblet, Amera suddenly heard voices and assumed Scarborough had found another way into the cave. So, she ran and hid behind a nearby boulder near the corner and took off her black coat, removing all the armor she carried. Then she fixed her belt by putting her sword in its pocket, her pistol in its, then her faithful dagger in her hand.
Rolling up the sleeves of her damp stained shirt, she stood up and climbed up onto the boulder. Then, she heard Scarborough speak, "Bring my brother's body! I want to see this miracle happen myself!" Amera knew exactly what he was planning. Captain Scarborough was trying to bring his brother, whoever he was, back to life. And when the Captain bent over the covered corpse, Amera aimed her dagger at his heart, and said-
"You want to see a miracle? Than get a load of this! I'm alive!" Amera finished her story, as Jack had paid very close attention to the entire time. And he couldn't believe it. He said, "I can't believe it. You're incredible! Knightly, don't ever change!" Amera smiled at him, and he grinned back. Then, that's when they noticed the silence. The two looked at each other; then slowly peeped their heads out into the open to see what had happened.
All the pirates had gathered the corpse as Francis was fetching the dusty goblet. He jumped over the moat and took the goblet, hopped back over the moat, bent down, filled the goblet with the silver liquid, and walked back into the center of the circle. Amera and Jack couldn't see very well from the crowd, but they could see Francis bend over and having the corpse swallow the liquid.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, Jack swore he saw the body's hand jerk. Then, he moved again, Amera saw it this time. And after, his whole body shook. It was obvious that this man had been dead for quite some time, so the 'second chance' took longer for it to come into full effect. And then, slowly, the corpse stood up. All the pirates gasped, and grew completely silent.
Amera and Jack came out from behind the boulder as quietly as possible to get a better look. But it was quite easy when the circle opened up, so that the once corpse could walk. All at once, Amera froze. She couldn't gasp, or scream, she was in complete shock. The man walked towards her and Jack. His skin was pealing, he was quite pale, and he had a gigantic blood stain, right where his belly was. They could see his shirt ripped there, for he was skewered in the stomach by no other than Amera herself. The former Captain of the Avenger, Amera's boss whom she hated with a passion, Robert Archer, stood before her again, after she had already killed him.
It didn't make sense to her; he was fed to the sharks the night of his death. Then, she saw Francis grinning at her; and so, she looked back and confirmed, "You weren't at the duel that night! I didn't see you anywhere on the ship! You were down there, in the water, weren't you?" Francis laughed at her, "While everyone was busy waiting for the duel to start, I took one of the rowboats and took it below deck and tossed it into the water. After I tied a rope to the window, I saw in the boat next to the ship. I waited until you tossed Archer overboard and then picked up his body when it floated back towards me. And carrying his body up into the ship and storing it in one of the last cupboards in the kitchen, locking it and leaving him there to wait, until he could have his revenge."
The expression on Amera's face was one of astonishment; Jack's expression was one of extreme disgust. Then, Robert walked over to Amera, and she met him halfway. "Now I can have my revenge on you Knightly," And, without warning, Amera felt his black leather glove smack her across the right cheek. Then Archer finished saying, "This time, death will not stop me."
