It was dark and the sea was calm, standing on watch aboard the HMS Surprise Will Blakeley observed a sudden green coloured storm that vanished as quickly as it had appeared. He ran off to the doctor's cabin to inform him of his discovery.
"Doctor Come quick something really strange just happened."
"Is something wrong Mr Blakeley?" The doctor asked looking up from his notes of the day which he had been completing by candle light.
"I have seen the most fantastic thing on deck you must come see." Will insisted

The doctor wasted no time in getting up and following the young lad up onto the deck where the sails flapped in the wind which had caught them. "Just over there three points off the Port bow I saw something."
The doctor pulled out his telescope and looked but didn't see anything. "What is it you saw Mr Blakeley, I don't see anything."

"It was very quick sir, a storm of some kind only it was green."

The doctor looked down at him. "Strange I never heard anything."

"That's just it sir neither did I, I have never seen anything like it."

The doctor looked again then put his telescope away, "Leave it with me Mr Blakeley I will do some research on this phenomenon, you should just return to your watch."

"Yes Sir" The young boy tipped his hat and started to walk the deck.

The doctor returned to his cabin and looked out a book from his modest bookcase and flicked through a few pages to explore the strange sighting and continued reading and researching long into the next morning.

The next morning the wind had dropped once again so the HMS Surprise wasn't travelling as fast as she could have been. Captain Jack decided that this was the perfect opportunity to continue repairs to the ship after their last encounter with the Acheron. Upon inspection of the damage they found that she had actually taken quite a beating but still she stayed afloat defiant as ever of Davey Jones's locker. Will Blakely was supervising a group of men working on the quarter deck when a sailor carrying planks of wood accidentally knocked into him causing him to stumble backwards and lose his balance before falling overboard.

"MAN overboard the sailor cried as everyone rushed to the side of the ship. Will was in real trouble the ship wasn't going very fast but she was rocking around a lot which could cause him to go under her. Two sailors jumped off the side of the ship and grabbed the young lieutenant and pulled him away from the side of the ship so as not to get sucked under.

"You, alright there sir?"

"Yes thanks to you gentlemen."

A rope ladder was thrown over the side of the ship and they all climbed up out of the water. By this time Jack had heard all the commotion and was standing at the side with the rest of the men waiting for the three to stand before him upon the deck.

"A very lucky escape you had there Mr Blakeley, from now on if you wish to go swimming you should at least remove most of your uniform before doing so."
Both jack and the crew laughed as Will smiled
"Alright about your work there men show's over" The Boson called out and started dispersing the men back to their duties.
Jack returned to his cabin followed shortly by the doctor.

"How go the repairs Jack?" The doctor asked politely as he took up a chair.

"They go well, steady but well, how about you Stephen, how are your patients fareing up?"

"Fine, Mr Blakeley I expect to make a complete recovery considering the circumstances as well as the others."

"Good, in that case as soon as we are sea worthy then we shall go out and find our prize."

"Begging your pardon Jack but, we already took a severe beating from her already, would it not be wise to return to England and pick up a squadron?"

"My dear Doctor, medicine may be your fortae but military tactics is most certainly not." Jack smiled as he lay himself into his hammock.

"I meant no offence Jack."

"Of course not Stephen but we cannot return to England for a squadron for the simple matter is, we are the squadron, it is up to us and us alone to stop the Acheron."

The doctor nodded in understanding even if he didnt fully understand his friend's decision to remain and face such a foe alone, surely it would make far more sense to bring in a larger force and to overwhelm her with superior fire power?