The next day began with the sounds of cannons and a massive ship blocking out the dawn light on the Jackdaw. A Man 'o' War from Spain was attacking the legendary brig.
The crew was scrambling as the youngest Kenway took the wheel from her father. He shouted orders about firing and it seemed like every gun fired at once. The cannons fired heavy shot laced with extra gunpowder for a fiery punch. The mortars slammed on the enemy ship, and the small brig took off, and began circling the Man 'o' War, firing the mortars and cannons at every opportunity. This was Jenny's first Man 'o' War, and the latest Spanish ship to challenge the Jackdaw. She was taken down in no time by the superior firepower of the brig.
Jenny couldn't deny that she was excited. She had just brought down a Man 'o' War under her leadership for the first time, for goodness' sakes!
The order to board the ship was one that was not needed to be given, as the men were already throwing the grappling hooks onto the Spanish ship. As soon as she was close enough, the pirates began leaping from the Jackdaw's deck, and climbing up the larger ship. The sounds of gunfire and metal striking metal resonated off of the sky and echoed for at least a half-mile. Jenny was quick to join her men, climbing up the mid-fore-mast, and swinging off of the platform, and landing clear in the centre of the large rowboats between the foremast and the main mast.
Four gunshots rang out as Edward arrived as well, taking out the sentries on the platforms above the fighting, the enemy captain, and a Spanish officer. The father-daughter Kenway duo fought with perfectly choreographed movements, annihilating any who dare stray near them, allowing the pirates to quickly gain the upper hand.
Within an hour of the fight starting, it was over. The few remaining British sailors surrendered, and the pirates began their looting process all over again, just as the previous day. After they let the Spanish go, with what few supplies the pirates didn't take, the crew of the Jackdaw set sail for the island hideout of Edward.
A few hours of sailing later, and the island of Great Inagua was in sight, announced with a cry of "Hideout ho!" Over the hills and trees of the mountain, Jenny could just make out the top part of a flag. She handed the wheel to Edward, and climbed the mast, using a pulley to lift herself to the first platform, then climbing to the second platform, and she could see it: a small British squadron of frigates, likely carrying troops. She scrambled down as fast as she could, and told her father the news, "There's a bunch of the King's men landing in the hideout. We should get there fast, through the back way on the other side of the island."
Edward couldn't believe his ears, but turned the ship towards the ruins of the opposite side of the island. "This is the plan, Jenny, you take the jungle path to the hideout mansion, and make sure you stop anyone from looting the house, then make sure they haven't loaded the gold or men on their ships. If the men and gold are on the island, then fire a cannon. Once we hear the cannon, I'll bring the Jackdaw in the cove and attack the ships. Free any captured men and take the British on land out.
"Make sure you stay undetected until you let off the signal, or they'll be prepared." Edward explained. The Jackdaw pulled up to the ruins on the opposite side of the island's cove, where the docks and town were. After Jenny swung off of the ship and began climbing, Edward sailed across the island, where a cliff could be seen, which was part of the path that Jenny had to take.
Keeping his eyes on the cliff path with his spyglass, he spotted Jenny fifteen minutes after he dropped her off. This reminded him fondly of his days sail with Adewale as just pirates, and storming the island as a one-man army and taking it for his cove, while assassinating a high-ranking Templar in the process, taking over his estate and building onto it, while also developing his pirate port town paradise. He had invested too many reales of his treasure and earnings into the island to have it whisked away by a king on another island many miles away.
Jenny reached the town on Inagua to find a surprising sight; there was an active battle between the pirates and British for the town. She rushed to the mansion because she knew that a command centre for the pirates would've been established there. She rushed inside and to the main hall, finding the command centre, and walking to the group of tall, muscled men conversing and gunshots could be heard emanating from the town.
"Ah, you must be Miss Kenway," Said a dark skinned man, who had an Assassin's cloak on, surprising Jenny. "I've heard great things about you, and the recent adventures of your father. My, my, how he has grown from the gold-seeking man that I met on that Spanish treasure-fleet. Did he ever tell you how he acquired the Jackdaw?" At Jenny's nod, he smiled, "Of course he did. What about his quartermaster?"
"You're Adewade." Jenny realised, and the Assassin smiled. "What're you doing here? I thought you were out with the Assassins?"
"Just because I'm an Assassin, that means I cannot have time to myself, to visit an old friend and his beautiful daughter? I came because I wanted to meet the new captain of that stubborn ol' bird and catch up with her father." Ade smiled, but his face returned to being serious. "Enough talk. We must take this town back from the British, and since you're here, your father is waiting with the Jackdaw, no?"
"Mhm, he thought the British had already captured the place, and he sent me to sabotage the ships so he and the crew could surprise the Brits. I need to find a way to tell him that the fight isn't over."
"I may have the answer." Ade motioned for Jenny to follow him. They walk to a large cage, with a few pigeons inside. Ade takes a written message and slides it into a capsule, and ties that to a pigeon's leg, then releases the bird. It flies in the direction of the Jackdaw.
"I was preparing to write to your father already." Ade explains. "I thought that he was still at sea, far from here." Jenny gives him a look of understanding. "We weren't due back in time for my birthday, but I assume Father wanted to surprise me."
"Ah, your day is in three days, correct, child?" Jenny nodded. "Very well. We can plan celebrations later, we have a battle to win.
