Knock! Knock! Grace hurried to the door of her cabin and opened it.
"Grace," Darcy's smiling face greeted her, "the Captain would like to see you in his cabin." Grace followed Darcy to the Captain's cabin. "Captain, Grace is here," Darcy said softly after knocking.
"Enter," the Captain rasped. Grace walked into the room and stood in front of the Captain.
"Grace, I have asked you to come here because I am aware of your plans to find Lorcan. I realize that this is important to you, so I won't stop you. I have already told you the dangers of visiting him. Our ship will be passing the Diablo at noon tomorrow and you can have them take you were your going. That is the only help I can give you." He told Grace, sounding slightly irritated.
The next day at 11:45 Grace waited anxiously on the deck of the Nocturne for the Diablo. She still could not see even a sail of the other ship on the horizon. What if the Captain was wrong? What if something happened to Lorcan before she could get to him? Then a sudden wave of relief washed over Grace because there, in the distance, was a ship. It seemed larger than she remembered it, but she hadn't seen it in years, so she was probably mistaken. The ship didn't seem to be getting any closer. A small boat rowed towards the Nocturne. Were they coming for Grace? Had the Captain contacted them and asked them to pick her up? Suddenly the boat tipped over. After at least a minute neither of the pirates had come back up. Grace feared that they might drown, so she jumped in to save them. Within a minute Grace was grabbed by a pair of hands and was put into the flipped boat. Shortly after, two figures climbed in with her. They weren't from the Diablo.
"Hello, Grace," Grace's former friend said, "Your father will be glad to see you again," he sneered.
Grace sat paralyzed with fear as she stared at Johnny and Jez.
At exactly 12:00 the Diablo passed the Nocturne, but Grace wasn't there to board it.