Hey you guys, I can't believe all the positive feedback I got for the first chapter, I was thinking that it would just be a permanent come back when I get bored thing, but then I actually got reviews asking me to keep writing. RuiDepp4ever, thanks for being the first to review. Iloveunicorns, thanks for being so sweet with an underlying threat, I love that kind of stuff; and don't worry, I don't know how to write that sexual crap. And Multi Genre, thanks for being nice at the same time as giving me ideas for improvement. I love all of you and wish I could give you a big hug.

Chapter 2: Neither Dead nor Alive

The shadowy figure was still standing in the dark alley, waiting. In truth, she was a young woman of exquisite beauty. There was someone she needed to get even with, but she needed help, she couldn't do this alone.

"Jack, you don't even know if it's still there!" The same voices from earlier were coming closer. "I know her, she wouldn't leave."

"You don't even know if it's really her!" The woman was quietly laughing to herself; one of these men was quite the scaredy cat.

"What are you so scared of? She can't kill you!" Two other people walked into the alley. "See, I told you she was still here." A solid wall of shadows blocked the only exit as soon as the two left the street.

"Aerynn, stop, it wasn't funny when we were kids and your illusions aren't funny now." The shadows melted away, but the wall was still there. "Jackie, they're more than just illusions now, more powerful than ever."

A rather deadly sword materialized from the shadows, falling to the ground in front of Will and Jack. "What's that for?" She simply grinned at the two, "in case you do something stupid."

"Aerynn, everyone thinks you're dead." The shadows thickened, making the surrounding air seem even darker than before. Only one word got through the darkness, "good." The silence was almost choking, but then she started giggling.

"Psych! You totally fell for it. I thought you knew me better than that." Jack was laughing too, leaving Will to stare between them, rather confused. "I was counting down the seconds until you stopped being so serious."

"What was that, five minutes?" She started dancing in place, "new record!" Will decided to intervene before she got to hyper.

"It's obvious that you're not dead, but you're not alive either. Now how does that work?"

"The same way that you can be the captain of the Flying Dutchman and still be on land before your ten years are up." There was a solid minute of Aerynn death staring Will. Multiple shadows detached from random areas and surrounded her, "wow," she had read their minds through the shadows.

"Look, I know it's great to see me and all, but I actually need your help. It's a matter of someone we both hate."

"You'll have to be more specific, that could literally be almost anyone."

"Will, shut up or I will tear off your limbs and stab you in the spleen!" Will pulled a flintlock pistol and fired a single shot at Aerynn, the bullet simply bounced off making a sound like two rocks colliding. "Was that supposed to do something?" Will only stared at the discharged bullet that had been flattened on impact.

"Never mind; this will take to long to guess so I'm just going to tell you. I need your help to kill Blackbeard."

Again, kind of short, but I'm trying to pick it up a bit. Review, tell me what you loved, what you hated, what you want more of; all that stuff is really appreciated. A good chunk of writing this was messing with my dog, her name is Skye and she is a blonde cairn terrier, Toto but dumber. She's sleeping right now and doing that thing where they run in their sleep. It's lunchtime now so I'm going to go make food. Follow, Fav., and Review please. Felan out!