About Time

Chapter XIII

We were all in awe. We couldn't believe that we had just found it. Sam was speechless, Nathan was speechless, and I was speechless.

I smiled, watching the boys' reactions. It was kind of funny, really.

Sam smiled, "Libertalia! The long-lost, legendary pirate utopia. Discovered, after three hundred years, by one Samuel Drake."

Nathan and I stopped looking at the city and looked at him.

"And?" Nathan and I asked at the same time.

"And... his younger, slightly less charming brother who happened to be tagging along for the ride. And his beautiful, smart, sly, girlfriend who stood by his side the whole time," He pulled me to his side. We all look at the city in absolute awe.

We went right to the large guard tower. We sat down where there was a bar. It was beautiful. I laughed hearing them talk about Nathan's 'Magic' career. "No, you were just jealous. You always were," Nathan argued with a soft chuckle. We all needed a good laugh.

We all got up and Sam wrapped his arm around me. We sighed and kept walking. We were looking at the Captain Avery statue when we heard something. "Hey, guys, look."

I immediately laughed, seeing Sam in the stock, the thing that held a person in place by their head and hands. Sam chuckled, "Ah... I would totally get a picture of myself in this thing... if we had a camera that is." I smirked when he said that and pulled out my phone.

"How-" They both started to ask.

"Water protection, boys," I smirked as I took a picture of Sam in the thing.

We followed Nathan around. We looked around and smiled before walking into a church.

We left the church and there were Shoreline guys. "Seriously?" I groaned. We sneaked around. Nathan and Sam killed some guys. We grabbed all the ammo we could. I grabbed mainly grenades and bullets for my guns.

We started leaving. There were a few Shoreline guys, but they weren't a big problem. Then there was a lot of guys. I guess one of the Shoreline guys saw Nate or Sam. It was unbelievable. It seemed like they never stopped coming. We all shot a lot of guys. That was all for the moment being.

We continued to the large treasury area. There was a ledge, so the boys tossed me up first, then Nathan threw Sam, and then we were low enough that Sam could help Nathan up. Nathan went to open some doors, but then fell and went down the cliff. We continued more and more. We got through a building and there seemed to be no way in, but then we found a hole that lead outside.

The place was amazing. Nathan pulled a switch, and the door sounded like it opened, but it didn't. All three of us pushed on the door, only to find the room empty. "Rafe's guys?" Sam asked.

I shook my head, seeing dust, "Hasn't been touched in hundreds of years." "Search for clues?" Sam asked. Nathan nodded.

Sam found some of the Libertalia money. I saw it and it was... Kind of amazing, given the fact that there was nothing in the place. Sam and Nathan were talking.

"I think the colonists were trying to take back what was theirs," Nathan said while pointing to the founders' pictures, "All marked with the word Thief. Not murderer, not tyrant."

Sam smiled, "So by the time the colonists got here, the treasure was already gone." Nathan nodded, "Because these guys had already taken it for themselves." I smiled, "Pirates will be pirates." Sam nodded, "Pirates will be pirates."

Sam was looking at the pictures and then looked up. A smile grew on his face and he looked at Nathan, "I know where they moved it." Nathan and I looked at him. "Where?" All Sam did was point up. I laughed and shook my head. "Because nobody would bother to look at the damn ceiling. They'd be too busy looking around in here for the gold. Smart bastards," I said with a scoff. Sam nodded and so did Nathan. I blinked a couple of times, hearing the boys, just amazed at the map on the ceiling. We just walked our way to the tower. Well, tried to anyway.

I noticed a bookcase leaning against a wall, "Sam?" I looked at him and pointed to it. "Hey, Nathan. We're gonna need your help." We all moved it out of the way. There was a chain, leading to the chandelier. It was the mechanism to get the chandelier up.

Once the chandelier was up, we ran to it, swung, and made our ways. "Sam? Delilah?" We both looked up at Nathan.

"Yeah?" We said at the same time. "Just making sure you guys didn't plummet to your death." We both gave a fake laugh. "No, not yet," Sam replied to him. We kept climbing up. I gasped, looking at the view.

"There it is. Just on the other side of the river," Sam pointed. "Well, let's go rob off the rich, huh?" Nathan asked as he looked at us. We all smiled. I followed Sam down and relaxed.

It was all fine and dandy until we had heard explosions happening and guns firing. Nathan was still coming down from the top, and Sam and I had to run inside of the tower because rocks were tumbling and everything.

"Where are you guys?!" We heard Nathan shout.

"We're down here!" I shouted back. We were running down the stairs. Nathan fell on his back. "Nathan!" We both screamed. "Nathan, come on." Sam and I tried lifting him. "We gotta go!" Sam said, trying to rush him, "Now, Nathan!" Right as he said that, and explosion happened. When that happened, the whole tower came down. We kept running and it was scary as all hell, not going to lie. Once it calmed down some, I sat down and just stared.

"I think somebody got scarred for life," Nathan said. All I could do was nod. That's how bad that scared me. Sam was holding onto Nathan, because he knew Nathan was hurting. We gasped, seeing more guns fire. I got up and we started to run again. We broke through a door and ran, but there was a grenade. Sam and I were fine, but Nathan got separated. So naturally, Sam and I began shooting.

We killed some guys. Then we ran to where Nathan was. I saw Nadine. I pushed back Sam a little and cracked my neck. Oh, I knew I was never going to be able to do this again, so I was going for it.

I smirked and jumped on her back. Sad that she got me off of her and kicked my ribs. Then Sam jumped in to help us. Nathan had gotten Nadine's gun and was about to shoot her, but Nadine tackled him and they went through the door. Sam helped me up, "Are you okay?" I nodded, "For the most part, yeah. All she did was probably leave a bruise." Sam smiled and kissed me, "Come on."

We jumped onto the level that Nadine and Nate were on. I'm guessing Sam heard what they were saying because he then said, "It'd be the wise thing to do." "Nadine, you may be a bad-ass and all, but there's three of us," Nate said.

Nadine scoffed, "And you don't think my men are coming after me right now? All I have to do is buy some time. That's if I don't finish you myself."

Nadine looked right at Sam. I didn't care, I went right for her. I punched her right in the mouth, of course, she punched me right back. Nathan backed me up on punching her, but then she pinned him on the table, punching him. Nadine shouted at him with each punch, "I'm tired of this island. I'm tired of your brother. And I'm tired of you!" Sam came up and pulled her off of him, "Ah, no you don't," but she just elbowed him in the mouth. I was thankful I did boxing with my brother as a kid.

I jumped onto her back and began punching her face while pulling her hair. She tried to get me off again. This time was harder as I was clawing her face, punching, and pulling her hair. But when she did get me off, it kinda hurt. I lay on my back since I was in pain. I'll give it to her, Nadine is a damn good fighter.

Next thing I know, Nathan jumps from the top floor and punches Nadine so hard that it breaks the floor under us. We all landed on the ground. I landed on my back, and when I landed, I had the wind knocked out of me, so it was difficult to breathe for a few seconds.

Then I saw him. Rafe came running in with three or four guys.