The Riddles of the phoenixes series.

Through the eyes of the Dark phoenixes.

(The first book starts in achatina and continues in abc order and then the second and third follow it)

Chapter one: Still alive!

Jack gazed in wonder at himself. He was alive! How was he not dead? Jack’s medallion glowed even brighter. The British squad was very confused. “How is he alive?!” One shouted. “Is he…undead?” One asked. “Bah humbug! There’s no such thing!” Another said. “Oy! I ’ave an idea.” One with missing teeth said. “Let’s bwing him to captain Showtstacks.” They all nodded in agreement. “Great idea Johnny!” They congratulated him. “First good idea you’ve ever had!” They pointed their guns at Jack again. “Don’t move!” One shouted. Jack raised his hands slowly. One of the soldiers walked behind him and handcuffed him tightly. He nudged Jack with his gun. “Go on. Start walking.” Jack lowered his head and shuffled along behind the soldiers. They surrounded him from all sides so that he wouldn’t try to run away. They led him to the British boat where Captain “Shortstacks” as the soldiers called him stood at the wheel of the ship. “Captain Shor- I mean…Captain we found this pirate.” A soldier reported. “Why didn’t you kill him then?” Shortstacks asked. “Well…we shot him and…uh…he…um didn’t die.” Captain Shortstacks scoffed. “Right. Like I believe that. ” He turned to Jack. “Who are you and what are you doing here?” Jack stared at the ground and studied the Captain’s shoes. Black boots, hardly a smudge on them. You can tell a lot by looking at a person’s appearance. Captain Shortstacks appearance was very neat and he looked like he hadn’t broken a sweat in years. “Answer me!” Captain Shortstacks exclaimed impatiently. Jack calmly looked him in the eye. “My name is Jack Kylan Peterson and you bombed my family. If you expect me to corporate after that then you’re wrong, Captain Shortie.” Jack stated. The soldiers gasped and chattered among themselves. “Technicawwy we caw him Captain Showtstwacks not Showtie.” Johnny told Jack. “Johnny!!!” One of the other soldiers hissed. “Oh wiggghht… we don’t caw him dat to his face. My bad.” Johnny said. The soldiers slapped their foreheads and shook their head at Johnny. “Oh I’m sorry. I’m not good at remembering names of people I don’t really like.” Jack remarked. Shortstacks’ face turned beet red. “ENOUGH!!!” He yelled. He raised his hand and slapped Jack’s face as hard as he could. Jack grimaced but there was no mark left on his face. “Listen to me you fool! I have you under my command and you will not mock me!!! If you do ANYTHING else I will make sure that you are hung!!!” Captain Shortstacks yelled into Jack’s ear. Captain Shortstacks put his face close to Jack’s. “Do. You. Understand.” Shortstacks asked. Jack brought his head up like he was about to nod but instead he brought it down hard and smashed it into Shortstacks face. Captain Shortstacks fell to the ground, his nose bleeding. Jack spit out a bloody tooth. “My nose! My beautiful nose!” Shortstacks cried. The soldiers were so busy trying to help their Captain that Jack managed to free his hands before they noticed him trying to escape. “Hey he’s getting away!!” A soldier cried. “STOP HIM!!!” Shortstacks bellowed. Jack jumped overboard the boat and into the water. *splash* Water splashed in the British’s faces. “ARGGHHHHH!!!” Shortstacks yelled. “Wow he has a howwible tempew.” Johnny said. “Johnny!” The soldier who Johnny told that to exclaimed. “Oh wiggghhht…I was suppowsed to whispew that wight?” Johnny asked. The soldiers shook their heads and slapped their foreheads. Shortstacks glared at Johnny. They ran to the edge of the boat where Jack had jumped. They waited for Jack to surface. For a minute. For two minutes. For four. But Jack didn’t surface. “Ha! He must have drowned!! Sail back to port! We have to report back to MY Captain.” Shortstacks said triumphantly. He laughed but then stopped, clutching his nose. “Ow my nose!” He headed down into the cabin for bandages. Then they sped off. As soon as they had disappeared from sight Jack’s head bobbed to the surface. He gasped for air then began to swim.

(Note: this is BEFORE Shortstacks died.) I bet y’all thought this would continue what happened at the end of THOM right? 🤨. Well geuss what? Y’all have to wait until this book is done to see what happened. What a cliffhanger right? This book will be about what happened to Jack after Tortuga was destroyed. Enjoy! 😉

-SunnyFox57