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Welcome to Epilogue, where I tell you folktales
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and legends, then fabricate my own counterpart
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from those root yarns. I am that vendor of pretty
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wares, who sells hexes and charms if you're willing
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to pay in more than coin. Who you can call me
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is Ikaba. Pirates have become fantastic figures
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in their own right, dashing rogues living on
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the edges of society. bound by a code far outside
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the law, masters of the sea with criminal kingdoms
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all their own. But that is a glorification of
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a brutal history of terrifying crimes, crimes
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which were punished by death in both worlds.
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The most extreme example of this punishment occurred
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in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1723. Easton's Point
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is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Newport,
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made rich by its proximity to the harbor. which
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was one of the top five wealthiest ports in colonial
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America. Just off the end of Long Wharf, the
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area of the neighborhood extending into Narragansett
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Bay, there used to be a place called Gravely
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Point. It was buried in 1907, letting the sight
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of one of the largest public mass executions
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in American history sink below the Bay's green
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waters. The execution of the pirate crew of the
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Ranger. In the 1600s, The British Navy created
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a form of legal piracy known as privateering,
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which employed pirates to aid the Navy in times
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of war. It was a respected profession that two
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of Rhode Island's earliest governors, brothers
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William and John Wanton, engaged in to help bolster
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their political standings. Pirates themselves
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were welcome in Newport, for in spite of pacifistic
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Quakerism being the ruling religion of the island,
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Quakers were mercantile people. and the pirates
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stimulated Newport's economy by spending their
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plunder in Newport's bars and brothels. Newport
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was so welcoming to pirates that it was declared
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a pirate haven. So when attitudes towards piracy
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changed, they did not change quickly. The system
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of privateering was abused, with pirates often
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dipping into illegal smuggling to make themselves
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richer. There had been a certain amount of leniency
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for pirates helping facilitate trade that bypassed
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the navigation acts of the late 17th century.
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which restricted and monitored British shipping,
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but it got out of hand and made the waters more
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dangerous than they ever had been. Pirates began
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to overrun Newport, causing the colonists to
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revoke their support of pirates on their shores.
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But the pirates continued to populate Newport
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after they were outlawed from doing so, until
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Newport took a bloody stand against pirates,
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once and for all. The man to blame is Captain
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Edward Lowe, also called Ned Lowe. He was one
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of the cruelest pirates to ever sail the Caribbean.
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Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes
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series, described Ned Lowe as savage and desperate.
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Lowe once captured a rival captain, tortured
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the man, cut off his lips, grilled them, and
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then made him eat them. In his three -year -long
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career as a pirate, he captured at least a hundred
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ships, mutilating, burning, and torturing his
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victims if they refused to tell him where their
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treasure was hidden. In the spring of 1723, Edward
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Lowe and his associate Charles Harris were raiding
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ships along trade routes in New England. On June
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10, 1723, the two ships in their fleet, the Fancy,
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which Lowe was captaining, and the Ranger, captained
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by Harris, were scouring the Narragansett Bay
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for a victim. In that morning's dense fog, they
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thought they'd found one. As they closed in on
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the unsuspecting vessel, the wind shifted, revealing
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it to be a top -of -the -line, state -of -the
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-art, twenty -gun British warship, the HMS Greyhound.
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The Greyhound's captain's soulguard saw the pirate
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vessels and gave chase, but Lowe managed to evade
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capture and sail back down to the Caribbean.
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Captain Harris was not so lucky. After a three
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-day chase, the Ranger was brought down off the
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coast of Long Island. The Rangers' crew was tried
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in Newport's old colony house for the crime of
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piracy. Twenty -eight of the pirates were found
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guilty. Two pirates went on to receive pardon,
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as they had been captured and forced into piracy.
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Then on July 19th, 1723, Captain Harris and twenty
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-five members of his crew were hanged at Gravely
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Point. The method of execution was short drop
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hanging, meaning a slow and painful death by
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asphyxiation for all of its victims. Nedlo's
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flag, the distinct image of a skeleton holding
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an hourglass and spearing a bloody red heart,
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flew from the edge of the gallows that killed
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the crew of the ranger. Their bodies were then
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taken into the bay and buried in a mass grave
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on Goat Island, between the high and low tide
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markers, so their spirits could never find rest.
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Supposedly, they never did. There's been talk
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from the locals of their cars stalling out, then
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hearing people banging on their cars and begging
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to be saved. They've also reported seeing full
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-bodied apparitions of pirates who disappear
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on a second look, leaving only the smell of tobacco
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in the air. People who are particularly susceptible
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to the influences of the world beyond have even
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reported feeling the sensation of a rope tightening
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around their necks, a sensation that does not
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cease. Until that person is far away from gravelly
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point in the grave of the Rangers crew And now
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for our epilogue Piracy is essentially a thing
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of the past But the spirit of adventure that
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drove people out onto the sea has not left us
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It is transformed into recreation into seeking
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thrills and leaving little marks on death's doorstep
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with every amusing peril we engage in. In the
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absence of vast, unknown worlds just beyond the
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horizon, curiosity has turned back to the stretches
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of history that have been revised into fictions.
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It's facts begging to be unearthed to haunt us
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once more. That combination of restless ambition
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and inquisitive intellect has led some to greatness,
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and others to ruin. For Trevor Calvino and Cody
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Myers, that cocktail of character seemed to assure
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them an undying legacy. as true adventurers of
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this sedentary age, but the last quest they ever
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went on proved otherwise. Trevor and Cody were
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influencers of a kind, micro -celebrities in
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the world of the supernatural. They'd met in
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college as freshman year roommates. Cody was
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majoring in folklore and pre -law. Trevor was
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majoring in film. They'd combine their interests
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into a ghost -hunting YouTube channel, which
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took off in their last year of college. They
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dropped out and committed themselves to their
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enterprise, and were rewarded with people coming
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to their fan events, buying their books and merchandise.
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They were able to establish a whole studio, and
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even secure guest spots on other ghost hunting
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shows. They'd been in talks with a couple of
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TV studios about their own television program.
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Then a comment under one of their videos made
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it onto Cody's radar, a suggestion that they
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seek the spirits guarding the buried pirate treasure.
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off the coast of Massachusetts. Cody combed through
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the digital archive of the little town of Gill,
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which reported that in 1715, a pirate crew had
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stashed their plunder on a small island off the
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coast, called Barton Island. British vessels
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were now wise to the laws preventing piracy,
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and if the ship was boarded and raided by the
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Navy, then all their treasure would be lost.
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To ensure its safety, the crew of the SS Pluto,
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captained by Ebenezer Littlefield, Buried their
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well on an uninhabited island they could return
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to when the pirate paranoia had migrated south.
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Inland farmers had seen the ship on the island
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and reported it to the authorities. When the
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Pluto returned for its plunder, naval ships were
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waiting for them. A bloody fight ensued on the
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water, sinking the Pluto and killing its crew.
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People have since reported seeing mirages of
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a pirate ship sailing through the green mists
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of foggy nights. The treasure was never found,
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so it was largely written off as a myth. But
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there were others that were not altogether certain
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that the Pluto was a fiction. Cody saw the potential
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for another great episode. Trevor was equally,
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if not more, excited. He thought the history
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was interesting enough, but a real treasure hunt?
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Now that was good television. So they booked
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themselves a little room in Gill, strapped camera
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equipment to their bodies, and rode across the
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water to Barton Island. Every available inch
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of the island is covered by a verdant forest
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that has grown enthusiastically without the interference
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of man to stop its progress. Of course they were
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not the first seeking the treasure. No one had
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been lucky enough to find so much as gold dust.
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But some of them had found caves on the east
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side of the island hidden in the forest below
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the mightiest ever green tree. That's where the
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online forums speculated the treasure was hidden.
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Some brave souls had even dared to descend into
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the caves at the tree's great roots, but none
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had made it that far. Fear had called them back
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into the sunlight, but Trevor smelled a film
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like no other down beneath this island. Fear
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would not be an obstacle for his ambition. While
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Cody was looking for places to set up their gear,
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Trevor walked deeper and deeper into the forest.
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Cody began to get incredulous, but fortunately
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Trevor found his mark. A great pine tree whose
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reach was so broad, it created a clearing leading
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up to its trunk. A trunk whose base was split
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open into dark entrances for the daring. Cody
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said they could set up here and film the content
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they needed. Trevor disagreed. Anyone could do
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that. Why would that hook an audience? But if
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they were to take their EMF detectors into the
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tunnel, well that could be something. EMF detectors
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show disruptions in the electromagnetic field.
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And on an uninhabited island like this one, any
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movement the detectors would be a sign of ghostly
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activity. Cody said he'd think about it, but
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first they'd tell the tragedy of the SS Pluto
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in the dying light of that March day. By the
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time they'd finished filming their content, the
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daylight had almost failed them. Cody offered
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to sweep the island with a night vision camera
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or employ any of their other devices for communicating
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with the dead down by the sea. But Trevor was
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adamant. They would go into the cave, where their
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partnership was over. Cody didn't see what the
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big deal was. He just didn't think it was safe
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to go poking around under the earth at night.
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Trevor had bought military -grade headlamps for
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this exact argument, exhausting the last of Cody's
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protests. They strapped on the headlamps, switched
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on their EMF detectors, and journeyed into the
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cave. Cool stone walls surrounded them. Packed
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earth crumbled down from above. The tunnel was
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small in places, small enough that they'd have
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to crawl to keep moving forward. That's exactly
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what Trevor had them do. The longer they walked,
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the more anxious Cody became. If something collapsed
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behind them, how would they get out? They certainly
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didn't get sail service in a cave on a forested
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island, and they had to be below sea level at
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this point. Was Trevor not afraid of drowning?
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It seemed he wasn't, for he urged them on. The
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EMF detectors showed absolutely no sign of a
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ghostly presence. The lights on their devices
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remained green and neutral on their journey.
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Finding nothing but increasingly damp and cold
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stone, Cody had enough. This quest had nothing
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to do with ghosts, and it was too dangerous here.
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Trevor said the treasure was the whole reason
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the pirates fell into the death trap. Of course
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it was relevant. Realizing they had very different
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visions for the episode, Cody threw down his
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EMF detector. He didn't like being lied to, and
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he didn't like that Trevor had risked their safety,
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and he especially didn't like he hadn't been
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told about the treasure hunt. Cody's tirade was
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so impassioned that neither of them noticed the
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EMF detector at their feet, changed from green
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to yellow to orange to red. They didn't notice
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until their headlamps went out. The lights snapped
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off and refused to turn on. Both EMF detectors
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were red. casting devilish shadows up the stones
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around them. Trevor snatched up the EMF detectors
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and made ready to bolt, but Cody stopped him.
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Now it was his turn to be intrigued. This could
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be something. Clearly there was a presence before
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them. They just couldn't see it. Cody took the
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spirit box out of his pack and switched it on.
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It delivered a low but constant white noise.
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The kind of static nothing between TV channels
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that spirits have been known to break through.
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For a moment it was just that, static playing
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underground, in a red -lighted mausoleum of sorts.
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But then a sound broke through, a word. Follow.
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They weren't sure. They heard it right. But it
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kept repeating. Follow. Follow. Follow. DMF detectors
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turned green. Now it was Cody who led them further
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into the island. chasing the voice as it commanded
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them to follow. Watching the lights on the EMF
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detector change from yellow to orange, then back
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to yellow if Cody slowed down. The air was even
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colder down here, and now Trevor wanted to go
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back. They'd never seen an actual ghost, and
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Trevor realized in that moment that he never
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actually wanted to. Suddenly a cavern opened
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before them, and Trevor had to pull Cody back
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from the edge of a precipice. It was a massive...
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Subterranean world lit by glowing gems in the
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stalactites that dripped down towards the iridescent
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slag mites rising up from midnight black waters.
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There was a current running through the cavern,
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but the water was still enough to look like it
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reflected the night sky in the gems above. In
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the midst of it all was the wreck of a great
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wooden ship. Most of the top deck and the walls
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had rotted away, leaving it a veritable skeleton
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of a once mighty vessel. Enough of the bow was
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intact to read the fading paint that said, S
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.S. Pluto. Its black sails hung down in tatters.
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Cargo was littered across the shores. Mostly
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wooden barrels and molding cloth sacks. On top
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of it all, blossoming out from the wreckage of
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the Pluto, was all the pirate's glittering plunder.
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Gold, emerald, rubies, sapphires, jewelry, coins,
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weapons, statues spread across the cavern. making
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rainbow reflections on the cavern's stone walls.
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Trevor immediately began searching for a way
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down, and Cody began looking for bones. Nothing
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in his research suggested the pirates and the
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Navy had dueled beneath the island. Whatever
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had sunk in the battle must have washed up here.
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But if so, where were the bodies? Trevor swung
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himself over the ledge and tried to find a foothold
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to climb down. He slipped. but was caught. Cody's
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hand was icy cold on his wrist. He looked closer
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at the fingers clutching at him and found them
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to be somewhat translucent, with gold and gemstone
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rings on each finger. The hand that gripped Trevor
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had a tattoo of a compass on it. Cody did not
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wear rings or have tattoos. Trevor looked up
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and saw a man's bearded face leering down at
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him. He had wild black hair, one eye looking
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in the wrong direction. scars across his forehead,
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six rotten teeth in his gaping mouth, and captain's
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hat on his head. Trevor could see the stalactites
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through the man who cackled at him. Trevor screamed,
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and the man let go. Trevor fell into the frozen,
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black water. He could see the man above him,
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watching him fall with a sadistic glee in his
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eyes. Trevor had not thought the water below
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them had reached the cavern walls. He also didn't
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hear a splash when he fell. He realized then
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that he was breathing, so he couldn't be underwater.
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He turned his head and found himself nose to
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broken nose with the ghost of another pirate.
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He realized he was surrounded by the entire pirate
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crew and that they had caught him. Trevor screamed
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and flailed so they dropped him, laughing. Trevor
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scrambled away, putting a stalagmite between
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himself and the pirates. Their uproarious laughter.
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dogged him. Cody tapped him on the shoulder,
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and Trevor screamed again. Trevor demanded to
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know how Cody had gotten down, and Cody pointed
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to a hidden staircase. He said a man had shown
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him the way. The ghost of a young pirate materialized
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from the shadows, a man who must have been about
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their age. His limbs were strong, but scarred.
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His hair was pulled back, and he was not dressed
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as crudely as the other pirates. He seemed to
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be in much better health. no sores or warts on
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his translucent skin. Of course, apart from the
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death, this ghost was the picture of athleticism.
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Cody introduced Trevor to the ghost, Edmund,
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the Boson, or Junior Officer, aboard the Pluto.
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Edmund told them not to be afraid. The pirates
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could scare them, but the energy it would take
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to cause them real harm was outside of their
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power. They were echoes of the past, not its
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poltergeists. The pirate captain who had dropped
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Trevor materialized, startling them. He cackled
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his mad laugh, then introduced himself as Captain
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Ebenezer Littlefield, but the men called him
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Captain Littleteeth. He flashed Cody his practically
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nonexistent smile, his stubs of rotted teeth,
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and then took the boys by the shoulders and led
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them to his ship. It was as if they were looking
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at the interior of the Pluto through a fine mist.
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They could see how grand it used to be. The pirate
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crew invited them to sit at a long table in their
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galley, and the ghost of the cook waved his arms
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over the table, summoning a feast before them.
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Cody reached for a goblin on the table, but his
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hand passed through it. Each of the pirates took
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turns regaling the boys with the tales of their
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lives, how they left families or escaped the
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noose by going to sea, how rich they were, how
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vicious they were, how many lovers they had had,
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and how valiantly they had fought the navy during
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their last stand. Edmund was quiet. which did
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not escape Cody's attention. Then it was the
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captain's turn, and he said he was once a naval
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captain, but in a life long ago. He'd grown up
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on the sea. He was an orphan who had fled London
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by becoming a powder monkey. It was a dangerous
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position held by children, who assisted a ship's
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gunmen at the risk of losing their limbs or lives
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for reaching adulthood. Rarely were they promoted,
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but the captain had taken over a cannon when
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a gunman had fallen, cementing his position aboard
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the ship. He rose through the ranks, eventually
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taking over command of the very vessel he had
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matured on. But then he fell in love with Anne
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Jones, a seamstress down in Brighton. They'd
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loved each other fiercely, and she was the only
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force on this earth capable of taking the captain
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from the sea. When it was announced that she
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was to be the mother of his only child, a jealous
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neighbor accused Anne of witchcraft, and she
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was burned at the stake. The captain had pleaded
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with his superiors to spare her life, but his
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entreaties fell on deaf ears, in spite of his
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rank and his outstanding service to the British
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Empire. On the day Anne burned, the captain sank
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his naval vessel and rode away on the lifeboat,
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escaping to a life of piracy. He was quiet for
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a moment. Then he raised a toast to Trevor and
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Cody, welcoming them to the crew of the Pluto.
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Trevor had his water bottle, so he drank deep
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with the pirate crew. Trevor told the pirates
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that they were ghost hunters, and soon they would
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be on TV. This prompted an explanation of all
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those things, and a larger description of modernity.
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Captain Littleteeth was delighted, insisting
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they use the treasure in the cavern to make a
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media empire for themselves. He led Trevor and
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Cody to what had once been his office, a room
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at the back of the vessel that had the same vapors
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of luxury clinging to the rotting wood. He led
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them to where he'd once sat to direct his voyages,
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and on the seat there was a blood -red ruby unlike
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anything Trevor and Cody had ever seen. Captain
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Littleteeth urged them to take it, promising
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that it would bring them luck and fortune, as
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it had for the pirates. Trevor gingerly lifted
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the ruby and held it up, bloody shadows dripping
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down his body from the light that the ruby refracted.
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Trevor went to give it to Cody, but Edmund had
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followed them into the room. and put a ghostly
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hand on Cody's shoulder. It was as if an ice
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cube was melting on his arm, freezing it to his
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side. The captain commanded them to explore the
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cavern and take whatever treasures they wished.
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Whatever they could carry was theirs. Trevor
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remained aboard the Pluto, drying on rings and
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crowns and heavy golden necklaces, filling his
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pockets and camera bags with emeralds, sapphires,
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and diamonds. Cody went further afield. looking
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for jewelry to give his mom for her birthday.
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As he was reaching into a shallow puddle for
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a comb that was inlaid with Mother of Pearl,
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Edmund appeared before him. He begged Cody not
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to take the ruby out of the cavern. He explained
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the pirates were trapped here, sunk with their
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treasure, and Captain Littleteeth longed to be
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free. He sought to renew his voyages, to pillage
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and burn every village in his path, to sink and
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maim every authority that tried to stop him.
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He was out for more than gold. They had plenty
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as it is. Now the Captain wanted real power.
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He could no longer punish those who had burned
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his love for her imaginary crimes, but he could
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punish the world for continuing to spin after
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she was gone. Cody was incredulous. In spite
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of all the fantastic things he had seen beneath
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Barton Island, none of the spirits had harmed
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him. Edmund assured him it was because the Ruby
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was still with the Horde. If that was no longer
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the case... their freedoms would be limitless,
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and there would be no force on this earth, or
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the next, that could stop their endless, all
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-consuming rampage. Nothing would be safe, not
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the land, not the sea, and once aviation was
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understood, even the sky itself would carry their
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dangers above the world. Cody asked why Edmund
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had told him this. Did he not want to be free?
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Did he not want to be a pirate again? Edmund
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finally told Cody his story. He'd never been
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a pirate. He was a prisoner, the son of a baron
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whose eldest brother had run away to the New
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World. Edmund's father sent him and a small troop
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of servants to fetch his brother and return him
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home so that he could take over the estate. Off
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the coast of Connecticut, their vessel had been
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stopped and boarded by the pirates sailing on
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the SS Pluto. Once they were stripped of their
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valuables, Captain Littleteeth asked for volunteers
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to join him. on the adventure of a lifetime.
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They all knew that meant a life of murder, theft,
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and arson, so none were willing to join his crew.
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The captain took his pistol and executed a young
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mother standing to his left. He promised to continue
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killing until the ship was exhausted, or the
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vacancy in his crew had been filled. The captain
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held his cutlass to the neck of the mother's
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orphaned son, and Edmund stepped forward. The
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boy was saved. But Edmund had been trapped on
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the Pluto ever since. He sought to escape at
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every port they docked at, but he never made
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it far before they found him and dragged him
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back to the ship. He would not let the captain
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do to the world what had been done to him. Seeing
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as there was no escape for him in death, Edmund
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had become their unknowing warden. He begged
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Cody to collect Trevor and leave at once, and
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to never breathe a word of what they had seen
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beneath Barton Island. Cody ran back to the ship
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and found Trevor adorned in the captain's old
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clothes that had been saved from the ravages
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of time in the splintered wooden chests. Trevor
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was the spinning image of Captain Little Teeth,
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only with a more complete smile. Cody told him
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they needed to go. They had families who hadn't
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heard from them in who knows how long, and they
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had content to edit and emails to answer. Besides,
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they'd not had any solid food in a very long
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time. Long enough that Cody began to wonder if
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they'd been on Barton Island for a matter of
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hours or countless days. Captain Little Teeth
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insisted they rest here before they went on the
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journey all the way back to the forest. Cody
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was adamant they had to go now, but Trevor agreed
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with the captain. They'd a long uphill crawl
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ahead of them. They should rest while they could.
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Trevor began to pack the treasure, but Cody told
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him to leave it. Every ounce of it. He took the
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ruby from Trevor's hands and moved to put it
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back on the captain's seat. The pirates rose
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from their various states of repose to surround
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Cody. They drew their swords and pistols. The
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captain lunged at him, his rough hands passing
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through Cody's body, grasping his heart, freezing
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him to the bone. Cody gasped. The color drained
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from his features as the very life was being
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drawn out of him. Trevor got between them and
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promised the captain they would pack what treasure
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they could when they woke for the journey. It
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seemed rest was needed after all. Trevor whispered
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to Cody that when talking to Captain Little T,
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there was an art in not getting yourself killed.
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He promised they would leave the moment Cody
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woke, so begrudgingly, Cody found a place beneath
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an outcropping of rock that was not as damp and
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slimy as the rest of the cavern. He saw the captain
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lead Trevor to what had been his bunk, which
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was still somewhat sheltered from the gloom of
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that wicked place. Holding the rupee close to
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his chest, Cody fell into an uneasy slumber.
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He woke to a familiar chill spreading through
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his body. It was Edmund, gossamer tears streaming
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down his ghostly face. Cody looked down at his
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hands and found them empty. The ruby was gone.
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There was not a pirate in sight, and Trevor was
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nowhere to be seen. Apart from Edmund, Cody was
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alone. He sprinted to the secret staircase out
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of the cavern, away from the Pluto. running faster
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than he ever had in his life. He found the pirate
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crew in the tunnel, waiting for him. They drew
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their weapons to slow him down. Cody ran at them,
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threw them, but they mustered what little power
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they had to scratch him and cut him. With Ruby
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being closer to the surface than it had been
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in centuries, their power was waxing. The wounds
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they gave him were not deep, but there were so
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many of them, and there was no way for him to
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stop them. Cody could have sworn some of the
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weapons bore poison from the afterlife. Something
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that was not meant to touch his skin. Something
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that was eating away at the places he was hurt.
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No matter. He kept running. The pirates before
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him lessened, and the ones behind him stopped
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their pursuit. He heard a scream echo through
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the tunnel, and for a moment his heart skipped
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at the thought that Trevor had been killed. But
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the scream was not before him. It was behind
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him. He turned and saw Edmund. fighting them
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off with his own ghostly weapons. Edmund had
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undeniable skill, for he'd been brought up with
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swordsmanship in his arsenal of abilities. But
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there were just so many pirates. He was vastly
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outnumbered, but no one made it past him to Cody.
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Edmund called up to Cody, Go! Cody ran until
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he could see the sun. He was momentarily blinded,
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but had sight enough to see Trevor at the mouth
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of the cave. the hulking figure of Captain Littleteeth
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beside him. Cody called out, begging Trevor to
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abandon the captain, that he was lying to him.
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Bringing the Ruby out into the world would set
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them free. The captain laughed, then accused
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Cody of mutiny. It was a crime punishable by
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death. But death was closer to Cody than it had
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ever been. Those poisoned wounds were working
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their way closer to his heart. This death was
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more... then Cody's color draining from his features,
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it was Cody's very form shifting between corporeal
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and spiritual. Trevor could see the cave wall
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through Cody, and as soon as the captain could
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see it too, he drew his pistol and executed Cody.
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Cody fell back into the cavern, and was never
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seen alive again. Captain Littleteeth gestured
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for Trevor to resume his journey, but Trevor
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was horrified. What had he done? He threw the
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ruby down into the tunnel. and the captain flew
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after it in rage. Trevor dropped his cameras
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and the captain's clothes, leaving everything
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behind, every last treasure, and running up into
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the sunlight. That's the last thing on the memory
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card I found. I'd heard of the treasure, too.
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I didn't think I'd be so lucky as to find some
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so close to the cave's entrance. I hadn't gone
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as far as they had, but I'd gone far enough to
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find a blood -red ruby. The closer I look at
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it now, the colder I feel. I've been hearing
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this awful cackling since I brought it home.
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When I hold it up to the light, I see these terrible
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shadows. These scenes of blood and carnage. And
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there's a man in my room, smiling at me with
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rotted teeth. That's the end of today's tale.
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I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I've enjoyed
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telling it. Please remember to like, share, and
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tell all your friends. Join me next time for
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more fabricated folktales on epilogue.
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Welcome to Epilogue, where I tell you folktales
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and legends, then fabricate my own counterpart
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from those root yarns. I am that vendor of pretty
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wares, who sells hexes and charms if you're willing
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to pay in more than coin. Who you can call me
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is Ikaba. Pirates have become fantastic figures
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in their own right, dashing rogues living on
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the edges of society. bound by a code far outside
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the law, masters of the sea with criminal kingdoms
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all their own. But that is a glorification of
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a brutal history of terrifying crimes, crimes
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which were punished by death in both worlds.
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The most extreme example of this punishment occurred
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in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1723. Easton's Point
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is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Newport,
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made rich by its proximity to the harbor. which
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was one of the top five wealthiest ports in colonial
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America. Just off the end of Long Wharf, the
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area of the neighborhood extending into Narragansett
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Bay, there used to be a place called Gravely
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Point. It was buried in 1907, letting the sight
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of one of the largest public mass executions
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in American history sink below the Bay's green
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waters. The execution of the pirate crew of the
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Ranger. In the 1600s, The British Navy created
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a form of legal piracy known as privateering,
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which employed pirates to aid the Navy in times
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of war. It was a respected profession that two
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of Rhode Island's earliest governors, brothers
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William and John Wanton, engaged in to help bolster
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their political standings. Pirates themselves
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were welcome in Newport, for in spite of pacifistic
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Quakerism being the ruling religion of the island,
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Quakers were mercantile people. and the pirates
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stimulated Newport's economy by spending their
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plunder in Newport's bars and brothels. Newport
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was so welcoming to pirates that it was declared
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a pirate haven. So when attitudes towards piracy
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changed, they did not change quickly. The system
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of privateering was abused, with pirates often
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dipping into illegal smuggling to make themselves
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richer. There had been a certain amount of leniency
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for pirates helping facilitate trade that bypassed
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the navigation acts of the late 17th century.
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which restricted and monitored British shipping,
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but it got out of hand and made the waters more
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dangerous than they ever had been. Pirates began
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to overrun Newport, causing the colonists to
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revoke their support of pirates on their shores.
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But the pirates continued to populate Newport
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after they were outlawed from doing so, until
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Newport took a bloody stand against pirates,
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once and for all. The man to blame is Captain
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Edward Lowe, also called Ned Lowe. He was one
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of the cruelest pirates to ever sail the Caribbean.
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Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes
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series, described Ned Lowe as savage and desperate.
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Lowe once captured a rival captain, tortured
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the man, cut off his lips, grilled them, and
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then made him eat them. In his three -year -long
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career as a pirate, he captured at least a hundred
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ships, mutilating, burning, and torturing his
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victims if they refused to tell him where their
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treasure was hidden. In the spring of 1723, Edward
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Lowe and his associate Charles Harris were raiding
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ships along trade routes in New England. On June
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10, 1723, the two ships in their fleet, the Fancy,
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which Lowe was captaining, and the Ranger, captained
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by Harris, were scouring the Narragansett Bay
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for a victim. In that morning's dense fog, they
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thought they'd found one. As they closed in on
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the unsuspecting vessel, the wind shifted, revealing
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it to be a top -of -the -line, state -of -the
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-art, twenty -gun British warship, the HMS Greyhound.
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The Greyhound's captain's soulguard saw the pirate
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vessels and gave chase, but Lowe managed to evade
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capture and sail back down to the Caribbean.
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Captain Harris was not so lucky. After a three
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-day chase, the Ranger was brought down off the
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coast of Long Island. The Rangers' crew was tried
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in Newport's old colony house for the crime of
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piracy. Twenty -eight of the pirates were found
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guilty. Two pirates went on to receive pardon,
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as they had been captured and forced into piracy.
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Then on July 19th, 1723, Captain Harris and twenty
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-five members of his crew were hanged at Gravely
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Point. The method of execution was short drop
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hanging, meaning a slow and painful death by
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asphyxiation for all of its victims. Nedlo's
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flag, the distinct image of a skeleton holding
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an hourglass and spearing a bloody red heart,
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flew from the edge of the gallows that killed
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the crew of the ranger. Their bodies were then
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taken into the bay and buried in a mass grave
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on Goat Island, between the high and low tide
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markers, so their spirits could never find rest.
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Supposedly, they never did. There's been talk
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from the locals of their cars stalling out, then
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hearing people banging on their cars and begging
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to be saved. They've also reported seeing full
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-bodied apparitions of pirates who disappear
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on a second look, leaving only the smell of tobacco
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in the air. People who are particularly susceptible
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to the influences of the world beyond have even
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reported feeling the sensation of a rope tightening
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around their necks, a sensation that does not
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cease. Until that person is far away from gravelly
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point in the grave of the Rangers crew And now
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for our epilogue Piracy is essentially a thing
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of the past But the spirit of adventure that
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drove people out onto the sea has not left us
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It is transformed into recreation into seeking
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thrills and leaving little marks on death's doorstep
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with every amusing peril we engage in. In the
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absence of vast, unknown worlds just beyond the
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horizon, curiosity has turned back to the stretches
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of history that have been revised into fictions.
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It's facts begging to be unearthed to haunt us
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once more. That combination of restless ambition
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and inquisitive intellect has led some to greatness,
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and others to ruin. For Trevor Calvino and Cody
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Myers, that cocktail of character seemed to assure
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them an undying legacy. as true adventurers of
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this sedentary age, but the last quest they ever
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went on proved otherwise. Trevor and Cody were
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influencers of a kind, micro -celebrities in
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the world of the supernatural. They'd met in
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college as freshman year roommates. Cody was
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majoring in folklore and pre -law. Trevor was
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majoring in film. They'd combine their interests
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into a ghost -hunting YouTube channel, which
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took off in their last year of college. They
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dropped out and committed themselves to their
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enterprise, and were rewarded with people coming
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to their fan events, buying their books and merchandise.
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They were able to establish a whole studio, and
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even secure guest spots on other ghost hunting
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shows. They'd been in talks with a couple of
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TV studios about their own television program.
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Then a comment under one of their videos made
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it onto Cody's radar, a suggestion that they
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seek the spirits guarding the buried pirate treasure.
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off the coast of Massachusetts. Cody combed through
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the digital archive of the little town of Gill,
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which reported that in 1715, a pirate crew had
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stashed their plunder on a small island off the
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coast, called Barton Island. British vessels
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were now wise to the laws preventing piracy,
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and if the ship was boarded and raided by the
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Navy, then all their treasure would be lost.
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To ensure its safety, the crew of the SS Pluto,
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captained by Ebenezer Littlefield, Buried their
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well on an uninhabited island they could return
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to when the pirate paranoia had migrated south.
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Inland farmers had seen the ship on the island
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and reported it to the authorities. When the
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Pluto returned for its plunder, naval ships were
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waiting for them. A bloody fight ensued on the
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water, sinking the Pluto and killing its crew.
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People have since reported seeing mirages of
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a pirate ship sailing through the green mists
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of foggy nights. The treasure was never found,
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so it was largely written off as a myth. But
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there were others that were not altogether certain
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that the Pluto was a fiction. Cody saw the potential
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for another great episode. Trevor was equally,
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if not more, excited. He thought the history
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was interesting enough, but a real treasure hunt?
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Now that was good television. So they booked
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themselves a little room in Gill, strapped camera
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equipment to their bodies, and rode across the
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water to Barton Island. Every available inch
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of the island is covered by a verdant forest
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that has grown enthusiastically without the interference
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of man to stop its progress. Of course they were
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not the first seeking the treasure. No one had
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been lucky enough to find so much as gold dust.
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But some of them had found caves on the east
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side of the island hidden in the forest below
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the mightiest ever green tree. That's where the
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online forums speculated the treasure was hidden.
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Some brave souls had even dared to descend into
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the caves at the tree's great roots, but none
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had made it that far. Fear had called them back
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into the sunlight, but Trevor smelled a film
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like no other down beneath this island. Fear
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would not be an obstacle for his ambition. While
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Cody was looking for places to set up their gear,
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Trevor walked deeper and deeper into the forest.
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Cody began to get incredulous, but fortunately
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Trevor found his mark. A great pine tree whose
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reach was so broad, it created a clearing leading
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up to its trunk. A trunk whose base was split
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open into dark entrances for the daring. Cody
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said they could set up here and film the content
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they needed. Trevor disagreed. Anyone could do
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that. Why would that hook an audience? But if
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they were to take their EMF detectors into the
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tunnel, well that could be something. EMF detectors
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show disruptions in the electromagnetic field.
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And on an uninhabited island like this one, any
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movement the detectors would be a sign of ghostly
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activity. Cody said he'd think about it, but
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first they'd tell the tragedy of the SS Pluto
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in the dying light of that March day. By the
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time they'd finished filming their content, the
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daylight had almost failed them. Cody offered
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to sweep the island with a night vision camera
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or employ any of their other devices for communicating
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with the dead down by the sea. But Trevor was
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adamant. They would go into the cave, where their
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partnership was over. Cody didn't see what the
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big deal was. He just didn't think it was safe
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to go poking around under the earth at night.
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Trevor had bought military -grade headlamps for
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this exact argument, exhausting the last of Cody's
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protests. They strapped on the headlamps, switched
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on their EMF detectors, and journeyed into the
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cave. Cool stone walls surrounded them. Packed
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earth crumbled down from above. The tunnel was
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small in places, small enough that they'd have
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to crawl to keep moving forward. That's exactly
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what Trevor had them do. The longer they walked,
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the more anxious Cody became. If something collapsed
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behind them, how would they get out? They certainly
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didn't get sail service in a cave on a forested
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island, and they had to be below sea level at
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this point. Was Trevor not afraid of drowning?
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It seemed he wasn't, for he urged them on. The
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EMF detectors showed absolutely no sign of a
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ghostly presence. The lights on their devices
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remained green and neutral on their journey.
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Finding nothing but increasingly damp and cold
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stone, Cody had enough. This quest had nothing
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to do with ghosts, and it was too dangerous here.
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Trevor said the treasure was the whole reason
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the pirates fell into the death trap. Of course
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it was relevant. Realizing they had very different
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visions for the episode, Cody threw down his
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EMF detector. He didn't like being lied to, and
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he didn't like that Trevor had risked their safety,
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and he especially didn't like he hadn't been
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told about the treasure hunt. Cody's tirade was
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so impassioned that neither of them noticed the
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EMF detector at their feet, changed from green
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to yellow to orange to red. They didn't notice
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until their headlamps went out. The lights snapped
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off and refused to turn on. Both EMF detectors
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were red. casting devilish shadows up the stones
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around them. Trevor snatched up the EMF detectors
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and made ready to bolt, but Cody stopped him.
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Now it was his turn to be intrigued. This could
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be something. Clearly there was a presence before
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them. They just couldn't see it. Cody took the
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spirit box out of his pack and switched it on.
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It delivered a low but constant white noise.
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The kind of static nothing between TV channels
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that spirits have been known to break through.
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For a moment it was just that, static playing
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underground, in a red -lighted mausoleum of sorts.
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But then a sound broke through, a word. Follow.
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They weren't sure. They heard it right. But it
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kept repeating. Follow. Follow. Follow. DMF detectors
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turned green. Now it was Cody who led them further
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into the island. chasing the voice as it commanded
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them to follow. Watching the lights on the EMF
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detector change from yellow to orange, then back
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to yellow if Cody slowed down. The air was even
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colder down here, and now Trevor wanted to go
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back. They'd never seen an actual ghost, and
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Trevor realized in that moment that he never
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actually wanted to. Suddenly a cavern opened
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before them, and Trevor had to pull Cody back
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from the edge of a precipice. It was a massive...
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Subterranean world lit by glowing gems in the
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stalactites that dripped down towards the iridescent
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slag mites rising up from midnight black waters.
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There was a current running through the cavern,
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but the water was still enough to look like it
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reflected the night sky in the gems above. In
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the midst of it all was the wreck of a great
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wooden ship. Most of the top deck and the walls
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had rotted away, leaving it a veritable skeleton
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of a once mighty vessel. Enough of the bow was
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intact to read the fading paint that said, S
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.S. Pluto. Its black sails hung down in tatters.
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Cargo was littered across the shores. Mostly
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wooden barrels and molding cloth sacks. On top
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of it all, blossoming out from the wreckage of
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the Pluto, was all the pirate's glittering plunder.
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Gold, emerald, rubies, sapphires, jewelry, coins,
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weapons, statues spread across the cavern. making
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rainbow reflections on the cavern's stone walls.
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Trevor immediately began searching for a way
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down, and Cody began looking for bones. Nothing
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in his research suggested the pirates and the
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Navy had dueled beneath the island. Whatever
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had sunk in the battle must have washed up here.
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But if so, where were the bodies? Trevor swung
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himself over the ledge and tried to find a foothold
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to climb down. He slipped. but was caught. Cody's
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hand was icy cold on his wrist. He looked closer
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at the fingers clutching at him and found them
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to be somewhat translucent, with gold and gemstone
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rings on each finger. The hand that gripped Trevor
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had a tattoo of a compass on it. Cody did not
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wear rings or have tattoos. Trevor looked up
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and saw a man's bearded face leering down at
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him. He had wild black hair, one eye looking
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in the wrong direction. scars across his forehead,
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six rotten teeth in his gaping mouth, and captain's
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hat on his head. Trevor could see the stalactites
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through the man who cackled at him. Trevor screamed,
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and the man let go. Trevor fell into the frozen,
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black water. He could see the man above him,
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watching him fall with a sadistic glee in his
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eyes. Trevor had not thought the water below
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them had reached the cavern walls. He also didn't
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hear a splash when he fell. He realized then
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that he was breathing, so he couldn't be underwater.
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He turned his head and found himself nose to
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broken nose with the ghost of another pirate.
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He realized he was surrounded by the entire pirate
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crew and that they had caught him. Trevor screamed
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and flailed so they dropped him, laughing. Trevor
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scrambled away, putting a stalagmite between
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himself and the pirates. Their uproarious laughter.
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dogged him. Cody tapped him on the shoulder,
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and Trevor screamed again. Trevor demanded to
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know how Cody had gotten down, and Cody pointed
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to a hidden staircase. He said a man had shown
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him the way. The ghost of a young pirate materialized
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from the shadows, a man who must have been about
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their age. His limbs were strong, but scarred.
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His hair was pulled back, and he was not dressed
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as crudely as the other pirates. He seemed to
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be in much better health. no sores or warts on
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his translucent skin. Of course, apart from the
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death, this ghost was the picture of athleticism.
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Cody introduced Trevor to the ghost, Edmund,
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the Boson, or Junior Officer, aboard the Pluto.
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Edmund told them not to be afraid. The pirates
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could scare them, but the energy it would take
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to cause them real harm was outside of their
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power. They were echoes of the past, not its
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poltergeists. The pirate captain who had dropped
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Trevor materialized, startling them. He cackled
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his mad laugh, then introduced himself as Captain
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Ebenezer Littlefield, but the men called him
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Captain Littleteeth. He flashed Cody his practically
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nonexistent smile, his stubs of rotted teeth,
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and then took the boys by the shoulders and led
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them to his ship. It was as if they were looking
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at the interior of the Pluto through a fine mist.
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They could see how grand it used to be. The pirate
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crew invited them to sit at a long table in their
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galley, and the ghost of the cook waved his arms
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over the table, summoning a feast before them.
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Cody reached for a goblin on the table, but his
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hand passed through it. Each of the pirates took
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turns regaling the boys with the tales of their
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lives, how they left families or escaped the
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noose by going to sea, how rich they were, how
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vicious they were, how many lovers they had had,
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and how valiantly they had fought the navy during
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their last stand. Edmund was quiet. which did
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not escape Cody's attention. Then it was the
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captain's turn, and he said he was once a naval
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captain, but in a life long ago. He'd grown up
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on the sea. He was an orphan who had fled London
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by becoming a powder monkey. It was a dangerous
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position held by children, who assisted a ship's
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gunmen at the risk of losing their limbs or lives
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for reaching adulthood. Rarely were they promoted,
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but the captain had taken over a cannon when
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a gunman had fallen, cementing his position aboard
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the ship. He rose through the ranks, eventually
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taking over command of the very vessel he had
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matured on. But then he fell in love with Anne
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Jones, a seamstress down in Brighton. They'd
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loved each other fiercely, and she was the only
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force on this earth capable of taking the captain
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from the sea. When it was announced that she
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was to be the mother of his only child, a jealous
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neighbor accused Anne of witchcraft, and she
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was burned at the stake. The captain had pleaded
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with his superiors to spare her life, but his
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entreaties fell on deaf ears, in spite of his
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rank and his outstanding service to the British
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Empire. On the day Anne burned, the captain sank
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his naval vessel and rode away on the lifeboat,
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escaping to a life of piracy. He was quiet for
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a moment. Then he raised a toast to Trevor and
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Cody, welcoming them to the crew of the Pluto.
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Trevor had his water bottle, so he drank deep
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with the pirate crew. Trevor told the pirates
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that they were ghost hunters, and soon they would
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be on TV. This prompted an explanation of all
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those things, and a larger description of modernity.
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Captain Littleteeth was delighted, insisting
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they use the treasure in the cavern to make a
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media empire for themselves. He led Trevor and
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Cody to what had once been his office, a room
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at the back of the vessel that had the same vapors
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of luxury clinging to the rotting wood. He led
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them to where he'd once sat to direct his voyages,
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and on the seat there was a blood -red ruby unlike
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anything Trevor and Cody had ever seen. Captain
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Littleteeth urged them to take it, promising
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that it would bring them luck and fortune, as
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it had for the pirates. Trevor gingerly lifted
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the ruby and held it up, bloody shadows dripping
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down his body from the light that the ruby refracted.
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Trevor went to give it to Cody, but Edmund had
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followed them into the room. and put a ghostly
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hand on Cody's shoulder. It was as if an ice
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cube was melting on his arm, freezing it to his
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side. The captain commanded them to explore the
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cavern and take whatever treasures they wished.
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Whatever they could carry was theirs. Trevor
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remained aboard the Pluto, drying on rings and
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crowns and heavy golden necklaces, filling his
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pockets and camera bags with emeralds, sapphires,
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and diamonds. Cody went further afield. looking
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for jewelry to give his mom for her birthday.
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As he was reaching into a shallow puddle for
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a comb that was inlaid with Mother of Pearl,
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Edmund appeared before him. He begged Cody not
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to take the ruby out of the cavern. He explained
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the pirates were trapped here, sunk with their
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treasure, and Captain Littleteeth longed to be
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free. He sought to renew his voyages, to pillage
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and burn every village in his path, to sink and
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maim every authority that tried to stop him.
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He was out for more than gold. They had plenty
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as it is. Now the Captain wanted real power.
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He could no longer punish those who had burned
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his love for her imaginary crimes, but he could
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punish the world for continuing to spin after
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she was gone. Cody was incredulous. In spite
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of all the fantastic things he had seen beneath
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Barton Island, none of the spirits had harmed
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him. Edmund assured him it was because the Ruby
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was still with the Horde. If that was no longer
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the case... their freedoms would be limitless,
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and there would be no force on this earth, or
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the next, that could stop their endless, all
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-consuming rampage. Nothing would be safe, not
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the land, not the sea, and once aviation was
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understood, even the sky itself would carry their
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dangers above the world. Cody asked why Edmund
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had told him this. Did he not want to be free?
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Did he not want to be a pirate again? Edmund
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finally told Cody his story. He'd never been
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a pirate. He was a prisoner, the son of a baron
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whose eldest brother had run away to the New
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World. Edmund's father sent him and a small troop
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of servants to fetch his brother and return him
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home so that he could take over the estate. Off
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the coast of Connecticut, their vessel had been
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stopped and boarded by the pirates sailing on
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the SS Pluto. Once they were stripped of their
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valuables, Captain Littleteeth asked for volunteers
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to join him. on the adventure of a lifetime.
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They all knew that meant a life of murder, theft,
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and arson, so none were willing to join his crew.
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The captain took his pistol and executed a young
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mother standing to his left. He promised to continue
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killing until the ship was exhausted, or the
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vacancy in his crew had been filled. The captain
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held his cutlass to the neck of the mother's
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orphaned son, and Edmund stepped forward. The
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boy was saved. But Edmund had been trapped on
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the Pluto ever since. He sought to escape at
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every port they docked at, but he never made
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it far before they found him and dragged him
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back to the ship. He would not let the captain
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do to the world what had been done to him. Seeing
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as there was no escape for him in death, Edmund
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had become their unknowing warden. He begged
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Cody to collect Trevor and leave at once, and
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to never breathe a word of what they had seen
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beneath Barton Island. Cody ran back to the ship
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and found Trevor adorned in the captain's old
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clothes that had been saved from the ravages
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of time in the splintered wooden chests. Trevor
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was the spinning image of Captain Little Teeth,
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only with a more complete smile. Cody told him
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they needed to go. They had families who hadn't
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heard from them in who knows how long, and they
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had content to edit and emails to answer. Besides,
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they'd not had any solid food in a very long
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time. Long enough that Cody began to wonder if
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they'd been on Barton Island for a matter of
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hours or countless days. Captain Little Teeth
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insisted they rest here before they went on the
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journey all the way back to the forest. Cody
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was adamant they had to go now, but Trevor agreed
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with the captain. They'd a long uphill crawl
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ahead of them. They should rest while they could.
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Trevor began to pack the treasure, but Cody told
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him to leave it. Every ounce of it. He took the
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ruby from Trevor's hands and moved to put it
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back on the captain's seat. The pirates rose
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from their various states of repose to surround
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Cody. They drew their swords and pistols. The
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captain lunged at him, his rough hands passing
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through Cody's body, grasping his heart, freezing
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him to the bone. Cody gasped. The color drained
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from his features as the very life was being
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drawn out of him. Trevor got between them and
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promised the captain they would pack what treasure
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they could when they woke for the journey. It
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seemed rest was needed after all. Trevor whispered
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to Cody that when talking to Captain Little T,
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there was an art in not getting yourself killed.
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He promised they would leave the moment Cody
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woke, so begrudgingly, Cody found a place beneath
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an outcropping of rock that was not as damp and
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slimy as the rest of the cavern. He saw the captain
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lead Trevor to what had been his bunk, which
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was still somewhat sheltered from the gloom of
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that wicked place. Holding the rupee close to
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his chest, Cody fell into an uneasy slumber.
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He woke to a familiar chill spreading through
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his body. It was Edmund, gossamer tears streaming
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down his ghostly face. Cody looked down at his
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hands and found them empty. The ruby was gone.
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There was not a pirate in sight, and Trevor was
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nowhere to be seen. Apart from Edmund, Cody was
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alone. He sprinted to the secret staircase out
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of the cavern, away from the Pluto. running faster
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than he ever had in his life. He found the pirate
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crew in the tunnel, waiting for him. They drew
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their weapons to slow him down. Cody ran at them,
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threw them, but they mustered what little power
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they had to scratch him and cut him. With Ruby
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being closer to the surface than it had been
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in centuries, their power was waxing. The wounds
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they gave him were not deep, but there were so
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many of them, and there was no way for him to
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stop them. Cody could have sworn some of the
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weapons bore poison from the afterlife. Something
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that was not meant to touch his skin. Something
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that was eating away at the places he was hurt.
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No matter. He kept running. The pirates before
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him lessened, and the ones behind him stopped
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their pursuit. He heard a scream echo through
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the tunnel, and for a moment his heart skipped
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at the thought that Trevor had been killed. But
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the scream was not before him. It was behind
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him. He turned and saw Edmund. fighting them
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off with his own ghostly weapons. Edmund had
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undeniable skill, for he'd been brought up with
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swordsmanship in his arsenal of abilities. But
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there were just so many pirates. He was vastly
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outnumbered, but no one made it past him to Cody.
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Edmund called up to Cody, Go! Cody ran until
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he could see the sun. He was momentarily blinded,
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but had sight enough to see Trevor at the mouth
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of the cave. the hulking figure of Captain Littleteeth
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beside him. Cody called out, begging Trevor to
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abandon the captain, that he was lying to him.
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Bringing the Ruby out into the world would set
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them free. The captain laughed, then accused
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Cody of mutiny. It was a crime punishable by
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death. But death was closer to Cody than it had
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ever been. Those poisoned wounds were working
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their way closer to his heart. This death was
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more... then Cody's color draining from his features,
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it was Cody's very form shifting between corporeal
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and spiritual. Trevor could see the cave wall
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through Cody, and as soon as the captain could
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see it too, he drew his pistol and executed Cody.
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Cody fell back into the cavern, and was never
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seen alive again. Captain Littleteeth gestured
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for Trevor to resume his journey, but Trevor
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was horrified. What had he done? He threw the
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ruby down into the tunnel. and the captain flew
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after it in rage. Trevor dropped his cameras
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and the captain's clothes, leaving everything
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behind, every last treasure, and running up into
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the sunlight. That's the last thing on the memory
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card I found. I'd heard of the treasure, too.
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I didn't think I'd be so lucky as to find some
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so close to the cave's entrance. I hadn't gone
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as far as they had, but I'd gone far enough to
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find a blood -red ruby. The closer I look at
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it now, the colder I feel. I've been hearing
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this awful cackling since I brought it home.
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When I hold it up to the light, I see these terrible
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shadows. These scenes of blood and carnage. And
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there's a man in my room, smiling at me with
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rotted teeth. That's the end of today's tale.
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I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I've enjoyed
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telling it. Please remember to like, share, and
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tell all your friends. Join me next time for
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