Ah, so her crew had not been given over to the Spanish.  Now that would make sense.  The English Governor had to make a point of hanging Pirates to please the Crown.  Her crew would surely hang once the English ship made Port Royal.  "Well now it seems that that might be a problem indeed.  You see once they reach Port Royal, it will be impossible to rescue them.  The ship that took your crew is probably a war ship and I do not fancy myself going up against one of England's finest.  Not just to save some lives, even though they are kindered souls."<br/><br/>He went around to his desk and looked at some charts, and shook his head.  "I would say you need to say goodbye to them, unless there be a miricale in the works somewhere.  He then noticed his credintials as a Professor of History was hanging lopsided and went over to the wall and fixed it.  He looked at it and shook his head.  All the work he had done to get it and now look at him.  He sighed and that is when the shout from the crows nest came down.  "Ship of the stern, closing fast.  English war ship."<br/><br/>Lovely he thought.  Now he had to deal with an English Warship.  "Well you might as well come up on deck with me."  he told her and strode to the door and opened it for her.  "Ladies first."  he chuckled.   Once up on deck he took the Spy Glass and took a look a stern.  She was flying the English Flag and she was indeed a war ship, a Frigget.  He began shouting orders to put every scrap of canvas up that could be.  He was not about to be taken that was for sure.  Nor did he want to fight the English.  They were still his countrymen and he had not done it yet.<br/><br/>He went back to the chart room behind the Wheel of the Ship and looked at the charts there.  He stabbed a finger at a small dot on the map.  Yelling out, he gave a new course, then he went to the railing on the Quarter Deck and placed his hands on it.  "Look alive lads, we head for the Dragon's Teeth."  he yelled down and then took the wheel.  He turned to look at Rose.  "We be seeing if this Captain is new here or not.  If he is, then he will not survive the Dragon's Teeth."<br/><br/>The Dragon's Teeth were reefs beneath the water between two small islands.  If one did not know the way, the bottom of your ship would be ripped out or at least damaged where you had to put ashore or sink.  John knew the path, now he would see if the English Captain did or not.<br/><br/>The English ship was fast and was closing even with extra canvas.  But the Sea Raven made it to the two small islands ahead of the English.  John manuvered the Sea Raven through the channel, using points on the islands to tell him when to turn one way or the other.  If the English Captain knew of the danger he would sail around the islands, if not then he would follow.  Follow he did and John laughed.  "We have him now."  he said.<br/><br/>Sure enough the English Ship hit the reefs and tore a hole in the hull of the ship.  The Captain had to make for the shore and beach the ship if he didn't want it to sink.  Once through the channel he had the crew lower the canvas and dropped anchor.  "Well now."  he sighed.  "Lower the long boat I go ashore.  Care to join me."  he asked Rose.  "They are in no position to do anything to us.  The Sea Raven can pound them from here if necessary, until there is nothing left but scrap wood."