The First One

“Sir we have to kill the child, he has John’s blood” roared Neville.

“I know, I know calm down. We need to act smartly. ”, Jefa said, trying to analyse the situation.

“What do you suggest Jon?” Jefa asked his closest aide.

“We surely need to eliminate him. He is the last one in the family. If the Pirates get hold of him, we are in trouble.” Jon said calmly but decisively.

“So then we trace the child and finish him off as soon as possible. Jon come up with a plan before the sun rises tomorrow. We need to act fast. ” Jefa announced as he got up and left.

Jon pondered over the events that had taken place in the last week. They had ambushed the Renate’s transporting a treasure from docks to the Renate Villa. Everything had gone fine until they got to know that the Renates had themselves stolen the gold from the crew of the Black Pearl. The Black Pearl were a dreaded group of pirates whom even those on land feared. They were led by the legendary Jack, of whom people knew very little. Nobody had ever seen Jack. Since then they had killed each and every Renate gang member except for a child. If the child was not killed then the pirates would curse the Renates using his blood which in turn would affect the Jefa gang. 

This was the first time Wendy was so tensed since the Bay war. She was pacing in the Illuminati house.

“Don’t worry, Wendy” Emilia said as she approached Wendy.

“Yea why not? The Jefa gang are searching for the baby, not to forget the Pirates. I don’t understand why don’t we just offload it and save us from this mess” thundered Wendy.

“Yes we are taking great risk. But the baby is a clean slate. No parents and too young to remember anything. We can easily teach him our ways and add her to our group”

“But why him? We can get many other babies. This one poses a risk for us”

“Because he is the One. As the prophecy mentions a boy born on the darkest day of month. He is the only one who was born on that day on the whole of The Isla” Emilia said as she returned to her chamber.

Wendy was awestruck. The one was the boy who was supposed to be the most powerful humans in 100 years. With him on their side they could rule over the whole of Isla. Jefa and Pirates would not even to able to bother them. They needed to protect him till he was 10 years old, after that no harm would come to him. She knew they had hit jackpot.

“Sir I have a man who claims to know the whereabouts of the baby” one of Jon’s bodyguard 

informed him. Jon signalled him to bring the man in. The man looked young in age and rugged. Jon got to the point straightaway.

“Hello sire, I am told you know the location of something we are looking for” Jon said.

“Actually I don’t know the location but I know something which might of importance to you, if you are interested” the man spoke in thick northern accent.

“Sure anything, but I will decide the importance of the information you have. If its not then you will not see tomorrows sunlight” Jon replied.

“The child you are looking for is with the Illuminati and he is the One”Jon was shocked. The issue had spiralled into an even bigger one if what this person was saying proved true. No corner of The Isla would be safe for them is the One was with the enemies.

“Whats your name?” Jon said.

“Mance, and also I can get you the baby”

Jon decided to employ Mance. They needed all the help to kill the child before he was  10 years old. But he needed to check whether Mance was as tough as he thought. He decided to test him.

“I will make you my right hand and give you seat on the council of Jefas, if you kill Jack , the captain of Black Pearl”

“I agree” Mance said and exited the room. Those present gasped. They knew it was an impossible task. No one even dared to search for Jack. Killing him was like suicide. They all knew that Mance would not return.

Time flew.10 years had passed since the Jefas had knew that they had to fight for  their survival. The Pirates had surprisingly gone silent whereas the Illuminati was shrinking by each day. The Jefas were relentless. The Illuminati now had only one hideout working. The baby had grown up and under the guidance of Wendy had become a fearsome warrior having skills to fight 100 warriors at a time. The Illuminati waited for the right time to unleash him on the Jefas.

“Jon the day has come, today is the day we remove Illuminati and that baby from the world ”Jefa roared.

“I agree we will act today but the chances of our success are very less. The boy has grown up and though only one safe house remains it will be very difficult to eliminate them. They have the One” Jon replied.

“I know but its Do or Die. We have to atleast try. Put all our forces to attack them. Call every man from every corner of The Isla and rain attacks on them”

Jon knew what he had to do but he was sure the Jefa’s were not enough to kill The One. Just then he heard some commotion outside. When we went outside he saw a man arguing with the guards. Looking at him the man said

“Sire, I am Mance. I have brought the head of Jack with me.”

Jon was blown. What the hell!!! He immediately motioned the guards to let him in.

“Sir I have Jack’s head out there in the boat as you asked for”Mance pronounced.

Jon was overjoyed. Jack was dead and there couldn’t be better time for Mance to return. He immediately introduced Mance to Jefa and asked Mance to rest. He decided to attack on Illuminati tomorrow with Mance leading. He was certain that the Illuminati didn’t stand a chance even with the Boy against the Jack slayer Mance.

To be continued