The Whydah's Secret
The Whydah's Secret was a virtual representation of one of Alonzo Batilla's genetic memories, relived by a research analyst at Abstergo Entertainment through the Animus Omega.[1]
Description
Having prevented Francis Hume's Royal Navy-backed assassination attempt on Samuel Bellamy, Alonzo planned to use Laurens Prins' naval route to ambush the slaver.
Dialogue
Alonzo sailed the Wanderer beside Bellamy's larger ship Sultana and called to him from the helm.
- Alonzo: Sam! It is high time we pursue our most prized target!... Laurens Prins!
- Bellamy: His ship... the Whydah... is a true fortress, and fast... we'll have to proceed with care.
- Alonzo: I guess those friends of yours will try to stop us... even with the British captain dead!
- Bellamy: Aye, they will!... So let us be careful!
- Alonzo: Show me the way...
Alonzo followed Bellamy, curving around small islands and other ships, until Jumao saw La Buse on Le Postillon taking heavy mortar fire from a lighthouse.
- Jumao: Alonzo! La Buse is under attack!...
- Alonzo: He will not endure this for long!... We have to help him!
- Bellamy: I cannot risk it!... The Whydah will put too much distance between us!
- Alonzo: Sail after our prize, Sam!... We will meet you in time, I promise!
As Sam left to hunt the Whydah, Alonzo weaved through mortar fire to assist La Buse. At his approach, La Buse sailed to safety while Alonzo aimed to neutralize the mortar.
- Jumao: We've made it, Alonzo!... Now shoot the men operating the mortars at the top of the lighthouse!
Using a swivel gun, Alonzo shot all five of the mortar operators, taking incoming fire as he did so.
- La Buse: Thank you, my friend!
- Alonzo: I thought you'd be halfway around the world...
- La Buse: Those dogs tracked me down and drove me into an ambush!... I had to leave my gold behind!
- Alonzo: Your loss is our gain... Sam and I are after the Whydah, the fastest ship in the West Indies! He's chasing her now!... But we'd capture her more easily if the three of us worked together!
- La Buse: One last prize... destiny put you in my path, boy!
- Alonzo: And destiny does not wait!... We have to catch Bellamy before he reaches our prize!
The two raced to join Bellamy before he caught the Whydah. The pirates conferred with each other.
- Bellamy: A new ally for our operation?... You tasted blood in the water, shark?
- La Buse: I have no taste for your jests, Sam!... What is your plan?
- Bellamy: We have to be cautious... Trust me, Prins will flee as soon as he sees our black flags!
- Alonzo: Then, we set an ambush... I will chase Prins... and drive him right into our trap!
- Bellamy: It will work if you force him into that passage... but let no other ship detect your presence!
Alonzo managed to avoid the first group of ships, setting Prins down the ambush route.
- Jumao: Continue the chase, captain!... The Whydah is falling for our ruse!
Alonzo dodged the next set of ships, securing Prins into the trap.
- Jumao: The Whydah is cornered, captain! Wait for our allies... and this prize is ours!
- Alonzo: I am not one for idleness, Jumao!... I've waited for this my entire life!
Alonzo engaged the Whydah in combat.
- Jumao: Do not sink her, Alonzo... we'll lose her precious cargo!
Alonzo weakened the ship considerably.
- Prins: I give up, you scoundrels!... Do not destroy my beautiful ship!
- Alonzo: This ship is no longer yours, slaver!
With the pirates commandeering the Whydah, Prins threatened them with his associates' revenge.
- Prins: The people who hired me will not be deterred by a gang of pirates... They'll soon be after you!
- Bellamy: Where is it?... Where is the Fragment?
- Prins: Do not lay hands on it... this... thing is not of our making, it is... it is cursed!
- Bellamy: Men like you are our only curse, Prins!... Let's search the hold, friends!... Follow me!
Inside the hold, Bellamy searched for the Fragment.
- Alonzo: Have you found it, Sam?... Have you found our bounty?!
- Bellamy: I have it... at last! In this chest!... The Fragment of Eden!
- Alonzo: ...A fragment of Eden?
- Bellamy: A device with a mind of its own... strong enough to bend wills and shape destinies!
- Alonzo: ...We could use it!... Become the kings of the seas!
- Bellamy: That is what my enemies would do... corrupt its purpose to secure power! Spread a form of slavery that is more insidious than the trafficking of humans... but just as evil!
- La Buse: Your enemies?... Those men who attacked us at every turn?!
- Bellamy: Yes. They are Templars... Men working from the shadows to gain control of the world.
- La Buse: They are bound to catch up with us... If you want this artifact secured... we have to go!
- Bellamy: I will sail faster aboard the Whydah! But I won't be able to fight back...
- Alonzo: We'll be your escort, Sam... You'll be safe with us!
The weather worsened, but Alonzo and La Buse escorted Bellamy and the Fragment of Eden. However, Francis Hume appeared on the horizon.
- Hume: You will never escape with our relic, Assassins! Your pathetic little fleet is no match for my King George... the jewel of the Royal Navy!
- Alonzo: How could this be?... I saw him die!
- La Buse: He has a Man O' War, Alonzo!... The mightiest of all ships!
- Alonzo: The three of us can overpower him!
- La Buse: The Whydah is too damaged... we are alone in this fight, my friend!
- Alonzo: So I'm your friend, now?
La Buse interposed Le Postillon between the King George's guns, decreasing its damage to the Wanderer but forcing Alonzo to carefully fire his cannons to avoid hitting him. After enough damage was done, another ship came to join the fight.
- Jumao: Captain! Another ship is joining the battle!
Edward Thatch fired a broadside from the Queen Anne's Revenge into the King George before inquiring about the battle.
- Thatch: Are you fighting this leviathan all alone, boys?
- La Buse: I can't hold any longer!... You need to fight for me!
- Thatch: My cannons have already crippled this beast... Shoot the weak sections and she'll soon be coral!
- Alonzo: I will end it!... This time, I'll make sure he won't rise from the dead!
- Hume: You cannot defeat me!... I will bring an end to all piracy!
Despite his boast, Alonzo used the opportunity that Thatch made to shoot the King George's weak points with his swivel gun, sinking her and killing Hume.
- Alonzo: Good riddance... I thought he'd never die!
- Thatch: We all die, boy!... Our only freedom is to meet the reaper on our own terms!
- Alonzo: Thank you... What is your name?
- Thatch: You'll find out soon enough!... Farewell, boy!
Thatch sailed away, leaving Bellamy, La Buse, and Alonzo alone.
- Bellamy: You rescue me yet again, Alonzo!... I am forever in your debt!
- Alonzo: My friends hold no debts to me!
- Bellamy: Maybe you should take this treasure... it will be safer in the hands of a real pirate.
- Alonzo: You'd trust me with it?... A soulless man like me?
- Bellamy: The Templars will not relent!... They will chase me to the ends of the earth...
- Alonzo: ...so we should lead them on a wild goose chase...
- Bellamy: ...while you will secure our treasure!... There's no time to waste... I have to leave now! Farewell, my friends! We'll meet again... if Neptune allows it!
Bellamy sailed away on the Whydah.
- La Buse: I will assist you, Alonzo. I know how to hide this... cumbersome... treasure!
- Alonzo: ...What is your plan?
- La Buse: I have devised a trick so clever that no one will ever be able to figure it out...
- Alonzo: Tell me what it is!
- La Buse: All in due time, my impatient friend... All in due time.
Outcome
Setting out to help Bellamy steal the Whydah, Alonzo rescued La Buse from mortar fire before the three ambushed Laurens Prins, claiming the Fragment of Eden for themselves. Alonzo and La Buse escorted Bellamy away until Francis Hume attacked, aiming to take the artifact. They fought back until Edward Thatch intervened and gave a final blow to help sink Hume's ship. Bellamy then entrusted Alonzo with the Fragment, using himself as a decoy for the Templars, while La Buse offered to help securely hide the artifact.
References
Assassin's Creed: Pirates memories
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| Main memories | |
| Prologue - A Legend is Born - The Prince of Pirates - The Treasure Fleet - On the Hunt - The Whydah's Secret - The Pirate Republic - La Boca del Diablo - Among Pirates - The Merchant King - The Way Out | |
| Appendix memories | |
| A Rich Bounty - The Fort - The White Whale - Blockade | |
| Mystery delivery memories | |
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