Pirate101 IV- The Grim Reaver
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Chapter 1- Search For The Grim Reaver
The newly decorated Dona Angela docked at Flotsam- the island made completely out of pirate ships that have crashed together- along with The Careless Hound. The pirates left their flagships and Dustin lead them to where Captain Charlie Kennit, a pirate that Captain Avery (leader of The Pirate Republic in Skull Island) wants to trade with, was.
"There he is," Dustin said, pointing to a worried-looking fat pirate.
As James walked towards him, Kennit said, "Blimey! You're Red Jim- the pirate with the highest bounty in Skull Island! Well, besides Avery, Catbeard, Boochbeard, Gandry and the elite pirates that is."
"Sorry?" James asked, "My bounty's pretty low."
Kennit showed him eight Monquistan wanted posters. The first one was for Alfonso, who had a bounty of 205 gold. The second one was for Old Scratch, who had a bounty of 210 gold. The third was for Nanu Nanu, who had a bounty of 220 gold. The fourth one was for Gaspard, he had 225 gold as his bounty. Next was Emmett, 250 gold. Then there was Ratbeard- he had a bounty of 265 gold. After that was Bonnie Anne, 275 gold. Finally, there was James' poster- 300 gold.
"Well my bounty definitely has improved," he said, "What are the bounties of Avery, Catbeard, Boochbeard and Gandry?"
"Gandry has an impressive 5,000 gold bounty, while Boochbeard has a very impressive 7,500 gold bounty," Kennit began, "However, Catbeard has a 10,000 gold bounty and Avery... he has a legendary bounty of 25,000 gold!"
They all gasped. Avery was very powerful. Surely nobody could match Avery's very high bounty.
"There were eight others that had a higher bounty than Avery," Kennit went on, "Captain Gunn- the richest pirate in history- had a bounty of 50,000 gold. Ivor Hawkins II- the original Captain of The Dashing Fortune- had a bounty of 75,000 gold. Grey Lou- former Captain of The Silent Folly- had a bounty of 100,000 gold. Captain Callum Silver- former Captain of The Careless Hound- had a bounty of 500,000 gold. Captain Lucas Sharp- former Captain of The Admiral's Falcon- had a bounty of 1,000,000 gold. Captain Neil Voss- former Captain of The Jolly Roger- had a bounty of 500,000,000 gold. Crimson Tom- former Captain of The Dashing Fortune- had a bounty of 1,000,000,000 gold. Then there's the man with the highest bounty in history, besides Captain Barnabus Blood, who may still be alive. Davy Jones, the Bosun and later Captain of The Dashing Fortune,before he passed the ship on to Crimson Tom and gained The Flying Dutchman."
"Wow," James said, "Anyway, I'm here to carry out the deal you made with Avery... though I'm not sure what it is."
"Avery's deal?" Kennit replied, "Aye. Let me explain. My nephew, Jack Kennit, is the Bosun aboard The Octavius. Or was. The ship's crew was captured by Bobby Bones, Captain of The Grim Reaver, as one of my nephew's shipmates says. Unfortunately, he died after he told me this. I need you to find Bobby Bones and bring back my nephew and his shipmates- alive. Well, if they're dead then I can give them a funeral and I'll still do the deal, but I'd prefer it if he was alive."
In the tavern cellar of The Black Spot Tavern owned by One-Eyed Jack, the pirates were thinking.
"How on earth are we gonna find The Grim Reaver?" James asked.
Old Scratch had an answer, "Bobby Bones be one of the six allies- Dark Crawler, Malistaire, Bobby Bones, Morganthe, Skreech and Lord Nightshade. I an' I know them well, but I do not know where The Grim Reaver be, Captain my Captain. But, I an' I reckon who does."
"Who?" they all asked loudly.
"Jojo Mojo, monkey witchdoctor and subordinate of Skreech," the skeleton answered, "He normally dwell on Boot Hill, Cool Ranch, but he in Skull Island now. Madame Vadima, she know where monkey be hiding."
"Welcome, Pirates," a dark skinned witchdoctor, presumably Vadima, said, "I know why you come to Vadima. Jojo Mojo- monkey witchdoctor. I see him, he is hiding in the ancient tunnels- below. Searching for dangerous weapon. Stop him, before he make Skreech more powerful."
They walked to the ancient tunnels and searched. After a while, they found Jojo Mojo standing in front of an Aztecosaur Sceptre. As Jojo reached out to grab the sceptre, Old Scratch waved his wand and caused some rocks to fall onto the sceptre, destroying it. Jojo turned around.
"Scratch," he said.
"Jojo," Scratch replied.
"DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE YOU CRAPPY MONKEY!" Emma shouted as she shot her musket towards Jojo.
Jojo easily dodged, but in the commotion, James had managed to get close to Jojo and nearly sliced him in half, but Jojo dodged again and waved his wand, summoning a lot of skeletons. Zenobia swung her weapon, nearly destroying one of the skeletons, while Emma continued to crazily shoot her musket to no avail. Jojo waved his wand again and summoned some gas that puts skeletal witchdoctors to sleep. James swung his katana at Jojo, but the agile monkey continued to dodge. The skeletons were half gone, but they needed to beat Jojo to find The Grim Reaver.
Three hours passed and the last skeleton died, but the others were exhausted- unable to help James in his continuing fight against Jojo. Well, except Emma, who was still shooting her musket completely randomly- never hitting Jojo, but somehow almost always hitting one of the pirates. Jojo was winning. Eventually, they would get tired and he would use that chance to strike. But then, when everything seemed lost, Old Scratch woke up and rubbed his eyeballs. Then, he caught sight of James struggling against Jojo.
"I an' I help ye out, Captain my Captain," the skeletal witchdoctor said as he waved his wand.
Suddenly, a mojo claw appeared and pulled Jojo to the floor. James placed his katana against Jojo's throat, threatening to kill him.
"What do you want from me?" Jojo asked.
"The location of The Grim Reaver," James replied.
"It's inside the place that caused the death of one of your good friends," Jojo replied, "But in order to get there- you must learn the truth about your earliest visit to Skull Island that you can remember. Go to Spirit Skyway. He is there. The one that finds nothing difficult. He is bound to help you."
James smiled, "Thanks!" then killed Jojo anyway.
"As brutal as always, Cap'n!" Ratbeard said.
"So, where is this place? Who is 'he'?" Bonnie Anne asked.
James thought for a bit. There was no doubt Jojo was talking about Gaspard's death. Then it hit him. He had seen The Grim Reaver. The Flotsam Maelstrom- he saw the outline of a ship inside it when it attacked them. As for the one that finds nothing impossible. It could only be one person.
"Set sail for Spirit Skyway," James said, "It's time to find my maternal grandfather. It's time to find Davy Jones. There seems to be a hidden truth about my mission to assassinate Gunn, so I really wanna check it out. Let's go."