Okay, so this is my first fanfiction! I hope you all enjoy!
The octopod was full of commotion as a huge storm was underway. Everyone was hustling to,get everything safe. In the middle of the mini storm of commotion, an orange cat looked through the octopod's scope to see if there was anything above the waters. "Shimber mi' whiskers!" the cat exclaimed with huge eyes. Out in the middle of the ocean, two red cats were stranded on a wooden ship that was threatening to break underneath the stress of sea at any moment. One cat was a very old male, and the white hairs that littered his long matted pelt made his age obvious. However, he never lost that sparkle of youth in his strong eyes. Next to him, a young female who resembled him, but had black ear tips and was about to barf. She had the sparkle of adventure in her eyes even when she was holding her paw to her mouth as she grasped the side of the ship. Both seemed to have long fur, especially on their tails, and they both had the same eyes. They even wore similar pirate attire. Both were in long black capes that flapped in the wind, and pirate hats. But unlike her elder, the female wore a bandana over the top of her shoulder length hair, and had golden ring earrings in both ears while her elder wore an eyepatch that did little to hide the long scar that ran down the side of his face.
"What is the matter Kwazi? Do you see anything out there?" Barnacles asked, hoping that no one was stuck out there in the middle of the now raging storm.
"There be two cats out there stranded on a wooden ship!" Kwazi replied before looking again,and noticing the female no longer barfing, but instead trying to help her elder tie the sail. She looked oddly familiar. Wait a second, they both did. Kwazi continued looking through the scope, as Barnacles pushed a button to show everyone what Kwazi was looking at through the screen in the launch bay. Everyone gasped at the sight of the small boat being tossed around like the ocean's rag doll, and it even caused Tunip to faint. "How will we rescue them?" Peso asked as he watched the screen. At that moment, Kwazi jumped down, startling all of his fellow octonauts.
"I'll go in the gup c and rescue them! I've saved creatures in this kind of storm before using the gup c! I can do it!" Kwazi shouted as a wide grin made it's way onto his face, and a glint of adventure sparkled in his eyes. His throat became dry with the thirst for adventure, and his heart was beating uncontrollably. "Come on Captain! Someone has to do it!"
Barnacles put his hand to his chin thoughtfully, "I think that might be a little too risky, we need to think of a good plan if we want to rescue those two, because I don't think there's enough room for all three of you in the Gup C." Barnacles continued to think as he heard a familiar sound. "Kwazi!" he watched with widen eyes as the gup c was already dissapearing from sight outside of the launch bay.
"Carmen! If we go down with this ship! We go down in style!" An old, yet unwavering voice roared against the wind as its owner unsheathed a needle pointed sword while placing his right foot on the figure head of the ship. His younger companion stared at the brave stance in awe. No matter how many times she had seen her grandfather's bravery at his old age, it still inspired great awe within her. A wide grin spread across her face, as she thought of her own heroic pose. Is she climbed the mast, all the way up to the crow's nest, ignoring the minuscule splinters in her black paws. There, on the crow's nest, she struck her own pose by putting a fist I the air, and holding her other paw on her hip before she noticed a peculiar looking shark in the swirling water.
"Grandfather? Is there such a thing as an orange shark with purple fins?" she shouted the question above the raging wind.
"Eh? As far as I know there Is- Yeow!" The conversation was suddenly cut short by the sudden collapse of the small boat that was now sinking to it's grave underneath the waves, slowly, slowly, slowly... It's precious cargo that comprised of two pirate cats, never to be seen again. But wait, there was still hope, they still had air in their lungs, they still had time.
Kwazi had been shouting at the top of his lungs at the two cats before the ship had split down the side, then broke in half under the stress of the waves. In automatic reflex, he dove his gup underneath the waves, and searched for the two. One he spotted a speck of red tabby fur, he rushed as fast as he could. Once the two red tabbies noticed him, he motioned for them to grab on. He then gave them a lift to the surface. "C'mon mates, jump into the gup, and I'll take you someplace safe," he motioned for them.
"Who the heck are you!?" The female scowled, and in response, her elder put a paw on her shoulder.
"We can trust this young lad, I can see it in his eye," the elder said and hopped in and grabbed his granddaughter, pulling her in the gup.
Kwazi grunted a little as they squeezed into the gup, there was now very limited space, but, he was determined to get these two to safety. Especially these two, he recognized the elder. The elder was none other than his grandfather's sharp shooter. Jose! He had the best eyes in the history of pirates! "Alrighty mates, time to get you to safety! Yeow!"
Carmen sighed an uncomfortable sigh when she felt the gup moving, but being pressed next to her grandfather brought her some comfort. She squeezed her eyes shut, and thanked the stranger. He seemed to talk like a pirate, and he looked a bit like Calico Jack. Just who was he?
Kwazi turned his head back as they neared the octopod when he heard a soft female voice thanking him. "Yer welcome, it twas nothing for a brave adventurer such as mi'self," he smiled as he entered the octopod, and surfaced in the launch bay.
Thank you for reading that little bit, the next chapter shall be out next week. Please tell, me what you thought. That's all, and have a good one!