Alex Windlass's Monquistan Skiff, The Santa Angela, floated in the Sivella Academy Docks. On board, Alex Windlass stood wearing his Armada Trooper disguise that Steed had put together for him. He and his first mate Wing Chun stepped out onto the docks. The two pirates passed the security troops on the dock. Alex admitted to himself that he might have looked suspicious had he not procured an Armada Fulmentor rifle. Looking back at it, his plan was genius. He walked right past security and looked around. He turned to the crane disciple standing to his left "Okay Wing, we need to find someone who know about the map of Marco Pollo. It's our top priority." The crane nodded "Yes Captain." After checking with various professors and scholars at the academy, and coming up dry at an armada outpost, he traveled with his crew to Cool Ranch.
That was a month ago, and in that time, Alex was able to secure another piece of the map to El Dorado. But it had come at a high price. During one of the most deadly battle Alex had ever fought. The creature he and his sister were fighting was on the verge of death, when it opened a portal and took Krystal and her crew with it. Alex had tried to go after her but the portal closed too quickly and Krystal was gone. Alex stared at the pieces of the map in his hands, then angrily shut them in a chest. He walked up the stairs of his Castaway's Refuge and sat at the piano. After cracking his knuckles, he started playing a song he had learned back in Mooshu.
While Alex was playing, three ships pulled up outside and docked. It was Alex's friends Chris Young, a Krokotopian Privateer. Amanda Jennings, a swashbuckler raised in Scrimshaw, and Blaze Aldridge, a Buccaneer who hailed from Marleybone. The three could hear the music and went up to Alex's room. The music stopped, Alex stood up and stepped away from the piano. "What's up guys?" he asked. Amanda was the first to talk "Alex, I talked to Madame Vadima. There might be a way to find your sister. It would require a lot of magic to do so though." Alex looked at her. "Whatever it takes, I'll do it. Krystal is my sister, and I am not going to lose her." This caused Amanda to smile, "Then let's go. Vadima will tell you more on the things you'll need."
Alex placed his bicorne on his head and walked out the door. Outside he turned to his friends "Bottle your ships, we're taking mine." Alex opened a bottle marked with a Cool Ranch horseshoe and his bison frigate Troubled Shadow appeared. Amanda, Chris, and Blaze bottled their ships and boarded Alex's. Alex walked over to the teleporter in his yard and stuck his head through. Seconds later he returned with his crew, and Alex took to the helm. Fin Dorsal and Froggo Villa Took guard of the steps that led up to Alex.
The shark and mander had one job, which was to protect the captain and first mate at all costs. Alex pulled his ship away and raised full sail. The trip to Skull Island was short, and as Alex pulled in, he started to wonder what would be required to bring back his sister. Amanda led Alex up to Avery's Court (more like drug him by the wrist) and to the Witchdoctor's sanctum. Alex had a nervous feeling in his gut, like he'd eaten the pit of a yum fruit that wasn't going to be exiting his system anytime soon. He wanted his sister back with every ounce of his being, but he was jumpy. That and he was slightly afraid of Madame Vadima, but he steeled himself and approached her. "What can I do to find my little sister?" He asked. Vadima motioned to her cauldron. "Touch the cauldron, concentrate on your sister's soul wavelength, and then stare into the brew to see her, young sharpshooter." Alex walked over, touched the cauldron and concentrated, he and his sister had a close connection so when he opened his eyes and stared into the liquid Vadima called "Her brew"
An image began to form in the liquid. It was Krystal, she was in some kind of marsh, hidden inside a rotted out tree. In her hands were the broken pieces of her wand. She looked pale. In the image, Krystal started coughing, and then as she shed a tear, she quietly said "Alex, where are you. I'm not sure how much longer I can hold out here." Then the image vanished, and Vadima said "You see, your sister is in spirit word. You need to ready ingredients for ritual, but you need powerful divine magic at your disposal. Here is list of ingredients you will need."
Vadima handed over a piece of paper and Alex read it aloud. "The spirit portal ritual. It requires 12 Scorpion stingers, 16 skarakeet feathers, 10 sulfur, 6 sun motes, and 8 sky mushrooms. That plus a powerful wizard from wizard city." Alex knew just the wizard. His friend Alex Firefist, a Pyromancer, and student wizard at the Ravenwood school of magical arts.
Blaze looked at the list "I can get the stingers, sun motes and sulfur when I make my run to Cool Ranch. Amanda put her hand on Alex's shoulder "And I'll snag those sky mushrooms and Skarakeet feathers when I make my run to drop off supplies for the Monquistan resistance at Zenda, they're in need of weapons and ships to fight off the Holy Monquisition." Alex smiled. "Thanks Amanda, you and Blaze are great friends." Then he turned Chris "Come on Chris, we're going to Wizard City. We've got some friends of ours to find." Alex pulled out his Galleon's bottle. We'll use the Swift Viper for this trip, that way we'll have room for Alex, Chris, and our crews to move about comfortably." Alex and Chris ran back to the docks and Alex swapped out ships, the two loaded up and got their crews on board.
The Viper set sail, Alex stood at the helm and guided his immense ship through the skyways. It was a long day and a half of sailing, but Alex guided his ship to the spot he landed the last time he came to Wizard City. "Batten down the hatches and ready the gangplanks." After hearing the rapid slamming of wood on wood, Alex dropped the anchors and stepped away from the helm. The gangplanks flew out and onto the grass of Olde Town. Chris came up from below deck and joined Alex, the two pirates then walked off the ship and through Olde Town. Alex's Dynamo Dragoon revolvers clicked against his sides as he walked.
Wizard City still gave Chris an uneasy feeling as the two stepped into the Ravenwood School Grounds. The two pirates waded through the crowd of student wizards heading home for summer break and we reached our first destination: The School of Fire. Alex saw Alex Firefist walk out the door wearing a sentinel's tunic, boots and cowl. His face was still exposed as he had not covered it with his cowl, Alex F. saw Alex and Chris and walked over to them. "Hey guys," he said "What brings you to Wizard City?" Alex explained their predicament to Alex F. The Pyromancer nodded his head and said "I'll gladly lend my magic to you. But let's head to Krokotopia and grab MY friend Chris, then we can come back and board your ship.
After picking up Chris, the two pirates and two wizards were on board the Viper. Alex made quick introductions of his crew members who hadn't been on board during their last venture together. "These are recent recruits to my crew. Lucy Sterling, Rodolfo Capoferro, Froggo Villa, Fin Dorsal, Emmett Miller, and El Tiburon. Alex's crew greeted the young Pyromancer and Sorcerer, and then moved below deck.
Up at the helm, Wing Chun steered the ship as both Alex's stood down on the main deck. Alex F. turned to Alex W. and asked "Would you like to learn an amazing skill that can help you with about anything." Alex W. nodded "Sure," he said "What is it?" Alex F. put his hand on his pirate friend's shoulder "It is a little science called alchemy."
Alex F. drew a transmutation circle in chalk on the Swift Viper's deck and asked Alex W. if he needed ammunition for his weapons. "Come to think of it, I'm running low on spark cartridges, and my navy saber has seen better days." Alex Firefist dropped some scrap iron into the circle and Alex W. placed his navy saber into the circle with the iron. Alex F. knelt down and placed his hands into the transmutation circle. There was a flash of bright light and electric tendrils whipping through the air but when it was all cleared up, Alex's saber was all shiny and new. He picked it up turned to the Pyromancer and said "My turn."
The time passed quickly with the lessons, and before they knew it, the 4 friends had reached Skull Island. The four ran to Avery's Court and into the Witchdoctor's Sanctum. Madame Vadima looked at them "Good. You have good timing young musketeer. Your friends arrived minutes ago with ingredients. They are over by altar." Vadima explained that the spirit gate would require half the ingredients for Alex to go in, the other half to open the portal for Alex and Krystal to escape through." Alex F. waited as the altar was set, then summoning his powers into his bow, he shot an arrow at the ingredient bowl. There was a flash of blue fire and a portal opened up.
Alex Windlass walked up, turned around and tipped his bicorne. "See you guys in a few minutes." He tightened the belts holding his revolvers in place, gripped his sword tight and jumped through the portal. It closed behind him, leaving the pirates and wizards in the room staring into the cauldron. Amanda spoke first "Now we just wait and see if Alex can do this." Blaze looked at his best friend's girlfriend "He'll make it through. He's gonna find Krystal and get her back here."
A/N: Sorry this sequel took so long, I've been busy lately with school, sports, and extra-curricular activities.