Chapter four ain't no bore!
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I do own Wind.
Chapter Four: Scammer's Alchemist and the Waponis tribe (Part One)...
Captain Avery was in his office reading up on some ancient books in his chair. He was reading about the thunder squid that almost destroyed the spiral. He saw that it was defeated and cursed the day he'd returned to destroy the spiral. He soon saw the Prophecy of the Thunder Squid: One shall posses the power of the Thunder Squid's Red Lighting and through fear she will become what is feared. Avery began to worry about the spiral. After all, the spiral was his very first treasure.
Back with the Ed-Splorers...
Eddy was running as fast as he could back to Captain Avery's office. Ed, Wind and Bonnie were able to keep up while Double D fell behind. Double D collapsed after a few feet, and walked over to a nearby lemonade stand.
"One...lemonade...please." Double D asked, as he pulled out a quarter and handed it to the little mouse girl. She smiled and poured Double D a glass of liquid lemons with a couple of ice cubes in it. Double D slowly drank the cup of the refreshing yellow beverage. He soon gasped with relief and ran over to his friends. "Wait!"
Eddy stopped first, which made the crew fall on him like a bunch of football players. Eddy groaned, as he pulled himself from under the gang.
"What now Double D?" Eddy asked.
"Well first, why don't we get something to eat? We have been here quite awhile and I know you guys must be hungry." Double D suggested.
"I'm hungry." Ed smiled.
"Fine. Food first, then revenge!" Eddy proclaimed.
"Uh, you guys go on ahead, there's a sale on kunai and shurikens." Wind stated.
"I know just the place to eat: the Kranken Skull." Bonnie suggested.
"Awesome!" Ed shouted.
Just as they were about to leave, Double D was dragged by Wind.
"I need someone to chat with." Wind stated as he dragged Double D into the bazaar. As they walked, Double D was about to ask why he was dragged along with Wind, until Wind spoke.
"I know you don't want to get back at Captain Avery." Wind stated.
"I know he got us a bad ship, but to be honest I'm not a fan of violence." Double D replied. "I'm a pacifist."
"Which is exactly the reason why I gave you the shield." Wind proclaimed.
"How could you tell I didn't like to fight?"
"Well for one, your body build is a bit small. Honestly, you have the arms of a mouse's tail that's been chewed to the bone." Wind assessed which made Double D blush with embarrassment. As they walked, they saw a girl surrounded by strange human/platypus hybrids. The female had black hair, and soft blue eyes, she also had on a black and white prisoner's outfit. Double D was transfixed on the female's beauty.
"We have to help her." Double D stated, as he pulled out his shield and charged into battle with Wind following close behind.
"HEY! Leave her alone!" Wind shouted, the platypus like creatures spoke in their native tongue which was hard for Double D to understand.
"Wind, can you speak their language?" Double D asked.
"No, but I can understand it. He just said: STAY OUT OF THIS, PIRATES! THIS IS WAPONIS BUSINESS!" Wind interpreted.
"Sorry, but when you harm an innocent person, you make it my business." Double D stated, sounding like a badass.
"GRRR, ARGH, FRGH!" the Waponis leader stated.
"What did he say?" Double D asked.
"He said: Prepare for a humiliating defeat, at the hands of the Waponis Water Mole tribe." Wind translated.
One of the water moles waved their staff around, causing a yellow dome to appear around Wind, Double D and the Waponis tribe, leaving the girl outside the dome.
"Wind, how do these 'Waponis tribe' battle?" Double D asked.
"I don't know. No one's ever recorded a battle with these guys." Wind pointed out.
"You mean no one ever took the time to record the battle?" Double D questioned.
"No one ever recorded it because they were too traumatized from it." Wind proclaimed, which made Double D look very nervous. He was actually counting on Wind's knowledge of fighting to help while he'd use his shield to protect them. The Waponis tribe leader was the first to attack and he aimed his staff at Wind blasting him with a yellow beam. This made a puff of smoke engulf the ninja wolf, when the smoke cleared in Wind's place was a baby wolf cub. The wolf cub had Wind's clothes on excluding his pants which was now a diaper.
"Wind?" Double D asked, looking at the cub.
"Who else?" The cub spoke in a babyish version of Wind's voice.
"Turn him back this instant!" Double D shouted.
"Narg bruckle pantace." The Waponis tribe leader blasted Double D with the same beam of light, causing the same thing to happen to Double D. Double D was now a two year old, in blue overalls, a red shirt and his signature black cap.
"Oh dear, this is not well." Double D stated in a babyish voice.
"We needs to mash his swaff, it wills revewrse the bawwle damage." Wind proclaimed, as he picked up his katana which was still in its sheath. Wind threw his katana at the Waponis tribe leader, only for it to fall a short distance. This made the Waponis laugh at the small baby wolf.
"Wookoneekee!" The tribe leader blasted the two 'knights in armor' again. A pink puff of smoke surrounded the two 'babies', and in their place was two elderly versions of Double D and Wind. Wind groaned as he stood up, using his katana as a cane to help him stand.
"Oh dear." Old Double D stated.
"I'm gonna beat you whippersnappers by gum!" Old Wind growled, as he slowly charged at the Water moles. He stopped after a few feet. "What was I gonna do?" Old Wind asked confused.
"I think it involved eating beets?" Old Double D assumed.
"Who are you?" Old Wind asked pointing his katana at the old Ed. "This ain't the nursing home for ninjas."
"Kookoomungee." The tribe leader blasted the two again, and another cloud of smoke appeared. The two old men were back to the regular age, only they were different species. Double D was now a Wolf, and Wind was human. Wind tried to attack only he lost his balance, since he was use to fighting with a tail. Double D couldn't help but scratch, probably due to the fact he was allergic to wolf dander. Irony was not lost on this duo. The Waponis tribe laugh at the heroes once more. The Waponis tribe, began to play with the two teens a bit, by messing with their bodies for about ten minutes.
At the moment, Double D was now an old man, while Wind was a wolf cub again. The tribe leader was about to turn the two into something else until a shock blast caused him to drop his staff. The cub and old Double D turned to see Eddy, Ed and Bonnie. When Eddy saw Wind and Double D he broke down laughing.
"Oh man, looks like Ninja boy's a widdle baby." Eddy taunted which made Wind bite Eddy's leg, causing Eddy to scream in pain. Eddy was about to kick him, only to be stopped by Bonnie.
"We have other problems." Bonnie stated, pointing her gun at the gemstone of the Waponis leader's staff. She pulled the trigger, which destroyed the stone restoring Double D and Wind's age. As one of the Waponis tribe members was about to cast a spell, Ed threw a barrel at them knocking them out instantly.
"Hitting stuff is fun!" Ed shouted, smiling.
"Let's get the heck out of here before these guys wake up!" Eddy commanded, which made them run off, with the female the tribe was chasing. When they were sure they were far away from the water moles, they sighed with relief.
"Could you please, if you may, tell us why were those creatures after you?" Double D asked the girl they had saved.
"I don't want to talk about it. Lets just say, I am very infamous." she replied.
"You can shoot lightning from your hands like that guy from the video game?!" Ed shouted which made Eddy and Double D look at him weird. This also caused the girl to start crying from the remark.
"Don't cry," Double D stated, as he pulled a handkerchief out of his vest pocket. He started to wipe away the girl's tears. "Ed didn't mean it."
"I didn't?" Ed questioned.
"Can you tell us your name?" Double D asked.
"Marina," She stated dryly.
"My name is Eddward, but with two Ds so I go by Double D." Double D replied.
"I'm Ed!" Ed blurted out.
"The name's Edd- no wait Captain Eddy." Eddy stated, which made Wind roll his eyes.
"I'm Wind." Wind greeted.
"The names Bonnie Anne." Bonnie smiled.
"Thanks for the help, but I should be going." Marina stated as she began to walk away from the group, until she was stopped by Double D.
"Where are you going?" Double D asked.
"I have to get my stuff back from the water moles ship, thanks for the help but this is way too dangerous for you." Marina stated.
"Eddy, we have to help her." Double D whispered to Eddy.
"No way, I'm not going to go through the same thing you guys went through. Plus that Avery guy still owes me a god damn ship!" Eddy exclaimed.
"You're right. We can just leave her, to go onto a pirate's ship. Where we are certain there's probably thousands of treasures from their journey." Double D replied, which made Eddy's eyes turn into dollar signs.
"Marina, we can't leave you behind, that's not the Ed-splorers way!" Eddy proclaimed as he placed a hand on Marina's shoulder. "Lets go get the treasure- er I mean your stuff."
"Thank you, though I must warn you that the Waponis tribe should not be underestimated." Marina stated.
"We figured that out when we saw Ninja wolf here as a baby." Eddy chuckled at that, which made Wind glare at him. "Anyway, where's their ship so we can get the treasure? I mean return your stuff."
"Its parked near Skull Mountain. We can sneak aboard through their anchor hole." Marina suggested.
"Alright, lets go!" Eddy commanded as he lead the group to Skull Mountain. As they did, they had no idea that someone was watching them from the shadows. The only thing visible was her feline eyes, and vicious scowl.
She pulled out a radio and stated, "I found them, and now it just got personal. No one hurts my friend."
The Ed-splorers came up to Skull Island and saw a ship that had a bunch of markings on it.
"That must be it." Ed grinned, pointing at it.
"Thank you dingus!" Eddy shouted. Suddenly the ship's anchors began to be pulled back into the ship causing Marina to panic.
"Their leaving!" Marina shouted.
"NOW IT'S MY TURN!" Ed shouted as he picked up Eddy and Wind, and threw them into the ship's side making two big holes. When Eddy and Wind crashed through, they landed in the middle of a dinner table which had water moles still eating. Eddy chuckled nervously as he sat up from the potato salad he landed in.
"So...how's the chicken?" Eddy asked nervously.
"Torpedo away!" Ed shouted as he threw Double D, Bonnie and Marina through the same hole, causing them to land on Wind and Eddy.
"Uh...look the Great Wall of China!" Eddy pointed at an empty corner, causing everyone to look while Eddy and the others ran off, until they went back in to see Ed was still looking at the spot Eddy had pointed in. Eddy snapped his fingers in front of Ed only to be shushed in the process.
"Shh. I'm watching the Great Wall of China." Ed replied.
"That ain't the Great Wall of China!" Eddy shouted which made the water moles glare at him for lying. Eddy chuckled nervously and soon a bunch of smoke from the water moles staffs filled the room. The Ed-splorers ran out of the room looking like a bunch of farm animals: Ed was a horse, Double D was a chicken, Eddy as a pig, Bonnie was a sheep, Wind as a collie and Marina as a goose.
"We got to hurry and find Marina's stuff." Double D suggested, which made his feathers ruffle.
"Ok, but first..." Bonnie attempted to shoot one of the water moles staffs, only for her white hair (wool) to get in the way of her aiming. She blasted and knocked all the water moles and her team own members unconscious. Bonnie chuckled nervously as their bodies began to change back to normal. It was probably due to the fact that the Water Moles accidentally dropped their staffs from the assault. Bonnie acted quickly and began to tie up the unconscious water moles, and tossed them into a closet. The rest of the Ed-Splorers awoke afterwords.
"Ok, with that little mishap out of the way," Eddy glared at Bonnie who blushed nervously, "Lets get the treasure, I mean Marina's stuff. We're going to split into teams of two: Ed and me will look in the decks below, Wind and Bonnie you look at the top of the deck, Double D how about you and your girlfriend search the rest of the hallways."
"She's not my girlfriend." Double D blushed.
"I'm not his girlfriend." Marina blushed.
"Whatever," Eddy chuckled as he saw their red faces. They soon split into the teams they were given and went to the locations given. When Eddy and Ed went into the deck below, he saw a bunch of gold and grinned happily. "We're rich ED! WE CAN BUY A TRUCKLOAD OF NEW BOATS, HELL WE CAN EVEN BUY YOU A NEW BRAIN WHILE WE'RE AT IT!"
Eddy jumped into the pile of gold and began to rub it against his entire body as if he was swimming in it. Ed looked around and saw a staff similar to the Water Moles staff, but it had a green rod which held a red glowing orb. Ed looked the staff over and began to read a label on it.
"Prop-poor-tea of Marina, if found please return this immediately." Ed read, which made him run over to his friend. "Eddy! I found Marina's stick thingy!"
"Yeah yeah," Eddy stated as he began to put some gold in a nearby treasure chest. "Say Ed, that staff looks mighty heavy, how about you carry this chest and I carry the staff."
"Wow Eddy, thanks for looking out for me." Ed smiled, as he handed Eddy the staff and picked up the chest.
"Hey, a captain has to look out for his crew. Now let's go see how the others are doing." Eddy grinned as he twirled the staff in his hands.
Meanwhile on the main deck with Wind and Bonnie...
As the two anthropomorphic animals began to search for Marina's stuff, Wind was using his nose to find her scent, Bonnie decided to spark up a conversation.
"So, how long have you know those Ed characters?" Bonnie asked.
"About a day or so, but in that day, I was surprised by the Eds, mostly Ed's talent." Wind replied.
"Really? How'd he surprise ye?" Bonnie asked.
"Well, for one when we were on the Armada's ship, Ed took out three Battle Angels with just one swoop of his blade." Wind explained. "He also took out an Armada's ship by just throwing cannonballs with his bare hands."
"Really, sounds like he's stronger than he lets on." Bonnie stated.
"Yeah well," Wind stopped and sniffed the air vigorously. He ran over to the Captain's wheel, and behind it he found a backpack that had Marina's name on it.
"You found her book bag, nice sniffer." Bonnie congratulated, which made Wind blush.
"It's nothing." Wind smiled happily.
"Hey Romeo and Juliet!" A voice from behind them shouted. They turned to see it was Eddy who was holding a staff, and Ed who was holding a chest.
"So you found Marina's items?" Wind asked.
"Yeah, we got her staff." Eddy replied as he twirled the staff.
"Ok, now let's wait up here for the others to-" Bonnie was cut off by a growl in a different language. They all turned to see the Water moles from the Bazaar holding their staffs angrily.
"Sockhead better hurry." Eddy growled.
Meanwhile with Marina and Double D...
Marina and Double D searched through the rooms down the hallway, finding nothing until they came across the laundry room. Marina smiled as she saw her outfit hanging dry.
"Um, could you wait out here? I have to change into my outfit." Marina smiled as she asked.
"Take your time." Double D smiled, as Marina closed the door to the laundry room and began to change into her outfit. When she was done, she opened the door to reveal she was in a light blue long sleeve shirt, blue jeans, brown combat boots, and a leaf green bandanna. Double D blushed at her incredible beauty in the outfit, despite it being simple at best.
"How do I look?" Marina asked.
"You look uh, nice." Double D blushed. Suddenly they heard a howl come from the deck. "That sounds like Wind!"
They ran up to the deck and saw their friends bound to the mast, surrounded by the guys they'd knocked out earlier.
"Why are you guys doing this?" Double D asked, only for them to speak in their native tongue.
"They said: You have no idea who this girl is! It's Marina the lightning witch from the prophecy. Wait...this Marina is the lightning demon?" Wind question.
"I'm not a demon!" Marina shouted and red lightning bolts came from the sky, striking the mast. This was able to free the tied up crew members, though it left their hair spiked full of electricity. Marina's eyes were glowing red, but they soon faded into her normal blue eyes that were now full of tears. She fell to the ground crying her eyes out. The Ed-Splorers ran over to her side, until she spoke. "Their right, I'm nothing but a freak of nature. Just go, and leave me."
"You monster!" Double D shouted, which made Marina look up. Double D was actually facing the water moles leader with anger in his eyes. "How dare you call this girl a demon?!" They replied back in their native tongue.
"They say: Are you daft man?! She will destroy everything including the Spiral which will send everything plummeting into the abyss below us!" Wind translated.
"Still, her power can be controlled, not hindered." Double D blushed a bit, but kept his ground.
"I'm with ya Double D!" Ed smiled as he tripped on his own feet and fell at Double D's feet.
"Eh, well I guess I'm with ya too..." Eddy groaned.
"Well, a pirate always sticks by her captain." Bonnie stated as she walked over to Double D's side.
"I must be crazy to fight these guys again." Wind stated, walking over to Double D's side. "So sign me up for an insane asylum."
"Neekun flokin weeke!" The tribe leader shouted.
"He says: Fine, but you've sealed your own fate by siding with her." Wind translated.
"We shall seal your fate!" Ed shouted. Suddenly the Ed-Splorers began to glow red, which made them turn to Marina, who's hands were glowing.
"I made you guys impervious to their magic for a while, now hurry and finish them!" Marina shouted.
"Right!" They all shouted and charged at the water moles with full force. The battle raged on for about five minutes, due to the fact that Water moles are weak without magic. They were able to knock them unconscious, which gave them enough time to jump off the boat. Eddy and Ed jumped off first landing on top of each other in the process, Wind and Bonnie jumped off next, landing on the two Eds at the bottom. Double D landed on top of the pile as if it was a cushion. When Marina jumped down she landed in Double D's arms, which made him sweat and blush nervously.
"Get off!" Eddy shouted.
Back with Captain Avery...
Captain Avery began to re-read the prophecy again and saw another line: Unless changed by the scammer's alchemist. He began to wonder who was the scammer's alchemist, but shrugged it off. As long as the spiral was safe he didn't mind this scammer's alchemist.
Sorry for that short part at the end. Anyway this is a two parter, so enjoy wondering.
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