Finally! Another chapter ready to continue the story.
Hook quietly followed the captured Smee and the boar natives to a small camp close to Crocodile Creek.
Since it was the cold, rain season, the crocodiles had gone away until springtime.
He hid in the shadows and watched as the natives threw Smee into a bamboo made cage and set up their campfire. They were going to cook Smee!
Oh, dear Hook thought to himself. Not Smee…
Quickly and quietly, Hook sneaked past the guards and climbed up a dead tree branch.
Smee was shaking inside the cage. He now knew what his captain felt like with the crocodile and the octopus.
Then, he felt the cage shake.
A small fairy flew up to the cage.
"Tinker Bell?" Smee gasped quietly. "I'm surprised to see you."
Tinker Bell smiled and then carefully poked her hand through the lock.
"Smee!" hissed a voice.
"Cap'n!" Smee cried.
"What are you waiting for? A scrap of meal?"
"No, Tinker Bell is rescuing me."
Hook was shocked. A fairy is rescuing his first mate?
"Blast that Tinker Bell!" he growled.
Tinker Bell noticed Hook and stuck out her tongue at him.
And then, she was able to unlock the cage door.
"Oh, thank you kindly, Miss Bell" Smee sighed in relief.
Tinker Bell nodded her head and then flew off.
Smee carefully climbed out and he and Hook slowly climbed down the tree.
The two pirates quickly ran out of the camp before the boar natives could even notice.
They ran and ran until their feet were sore.
Finally, they reached an cave and sat down on the ground.
"Mr. Smee, are you all right?" Hook asked.
"Aye, Cap'n" replied Smee. "But how did you escape?"
Hook explained to Smee how he slipped out of the octopus' mouth and was swept away by the currents of the cenote well.
Smee was relieved that his captain was alive.
The two spent the rest of the night in the cave, but what they didn't realize was that they had company while they were asleep.
Two pirates together again.
The End