Chapter 8
Donald and Goofy fell out of the cupboard where they were hiding, making a big thump. I slowly peeked out of the barrel, then proceeded to hop out of it and Jim following along. The four of us argued with each another on what was going on, as we all try to make our points stand out from another's, exaggerating out hand motions. Afterwards we finally came in harmony, "We have to tell the Captain!"
Jim hurried up the stairs and we followed him closely behind, but Mr. Silver was standing on top of the stairs wanting to go down the galley.
"Jimbo, Sora?" he looked around suspiciously. "Playing games," he walked downstairs as the two of us backed off. "are we?" he gestured his cyborg arm, then had it behind his back.
Jim backed against the table "Yeah, we're playing games," his hand reched out for something behind him as I backed up to the barrel.
"Oh I see…" I hear a click from his robotic arm. "I see…I'm never much good at games. Always hated to lose."
I saw what Jim had reached for from the table as he muttered "Mm…" it was a pair of scissors. Speedily, he stabbed the cyborg's mechanical peg leg saying, "Me too!"
I grabbed onto Goofy, who grabbed onto Donald, whose staff was outstretched far enough to cause Mr. Silver to trip onto the floor as he yelped in pain where steam was coming off from the cut on the peg leg. That maneuver bought us more time as I rushed off to the stern into the Captain's office. Jim signaling us to hurry up, and from the side of the door I saw Mr. Silver crawling up from the stairs, cyborg eye flaring up to find us. Jim shut the door quickly. After Mr. Silver gave the crew a command, a loud cheer could be heard.
From the window, I saw that the flag with the ship's emblem was taken down and replaced by the Jolly Roger. The four armed creature smashed open the armory and handed guns to the crewmembers.
Donald, Goofy and Jim were talking too fast for the Captain to comprehend, until I called out, "pirates are taking over the ship!"
"What?" the captain strode over to the safe, "Pirates on my ship?" She opened the safe to grab a gun, "I'll see they all hang." She tossed a gun at the canine doctor, "Doctor, familiar with these?" He held onto the gun with two fingers, looking at it nervously as he said "Well I've seen…I've read" but he carelessly shot one laser bullet at a globe, narrowly missing the captain, "Eh, no, no I'm not."
We didn't notice Morph follow us into the room but now he's staring at the map that is in the captain's hands. Right now they're trying to bust open then door as we saw sparks coming out from the lock.
"Mr. Hawkins, defend this with your life," the captain ordered then tossed the spherical object to Jim, but Morph took it by his mouth, still wanting to play games.
"Morph!" he reached out to the map and started tugging it from the blob "Give me that!" he managed to get Morph to lose its grip and stuffed it into his trouser pocket. The Captain blasted a hole into the floor, right before Mr. Silver busted the door open. We hopped into it, the smoke fuzzed up the pirate's vision, and before we knew it we were in the engine room trunning to reach for the hull. Some pirates were already on our trails. The Doctor tripped by the stairs and saw them coming closer. Without delay, the captain dragged him out of the way and shut the door tight. She then aimed her laser gun to the lock to prevent them from coming through. "To the long boats, quickly!"
Jim, Mr. Doppler, Donald and Goofy hopped onto one of them while I threw the switch for the door to open for us to escape. The captain armed her laser sniper and then leaped on the boat with a meow. I followed after her. Meanwhile Morph took the map out of Jim's pocket. "Morph! No!" he cried as the cheeky creature floawed back on the sill and Jim jumped after it.
"Jim!" Donald quacked. But looking at the open air below made him think twice about jumping out of the boat to help Jim.
At this time, the pirates threw the door open with their lasers and they came pouring out. I summoned my keyblade to cast Thundara and Donald did the same with his staff.
"Chew on this you pus-filled boils!" the captain screamed as she took aim on them. Some bullets were ricocheting off a pirate's tough skin as they continue to march forward. The doctor, closing his eyes, shot recklessly which caused a heavy gear to fall on the sill, breaking it and sending pirates down below.
"Did you actually aim for that?" Captain Amelia blinked.
"You know, actually I did?" the doctor responded, amazed with his ability. The captain pushed him down to cover him up, while I casted Reflega. I saw from the translucent shield Mr. Silver throwing the switch off, causing the escape door to shut gradually. "Ah, blast it!" our captain yelled. Goofy pointed out that Jim was still chasing after the pink blob for the map.
The captain ordered Mr. Doppler to shoot at the forward cable when she prompts him meanwhile she would take the back cable.
The shield was down completely now and I could still see a tireless Morph floating by being chased by Jim. By now Mr. Silver was at the other end of the deck, calling over his pet.
"Morph, Morphy, come here." the pirate whistled.
"Morph, Morph, bring it here," Jim called the blob back in a playful tone. "Morph, come here."
"Come here, come here boy-"
"Morph, over here-"
"Come to your dad-"
"Come here, boy-"
The little pink creature was befuddled with whom to play with, now Jim and Silver both sound frustrated.
"Morph! Come here!"
"Come, on! Morphy!"
The blob then hid into a pile of ropes. Mr. Silver lunged forward but his faulty peg leg hindered him from going any further. Jim took advantage of this and reached for the map before Silver could. He ran towards our longboat and Mr. Silver tried to aim for Jim with his gun on the cyborg hand…but he paused before lowering his weapon, unwilling to take Jim's life.
"Now!" the Captain prompted and the doctor and captain shot at the cables at the same time. I shot Thunder at the switch to throw the door open again. Jim dived for the longboat, hanging on the edge of the boat while Goofy helped him up. The captain then loosened the solar sail of the ship, pressing a few buttons, "Parameters met, hydraulics engaged." She steered the boat away from the ship.
The doctor gulped after looking at the sky, "Captain," he pointed out the problem, "Laser ball at twelve o'clock." I fumbled to summon my keyblade while the captain tried to steer away from the fiery cannon ball. We weren't quick enough to act and the ball struck the sail, burning off the boat's engine, and the Captain groaned in pain, holding onto the side of her body. All of us yapped as we held onto the boat bracing for impact as it crashed on top of giant fungi, bouncing off and crashing into another one before landing coarsely with the boat overhead us.
All of us moaned and lifted the boat away from our heads. "Boy, that was more fun than I ever want to have again!" the doctor chirped.
Captain Amelia chuckled as she dusted herself off from behind him, "That's not one of my…gossamer landings. Oh!" the captain was on her knees, in pain.
"Captain!" the doc cried. We lent our hands to help her up.
"Don't fuss." By now the captain was tipsy from the wound. But she denied it, "Slight bruising, that's all." She cleared her throat, "A cup of tea, and I'll be right as rain." She looked at the doctor, "Mr. Hawkins." her vision blurry as she realized she was asking the wrong person, and so turned to look at Jim, "The map, if you please."
By a split second, Jim took out the sphere. But it acted out strangely as it floated upwards, then deforming into a laughing pink blob. "Morph?" the blob continued to laugh as he floated about Jim, "Morph! Where's the map?"
The little creature told the story by shapeshifting into a ball and rope, the ball part of Morph going inside the rope before shifting back into a blob.
"Are you serious! It's back on the ship?" Jim yelled. But the shapeshifter was still tireless as Jim still tried to grab hold of it. The Captain looked back up and ordered "Stifle that blob and get low, we've got company…" another long boat loomed past us, pursuing what was thought to be the map for Treasure Planet. We hid under the boat and the captain watched closely, "We need a more defensible position. Mr. Hawkins," she ordered Jim, "you and your travel companions scout ahead."
"Aye, captain." Jim responded, and gestured to my team to follow him.
The captain cried in pain again, and the doctor gently lowered her. "Now, let's take a look at that." We now have distanced ourselves from the captain and doctor.
"Sora…" Goofy tapped my shoulder, his face showing a concerned look.
"I know. There could be a trap here set up for me…Jim!" I called out to the boy who was already walking ahead of us. "We have to be careful of the heartless and the Organization. Their activities are denser here." I summoned the keyblade and Morph turned himself into a dirk for Jim to use once again. For once the blob was being serious.
