Pirate101- The Legend of Captain Hawkins

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Chapter 8- The Sender

"Pirates, I can see that you have a good mind," said The Frogfather, "Let us reason together and we can do good business. Now, why have you come to me?"

"We need to track down Ratbeard," explained Barnabus, "A wharf rat named Lasko said that you can help us."

"It is a favour you ask of me, Pirates," The Frogfather stated, "I will tell you where to find Ratbeard if you do a favour for me."

"More favours?" asked Emmett, "I guess we have no choice. What do you need Mr. Frogfather?"

"I own the black market," explained The Frogfather, "However, there is a criminal who has ordered something none of my men can hope to gain. This criminal will put me out of business if I don't get it. He wants rare spices, owned by Monquistans. It is currently stored away in The Presidio Fortress, not far from Skull Island. Bring me the spices and I'll tell you how to find Ratbeard."

The Presidio was a large fortress. Almost impenetrable. Almost. There was a way to get in, James just couldn't ponder a way to get in.

"Need some help?" a familiar voice said, "I know we're enemies but I owe you one for saving me from Captain Veridius."

James spun around and saw a grey shark with tattoos on one side of his body. Fin Dorsal.

"You!" shouted Nathaniel.

"Oh, hello Captain Sharp, I didn't expect to see you here," said Fin.

Nathaniel was glaring at Fin so much that James wondered what happened between them.

"What happened between you two?" asked James.

"He handed the first mates of Dust, Bex, Dino and I to the Armada a year ago," replied Nathaniel, "They're going to be executed at the same time as a goose named Egg Shen, who betrayed the Armada."

James looked at Fin who said, "Those four first mates were all people from your past, James. Bex had Wing Chun, an old friend of yours. Dust had Kan Po, your zen teacher. Dino had Subodai, your old enemy. And Nate here, he had your sword teacher Kobe Yojimbo as his first mate."

Nathaniel stared at James, "Kobe... was the one who taught you your Samoorai skills? But who taught you your Ninja Pig skills?"

"Wang Chun," replied James, "Wing's dad. My first mate was captured by the Armada too. The goose you spoke of- Egg Shen. The only two that never met were Wing Chun and Subodai. Until Bex and Dino met, of course."

James turned to Fin, "Ok, you use the Cutthroat ships to attack The Presidio from the sky to create a diversion, spreading their forces throughout the entire Presidio. Nathaniel, you attack the left hand side of the fortress, I'll take the right. We'll all meet in the courtyard to obtain the spices."

BOOM! Fin's diversion exploded at the entrance to The Presidio Fortress. The pirates ran to their stations and started attacking. Monkeys started flying around the fortress, with the insides spilling out everywhere. Bonnie Anne vomited every five minutes. The pirates and Cutthroats arrived at the courtyard.

"Ok," said James, "Let's storm the storehouse and steal the spices by force. It's a little too late to get in and out without anyone knowing we're here."

"I agree with that," said Fin.

Luckily, for the pirates, there weren't any guards in the storehouse- they were all busy fighting back against Fin's diversion. Nathaniel walked up to the locked part of the room where the spices were and said that it was locked. James tried to kick the door open, but neither that, nor the use of the pirates' blades would open the metal cage door.

"We need a key," said Fin, "I bet there'll be some in the barracks."

"Let's go have a look," added Bonnie Anne.

"Oi!" shouted a dog from the other end of the room, in a cage with two other pirates, "You pirates, come here, quick!"

The pirates walked up to him.

"My name's Jack Russell. Lucky Jack Russell," the dog said.

"You're annoying," James then said.

"Wait! That voice!" the guinea pig pirate said in a Valencian pirate, "Captain, is that you? No, bless my soul I knew your parents!"

James spun round and looked at the guinea pig. The look was familiar. He had seen this strange-looking pirate before.

"Who are you?" asked James.

"My name is Gaspard DeVole, the first mate of your father and a member of the Second Generation of The Five First Mates," the guinea pig replied.

James stared at him, "You're the sender of that letter you sent to Wang Chun! Here, I still have it."

Gaspard looked at the letter and nodded. Then, James punched Gaspard in the face.

"You idiot!" shouted James, "You let the letter get in the hands of the Armada! They edited it to say that Subodai killed Dad, not Deacon!"

"I apologize for my mistakes, James," apologized Gaspard, rubbing his nose.

James smiled and kicked the cage open. These bars weren't as strong as the ones blocking htem from stealing the spices. The three pirates: Gaspard, Jack and the zombie left their cell.

"That means..." Jack Russell said gesturing to Nathaniel, "Are you Dino?"

"No, I'm Nathaniel Sharp," Nathaniel replied.

The zombie stared at Nathaniel, "I was yer parents' first mate! Me name be Dead Mike, an undead pirate."

"I can see that," replied Nathaniel, with a smile.

"Now, James," Gaspard said, "May I join your crew, for old time's sake? It's been sixteen long years since I last sailed with a Hawkins."

"There's always room for another on my crew, Gaspard," James replied.

"And you, Nate," said Mike, "I'd like to join yer crew if ye'll have me."

"Of course, Mike," replied Nathaniel.

"Gaspard, what are The Five First Mates?" James asked.

"The first mates of The Five Captains," replied Gaspard.

"You said that you were in the Second Generation," James said, "What did you mean?"

"The First Generation of The Five Captains were Captain Horace Avery, Captain Boochbeard, Captain Marco Pollo, Captain Voss I and Captain Silver I," Gaspard explained, "Their first mates and the First Generation of The Five First Mates were Mordekai (Avery's first mate), Mr. Gandry (Boochbeard's first mate), Cooper Clark (Marco Pollo's first mate), Egg Foo Yung (Voss I's first mate) and Giovanni DeVole (Silver I's first mate and my uncle). The Second Generation of The Five Captains were, as you know, the parents of the team of pirates Avery has assembled to become The Third Generation of The Five Captains. I don't know why he is waiting. You all seem ready to me."

"That's because all of our first mates were captured by the Armada," said Nathaniel.

"I see. That's a problem," Gaspard said, "Anyway, The Second Generation of The Five First Mates were myself (as your father's first mate), Jack here (as Captain Voss II's first mate), Michael over there (as Nathaniel's father's first mate), Milo Graytail (as Captain Silver II's first mate) and Birgus Latro (as your mother's first mate)."

"Ha!" Fin said, "Your father, Pirate. That brings back some memories."

"You knew him?" James asked.

"Yeah," Fin replied, "We were both students of the same legendary buccaneer, Mark, along with your mother. Mark was Mordekai's father and a distant relative of Marcus. He was stronger than me. He even created the skills of a swashbuckler himself. He had two students- Morgan LaFitte, the swashbuckler trainer and Kobe Yojimbo, who I'm sure you know. That's how I first met him. That's also why Kobe agreed to teach you."

"Woah," James said, "That's suprising."

"Anyway," Gaspard said, "Let's go upstairs. The commander of The Presidio is up there, and he has a key to every lock in this place."

"What's this?" the commander asked, "Unattractive pirates think they can steal from the Crown of Monquista? I, Commander El Nebuloso of The Presidio, will destroy you with extreme force."

El Nebuloso charged at the pirates, with speed greater than the Ninja Pigs. He cut open wounds on all the pirates one at a time. Only James was fast enough to dodge the attacks. James threw a kunai knife at El Nebuloso, which hit him in the leg. El Nebuloso slowed down, enough for Dead Mike to stab him in the arm and pin him to the wall. Monkey blood came rushing out of his monkey body.

"Aaah!" El Nebuloso shouted in pain, "I surrender! Take what you want, fiends! Just let me off of here!"

Mike took El Nebuloso off of the wall, while Gaspard took the keys. They then returned to the storehouse to collect the spices.

"Great, we have the spices," said Emmett, "Now, let's be off to see The Frogfather and find Ratbeard."