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The pirate vessel was still docked at their recent island. It was early in the morning and all the pirates were awake, except for Pakre. Apoo, Kiskue, Tobi, Mac, and the rest of the crew were snickering. They would finally get payback for all of the pranks Pakre had pulled on them. Tobi and Mac were the most eager. Over the one week Pakre had been on the crew, she had pranked Tobi and Mac he most. She had slipped thumbtacks onto their chairs twice, flipped over their hammocks four times, and yesterday she had stripped down and layed on top of the waking Tobi. When he awoke and saw the half naked Pakre on top of him, he bolted up and, again, planted his face in Macs butt which woke him up. The crew knew Pakre liked to play games, so they were going to play a little game of hide and seek. They all hurried to the hiding places they had chosen. Pakre was usually the first one to get up, and this was around the time she would start making breakfast.

Pakre stirred in her sleep. She dreamt of falling into a dark hole. An endless black hole and she could see nothing but blackness and her impending death, then 'thump'! Pakre awoke from the pain at the back of her head. That was the second time in the week she had been with the crew she had fallen off her hammock. She looked around to make sure she didn't wake anyone up, she saw no one. This struck her as odd. She was the first one up for the whole week she had been here. How could the whole crew wake up before her. She got up and bolted to the captains room. Instead of tip toeing in like she always did, she pulled the door open so hard that the door slammed into the wall next to it. She saw a bulge under the sheets. Something was off. If the entire crew was gone, why would the captain still be in bed. She knew this trick, she had pulled it many times at home when the towns people went looking for her. They would mistake the leaves under the sheets to be her and pull the sheets off. Once they did that, it triggered the trap she had set. The quick movement, and the weight of the intruders, disturbed the rope that was holding the leaves and sand in place and they fell into a pit. She left it to them to figure out how to get out.

Pakre pulled the sheets off the bed and found, as she had expected, pillows in the place of her captain. The one thing she didn't expect to see was a note tucked under one of the pillows. Pakre pulled out the note and read it out loud. "Dear Pakre, Since you love to play games and pranks, we have decide to play a little game of hide and seek with you. The whole crew is hiding in the ship. Oh, and you have a time limit, you have until lunch. Love, Scratchmen Apoo" Pakre smiled. He just made the mistake of signing "love". Pakre loved a game of hide and seek, and the time limit made it even more fun. Still she couldn't let the captain have complete control over the situation. She was in her underwear right now. She often slept that way, and the crew didn't know since she was always the last one to fall asleep. She looked in the direction of the captains dresser. Pakre walked over to it and began pulling drawers open. She found his robes and put them on. The sleeves were way longer than Kiskues shirt. They fell all the way to the floor and the robe stopped at the top of her toes. The robe also kept slipping off her shoulders. She looked around and saw an orange sash hiding underneath the bed. She walked over, picked it up, tightened the robe around her stomach, and quickly tied the sash around her. The torso of the robe fit nicely now. Pakre then scrunched up the sleeves and began looking through more of the dresser. Pakre found his pants and slipped them on making sure to tuck the rim of the pants underneath the part of the robe that was being held by the orange sash. She also found his slippers and put them on. "My captain has rather small feet for being a big man." Pakre teased, hoping someone would hear her and snicker. She heard nothing. Then she bolted out of the room and began her game of hide and seek.

"Hey, get off my foot, Mac." Tobi whispered. The whole crew was packed into the supply room. A large room that held all of the ships food, treasure, and extra cannon balls. It was the only room that Mac and Tobi had forgotten to show Pakre when they gave her the tour of the ship. After the crew heard this they all agreed to hide with them. The hiding places they had chosen were the most likely places that Pakre would look first. Now they wondered if it was such a good idea to jam the whole crew inside the used room. Some of the crew were sitting on crates that held the extra food and some were sitting on others laps. "Shh, you don't want her to find us, do you?" Apoo whispered. He looked up at the sun streaks peaking through the the wood. They were right under the front most part of the ship on the main deck. It was almost seven in the morning. "Hey, here she comes." Tobi whispered. "Captain, she's wearing your clothes." Kiskue said pointing to the figure now looming above them. Apoo looked up and his jaw dropped. She was, and she had found a way to make them fit. "At least she's not running around naked, we would have given her our location if she was." Mac whispered softly to Tobi. The figure looked down and everyone got quiet. None of them were even breathing from the fear that Pakre might hear their breaths. Pakre then walked away and towards the kitchen and the men breathed a sigh of relief.

"Pff, nothing." Pakre huffed. She had looked through the kitchen thoroughly. She looked through the cupboards, underneath the kitchen table, the bathroom that connected to the kitchen, she even looked in the oven to see if anyone was stupid enough to try it. She wouldn't turn on the oven, though. She wasn't that cruel. When she walked away from the oven she promised herself that if a marine were to hide in there, she would turn it on. She then proceeded to the top deck. Nothing. The main deck. Nothing. The room underneath the bunkers. Nothing. She even went to the captains room again. I was just as she left it. The sheets were off the bed and pillows still in the same pile and the drawers to the dresser were open just as she left them. She then thought of the cannon room. She always thought it was strange how the cannon room stopped half way below the main deck. Then she grinned. She knew where her crew was. Pakre turned very slowly and quietly made her way to the cannon room.

Pakre quietly opened the door to the cannon room. There were cannons lined up at the closed slits on the walls. The room was big, but not as big as it should be. Pakre pursed her lips. She didn't like puzzle games, but she was good at them. She hated the fact that she was relying on her puzzle smarts to find her crew. Pakre shrugged it off. She did know where the crew was now, she just had to get to where they were hiding. She didn't see a door anywhere. So she quietly made her way over to the wall across from her. She layed her hands softly on the wall and pressed her head against it. She heard whispers. Pakre smiled even more. She took her head off the wall and slid her hand slowly and quietly across the wall. If there was a secret door here, there would be a draft of air. Then Pakre stopped. She found it. From what she could tell, the door opened inwards and the door didn't have a doorknob. She stepped back slowly and held her arms in front of her, ready to push the door with both hands. Then gave a running start towards the door. She made sure to stomp on the wood below her to confuse them before she scared the shit out of them. Bam! Pakre tackled the door open and fell into an awkward grasp. She knew this feeling. She grinned and looked up. There was her captain, eyes wide with surprise. She looked around her and saw her scared shitless crew. She snorted. They looked ridiculous. "Peek-a boo, I found you." Pakre sang, turning back to her captain. "I'll say, you found us alright. You even injured some." Pakre looked at the door behind her. She tried to keep herself from laughing as she spotted Macs head sticking out of the outward side of the door. Though he was shorter then she remembered him.

"He was bent over grabbing his toe after Tobi stepped on it when you slammed the door open." Apoo said. His voice was shaky. Pakre turned her head back to Apoo and saw he was trying to hide a smile. It was obvious to her that the captain thought the sight was funny too. Then Pakre looked around her again. The room was a tight fit for all the crew members. Most of the men were standing and sitting on crates. Pakre looked back at her captain. She just looked at him with innocent eyes. Apoo turned his head back towards her, he had been looking at the sad state Mac was in until he felt Pakres stare. He looked down at her innocent eyes. "What is that look for?" Apoo asked. A second later, Pakres stomach growled. The whole crew heard it and their attention was focused on her. "I'm starving, I didn't have breakfast jerk." Pakre said. She felt dizzy, and her body followed her feeling. Apoo looked at her closer. She looked very pale. He pressed his hand against her head, and she felt really warm. "Pakre, are you okay?" Apoo asked. His face was now full of concern. Then, Pakre suddenly fainted and collapsed in his arms. She fell limp, and the only thing keeping her off the floor was Apoos hold on her. The crew rushed around her. All calling her name with fruitless effort to wake her up. "Pakre? Pakre!" Apoo yelled at the unconscious girl. Kiskue pushed through the crowd of men and knelt by his captain. "We should bring her to the medical room. Doctor, head over to the medical room and get ready for Pakre. We'll meet you there." The doctor ran out of the room and to the medical room. "Captain?" Apoo was still leaning over the unconscious Pakre, her head on his lap. His face had a look of worry. The crew had never seen their captain look so worried.

"Captain! We need to get Pakre to the medical room. She'll be able to get proper treatment there." Kiskue assured his captain. Apoo nodded his head and picked up Pakre. He ran out of the packed room and started for the medical room. The crew was still shocked. She looked lively and healthy just yesterday, and now she was being rushed to the medical room. Plus, seeing the captain look so worried was a little disturbing. He's always so carefree. It was the first time the crew had ever seen the captain like this. The men looked at each other, then followed their captain with Kiskue in the lead.

Pakre was layed on the white sheeted bed at the end of the room. There were shelves full of medicines and pain killers. At the foot of the bed was a desk with many medical tools sitting on it. The doctor picked up the stethoscope that hung around his neck. He placed the ear buds in his ears and took hold of the tunable diaphragm. He moved the diaphragm down the captains clothes that Pakre was wearing. He listened for a few minutes, moving his hand every so often to look for a clearer sound of her heart. Then he took hold of her wrist to feel her pulse. He walked towards his desk and took out a digital thermometer. He walked back to Pakre and opened her mouth to place the thermometer beneath her tongue. He waited a couple of seconds before the thermometer beeped. He slipped it out of her mouth and read the thermometer. "A hundred and two degrees. Looks like shes had a temperature for a while now captain, and no breakfast and running around this morning didn't help at all" the doctor said, turning to face his captain. "How did she get a temperature?" Apoo asked. "It was most likely the time she stole all of our clothes and hid in the crows nest. Plus, all the work of making everyone breakfast everyday early in the morning has got to play a part in this as well." the doctor answered. It made sense. Walking around naked would give you a cold, and hard labor and lack of sleep would make it worse. Apoo looked at Pakre. He would have to stay on top of her and make sure she went to bed with the rest of the crew. "I'll take care of her captain, you should go to the top deck and assure the crew she'll be alright." Apoo nodded and turned to walk out the door.

When Apoo opened the door he saw his crew, and they were worried and some were sobbing. "We should have taken better care of Pakre, now she's sick." Tobi sobbed. Mac was next to him, he had a bump on his head where the door hit him. He was in the same state as Tobi. Kiskue walked forward to his captain, calm and collected, but worried. "Will she be okay?" Kiskue asked. "Yeah, shes just got a cold, that's all." Apoo answered. He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. This had been a very eventful morning, but not in the best way. Kiskue sighed in relief and so did the crew. Sighing in relief seemed to happen a lot on this crew. The men had taken a liking to her and her way of making a funny atmosphere. They may not like the pranks right away, but after a while the crew laughed at her pranks when she wasn't around. When they saw her collapse today and her sick face, it sure as hell shocked them all. They got used to the lively face she wore everyday that they never thought she could catch a cold and collapse. "Well, we're making our own lunch today men. Lets head up to the kitchen and get something to eat. None of us had breakfast this morning." Apoo said clutching his growling stomach. The men nodded in agreement and the sound of growling stomachs could be heard throughout the ship.

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