Well, the gang's in for it, now! Guess what monster's making his appearance?
Chapter 10: The Kraken
Sweet Revenge
The morning sun rose over the seas where the Sweet Revenge sailed as the team was still asleep. Eva was the first to wake to the lively eyes of her little brother. "Eva!"
She giggled. "Good morning, Little Bro!" She got up. "I have a pretty good feeling about today. Come on, let's go for a swim before the others wake up!"
By the time noon came, the Flying Dutchman had found the Candy Pirates, sailing closely behind. Davy Jones stared at it through his telescope. He then turned to Sector Z, who was frozen in his ice, except for their heads. "So, the legendary Sector Z. If I had known who you were from the beginning, I never would have put Eva Roberts in your custody. Even so, I should know better than to trust children. But children or not, this requires punishment-ah!"
"Go ahead." Bruce said. "We're already dead and cursed to work for you, anyway. We're used to this kind of stuff."
"Oh, are you? We'll soon see."
Moments later, some crewmembers began pushing and turning a large knob in the center, making a pole rise from the deck. "Let no joyful voice be heard-ah!" Jones exclaimed as another pirate whipped the ones turning the knob. "Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake… THE KRAKEN-AH!"
"NOOO!" Sector Z screamed. At that instant, the pole slammed back down, but stopped when it was an inch away.
"What?" Jones looked confused.
The pirates then tried to force it down, but failed. "It's stuck, Captain." Maccus said.
"Stuck? Oh, for crying out—MOVE OVER!" With that, Jones climbed on the pole and tried jumping on it to push it down, but couldn't. "Gah! Stupid piece of junk-ah! Fine! Plan B!" He pulled out a remote and pushed a button.
Far beneath the surface on the ocean floor, a large garage door opened, and a vicious monster was awakened.
Back on the Sweet Revenge, Stickybeard and Nigel continued to look at the compass. Patton noticed that Kuki was trying to avoid Wally. "What's with her?" he asked Fanny.
"She got hurt and Wally didn't help her. Typical boy."
"Well, maybe he was too far away at the time?"
"Oh, of course YOU'D try and defend him! All you boys are alike!"
"Yeah? Well, next time a giant monster captures you, don't expect me to help!"
"You weren't gonna help me, anyway! The only reason you saved me back there was because it was YOUR body!"
"That's not true! I-"
"Oi, Captain!" Chewy and Gooey called from the crow's nest. "Zere is a ship coming, hohn hohn!"
"What kind of ship?" Stickybeard asked.
"It has… TEETH!"
"TEETH?" the kids exclaimed. They ran over to the edge to get a look at the dark green ship with teeth. They instantly recognized it.
"It's the Flying Dutchman!" Nigel shouted.
"THE FLYING DUTCHMAN?" the pirates cried.
"Quick, Dumb John Silver! Get this ship to the nearest-" But before Stickybeard could finish his order, the entire ship quaked.
"What was that?" Nigel asked.
"I think we hit a reef, Captain." Dumb John replied.
"A reef?" Stickybeard repeated, looking over the edge. "Hurry! Get this ship out, so we can-" A tentacle whipped up and dragged the captain down.
"Stickybeard, where'd ya go?" Abby asked. They noticed the Candy Pirates looking horrified at something in the distance. They turned in that direction to see a tentacle throw Stickybeard high up in the air as he screamed.
"KRAKEEEEEEN!" Then he was dragged down into the depths.
"The Kraken?!" Violet exclaimed.
"THE KRAKEN!" another pirate exclaimed.
"Make ready the guns!" another ordered.
The kids looked over the edge in terror to see large tentacles slithering up the side. Nigel gulped. "I guess that's our cue to back up!" The team did as he said and got away from the rail just in time for the tentacles to come up and begin furiously attacking the ship.
The Candy Pirates tried to fight the tentacles with their candycane swords and gum guns, but most of them ended up being grabbed and dragged down. Eva was trying to keep Manaphy calm, but the baby merman kept crying. "It's okay, Little Brother! The big bad monster will go away soon- HEY!" A Candy Pirate swiped the baby and held him up.
"HERE! HE'S ALL YOURS! TAKE HIM! TAKE HIM AND LEAVE US ALONE!"
Eva pulled him back forcefully. "What are you doing?!"
He took him back. "Tryin' to save us, that's what!"
"You can't just-"
"AHHHH!" the pirate screamed when he was grabbed by the Kraken. He swung around in the air for a while, forced to drop Manaphy, but Eva ran over and caught him.
"You okay?"
"PHEEE!" Manaphy cried more.
"This thing's unstoppable!" Kade exclaimed.
"Just keep fighting!" Nigel ordered, shooting fire at the tentacles.
The pirates on the Flying Dutchman watched and hollered with joy as the spectacle took place. "STOP! CALL IT OFF!" Bruce pleaded as Sector Z tried to escape the ice trap.
"Your friends were lucky enough to find a ship, but not lucky enough to find one that's cursed-ah!"
"Cursed?"
"SILENCE-AH! Now, you will watch the death of your pitiful Kids Next Door!"
A pirate with an eel head approached Jones. "Uh, Captain? If you have that remote to awaken the Kraken, why do we need that pole?"
"Because it looks cool, Mr. Morey-ah!"
"Alright, alright, geez."
On the Sweet Revenge, Violet tossed cat shurikens up to one of the tentacles, making the Kraken screech as they exploded. "I wonder if it knows how much I like to eat fish?" she smirked.
Abby and Hoagie stood side by side as they fired at the tentacles with their weapons. A tentacle snuck up and wrapped around Abby's leg. "ABBY!" Hoagie screamed
"HEEELP!" Abby cried as she tried to grip onto the deck. Hoagie ran up and shot the tentacle, making it release.
"Phew! Thanks, Hoagie! Numbuh 5 don't wanna be fish food today!"
While Kuki, Wally, and Kade were trying to shoot off tentacles, two tentacles snuck up on Kuki and Kade and began dragging them along the deck. "KUKI!" Wally shouted.
"KADE!" Eva cried.
"Numbuh 4! HEEELP!" Kuki pleaded as Wally tried to pull her out of its grasp. It was then that Oshus ran up and stabbed the tentacle with his staff, making it release Kuki.
Eva used a Waterbending Slice against the other tentacle, making it drop Kade. "Thanks, Eva!"
"Any time, Kade."
"Hurry! Up here!" Nigel shouted from atop one of the sails. The others soon climbed up to where he was and began attacking tentacles from their vantage point.
"That ol' squid codger won't find us up here!" Marine declared.
"Yeah! This'll be easy as one, two-" Before Wally could finish, they all gaped as two tentacles of gargantuan size shot up to the sky, towering over their ship. "…Six." Wally finished.
"Hol…y…shit." Violet said as the two tentacles descended onto the deck. In a matter of seconds, the tentacles smashed through the center, splitting the entire ship in two, and the Candy Pirates tried to hang on as they slid into the water. Chewy and Gooey screamed as they fell from their crow's nest into the water. The group looked to see a large mouth open in the center and Dumb John Silver fall into it. They exchanged frightful glances as a tentacle wrapped around the pole with the sail they were on and crushed it.
"WATCH OUT!" Nigel screamed as they all fell into the water. Eva and Manaphy immediately made a large air bubble for them to breathe in. They looked in horror underwater at the sight of the Kraken, dragging the Sweet Revenge to the depths.
Once the Kraken was long gone, the group went back up to the surface. Wally held onto Kuki and Violet held onto Nigel since they couldn't swim. They looked back to see the Flying Dutchman coming up and climbed up into the mouth to hide as Davy Jones and Octoroo looked down into the sea.
"Oo-ah-ear. The kids aren't here. They must've been claimed by the sea."
"…I am the sea."
As the team heard Jones walk away, Fanny noticed something: "Where's Patton?"
"Oi, Captain! I found this brat!" At this, Nigel and Fanny climbed up and peeked through the railing to see a pirate bring Patton up on deck.
Jones chuckled. "Well, well, well. What have we here? If it isn't the young Drill Sergeant-ah!" He grabbed Patton by the neck with his crab claw and held him over the edge. "Patton Drilovsky… do ye fear death?"
Patton just growled angrily and spit in Jones' eye. As a response, Jones gripped the neck with his crab claw and broke it, dropping him in the sea. Nigel and Fanny gasped. Jones heard this and looked over, but the two immediately got back down. The gang stayed absolutely quiet in the Dutchman's mouth as they heard Jones come over.
Jones turned back to his crew and said, "Lock these children in the brig and prepare to sail! Counting the Talisman we've already found, that makes a total of five with the ones from the ship-ah! That makes only two more for us to find. Find them for me first or there'll be the devil to pay!"
"First?" a puff-fish pirate asked.
"There are other pirates on the sea that are searching for them. And I sense that the brats are still alive-ah. We must find them all before they do!"
"But isn't this ship indestructible?" Dayu asked. "If those other pirates or the kids find the Talismans, we'll just take them down."
"This ship is not completely invincible. The only thing that can destroy it is another cursed ship, and as far I can remember, there is but one cursed ship we've not been able to find and sink-ah! If the children are able to find that ship, we could be in danger. Now, make ready the sails and start searching." At his command, the Flying Dutchman set sail.
By this time, the group jumped off the ship and went back underwater to hide in another bubble until the ship was gone. Rachel was trying to comfort Fanny as she cried.
Boy, that was rough. That's the end of the Sweet Revenge! If you were listening, only a cursed ship can penetrate the Flying Dutchman. 1,000 points to anyone who can guess what that ship is. Hint: it's not Mandy's ship.