Pirate101- The Legend of Captain Hawkins
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Chapter 10- Flotsam Maelstrom
Gaspard and Mike showed their captains the new ships, "Welcome aboard The Dashing Fortune, Captain," Gaspard said.
"This is yer ship, Captain Sharp," Mike said to him, "The Admiral's Falcon."
James and Nathaniel stared at the ships. They weren't the best ships around, but they were certainly better than The Grinning Grouper and The Wandering Dogfish. They boarded their ships.
"Let's get to the ruined lighthouse, full speed," James said to Emmett.
"Aye aye, Captain," the otter replied and called out James' command to the rest of his crew. They then set sail for the ruined lighthouse.
"Captain!" Gaspard cried, "Hurricane, up ahead! It's the Flotsam Maelstrom, the most powerful storm in Skull Island!"
"Oh crud," said James, "Gaspard! Take the wheel! Steer us away from the storm and head to Flotsam! Emmett, use morse code to Barnabus that the Flotsam Maelstrom is up ahead! The rest of us will take the sails!"
James and the crew pulled the sails and Gaspard steered the wheel as hard as he could, but they could not escape the Flotsam Maelstrom. The storm pulled them in, with The Admiral's Falcon not far behind. As they got closer, James could make out a ship inside the storm. What was this ship and who was the captain? James knew that this would be the last thing he could possibly know. James accepted death, waiting for the storm to pull them in. Just when things seemed hopeless, a gust of wind appeared from nowhere, blowing the two skiffs away from the storm. Unfortunately, this sudden change of winds broke both the ships in half. The ships crashed right into a solitary island, where there appeared to be no signs of life. At least, that's what it looked like at first glance. But then, James heard a sound from the trees beyond, and it didn't sound friendly.
Nine Waponi Water Moles leapt out of the forest and started to attack. Emmett, who had fast reactions, shot a burst of electricity at a slingman, who fell back. Nanu Nanu charged at another spearman and began to attack. However, the spearman blocked and the battle began. All the pirates and Waponis fought to the death. Gaspard was the only one, to lose his fight however, with Mike finishing off the one that beat Gaspard. The guinea pig's and water moles' blood and guts were staining the beach. Gaspard was in critical condition. Bonnie Anne vomited three times. Dead Mike patched up Gaspard's wounds and James started to push Gaspard's chest to bring him back.
"Come on," James said, "Don't die on me you idiot."
Gaspard open his eyes slightly, "James... I'm sorry. Avenge your father. Destroy Deacon, and I will be satisfied. Until then, my soul is trapped in this world."
Gaspard's eyes opened very widely and he desperately tried to breathe. Then, the guinea pig guard died that moment. James buried his head in his hands. Gaspard was dead. The guinea pig that saved his life sixteen years ago when Deacon killed his father was no more. Then a blue, glowing light shone from Gaspard's body and a translucent figure came out. It was Gaspard's ghost.
"Captain!" Gaspard shouted and he ran towards him. However, Gaspard just passed through him and fell over, "Well, I guess I'm nothing more than a sight now," he said sadly, "You better kill Deacon quick, I'm not sure how long I can hold on like this."
James thought for a moment. It took a while, but his face lit up.
"I've got it!" he cried, "If Old Scratch has come back from the dead, then perhaps we can find out how he came back and do the same for Gaspard!"
"Just one problem, genius," Nathaniel said, "Our skiffs can't sail and we'll die if we use our rafts, because of the storms."
James thought for a moment, "That is a problem. I guess we have no choice. We're going to have to enter the forest, in Waponi territory, to collect wood and fix the ships."
The pirates (including Gaspard) gasped. Enter the forest? That would be suicide. However, if they were going to leave the island, they had no choice. It was time to fight the Waponis and collect some wood.
Darkness crept throughout the entire forest as the pirates searched for some wood. Every twenty minutes they would get an ambush from the Waponis. Bonnie Anne vomited every time, thanks to James' gory way of killing the water moles.
"I say, there's not enough wood in these areas of the woods," Emmett said, "Perhaps we need to go right into the heart of the forest and raid the Waponi Village."
"He's right," James added, "The Waponis down there should have plenty of wood."
Hekalo Eta gulped, as he was purely afraid of the Waponi Chiefs, because one severely wounded him once. They then walked towards the Waponi Village, where they found water moles with white fur performing a ritual in front of a large fire. There, as the sacrifice tied to a wooden pole, they saw a live Ninja Pig. James looked at the pig and once the water moles removed his mask, James saw who the ninja was- Takeshi Chun, an old friend of James' from the Chun Clan. James then decided to save Takeshi and signalled for the pirates to attack. They charged at the moles and fought with all their might against them. James looked at Takeshi and nodded. James cut the ropes and Takeshi joined the fight.
"Thank you, James," he said with a smile, "It's been ten years. Let's see if you've become stronger."
"Yeah," James replied.
James charged at the water moles and swiped his sword, killing them, one by one. However, many more water moles were coming in. They couldn't do this alone. Takeshi threw himself towards a prison cell and picked the lock open. A crane leapt out and killed all the reinforcements so quickly, that it looked like they were five of him.
"Wing?" James asked, "But... you're in Valencia... to be executed with Egg and the others."
"If I were Wing," the crane replied, "Then why would I be here, in Skull Island? Oh, maybe because I'm not Wing."
James smiled. There was only one other crane he knew and the voice perfectly matched to him, "Hello, Wang," James said and they then completely destroyed the water moles. Bonnie Anne vomited again.
"I see," Wang Chun said, "So Egg, Wing, Kobe, Subodai and Kan Po are all in Valencia to be hanged. On top of that, my old friend Gaspard is now a ghost."
"Yeah," James said, "But I think I can bring him back. I just need to fix the skiffs over there and I'll be able to go and find out how to do it."
Wang placed his hand on James' shoulder, "Don't worry, James. You need to rest, as well as your crew. We have plenty of spare food, so we can load your ships when they're fixed. We will also load Gaspard's corpse, in case you need it to revive him."
"Thank you," replied James and he laid back on the sand, and waited for Wang and Takeshi to fix the ships.