Me and Salmakia woke up in the Captains quarters. We were still in the cage but at least we weren't on deck any more. Jack emerged from the darkness of the room and lit a candle near the cage. Salmakia got closer to me and whimpered, wondering what was going to happen. Jack reached his hand in to pet her head but Salmakia growled and snapped at him. Jack quickly jumped away and grimaced.
"Rotten cat." Jack grumbled and walked over to the table. He looked at me and smiled.
"Peter's on his way right now. He will beat you. Peter always wins!" I shouted. Jack only shook his head slowly and sadly.
"Not this time he won't. Not this time. This time, pirates win." Jack said and stepped out the door leaving me and Salmakia alone.
Back with Peter
"Lost Boys! Assemble! We have important things to do before we save Sara from the terrene of the evil Captain Jack and his pirates. For one thing we…." Peter started but was cut off by Juan.
"Captain Jack? I though it was Captain Hook." Juan said. All the Lost Boys started nodding and talking about Hook. Peter stamped his foot.
"Quiet! I said quiet!" Peter said, "I killed Hook. He's gone and his son Jack has come for revenge. He has Sara now and we have to save her. Any questions so far? No. Good! First we have to gather some smooth rocks and hard pebbles. Smooth is for making swords and the pebbles are for sling shots. Then we have to get some of the tougher Indians to help us. Lastly we have to practice and then we will go save Sara. Any questions?" All the Lost Boys shook there heads no and ran off into the forest. Peter sat on a branch and starred out at the pirate ship. The pirates were very busy and Peter took the chance to go and see what was happening. He flew over to the ship and hid behind a sail. Jack was on deck waving his hook about at the pirates, trying to get them to move faster. Bob jukes was flexing his muscles and showing them off in front of Sam. Nick (son of Nudler) was raping a rope around the mast. But who was he tying it to? Peter flew to the next sail to get a better look. Sara was tied up to the mast with a gag around her mouth. Salmakia had a chain around her paws and neck and was connected to the mast with Sara. Nick was trying to gag her but Salmakia resisted. She snapped and roared at Nick. But in the end, she was gagged and helpless. Peter gasped and flew away. He had to tell the Lost Boys and soon.
Back with me because I'm way cooler.
I laid my head against the mast and breathed softly. All the pirates had gone in except for Nick which was left with duty of guarding me.
"Why did I get stuck with this lame job? Not like she's going anywhere." Nick mumbled. I started to try and talk to him but my voice was muffled by the gag. Nick looked at me puzzled so I started to sound it out. I wanted him to take the gag off. Nick shrugged and walked over to me. He pulled it off and I started spit. Boys had a tendency to use socks for gags.
"You're right Nick. I can't get away. So why aren't you in bed by now?" I said.
"Because the Captain said for me to stay here and watch you." Nick said.
"Do you always do what he tells you? It makes much more sense to just go to bed. I'm not going anywhere. This knots way too tight for me. So why don't you go to bed and I'll watch me."
"Well…… I suppose." And he yawned and walked off. As soon as I was sure he was gone I reached for my knife in my back pocket and started cutting the rope. It snapped and I ran to Salmakia. It would be harder to cut the chains but I could try. First I un gagged her then I started sawing through the chains. It took a while but the chains finally broke and Salmakia cried with joy.
"I'm free!" Salmakia cried and rolled her wrist around. Suddenly there was the clatter of footsteps and a bunch of pirates came swarming around us. I hugged Salmakia close like a frightened little girl. Jack stepped forward and grabbed my wrist with such strength he could have broke it. He pulled me up and grabbed my shirt. Jack held me high so I dangled in the air.
"Let go….. Let go of me….. Stop it..." I cried as I struggled to get free. Jack shook me so hard that it left me dizzy and stunned. Salmakia launched at Jack but one of the pirates grabbed her tail and yanked her back. She cried out in pain and rage and clawed at the pirate holding her tail. The pirate dodged and put chains around her body. It was a terrible sight. Jack dropped me to the ground and then grabbed the back of my shirt. He started to drag me into his room.
"Let go of me! Let go of me now! Peter will have your head!" I shouted. I kicked and screamed and punched but Jack didn't seem to notice. He dragged me down a hall and right past his room. Then he dragged me down a flight of stairs, knocking my head on every step. Jack wasn't the type for mercy on anyone. He needed me for Peter and once Peter was gone he would slit my throat and be done with it. Jack was the kind to say any last words, take out the pistol and shoot you before you could say anything. Anyone could tell that about him just by looking at him. Jack took me to a prison cell and the deepest reaches of the cellar and threw me in. He frowned at me and grabbed one of the bars. He started to examine it and looked back at me.
"These bars might be old, but they will hold you for the night. Don't try to escape because it ain't happening. The crew now knows your tricks and won't dare come down here. But besides that they don't come down here anyways. Do you know what this ship is called?" Jack said.
"The Sailing Turd?" I asked. Jack made a mocking motion with his mouth.
"The Sailing Turd… NO IT'S NOT THE SAILING TURD! It's called the Ghoulish Cruiser. Do you know why it is called that?"
"No. But let me take a guess. You all love horror movies so much you decided to name your ship after some kind of movie or based off a movie like Ghost ship or Titanic."
"No. It is because this ship is haunted by a poltergeist. Many years ago our crew came upon a ship wreck on some random island in the middle of a random sea while we were randomly sailing. We explored it and found a dead crew. We got frightened and returned to our ship but the Captains ghost of the ship wreck followed us. One night the crew and I were down here looking for some extra swords and maybe some soda pop when we heard a terrible moan. I looked behind me and there was the ghost of the captain. He had my sword and his crew suddenly appeared with there swords. They slowly came at us, chanting Join us, Become our crew mates….. The Captain lifted his sword and put it down right in front of my face. We got into a battle and…. We lost." Jack finished with a evil crooked smile.
"So that means…. You're a…. a…."
"A ghost? Yes…. I'm the Captain of the shipwreck. I have taken control of Jack for now. But at night I will need a new body. Sadly I'm not aloud to do a body more then once and I have already done everyone on this ship. Everyone that is, except for you." He said and did a wicked laugh. I shrank in fear in the corner of the cell. Jack walked away laughing. It rang in my ears and I started to shake. I was losing it. Truly losing my mind. I had to gain self control or else that thing would be able to get me for sure. I started to breathe deeply. In and out, in and out. Then I started thinking about the good things in my life. Peters crow of joy, Salmakias soft purring, Tinkerbells jealous jingles. I was going to make sure it wasn't the last time I heard these sounds. My eyes grew heavy and I fell asleep on the cold hard ground of the cell.