And now it's back to me and XFangheartX writing the story and Inkwolf17 editing our chapter. This gang of hunters have tuned into an all out war. The good news is its not a war with lots of tragedy's. Please read and review.
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Tau pulled two swords out of his sheath behind his back. He had two swords giving him the advantage over Nimitako's little knife. Tau sprinted towards Nimitako and swung his swords together at Nimitako. Nimitako ducked and wrapped his rope around his right arm. With a strong pull, his knife cut around his arm. He dropped his sword.
Tau had seethed in pain before he looked at Nimitako.
"I gotta admit, you're not too bad, kid," He said. "Ever thought about becoming a pirate?"
"Never." Nimitako glared at Tau holding his knife defensively. "I always wanted to be just like my father, then I wanted to revenge his death, and now I just want to stay in Sindria and skewer you if it will make you leave."
Tau smirked while rubbing his chin. He sheathed the sword in his left hand, and then he picked up the sword he dropped from his right hand and sheathed it in his left hand. He pulled out a new metal. This one took the shape of a miniature harpoon made of silver metal. A circle glow yellow around the point of the harpoon. Nimitako gritted his teeth. It was instantly clear that small harpoon was a Metal Vessel and Tau was going to use it.
"Thief!" The voice of a Sindria guard shouted. Tau turned around and saw guards of Sindria running towards him.
"Are you happy now kid?" Tau growled. "Because of your shenanigans I lost out on my chance to be rich."
"I won't let you steal from my home," said Nimitako. "This is where I belong now...and I'm gonna protect it, along with King Sinbad and everyone else!"
"Save your speech for someone who cares! I'm leaving and don't try to follow me."
Tau ran ahead of Nimitako pushing him down and grabbing a golden animal statue. He was holding it with his right hand while the other hand was holding the miniature harpoon. The guards followed Tau running ahead of Nimitako.
Nimitako didn't run with the guards. He knew a faster way to get to the river. He ran into an alleyway on the right.
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Tau snickered as he kept running.
'I knew those dumb guards couldn't keep up with me. I may not have all the treasure I wanted, but I'm glad I'm not leaving empty-handed.'
Tau kissed his golden elephant. It tasted like lots of money about to pour in.
Tau finally reached his boat. He named it Swan like the bird. Swan was a boat only big enough for six grown men. It was made of wood, but the figurehead was a mermaid made of iron. The sails were red with a girl blowing a kiss. Tau jumped out of Sindria and landed on Swan.
"So long, suckers!" He shouted.
Tau walked to the helm of his ship. He steered away from Sindria. He was too far away for any of the guards to catch him. Suddenly, Nimitako ran towards his ship and jumped. Nimitako wouldn't have made it on Tau's ship if he didn't use his rope with the knife to attach to the back of the boat. He pulled himself onboard.
"What do I have to do to get rid of this kid?"
Nimitako grunted as he climbed up...but then he looked back and saw smoke rising from the inner city.
'...I hope everyone's okay back there,' He thought.
Nimitako heard Tau sprinting towards him. He jumped on the boat and stabbed his knife at Nimitako. Tau countered Nimitako's attack with his sword. He was only using one hand because his right hand had scratch marks on it. After Tau had blocked Nimitako's attack, he stepped back.
"I didn't want to hurt a kid, but you made me," Tau told Nimitako in his sword stance.
Nimitako did the same, wrapping his ropes around his arms, like Ja'far.
Nimitako jumped and swung his knife in the air. Tau blocked his multiple knife slashes. He didn't block Nimitako when his rope extended and he wrapped it around Tau's other arm. The exact same thing that happened to Tau's arm was going to happen to his other arm, blood spurting and ugly lines as Tau would cry from the sting of his blade. Tau wasn't going to let that happen.
'I don't know if this guy is with those other people or not,' Nimitako thought, 'but everyone's fighting to protect this place...so I have to do the same!'
Nimitako's battle ended when Tau used his bleeding arm to pick out his harpoon Metal Vassel. His harpoon glowed. Tau's glowing Metal Vessel didn't stop Nimitako from cutting through his other arm. Nimitako used this distraction to attack Tau...he was hit in the face by something invisible to his eyes.
Tau was bleeding from both his arms and Nimitako was unconscious. Tau won.
Tau had a choice. This little boy was a danger to him. If he let him live, the little warrior would find him and kill him. Tau could throw him into the water where he would drown. Decision-making was not Tau's forte. He decided to listen to the words of his Djinn.
He rubbed his miniature harpoon Metal Vessel in his hand. Blue smoke spewed out of a crack in the middle of the Metal Vessel. The smoke was really Tau's Djinn Marquee. He materialized as a creature with a muscular body and no legs. His face resembled a wolf with orange eyes and red sclera. Six tendrils were jutting out beside his mouth.
"You called me, my Master?" the Djinn asked.
"Yes. I have a stowaway on my ship who tried to kill me. He's unconscious now so should I throw him overboard or put him in the hull?" Tau's Djinn moved his head so he could see Nimitako.
"He's just a little boy. Why do you have to kill him by throwing him into the sea?"
"Look at what that little boy did to my arms!"
"Even so, a child is a child."
"What do you suppose I do?"
"You already told me. You can keep him on your boat. You're always complaining that you're the only member of this crew and it gets lonely at times."
"Yes, but when I said I wanted more company I thought they would be at least ten years old and they would be a woman."
"You're a pervert. You know that, don't you?"
"Ah, blow it out your ear!"
"If all you care about is women and money think of it this way. This little boy has much meaning to some people in Sindria."
"So?"
"SO if you take him hostage and write a ransom note to them you'll have lots of money."
"That's not a bad idea. I can sail to the next island, write the note, have it delivered and then I'll have more gold in my hands than this golden elephant." The Djinn didn't know Tau had a golden elephant. He turned around and saw it laying in the ship. It was heavy with gold. With the elephant, Tau could buy anything he wanted, but knowing Tau no amount of money would make him happy. He looked back at Tau and saw him wrapping Nimitako's own rope with the knife around his arms. "Try to break free and your arm will be cut open. Let's see how you like it."
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"Halharl Infigar!" Aladdin shouted as he hit more of the pirates with his magic. However, he was starting to feel dizzy and he panted heavily.
Even with help from the rukh, Aladdin's magoi was still running out. He couldn't keep this up for too long.
Aladdin, Alibaba, and Sharrkan had defeated all the treasure hunters. To Sharrkan, it was disappointing fighting them because they were weak and pathetic. He wishes he could fight that girl Brig again because she had more skills than any of these nobody thieves, but she disappeared. There was no time to celebrate, a guard approached them.
"The leader of these treasure hunters went that way! He's trying to fight King Sinbad!"
"Dammit!" Sharrkan cursed. "Alibaba, Aladdin, let's go!"
"Right!" Alibaba said as he grabbed Aladdin and hoisted him over his shoulder. "Hang on tight, little buddy!"
Aladdin panted heavily and nodded.