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Captain's Journal: Entry #11

Things got very hectic, very quickly when I got onto the ship. I had nearly been dismantled by that monster in the woods and since Metal risked himself to get me away from it, I haven't a clue where he could be, so it was clear that I was not in a good mood, and the crew were not helping. Once I made it to the deck, I was informed that apparently the doctor had order the fleet to rejoin him. That was not happening. That Blue, spiky salt-licker nearly minced me like an iron trout, and now the one who saved me is out there, god know's were, and our orders are to flee with our tails between our legs. I was not allowing it. I needed answers, and I knew Metal had them. How he jumped in so care free; he knows something about that thing, and I'll be a sky-sharks mate before I let him get scraped before he talks.

"There's been a change of plans mates," I addressed the crew and got a ship full of stares in response. "We're going after Metal. Reroute the ships current course to his last position."

"I can't do that," Said a yellow version of those egg shaped bots, who informed me of our orders in the first place. "I was given specific orders to return the fleet to our main forces. Our first priority is to return the creatures to the..."

"And you just plan on leaving your commanding officer, taking charge of the ship, and following these new order by your command? I don't know what you call that in this crew, but where I come from, that is called mutiny."

"Hyper Metal Sonic has been in these situations before. He will return to the fleet in a matter of hours. The fleet is already beginning to depart," he began turning toward the hull entrance "our ship must..."

Before he got another word out I rushed his turned back and yanked the rifle he had been carrying out of his grasp, and his left arm with it.

"We are not going anywhere." the rest of the crew took my hostile act as queue to turn there pistols on me, big mistake. "Are you sure you want to do that," I addressed the crew, "I feel I need to remind ye, I bested the doctors best warrior in a duel without so much as slipping a gear. Tell me, how many of you do you think I could turn into a flaming pile of bolts before you had the chance to empty a single chamber." I could feel it, the crew was starting to hesitate, I couldn't let up now. "The Answer? All of you. Metal is returning to the doctor, on this ship, if I have to dismantle the entire crew and lead it there mi-self." I put attention back on the gold bot. "Now tell me, grunt," I placed the barrel of the gun to the back of his head, "Whose order do you think you should follow?"

I don't even know if I could take this whole ship, or if these bots even know what fear was, but I was just pissed off enough to take my chances. This was no bluff.

"B...By your orders... Captain," the gold bot said in attention. The rest of the deck caught the shift in power and followed the gold bots example.

"Now then grunt," I handed the bot back his gun and arm, "bring us about. Does this ship have a navigator?"

"Ye... yes sure. He's in the..."

"Have him locate Metal. I don't care how, you just make it happen."

"Umm..." He ended up standing there one moment too long.

"Now Tin-man!" I snapped, scaring him below deck. "You!" I pointed to a random robo on deck.

"...Me?" he answered back.

"Who are the strongest crew mates in this fleet?"

"Uh..., the Egg-titans sir, but their..."

"We better have plenty then." I picked up what sounded like an explosion coming from the starboard side. I grabbed the bot by the wedge in his neck and pulled him to the side of the ship. "There," I pointed the bot in the blasts direction, near hanging him over the ship, "I need those big hunks of steel in that area, yesterday."

"The... the titans are not on our ship," he said in a frenzy, "they're being kept on one of the cargo ships." the bot pointed over toward another aircraft in the form of a large red whale, which was somehow smaller than our marlin, which had been trying to fly away.

"Well then get them from in that cargo ship on to that blue beast." I through him back on deck.

"Yes sir!" He got to his job.

I had no use for the rest of them, so I left the rest of the crew on stand-by and turned mi gaze over to the ruff were the commotion was takin' place. I had no wondered if Metal may be still be figntin' that beast, or if he was even still functioning. I would find out one or the other; i'd be damned if i'd leave a crew mate behind, especially when that one has something to answer for, mainly, of his look alike.

"Captain," the gold bot called from over the intercom, "We've located Hyper Metal Sonic."

"Then why has the ship not turned yet!?" I screamed as if he could hear me.

"Altering our course."

The ship started turning to where I could only assume was where we would find metal. I moved up to the bow and stood on the ships edge, hoping that my eyes had gotten as strong as mi ears, which they had, but I still didn't see right away.

"S...sir," the bot I ordered to get me those titans said from mi side.

"This had better be good news," I answered back.

"The cargo ship refuses to turn around."

"..., I believe I asked you for good news."

I think I could actually here the bot start to shake, "I... tried to give them your direction, but they insist the orders from Dr. Robotnik come first, and I have to ag..." before he could finish, he found himself cut off by the palm of my claw being shoved into his face like blunt a cutlass.

"Let me see if I can't explain it more clearly." I tore the useless bots head clean off his non-existent shoulders, leaving his body to fall off the port and down to the landscape below. "Attention Titan's cargo ship," I spoke into the head, hoping there was some kind of communication device in it, "it seems that you may have misinterpreted the word of mi crew as a request, so allow me to explain it another way." I turned mi head to the rest of the crew. "Men! Ready all Cannon's! Aim for the titans ship." They looked confused for a minute, so i simplified. "Now before I have you all join you're friend down in the wooded vasts below." The visual aid in my claw helped make my point. As was ordered, all of the ships cannons pointed toward the red-whale. "Let me clarify, this is not a request. In the next three seconds, one of two things will happen. Ye will change yar course, ye'll assault that blue-demon with ALL of yar resource, or ye will all end up as part of the landscape! One..." I didn't need to say more. Near as soon as I gave the order, the whale changed it's course to where the monster was. I knew it was still there, I could hear it.

With that taken care of, I went back to searching for Metal. As luck may have it, looking forward, I spotted him not too far from our position. One more click, and we would be right over him.

"Bring this ship to a halt. I've got him." With out another word, I jumped from the deck and latched mi hook to it's edge to slow mi descent. Reaching the dirt below, I moved to a pile of roots and shrubs that were acting as bedding for mi new supervisor, and he was not looking too well.

"You... should have... have left al... alreadddy," He stuttered to say.

"That be how ye thank me for rescuing you."

I lifted him up and reeled us both back to the deck. Once on board, I gave the order for ours and the Titans vessel to raise anchor. I had plenty of questions, but they could all wait until we were far from this bloody wood.

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