Eventually...
"I thought we agreed to stop saying stuff like that." Lionel rolled his eyes.
"Sorry, Lionel." Thor pouted nervously.
It's okay," Lionel replied. "I just think maybe the co-author of this story likes to forget that forgetfulness and stupidity are two different things and you had no choice but to say that."
"Yeah... I think so too..." Thor agreed.
"Could be worse." Cherry spoke up.
"How's that?" Thor and Lionel asked.
"You could be Hook right now," Cherry said, pointing her head in the direction of their new friend as he was still knocked out and was dangling by his rope, upside down, in front of the villagers. "I'm glad that's not me with my extreme vertigo."
"Oh, for sure." Lionel nodded in agreement.
The native girl soon pushed them down and they were tied up beside Smee and Peter while the villagers danced and chanted. Hook soon yawned as began to wake up while dangling upside down and as he woke up he soon saw all the natives dancing and chanting.
"Smee!" Jill called out.
"Smee!" Peter added.
"What?" Smee asked.
"What are they singing about?" Peter asked him.
"Sounds like a different language or something," Atticus shrugged. "I just hope whatever word they're using doesn't mean 'death'."
"I don't wanna die!" Jill suddenly cried out.
"Don't worry, Jill, we'll get out of this somehow." Jack reassured.
"Search me!" Smee cried out suddenly.
The villagers continued to chant until one of the women walked up and over to Hook as he dangled upside down.
"It sounds like they're saying the word 'Pan'," Lionel then said. "That must mean something to them."
"Like I said, I hope it's not death." Atticus replied.
"What is going on?" Hook asked the woman who had approached him. "What is 'Pan'?"
"The Pan is our tribe's bravest warrior," The woman informed as a strong and aggressive-looking man was shown. "It is our tradition to grant you the chance to win. Your freedom before we kill you and your friends."
"Kill?!" Jack and Jill gasped.
"Kill? What do you mean kill?" Hook asked.
"You are our sworn enemy," The native woman replied. "You are pirates."
"Pirates? We're not pirates!" Hook retorted before getting an idea. "The kid with the necklace is the one you have been waiting for!" he then told her as she looked like she was about to surrender him into being killed.
"Listen!" The native woman stopped him before offering a deal. "Your chance to live. Your fiercest fighter against ours. Our Pan. You win. You live. You lose-"
"I get the idea," Hook told her. "Bye for now."
The woman glanced at him and soon walked away suddenly as the natives continued to chant for "Pan". The strong and aggressive man was soon given a weapon as he then went down and ran up to Hook looking like he was going to kill him right then and there only he cut him down, causing Hook to fall to the ground as the strong and aggressive man got onto a pole, looking like he was floating while his feet were holding onto the pole as the natives seemed to be laughing at Hook.
"So... How do we know when to start?" Hook then asked once he got up on his feet.
The warrior soon jumped down from his pole and began to beat Hook by punching and kicking, bouncing on the platform below them.
The natives watched while The Toon Force, Peter, and the twins just stood in silence while Hook was being beaten down by the warrior native.
"Ouch! That has to hurt!" Thor winced as Hook then crashed against the wooden deck over the bouncy platform.
"Smee!" Peter suddenly called out.
"What?!" Smee replied.
"We have to tell them about my mother!" Peter suggested.
"Is that a good idea?" Jill asked.
"I think and hope so." Peter nodded at her.
"No one cares about your darn mother!" Smee told Peter which got him looks from the others.
"Dude..." Lionel said softly as that sounded too cruel.
"...Sorry, that was a bit harsh." Smee admitted.
Hook continued to get his butt kicked by the strong and aggressive man as he didn't seem to be getting any better in the fight. Peter and the other winced from how the fight was going as the strong and aggressive was getting to the upper floor to finish off Hook.
"We've gotta do something," Jill said. "We can't just watch."
"I think I can get my hands free." Peter said as he began to start fiddling with one of the cuffs around his left hand with his right hand.
"Maybe The Toon Force can help out." Lionel smirked.
"As well as a couple of Avengers Grimm." Jack smirked back.
"And the one and only Peter Pan." Patch concluded.
Hook groaned as he got back up on his feet before he grabbed a loose floorboard and whacked the warrior in the face with it. The warrior yelped as that hurt him before Hook smirked and hit him again while the natives watched in suspense. The warrior soon had enough of that and bounced up against the rafters and hid away before Hook saw a space for him and decided to do the same on the other side as Peter was freed from his cuffs and he decided to help the twins out and help out The Toon Force. Hook and the warrior soon bounced right at each other, but before Hook could hit the warrior, the warrior hit him first, sending him flying up and landed on one of the rafters and soon looked down to the native woman who sat at her throne.
"Your Highness... I was hoping to get you alone." Hook grinned at her hopefully.
"Oh, barf." Cherry rolled her eyes at that.
The native woman giggled a little before the warrior bounced back up and grabbed Hook, pulling him down with him.
"All right, we're out, let's do this!" Lionel told the others as they came to help out Hook. "Booyakasha!"
"Booyakasha?" Peter asked out of confusion while running.
Peter and the group soon ran to help Hook as they jumped down as Peter landed on the strong and aggressive man.
"He can't take on all of us." Lionel said.
"Maybe he'll be smart and give up." Thor said.
"Let's hope." Patch said.
The warrior snarled once he saw them.
"We can take anything you can throw at us." Jack glared as he stood in front of Jill protectively.
Patch even growled and barked, trying to sound as aggressive as a bulldog. The warrior snapped and soon bounced down at them, sending them all flying in the air as they bounced up and off of the ground. Peter soon yelled out as he braced himself before he landed on the wooden deck above the bouncy platforms. The Toon Force and twins began to attack the warrior with everything they had.
"Okay, guys, let's not do too much," Lionel advised. "I have a feeling that Peter should deliver the final blow."
"Agreed." Atticus nodded.
"Besides, this is his story." Thor shrugged.
"Yep." Patch nodded.
"Hey, did anyone else notice his necklace fell off?" Jill asked.
"...I guess not since no one addressed it except for you just now." Lionel replied.
Peter yelped as he suddenly fell from the deck and his necklace was then noticed by the native woman.
Angry and weaponed natives soon surrounded Peter with spears, about to kill him.
"Hey! You want that punk, you'll haveta go through me!" Lionel glared.
"So different from my Once Upon a Time book..." Cherry remarked.
"Huh?" The others asked her.
"Those books I was reading before we ended up meeting The Avengers Grimm," Cherry reminded. "In one of my books from Henry Mills: Journey to Neverland, Peter Pan is feared by many and he's pretty wicked and cruel. I just thought I'd say."
The others glanced at her funny before shrugging and decided to not say much about that.
"STOP!" Someone soon called out which made everyone look over and the one who had spoken was The Chief.
"Now what?" Thor groaned before they saw that the Chief was speaking now.
"The little one... He wears the Pan," The Chief stated, showing the necklace in his hand. "He is a boy that can fly."
The villagers who surrounded Peter with their spears soon backed off suddenly.
"I've seen it," Hook chuckled weakly from the floor. "It's terrific."
Peter soon began to get back up before the natives all began to kneel down before him.
'Well, this is unexpected.' Patch thought to himself.
Hook just put his head down, still quite dazed from his experience against the warrior. Jack and Jill soon came beside Peter to help him back on his feet after the natives had backed off on attacking any of them.
"Come... I must show you something..." The native girl said to Peter and the group.
"Can my friends come too?" Peter asked, referring to the others who had come with them.
"...Yes." The native girl said before nodding, deciding to allow it.
The group soon followed the native girl as she showed them something very special from their world.
"Okay... So what's this?" Lionel asked once they gathered around a magical stump.
"We call this the Memory Tree," The native girl said, showing various images that came out into the tree stump, almost like it was showing them an untold story. "It was a time of war, Blackbeard destroyed everything in pursuit of the Pixum, but then, the chief
made a pact. With The Great Fairy King, uniting our people against the pirates. One night, the king's son, The Fairy Prince, found his way onto Blackbeard's ship," she then added before a woman's image was shown. "Her name was Mary. The love of Blackbeard's life and his most prized possession. Night after night, the prince visited Mary, but when Blackbeard discovered the, he flew into a jealous rage," she then continued as two people were shown to be in love, but Blackbeard's image looked monstrous and angry, as well as jealous. "So, in order to save her, the prince took human form, but though fairies can live many thousands of years. In human flesh, they can live only one day. The prince sacrificed his life for the girl he loved, and, the child of that love... Was you." she then concluded to Peter, looking right at him as an image was shown of someone wearing the panpipe necklace.
Peter looked a bit wide-eyed as he didn't expect that and neither did his new friends.
"Our people helped your mother hide you in the other world, and, they made you this totem," The native girl soon continued. "So, that when you returned. We would know it was you."
"What happened to my mother?" Peter asked her.
"She returned to The Neverwoods and fought bravely with us for many years." The native girl replied.
"And...?" Peter asked.
More images were shown in The Memory Tree as the native girl told them more.
"The pirates... We have won the war," The native girl continued to explain to Peter and the others. "And, the fairies had to retreat to a hidden kingdom. They have remained there, in hiding, unknown by Blackbeard. Until a time when they can reemerge and fight."
"And, my mother?" Peter then asked.
The native girl hesitated in answering that question before looking over at The Chief who soon nodded at her, allowing her to speak the truth. "She is with them." she then said to Peter.
"She's alive?!" Peter and Jill gasped.
"Are you sure?" Thor asked.
"I have to go to her!" Peter added urgently and hopefully. "Please, take us now!"
"No," The Chief disagreed. You must be patient."
"But she's waiting for Peter!" Jill retorted.
"The fairy kingdom is the greatest secret of this land," The Chief explained. "Our duty is to protect it. Before we take you there, you must prove us to be Mary's son. The one we have been waiting for. When the third moon rises, he must fly. If he lives, he is the one."
Smee soon began to clear his voice before whistling, causing everyone to look over to him. "And what if he dies?" he then asked.
"Then he is an imposter his death will be justified," The chief said as the natives began to pound the end of their spears on the floor. "Three days."
'Oh, boy. That's not good especially since Peter has a fear of heights,' Jill thoughts to herself. 'But I know that he can fly again.'
And so, the group was free to wander about freely. Lionel then kicked the warrior in the side before making him fall and bounce over and over. He then smirked before he followed after the others a bit more. Cherry decided to read her book from the Once Upon a Time series that just so happened to be about Neverland as they got settled in.
"I know that Peter can do this," Jill said. "I believe in him."
"Sounds like someone's hopeful about their boyfriend." Cherry smirked.
"What?! Boyfriend?! No!" Jill gasped and blushed nervously. "Why would you say something like that, Cherry?"
"Believe me, I can see it in your eyes," Cherry smirked. "The same thing happens whenever Veronica Lodge and Betty Cooper try to ask out Archie Andrews back at our school. Those two are nuts about that boy."
"And yet he can't seem to choose between the two of them." Mo said.
"Really?" Jill asked.
"Really." Thor said.
"Let's hope Peter gets over this fear of heights." Patch whispered to the others.
"Spot, of course he will," Cherry rolled her eyes. "He's going to become Peter Pan."
"So Peter Pan flies all the time?" Patch asked.
"Oh, yeah," Cherry said before showing a picture in her book that had the story's version of Peter who was flying with a shadow beside him. "Just wait 'til he meets the Darlings."
"Who are they?" Jack and Jill then asked.
"You'll find out later." Cherry smirked at them before putting up her book then.
"Hmm..." Jack and Jill paused as they didn't know about that yet, especially what might happen to Peter by the end of this mission.
"I have the necklace. Isn't that enough?" Peter complained as they followed the native girl around her home.
"You could have stolen it." The native girl retorted.
"However, I did not," Peter glared before looking back at Hook and Smee. "Tell her!"
"Kid's always had that thing." Hook defended.
"How long have you known him?" The native girl retorted.
"Three days/All my life." Peter and Hook both said at the same time which didn't seem to help Peter's case.
"The flying thing is a stupid detail," Peter then groaned. "Why can't they just see that?"
"If you don't believe, Peter, then neither will them," The native girl soon said, looking back at Peter, dramatically serious. "But, if you do, they will, too. I promise." she then added before walking on ahead of them.
"Are you who they think you are?" Hook asked Peter.
"I don't know." Peter replied.
"They think you're their messiah and you're here to liberate them. Are they right?" Hook asked him.
"I said I don't know." Peter replied before walking off ahead.
"It's late," Cherry said while looking at her book. "You kids should be in bed."
Jill sighed and pouted a little.
"What's wrong, Jilly?" Jack asked, coming beside his twin sister. "You feeling homesick?"
Jill pouted and nodded, feeling very hurt and sick on the inside.
"It's okay... I'm here," Jack said as he took her hands. "We'll be back home soon after we do what Aunt Alice wants us to do for Looking Glass and The Avengers Grimm. We'll be with our new mother and father... We'll be all right."
"At least you kids have parents to go back to." Mo said softly.
"At least you have parents period." Lionel added.
"Here... Will this help make you feel better?" Jack smiled at Jill before he reached into his backpack, then took out the teddy bear from their last adventure. "Remember when Goldie gave this to us?"
"Uh-huh..." Jill nodded before she took the bear and hugged it instantly.
"Let's get some sleep." Patch said.
"Yeah, we'll need it." Thor nodded.
"Sleep sounds good." Jill said as she held her teddy bear close to her.
"Sure does." Jack nodded.
Everyone soon began to bunk in for the night and tried to get some sleep.
"Rabbits..." Smee mumbled as he talked in his sleep a little.
Jill hugged her teddy bear, but still had a hard time getting some sleep, especially since she missed Snow White and King Charming and all of her and Jack's honorary aunts in Avengers Grimm, wishing she could see them again really soon. Though as she woke up, she looked over and saw that Peter had trouble sleeping too. Peter soon looked around and snuck out of his bed, then snuck a bit away from the Indian Camp. Jill looked perplexed, then decided to follow him, trying to be quiet in the process.
"I believe... I can fly!" Peter told himself as he stood on the edge of the cliff he was standing on before sighing, not moving at all. "If only Nibs was here. He would know how to help."
"I feel the same way about my mother..." Jill said softly as she hugged her teddy bear tighter than usual.
Peter soon began to start climbing up to get higher ground to jump and try to fly.
'I know Peter can do it, even though I have to wonder how he began to fly in the first place.' Jill thought to herself.
Unknown to either of them, the native girl from before snuck out and saw what Peter was doing.
"I believe." Peter told himself before he jumped down from where he was.
Jill hugged her teddy bear close before covering her eyes slightly.
Peter grunted as he fell flat on the ground before he soon punched the ground, feeling more frustrated. He then got up and went to head back over to where they were sleeping for the night before glancing over. "...Jill?" he then asked.
Jill grinned nervously and waved at him.
"...What're you doing here?" Peter asked her.
"I... I couldn't sleep... So I was just taking a walk..." Jill shrugged innocently.
"So, did you see?" Peter asked.
"Um, yeah, but don't worry, I know you can fly," Jill smiled. "After all, you flew after being thrown overboard."
"Thanks, Jill," Peter replied. "So, why couldn't you sleep?"
"I guess I'm just homesick." Jill sighed.
"Homesick?" Peter asked.
"Yeah... That's when you miss your home and your family when you're away from them," Jill said softly. "I never really had much of a family before, it was just me and Jack... Until we found Snow White and she adopted us as her children, then her friends became our honorary aunts since our mother couldn't take care of us anymore. I guess I was away from them longer than I thought I would be."
"Well, don't worry; I'm sure you'll be back with them soon." Peter smiled.
"Yeah. You're right." Jill nodded.
"Come on, we better head back." Peter suggested.
"Okay." Jill replied softly.
They soon left where they were and the native girl continued to hide before they could see her.
Back at their campground, Hook was shown to be sharpening his hook before glancing over at them. "Have you seen Smee?" he then asked them.
"Uh, no... I thought he'd be with you." Jill shrugged.
"The things they expect me to do," Peter scoffed and pouted as he stormed off inside before going to sit on his bed and take his boots off. "I can't do them Hook. I've tried."
"Hey! Stop. Hey!" Hook called to the boy before going after him along with Jill.
"I can't do the things, therefore, I can't be the one!" Peter huffed.
"Listen." Hook continued.
"Hook... What the bloody hell am I?" Peter pouted.
"Oh, Peter..." Jill frowned softly in sympathy.
"You can go feeling sorry for yourself all you want, kid," Hook sighed at him. "However, knowing where you are from, that is, half of knowing who you are, that is more than most of us here will ever know."
"But you said that your mother left you." Peter retorted softly.
"Yeah. I lied. I do that sometimes," Hook responded. "It's called being a grown-up!"
'He sure knows when to lie.' Jill thought to herself.
Hook walked off a few feet before sighing.
"You shouldn't lie, Mr. Hook..." Jill pouted and tutted.
"...Well, who invited you, huh?" Hook glanced at her. "You shouldn't even be here. You're a girl."
Jill firmly pouted as she squeezed her teddy bear.
Hook looked like he was about to leave before he sighed sharply as the kids looked very upset with him right now. "...At least you know where you come from," he then lightly told Peter. "Born to be a warrior, heir to a prince. Does that mean you are the one?" he then asked. "...I don't know," he then answered himself. "I don't know if there is a 'one', but I do know that if you aren't the guy and you are just you... Maybe that's enough."
'Wow. That's actually some good advice.' Jill thought to herself.
Pirates were seen searching The Neverwoods to see if they could find Peter or any of the others that escaped and where Smee was seen coming down from a tree. Smee soon looked around and came over to a bush, getting ready for a bathroom break. However, the pirates surrounded him and held pistols as Blackbeard came out from the crowd.
"Where are the boy and his allies?" Blackbeard demanded to Smee firmly. "Spill the beans or I will spill your blood."
"I will never tell." Smee replied.
The pirates then readied their pistols.
"They're right over there..." Smee then confessed, pointing in the direction before pointing elsewhere as he suddenly looked confused. "Nope! Nope! Wait! My mistake. Sure, it is that way. No! No. Right the first time. Definitely, maybe definitely, this way."
Blackbeard glared as his pirates then looked ready to shoot Smee anyway.
"The point is, we are very close." Smee then told them.
Blackbeard looked at his pirates before commanding them. "Ready the ships. Bishops, kill him."
"No! Just wait! Wait!" Smee panicked. "You might not want to kill me just yet, for I hold the crown jewels... You know. Information ally."
"Speak." Blackbeard glared firmly.
"Sorry, a bit nervous," Smee smiled nervously. "You are quite intimidating."
"Speak!" Blackbeard barked.
Smee shivered nervously before he prompted something. "Now! You know the so-called extinct Fairy Kingdom?" he then asked.
Blackbeard looked curious before they continued to talk, almost all of the whole night.
Later on, the sun began to rise, leading into the next morning. Cherry groaned as she felt the sun's rays coming in through the window, so she put her pillow over her eyes to protect herself.
"Well, better get up." Atticus said with a yawn as he started to get up.
"Ugh. Five more minutes." Cherry groaned.
"Oh, come on. The sooner we get up, the sooner we can help Peter fly." Patch said as he got up.
Cherry then threw a pillow at him before smirking.
"Come on, Cherry," Mo said. "You'd want us to help you, wouldn't you?"
"Well, yeah... But-" Cherry rolled her eyes.
"But nothing!" Thor replied. "Friends come first, especially friends who are like family."
"Ugh..." Cherry groaned, very much annoyed with them.
"Has anyone seen Jill?" Jack asked as he looked around as Jill was missing from her bed.
"She must already be up." Thor said.
"Then we might as well join her." Patch said.
"Ugh..." Cherry groaned before getting up. "It's too early."
"That's what camping out is all about," Lionel told her. "I'll make it up to you though."
"...Have you ever been slam-dunked before?" Cherry narrowed her eyes firmly.
Lionel just chuckled nervously with a big grin on his face before they decided to get up and ready for the new day. Hook was soon shown to be getting up and leaving.
"Huh... I guess he woke up before we did." Patch commented.
They soon saw which direction Hook was going and where the native girl was seen, watching the sunrise and as the adult man stepped out in the open the native girl turned to see him startled.
"Sorry, I was just looking for you." Hook told her.
"Well, you found me." The native girl replied.
Unknown to them, the group was secretly watching everything that was going on.
"What's he up to now?" Patch wondered.
"Let's watch and see." Thor suggested.
Lionel soon put his hand to his ear to listen in a bit.
"Don't see stuff like that in the mines," Hook said as he looked out at the sunrise with the native girl. "Kind of beautiful. So, do you like sunrises?" he then asked her.
"What is it you think you are doing?" The native girl asked sternly.
"Strike 1." Cherry remarked.
"Well, I think it's called flirting," Hook shrugged. "However, if you have to ask, I might be doing it wrong."
"You are not like the men from my tribe." The native girl then said.
"Thank you." Hook smiled, taking that as a compliment.
"No," The native girl retorted. "They are honest, strong, brave..."
"Ooh! Strike 2!" Cherry then smirked, chuckling as that had to burn.
"Brave... That what you call it?" Hook then asked. "Letting my little buddy take a leap to his death?"
"When he ceases to doubt himself, he will fly." The native girl insisted.
"How do we know?" Hook shrugged. "There are any fairies still left on this island... Or, that they will come help fight just because they see him fly?"
"You have to trust us." The native girl retorted.
"Why should we?" Hook scoffed. "You certainly don't trust us."
"There is a map to The Fairy Kingdom," The native girl soon told him. "We guard it with our lives."
"Of course there is," Hook smirked smugly. "Why would not there be a secret map to the secret kingdom?"
"This isn't a game!" The native girl glowered. "You have seen what Blackbeard has done to Neverland already. He will reduce the rest of it to nothing but mine pits if we don't stop him."
"Has anybody ever told you you have really beautiful eyes?" Hook then asked, trying to be sweet.
The group rolled their eyes, though Lionel snickered a bit as the native girl then suddenly slapped Hook across the face.
"And Strike 3..." Cherry then said. "And we have a winner!" she then added sarcastically.
The native girl soon walked off, leaving Hook to be by himself before seeing the others. "How much did you all hear?" she then asked them.
"Oh, enough," Thor said. "Especially with Hook's failed attempt to flirt with you."
"Pfft..." The native girl rolled her eyes. "Don't talk to me about that."
"Sorry about that," Cherry replied as she put away her book. "So... Uh, this secret kingdom?"
"Sorry, I can't tell you much about that." The native girl smirked smugly.
"Of course you can't." Lionel said.
Jack and Jill soon went wide-eyed as they saw familiar pirate ships floating up through the clouds before stopping.
"Guys, we have company and not the good kind!" Jill panicked.
"What's that?" Patch asked before he listened in.
"Fire on the foredeck!" A voice called out from one of the pirate ships as Hook slowly turned around to see that he had company in the clouds.
The pirates in the ships yelled out to each other which was definitely not a good sign for Hook and the others since they escaped the pirates a long time ago.
"Prepare to come around!" Another pirate told the others.
"TIGERLILY!" Hook soon cried out in fear for the native girl as she ran into the Neverwoods.
Tigerlily ran through the woods before a pirate jumped down on a tree she was underneath, looking ready to attack. She then took out her own weapon and tossed it, but it didn't hit him.
"You missed." The pirate scoffed.
Tigerlily merely smirked as the weapon came back, hitting the pirate in the back, making him fall off of the tree, and he fell flat on the ground, thumping instantly as she had used a boomerang.
"Nice." Mo smirked.
"Thanks." Tigerlily smirked back.
Jill was soon seen running back to where Peter was sleeping.
"We better get ready to fight these pirates." Atticus said.
"Sounds good to me," Lionel replied as he got ready in a Bat-Mite fashion. "I'm ready to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
"You have bubblegum?" Thor asked.
Lionel gave him a deadpan look in response.
"Peter! Peter, please! Wake up!" Jill called as she rushed over to the boy.
Peter's eyes flashed open before he looked at the black-haired girl. "Jill?" he then asked.
"Pirates have come back for us," Jill warned Peter. "It looks very dangerous out there."
Peter looked at her, then crawled out of his bed before slowly walking over to take a closer look outside and gasped to see that there were, in fact, pirates attacking the village. "You're right!" he then said to her.
"And they're shooting!" Jill cried out before doing a double-take as colorful smoke bursts exploded all over the village. "...Color bombs?"
"...How strong are you as a fighter?" Peter asked Jill.
"Uh... I know a bit of fighting skills from Goldilocks back home," Jill shrugged and rubbed her arm. "I'm not as good as fighting as the older members of our family or my brother though."
"Well, it looks like you're gonna learn how to become a tougher fighter." Peter suggested, determined.
"Looks like it." Jill replied.
The pirates continued to come down from their ships, using their color bombs. Peter and Jill both yelped as went back as that startled them before Jill took a deep breath before looking brave. Jill and Peter soon climbed one rope, moving swiftly together while trying to stay brave as the pirates attacked. The Toon Force soon hit the pirates with everything they could throw at them.
"I sure hope that Snow White lady appreciates this." Lionel huffed.
"Especially Alice and The Hatter." Cherry added.
One pirate swooped down on a bungee cord and tried to grab Jill or Peter before bouncing back up in the air, but came back.
"Okay, Jill, I think I see a safe place to land." Peter told the girl behind him.
Jill looked over and saw a wooden floor over one of the bases. "Right, Peter!" she then nodded.
"All right..." Peter nodded. "And... DROP!"
And at that, Peter and Jill dropped to the floor together, letting go of the rope, then began to run away together. Tigerlily soon came back and she began to help out in the pirate attack while trying to stay hidden from them. Peter and Jill soon saw the strong and aggressive man that had fought Hook fighting off some pirates before he slid under a railing once he saw them.
"Peter. Jill." The strong and aggressive man said.
"Have you seen Hook or our friends?" Jill asked him.
"All of this because of you." The strong and aggressive man scolded.
"Hey! You can't talk to Peter like that!" Jill pouted.
One pirate soon punched the strong and aggressive man, making them fight each other before running. The floor was soon cracked open and there was a hole in it. Jill and Peter soon began to run until one of the pirates came out and tripped them before jumping up in front of them with a pistol, about to shoot them. The two kids yelped and panicked before the pirate was shot away and Hook was shown to had done that with his own gun.
"You're welcome!" Hook told them. "Now come on!"
"You got it!" Jill replied as she went with Peter after Hook since he helped them.
"Hey, Jack! I see Jill!" Cherry called out as she hid in a tree after making two pirates run into each other and knock themselves out after trying to look for her.
"Whew! That's good." Jack smiled.
"We better follow her Peter and Hook." Patch told the others.
"No arguments here." Thor said.
The group soon went and began to go with Hook, Peter, and Jill as Tigerlily joined them.
"Keep moving!" Tigerlily told them as she ran past them.
"No problem, Tigerlily!" Cherry replied.
One pirate swooped down right in front of them. Tigerlily then turned around to run away only for more pirates to show up from behind. Hook soon tried to shoot his gun, though he wasn't able to, as Peter suddenly hid away.
"Out of bullets already?" Lionel asked.
"I guess so." Hook replied weakly.
A battleship soon came from behind and Blackbeard was soon walking off of it.
"Oh, great... This clown again." Thor rolled his eyes.
"Just what we need, a pirate with zero taste of a decent pirate look." Lionel replied.
"Well, well, well. The princess I presume?" Blackbeard said as he faced Tigerlily.
"Well, actually, I'm just a miner, but I appreciate the compliment." Hook smiled and tipped his hat at the pirate.
Lionel snorted in response to that little joke.
"Bishop?" Blackbeard called.
The strongest pirate soon came over and struck Hook right in the face, making the smaller man fall and hit the ground.
"Ooh!" The group winced as that had to hurt.
Peter poked his head out from where he hid, quietly laughing to himself and Hook then saw him from where he fell.
"Go on." Hook quietly told Peter.
"We're out of here." Peter told Jill before he ran away with her.
Peter and Jill began to go off on their own without being spotted as Atticus, Mo, Lionel, Cherry, and Thor following them also not being spotted. As they continued to go on their own they saw began to see the pirates taking Hook and the natives that they caught, ready to get rid of them.
'Oh, my...' Thor thought to himself.
"This is not good." Jill frowned.
"No, it isn't." Peter admitted.
A loud sound was heard underneath the cliff before Peter glanced over, carefully looking to see where the sound came from. There were a few Neverbirds shown to be underneath the cliff, though they didn't see Peter, Jill, or their friends yet.
"I think I might have an idea." Peter said to Jill before backing away quietly so the Never Birds wouldn't attack them.
"We're all listening." Mo said.
Peter began to tell the group of what his idea was.
Meanwhile with Blackbeard and the other pirates and natives...
"All these years digging our hands raw, for tiny lumps of Pixium," Blackbeard began to firmly say to Hook. "And, now I learn from Mr. Smee, you know where there is a mountain of the stuff."
All of the pirates soon broke out laughing as Hook glared right at Smee who looked bashful and nervous of being called out like that.
"Nice as pie," Blackbeard then continued as he loaded his gun, aiming for The Chief. "Tell me where the flying boy is and, how to find The Fairy Kingdom, and you may live."
Peter and the others were hidden under the deck and the flying boy soon peeked from the gaps to see The Chief was kneeling, though brave in spite of the gun in his face.
"Death is the greatest adventure." The Chief bravely responded, not wanting Peter to get hurt.
"Bon Voyage." Blackbeard glared and soon shot The Chief, resulting in a colorful explosion.
Peter and the others soon rushed off from where they were back to where the Neverbirds were.
"Oh, boy. Well, this is going to be interesting." Thor whispered.
"All hail the new chiefette," Blackbeard told the crowd as he walked over to Tigerlily. "Princess Tigerlily."
"All hail!" The crowd replied.
Blackbeard soon loaded his gun, ready to kill the native princess.
"Tell him or he'll kill you." Hook told Tigerlily.
"He's right, you know." Blackbeard smirked, aiming his pistol right at Tigerlily.
Peter and the others were soon climbing down.
Cherry kept staring up towards the sky as she climbed down.
"Why is she looking up like that?" Jack asked the Toon Force.
"Cherry's afraid of heights," Lionel replied. "This was the only way me, Nightwing, and Batman could teach her how to climb without feeling sick to her stomach or being afraid of falling."
"Ohh..." Jack then said before nodding.
Peter overheard that and soon tried to do the same since he was afraid of heights too. A Neverbird was shown underneath him and it cooed, moving its head around.
"Nice birdy!" Peter called before jumping up onto the Neverbird suddenly.
The Neverbird flinched once he was on its back before looking back at him and shook, almost trying to throw him off.
"Well, let's hope the Neverbird doesn't mind more company." Jill said as she dropped down next.
Unfortunately, that surprised the Neverbird even more.
'This idea of Peter's is crazy.' Jack thought to himself.
"There's a map." Hook told Blackbeard.
"Traitor." Tigerlily sneered at Hook.
"Don't shoot her," Hook continued to Blackbeard. "She told me there is a map to The Fairy Kingdom."
"Traitor! How dare you betray us, pirate?" Tigerlily glared at him.
"I'm trying to save your life, sweetheart!" Hook glared back. "It won't happen again!"
I am trying to save your lives.
"It will not, I guarantee it." Blackbeard glared as he looked ready to shoot Tigerlily then.
Tigerlily squeezed her eyes shut as this looked like the end. Until suddenly...
"HEY, UGLY!" Lionel's voice called out.
Blackbeard snarled as he turned around from that.
"THE CAVALRY'S HERE!" Lionel continued as he and the others rode on the Neverbirds who swarmed around the pirates.
Blackbeard began to shoot as the pirates scattered before Hook and Tigerlily rolled away into a safe spot, then continued to run away while they still had the chance.
"Wahoo!/This is fun!" Jack and Jill cheered.
"You know what? Flying on these birds is a lot better than running from them." Thor smiled.
"I think I might be even sicker." Cherry groaned as they rode on the Neverbirds.
Peter laughed and cheered as he probably had the most fun on the Neverbirds so far.