Great Sea Anthology
Story Two
Piracy of a Pirate
Author's Note: Reviews! I have reviews! You all deserve cookies! And, dude, you read my mind. I was going to do a Salvatore or a Tetra one soon. And to TH, David Jr. is the son of the guy who made the Ghost Ship Chart. Yay for the Nintendo Gallery. Since I can't think of any scenarios for Salvatore or the Butler yet, I'll do the Tetra-gets-kidnapped part. Sorry, Snow. _
"The Triforce…" muttered the girl, one of her fingers sliding down the parchment that was nailed against her wall, with a picture of a triangle with a hole of its own shape inside of it. "If the legends are true," she said louder - still to herself, "then it will be mine! If that boy couldn't do it, I can!"
"Miss Tetra, this is the seventeenth time I've seen you give yourself this pep talk. Maybe you should -"
"Huh?!" Tetra gasped and turned around quickly, to see Mako, one of her crew, standing in front of her. "Well… Well maybe you should get back on deck and back to work!"
"Y-yes Miss! Right away, Miss!" The short pirate spun and ran, tripping over his own feet only to scramble back up and dash off, hands in the air and his book long gone, dropped in Tetra's room. With a 'hmph', the young captain looked back over to the picture, continuing to mentally remind herself that she would find the golden treasure. Until…
"MISS! Come and see this, yeah?!"
"What is it, Gonzo?" groaned the girl, shaking her head and running off to the deck to see what the fuss was all about.
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"Miss Tetra! Up here, yeah?"
Gonzo, the man who was in charge of steering the Sea Serpent was up in the crow's nest with Zuko. People rarely went to see Zuko, so something must have been important. But the fact that the boat wasn't being steered was a bit more noticed by Tetra.
"Gonzo, you moron! Who's steering the damned ship?"
"Uhh… Bobo, yeah?"
"Bobo? Who on the Great Sea is Bobo?" She growled but tried to shrug it off and climbed up the ladder to the crow's nest. She made it half way when the stupidity of her first mate made her let go of the ladder altogether and fall a good while down, onto her stomach.
"My pet Bokoblin, yeah?"
"Pet Bokoblin? You idiot!"
"What is it, Miss?"
"Bokoblins are not a good thing! And they might be dumb, but they aren't near as dumb as this whole damned ship put together!" Tetra drew her dagger from its sheath on her belt and tiptoed over to a crate near the elevation of ground that lead to the steering wheel and, most probably, Bobo the Bokoblin. She crouched down to make sure she was out of sight, and nodded when the sight of the Bokoblin confirmed her thoughts. There was something in its eyes that made the captain know it was up to no good.
"Miss, you just called yourself an idiot,"
"Wha – Mako! Stop sneaking up on me like that, you -"
The shout put the monster on its guard and also made it let go of the wheel and turn around to see the yelling Tetra, letting loose a cry of alarm, followed by a shrill whistle that used up all of its breath. Though she would have liked to, the captain didn't stop to moan and immediately bolted over to the demon, wasting no time to thrust her dagger towards its shoulder.
Bobo brought its foot up to connect with Tetra's knee, sending her a step backwards and making her miss the attack. The unarmed Bokoblin shot its arm out to grab the girl's neck and lifted her up into the air, until it dropped her with a scream of pain.
"You should know, I bite," She hissed, flipped her dagger over and smashed the blunt of it into Bobo's cheek with as much force as she could muster. But Tetra's alertness proved to be her downfall, as she and all her crew were too absorbed in the fight to notice the huge, strangely colored bird coming their way. A gigantic talon clipped the girl in the shoulder, spun her around and knocked her onto the ground, ripping her clothes.
"Hehe! Girl dumb!" With all its strength, Bobo lifted Tetra up and heaved her off of the ship. The captain was determined not to give up, and clung onto the back of the boat weakly, wincing and trying to climb back up.
Caw!
A massive claw caught part of the girl's clothes that wasn't ripped and pulled her into the air, its owner moving quickly and going much higher into the sky at the same time. Many screams of "Miss Tetra!" were heard, all in unison. There was also a shriek from Gonzo, and he climbed up the ladder to the crow's nest as quickly as humanly possible, leaping off to try and reach the bird. It was much too high, though, and the pirate fell into the ocean with a splash.
"Gonzo!"
Senza frantically searched for a rope, running around while flailing his arms. Finally, he shrugged and took his belt off, motioning for the others to do the same. Any embarrassment was dismissed for the sake of Gonzo's life as Nudge pulled his fellow pirate back onto the ship with the belt-rope.
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"Unhand me, god damnit!" Tetra screamed again and again, kicking repeatedly to try to loosen the behemoth's grip. But the Helmaroc King didn't slow as he brought his capture to his master. Master Ganondorf would be very happy indeed. The fuel to his very life was seeing his master happy, and he would do whatever it took to do what his master wanted.
"I can't go out this way and you know it! If you don't put me down there will be hell to pay! Hell on a silver platter! Hell with a cherry on top! Put… Me… Down!"
Letting out a strange sound – was that a laugh? – the huge avian continued to soar through the skies. It would definitely be a long journey back to the master, and the Helmaroc King wasn't sure Tetra could survive so long without food. But it didn't matter. Did Ganondorf ever say he needed the girls alive? Not that he could remember. And because of the wound he gave to the girl, the bird wouldn't find himself losing hold on her for quite a while, even considering that she was kicking so much.
Soon, the youthful pirate felt the pain in your shoulder much more and fell into a deep slumber. Maybe she could hibernate through the ride. And that would have probably been the case if a rather large boulder hadn't connected with the bird's jaw. With a screech, the Helmaroc King slipped and the girl fell from his claws and through the air, her ripped up vest flapping in the wind.
Teary-eyed Gonzo punched a fist into the air and cried out in victory, before dashing over to Mako and pulling him up into a hug. It was, of course, the short man that had hit the bird with his keen sense of aim.
"You did it, yeah? Three cheers for Mako!"
"We're going to crash into the island, Gonzo!"
"Turn to the boat full to port! Quickly! Quick -"
The Sea Serpent collided with the side of Outset Island, knocking the whole crew off their feet. Gonzo got up, shrugged, and leapt off of the vessel and onto the island with a spring in his step.
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Crack. Swish. Smack.
When Tetra's fall stopped - her ever-helpful vest stuck to a low hanging branch of a tree – she was bleeding some more and covered in scratches, but was still sound asleep. A bit less than an hour later, she awoke to the sounds of battle. Battle? Why would there be battle?
A boy in a green tunic (him? Nah.) swung his sword out wide to try to slice straight across the enemy Bokoblin's waist, but it jumped high to dodge the attack, only to land on the flat of the sword and fall onto the grass painfully. In a burst of blackish purplish smoke, the monster was gone and, in its place, there was a little glass ball.
"Hey, who're y -" A surge of pain seared through Tetra's body and she suddenly gasped in pain, though nothing had happened recently. Her wounds were stinging; they must have been infected.
"I'm here to help you! Don't worry!" The boy started to climb clumsily up the tree, sliding down and landing on his back with a groan. The burst of laughter from Tetra was enough to break the root of the branch she was held by and, with a scream, the girl acquainted with the dirty ground.
"Are you okay, Miss?" He asked, reaching a hand out to help Tetra to her feet.
She pushed away and scowled. "I don't need any help. Ever. And my name isn't Miss, it's Tetra. You better not forget it, kid,"
"Aww. You're too kind,"
"And you're too deserving of a punch in the face," Suddenly, Tetra noticed her dagger was still in her hand from the fight with Bobo back on the ship. She sheathed it, wiped the dirt off of her destroyed clothes, and crossed her arms on her chest, "so, wise guy, what's with the get-up?"
"I should be asking you the same thing, shouldn't I?"
"Right. Now why don't you get your nice, nice demeanor out of my face?"
"Because your face is funny -"
"MISS! Miss Tetra!" Gonzo, waving his arms high in the air, ran weirdly over to his captain, panting when he got to her. "Miss Tetra! You're okay! I thought when that bird dropped you on this summit you'd surely be a goner…"
"Summit?" The pirate blinked and tried to remember what happened before she lost consciousness. "Oh… Yeah! So, it dropped me on the top of a mountain? Well," she gave an angry look to the boy who had saved her, "that wasn't nice of it!" Suddenly, Tetra drew her dagger yet again and broke into a run to the entrance and exit of the forest.
"Miss, where are you going?!" Gonzo shouted.
"I'm going to go repay my debt to that bird in full! Coming?"
"But, Miss Tetra… What about this boy?"
"Forget about him! We have a job to do, Gonzo!"
"Right, right…" The man grabbed the boy by the arm and darted over to Tetra, who didn't even stop to let him catch up.
Author's Note: I don't think I really caught the personality of Tetra in her, did I? And yeah, I think it's fun to think of Link as a bratty snob person. XD I don't like this chapter as much as the last, but even if you don't either, could you review anyways? Flames are fun too, by the way.