Chapter 7
Peter vs. Blood
Tinker Bell flew around the crocodile's eyes, distracting the monster from attacking Peter. The fierce captain knew the trick to flying, and grabbed Tinker Bell who was floating by the crocodile and squeezed her tightly.
"My happy thought is killing you, Peter Pan!" screamed Captain Blood as he released Tinker Bell from his deathly grasp. Tinker Bell's light faded again when Captain Blood let go of her, but all she needed was a bit of rest to restore her light since Captain Blood had squeezed so much of her magic out of her.
Captain Blood flew up to Peter and smirked at him murderously, swashing his sword in front of Peter's face. Being the talented swordsman that Peter was, Captain Blood was no match for the boy who would never grow up!
As the crocodile roared several more times, the castle seemed to be falling apart even more. Lighting was striking the castle, causing even more stones to fall, but that was not affecting Peter's swordsmanship at all, though it was affecting Captain Blood's. Furiously, Captain Blood struck Peter's sword and shouted in anguish when Peter blocked his shot.
"I did not expect this much out of a child!" yelled Captain Blood, fuming with anger and out of breath. He distanced himself from Peter so that he could catch his breath, but Peter would not allow such tactics so he flew rapidly over to the pathetic pirate.
"I'm sorry to say, Shadrach," said Peter as the captain flinched at his funny name, "But I expected you to be just this horrible!" he laughed.
The crocodile roared one last time, and another boulder fell from the ceiling, knocking Peter on its way down. Peter began to fall down to the ground; he could not stop himself from falling for the large stone had knocked him unconscious for a brief moment. Captain Blood smiled as he wiped the sweat off his face because he saw that Peter was falling directly into the crocodile's open mouth.
Right before Peter was swallowed hole by the crocodile, Slider flew to the rescue, snatching Peter's arm with all the strength he could muster. Peter woke just as Slider grabbed his arm and smiled confusedly at Slider.
"You're Slider, right?" Peter asked, completely delirious to what was going on. Tinker Bell used all the power left in her to fly up to Peter where she began to share with him the events of the night. Remembering instantly what was happening with the mention of Captain Blood's name, he flew up to the horrid man who was desperately trying to move the stones from the entrance.
"Well, well, well," said Peter as he tapped on Captain Blood's shoulder, "Thought you could escape before I awoke, aye Captain Shadrach-a-ma-bob?" laughed Peter. Captain Blood drew his sword once more, but Peter touched his shoulder gently and said, "It's no use, Captain. This castle is going to cave in at any moment, so I suggest you try to escape in any means possible!" Then, Peter flew to Slider and Tinker Bell who were lingering a few meters away.
"Up the slide!" shouted Peter, and Slider and Tinker Bell eagerly followed him to the hidden chute. Captain Blood, still floating by the entrance, could not move the stones. Hysterically he was trying to budge the rocks and boulders as the crocodile began to climb up the stones to eat him. Captain Blood began to scream in his high-pitched voice, but when he noticed that Peter was flying away in another direction, he stopped, and flew over the crocodile and followed Peter.
"Quickly! Up this way!" said Peter urgently to Tinker Bell and Slider. They flew speedily up the chute, Captain Blood pursuing them.
"Aye! You thought I was done for, didn't you, Pan?" screamed Captain Blood as he entered the chute. Peter, Slider, and Tinker Bell reached the fourth turret from the right, and climbed out, and waited for Captain Blood to emerge. A few seconds later, Captain Blood's head appeared in the hole, and he began to climb out. Peter, however, slammed his foot down on the captain's fingers, and Slider did the same. Captain Blood cringed as Peter and Slider lifted up their dirty feet. Then, Tinker Bell peeled off each one of Captain Blood's fingers, until the very last one hung on the edge.
"Please, Peter! Let's negotiate a deal, shall we?" begged Captain Blood.
Peter smiled at the wretched man and did the honor of peeling off his last finger from the edge. Bloody Shadrach Rackham's screams were heard miles away until the last crocodile's roar droned it out, and the Black Castle collapsed. Peter, Slider, and Tinker Bell flew off the castle wall and watched the Black Castle sink into the water, destroying the leader of evil in Neverland.