Mutants of the Caribbean

Scene Thirteen: Wind In The Sails They Are Crazy

"Well, what do you think, bub? Every mutant's worth their powers and crazy to boot." Logan boasted as he presented the crew he'd assembled for Toad.

"This is your able-bodied crew?" Lance breathed, as he looked the ragtag group of mutants over skeptically.

Toad acted as if he hadn't noticed Lance's tone. "You, there!" He called out to one of the slightly less freakish looking lads.

"Ray Crisp, Sir." Logan inserted.

Toad nodded. "Mr. Crisp, then. Are you brave enough to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?" He asked expecting a loud, 'Yes Sir!' but none came. "Mr. Crisp?" Toad asked turning to look him in the eye, "Yo!" he shouted in a last ditch effort to get some response.

Finally Logan spoke up for him, "He can't talk. The idiot pieced his tongue and let it get infected, so he trained Lockheed here to talk for him. No one's really sure how. . ." He trailed off.

This wasn't what Toad wanted to hear, but he played along all the same. "Okay. . ." Toad sighed, "Lockheed. Same question."

"Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!" The small dragon croaked.

Toad looked over at Logan in slight confusion. "We figure that means 'yes'." Logan explained.

"Of course it does." Toad muttered more to himself than anyone else.

"Well, you've proved they're insane." Lance jeered smugly.

Toad was about to comment when another member of the crew spoke out. "And what do we get for accompanying you on this little cruise?" A mutant on the end purred in an almost sinister voice.

Toad cocked an eyebrow as he recognized the voice from some where. Toad hopped up to the mutant and looked him over. He had never seen the guy in his life, but then the mutant shape shifted to a new blue form. "Mystique." Toad squeaked before she decked him one to send him sprawling across the dock.

"I suppose you didn't deserve that one either?" Lance laughed as he helped Toad back on his feet.

"No, that one I deserved." Toad muttered sheepishly as Mystique stormed over to him.

"You stole my boat!" She roared angrily causing Toad to flinch slightly.

"Commandeered. . . But I was gonna give it back. . ." Toad explained taking a couple steps back.

"But you didn't!" Mystique growled aggressively as she stabbed at Toad's chest with her index finger.

"You'll get another one." Toad promised as he teetered on the edge of the dock.

"I will." Mystique hissed threateningly

"A better one." Lance said with an amused smile strewn across his face.

"A better one!" Toad repeated loudly gaining the rest of the crews attention.

"That one." Lance told Mystique pointing out the Interceptor.

"What one?" Toad asked as he turned around. "That one!?" He asked Lance earnestly after spotting the Interceptor. Lance nodded and Toad sighed, "That one."

"It'll do." Mystique stated approvingly. At her words the rest of the crew began boarding the ship and readying it to set sail.

"It's bad luck to bring a woman aboard, bub." Logan informed Toad as soon as he got a chance to pull the Captain aside from the others.

"It'd be worse if we tried to leave her behind, yo?" Toad stated eyeing Mystique as though she might explode at any given moment. Logan still didn't seem to approve, but he boarded the boat and helped them set sail all the same.

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Cast:

Joshamee Gibbs ~ Logan

Will Turner ~ Lance Alvers

Captain Jack Sparrow ~ Todd "Toad" Tolensky

Mr. Cotton ~ Ray Crisp

Parrot ~ Lockheed

Anamaria ~ Mystique

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Teaser: So, there he was stranded on this island, bub.