celwriter: the beginning of this is more of an extension of ch 11 because
when I was finishing that chapter, my mom almost caught me and then I had
no time to finish it. I do have the beginning of my fiction press started
and the screenname is the same. please r and r it and all of my stories so
that i no how i am doing.
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Chapter 12
Jack knew that he could not be in the crowd for he would surely be recognized, so he hid nearby, listening. He heard the usual convictions made against the crew and the angry shouts of the bystanders. To ensure that none in the crowd would be able to help the prisoners, the audience was kept far from them and only on one side rather than all four. Jack was at the back of the crowd, having a terrible feeling that something was going to happen other than what was supposed to.
Lord Benidetch was near the front of the noblemen, gleefully watching the whole affair. The nooses were tightened around the first ten of the group, behind the others also on the galleys. (sorry, not sure if the spelling is correct) the hangman stood facing the crowd at the front of the galleys. He pulled the lever to release the hatch.
CRASH! The latch remained close, but the back legs of the galleys snapped and the prisoners went rolling off, even those with the noose around their neck. The ropes had also been severed in such a way that they just slid of with the pirates. Red-cloaked figures went chasing after them as Comondore Norrington sent off the soldiers. He knew that someone was planning an escape, so he had his reserves ready at hand. The only problem was te rope that Ted and Bill had set up. Instead of stopping the rolling escapees, they passed right underneath and the soldiers were caught by the neck. The ropes were quickly cut and several pirates who had not jumped into the sea yet were arrested.
"They have nowhere to run, but back to the noose," Govenor Swan said, but he spoke too soon. Out of the harbor the Dauntless began to sail. It's stationary lines had been severed.
"To the harbor, to the harbor!" yelled Comondore Norrington as he tried to shout orders to the soldiers, but they were too late. The Dauntless was too far ahead and the new warship, the Overtaker was not ready to take on a face-paced chase due to damage inflicted by the conspirators.
It was these conspirators that Comondore Norrington was trying to uncover.
"Okay, I want men to investigate the damage to the Overtaker, the rigging of the galleys, and the stringing up of the rope," he ordered. He saw Ted and Bill raise their hands. "Which are you volunteering for?"
"Well," Bill said, "We are confessing about the rope, we really didn't mean to aid the escapers, we just thought that it would hold them off long enough for soldiers to get them if they tried to escape and..." The govenor lifted an eyebrow.
"Really," Norrington said, "I will see both of you in my office immediately." He walked towards his quarters and Bill and Ted obediantly followed.
"See what your silly ideas got us into?" Ted whispered to Bill.
"My silly ideas?" Bill asked, "If I remember correctly it was your idea."
"Yes, but you had as much part in it as I."
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Oh, shut up both of you," Comondore Norrington said, rolling his eyes, "Honestly."
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celwriter: yes, Bill and Ted are rather childish, but aren't most men?
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Chapter 12
Jack knew that he could not be in the crowd for he would surely be recognized, so he hid nearby, listening. He heard the usual convictions made against the crew and the angry shouts of the bystanders. To ensure that none in the crowd would be able to help the prisoners, the audience was kept far from them and only on one side rather than all four. Jack was at the back of the crowd, having a terrible feeling that something was going to happen other than what was supposed to.
Lord Benidetch was near the front of the noblemen, gleefully watching the whole affair. The nooses were tightened around the first ten of the group, behind the others also on the galleys. (sorry, not sure if the spelling is correct) the hangman stood facing the crowd at the front of the galleys. He pulled the lever to release the hatch.
CRASH! The latch remained close, but the back legs of the galleys snapped and the prisoners went rolling off, even those with the noose around their neck. The ropes had also been severed in such a way that they just slid of with the pirates. Red-cloaked figures went chasing after them as Comondore Norrington sent off the soldiers. He knew that someone was planning an escape, so he had his reserves ready at hand. The only problem was te rope that Ted and Bill had set up. Instead of stopping the rolling escapees, they passed right underneath and the soldiers were caught by the neck. The ropes were quickly cut and several pirates who had not jumped into the sea yet were arrested.
"They have nowhere to run, but back to the noose," Govenor Swan said, but he spoke too soon. Out of the harbor the Dauntless began to sail. It's stationary lines had been severed.
"To the harbor, to the harbor!" yelled Comondore Norrington as he tried to shout orders to the soldiers, but they were too late. The Dauntless was too far ahead and the new warship, the Overtaker was not ready to take on a face-paced chase due to damage inflicted by the conspirators.
It was these conspirators that Comondore Norrington was trying to uncover.
"Okay, I want men to investigate the damage to the Overtaker, the rigging of the galleys, and the stringing up of the rope," he ordered. He saw Ted and Bill raise their hands. "Which are you volunteering for?"
"Well," Bill said, "We are confessing about the rope, we really didn't mean to aid the escapers, we just thought that it would hold them off long enough for soldiers to get them if they tried to escape and..." The govenor lifted an eyebrow.
"Really," Norrington said, "I will see both of you in my office immediately." He walked towards his quarters and Bill and Ted obediantly followed.
"See what your silly ideas got us into?" Ted whispered to Bill.
"My silly ideas?" Bill asked, "If I remember correctly it was your idea."
"Yes, but you had as much part in it as I."
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Oh, shut up both of you," Comondore Norrington said, rolling his eyes, "Honestly."
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celwriter: yes, Bill and Ted are rather childish, but aren't most men?