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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Matrix Enchanted Chapter 3 – Cast of Characters Part 2The ship was floating over pleasantly calm waters. And high above, there was hardly a cloud in the sky. The sun was shining brightly, and it was not a day with searing heat and drought in the forest. A silent breeze flew all about the island ever so delicately, and it was not a forceful wind that causes chills. No, rather, everything was tranquil here in Neverland.
Which, of course, did not suit the pirates living on the ship.
Though they did not know it, a child was talking to a fairy in a bizarre chant. The tongue did not sound anything like how pirates spoke to each other. In fact, neither the child nor the fairy seemed to be talking. They weren't moving their lips at all. The only noises they were making were squeaks and soft shrieks. (Luckily, the author knows exactly what they are saying, and will dub any further speaking of this language into good ol' English.)
Fairy: Yeah.
Girl: Is everything in place, Tinker Bell?
Fairy: You weren't supposed to play for me.
Girl: I know, but I felt like humiliating them.
Tink: You like those two, don't you? You like watching them.
Girl: Don't be ridiculous.
Tink: We're going to kill them, do you understand that?
Girl: Peter Pan believes they are The Ones.
Tink: Do you?
Girl: It doesn't matter what I believe.
Tink: You don't, do you?
Girl: Did you hear that?
Tink: Hear what?
Girl: Are you sure this path is clean?
Tink: Yeah, 'course I'm sure.
Girl: I'd better go.
Meanwhile, five pirates surrounded a cave in the middle of the jungle, hoping to catch their prey. According to her movement, the girl was hiding at the mouth of the cave.
The leading pirate tiptoed to the entrance, trying to stay to the side, took a deep breath, and leapt across the small pool inside. The girl heard splashing noises, but she knew they found her, and she had nowhere to run. After just a few more seconds, she found the pirates standing right behind her, guns raised.
The leading pirate roared, "Freeze! Hands on your head. Do it. Do it now!"
The girl didn't hesitate. She slowly raised her hands to her head.
Back in the ocean, three men got exited the ship and got into a wooden lifeboat with a small Skull n' Bones flag and paddled to shore, not surprised to find a significant number of other tiny boats on the sandbar, as well as at least 2 dozen pirates. The three men got out of the boat. They were pirates, and one of them had a hook for a right hand.
The pirate with the hook hissed, "Smee..."
One of the pirates, whose name had to be Smee, muttered to himself, "Oh shit..."
"You were given specific orders..." said the hook pirate slowly.
"Hey, I'm just doing my job," said Smee, half-annoyed, half-nervous. "You give me that
prepare-the-plank crap, you can cram it up your ass."
"The orders..." continued the hook pirate softly, ignoring Smee's complaining, "were for your protection."
At this, Smee burst out laughing. "I think we can handle one little girl."
The hook pirate glanced at the other two, and then began walking into the jungle, heading for the cave.
Smee desperately tried a comeback. "I sent a cluster of pirates...they're bringing her back to the water now."
The hook pirate stared at him hopelessly. "No, Smee, your men are already dead..."
Inside the cave, the pirate took out some rope, preparing to bound and gag the girl, who was standing with her back to him, and her hands on her head.
But just before he could touch her, she spun around and elbowed him in the face, and at the same time, at what appeared to be lightning speed, she leapt into the air and smacked the pirate in the chest with a flying snap kick. But to her, the kick in mid-air felt extremely prolonged. Indeed, they could not believe how fast she operated.
Even as he crashed into the opposite wall, collapsing in a heap, she had already chucked a rock the size of a bowling ball right into the head of another pirate who had tried to raise his gun. The last three pirates managed to fire their weapons at the girl, but to no avail, as she jumped, ran across the wall, flipped... and now there were only two pirates left. She grabbed hold of the first and used his gun to kill the second. Finally, she kicked the first one in the head, and now, all five pirates were lying on the ground, beaten up.
But the girl was not out of the fire yet. She closed her eyes and began to make squeaky noises again.
Girl: Peter Pan! The path was traced, I don't know how.
Peter: I know, they invaded the beach. There's no time; you're going
to have to find another way to fly.
Girl: Are there any captains?
Peter: Yes.
Girl: Ah, damn it.
Peter: You have to focus, Tiger Lily. There's a fairy 5 kilometers east of the Mermaids Lake. You can make it.
Tiger Lily: sigh All right.
Peter Pan: Go!
Tiger Lily opened her eyes and burst out of the cave, only to find one of the captains rushing at the entrance, leading another band of pirates.
Tiger Lily turned right and tore like heck across the forest, heading for higher ground. She reached a rocky hill and began climbing it without pausing to take a breath. She got to the top and started running, but she was slowed down by the sharp edges of the terrain she foolishly selected. Down below, some 30 meters away, was the hook captain (Captain Hook) staring at her.
Without slowing down, she turned her head slightly to catch a glimpse of one of the captains (Captain Barracoda) leading the pirates in angry pursuit. Occasionally, Barracoda would stop and try to shoot her with his gun.
Tiger Lily began to jump from one precipice to another with ease. She leapt across each one almost casually. Evidently, Captain Barracoda was able to do the same thing with out difficulty whereas the pirates were leaping wildly with everything they could muster. Some had to hang on to the ledge and pull themselves up, because they couldn't jump that far.
Finally, Tiger Lily came to what looked like a dead end. The next rocky ledge was at least 10 meters away. But instead of stopping, she just kept on running, and jumped the entire gap with no problem.
When the pirates got to the gap, Captain Barracoda performed the unnatural jump as well, leaving the other pirates staring in disbelief. On pirate squeaked, "That's impossible!"
Once he landed, Barracoda followed her down a slope back onto soil. He still hadn't given up chase, and his gun was still drawn. Hiding behind a tree, Tiger Lily spotted a cave nearby, and decided to dash and hide in it. She leapt through the mouth, rolled down the steep entrance, and landed flat on her back, bow and arrow drawn and pointing at the cave, in case Barracoda was coming in as well.
After a few seconds, she whispered, "Get up Tiger, Lily. Just get up. Get up!"
And she did. The cave had another exit, one that led to a small meadow, with the sun shining brightly upon. Then she realized that it was not the sun, it was just the glow of a fairy. When the fairy noticed her, he began to squeak like a maniac and point left. Turning her head to the left, Tiger Lily gasped in horror to see Captain Barracoda running right toward them.
She dashed to the fairy, who sprinkled dust upon her just as the warped captain shot the poor winged creature. Not even pausing to think about the fairy, Tiger Lily jumped into the air and flew away with Barracoda still firing his weapon.
After a while, Captain Hook and the third Captain (Blackheart) showed up, and nodded casually at Barracoda's failure. He said, shaking, "She got out."
Hook shrugged. "It doesn't matter."
Blackheart : The informant is real.
Hook : Yes...
Blackheart : We have the names of their next targets...
Barracoda : The names are Elizabeth and Saleem...
Hook : We'll need a search running...
Blackheart : It has already begun.
So, what do you think? The next chapter is where the real adventure begins. Reviews are appreciated!