I'm back again. Did you miss me? Anywho, here's chapter three.
While the sailor was at the dock, a ceremony was in place for Kaiba. Colina was unimpressed.
"Two paces march! Right about-face! Present arms!"
Kaiba walked forward and received his sword from the governor. He tested it as Colina fanned herself vigorously.
The mysterious man walked towards Kaiba's ship, the Swift Dragon. Two redcoat guards stopped him, one with brown and pink hair, the other with bluish hair and buggy eyes.
"This dock is off-limits to civilians," said the 1st.
"Ah. I didn't know. I'll be sure to tell you if I spot one."
He sidestepped, but they blocked him.
"Apparently," the stranger said, "There's a fancy to-do up at the fort. It pins me to see you two fine men did not merit an invitation.
"Someone has to guard the dock from civilians," the 2nd said. "Right Rex?"
"Yep, Weevil."
"'Tis a fine goal to be sure, but it seems to me that that ship over there..."
He pointed to the more distant ship.
"...Overshadows this one a bit."
"The Dauntless is the power in these waters, true enough," Weevil said, "but no ship can match the Swift Dragon's speed."
"I've heard of one," the light-haired man said. "It's supposed to be damn fast. Nigh uncatchable. The Black Magician?"
Rex laughed.
"Well, there's no real ship as can match the Swift Dragon."
"The Black Magician is real," interrupted Weevil.
"No. No, it's not."
"Yes it is I've seen it!"
"You've seen it!"
"You've seen it?"
"Yes."
"You haven't seen it."
"Yes I have!"
"You've seen a ship with black sails that's crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that hell itself spat him back out?"
Weevil thought a moment.
"No."
"No," Rex said, rolling his eyes.
"But I have seen a ship with black sails."
"Oh! And no ship that's not crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that hell itself spat him back out could possibly have black sails. Therefore it couldn't possibly be any other ship than the Black Magician. Is that what you're sayin'?"
"No/" Weevil said, blissfully confused.
"Like I said, there's no real ship as can match the Swift Dragon."
The two idiots turned to see the man on the Swift Dragon, toying with the helm.
"Hey!"
"You! Get away from there!" they cried, brandishing their bayonets to him. "You have no permission to be there!"
"I'm sorry. It's just such a pretty boat-ship!"
"What's your name?"
"Smith. Or Smitty, if you prefer that," the man said slightly sarcastically.
"What's your purpose in Port Royal, Mr. Smith?" Rex asked, words dripping with sarcasm.
"Yeah, and no lies!" Weevil added.
"Well then. I confess. It is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder, and otherwise pilfer my weaselly black guts out."
"I said no lies!!"
"I think he's tellin' the truth, Weevil."
"If he was, he wouldn't have told us!"
"Unless you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told you," the man said, weaving the situation into an even bigger paradox.
Back at the ceremony, Kaiba had called Colina to the castle edge.
"You look lovely, Colina."
She nodded, breathing heavily.
"I apologize if I seem forward, but I must speak my mind. This promotion throws into sharp relief that which I've not yet achieved. A marriage to a fine woman. You've become a fine woman, Colina.
Colina looked at him hazily.
"I can't breathe!"
"Yes, I'm a bit nervous myself," Seto said, turning for a moment. Colina passed out and fell over the edge into the sea, narrowly missing the rocks.
DOWN IN THE BOAT
"...and then they made me their chief..."
SPLASH!!!
BACK UP ON THE CASTLE TOP
"Colina?"
Seto looked down at the white ripples in the sea.
"Colina!!!"
"My God!!" one of his mates said.
"Kaiba prepared to dive...
"The rocks! Sir, it's a miracle she missed them."
She sank to the bottom, unconscious, with every passing moment. Back at the boat...
"So," the harsh-eyed man said. "Will you two be saving her?"
"W can't swim!"
"Pride of the damn British navy you are!" he taunted, removing his gun, boot knife, and sword.
"Do not lose these. It would be in your best interests not to."
He then dived in and swam to Colina.
The Ring floated freely, then sent a power pulse out.
"What was that?" Weevil asked.
The wind picked up as Colina struck bottom. The stranger brought her up, but sank down until he removed her dress. He laid her on the pier as soldiers arrived.
"She's not breathing..." Rex remarked nervously.
"Move!"
The man used his boot knife to sever the strings on her corset, then removed it.
"Gasp!"
She gasped back into consciousness and coughed up water.
"I never would of thought of that," Rex said.
"Clearly you've never been to Singapore," the man replied, water dripping from his nearly white hair in rivulets. He pulled the large Ring from next to her up and studied it.
"Where did you get that?!"
Just then, some troops arrived at last and Commodore Kaiba had his sword on the man.
"On your feet."
"Colina!" the Gov. cried. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm fine."
Weevil found himself glared upon as he was holding Colina's corset. He dropped it and pointed to the mister man. The Gov. stared at him.
"Shoot him!"
"Father!"
"What?"
"Commodore, do you really intend to kill my rescuer?" Colina asked smoothly.
Kaiba's eyes never changed as he put his sword away.
"I believe thanks are in order," he said, holding his hand out. The mystery man hesitated, then shook. Kaiba searched his arm and sneered.
"Had a brush with the East India Trading Company, did we, pirate?"
For on the man's tanned skin, a bright white "P" was burned. He growled and made an ugly scowl at that.
"Hang him!" the governor said.
"Keep your guns on him, men. Mokuba, fetch me some irons."
Seto moved his eyes further up, spotting a tattoo. It was a bloody knife in front of a Ouija board embellished with the eye of Ra.
"Well, well. Yami Bakura, isn't it?"
"Ahem. Captain Yami Bakura, if you please. Only one of my family still alive thanks to a certain mishap in my home country, so I prefer my high title."
"Well, I don't see your ship, Captain."
"I'm in the market, as it were, fool."
"He said he'd come to commandeer one," Weevil chipped in.
"Told ya he was tellin' the truth," Rex pouted. He held out Yami Bakura's things. "These are his, sir."
Kaiba examined Yami Bakura's things.
"One bullet in your gun, no additional shot nor powder. A compass that doesn't pint north..."
"...Very sharp and highly polished dagger, you're famous for knives, daggers, and switchblades, correct?"
Yami Bakura grinned a moment as a sarcastic "yes" before returning to his ugly scowl as Seto pulled his not so great sword out.
"And I half expected it to be made of wood," Kaiba chuckled. "You are without a doubt the WORST pirate I've ever heard of!"
"Ah," Yami Bakura said, lifting his hands. "But you have heard of me."
Kaiba angrily grabbed Yami Bakura's arm and dragged him to Mokuba, who had the heavy cuffs at the ready.
"Commodore," Colina whined, "I really must protest."
"Carefully, Lt.," Kaiba said to his younger brother.
"Pirate or not," Colina said more forcefully, "This man saved my life!"
She put herself in front of Yami Bakura.
"One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness," argued Seto, glaring daggers at Yami Bakura with his azure eyes.
"Though it seems enough to condemn him," replied the disgruntled captain.
"Indeed!"
Mokuba finished with the irons and stepped back. The pirate smirked evilly.
"Finally."
He brought his cuffed hands over Colina, trapping her.
"No!" cried the Governor. "No! Don't shoot!!" ________________________________________________________________________
That's all I feel like typing today on this story. It was a lot of words, 1321 or so. I'm actually already to the part where Twigg and the black dude find Jack in the prison. Wait until you see who they're gonna be. ^___^
Until the next chapter, R&R, please.
While the sailor was at the dock, a ceremony was in place for Kaiba. Colina was unimpressed.
"Two paces march! Right about-face! Present arms!"
Kaiba walked forward and received his sword from the governor. He tested it as Colina fanned herself vigorously.
The mysterious man walked towards Kaiba's ship, the Swift Dragon. Two redcoat guards stopped him, one with brown and pink hair, the other with bluish hair and buggy eyes.
"This dock is off-limits to civilians," said the 1st.
"Ah. I didn't know. I'll be sure to tell you if I spot one."
He sidestepped, but they blocked him.
"Apparently," the stranger said, "There's a fancy to-do up at the fort. It pins me to see you two fine men did not merit an invitation.
"Someone has to guard the dock from civilians," the 2nd said. "Right Rex?"
"Yep, Weevil."
"'Tis a fine goal to be sure, but it seems to me that that ship over there..."
He pointed to the more distant ship.
"...Overshadows this one a bit."
"The Dauntless is the power in these waters, true enough," Weevil said, "but no ship can match the Swift Dragon's speed."
"I've heard of one," the light-haired man said. "It's supposed to be damn fast. Nigh uncatchable. The Black Magician?"
Rex laughed.
"Well, there's no real ship as can match the Swift Dragon."
"The Black Magician is real," interrupted Weevil.
"No. No, it's not."
"Yes it is I've seen it!"
"You've seen it!"
"You've seen it?"
"Yes."
"You haven't seen it."
"Yes I have!"
"You've seen a ship with black sails that's crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that hell itself spat him back out?"
Weevil thought a moment.
"No."
"No," Rex said, rolling his eyes.
"But I have seen a ship with black sails."
"Oh! And no ship that's not crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that hell itself spat him back out could possibly have black sails. Therefore it couldn't possibly be any other ship than the Black Magician. Is that what you're sayin'?"
"No/" Weevil said, blissfully confused.
"Like I said, there's no real ship as can match the Swift Dragon."
The two idiots turned to see the man on the Swift Dragon, toying with the helm.
"Hey!"
"You! Get away from there!" they cried, brandishing their bayonets to him. "You have no permission to be there!"
"I'm sorry. It's just such a pretty boat-ship!"
"What's your name?"
"Smith. Or Smitty, if you prefer that," the man said slightly sarcastically.
"What's your purpose in Port Royal, Mr. Smith?" Rex asked, words dripping with sarcasm.
"Yeah, and no lies!" Weevil added.
"Well then. I confess. It is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder, and otherwise pilfer my weaselly black guts out."
"I said no lies!!"
"I think he's tellin' the truth, Weevil."
"If he was, he wouldn't have told us!"
"Unless you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told you," the man said, weaving the situation into an even bigger paradox.
Back at the ceremony, Kaiba had called Colina to the castle edge.
"You look lovely, Colina."
She nodded, breathing heavily.
"I apologize if I seem forward, but I must speak my mind. This promotion throws into sharp relief that which I've not yet achieved. A marriage to a fine woman. You've become a fine woman, Colina.
Colina looked at him hazily.
"I can't breathe!"
"Yes, I'm a bit nervous myself," Seto said, turning for a moment. Colina passed out and fell over the edge into the sea, narrowly missing the rocks.
DOWN IN THE BOAT
"...and then they made me their chief..."
SPLASH!!!
BACK UP ON THE CASTLE TOP
"Colina?"
Seto looked down at the white ripples in the sea.
"Colina!!!"
"My God!!" one of his mates said.
"Kaiba prepared to dive...
"The rocks! Sir, it's a miracle she missed them."
She sank to the bottom, unconscious, with every passing moment. Back at the boat...
"So," the harsh-eyed man said. "Will you two be saving her?"
"W can't swim!"
"Pride of the damn British navy you are!" he taunted, removing his gun, boot knife, and sword.
"Do not lose these. It would be in your best interests not to."
He then dived in and swam to Colina.
The Ring floated freely, then sent a power pulse out.
"What was that?" Weevil asked.
The wind picked up as Colina struck bottom. The stranger brought her up, but sank down until he removed her dress. He laid her on the pier as soldiers arrived.
"She's not breathing..." Rex remarked nervously.
"Move!"
The man used his boot knife to sever the strings on her corset, then removed it.
"Gasp!"
She gasped back into consciousness and coughed up water.
"I never would of thought of that," Rex said.
"Clearly you've never been to Singapore," the man replied, water dripping from his nearly white hair in rivulets. He pulled the large Ring from next to her up and studied it.
"Where did you get that?!"
Just then, some troops arrived at last and Commodore Kaiba had his sword on the man.
"On your feet."
"Colina!" the Gov. cried. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm fine."
Weevil found himself glared upon as he was holding Colina's corset. He dropped it and pointed to the mister man. The Gov. stared at him.
"Shoot him!"
"Father!"
"What?"
"Commodore, do you really intend to kill my rescuer?" Colina asked smoothly.
Kaiba's eyes never changed as he put his sword away.
"I believe thanks are in order," he said, holding his hand out. The mystery man hesitated, then shook. Kaiba searched his arm and sneered.
"Had a brush with the East India Trading Company, did we, pirate?"
For on the man's tanned skin, a bright white "P" was burned. He growled and made an ugly scowl at that.
"Hang him!" the governor said.
"Keep your guns on him, men. Mokuba, fetch me some irons."
Seto moved his eyes further up, spotting a tattoo. It was a bloody knife in front of a Ouija board embellished with the eye of Ra.
"Well, well. Yami Bakura, isn't it?"
"Ahem. Captain Yami Bakura, if you please. Only one of my family still alive thanks to a certain mishap in my home country, so I prefer my high title."
"Well, I don't see your ship, Captain."
"I'm in the market, as it were, fool."
"He said he'd come to commandeer one," Weevil chipped in.
"Told ya he was tellin' the truth," Rex pouted. He held out Yami Bakura's things. "These are his, sir."
Kaiba examined Yami Bakura's things.
"One bullet in your gun, no additional shot nor powder. A compass that doesn't pint north..."
"...Very sharp and highly polished dagger, you're famous for knives, daggers, and switchblades, correct?"
Yami Bakura grinned a moment as a sarcastic "yes" before returning to his ugly scowl as Seto pulled his not so great sword out.
"And I half expected it to be made of wood," Kaiba chuckled. "You are without a doubt the WORST pirate I've ever heard of!"
"Ah," Yami Bakura said, lifting his hands. "But you have heard of me."
Kaiba angrily grabbed Yami Bakura's arm and dragged him to Mokuba, who had the heavy cuffs at the ready.
"Commodore," Colina whined, "I really must protest."
"Carefully, Lt.," Kaiba said to his younger brother.
"Pirate or not," Colina said more forcefully, "This man saved my life!"
She put herself in front of Yami Bakura.
"One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness," argued Seto, glaring daggers at Yami Bakura with his azure eyes.
"Though it seems enough to condemn him," replied the disgruntled captain.
"Indeed!"
Mokuba finished with the irons and stepped back. The pirate smirked evilly.
"Finally."
He brought his cuffed hands over Colina, trapping her.
"No!" cried the Governor. "No! Don't shoot!!" ________________________________________________________________________
That's all I feel like typing today on this story. It was a lot of words, 1321 or so. I'm actually already to the part where Twigg and the black dude find Jack in the prison. Wait until you see who they're gonna be. ^___^
Until the next chapter, R&R, please.
