Many people are not aware of the obvious. They bustle around so much trying to get where their going or are just to wrapped up into themselves to notice anything else.
That is why if the beggars in the doorways and the hookers on the street corners had taken the time to look up they would have seen an amazing sight. A ship, a pirate ship to be exact, floating along being held up by air balloons. It sailed along unnoticed by all until it came upon a certain hose. Then it anchored itself. A ladder was then thrown down and two figures descended from the ship. One of the figures looked through the open window.
" Umm captain," the first figure said, light catching its features and revealing it to be a girl with blood red hair.
"Yes what is it, " the captain asked.
"Well I thought you said there would only be one child. By the looks of it there's five in there. Are you sure that their all Jane's children?"
The Captain strode over to the window and looked in. He let out a low growl, "Take'em all then we shall sort it out later."
"Aye Captain! Okay boys you heard the man lets move," she shouted as quietly up the rope as possible.
More pirates stole down the ladder. "Be careful and try not to make to much noise," said the Captain before getting back on the ship. The moonlight catching the gleam of a hook in the place of his right hand.
When Sarah first heard the whispering she ignored it. 'Its just Alex and Krystal still talking' she thought to herself, but as she listened longer she realized the voices were masculine.
"Cloey," she whispered poking her sister.
"Sarah?...what is it, bad dream?"
"No there someone in the room"
"…I can't believe that's why you woke me up and…What was that!"
"See you heard it too," exclaimed Sarah. She now turned to Alex. "Alex wake up theirs someone other than us in here."
Alex turned over but did not wake. Sarah gave her a hard poke in the side. "Alex! Please wake up"
"What," Alex said angrily sitting up to glare at Sarah, but before she could say more a sack come down over her head. She let out a scream and began flailing like crazy.
"Stop squirming you stupid lass," said the gruff male voice of her assailant as he tossed Alex over his shoulder.
"You put her down, " Sarah yelled kicking the Alex's captor in the leg only to be bagged herself.
She could only here the yelps of the others as they too were bagged, and only vaguely could she here Mrs. Milder banging on the bedroom door.
"Sarah," she heard her sister call her.
"SHUT-UP," came the gruff manly voice again only followed by a suspicious thud as if he had struck Cloey.
"Did you get them all?"
"Aye Cap'n Hook. Every last one.
It had seemed as if they had been trapped in those sacks for hours before the five young girls found themselves deposited on a ships deck in the bright sunlight.
Upon being released from her sack, Alex immediately looked to see if the others were alright. Being the oldest she felt it was her responsibility to take care of the others. As far as she could see each was unharmed, except Cloey who had a big bruise on her cheek. Each of her friends were being held by at least one rather dirty looking man, while two flanked either side of Alex, seeing as she was the one that put up the most fight.
Alex looked around her. They were on a ship was the first thing she notice and the second was they were surrounded by men dressed like pirates.
"Good evening ladies," Alex swiveled to where the voice had come from, she could automatically see he was the Captain by his dress alone. He had neat curly shoulder length black hair and a mustache that curled at the tips, as well as the coldest blue forget me not eyes Alex had ever seen. It was only off handily(no pun intended) that she notice were his right hand should be there was instead a hook.
"Captain Hook?"
"Glad to see my reputation precedes me. Yes my dear I am Captain James Hook."
Alex hadn't even been aware that she had spoken, but was only surprised for a second before she glared at the Captain.
"Of course I know who you are codfish," she said getting some satisfaction from the slight twitch of his eye. "You will address me as Captain Hook or Sir," he growled.
"Why did you bring up here?" said Sarah finally finding her voice.
"Where is here anyway?" put in Mary
"Here is Neverland," said Hook," and ----
"This can't be Neverland," Cloey said cutting him off,"Neverland Doesn't exist. Its only a story."
"I am afraid not my dear. Neverland is quite real…Now which one of you is Jane's daughter?"
The girls looked at each other. Alex was decided spokes person. "None of us," she said, " all Miss Jane children have grown up."
"Well if your not Jane's children than who are you," asked another pirate, who was to the girls surprise a girl. None of them had ever heard of a girl pirate.
Taking the initiative once again Alex introduce herself. "I am Alexandra Lee Morgan, that Krystal Sayia, Cloey McNeal, Sarah McNeal, and Mary Ann Stanford. And we were having a sleepover as part of my birthday party which you ruined."
"Well I am very sorry," Hook replied sarcastically.
:Well you should be an---"
"Alex!" yelled Krystal.
"What!"
"You do know who your yelling at?'
"Yes and I don't care if he is Captain James Hook scurve of the any sea. He ruined my part!" she yelled
"Young lady ," said Hook," please calm down. Your not Jane's daughters, but peter won't know that. So men let hav'em walk the plan !"
"Plan! Plan! Plan! Plan," the men chanted as a wooden board was brought our and hooked to the side of the ship. Alex was lead forward first and pushed on to the board at sword point, but known to no one Peter Pan had been watching. He and not heard all of what had transpired before the chanting of plank.
"Now my dear its time to say good-bye. Any last words?" said Hook.
"Yeah you can rot in hell you stupid son of a bitch," she said
" such a dirty mouth on such a pretty young girl, "Hook lips curled distastefully as he forced her to take the last step.
"Alex," the other girls scream a she went over. The pirates waited and listened for the telltale splash, but it never came.
"I don't think she hit cap'n," said Hooks right hand man Smee.
"I think I realized that Smee,' he growled, but before he could look over to see what had gone wrong a roster crow sounded.
"Hey Codfish what are you doing dropping girls in the water?"
"Peter Pan!
"That's my name Hook don't ware it out, " he sang as he flew into view carrying Alex. He place her in the crows nest and undid her ties.
"Tink!" he called. A small light zoomed to his side. He plucked the light ball out of the sky and shook it above Alex's head sprinkling gold dust upon her head.
"Think of your happiest thought and you'll fly," he said and then took off again.
"Hey!" Alex yelled after him, "don't leave me up here." But Peter wasn't listening. He zoomed down giving the girls the same liberation as Alex.
"You damn little brat!" Hook yelled at him as the pirates struggled to recapture the girls. Much harder this time since they didn't have the luck of surprise.
"Its good to see you again too Codfish," crowed Pan who was quite happy with the chaos he had created.
"You should learn to show respect to your elders," said Hook drawing his sword," Now come down here and fight like a man." Pan grinned at this. "I would…Codfish, but I got people to save. How about I come back and play later. Besides there someone on the way who truly wants to play with you."
"And who might that be?" replied Hook sarcastically.
"Don't you hear the tick tock of that old darn crock?"
"What!" suddenly Hook looked frightened.
"Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock! Tick!Tock!"
" Noo! Not now! Not here!"
"Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock!..."
"Nooo! IGNORE PAN GET RID OF THAT DAMN CROC!" shouted the now terrified Captain. "So it is true!" cried Cloey," big bad Hook is afraid of a croc."
"WALKER!" shouted Hook.
"Yes Cap'n," a young women with blood red hair made her way to the front.
"GET RID THAT CROC!"
"Yes sir ," she replied and went towards the starboard side of the ship.
"Hey you croc. Go on the captain doesn't want to see or hear you for that matter. Go on now shoo," she made shooing motion with her hands as she said this. The croc glared at her not really wanting to leave, but it looked as if the tasty captain would not be his so he went on his way. The ticking dying in his wake.
While this was transpiring Peter managed to get Alex and the others off the ship and into the forest.
"C..Ccaptain?" said a terrified Smee.
"What is it?"
"Umm Pan and the prisoners have escaped."
"Grrr…damn that pan. WALKER!" yelled Hook
"Yes Captain."
"gather together a few of the men…and Bella and find them!"
"Yes sir," she said and then turned to the crew, " You lot heard the Cap'n. Jukes, Stanza, and Skylark!" The said three made their way to Walker.
"Now people, Walker is in charged. Does anyone have a problem with that?" Hook asked.
"NO SIR!"
"Very good than. Walker don't disappoint me, you're my best pirate. Now go and don't come back until you have them!"