A World Embroiled in Chaos
Chapter Forty-Three: Removal of the curse
DISCLAIMER: Refer to chapter one's disclaimer.
…On the forested outskirts of Grandville…
Jason sighed. "Which direction are we going in again?" He groaned. "Back to Grandville. We're going to find that Pelland guy." Alex replied. "Hey… where's that crazy Louscian?" Jason asked. "He's useless, remember? We left him back on the sinking ship. He's probably sleeping with the fishes, now." Alex stated. Jason laughed. "Yeah. He was useless." He added.
"So… why are we looking for the pirate, anyway?" Jason asked. "Well, he got us into this mess. It's about time he got us out of it." Alex replied. Jason tripped on a rock and fell flat on his face. "I can't take this, anymore…" He muttered. It was then that Grandville came into view. "Are you sure he went here?" Jason asked. "No. But we can ask around." Alex replied. Jason let out a huge groan. It was at that moment that a large tree began to fall down. "Look out!" Alex yelled, shoving him out of the way. "…Thanks. The sooner we get inside the city, the better." Jason said. "Just hope that the skyscrapers won't fall down on you." Alex added, and Jason began to look nervous as they entered the city.
…Meanwhile…
The ship was just about finished sinking. Only the top of the crow's nest was left. Dyougandara was hanging on. The sinking was very gradual. "…Eylo? Zomeone elp ze D!" He yelled. Suddenly, the cool aid man surfed by (Why the hell do I keep on putting him in this story?). "OH YEAH! Want some cool aid?" He asked Dyougandara. "Elp Me!" Dyougandara yelled. "…Only if you'll drink this cool aid!" The cool aid man replied. "Fine! Zwhatever!" He replied. "OH YEAH!" The cool aid man yelled, lifting Dyougandara up onto the surfboard, and forcing some cool aid down his throat. He then surfed away, with Dyougandara on the back of the surfboard.
…Back to Grandville…
"Excuse me, but have you seen a fat pirate with an Aeropostle sweatshirt around, lately?" Alex asked a random Grandville citizen. "Can't say I have. Try the bar." The person replied. Alex sighed. "Come on, Jason, to the bar." He said. Jason nodded, and followed. Soon enough, they reached the bar. Alex and Jason sat down at a table with a few others who were playing a game of blackjack. "Can we join?" Alex asked. "Sure." One of the three men replied… and so, they played a game. As expected, Jason came in last, and Alex came out on top.
"…So… have any of you seen a fatass pirate by the name of Pelland?" Alex asked. "Him? Yeah. I heard that he ripped some poor suckers off, and since then, has made it rich. He now owns a hideout on the coast northwest of Grandville." One of the men said. "Thank you." Alex replied, getting up. "Come on Jason, we're heading Northwest." He said to Jason, who nodded, and followed.
…Two hours later…
"It should be around here, somewhere." Jason said, looking around. Eventually, they found a large opening in the side of a cliff. "Be careful not to fall into the water." Alex stated. The opening was only reachable by inching across a very small ledge in the cliff. One wrong step would send you plunging down into the water below. Alex was first to sidle to the opening. Next was Jason, but he slipped halfway, and was about to fall into the raging seas below. Fortunately, he quickly changed into his Falco form, and used his Fire Falco ability to reach the opening.
The two entered the pirate grotto. There were probably twenty pirates walking around, and doing random things, and Pelland, sitting on his pirate throne, eating a bag of Lays chips (Yes, the very bag, itself). There were lots of treasure chests around him. Some closed, and some open, and filled to the brim with shiny treasure. "Wait here." Alex said, transforming into his fox form, and seemingly disappearing into thin air.
Suddenly, Alex reappeared in front of Pelland. "Wha? How'd ye do that?" Pelland asked, startled. "Simple. I run fast. Now, cough up the cure to Jason's bad luck." Alex replied. "Yar! Ye must be those suckers… I give ye the antidote… if the one with the bad luck can defeat me in battle." Pelland stated. All the pirates began to gather around, as Jason entered the arena with Pelland.
"Yar! Ready to lose?" Pelland asked, transforming into his retarded pelican form. Jason was already in his Falco form. "You're pretty weak. This shouldn't take long." He said to himself. "Yar. That I once was, but I've improved since then… so take this!" Pelland yelled, and dove at Jason. This would be a Falco vs. Retarded Falco match.
Pelland dove at Jason, who rolled to the side, narrowly dodging Pelland's gaping beak. "What the hell? Your beak's huge! No fair!" Jason yelled. It was that moment that a stalagmite hanging from the ceiling dropped down toward Jason. "Fuck!" He yelled, dodging out of the way, but tripping in the process, giving Pelland time to act. "Hah! This cave could do the fighting for me… but I'll finish you, myself!" Pelland yelled, dive bombing Jason, who took out his blaster, and shot Pelland in the face as he was swooping down. This hurt Pelland, who barreled down toward Jason, and landed right on top of him.
"Get… off… me… you heavy bastard!" Jason yelled, shoving Pelland off of him. Pelland groaned. "Yar! I'll consume ye!" He yelled, opening up his gaping beak. "Legendary attack: Consume!" Pelland yelled. "What? He has a legendary attack?" Alex asked aloud, his jaw dropping. Suddenly, Pelland, his beak wide open, began to inhale. It was almost like a black hole. Extremely strong winds began to suck everything in the cave in. Even the other pirates were sucked into pelland's mouth. Not only that, but the treasure, as well. Alex and Jason began to run as fast as they could in the opposite direction. They weren't getting sucked in, but they weren't going anywhere. They were just running in place.
Eventually Pelland stopped inhaling, with his huge beak filled. Alex and Jason stopped running. "Jason! Look out! His attack has a second phase!" Alex yelled. "What?" Jason asked. Suddenly, Pelland exhaled. Equally strong as the inhale, this time, the forces blew all that were sucked up at Jason. This included the pirate crew, various gems, coins, massive wads of saliva, some half-digested lays chips, and some of the stalactites that were once hanging from the ceiling.
"SHIT!" Jason yelled, dodging to the side to avoid Pelland's second mate, and then jumped to avoid a few diamonds, then ducked to avoid a stalactite, only to get slammed in the face by a massive wad of saliva, followed by several chips. When the exhaling stopped, the entire grotto was a mess of gems, regurgitated chips, saliva, crewmen, and stalactites. Jason was nowhere to be seen. "Yar! I win!" Pelland yelled. Suddenly, he heard a voice behind him. "No. I win." Jason said, blasting Pelland in the back of the head with his blaster. This knocked Pelland out of his Pelican form. "Yar. You win. Take this." Pelland said, handing Jason a potion.
Jason drank the potion, and the purple smoke surrounding him vanished. His curse of bad luck was gone. He was finally free. "Let's go, Alex. We've got some treasure to loot." Jason said. "Sounds like a plan." Alex replied.
Coming up: Kyle and Alyssa, along with Tamrin, find out a few things about Kirth, and meet up with one who is looking for them. Look for it tomorrow.
Until Next Chapter,
-Biggoron
