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Also I noticed since last time, no one left a comment or PM me an idea on what I should do for a Tangled crossover. Please read the notes from my last chapter on those details and give me an idea.
"Don't leave us hanging on a mental thread folks! Do you want me to have an alternate version of my story centered around the Tangled tv series? Do you want to see my first vacation there that takes place after my first story?...TALK!" Maverick quipped. "Don't make me bring out the lobster costume!"
Anyway let's answer some comments.
KingdomWarrior125: Thank you! Wait no longer my friend. Here we go.
Haxorus knight: More like Monstrous teen. After all Dianex is the same age as Aiden.
"Actually he's a toddler. He was born last year." Maverick quipped.
"Watch it Prey!" Stormur snapped.
RustyPete12: I agree. Stormur is a monster for sure. But those redeeming qualities really do mean something. And they'll play a big part in his future later on.
olehbilenko93: Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Don't worry. The fight between Jack and Barbossa as cursed pirates will happen. That's a guarantee.
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Alrighty, now that we're all here!
LET'S GET DANGEROUS!
Begun by blood By Blood Undone?
The next morning in Tortuga….
The team was with Jack as they stood at the docks for Mr. Gibbs to present the crew he had been gathering all night. Almost a dozen men who all volunteered to sail with Jack on the HMS Interceptor. To take on Barbossa and take the Pearl back. Jack and Will walked with Mr. Gibbs as the crew lined up at the pier, while the guardians stood at the background watching them. Each man looked exactly what a pirate crew would look like. Tough, nasty and dangerous. Even if you couldn't ask for more. Jack was doing the smart thing in finding any doubts while Mr. Gibbs was presenting the crew to him.
"Feast your eyes, captain. All of them faithful hands before the mast. Every man worth his salt." Mr. Gibbs stated as he showed them every new crew member. Even a short guy named Marty. Which Mr. Gibbs commented. "And crazy to boot."
"So this is your able-bodied crew?" Will asked while looking at how odd some of them are. Like a guy with a parrot for example.
Kairi leaned over to Victoria. "Is it just me, or is Will acting like they've never seen a pirate crew before?" She whispered to her friend.
"Yeah, I mean this is what almost every crew looked like in every pirate film I've watched with Aiden." Victoria whispered back.
"You, Sailor!" Jack called the guy with the parrot.
"Cotton, sir." Mr. Gibbs answered for the pirate with the parrot.
"Mr. Cotton. Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?" Jack exhorted Cotton.
When Cotton didn't answer. They assumed he didn't understand.
"That means will you obey even if it kills you." Sora translated what Jack meant.
"Right." Jack nodded and noticed he didn't answer still. "Answer, Man!"
"He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out. So he trained the parrot to talk for him." Mr. Gibbs told Jack why he couldn't speak.
"That's awful!" Kairi commented, looking sympathetic for the speechless pirate.
"That's awkward." Aiden commented, looking weirded out that a pirate can translate.
"That's awesome!" Sora commented, looking astounded that a talking parrot can translate.
"That's gross." Victoria commented, looking grossed out about the guy missing a tongue.
"No one's yet figured out how." Mr Gibbs added.
Jack was about to walk away and inspect the rest of the crew when he halted and turned to face Cotton again, deciding on asking the Parrot. "Mr. Cotton's parrot. Same question."
"RACK! Wind in your sails! Wind in your sails!" Cotton's parrot squawked in response.
Jack and Will gave the bird a weird look.
"Mostly we figured that means 'yes' " Mr. Gibbs stated for the parrot.
"Of course it does. Satisfied?" Jack inquired at Will.
"Well you've proved they're mad." Will remarked.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot made a joke about how crazy they were while standing on Aiden's shoulder.
"What did he say Mate?" Jack asked Aiden.
"The same thing Will said, only more colorful." Aiden swayed his hand a bit.
Jack rolled his eyes before he heard a woman's voice from among the crew ask "And what's the benefit for us?!"
All heads turned to see a dark skin crew member with a hat down to hide the face. Jack curled his eyebrows and slowly went over to tilt the hat up revealing a familiar female face.
"Anamaria!" Jack greeted. But Anamaria's response was the same as the last two ladies he ran into last night. A slap.
*Slap!*
"HA!" Aiden exclaimed in a laugh as they saw Jack get slapped again. "This place is priceless! And So is that bitch slap!"
"I suppose you didn't deserve that one either." Will retorted.
"No, That one I deserved." Jack humorously muttered and turned to address the woman.
"You stole my boat!" Anamaria protested.
"Actually-" Jack tried to say, but Anamaria slapped him in the face again.
*Slap!*
*Snapshot!*
"Finally got one!" Aiden said after using his gummiphone to take a picture of Jack getting slapped, he shows it to Sora. "This is definitely going to become a poster and a meme on my wall."
"Cool! Can mine take pictures too?!" Sora beamed.
"It's a cellphone." Aiden deadpanned like it was obvious. "What do you think?"
"Borrowed. Borrowed without permission, but with every intention of bringing it back to you." Jack tried to explain.
"But you didn't!" Anamaria exclaimed angrily.
"You'll get another one." Jack promised.
Anamaria pointed a finger at him threateningly. "I will."
"A better one." Will added for Jack who was looking nervously at Anamaria's finger.
"A better one!" Jack nervously agreed with a smile.
"That one!" Aiden said walking up to them with the team.
"What one?" Jack inquired.
"That one!" Sora pointed at a ship, the crew looked to the right at the ship Sora was pointing at, which was the HMS Interceptor still stationed near the docks.
"That one?!" Jack snapped, not believing what they were offering, which was the only ship he had. All the crew's heads turn to face Jack and the others
"You got a better idea Captain Bob Marley?" Aiden inquired with his arms crossed then he turned to face Anamaria. "I know you hate Jack Spare Pant's ass. Believe me I can't stand him either. But I can't stress how important this mission really is. Once Jack has his Pearl of great price back, this ship is all yours."
Bob Marley…..Get it? Jack has dreadlocks!
Will wondered what did Aiden mean by Jack having the Pearl back. He knew what the joke meant. But what did he mean by having the Pearl back?
"How do we know we can trust you?" Marty the short pirate asked from the other end of the line.
Everyone looked down at him before the crew looked at the guardians.
"You don't. But as being the guardians! We don't just plunge headlong into danger on the orders of a single nutcase!" Sora said standing on top a wooden crate looking tall. Then he shifted into his armored form. "But act accordingly to our own. Collective insanity!"
The crew laughed and smiled in response while the team nodded. Even Aiden and Victoria shifted into Maverick and Blaze while Kairi giggled and shifted into her armored form.
"What he said." Maverick muttered with a grin.
"So our goal is to kick down Barbossa's doors and stick it to the man, right where it hurts! And trust me when I say I know exactly where it hurts." Sora winked and stated out loud while holding his keyblade up like a pirate sword. "So for those of you who are willing to sail with us! Fight with us! And send Barbossa down to Davy Jones's locker where he belongs! Stomp and shout Aye!"
"AYE!" The crew and Anamaria responded with a stomp of their boots. Even the team, Will and Jack said the same thing.
"Any objections! Speak now and whimper Nay!" Kairi stated sounding tough as she stood next to Sora.
No one responded meaning that they are able and ready to set sail to stick it to Captain Barbossa and his cursed crew. Sora stepped down from the crate and everyone of the crew started boarding including Anamaria who saluted Sora and gave Jack a dirty look before boarding with the crew.
"Never was the king's council so unified." Will complemented Sora for his magnificent speech.
"Thanks." Sora smiled.
"Best of all we got free drinks!" Aiden said to the crew making them roar like a crowd on the boat.
"Where did you get free drinks from?" Mr. Gibbs inquired.
"The back door to the tavern was open." Victoria muttered before she went over to join her team with the crew.
Talk about taking some illegal initiative. But then again this town had no sense of having laws so why bother anyway. It was time to kiss Tortuga goodbye for the team. Such a shame since Aiden was going to miss all of the slapping.
But they had a curse crew to take down. And a girl to rescue.
Sailing over the Caribbean….
The HMS Interceptor sailed fast and hard as it could over the ocean. While a raging storm surrounded the ship with a strong gust of wind. Thankfully the storm only circled the ship, but it never came anywhere near it. Because of Maverick and Blaze standing on the rails of both ends of the upper deck. Maverick was shooting a cold frosting wind from one end out of his hands, up into the sky, while Blaze was emitting hot air from her hands up in the sky. The hot and cold winds from the armored duo were shifting the upper atmosphere of the clouds to keep the storm at bay from the ship. The sight was fascinating to the crew. As they sail in awe of how they use their power in the favor of the mission and adventure ahead.
Jack was manning the wheel and looked at his compass to navigate. Which was almost difficult given the storm ahead that was blocking his view of the ocean. But Jack Sparrow knows these oceans more than he knows his blood alcohol level. But what confused some of the guardians is that he told them the compass can't point north. So why use a broken compass to navigate?
Meanwhile the crew sailed with ease while singing sea shanty after sea shanty to lift the spirits and pass the time.
Come all you young sailor men, listen to me
I'll sing you a song of the fish in the sea
And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys
When the wind blows, we're all together, boys
Blow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blow
Jolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes
Mr. Gibbs went up to Maverick who still had his hands out to the sky and shifting the upper atmosphere.
"How does the course fair you and your young lady, Lad?!" Mr Gibbs asked out loud through the loud singing of the crew.
That and the storm was also loud. Even if it wasn't reaching the ship.
"I think this Caribbean Jerk sauce cruise writes itself!" Maverick laughed. "Nah! I'm just screwing with Gabriel Fahenheit while you guys sing about the weather! No biggy!"
Up jumps the eel with his slippery tail
Climbs up aloft and reefs the topsail
And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys
When the wind blows, we're all together, boys
Blow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blow
Jolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes
"Haha! At first I thought it'd be bad luck to bring women aboard! But I think the free drinks and the 'winds of change' turned the tide of my mind!" Mr. Gibbs remarked.
And then up jumps the shark with his nine rows of teeth
Saying, "You eat the dough boys, and I'll eat the beef!"
And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys
When the wind blows, we're all together, boys
Blow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blow
Jolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes
"Not that I'm complaining about the lack of Vitamin C! But how to find a lost Island with a broken compass?!" Maverick inquired.
"The compass is not broken Lad, the compass doesn't point north!" Mr. Gibbs clarified and smirked. "But we're not trying to find north, are we?!"
Maverick's eyes lit up in realization of what Jack was doing. "Ooooooh." Then he smirked and stomped his foot on the ship as a surge of neon traveled to the back of the ship. And his neon powers constructed some neon turbo boosters from the stern of the ship. Then he burst as the ship began to travel at high speed.
*ZZZOOOOOOMMMMM!*
"YEEEEES!" Jack cheered with the crew as the ship sped up like a semi truck at high speed over the water, and they were catching up with Barbossa.
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sora lets out a thrilling howl from his throat as the wind blows in everyone's face. And the crew sung their shanty much louder.
Up jumps the whale, the largest of all
"If you want any wind, well, I'll blow ye a squall"
And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys
When the wind blows, we're all together, boys
Blow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blow
Jolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes
Down in Isla de Muerta…..
Elizabeth Swan was still locked in her quarters Wearing the same red dress from dinner the other night, after being vexed from seeing the curse that was brought on this crew. She looked out the window and saw that the pearl had made it to the Island Isla de Muerta. Stormur Immediately teleported into the room and looked at her, his sudden appearance made her jump slightly in fright.
"It's time Miss Swan." Stormur he stated.
After that Elizabeth was taken outside, her hands tied together as Barbossa attached the medallion necklace to her neck as they got aboard some rowboats and rowed their way to the Island. Heading into a cave that leads to a dark tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was where they kept the treasure of Cortes. All of the gold they had returned. All but one, the one that will be returned with Elizabeth's blood on it. Stormur was already standing on the Island waiting for the pirates to sail in.
"You could help us you know!" One of the pirates named Mallot said out loud to Stormur.
Stomur teleported up to Mallot and stared down at him. "And I could burn out your testicles and feed them to you." He sneered making the pirate quiver.
"Man! Keep yer focus on why we came! Stormur honored his end of the bargain!" Barbossa scolds his men. "We'd be near the end of the trail."
Pete was standing at the entrance of the cave as well grinning evilly. "Yeah, and I'd be near mine."
Meanwhile. The Interceptor finally reached near the destination and the neon boosters from the stern had powered down and faded. The ship was now sailing slowly past a fog and some shipwrecks around the rocks. While Cotton's parrot was squawking on the bowsprit. "Rack! Dead men tell no tales!" the bird echoed.
' I swear it's tempting to give this parrot a cracker.' Aiden thought in annoyance, while remembering the parrot he dealt with in the Timeless River.
Aiden and Victoria were sitting at some benches near the main sail pole. They both took some bottles of Gatorade and drank half of the bottles before slashing the rest in their faces. They were both tired and drained after hours of standing and shooting ice and fire in the sky.
"Great work guys, we made it!" Goofy and Donald came over to sit with them. And so did Kairi, Baby Groot and Sora. Baby Groot hopped on Aiden's lap which made Aiden hold him close with one hand, while the little tree leaned into his embrace like an infant.
"You both sure knew how to tackle a storm literally." Sora remarked as he sat with the team next to Aiden, while Victoria was sitting closer to his right side.
"My royal education in science was pretty heavy about the weather. But me and Victoria aced every test." Aiden snickered as he leaned back. His face still drenched from the Gatorade.
While the rest of the crew was looking out at the ship wrecks and view of the island. Mr. Gibbs was with Will as they too were looking out.
"Puts a chill in the bones how many honest sailors have been claimed by this passage." Mr. Gibbs said about all of the wreckage and the sharks swimming at the bottom.
Up on the poop deck, Jack Sparrow was watching his compass while Cotton was peering over his shoulder looking as well. Making the captain comfortable and twitchy as usual.
Mr. Gibbs and Will walked away and passed by the team to secure and check some ropes to the sail, when Will asked Mr. Gibbs a question.
"How is it that Jack came by that compass?" Will wondered.
"Not a lot's known about Jack before he showed up in Tortuga with a mind to find the treasure of Isla De Muerta." Mr. Gibbs said while they stood near the guardians that were still sitting but listening. "That was before I'd met him, back when he captained the Black Pearl."
Will turned to Mr. Gibbs with wide eyes. "What?"
"What?!" The team exclaimed except for Aiden and Victoria.
This made Mr. Gibbs look back and forth between the team and Will as he choked a little while drinking from his flask.
"Jack used to be captain of the Black Pearl?" Kairi asked in shock.
"He failed to mention that." Will said.
"Still that would explain how he got so good at sailin." Goofy remarked.
"I…..Kinda knew that." Aiden cringed.
"What?! You knew!" Donald exclaimed.
"I read in between the lines okay?!" Aiden said in defense. "You guys missed half of the story but I saved your seats."
"I figured you knew from that 'Pearl of Great Price' reference you made." Will stated to Aiden.
Aiden stood up from his seat and looked at everyone. "Look I'm not a fan of pirates like Spike here. But Straight and Narrow Sparrow over there was the only way we would get here. I don't trust him either, but this place wasn't on the maps and the Black Pearl was blocking my navigations with a dark essence that was hard to read and detect." He said to Will.
"You make a good point, Aiden. But saving Elizabeth is not Jack's end goal." Will stated about the risk.
"Of course not, but it is ours. Including stopping those that threaten the innocent. It doesn't matter what Jack wants. All that matters is saving your girlfriend and taking barbossa down is all that matters." Victoria spoke and muttered this last part quietly to Aiden. "At least for this world."
"Wait, you guys don't like Jack do you?" Sora asked, looking concerned.
"Not precisely, no." Will muttered.
"It's not that I don't like him. I just don't trust him. Given all of the pirate invasions that almost turned Arendelle and Corona into Dead Sea ruins over the years." Aiden shrugged. "How can I?"
Sora couldn't argue with Aiden's caution towards Jack's intentions. The Maverick defended so many innocent people including his family from pirates back at his home world. So how can he
"Space pirates were no better." Victoria muttered bitterly.
"I thought you were excited to become a pirate when you made a Douglas Fairbanks joke back on the Highwind." Sora indicated.
"I was actually pumped up to take down pirates. After spending an entire day in Toon Town, kicking pirate ass was like a Call Of Duty player going to laser tag."
"I can't really speak for Jack, but it's like you said Aid. Jack was the only way to get here." Kairi spoke up.
" I know you and Tori have a bad history with pirates, but Jack's not like other pirates." Goofy stated.
" But he's a real definition of neutral, Goof. The kind of mindset that can clear a man's conscience to slice a woman's throat for a small pay-check. That and I'm not sure who's manning the ship upstairs." Aiden gestured at Jack who still looked twitchy at Cotton who was still peaking at his compass.
He basically called Jack crazy.
"There's a reason for that part of Jack, actually. Jack plays things closer to the vest now. A hard-learned lesson it was." Mr. Gibbs spoke up. "See three days out on venture, his first mate comes to him and says 'Everything's an equal share, That should mean the location of the treasure too.' So Jack gives up the bearings. That night there was a mutiny. They marooned Jack on an island and left him to die. But not before he'd gone mad with heat."
"Ah. So that's the reason for all of the…." Will mimicked Jack's twitchy gestures with his hands, which made some of the guardians snicker.
"Reason's got nothing to do with it." Mr. Gibbs stated in Jack's defense.
"So his whole quest for a correction started on an island. Sounds familiar, huh Sora?" Kairi smirked at Sora.
"Hey, I wasn't marooned on the Destiny Islands." Sora said in response.
"But you were stuck there." Kairi teased.
"So were you!" Sora said back at her.
Victoria rolled her eyes in amusement at the two while she said. "Continue Gibbs."
"Right. So, Jack was given a pistol with a single shot. One shot. Well that won't do much good hunting, nor to be rescued. But after three weeks of a starving belly and thirst. That pistol started to look friendly." Mr. Gibbs continued with Jack's backstory. "But Jack escaped the and still has that single shot. He won't use it, though. Save on one man."
"Barbossa." Sora figured.
"Aye. His mutinous first mate." Mr. Gibbs revealed.
"So this is a by the numbers revenge story? Those never end well. Just ask Captain Ahab, and Raymond Chandler." Aiden quipped.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot remarked.
"Yeah that was a good read." Aiden agreed with the little tree.
"So How did Jack get off the island?" Will asked Mr. Gibbs.
"Well, I'll tell ye all. He waded out into the shadows and waited three days and three nights, till all manner of sea creatures came acclimated to his presence. And on the fourth morning. He roped himself a couple of sea turtles, Lashed them together and made a raft." Mr. Gibbs revealed.
Everyone stared blankly at the old man with expressionless looks.
"He roped. A Couple. Of sea turtles?" Sora deadpanned
"And just regular sea turtles? Not giant mutant sea turtles?" Aiden quipped with a dispassionate tone. "Or the kind you see after smoking? Not that I would know what that's…...like."
"Aye, just sea turtles." Mr. Gibbs nodded with a grin.
"What did he use for rope?" Will asked, wondering.
They all turned and looked up to see Jack standing there, having heard Mr. Gibbs tell half of the story.
"Human hair. From my back." Jack revealed what kind of rope he used, which grossed the team out. Then he announced to his crew. "Let go the anchor!"
"Lowering the anchor line!" The crew responded before getting the ship ready to dock near the island.
"Young Mr. Turner and I are to go ashore." Jack stated.
"Hey! What about us?" Sora asked standing up.
"You're to guard the ship, o' course. It's a task given only to the bravest pirates." Jack Professed his task to the guardians.
"All right…." Sora sighed.
"Guard her well Guardians!" Jack said before walking away.
"You know. I knew of a young warrior who was also stranded on an island before his adventure started." Victoria smirked at Aiden.
"The irony kills me." Aiden deadpanned.
Aiden, Sora and Jack seem to have that in common. Their greatest adventures started from an island. Only Sora had it much easier than Aiden. But Aiden never resented that. His pain and experience made him stronger when he found peace. Perhaps Jack has his ways of dealing with it.
Mr. Gibbs went up to Jack and asked. "Captain. What if the worst should happen?"
Jack turned and told him in a whisper. "Keep to the Code."
"Aye. The Code" Mr. Gibbs understood.
Will heard them say it, wondering how that part ends with the so-called 'Pirate's Code'.
Back inside the cave of Isa De Muerta….
The Pirates laughed as they gathered around the treasure at the end of the cave and were ready to finally break the curse. They ran through the tunnels screaming and cheering, the nightmare is over, they thought. We're free to create more nightmares, they thought. But as Barbossa stood in the middle of the Treasure heap. Right in front of the stone chest of Cortez treasure. Though it looked more like a Aztec sarcophagus than a treasure chest.
While all of the Pirates were dumping the collected treasures into piles upon piles, Ragetti and Pintel were doing the same. Carrying a chest together while they revel in their coming freedom. Like two inmates about to get released from prison.
"Ten years of hoarding swag!" Pintel relished.
"Now we finally get to spend it!" Ragetti laughed as they dumped the chest they were carrying out on the ground.
They furrow their brows to see some dresses and a white umbrella was in the chest. Ragetti held up a red dress in front of himself, similar to the crimson looking one Elizabeth was wearing. And Pintel held on to the white umbrella.
"Once we're quit of the curse, we'll be rich men. And you can buy an eye what fits and is made of glass." Pintel stated as Ragetti picks up a yellow umbrella and opens it inside.
"This one does splinter something terrible." Ragetti rubbed his fake wooden eye like he was shedding a tear. He sniffed feeling nostalgic about the wooden eyebrow while it made a squeaking noise from him rubbing it.
"Stop rubbing it!" Pintel hissed a scold.
Stormur walked by them, making them stand back up looking nervous that he caught them in their somewhat tender moment, while holding umbrellas like ladies in the park.
"Idiots." He groaned under his breath while walking away.
Pintel waved goodbye at the Armored Nobody timidly before he slapped his umbrella into Ragetti's arm. It Was as if it was his fault for looking like an idiot. In reality, they're just idiots.
Back on the Interceptor…..
Aiden and Sora watched as Jack and Will rowed into the cave's mouth, going in to rescue Elizabeth. But they may not be Jack's plan. And Aiden had a feeling about that. So he pulls up IRIS on his ring.
"Guard the ship my ass….IRIS. Is there an alternate route into the cave?" Aiden asked.
'Scanning… There is a collapsed wind channel from above the structure of the island. Perhaps from years of erosions.' IRIS stated.
"Aiden what are you doing?" Sora questioned looking at him.
"Stormur is in there with the other water suckers. Probably playing water polo with Francis Drake's corpse in hopes of winning a chance to star in his decendent's cash grab midquel." Aiden quipped while shifting into Maverick. "Will and Jack won't stand a chance if my Nobody catches them first. I'm going to draw him out."
"Aiden no. Not by yourself." Victoria grabbed his metal hand.
"The ship needs to be protected in case the heartless show up!" Donald protested.
"That's why you'll stay and protect them, in case the heartless tries to kill the crew before the gingivitis does." Maverick said to Victoria. "I have to do this Vic. Trust me."
Victoria still looked worried.
"I'll go with him." Sora spoke up and stood next to Maverick as he shifted into his armored form.
"Sora no, don't." Kairi pleaded as she was worried for his life as well.
"He'll tear you both to shreds." Victoria implored.
"Let the Emo prick try." Maverick as he flew off and Sora free flow jumped into the air with him.
Victoria groaned and was about to fly after him. But she knew Aiden was right. He is what Stormur is after and he'll remove him from the equation. But she can't help but worry. Even Kairi is worried for Sora's safety.
Groot, Donald and Goofy are worried for them as well.
Back inside the cave's mouth…
As Jack rowed the boat inside, Will was holding up a lamp and looking around inside the dark cave, he saw skeletons in every position that speaks for itself on how they died.
"What code is Gibbs to keep to if the worst should happen?" Will questioned.
"Pirates' Code. Any man who falls behind is left behind." Jack stated.
"No heroes amongst thieves, eh?" Will scoffed, shaking his head.
"You know for having such a bleak outlook on pirates, Well maybe not bleak as the Maverick back there, but still bleak. You're well on your way to becoming one." Jack remarked and listed his reason for saying so. "Sprung a man from jail. Commandeered a ship of the fleet. Sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga. And you're completely obsessed with treasure."
Jack said that because Will noticed all of the gold doubloon laying in the water. But once they came out of the boat and were making their way through the inner cave tunnel, Will refused to agree.
"That's not true. I am not obsessed with treasure." Will clashed quietly.
They could hear the cheers and shouts of Barbossa's crew getting louder as they got closer.
Jack turned to Will and stated. "Not all treasure is silver and gold, Mate."
Then they found an open crack in the cave walls revealing what was happening inside the treasure heap. Will and Jack looked through the large crack without anyone seeing them and saw Barbossa standing over the stone chest with Elizabeth with her hands still tied together and standing next to the evil captain. Stormur was standing next to them as well. While Pete stood with the crew.
"Gentlemen, the time has come!" Barbossa announced making his crew cheer for each time he spoke. "Our salvation is nigh! Our torment is near an end!"
"Elizabeth." Will looked worried for the girl standing in front of the stone chest.
"For ten years we've been tested and tried, and each man here has proved his mettle a hundred times over. And a hundred times again!" Barbossa threw his hands and air as his crew cheered again.
"Suffered, I have!" Ragetti stated.
"Punished we were, the lot of us! Disproportionate to our crimes! Here it is!" Barbossa kicked the stone cover off of the chest, revealing the cursed medallions inside. "The cursed treasure of Cortes himself. And every last piece that went astray, we have returned. Save for this!" He pointed at Elizabeth as the crew cheered.
"Jack." Will stressed as he was anxious to save her.
"Not yet." Jack stopped him. "We wait for the opportune moment."
Jack got up ashe and Will tripped over some gold coins, the noise made Stormur turn his head to the crack. As he could sense them over there. But the Armored Nobody just stood there and waited for his own opportune moment. Jack went around the wall with Will following him.
"When's that? When it's of greatest profit to you?" Will scowled at the pirate.
"May I ask you something? Have I ever given you reason not to trust me" Jack turned to Will looking twitchy again. "Do us a favor. I know it's difficult for you, but please stay here, and try not to do anything stupid."
Jack turned to go around the crew without being seen, so he would be close enough for his plan. Will scowled harder as he realized what Jack was doing, and it was clear what Jack told Gibbs back at the tavern. Aiden was the one that heard them and he revealed to Will back on the ship that he was going to be Jack's leverage to get close to Barbossa. Risk Will and Elizabeth's life so he could have revenge and get his ship that. That is Jack's main priority. Not Will or Elizabeth.
Will can see that now. And he's not going to put Elizabeth's life in jabority for Jack's vendetta against Barbossa.
Barbossa continued his speech. "And who among us has paid the blood sacrifice owed to the heathen gods?"
"US!" They shouted.
"And whose blood must yet be paid?!" Barbossa quizzed.
"HER!" The crew pointed at Elizabeth.
"You know the first thing I'm going to do after the curse is lifted? Eat a whole bushel of apples!" Barbossa laughed and the crew laughed with him.
Then he grabbed Elizabeth's bound hands and held it over the stone chest, he grabbed a knife as the crew chanted. "BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD!"
Elizabeth looked scared as she gave Stormur a pleading look, but he ignored her for his own personal gain. He knew Maverick would show up and that's all he wanted. So he could fulfill his purpose and get exactly what he wants.
"Begun by blood. By blood undone." Barbossa declared.
Just as Jack was getting closer and closer.
*Clang!*
Jack was knocked in the head by a row oar, it was Will that knocked the pirate out. "Sorry Jack, I'm not going to be your leverage." He stated.
Meanwhile Barbossa takes the medallion necklace from Elizabeth, uses the knife to cut Elizabeth's palm which made her gaspe slightly from the sharp pain.
"That's it?" Elizabeth asked about the blood.
But Barbossa closed her hand around the medallion so it could be drenched in her blood. "Waste not." He stated. Then he made her drop the medallion into the stone chest. Once the medallion touched the other ones in the chest. Everyone held their breath wondering if it worked. Barbossa closed his eyes and held out his hands slightly for a few seconds, while Elizabeth was holding her cut hand. And yet, the captain felt nothing, even the crew felt nothing. Barbossa opened his eyes and knew something was wrong, they couldn't feel a change in temperature or a morning taste in his mouth.
"Did it work?" Koehler inquired.
"I don't feel no different." Ragetti felt his own hands.
"How do we tell?" Pintel asked.
Barbossa rolled his eyes and shot Pintel in the chest with his pistol to see, Pintel gasped and yet. Pintel was still alive and not in pain from the shot.
"You're not dead!" Koehler noticed.
"No." Pintel chuckled slightly and pointed at the captain. "He shot me!"
"It didn't work. The curse is still upon us!" Twigg exclaimed as the other pirates started shouting in frustration and anger.
Barbossa looked at the knife with a smidge of Elizabeth's blood, as he soon realized turning to look at Elizabeth and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"You, maid! Your father, what was his name?!" Was your father's name William Turner?!" He interrogated her.
"No." Elizabeth revealed with a straight face of defiance.
"Where's his child?! The child that sailed from England eight years ago?! The child in whose veins flows the blood of William Turner?!" He demanded with a glare. When Elizabeth gave him a smug grin in response, Barbossa backhand slapped her, causing her to fall off the pile and lose consciousness.
Bo'sun glared over at Stormur. "YOU! You brought us the wrong person!"
"I said I bring you the medallion. Turner's kid wasn't part of the deal." Stomur said back at him with no sign of fear or regret. "Besides, I'm not the dumbass crew that fell for it."
"She had us all fooled!" Ragetti exclaimed.
"She was the proper age, with the medallion! She said her name was Turner. You heard her!" Skinny pointed out.
While everyone was arguing Stormur looked up at the ceiling. He could detect that Stomur was there above the cave. "He's here." He stated.
"Who?" Barbossa inquired.
"The Maverick." Stormur snarled.
"The Maverick!" Pete gasped.
"Wait….. You knew the woman was not Turner's child?!" Bo'sun angrily exclaimed at Stormur.
"A bunch of lowlifes and a damsel in distress. It's the perfect bait." Stomur revealed he was using them to get to Maverick. Then Stormur looked at Barbossa. "It's nothing personal. It's just business."
"Why you!" Barbossa sneered as he was about to draw his sword.
But Stormur took off and smashed his way through the roof of the cave, crashing through the rocks and causing the pirates bellow to take cover from falling rocks.
Stormur flew up to the surface above the island. Standing on a large rocky post volcanic platform with the caves down below. As Stormur was hovering and looking around for his foe. He was met with an ice missile blasting in his face, knocking him a few away. He groaned and looked up to see Armored Sora and Maverick standing together while the latter was aiming an ice missile launcher at the Armored Nobody.
"Knock Knock." Maverick jested.
"Room service!" Sora quipped with him as they stood in a battle stance with their keyblades drawn.
Stormur glared as he got up and combined his two keyblades with a double end blade. Waving it like a sharp bow staff as he ran to them. Maverick and Sora ran towards them as well, and they collided.
Back down in the cave, the crew heard thunderous shakes from above the cave, it sounded like cannon fire from two ships but worse. The Maverick and Stormur were fighting once again. But the crew was more focused on their failure to end the curse. As their shock turned to anger, they began to turn on their captain.
Will swam under the pond that was in the middle of the treasure heap as he quietly went up to Elizabeth. He nudged her to wake up and he covered her mouth telling her to keep it down and come with him. Elizabeth was glad to see Will, so she followed his lead, while grabbing her medallion necklace and disappearing into the pond with him.
"You brought us here for nothin'!" Twigg glared at captain Barbossa.
"I won't take questionable second-guesses, not from the likes of you Mister Twigg!" Barbossa said back at him.
"Who's to blame him?! Every decision you have made has led us from bad to worse!" Koehler snapped at the captain as the crew agreed.
"It was you who sent Bootstrap Turner to the depths!" Mallot pointed at the captain.
"YEAH!" The crew roared.
Will and Elizabeth finally ran out of the cave with no one seeing him. Except for Jack the Monkey who saw them and pointed at them trying to get the crew's attention, but they were too focused on turning against Captain Barbossa. Meanwhile Pete began to slip away undetected as well, just in case they might turn on him as well.
Bo'sun drew his sword and bellowed at the captain. "And it was you who brought us here in the first place!"
All of the pirates drew their swords at Barbossa. But Barbossa drew his word back at them. "If any coward here dare challenge me, let him speak!" He waved his sword.
No one responded. But Koehler stated. "I say we cut her throat and spill all her blood, just in case."
"Yeah!" The crew roared.
Barbossa heard the squeaking noises of Jack the Monkey who pointed at the exit, Barbossa turned to see that Elizabeth was gone, with the necklace.
"The medallion! She's taken it! Get after her you reckless pack of ingrates!" Barbossa ordered.
Despite their previous act of almost starting treason they obeyed and went down to retrieve their rowboats. But something was wrong.
"The oars are gone! Where are the oars?!" Some of them shouted.
Without the oars they couldn't leave or go after Elizabeth.
"FIND THEM!" Bo'sun ordered them.
As they were looking, some of the crew members spotted and caught Jack Sparrow with an oar in his hand, acting a little woozy and wobbly from being knocked out by Will earlier. He woke up just in time to take the oars away. He tried to run off, but they surrounded him and pointed their swords at him.
"You!" Ragetti pointed at him.
"You're supposed to be dead!" Pintel stated.
"Am i not?" Jack raised an eyebrow.
"No you idiot, your still talking." Skinny responded.
"SHUT UP SKINNY!" They all exclaimed and pointed their weapons at Jack, ready to kill him.
But Jack declared. "Pearlie…..Par-lay-lee-loo-loo…...Par-lay-lee...Parsnip. Parsley. Par….Partner. Pardoner…." He kept rolling the tongue not sure how to pronounce it. He snapped while thinking. Snapping his finger, rubbing his tongue and grimacing like a drunk student trying to guess what the correct answer his math quiz is.
Everyone was giving him a weird look until Ragetti asked. "Parley?"
"That's the one! Parley!" Jack invoked. "Parley!"
"Parley?" Pintel gave Ragetti a dirty look for giving him the right answer, but Ragetti shrugged. And Pintel groaned. "Damn to the depths whatever muttonhead thought up parley!"
"That would be the French." Jack quipped and pushed his pistol down.
Back outside…
Aiden and Sora were Clashing and blocking all of Stormur's flexible and aggressive fast attacks from his double keyblade. They were fighting like Darth Maul vs two Jedi knights. Stormur constructed neon skulls with teeth and flew them into Maverick to chop his head off, but Maverick slashed his keyblades and sliced the skulls in half, then he zoomed in and kicked Stormur down, but Stormur responded with a counter kick knocking him down, But Sora jumped and slammed his keyblade into Stormur which knocked him back. Stormur tried using lightning strikes from his hands and shot at Sora, but Sora ricocheted the attacks with his keyblade.
Then he shot a fire spell attack at Stormur, but he blocked only for Maverick to Incase Stormur in a block of ice. Trapping him. For some reason Stormur is weaker with them together.
"Give it up Stormur!" Sora taunted. "You can't beat us!"
"When they made you, to fight fire with fire. They forgot one thing. I kick ass with ice." Maverick quipped holding up his icy finger.
It seems when Sora and Maverick are together. It's easy for them to win.
Why?
Stormur didn't understand it. He was losing this fight for some reason. Then his assistant SIXIR spoke.
(Just as a reminder, SIXIR is the Nobody A.I. of IRIS)
'Dianex, I am detecting a strange anomaly from inside the cave.' SIXIR reported.
"Show me." Stormur muttered as his helmet eyes projected an image only he could see. The image was some kind of ancient monster.
' Pete is already there trying to wake it up with darkness. But he needs a keyblade.' SIXIR stated.
Stormur smirked as he looked at Sora and Aiden.
"Let's catch up later Prey." Stormur said to Maverick.
"I thought you wanted spicy mustard with your-" Maverick didn't get to finish his fast food joke as Stormur teleported away. Making Maverick exclaim in frustration. "Mother***k fries and dick nuggets! No one ever liked hearing my fast food quips!"
"There there Mav. Your bathroom quips are way better." Sora patted his shoulder teasing him.
"Don't patronize me Beetleborg." Maverick snorted with a snicker.
'Stormur is nowhere in the area.' IRIS reported.
"Then I guess Death Note is done with this place. All that's left now are Captain Bettyboosa's crew." Maverick walked over and saw the Black Pearl stationed near the cave's mouth. He smirked and fired a giant ice bolder at the ship. But it bounced off the invisible dark barrier still surrounding it. Maverick groaned and asked. "What gives IRIS?!"
'The ship is still protected by a very strong dark force.' IRIS answered.
"I thought it was Stormur causing the blockage." Sora assumed.
'Negative. After collecting data off of Captain Sparrow. It is confirmed The dark force is based on the Aztec curse Barbossa's crew is under.' IRIS stated.
"So let's take down the crew. There inside the cave so what's stopping us?" Sora suggested.
"You read my mind." Maverick smirked. "Let's see which of their bones make decent toothpicks."
"Now you're sounding like a Pirate." Sora remarked.
"I am?" Maverick inquired.
'I would advise that you would not do that. Any form of attack on Barbossa's crew will summon a large amount of the heartless and cause Sparrow's crew to fight back. Large Casualties are likely to occur.' IRIS advised them.
"Ah man….She's right, Aid. With everyone this close for comfort. Fighting Barbossa now…" Sora sighed.
" Would be hell to pay for everyone on the Interceptor." Maverick figured what he meant and looked disappointed that he doesn't get to fight the crew now. He exhaled and muttered a quip about being a nice hero. "Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home."
"I'm….Not sure what that means. But we might as well wrap up with helping Will with getting Elizabeth and getting out of this dump. Let's head back to the ship." Sora suggested as they left that area of the Island.
"Right…" Maverick agreed but then he glanced at the Black Pearl and thought of an idea.
Maverick grinned. It was a really good idea. All he has to do is let the ship chase after them. And Barbossa is in for a surprise that will knock him to kingdom come.
But Maverick is not the only one that's coming up with a cleaver scheme. Stormur is keeping tabs on the island, waiting for everyone to leave. Before he gets ready for his next rematch.
Back on the Interceptor…...
Goofy stood on the side of the ship and looked out through a telescope. He spotted Will and Elizabeth coming in via lifeboat. But no sign of Jack for some reason.
"Will off the port bow!" Goofy announced.
"That's 'starboard beam' you big palooka!" Donald corrected.
as the crew came over to see them rowing in closer. With no time to lose, Victoria shifted into Blaze and flew down over to them. She went behind their rowboat and told them. "Hang on." Then she pushes the boat up to the ship, much to Elizabeth's surprise. Then Blaze shifted back into Victoria as she and Kairi helped them get aboard.
Elizabeth looked worried to see more pirates aboard their ship.
"It's okay, there with us." Kairi assured her.
"Welcome aboard Miss Elizabeth. Mr. Gibbs stepped up and smiled.
"Mr. Gibbs?" She recognized him.
"Hey boy. Where be Jack?" Mr. Gibbs asked.
"Jack? Jack Sparrow?" Elizabeth inquired with a frown.
"No, Jackie Mason. Yes Jack Sparrow! What happened?" Victoria asked Will.
"He fell behind." Will stated simply.
"You mean he left us?" Donald looked shocked.
In reality, they knew what that meant. Before Will left his Jack earlier, Aiden told the team what Jack was going to do. And Victoria secretly told Will to say that 'He fell behind' to the team, when Jack did what he knew the pirate was about to do. They knew what that would mean.
Victoria groaned. "I knew we couldn't trust that ***ker!" She muttered under her breath.
Mr. Gibbs saw it from a different perspective, as well as the crew. That maybe Jack was left for dead. For a pirate that was a code to focus on what was best for the crew and everyone else. Some of the crew members looked sad including the Guardians. While the crew looked worried for Jack, the Guardians expected better from him.
Perhaps Aiden and Victoria were right about him all along.
"Keep to the Code." Mr. Gibbs told the crew and they obeyed.
"Weigh anchor! Hoist the sails! Split-quick you dribbies!" Anamaria ordered the crew as they got ready to leave.
"Where's Aiden and Sora?" Will asked Kairi and Victoria.
"They went over to take on Stormur." Kairi answered.
"Don't worry. They'll catch up. We better get going." Victoria told them both as she saw them coming from the sky.
"Who's Aiden and Sora?" Elizabeth asked them.
Just then, both Maverick and Sora landed on the ship. After concluding their fight with Stormur. Much to Kairi and Victoria's relief. Elizabeth looked afraid at Maverick, at first she thought it was Stormur, but his colors were different. And so was his voice and personality.
"You rang?" Maverick quipped as he shifted back into Aiden.
Victoria came up and hugged Aiden while giving him a good kiss on the lips, which he returned. Even Baby Groot hugged Aiden's leg. Kairi went up to Sora who shifted out of his armor.
Elizabeth was at ease now. She wasn't sure who they were but she was glad they appeared to be friendly. And she wondered if Stormur looked just like this boy under his suit.
"How did the fight go?" Kairi asked him.
"For some reason it went pretty easy. But he got away." Sora answered.
"I am Groot?" Baby Groot shrugged feelin unimpressed with the Armor Nobody's retreat. Translate: 'Eh. What else is new?'
"So what did we miss?" Sora asked Will.
"A lot. Best if we discuss this inside." Will suggested as they walked away from the crew with the other Guardians following.
Back over at Isla de Muerta…..
Inside the mouth of the cave. Barbossa walked up to Jack who was leaning on his oar like it was a cane and smirking at his ex-ship mate. Jack was still surrounded by the cursed pirate crew. But he has more tricks up his sleeves.
"How the blazes did you get off that island?" Barbossa demanded.
"When you marooned me on that godforsaken spit of land, You forgot one very important thing, mate." Jack smirked. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."
"Ah. Well, I won't be makin' that mistake again." Barbossa mocked as he turned to his crew. "Gents, you all remember Captain Jack Sparrow."
"Aye." The crew nodded with sinister looks.
"Kill him." Barbossa ordered.
But as they were about to blow his brains out with their pistols Jack asked. "The girl's blood didn't work, did it?"
Barbossa froze and yelled to his crew. "Hold your fire!" Much to their disappointment. "You know who's blood we need."
"I know who's blood you need." Jack grinned.
Leverage. That's what Jack is still thinking. Leverage. Sure enough, it worked. For the most part. Now he'll have to see how it pays off.
Very well Jack Sparrow hopes so. After all, his life is on the line.
That's all for now folks!
"The first person to guess which video game we got that Sea Shanty will understand the secret meaning of life! Or a pat on the back. Which ever one is cheaper." Maverick quipped.
Anyhow as you can tell, I've been following the film version of 'Pirate's Of The Caribbean' completely with only a few alternations here and there. Elizabeth is now rescued, but everyone who've seen the film knows it's not over yet. There maybe only two chapters left of the world of Port Royal before we move on to the next one.
"And I bet you're all wondering what I have plan for Captain Bettybooza and his water sucking crew. What am I leading them into?" Maverick smirked.
"And I bet you're all wondering what kind of plans I have. Like the monster I found. Can you guess what it is?" Stormur smirked evilly.
Also how was Sora and Maverick able to beat Stormur so easily together? When He was so hard to fight earlier? Maverick was having trouble beating Stormur on his own with all the powers he has. So what made this fight any different?
Find out in the next chapter!
And As always Disney/Square Enix fans!
FISTBUMP!