Hope everyone liked the first chapter, now here's the second
Chapter 2: Enter Ben Hawkins
At a local inn in Bristol called the Admiral Benbow, the former first mate, Captain Shaw 'Billy' Bones, retells the tale of Captain Flint.
"Oh aye, 15 men went ashore that day, and only Flint, his own self, returned." He turns to the customers. "Oh aye, and then old Flinty, up and died before they could get back to that cursed island and dig up the treasure." He then sits at his table. "No one knows to this day who has Flint's map."
"Now isn't that a story worth the hearing?" The customers murmured quietly along as they looked to each other. "Was the first dozen times we heard it." A Churl replied. "I'll drink to that." A Sonorosian joked as the others laughed.
"But who has the map now?" Shaw continued. "Some black-hearted Xenocyte sucking buccaneer? Or maybe it's our very own Ben Hawkins. Eh Benny?"
At that moment, 3 teens walked in. One was a skinny male with bushy brown hair: this was Ben Hawkins himself. Another was a girl around Ben's age with short red hair and glasses: this was Ben's cousin Gwen Hawkins. Last a buff man about a year older than both with long black hair and a padlock chained around his neck: this is Kevin Levin, Gwen's boyfriend. Along with them is their pet Anubian Baskurr named Zed.
"If I had it, my friends and I wouldn't be here serving you rum Mr. Shaw." Ben said carrying a tray with mugs of rum. "That's right. We'd be out searching for that treasure, sailing the seven seas on a five-year mission, boldly going where no man has gone before." Kevin said poetically. "Say, that was catchy." He then said shockingly. "Well maybe not me, but if I had that treasure map, I'd be trading it for a decent meal for Zed." Gwen said petting her alien dog. After giving Gwen a few licks to the face, Zed lifted herself up to Shaw's table and saw some leftovers. Thinking he wasn't going to eat them, she started eating them herself.
"AYE! Beware the squid-faced man. He's the one to fear!" Shaw warned the trio. "Don't worry captain, we'll watch for him." Ben assured the captain. "Yeah, I'll watch for him, if he's delivering pizza." Kevin joked before Shaw whacked his head with a pint. "Even old Flinty feared him. If he comes poking round here, you run for me whippety quick!" Shaw warned. "If we see him, we'll tell you." Ben said. "Yeah, squid face, horse body, couple dozen eyes, anything weird happens—" Kevin starts to say until Shaw grabs his shirt collar. "It'll be a nay joking matter, Rockstar. The squid-faced man brings death!" He then shoved Kevin away and then came a crash from the kitchen.
"Oi!" called a voice. It was Vera Hawkins, cook and owner of the inn and Ben and Gwen's aunt. "Gentlemen, it's closing time. You pay your bills and then you shove off. Go on, out you go." She said as she addressed her customers. "Oh, drunk again are we? Oh, kids look at the state of this place! How come it gets to be such a mud hole huh?" Vera said to her 3 best workers, but 2 customers, who were Lenopans, took offence to the mud hole remark. "Oh, no offence meant gentlemen." Vera apologized.
"Here's to you kids!" Shaw said paying for his drinks "I'm away to my room." Shaw left for his room as the other customers left.
"There you go. Don't forget to come back tomorrow for our lunchtime special: roast suckling potatoes!" Vera said as she closed up shop. "Alright kids. When you finish here, you can go clean up the kitchen. I left some table scraps in there for your supper." Vera said as she went upstairs. "Oh yes. And kids… last night you forgot to put out the lantern! If you forget that again, there'll be no table scraps for a week!"