Here's Chapter 3! Hope everybody likes it. Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Something Better
Outside the inn, Ben, Gwen, Kevin and Zed were balancing on each other. Kevin was on the bottom, Ben and Gwen were steadying themselves on Kevin's shoulders while holding Zed's hind legs.
"I hate our life." Ben said. "I hate our life too, cous." Gwen said. "If I had a life like this, I'd hate it." Kevin added. Ben then thought of his grandfather "I should just run off to sea like Grandpa did, Gwen. He was our age when he sailed to China as a cabin boy. He even wound up a first mate." "Run off to sea and just leave everybody?" Gwen asked in concern. "Who's everybody? I'm an orphan. I've got no family." Ben said depressed. "Hey, you got us, cousin." Gwen said. "Yeah bud, we're family." Kevin added. Zed grunted in agreement while holding the candle snuffer in her mouth.
After snuffing out the lantern, they lost balance and tumbled to the ground. "I mean, some family we are." Ben said as they recovered "Be serious you guys, Gwen and I maybe cousins, but we're not exactly the same species." "Okay Ben, alright. So I'm an Anodite, and you're human, Kevin's an Osmosian and Zed's a uh—" Gwen stopped, forgetting Zed's species. "Anubian Baskurr." Kevin corrected her. "Yeah, but we're still family." "Yeah, but I wish my life were like one of Captain Shaw's adventures." Ben said "Sailing the high seas and searching for buried treasure." "Yeah, discovering lost islands and weird civilizations." Kevin said intrigued. "Navigating with Grandpa's old compass to wherever the wind may take us." Ben said. "Yeah, off to Zanzibar to meet the Zanzibarbarians." Kevin said. "Here we go again." Gwen said. "To the southwest, pirate galleons!" Ben said pointing west. "To the southeast, multi-armed Zanzibanian shark women and their exploding wigs of death!" Kevin added, almost mentally. "To the northwest, dirty dishes!" called Vera's voice. "How does she do that?" Kevin asked. "Might as well start. I'll wash." Ben said. "Yeah. I'll dry." Gwen said. "I'll break." Kevin said. The 4 went inside to start cleaning.
While cleaning, the 3 share their big dreams of sea life adventures with a song.
(Ben) I look around here and I want to cry (Gwen: Oh, me too.)
I feel like the world is passing me by (Kevin: It is.)
And I just can't help but wonder: I'm I doomed to wash and dry
And is it a curse I'm under to do until I die (Kevin: I hope not. Gwen: Yeah.)
When I could be an explorer (Kevin: Sure you could.)
Sailing off to distant lands (Gwen: Not too fast.)
Instead of spending every afternoon just getting dishpan hands
My future looks like nowhere as I want to be
(All) There's gotta be something better
Something better
(Ben) There's gotta be something better than this for me (Kevin: Now you're talking.)
(Kevin) If it's weird and wild let's go and find it
The crazier, the better is what I say (Gwen: That's true.)
(Gwen) To tell the truth I really wouldn't mind it (Kevin: Mind what?)
If we found someplace with 10 square meals a day
(Ben & Kevin) Let danger call my name
(Gwen) If it does, don't run and hide
(Ben) I'll put my courage to the test
(Kevin) And I'll be by your side
(Gwen) We'll be by your side
(Ben) There's gotta be something better than this
(Gwen & Kevin) Something more than this
(Ben) I know there's so much out there
(All) To see
(Ben) And I know this life I'm living can't be my destiny
(All) There's gotta be something better
Something better
(Ben) There's gotta be something better than this for me
(Gwen: And me! Kevin: Hey wait! Don't forget me!)
(All) There's something better than this for you and
Me
"Enough of the singing!" Captain Shaw shouted, coming out of his room. "Rum! I need a rum youngins! I've got the horrors! Give me rum!" He drew his sword and slashed at the empty bottles on the table, causing Gwen, Kevin and Zed to duck under the same table. "Rum 'til I float!"
Shaw stumbled back 'til Ben calmed him. "Alright, alright. Just one small one." Ben said. Shaw felt relieved. "Don't be giving him anymore rum!" Vera's voice suddenly called. "How does she bloody do that?" Shaw asked. He then shushed Ben as he heard bottles rattling outside.
Well that's it for this chapter. Very intriguing right? Next chapter's gonna be on hold for a while, cause I'm gonna be out camping next week. If anybody likes the story so far, please leave a review.