Here's Chapter 7! Enjoy! Well, if you want to at least
Chapter 7: The Hispaniola and Long John Vilgax
The next morning, the group have made it to the village dock, wearing fresh, new sailing attire. "Well here's the dock. Ben where's our boat?" Kevin asked. "Wait. We're on the dock? No wonder Zed's getting seasick." Gwen said looking at Zed, who was now green in the face. "Ahoy!" Rook called, meeting up with them and looking well dressed himself. "Welcome, welcome. There she is: the Hispaniola." He said pointing to the ship. "Come on! Let's go!" Gwen said excitedly. Ben had a big smile on his face as he and his friends walked to their ship.
On the front of the ship, the figureheads, JT and Cash, started to complain. "Take a cruise' you said!" Cash repeated JT's words. "See the world' you said!" JT got worried at where Cash was going with this. "Now here we are, stuck on the front of this stupid ship!" Cash complained. "Well, it could have been worse. We could have been stuck in the audience." JT said. Both JT and Cash laughed.
As the group made their way onto the ship, Rook oversaw preparations. "Well, Mr. Bimbo." He said, talking to his finger again. "The ship is provisioned, the crew is in place and the captain should be on board within the hour. You have been a busy little man." Gwen shuddered at Rook's weirdness. "Look. There goes Ben." Kevin said. Gwen, Kevin and Zed soon followed Ben up to the helm. "Ooh, look. The boat steering thing." Kevin said looking at it. "It's called the helm." Ben corrected him. "Say, how does it feel, Captain Hawkins?" Gwen asked her cousin. "Feels like…we're really doing it." Ben said, feeling proud. "It's like we're finally having an adventure." Kevin added. Suddenly, Zed's stomach growled. "Aw. Zed's getting hungry." Gwen said in a baby voice, petting her dog's head. "We all are. Let's find the kitchen." Ben suggested. Gwen, Kevin and Zed nodded.
The 4 headed down to the galley. "Mmm. Something smells good." Kevin said. Then they heard singing.
Heigh ho and up she rises
Heigh ho and up she rises
Heigh ho and up she rises early in the morning
Ben looked on and saw a beautiful Native-American girl peeling an apple while singing.
Put him in the longboat til he's sober
Put him in the longboat til he's sober
Put him the longboat til he's sober early in the morning
When Ben cleared his throat, a big man with a beard turned a corner. "What have we here? Stowaways!" He said holding up a knife. The 4 huddled close. "I'm afraid we shish-kebob and barbeque stowaways on this ship!" Gwen shuddered, Kevin stiffed up and Zed gulped. But then the man made a funny noise, dropped his arm and laughed. The 4 and the girl laughed along. "Wait, I know. You must be the cabin kids." The man guessed. The 4 agreed. "Hungry kids? Well, in my galley your always welcome to help yourselves." Zed's mouth drooled and sped off. "Whoa, Zed! Slow down!" Kevin sped off after his dog and pounced on her. They got back up and started to chow down on a chicken. "Boy, they sure got healthy appetites." The man said in admiration. "How bout you, Red? Here." He tossed Gwen an apple. "Hey. Thank you." Gwen said, taking a bite. "My name is Gwendolyn, but call me Gwen, and the 2 in your chicken are my boyfriend, Kevin, and our dog, Zed." Kevin and Zed, still mowing down the chicken gave a wave.
The girl looked to Ben. "And this must be Master Ben Hawkins." Ben blushed. "Yessir and ma'am." He said, being polite. "Oh, no need to be calling a ship's cook sir." The man said. "Long John Vilgax, and this my adopted daughter, Kai, at your humble service." They bowed. "But, we're just cabin kids, Mr. Vilgax." Ben said. Vilgax looked at the boy. "Long John to his friends." He said. "And believe me lad, a friend you can trust is worth his weight in gold. There's many a dark-hearted scoundrel in these ports." He explained. "What do you mean? Pirates?" Ben asked. Kai shushed him. Just then, a midget sized hedgehog alien came in. "Pirates? Oh, that's rich! Pirates? What an imagination." The little guy said. "Allow me to introduce my uncle, Argit." Kai introduced. "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" Argit squawked. "Him and my dad are old besties, they were. As fine a sidekick a man could ask for." Kai explained. "But I thought sailors normally had talking parrots for sidekicks." Gwen said. "Talking parrots?" Kai asked, now confused. "Man! What an imagination. First pirates, now talking parrots? What's next? A wristwatch that turns the wearer into 1 of 10 different aliens? Whoo-hoo!" Argit whooped. "Okay, that's enough now, Argit. Go on! Shoo!" Vilgax said, shooing him away.
Vilgax then started to get up. "Right, kids. I'm gonna give you a cook's tour of this fine ship." He said. "If you're gonna be the cook on this ship, Mr. Vilgax, I am definitely gonna need bigger pants." Kevin said, his and Zed's bellies bloated from eating the whole chicken. Vilgax laughed at his remark. Kai got up as well, but accidently bumped into her father's head, knocking off his I.D. mask and revealing a Chimera Sui Generis. Ben and Gwen gasped in shock. Kai looked at them, confused with their reaction. "What's the matter with you 2?" She asked. She then looked at her father. "Oh. That? Yeah, he wears that I.D. mask just to keep a humanish appearance. It's not really that often you see Chimera Sui Generis' or worse species in service to the king." Kai explained. She then held up her right hand, minus 2 fingers. "Why, look what a Vulpimancer took off me in exchange for my own life." She brought up her other 2 fingers, implying that it was a joke and everyone started laughing again. Vilgax stepped forth. "Oh, you lot are a fine bunch. Bright as buttons the lot of you." He said. Just then, a bell above deck started ringing. "All hands on deck!" A female voice called. "Come on then, kids." Vilgax said.
Above deck, the ringing came from a female Chimera Sui Generis. "Chop-chop! Look lively now! The captain will be here soon!" She started barking out. "Chop-chop!" The others raced on deck. "Who's that?" Ben asked. "Oh! That is Myaxx Aerrow, the first mate. A capital lady." Rook answered while Vilgax glared at the woman disgrace of his species. Trumpets then started to sound. "The captain approaches!" Myaxx gasped.
There we go. Finally finished. Sorry if everything is on the short side.