Part 2
The deafening noise started as Melvyn began to press all the switches of
his time machine. The noise followed a shrill lightning bolt and the
gate to the past began to open. Bingo, his machine did his work. By and
by, he could recognize, through the tiny hole, the outlines of the
pirate ship of his ancestor.
At the same time, somewhere in the thin air, Daniel tried to find out
where he was and who had ordered him to this place. At this point in
time, he knew only one thing; somebody had left a very explicit note for
him. In this note it was said that he would be expected by a special
spirit who would have a piece of very interesting news for him,
something like why his soul was still on earth.
But now it dawned him gradually that this message had been a fake. And
now he came to the realization that somebody wanted to have him out of
the way. But why and to what end?
And then a dreadful thought came him. "Oh no!" he cried aloud. "Somebody
wanted to have me out of the way because that certain someone wanted to
take revenge on my dearest Carolyn. But who could be so angry with her?
I don't understand that. She is such a dear lovely person. Everyone
loves her." He didn't suspect that he was actually the real victim and
Carolyn was merely the bait. "I must find out who called me to this
place and I must find a way out of here. But where am I?"
The whole area was covered in such a thick fog that any orientation was
really impossible. And then a miracle happened; his cry for help was
heard. 'Daniel Gregg', he heard a voice call from a place near him, but
Daniel couldn't see anyone. 'This light which you will see', the voice
continued, 'will guide your spirit back to Gull Cottage. But don't ask
any questions. I can't tell you what's going on in Schooner Bay. You
must found out by yourself. I can tell you only one thing, you must get
back in a hurry to your former home before it's too late'. And then the
voice was gone before Daniel could ask any further questions, like, who
this voice was and if this certain someone knew who had left that
underhanded note for him.
While Captain Gregg was guided by the big light back on his long way
home, the time gate had completely opened to the past and the ship of
'FAT PHILIPPE' sailed through that gate. At first, it was still in a bay
of a Caribbean island but a short time later it lay at anchor in the bay
below Gull Cottage.
On deck of the pirate ship was a total confusion after the ship had been
washed through the time gate. Eight of the pirates who were divided up
as a deck guard were completely directionless because they
didn't know what had happened to them. However, they all started to
come to themselves when they discovered a strange man on the deck of
their ship. Melvyn had come on board in the same moment as the ship
appeared in the bay below Gull Cottage.
All eight pirates rushed at Melvyn at once before he suspected what
happened to him. He tried desperately to free himself from the clutches
of the wild horde, yelling, "I am not your enemy. I am one of you, so to
speak." But the pirates didn't believe his words because the clothes in
which this man was dressed were horrifying. They had never seen a man
dressed in such clothes! Melvyn had completely forgotten, in all his
excitement, to fit his wardrobe to the 19th century.
At the same time, below deck, Fat Philippe was still sleepy when a
dreadful screaming and wild raging from the ship's deck assailed his
ears. He had deliberately ordered his men only wake him up if a special
ship, which he wanted to loot, had anchored in the port of this special
island. He was so furious about the awakening that he stormed, snorting
with rage, to the deck. He wanted to feed his men to the sharks. But
when appearing on deck, his rage smoothed a bit when he saw that his men
had a prisoner. At first glance, Philippe didn't recognize the stranger
but when he got closer he saw it was the man he had met a short time ago.
Now he yelled at his men. "What's come over you? Let that man go
immediately! He isn't our enemy, he is on our side! You all get
immediately back to your work, is that clear?"
The eight pirates let Melvyn up and yelled. "Aye, Aye, sir." It was
clear for them that if they didn't follow the Captain's order, they
would fare badly. None of them grumbled and no one dared to say a word
about their new anchorage. Maybe the captain knew something the rest of
the crew didn't.
"Melvyn, my friend." Philippe called after his men had got back to their
work. "You know, my men are very rough and you know they had to be." And
then, recognizing that his ship wasn't in the bay of that Carribean
island any more, he asked, "Is this the place you have talked about
where I will find this Captain Gregg? Will I get my revenge here?"
"Oh yes, my friend, this is the place I told you about. Look at the
cliffs right over there." Melvyn pointed with his right hand starboard.
"And then look below the cliff's, there you'll see the cottage of your
enemy."
The pirate's look followed the right hand of Mr. Rocheford's. When he
couldn't see exactly which thing the scientist meant, he called for his
hand telescope. Taking it and looking through it, now he could clearly
and definitely recognize Gull Cottage. Philippe was about to order his
crew to shoot at Daniel's house but was preventing by Melvyn doing it.
"NO, Captain, that's the wrong way. That way you won't get your revenge."
"Why not?" The pirate wanted very angry to know. "Tell me, why it should
be the wrong way? Immediately!"
Mr. Rocheford looked into the furious face of his ancestor and said.
"Because this captain isn't in his home at this time, but he will be
back shortly, I'm very sure of it. I have a better plan so you'll get
the final fight with Captain Gregg. Look, there is a very beautiful
woman who lives in his house and this Captain is very much in love with
her. He would do everything for her, especially rescue her out of
dangerous places. You only have to bring her into your control and you
will finally have your revenge. Believe me, it will work."
"So this Captain Gregg is in love with a beautiful woman, you say." now
Fat Philippe was laughing devilishly. Then he yelled. "All men on deck,
immediately, there is lots of work to do in this sleepy town."
After the yell of the captain, the crew was on deck in a hurry and
waiting for instructions.
While giving his wild horde the order to pillage Schooner Bay, Jonathan,
Candy, Carolyn and Martha had rushed out of their bed's after that
deafening noise. All four now stood outside on the porch to see where
the noise had come from. "Mrs. Muir, what was that? I suddenly sat
vertically in my bed." Martha confided in a shocked undertone.
"I don't know, Martha. I had the same experience. And I can tell by look
on the kids' faces that they had the same." Mrs. Muir spoke very nervously.
Suddenly, Candy and Jonathan looked in the direction of the beach. "Mom,
Martha." both called at the same time.
"Please, look out to the sea! There is some ship in the bay." Candy
continued. "I can't see what kind of ship it is. But I know it wasn't
there yesterday." Looking around, she saw her brother had gone. "Mommy,
where is Jonathan?" she asked, very worried.
Carolyn looked around too. "I don't know, Candy. Martha!" she called in
fright.
"I don't know either. But I hope he is doing nothing dangerous." Martha
was frightened too.
At this moment, a voice called from the inside of the house. "No one
should worry about me. I'm here. I just was in your bedroom, Mom, to get
a closer look through Captain Gregg's telescope to see what kind of ship
has been washed into our bay." Jonathan was completely breathless as he
came out of the front door again.
"What kind of ship did you see, brother? Tell us! Is it a ship we have
nothing to fear from or..." Candy stopped when she suddenly recognized
what kind of ship Jonathan had seen. "NO!" she cried.
"I'm afraid, yes, Candy. It's an old pirate's ship which lays at anchor
out there." Jonathan said breathlessly.
"Mrs. Muir, you were right about this scientist. That man is evil. Now
I'm very sure he is the one who brought that ship here through that time
machine or whatever that machine may be. Claymore, that completely money
randy idiot! I could kill him if he were here, in front of me." Martha
was in full rage. "Come on, let's all of us quickly rush back into the
house and we should probably quickly barricade all windows and doors
because I have a very bad feeling about this whole matter."
"You are right, Martha. Come on kids, let's hurry back in to the house
and do what Martha has suggested." And all four rushed into the house
and began shutting all doors and windows. While doing that, Carolyn
whispered into the air. "Daniel, wherever you are, come back quickly,
please! We all need your help."
She didn't suspect yet that her entreaty had been heard and Daniel
already was on the fastest way home. Neither did Carolyn, Martha and
the children suspect that there were six of the common pirates, on
behest of FAT PHILIPPE, on the way to Gull Cottage to kidnap Carolyn.
Daniel's unrest multiplied on his long way home. How far was he still
from Gull Cottage and would he arrive on time to prevent the worst from
happening to his family? His worry about Carolyn got bigger and bigger
and he swore terrible revenge on that underhanded guy who had crumbled
this whole Odyssey for him. He felt almost faint because of his worry
for his dearest Carolyn. He knew one thing, the family needed him just
now. He could hear their cry for help the closer he came to Schooner
Bay. He didn't know, at this time, that his nephew Claymore had brought
big trouble to Schooner Bay. The light now guided him faster back to
Gull Cottage.
At the same time, the six common pirates had almost reached Gull
Cottage. Inside the family was fearing for their lives when they heard
the wildly loud pirates approaching. There was chaos also in the sleepy
town. The rest of the pirate mob had pounced upon the town like a herd
of furiously stamping bulls. Everything was stolen and all valuables
looted. Every courageous man who tried to stop the pirates were knocked
down and then tied up and gagging brutally. It was dreadful. Bad
things happened to the young women of the town. Some pirates pounced
upon them like hungry wolves.
Claymore was tied up and gagged like the other men of the town after he
had forgotten his fear when some pirates had grabbed his valuable
things. Now he started to regret his avarice bitterly. The more he
tried to escape his bonds, the more the ropes cut into his flesh. He
inwardly yelled with pain.