Chapter 10
"Unexpected Help"
Surrounded by their enemies on all sides, Peter, Alice and Tiger Lily were trying their hardest to think of a way out of the situation that they all had themselves into. Even though she was an Indian, Tiger Lily could not have any fight back since she was never trained in self-defense and Alice certainly could not muster any fisticuffs being that she was a lady from high society. Peter wanted to desperately protect the two girls at all costs, but he was hopelessly outmatched.
"There is nowhere left to hid, Pan!" cried Hook, sticking his sword right at Peter's throat. "Surrender to us now or you shall not live to tell the tale!"
All Peter could do was to draw his dagger from his holster and use it as his only means of keeping Tiger Lily and Alice safe.
"Alice," whispered Peter, trying to think of a way out of this. "I want you to take Tiger Lily back to the Indian encampment."
"But Peter…" protested Alice, not wanting to leave him alone.
"You have to," he hissed. "It's the only way. If there is anyone who will put his life on the line, it's me. Now go!"
Although it was against her better judgment, Alice grabbed Tiger Lily and was about to dive into the water with her, when another cannon blast from the Flying Dutchman stopped them in their tracks.
"Where do you think you're going, my dears?" cried the Queen. "You certainly can swim back to the shore by yourselves! Seize them at once!"
The card soldiers were about to capture Alice and Tiger Lily when a loud noise was suddenly heard and the sight of a cannonball was fired right at the Dutchman, allowing Peter and the girls to break loose from their almost captors.
Suddenly, a large ship similar to Hook's came towards the cove and Peter smiled upon who was on the deck.
"It's about time you two came here!" Peter chuckled as the ship revealed two men: one with a long red beard and another with long black hair in braids and a small beard. "Care to give me a hand?"
"Of course, young Pan!" said the red bearded pirate. "All right, you cock headed dead apes! Help our friend here!"
Soon, a hoard of pirates came off the ship and advanced to the aide of Peter and the girls while the cannons from the ship were aimed right at the Dutchman. This alerted Davy Jones who stormed towards the side where the Queen was.
"You shouldn't have returned, Jack Sparrow," he thought to himself before turning to his first mate. "Send his beloved Black Pearl back to the depths!"
The hammerhead shark first mate cried out for the cannons to be fired and while the cannons were being fired, Hook gave chase on Pan while Alice and Tiger Lily were brought into a life boat and brought back to the Black Pearl.
"Joshamee Gibbs, at your service," said a pirate, saluting Alice. "Welcome aboard, misses!"
Alice was taken aback by this and had never seen a pirate so civilized, neither did Tiger Lily. The other pirates on board glanced at the two girls and two of the pirates were amazed at them.
"Hello, poppet," said a portly pirate, gazing at Alice. "Care to..?"
"Not now, Mr. Pintel," cried Gibbs. "We are here to rescue them!"
So, the pirates of the Black Pearl loaded Alice and Tiger Lily on their ship as Hook and Pan continued their intense duel high on a nearby cliff. At that moment, the March Hare and Mad Hatter fired a teacup at Peter from a slingshot, trying to break off his concentration on Hook, but a sudden blast from the Pearl prevented them from doing so.
"I beg your pardon!" remarked the Mad Hatter, reaching into his hat for a teacup. "That was my best teapot!"
He then threw the teacup at the Pearl and the piece of china nearly hit the red bearded pirate. Angered, he allowed his monkey to go into one of the cannons and when they fired, the monkey screeched and planted itself on the Mad Hatter's face.
"Get it off of me! Get it off of me!" cried the Mad Hatter, trying to get the monkey off of his face. The March Hare then grabbed a mallet and aimed it right at the monkey.
"There is only one way to stop a mad monkey!" shouted the March Hare, but just as he swung the mallet at the monkey, the creature jumped off the Mad Hatter's face and jumped back onto a cannon from the Dutchman and returned to the Black Pearl.
"Good boy, Jack," chuckled the red bearded pirate. "That will teach him to mess with Captain Hector Barbossa."
Meanwhile, Peter and Hook's duel only intensified while the sounds of cannon fire and shouting were heard.
"Give it to him, Captain!" cheered Smee as Pan continued to dodge the sword swinging that Hook was giving him. "Cleave him to the Brisket."
Finally, Peter gained the upper hand and pulled down Hook's hat and tugged on his mustache. Enraged, Hook destroyed his hat and after a few swings, he got his upper hand on Peter and the two enemies moved back and forth.
"I've got you this time, Pan," said Hook, not realizing that they had walked off the side of the cliff. Realizing what was happening to him, Hook screamed and held on to the side of the cliff with his hook, while his sword went down in the waters below.
"Well, well, a codfish on a hook," chuckled Peter as Hook was now starting to beg for his life. He also hated being called a codfish and wanted to make Peter see sense.
"I'll get you for this, Pan," he cried, tears of frustration streaming down his face. "If it's the last thing I do!"
Suddenly, one of the cannons from the Black Pearl missed its mark and flung past Hook and Peter, but an even menacing noise was heard: the sounds of a ticking clock coming towards him.
"I say, Captain," he whispered. "Do you hear something?"
Suddenly, the traumatized Captain looked down and losing his grip on the cliff, Hook fell down and down into the waters below and emerged inside the crocodile's mouth. Smee rowed over to his captain and Hook continued to struggle against the fury of the reptilian creature.
"Give him back!" cried Smee, flinging the oar at the crocodile's head and Hook climbed back on the boat as the rowboat quickly raced out of Skull Rock. Realizing that this was hopeless, the Queen of Hearts and Davy Jones ordered a retreat and the Flying Dutchman went back into the waters.
"Well, we've seen the last of them for a while!" chuckled Peter as the Black Pearl made its way out of Skull Rock. "Let's get back to the Indians!"
So, they started their journey back to the Indian Encampment with Tiger Lily in tow, but it was a only a short defeat as there would be time for their enemies to regroup.