Chapter 15

"Battle of Neverland"

The sounds of a cannonball being fired had interrupted the Queen's chance of finally having Alice beheaded. Still startled from the blast, she and her allies looked around for whoever was responsible and a loud voice revealed who was responsible.

"This time you've gone too far!"

They looked up at the Black Pearl and saw what appeared to be Peter Pan and his friend, Jack Sparrow on the deck, waving and raising their weapons up. Upon seeing their leader, the lost boys cheered wildly and Alice was relieved to still be alive and know that despite what Peter had said to her, he was more than willing to be by her side.

"It can't be!" cried Hook, shocked at what he was looking at. "The bomb…I thought it…"

"You mean this?" asked Peter, holding up the disabled time bomb. "Not this time, Hook! Say your prayers!"

This made Hook cross and he drew his sword of his holster as the card soldiers and Wonderland inhabitants on board prepared to battle the pirates on the other ship, while Jones and the Flying Dutchman's crew also prepared themselves for battle. But, they all watched helplessly as Peter and the Black Pearl crew came swinging on board the Queen's ship and Peter had set his sights on Alice and flew over to get her free. This made the Executioner's jump into action, but Peter easily defeated both of them and sent them overboard.

"I'm sorry I said those things to you," said Peter as he got Alice freed. "You were right, you don't belong here."

"I'm glad to see you understand," replied Alice as she lifted herself off of the guillotine. Alice then gathered her discarded dress, petticoats, stockings and shoes from the deck and Peter motioned her to get somewhere safe. However, this made Hook seize a chance to fight his lifelong enemy and he jumped at Peter and knocked him onto the ground.

"Insolent youth!" he hissed as he held Peter down. "Prepare to die at last!"

However, the crafty Peter managed to push Hook off of him and draw his dagger from his holster and just as he was about to fight off Hook, Davy Jones teleported his way onto the ship with a rapier clutched in his tentacle hand.

"Peter Pan," he chuckled, pointing the rapier at Peter's back. "Do you fear death?"

"Do you?" called a voice and Peter discovered Jack pointing a sword at Jones' head. "It's a heady tonic, holding life and death in the palm of one's hand?"

But, Jones didn't take this serious and swung the rapier from Peter's neck to Jack's sword and Peter took his mark on Hook as the two sets of enemies fought the two sets of heroes. Meanwhile, the Lost Boys had been freed by Sparrow's first mate, Gibbs and while their leader was fighting Hook, they came across several of the Wonderland inhabitants including the March Hare and the Mad Hatter.

"Come on, show us what you've got!" cried Slightly, putting up his dukes. "Aren't you afraid to fight?"

This made the lost boys very surprised as they saw the Wonderland inhabitants not put up a fight and instead make their way over to a lifeboat.

"Hate to tell you this," said the March Hare. "But we are through fighting for the Queen. We've got more important things to do."

So, they lowered themselves down to the water and by the time they reached the surface, the Queen saw what was happening and ordered them to get back on board.

"Where are you going? Get back here!" she called out to them, but the Wonderland inhabitants, realizing the error of their ways simply rowed over to shore.

The enraged Queen turned her attention to the lost boys and with a ferocious yell, she charged at the boys, but they managed to tackle the Queen and for a moment, it seemed like they were going to get the upper hand, but the much stronger Queen merely swatted them away like flies and grabbed a rapier from a dead card soldier, storming to where Alice was hiding.

"If you want something done right," she thought. "Then you have to do it yourself!"

Meanwhile, Peter and Hook's duel continued amidst the carnage that was happening around them. Finally, they managed to take their duel onto the mast of the ship and for a moment it seemed that Peter was gaining the upper hand, but then Hook managed to flick Peter's dagger out of his hand and hand him right where he wanted.

"Give my regards to Wendy!" he said sinisterly and in response, Peter seized a weak moment and kicked Hook in the stomach causing the pirate captain lost his balance and fell screaming into the waters below. With Hook out of the picture, Peter flew to where Alice was hiding only to be confronted by the Queen who was now holding Alice hostage with Peter's dagger in her hands and at Alice's throat.

"Stay right there!" ordered the Queen and Peter stopped dead in his tracks. "One move and Alice loses her head!"

Fearing for Alice's safety, Peter complied and lowered Hook's rapier. Alice struggled against the strong strength that the Queen had, but the Queen was going to finish what Alice had started.

"Off with your head!" screamed the Queen and she was just about to finish Alice off when an array of arrows directed at her were fired and the sounds of hooting were heard as the Indians came aboard and took the Queen captive freeing Alice in the process. The frightened Alice ran over into Peter's arms and watched as the Queen was tied up by the Indians.

"Let me go at once!" she demanded, but the Indians weren't going to reply to her demands.

As the day went on, the Neverland inhabitants were gaining the other hand and Davy Jones had lost his duel with Jack Sparrow and retreated to the safety of the Dutchman, vowing to fight another day.

"We shall meet again, Pan!" cried Hook as he was managed to be rescued by his pirates while the remaining Card Soldiers were taken prisoner by the Indians. "I will have my revenge!"

It was over, the battle of Neverland was over and the Neverland inhabitants had won…