Chapter 6
When we finally found the palace under the seas, we went inside and saw the old sea god straining to even get out of his clam throne, me asking him a question.
"Um... Sir Poseidon? Are you okay?" I asked, him speaking after.
"Oogh... no, I am not fine... my trusty trident... stolen by the kraken... my powers sapped by the oil of the sea..." he said... and then a whole slew of mermaids appeared and started to sing.
"~A trident, a trident, powerful and with three poi-" But before they could even finish one verse, I shouted.
"Shush! Shushies! I don't like it when people sing badly when explaining things, so just speak normally, okay, ladies?" I asked, them looking at each other and then at me before speaking normally.
"Not really nice for a hero, are you?" asked the one mermaid, her looking a lot like Princess Mindy from the Spongebob Movie.
"I hate Disney Princess songs and the amount of singing you were giving was worse than them... no offense," I said.
"It is offensive to a mermaid," said another one, who looked like Ariel with dark blue hair.
"Sorry, just explain it to me with minimal singing, then. Is that okay?" I asked, the mermaids nodding at that.
"Our ruler, King ~Poseidon~, has his power stolen by the ~terrible Kraken~ that lives in the abyssal waters. He needs his ~powerful Trident~ so he can restore order to ~the Moonshine Sea~!" they said with minimal singing, me smirking at how they interpreted that as.
"Okay, then we'll go teach that overgrown octo-pussy a lesson!" I smirked widely, which actually made the mermaids laugh while Pikarina looked confused.
"I don't get it," she said.
"Think on it a bit," I smirked, her then doing so before then gaining wide eyes.
"Oookay, let's get going, then," she said with a face of red before the mermaids then whistled and summoned forth two different squids outside of the place and Poseidon then spoke to us from afar.
"Please save the Moonshine Sea... save the cod and the tuna and the crab... and all the other edible white fishes..." he said with a waver in his voice as Pikarina spoke.
"He sure knows his sushi, doesn't he? I could go for something to eat, honestly," Pikarina smiled at me.
"Well, I'm not really a fish fan, but I did manage to take something from the Moonwood while we were there," I smiled as I showed off that I managed to get some oranges and peanuts when we were going through the bamboo forest.
"That looks more like a snack than a meal," Pikarina pouted.
"I have a very slow metabolism for a human, and I managed to find out on my own that my body requires only 1000 calories a day... but I'm going to wait until we're done with this Moonshine Sea business before I eat," I said, her nodding as we then finally jumped on the squid, and we proceeded to go through the swimming section. And the whole time we saw some undersea life that were afflicted by the magic oil that Pig and Sheep were polluting the sea with. Urchins, anglerfish, a couple sharks, and even spider crabs!
"Oh, this is tearing me apart! I want crab, I want anglerfish, I even want to see if a jellyfish would taste good!" Pika groaned in annoyance at the sights as I smiled.
"Well, we could always ask Poseidon for some sushi when we get his trident back," I said.
"OMG you are a genius!" Pikarina said with excitement.
"I think the sea is getting darker... permission to chicken out?" Sheldon asked from my head as I spoke.
"Do you want to watch the God of the seas suffer and possibly die from the oil pollution?" I asked, him gulping at that.
"Get some gumption in ye, Sheldon! It's time to prove you can be a true hero!" Cut-Lass said with seriousness as we finally got to the part with the giant anglerfish, which is when Sheldon shrieked and, out of nowhere, his head appeared on my body and he proceeded to run with the squid!
"EEK! SAVE ME! I CAN'T DO THIS!" he shouted as I then immediately tried to wrestle control back!
"Hey! Get a hold of yourself, man! You're going off-course!" I shouted, him then freaking out when he realized that he was steering the squid towards a bunch of sea urchins, him then pulling up and the squid shooting up, Cut-Lass then taking control temporarily so she could hook onto the mast of the sunken ship and have me and Pikarina shoot through the seas all the way to the Kraken's lair, which is when I finally felt control come back and I then simply sat down at the top of the dome.
"Sheldon, new rule. Never, ever, EVER take control of the body without asking! You could've gotten us all killed!" I said, him then gulping.
"I-I'm sorry... I'm the biggest coward in the galaxy..." he said with tears as I spoke.
"You think that you're the only one who's scared? Because I sure as hell am, too," I said, him then gasping.
"Y-You? But you seem so fearless! How do you do it?" he asked in concern.
"Well, three reasons. Reason one, because I know of what to expect. Reason two, I learned a long time ago that I need to face my fears or else I'll never get over them. And reason three, if I happen to die on this adventure, I'm dead in real life, so I need to buck up and get tough, or I'm never going to see my family again. And not just me, but all the other kidnapped kids, ESPECIALLY the Bundlers!" I said with seriousness.
"Why do you care so much for three children?" Smoke asked with confusion in his quiet voice.
"Because they're my neighbors, and I used to babysit them when they were younger. When I learned they all went into a coma out of nowhere, I was shocked and distressed as all hell. But now knowing that they've been on the moon and that they're in danger from the Moon Bear King? I need to save the Moon, and them, because I do NOT want to lose them. It's like they're my children in a way," I smiled.
"You must really rate them blokes to care fer 'em like I did fer Gaff... even if it were brief," Cut-Lass said.
"O-Okay... I don't want those kids to be hurt... even though I'm still scared, I'm going to try and help more, but only when I ask... sorry for the freakout earlier..." Sheldon said with concern.
"Good, then let's go and net us the catch of the day!" I said as we then went through the dome and I smirked at how the trident was RIGHT THERE in the grasp of a sleeping Kraken, his arm being ripe for the slicing! I proceeded to slash Calibrus through the arm at the base, which made the Kraken immediately wake up and get pissed, me proceeding to dodge his other tentacles while continuing to slash at them! He did try to squish me a few times, but I saw his attacks coming a mile away since he was still dazed from the sleep and the first hit! The fight only lasted 2 minutes before the Kraken finally lost all of his limbs and I then slashed through the top of his head and made some Kraken Calimari, which I then proceeded to sample... and was surprised to see how good it tasted!
"Hmm... Kraken tastes a lot like hot dogs? Maybe regular squid or octopi tastes just as good?" I smirked as we then grabbed the huge trident and I then used it to create my own magical gateway!
"Great job, Min-Min!" Pikarina said before then giving me a hug, which surprised me, but I was definitely not complaining as we then went through the gateway with trident in hand and we were right back at Poseidon's throne room.
"Oh, Lord Poseidon! We got your trident back as well as some Kraken for dinner!" I smirked, which Poseidon gawked at before then grabbing the trident and using it to demolish all the oil from the sea in an instant!
"~You did it hooray!~ We can't thank you enough!" the Mindy mermaid said with a trill as Poseidon then smirked at us.
"As thanks for assisting me, I shall upgrade Calibrus to be the best it can be, give you some free sushi of the finest quality, and then get you back to the surface to be rid of the dastardly sheep and pig that caused all of this!" Poseidon said, me smirking at that.
"Done deal," I smiled as he then used his trident's magic on Calibrus, me gawking as I then got a bunch of knowledge of other abilities that weren't in the game! Now Calibrus could extend its blades up to twice its length, it'd be able to power up much quicker, and it would prevent my head from falling off except for the strongest of attacks! Poseidon then proceeded to give us some sushi based on our tastes with him giving me one that had squid while Pikarina's was some made from anglerfish, which she then tried and moaned in glee from the taste of it.
"Anglerfish is my new favorite sushi of all time!" Pikarina giggled after.
"Now for your ride back to the surface," Poseidon smirked as he gave us a bigger squid and we then boarded it. He proceeded to feed the squid a Jumbo Shrimp with rice, which made the squid proceed to jet up to the surface with extreme speed!
"OOOOH NEELLLLYYY! ! THIS IS FASTER THAN THE PHANTOM'S REVENGE AT KENNYWOOD PARK! WOOOHOOOOO! ! !" I shouted from the G-force in my face as Pikarina could barely hang on and I then had to grab her with the hook head so she wouldn't fall off.
"TOO FAST FOR ME! ARE WE THERE YET?!" she asked as we then got our answer shortly after, with the telltale sploosh of water as we were greeeted with a gorgeous sunset view as we saw that Gaff was going after Moby and that he'd managed to get the robot whale to eat a harpoon with a rope on it, which trapped it in the Jolly Lambham's grasp!
"Ahoy, landlubbers! Right on time, ye are! I just grabbed Moby with a harpoon! Go into the beast's innards and take out the heart!" Gaff shouted, me nodding as we then had the squid take us to Moby's mouth and we went inside before then making our way through to the heart with ease, me smirking at how it was a series of needing to slice through pipes that were connected to it, but I needed to do it in the steam order from the game! I proceeded to do so by extending Calibrus and doing some surgery before then cleaving the heart in two, which caused the blowhole to spew us out and onto the Lambham again as Pig and Sheep were sent flying towards the island of Crab Claw Cove.
"Great job, mateys, but it looks like the enemies have gotten onto Crab Claw Cove! The high cliffs deter the tallest of ships, the perilous route is rife with danger, and not to mention the numerous cannons that are mounted at the top!" Captain Gaff said with concern.
"Any ideas to get there, Cap'n?" I asked, him smirking at that.
"Aye, that I do!" he smirked before then summoning his cannon.
"Now THAT is a big cannon!" Pikarina smirked.
"I'd make a dick joke, but I have standards," I smirked. Pikarina then decided to boo me for that one as I then got into the cannon with a smile.
"Okay, Gaff, get ready and aim," I smirked, Gaff chortling at my notion.
"HARHARHAR! You've got some guts, Minsie! Remind me to add ye to me crusty crew! Ready! Aim! AND FIRE!" Gaff shouted as I then felt the force of the cannon shoot me far and loud through the air, me going the whole way to the top of the cove in an instant, which was awesome! And when I did, I got jumped by a whole mess of grubs, though they didn't last long against Calibrus's newfound strength! And once they were all done for, we heard the telltale sound of something coming up from below us.
"Uh-oh, here comes the big kahuna!" Pikarina said with concern as the giant crab robot piloted by Pig and Sheep entered the fray, me smirking at that.
"Yarhar! How'd ye scurvy dogs git 'ere so quick?!" Pig asked with a snort as I smirked at him.
"It was a long shot, but we made it!" Pikarina smirked as I then proceeded to use Calibrus to slice into the generals' crab legs, it being a clean slice through on both sides as they then activated the hover mode while getting rid of the grubs within, me smirking and getting rid of the grubs in question before then slicing the hovering crab right down the middle, causing a huge explosion that made the duo dazed, me then jumping up the robot crab and speaking to them.
"Little Sheep, Little Pig!" I said, the duo then gawking as they then turned back to normal, me then grabbing them and escaping before the machine could explode the rest of the way, Pikarina looking at the fireworks that happened shortly after and I looked at the duo with seriousness. "You two okay now?" Sheep was the one to talk first.
"I... I feel wi-inded... like something ba-ad happened..." he said with a wheeze.
"And I feel sick... hurk... I'm never drinking again..." Pig said before burping and then collapsing onto the ground, Pikarina looking at them with a smile.
"They must be having their first hangover, then. That stupid Moon Bear King, hurting his own generals!" she said with annoyance.
"Please... save him as well? He used to be like us... but then he took the Dark Moonstone... and everything after is a blur..." Pig said with a sigh, me nodding at him.
"You got it. For now, you're going to recuperate in our base of operations," I smirked as I warped him and Sheep back to Waxwane and I then saw Captain Gaff appear to the shores, Pikarina assisting me back over there as Rat spoke.
"You are awesome... If only I weren't so small, I'd ask for a hug," Rat admitted, me smirking at him as I then simply took him out of my shirt pocket and hugged him gently to my chest. "T-Thanks..." he said.
"You're welcome, little Rat," I smiled as we then got back on the Jolly Lambham and Gaff smirked at me.
"A noble battle for the ages! Yer the broth of a goddess and a warrior if I ever met one! I'm proud to have a crewmate as amazing as ye, Minsie Carver!" Gaff smirked as I smiled at him.
"Um, thanks... hey, do you happen to know the nearest location of the next couple generals?" I asked, him nodding.
"That I do! The Wild Wastes on the other side of this section of the moon. You'll find Generals Bull and Horse o'er there. But how's about I sail ya to the mainland instead of havin' ye tread water?" he asked, me smiling at that.
"Sure, maybe we can have some food and a bit of a chat on the way," I smiled... and then Cut-Lass spoke.
"And I'd like to apologize for leavin' the crew, Gaff. I regretted it when it happened, but the Goddess wanted me to join 'er army instead o' take the fall with the others," she spoke, Gaff looking at me and my hookshot head before the lightbulb clicked in his head.
"Is that First Mate Cutlass? What are ye doin' in the beautiful lady's body?" he asked.
"I'm 'elpin' 'er out in defeating the Moon Bear King to rescue the Moon Goddess... an' I think that, when we're done with this, so long as ye promise not to kidnap women no more, I can ask the Moon Goddess to lift the curse from ye," Cut-Lass smirked.
"I'd be forever grateful, matey. Especially since I ain't seen a beauty as lovely and strong as Minsie Carver. I'd be right chaffed if ye denied me, but I understand if ye do so, I did a lot of-" he was about to finish before I smiled and gave him a hug, which he was surprised by.
"Just going to let you know, I mainly live on Earth, so I'll need to ask the Moon Goddess to bring me to and from the two places so I can come visit you. And hey, maybe I can ask to let you come to Earth with me? See what civilized life is like," I smirked.
"Not likely. I've been 'ere for 300 years. If I went to Earth, I'd turn to dust in a measly hour," he said, me sighing at that.
"Then we'll just stick to the first option," I smiled.
"And hello? What about me?" Pikarina asked, me smirking at her.
"I was waiting for you to make the first move," I smirked, Pikarina groaning before floating to me and giving me a smooch on the lips, me smirking afterwards with a blush. "That was for saving me. Multiple times. And I'd love to come with you to Earth, too, since I'd like to see what it's like to be an Earthling, even if I have to leave at some point to go back to the sun, I'll always come back," she smirked at me.
"A bit too fast, isn't it?" Smoke asked in my head. "We still need to save the moon and the children before that."
"Talk about a buzzkill... okay, Gaff, set sail for the Wild Wastes! I'm going to have some dinner with Pikarina and maybe a nap after," I smiled.
"Aye aye, my lovely! Sailin' fer the south to the Wild Wastes! The boaride'll get bumpy in some parts, so make sure to keep yer shards neat and secure," he said, me nodding at him as I finally got the chance to eat the berries and nuts I'd gotten from the Moonwood with Pikarina.