(( I know that the chapters are short. Sorry about that, but I get my point across a lot faster than I intended at first. Hope that explains it. But also, I have ideas for Redemption... I don't just kill characters off! ))

Chapter Five: Mist of A Mouse

The pale apparition gazed down at his ruined camp. His misty eyes roved around, searching desperately for his body. But the mouse's spirit did not find it. If one of those damn pirates hadn't walked right through him and scattered his essence, Redemption would have known exactly where to look for his body: sixty feet under water, at the base of the cliffs.

But as his fog-like body continued to find itself and reform from the mess it was earlier, the mouse sighed. Didn't look like he would be able to do much again. Not until another near-dead creature was washed against the cliff. Who knows how long that will be? the mouse thought. It could never happen.

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Present Day

Dale looked around nervously. Ever since the Whiplash had anchored at the cliffs, he had a bad feeling about going up. None of the other crewmembers listened to him, though Upago suggested he get some sleep. Sleep, at a time like this? He had scoffed at the older mouse's idea. Dale was not the kind of mouse to fall asleep on guard duty.

The field mouse walked over to check on the coals inside of the galley. They didn't look very red, and Upago needed them nice and hot to cook dinner. Dale tossed a piece of broken mast onto them, and small flames began to lick the sides of the wood. He shut the door and walked to inspect their broken mast. But as he did so, a grayish mist emerged from the galley window.

Dale blinked in surprise. A fire? A FIRE! He ran towards the galley, and looked inside. There wasn't any fire burning... just the stove, slowly devouring the mast. But he didn't have any more time to think about that. The mist had just leaped at his chest. Dale dodged to the side, and fanned it away. The mist reformed, and this time, it didn't miss. The mouse slipped onto the deck, unconcous.

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Redemption opened his eyes, and looked at his new body. It's not the best, the mouse thought, but it'll do.