Pirate101 VI- The Wild West
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Chapter 3- John Quincy
One day had passed and the Red Pirates were finally non-hungover. James got out of bed, got dressed and stared out the window. He noticed a hooded man crouching a few roofs down. He wore a red cloak with yellow ends and James saw strands of pink hair poking out of the hood. The man stood up and ran off, as if he was searching for something. James couldn't see properly but it looked like he had some sort of blue piggle flying next to him, only it wasn't a pig. He couldn't make out exactly what it was but he decided not to worry about it and meet his crew in the tavern cellar. When he got down there, he saw an argument between Gaspard and Nanu Nanu.
"We should tell the Capitan," Gaspard glared at the water mole spearman.
Nanu Nanu threatened Gaspard with his spear. "Captain not know. Captain never know. Crystal?"
Gaspard pushed the spear aside and punched Nanu Nanu. "NO! We are going to tell Captain exactly what happened as soon as he is down here!"
"Which would be about now," Annie whispered to Gaspard, pointing to James.
"So," James said calmly as he approached his crew. "Would someone let me know what exactly happened?"
Nanu Nanu breathed a sigh of defeat and gestured towards Gaspard.
Gaspard looked downwards and said. "You're wanted for 'attempted murder'. That pervert you gave a beating to last night was John Quincy, a good friend of Sheriff Rooster Cogburn. The man's corrupt, but Cogburn trusts him completely. He won't listen to any other witnesses and has ordered that Mr Peacock and his wife Jane surrender you or the Silver Spur Saloon will be closed down."
"And their decision was..."
"They're going to smuggle all of us into the secret cellar, hiding us from Cogburn."
James nodded and started pacing around the cellar. "In that case I'll have to keep The Red Falcon bottled. Wouldn't want her to be burned down by Cogburn's lackeys. Right. Egg, Gaspard, Anne, Nanu Nanu. You four are coming with me to make an alliance with Marleybone and directly assist them in winning the Cool Ranch Revolution. Then we may see about getting them to join us in the war against Monquista and Valencia. Scratch, Emma, Fin. You need to help with the transfer down to the hidden cellar and try and get some info on the United Skyways of Cool Ranch. Such as their strengths and weaknesses, a way to get them to trust us and stuff like that. Got it?"
James' crew nodded as they all got to work.
James stood before Captain Bennett, an ex-Scurvy Dog that James had come across before, and explained his deal to the dog. Bennett wasn't convinced.
"Last time we met, you nearly killed me," Bennett glared at James. "Why should I trust you?"
"Because when I was a Privateer for Marleybone, James here was my Captain!" a familiar voice called out. All eyes shifted on an otter of the Royal Navy. He smiled at James and the crew. "Lieutenant Emmett, at your service."
James looked at his crew. "I told you we'd find Emmett here!"
Emmett chuckled at the shocked faces of his ex-shipmates, excluding James. Bennett glanced at Emmett, raised his eyebrows and sighed.
"In that case I guess I will trust you, as long as Emmett is with you on your missions. Not part of your crew, but travelling with you to help defeat the USCR. Your first mission is to gain information on the USCR."
"Already have three of my crew members working on it. I have sent for Fin to send a message to us when he was the info," James saw an ex-Cutthroat Ship pull up by The Red Falcon and The Brown Dog (Bennett's ship). "Speak of the devil."
A shark walked up to the Navy Officers and the Red Pirates and informed them of what they had found out. "The USCR 'as all the Thirteen Skyways once conquered by Marleybone as its territory. We are in one of them, Cooper's Roost Skyway, but there are three more nearby and twelve more in this realm entirely. The three nearby are Big Sky, Tumbleweed Skyway and Haunted Skyway. Haunted Skyway be the USCR's weakest Skyway, due to it being an area with more undead in it than living, all of them being pirates. The only non-undead pirate in Haunted Skyway be Captain Blood, who has many times been confirmed completely alive, no matter what the 'istory books say. Their information gathering is minimal, so they won't 'ave any idea that Commodore 'awkins is allying with Marleybone. There are two things needed fer the Commodore to gain the trust of Washington. First is to clear 'is name by proving that 'e wasn't trying to kill Quincy, but just teach that pervy bastard a lesson. Second is to break the Red Sash Gang, a gang of criminals that strike fear into the 'earts of sailors throughout Cooper's Roost Skyway and that's why the USCR can't put together one ship for a navy, something essential fer winning the war. But if they 'ave a spy... then they're practically doomed."
Bennett grinned. "I'm sure we could sacrifice the Red Sash Gang for the war. Hawkins, you're mission is to force the Red Sash Gang to disband, by assassinating their leaders. We know the names of all of them: Jacob 'Slow Jake' Stanford, Jonathan 'Moneterey Jack' Winston, John Quincy and John 'Johnny' Ringo. We understand you have a grudge against John Quincy. To make Cogburn lose trust in Quincy, prove that he is a leader of the Red Sash Gang, then kill him in front of Cogburn. Only then will you target the three remaining leaders of the Red Sash Gang."
James nodded. "Mission accepted, Captain Bennett."
James walked into the Silver Spur Saloon to meet up with his crew. He and the crew with him wore hooded capes to disguise them, and James wore his mask so that people would recognise him as Vengeance Bill rather than James Hawkins. He walked up to Mr Peacock.
"There are thirty suns in the Spiral, did you know that?"
The peacock gasped and muttered, "John Quincy is here, upstairs in your old room and I think he's..."
But before Mr Peacock could finish, James had already rushed upstairs and crashed into his old room to see the perverted gangster touching his girlfriend once again. James' blood boiled. He unsheathed the famous cutlass of Vengeance Bill and charged at John Quincy. Quincy dodged and backed himself up to the wall. James looked over at Emma and noticed that Quincy had put magic shackles on her, that prevent her from moving, besides talking. She was naked and James could tell that Quincy had done more than just touch her. James was really angry now. Something inside of him clicked and he transformed into a giant red hawk. He flew into Quincy, impaling his beak into the stub that was once Quincy's right arm. Blood spurted everywhere, but Quincy used a magic seal to return James to his original form, and unable to use spells. He couldn't heal, improve the strength of him or anyone else or even summon a bomb to drop on Quincy's head. James too was now naked, as the form of the hawk had ripped all his clothes off. Quincy laughed.
"So you were Vengeance Bill all along, Hawkins?" the perverted man cackled. "I'm also surprised that you are the reincarnation of him, the only other man that could transform into the red hawk, outside of the Hawkins Family. The man who originally defeated Kane."
James reached for Akaken, which was hidden in his cloak and cut off the bottom half of Quincy's leg. Quincy gasped for breath.
"You... how can you still move..."
Quincy fell to the ground, alive but barely. James picked up Emma and called for the tavern to be evacuated while his crew gathered in the hidden cellar. He also called for Coop to come and treat Quincy, as the perverted man couldn't die yet.
James and Emma were in a soundproofed room in the hidden cellar, so that they could have a private chat.
"What exactly did he do to you?" James asked her after he had taken the shackles off.
Emma sighed. "He put the shackles on my wrists, stripped me nude and started touching me. He eventually began to rape me, but only in the backside, I'm in no danger of becoming pregnant."
James sighed. "Thank goodness. I'm furious at him daring to do that, but I'm also glad that he didn't go as far as..."
"As far as we did when we were drunk."
"Yeah."
They both gasped and realised something.
James stared at Emma. "You d-don't think that..."
Emma stared back. "I-It's certainly p-possible..."
Their faces turned red and they turned away from each other. James stood up. He was dressed in simple clothing, as his clothes had been ripped. He walked out to the main room of the hidden cellar. He took a breath before turning to face his crew.
"Emma's fine. A tough nut to crack, that one," James grinned to his relieved crew. Then his tone got more serious. "I'm going to check out Quincy's house, to see if there's any evidence on the Red Sash Gang. Don't bother following me, because I will kill anyone shadowing me without hesitation. You'd just be wasting your life and making mine worse."
James then put on a new mask and cloak from Mr Peacock and left the tavern to go to Quincy's house. When he arrived, he looked around. Nobody was watching. Good. James slipped into the alleyway between Quincy's house and Coop's. James used ninja pig claws to climb the wall and break into the house. He found the study and searched the desk. Nothing. Then he found something on the underside of the surface of the desk. A button. He pushed the button and a secret compartment popped out of the desk. James chuckled. Nothing gets past a member of the Chun Clan. He opened the compartment fully and it was full of Red Sash Gang evidence. He popped it into an envelope and delivered it to Cogburn's secretary, who was luckily as blind as a bat. Now he just needed to wait and watch Coop's house. He saw Cogburn go in. Nobody could mistake that guy for anyone else. He waited a few minutes and saw Cogburn drag Quincy out. He noticed that Cogburn was crying. He thumped his former best friend on the head.
"Why, John, why?" he cried.
James rolled his eyes and threw a shuriken at Quincy's head, killing him once and for all. Cogburn looked up at the roof and saw James. He nodded at James and mouthed the words 'I'm sorry'. James smiled and walked off. It looked like he had cleared his name.