Author´s Note: No, my dears, I haven´t forgot about you guys. Inside Man goes on with a new chapter and we´ll see how is our good friend Scooby going to find the pirate flag. I really appreciate all your support. Song is owned by the Muppets.
Let´s go!
7. Legacy
21: 40 P.M.
Scooby slowly walks towards the noise, hoping that is not one of Pericles henchmen but when he reaches the place, nothing. Hu? Hm? One of the books is moving by his own. The poor dog goes pale, shrieks and falls unconscious.
"Hey, hey, dog! Yes, you! Get up, mate! Up with ye! C´mon! I don´t have all day!" a sharp sting runs into Scooby´s paw who opens an eye and sees a white coloured mouse staring at him with a hatpin in his hand. "I´d said up. C´mon. Wan´me to pinch ye harder?" the Dane lifts up his head and stares at the rodent.
"Rho are ru?"
"Me? Me name´s not your business"
"Hmmm" Scooby frowns and gets up.
"Hey, hey, hey. Just where do ye think yo´re going, mister?"
"Ro rind rhat Rack Rones rlag"
"The flag of Jack Bones? C´me on, wags. Ye don´t mean that"
"Res, I ro"
"Oh, yeah? An what bout Pericles, hu? That bird ain´t a joke, mate. Ye need help"
"Rom you?"
"Maybe, but ye ain´t just gonna walk in there, are ye?"
"Ralk rwhere?"
"Hellooo? It´s a five hundred old flag we´re talkin bout, mate. It´s legacy, must be somewhere where they keep stuff like that"
"Rike a ruseum?"
"Yeah, that´s it. Nice going, dog. OK, so let´s go!" the Dane is unsure. "C´mon, mon! Move it. We´ll find tha flag or my name ain´t Mallie" this makes the sleuth smile and they both walk.
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Meanwhile, deep deep into a not so far part of the ocean, a dark pirate ship stays hidden in the darkness of the storm. The Maiden Skull has been the terror of all sailors and pirates for ages for Diablo La Fuente was so cruel that rumour had it that even Satan himself disliked him and had kicked him out of hell. The truth is that during the last years, La Fuente had been working for someone else and doing his "master´s biding" (teeth gritting his teeth, of course). He, Diablo, the most fearsome pirate working for such a dog as Francis Espinosa! Aaaargghh! But all for a good reason. (Grr)
Diablo is not like any other sailor. He is like a skeleton dressed with rags of a man´s skin and then a bucaneer´s fine clothes. His bones are more less broken and filthy and his face (or what is left of it) wears a smoke made beard and a bone head partially broken. His booming voice does the rest.
And now, he is on this new quest. At first, he wanted to wriggle out but when he heard what was it about, but Espinosa convinced him to do the job. If all goes well, perhaps he will no longer have to serve that cur.
"Excuse me, sir." comes in one of his sailors.
"Wa?"
"Lord Francis demands to know when will we reach Crystal Cove"
"When I say is time! Gee, dis guy´s gettin me nerves! Grrr"
"So, uh... what now?"
"We´ll wait for a chance to blow to smithereens tha blasted place (Laughs)"
"I am not sure, capt´n. Espinosa says we best be careful"
"Grrr. All right. But since ye lubbers can´t find a crab in the sand, I´ll do it maself"
"How, sir?"
"´ve got some tricks in my deck. Now leave n´tell Espinosa da I will make tha dog talk!" La Fuente laughs like crazy.
"I think I know now why Captain Espinosa dislikes tête-à-têtes with this guy" the sailor walks away.
"Long John: When I was just a lad looking for my true vocation
My father said "Now son, this choice deserves deliberation
Though you could be a doctor or perhaps a financier
My boy why not consider a more challenging career"
Pirates: Hey ho ho
You'll cruise to foreign shores
And you'll keep your mind and body sound
By working out of doors
Long John: True friendship and adventure are what we can't live without
All: And when you're a professional pirate
Bad Polly: That's what the job's about
Long John: "Upstage, lads, this is my ONLY number!"
Now take Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish all despise him
But to the British he's a hero and they idolize him
It's how you look at buccaneers that makes them bad or good
And I see us as members of a noble brotherhood
Pirates: Hey ho ho
We're honorable men
And before we lose our tempers we will always count to ten
Long John: On occasion there may be someone you have to execute
All: But when your a professional pirate
Morgan: You don't have to wear a suit... what?
Mad Monty: I could have been a surgeon
I like taking things apart
Bad Polly: I could have been a lawyer
But I just had too much heart
Morgan: I could have been in politics
Cause I've always been a big spender
Pirate: And me...I could have been a contender
Long John: Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated
I say we're victims of bad press it's all exaggerated
We'd never stab you in the back, we'd never lie or cheat
We're just about the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet
Long John's speech...
All: Hey ho ho
It's one for all for one
And we'll share and share alike with you and love you like a son
We're gentlemen of fortune and that's what we're proud to be
And when your a professional pirate
Long John: You'll be honest brave and free
The soul of decency
You'll be loyal and fair and on the square
And most importantly
All: When you're a professional pirate
You're always in the best of company"
Some tribute to the great games of Monkey Island, though Espinosa and his crew belong to me as well as Mallie.
What are these scurvy dogs up to?
Is the flag in a museum?
Next Clue: The Black Book