Welcome back to the wonderful world of Pirate101 through the eyes of Bess Keeler. I hope you guys and gals like this chapter. I had fun writing the battle scene. Though it was a bit hard because she is a Buccaneer. Though that's why its rated T. Violence and stuff, though I was nice and did make it a bit...less gory. You are welcome. Enjoy! :)
LAST TIME
"STAY BACK YOU BEASTS!" The fox yelled as she shot another line down.
"HEY!" Nessa yelled over gunfire "Are you Bonnie Anne?" She asked the fox turned to her
If you go soften them up a bit while I fix myself up I'll help you find Fin" Bonnie said gesturing to the cuts and scrapes she had. Nessa nodded
"Course, common Bess, we got work to do." I nodded and Nessa and I charged into battle ready to take down some Troggies.
Nessa and I weaved in and out of defeated Troggies and warriors resting off to the side. Suddenly a dart hit my arm.
"Ow" I said rubbing my shoulder. Nessa whirled around
"You okay?" She asked I nodded
"Ya, but looks like a few Troggies want to pick a fight" I said pointing to the area the dart came from. A crooked smile appeared on Nessa's face as she looked to me out of the corner of her eyes
"Well then, we shouldn't deny them the fight." Nessa said changing her crooked smile to a fake innocent one. I rolled my eyes.
"Guess not" together we both charged into battle. It was 2-5, once again uneven odds. I took my staff and twirled it to deflect the next volley of darts that headed my way.
"Bess, take down the shaman! He is our biggest problem" Nessa called to me as she shot fire after fire at the Troggie who kept dodging her every shot. I nodded, even though I knew she probably wouldn't see it. I backed slowly out of the battle letting Nessa draw all of their attention to her. Sneaking around the outside of the battle I stayed near the bushes. As soon as I was behind the shaman I used my staff like a harness and jumped on its back. I took his shaman staff and hit him over the head with it repeatedly. The Troggie fell and I landed on my knees one hand on the ground to steady myself. I blew my hair out of my face and raced to Nessa's rescue. She still had three Troggies on her so I body slammed the one furthest away from her. It jumped back up and shot more darts at me. I swung my staff and plunged it into the dirt. Using it like a vault I jumped off of it and used my years of martial arts lesson speak for itself. The Troggie turned to dust as Nessa double shot the last two Troggies. Nessa's pony tail was almost completely gone and her cheeks were red and black, from the adrenaline and soot of the spark shooter.
"Come on. Bonnie Anne should have patched herself up by now." I said to Nessa dragging her out of the line of a stray dart from a different battle. "They can manage" I reassured her as she looked around at the other battles still going. After a bit of convincing I was able to pull her away from the battles. We dived back into the cover of the bushes and ran back to the main camp. Bonnie sat there tightening a bandage on her arm.
"About time" She said "You two look horrible." Was the following statement as she gave us a once over. Nessa collapsed on a rock and began to redo her pony tail.
"You think?" she retorted. I rolled my eyes and grabbed the medic kit next to Bonnie. I ripped open part of my shirt with my teeth. I took in a sharp intake of breath as I saw the red mark on my arm. The darts did a little more damage than I had hoped for. Bonnie's eyes widened at my arm and she reached out to help. I swatted her hand away
"I've had worse" I sighed before opening the kit and looking for a bandage. Tying it with my teeth I pulled the still intact part of my down a bit more to hide the knot in the bandage. I grabbed a rag and the ripped part of my shirt. Dipping the rag into the pond next to me I tossed them to Nessa. She wiped her face of ash and used the ripped shirt to clean off the duel guns. I took the army knife and sliced a part of my staff open. Searching the bottom of the pond I found a jagged rock. I stuck it into the crevice I made in my staff and used some excess rope to tie it off. Nessa threw me the wet rag and I used it to clean myself up before grabbing another rock and sharping the edge of my makeshift spear. Bonnie stared at the two of us
"How many times have you two been on the battle front?" She asked looking at us as if we were growing horns out of our heads. Nessa looked up
"Once, and that was today. Why" Nessa stood up offering me a hand. I grabbed it and pulled myself us strapping my spear to my back similar to the way Nessa used to strap her shot gun.
"Because you two just acted like pros." Bonnie pointed out. I gave my shoulders a shrug
"Nessa's got a knack for trouble" Was my only explanation before Nessa spoke up
"You gonna help us find Fin?" She asked Bonnie nodded.
"I always honor my word. Go talk to Smollet" Bonnie nodded at someone standing off to the side scowling at the Troggies in the distance. Nessa sprinted over and when I finally got there I heard the end of the conversation.
"There might be some slingshots that we can't get to so one of you should stay back and destroy them by hand in case that comes to play." He said and Nessa nodded. She turned to m smiling.
"Guess what!" She said way to happy. "You get to exploit your talents" Immediately know what she was talking about I felt my face pale.
"What do you mean" I gulped Nessa showed me a map.
"A newbie drew this up earlier. I'm taking it across the bridge to Rigby, if we can't get to some of the slingshots you take them down. Then Smollet will lead us where to go from there." She explained as I it was the easiest thing in the world. I couldn't move or speak. Nessa touched my shoulder
"Hey, Bess. Come on you will be just fine. See you in a few of?" She asked me and I just shrunk down a little bit before nodding my head slowly. I watched Nessa sprint across the bridge and I turned on my heel to where Nessa had showed me on the map. As I reached the first slingshot I watched it explode, Then another shot and explosion. I waited for the third shot, as it fired I was ready to go, but I waited first…There was no explosion. I let out a silent groan before sneaking over to the third and last slingshot. I saw only one Troggie and as it turned to get more ammunition I ran over and sliced the ropes with my spear before sprinting back into the bushes. As the Troggie went to fire again the ammunition backfired on the broken slingshot blowing it to bits. I sighed and snuck back to camp meeting Nessa. She smiled at me
"That was the scariest thing I ever did" I told her honestly and she let out a lighthearted laugh.
"Come on Bess. Let's go find out where that coward Fin is hiding."
