"Bobbery!" Flavio spotted him coming. "Good to see you, lad!"
"Hello, Flavio!" Bobbery greeted. "Ship looks well packed. Managed to fit everything, eh?"
"It was hard, I can assure you, Admiral!" Pa-Patch spoke up.
"You must be Red's friends." Bobbery approached the Inklings. "Your Red is a special person. He and his girl helped convince me to return to the seas."
"Aimee?" Gyanna asked. "Whoa, surprise, surprise."
"Red has that effect on people." Paul explained. "Here he comes, now!"
"Flavio!" Red waved. "Look who we found!" Red helped Aimee onto the boat.
"Red!" Flavio smiled. "Well done, lad!" He turned to the crew. "Everything is packed, are we ready to go now?"
"Let's go!" Red agreed. "Keelhaul Kay is waiting!"
"Bobbery! Let's get this ship moving!" Flavio ordered.
"Aye aye, Captain!" Bobbery got the ship moving. "Keelhaul Key, ho!"
"Sir Grodus!" An X-Naut called. "We've received a message from Rogueport!'
"Well, go ahead!" Grodus sat in the Crystal King's throne room, which had been filled withal the X-Naut technology they'd used at their other HQ.
"X-Naut Elite Black has been successful in infiltrating the vessel." The X-Naut reported.
"Excellent." Grodus smirked. "We will soon be up another Crystal Star in assuring that the Red Yoshi does not seal the Thousand-Year Door. Well done, we will ready the X-Naut ship for him at his order."
"It's been three days of sailing, Captain!" Sal T. explained. "We still have not yet seen Keelhaul Key yet!"
"Maybe we don't see it because it's midnight!" Rob-omb yelled. "In the morning, we'll have an idea where we are."
"Sir!" Bobbery yelled. "Flavio, the ship has stopped!"
"How has the ship stopped?" Flavio asked. "Isn't it your job to keep it moving?"
"I think I know why it stopped, captain!" Red pointed. "The sails aren't even moving!"
"I'll get on it!" Pa-Patch climbed to the tower. "Everythin's good up here!" He yelled. "Quit shovin' will ya?" he ordered. "Yes sir, everythin' is fine! Quit shovin', scallywag!" Pa-Patch turned around to see a fiery blue being. "UH, AARGH!" Pa-Patch shrieked. He slid down the rope, "TH-THEY'RE HERE!"
"What is the ruckus, here?" Flavio asked. "What is going on, Pa-Patch?"
"The pirate ghosts!" Erick realized. "They're gonna eat us!"
"We must move the boat!" Flavio ordered. A large spirit stood next to Flavio. "Y-You must be the p-pirate king?" Flavio asked. "HEEEELP MEEE!"
"Paul! Talk to me!" Red ordered. "We're surrounded!"
"These are Embers!" Paul explained. "They can be defeated by a powerful Ice Smash, if well executed. Also…INK! Ink will work, Red!"
"All right, guys!" Red readied his Inkbrush. "Let's put these fires out!" The Inklings began to shoot down as many Embers as possible, quickly dispersing them. They were all gone within a few minutes. "We did it!" Red cheered. "We di-"
"IS THAT A TWISTER?" Harr T. called from the port.
"That is!" Bobbery realized. "Hold on, everyone, I'm gonna try to sail us away!"
"We're not moving!" Abbie realized. "HEELLLLP!" The twister sucked up the boat, sending it flying considerably far.
'No!' Red though. 'It can't end now!' Suddenly, Red felt himself land on something. 'At least this rock saved me…' he thought, smiling, "AW, CRAP!" He yelled as a board from the ship flew towards him and hit him, making everything go dark for Red.
"Uhh…" Red moaned as he awakened. "Where are we? I see trees, the ocean, and parts of the boat everywhere!" He felt his face. "Why am I covered in blood?"
"You got skewered by a nail pretty bad, Red." Rob-omb informed. "We patched it up as best we could. Thank goodness the first aid stuff survived."
"Wait, hold up." Red stopped Rob. "What do you mean I got 'skewered?' My skin is made of Iron!"
"Well, I guess all this action softened you up...?" Rob-omb hesitantly suggested. "I don't know what to tell you Red! All I know is that you should be good to move now!"
'I guess I'm not as strong as I thought I am.' Red shuddered to himself. "What's with Pa-Patch and Robbie in a canoe out there?"
"They're trying to find the box with Pa-Patch's radio and stuff, but it probably sunk." Rob explained.
"Or it's right over here!" Red pointed to a large box filled with bubble wrap, a radio and a generator.
"Oh, boy!" Rob ran over. "You're right!" he ran to call to Pa-Patch. "Patch! Robbie! We found the stuff!"
"They did!" Pa-Patch realized. "By Bobbery's beard!" The small boat pulled onto the land.
"Everything looks to be working, Patch!" Robbie agreed. "Nice, Red!"
"Yeah, it's no problem." Red dismissed. "Where's everyone else?"
"They're all at the camp." Rob-omb explained. "Gyanna, Four-Eyes and Abbie went looking for food, while Aimee started a fire. Scare T. also set up a tent and Harr T. set up a storehouse. We salvaged what we could find to make beds and stuff."
"I'm gonna check out the camp to make sure everything's all right." Red groaned as he struggled to his feet.
"Red!" Paul ran up to him. "Erick and Flavio are having a big fight!"
"Oh boy." Red ran with him back to the camp, and sure enough, they were still arguing.
"Last time I checked, you turned chicken when all those ghosts showed up, pal!" Flavio accused.
"I'd shut up, fancy pants! You were the one screaming like a baby there!" Erick responded.
"…Did you just call the great Flavio 'Fancy pants?'" Flavio recalled.
"Yes, I did, fancy pants!" Erick admitted. "FANCY PANTS! FANCY PANTS!"
"That's it!" Flavio yelled. "You! Me! Fight at dawn!"
"Great, can't wait to put a few tears in your fancy pants!" Erick mocked.
"Guys!" Red urged. "Easy there!" They ran off to fight, but quickly retreated.
"RED! THE GHOSTS! THEY"RE BACK!" They told Red.
"Why can't you guys fight them?" Red asked.
"…I can't!" Flavio informed. "I'll ruin my fancy pants!"
"Fine." Red agreed to it. He drew his hammer. "About time you guys got a beating!" Red pressed his Hammer Throw badge and hurled his hammer at them, which defeated one. The other two dashed towards Red, and unleashed two fireballs towards him. "Shield, small!" Red blocked the attacks, and flung the shield at the two of them, defeating them.
"Red! You saved us!" Flavio realized. "Thanks there, boy!" Flavio took a few steps forward to face the ocean. "There are surely more ghosts on this island, that none of us can fight off. I think we may need to send someone to explore this island!"
"How about Red?" Sal T. suggested. "He cleaned those ghosts up pretty good."
"My though exactly!" Flavio agreed. "What do you say, Red?'
"How about the Inklings split up into groups and explore this island?" Red offered.
"Am I an Inkling?" Flavio asked.
"Don't think so, Flavio." Red checked him over.
"In that case, good idea!" Flavio agreed. "When they get back from collecting food, we'll split you guys up."
"Sounds like a plan!" Red agreed. "I'll call Abbie and Gyanna back." Red placed a Squid Beacon. Soon, Gyanna and Abbie super jumped to the spot.
"We were just getting food." Abbie informed. "Where's Four-Eyes?"
"He went to get food…!" Red told them, "But he isn't back!" Red packed in his stuff.
"Where are you going, Red?" Flavio asked.
"I'm going to find Four-Eyes!" Red explained. "He won't survive for a minute alone!"
"Oh, boy." Lord Crump waded through the bushes. "This isn't any cake walk. Anyhow, I've got to find that Sapphire Star before Red and his friends and split!" he told himself. "I can't believe they fell for my disguise! Once I find the Sapphire Star, we'll be gone! I'll be off in our ship like nothing ever happened! Buh huh!"
"Four-Eyes! Where are you?" Red called.
"Crap, here he comes!" Lord Crump raced to the cliff, and jumped onto the X-Naut ship.
"Four-Eyes?"
"RED!" Lord Crump called. "They got me!"
Red ran to Four-Eyes voice and saw the X-Naut ship, and Four-Eyes being hauled into a room on the boat. Red jumped onto the boat, and began to swing his spiky chain ball, taking out X-Nauts left and right. He burst into the room where Four-Eyes was held. "Let's get out of here! Hold on!"
Red grabbed Four-Eyes, turned invisible and flew back to land. "Boy, that was close."
"I'll say!" Four-Eyes agreed. "Which way is camp?"
"Follow me," Red led him back the camp.
"Four-Eyes! You made it!" Flavio cheered.
"Barely." Red informed. "The X-Nauts must have followed us here. They almost kidnapped Four-Eyes. This makes our quest for the Sapphire Star even more critical. We'll discuss this more in the morning. Good night." Red walked into the tent, and dozed off.
