"Up and at 'em, crew!" Red ordered. "Only two days left to find the treasure!" Everyone began to slowly wake up.
"Morning, Red." Scare T. greeted.
"Morning, Scare." Red returned. "Does everyone know what they have to do today?"
"Once they all wake up, then I'll assign them their tasks." Scare explained.
"Good, good." Red confirmed.
"Red! Are we ready to continue the search, old bean?" Bobbery asked.
"Think we are." Red glanced to see if all the Inklings were awake. "You guys all ready?"
"Yeah, Ma'an!" Robbie nodded. "Let's get to it!"
Red nodded, and the group headed into the jungle. It was damp from all of the rain that fell during the last night. Everyone was eager to continue the adventure. Paul was fumbling through his tattle log, while Gyanna helped him organize it. Robbie was just taking the scenery in, and explaining what Jamaica was to Abbie. Erick and Aimee were flipping a coin to see who could call it. Red smiled. 'Look at them! They're perfect for each other. I hope Aimee realizes how much Erick likes her.' Suddenly, Red stumbled. A large green blanket that looked like grass fell into a deep hole.
"WOAH!" Erick pulled Red back. "Careful, Fred! You almost took a wicked spill there!"
"Yeah, that was close!" Abbie realized. "You should pay more attention to what's in front of you."
"Yeah, guess I'm just distracted. I'm just running all the scenarios we need to consider." Red nodded. "Thanks, Erick. Lemme just take down a tree so we can cross this thing." Red took a tree down with his hammer, and laid it across the hole, so the Inklings could cross. Next, they climbed the large hill that stood in the way. They reached the top, after a quick struggle.
"Call it, Aimee!" Erick was flipping a coin. "Heads or tails?"
"I don't know, heads?" Aimee asked.
Erick flipped the coin, but it bounced off of his head and rolled forward. "Hey! Come back here!" Erick began to chase it, proceeding ahead of Red.
"Wait a sec…" Paul looked ahead to see strings attached to a trap Erick was about to walk into! "Erick! Watch out!"
"Get back here!" Erick chased the coin. Suddenly, a net from below caught the coin, trapping it in a large net. "Wow." Erick realized what he'd almost done.
"Erick!" Red ran up to him. "You alright?"
"I'm good, Fred!" Erick proudly declared. "I got carried away with this intense competition!" He laughed with Aimee.
"Be careful there, son!" Bobbery advised. "These traps are showing up more often than last time we checked out Pirate's Grotto!"
"Wonder why that could be…" Abbie though aloud.
"Regardless, we keep going." Red took the lead again, before stopping. "Where's the bridge?"
"There was a bridge here yesterday!" Red recalled, "But where did it go?"
"This is getting quite strange." Bobbery agreed. "Red, I'd say there's some bloke on this island who doesn't want us to get that treasure!"
"I think that's the only option left, Admiral." Red agreed. He took down another tree for the group to cross on. "Everyone, be wary as we continue. We can't be sure of what's still ahead." The group reentered Pirate's Grotto, and proceeded to where they'd left off: the spiky bridge. They continued to an area with a closed gate in the water. They continued and hiked up a large wall to a waterfall.
"Where could that treasure trove be?" Red asked. "We've been looking for some time now, and we haven't even found a key or something!"
"Let's check this next room." Gyanna suggested.
"Hold on." Paul was writing something down in the tattle log. "Just mapping our journey just in case we need to come back this way."
"Good idea." Abbie agreed. "I'd hate to get lost in here. Let's head into the next area."
"Can't! Door's locked." Erick tried to budge it, but it wouldn't move.
"How about that switch?" Robbie asked.
"Throw me up there, lad!" Bobbery advised. "I can set if off with an explosion." Red tossed Bobbery up to the switch, and he set it off, opening the door. The next hall was long, and had a small dock. They entered the room after that, and collected a key.
"Okay, Paul! Where does this key go?" Red asked.
"Door near the wall, near the waterfall." Paul instructed. The group proceeded to that room and opened the door. They passed through a room with some Buzzy Beetles and entered a room with a long corridor.
"See?" Erick laughed. "This is a piece of cake!" He began to strut down the walkway. Some long, pointy spears that ambushed him from the wall poked him. "EEK!"
"Oh, boy." Abbie rolled her eyes. "Erick, it's all about timing, get it?" Abbie dashed across the floor as the spikes disappeared, but was poked as she was crossing.
"Didn't work that well for you, either!" Erick huffed. "Now what?"
"I can surf through the water down there to get past it." Red informed. "The thing is how can the rest of you get through safely?"
"We could probably ink a trail and squid through safely." Robbie suggested.
"Yeah, but what about me, lad?" Bobbery asked.
"I can transport you across safely." Red explained. "While I do that, you guys figure out how to get past this thing."
"Good work, lad!" Bobbery commented. "What about the rest of the group?"
"Watch this." Red placed a Squid Beacon. "They can get over here now. Let's check that old wreck over there." They approached a large shipwreck. It had probably been there for some time now, and the rotted wood confirmed that. Robbie had just travelled to the beacon.
"Eeeeeeeeh, Ma'an!" He announced, proudly. "Rest of the group is still getting their acts together. Need any help?"
"Don't worry, lads!" Bobbery chuckled. "Old Bobbery can take this wooden barrier down!" Bobbery exploded, taking the obstacle out. "Come! Let us proceed to the treasure!" The threesome entered the old boat.
"Check out this chest!" Red examined it. "This looks like its been here forever!"
"Maybe this is the treasure, Red!" Robbie guessed.
"HEY!" The chest spoke. "You! You, with the wicked gun and the dreadlocks!" Bobbery and Red looked towards Robbie. "How about you get me out of here!"
"What?" Robbie was puzzled.
"Listen, I've been stuck in here forever!" The chest explained. "I could use a hand!"
"Hmm." Robbie thought. "This looks like the same chest that cursed me in Hooktail's Castle and Twilight Town!"
"What? That's ridiculous!" The chest commented. "How could I do that when I'm stuck in here? Tell you what; I got a little reward if you let me out. Take out that ghost over there, he's got the key."
"Uh, okay." Robbie answered. He fired a shot at the ghost, causing it to flee and drop a key. "This the key?"
"Yeah!" The chest quickly answered. "Hurry, it's stuffy in here!" Robbie busted the chest open. "SUCKER!" Robbie was sucked into the chest.
"What, Ma'an!" Robbie realized what had happened.
"Can't believe you fell for it again!" The chest cackled. "Now, BE CURSED!" Robbie flashed with a white light. "HA! Take it! Now, you will be cursed to turn into a paper boat when you are near water! HAHAHAHA!" Robbie faded back into reality.
"What was that about, lad?" Bobbery asked.
"Just got cursed to turn into a paper boat when I need to get through water." Robbie explained.
"Let's get a look at it, Robbie!" Red directed him to a small pond near the shipwreck. Robbie faced the water, focused and turned into a paper boat. "Looks good!"
Robbie emerged from the boat. "Thanks, Ma'an! Let's go tell the group the good news!"
"We can't cross, Erick!" Abbie yelled. "Stop getting yourself poked!"
"No, I got this!" Erick smiled. "Here we-OW!"
"Genius." Paul rolled his eyes.
"Hey!" Aimee jumped to her feet. "Here comes Red!" Red surfed up to them, followed by a large paper boat, that Bobbery rode. "Perfect timing, Red, Abbie and Erick have been arguing forever. What's with the boat? And where's Robbie?"
"Lads, let me introduce you!" Bobbery exited the boat. "This is the S.S. Robbie!"
Robbie returned to his Inkling form. "Cool, eh?"
"You turn into a boat now?" Gyanna asked.
"Of course!" Paul snapped his fingers. "Using his ability to transform paper-thin, he can manipulate this ability to transform into a larger boat!"
Robbie was about to explain. "What he said."
"Paul! What's our next move?" Red ordered.
"Let's see…" Paul fumbled through his map. "We should look for the handle for the gate we saw in the water earlier."
"I'll go find it." Robbie offered. "Come, Bobbery! Let's go find the handle!"
"You got it, lad!" Bobbery affirmed. "Let's go, boy!"
"After they return, we can head out to face those waves out there." Paul pointed to the large underground sea that lay ahead of them. "After mapping Pirate's Grotto out, I have reason to believe the Pirate King's treasure lies beyond those treacherous waters."
"That will have to wait." Gyanna checked her watch. "We have to head back to the camp, we agreed to head back by sundown."
"That's true." Red agreed. "We'll continue tomorrow, team. We've still got a lot to do in a little bit of time!"
