"Here we go, group." Red stood on a barrel so he could see the whole camp. "We have finished packing everything." He told Flavio's team. "Today, try your best to build as big a boat as possible. Patch, status on the hurricane?"

"Scheduled to hit Keelhaul Key tomorrow at noon." Pa-Patch informed.

"Great." Red nodded. "Inklings, Bobbery, we must find the treasure today."

"OKAY!" They all yelled.

"Let's move!" Red led the group. "Onward!"


"I can't believe this." Erick fussed. "All the work we did yesterday…moving the trees so we could cross the gaps…reduced to nothing!"

"Someone really doesn't want us finding that treasure." Paul confirmed.

"Don't worry, we can cross this last gap now." Robbie informed. "Red just laid a tree over the large gap."

"It's all set." Red nodded. "We keep moving." The group returned to where they'd left off the previous day. "All right, Robbie. Get the boat ready."

"Gotcha, Ma'an!" Robbie winked, as he transformed into a boat. "All aboard!"

"Not enough room!" Erick informed. "Only room for Bobbery or Aimee."

"We need Bobbery in the boat to navigate." Red figured. "Aimee, this time I won't drop you."

"Ooh, fun!" Aimee blushed.

"Shield, extra large! Treacherous waves lie ahead." Red activated his surfboard. "Admiral, our lives are in your hands."

"Right-o!" Bobbery nodded, looking through his telescope. "About five kilometers."

"Let's do this." Red nodded. "Go!"

Bobbery used his key as a wheel to guide Robbie, who Red followed. The waves were quite rough, and large. Bobbery expertly navigated past the waves. They got more intense the farther from land they got. "Right! Left!" Bobbery called. They entered the dark cave that lay ahead.

"Hey! I see something, floating in the water!" A voice called.

"Yeah, I see it!" Another voice agreed. The voices came from a large group of shipwrecked Toads. "OVER THERE! SAVE US!"

"What're we gonna do?" Abbie asked. "There isn't enough room in here!"

"Red, look back there." Paul directed. "Those warp pipes seem to lead to switches. If you hit those, maybe we can create an escape route for the Toads."

"It's worth an attempt, I guess." Red shrugged. He flew to the first pipe, which sent him to the first switch. He pressed it, which activated a few barrels that created a path to the boat. He hit the second switch, which activated a few more barrels that created a path that led further into the cave.

"Hey!" A Toad realized. "We can cross now! Let's move!" As the Toads hopped along the trail, Frankie and Francesca also hopped along, too!

"What are they doing here?" Aimee asked.

"Remember?" Gyanna pointed out. "Don Pianta told them off."

"We don't have time to worry about them." Red reminded. "They'll be safe with the Toads."

"Wonder if they're looking for the treasure!" Robbie thought. "We should follow them."

"Good idea, Robbie." Red agreed. "Let's try to catch up."


"Look at the size of that ship!" Abbie realized. "It's huge!"

"That must be where the treasure lies!" Aimee figured. "We'd better head in there!"

Red heard footsteps in the distance. He turned, drawing his hammer. "Who walks here?"

"BUH-whoa!" Four-Eyes walked out. "Scared? Sorry about that. Hey, the Crystal Star must be inside that ship, and Cortez must be there, too. You know what? You guys can probably take him, eh? I'm sure you can…"

"Whatever…" Red batted an eyebrow. "Let's head in there, team. Be ready for anything and everything." Red opened the door to enter the ship. Strangely, there were no ominous ghost cries warning them of imminent doom.

"Hey, Fred?" Erick asked. "How come we haven't heard any warnings since we entered the Grotto?"

"I noticed the same thing." Bobbery agreed. "Well, all our answers are behind this door!"

"You're right." Red opened the door, to the captain's room. It was picked clean! There was a cage in the middle of the room with a cage, and a large skull imprisoned.

"Amigo!" He realized. "Bobbery!"

"Cortez?" Bobbery realized. "What happened? Where's all of your treasure?"

"Some guy came in here, amigo!" Cortez explained. "He took the Sapphire Star, all of the treasure and locked me up in here!"

"Who could do that?" Bobbery asked.

"He put up a great fight." Cortez explained. "He interpreted my every move. His name was…WILL!"

"WILL!" Red realized.

"You called?" Will strolled in. He was glowing blue, and held the Sapphire Star. "I can understand the X-Nauts wanting these things! They contain all the power I needed to save my life. And, on top of that, I got all this sweet treasure! Ha HA! Grodus will be proud of me." He whistled. "CRUMP!"

Four-Eyes ran in. "Yeah, Will?" He turned to the Inklings. "Oh. Well, you guys had to eventually figure out who I was!" He ripped his mask off. "And with that…POW! I'm HERE!"

"CRUMP!" Erick realized.

"Who is this bloke?" Cortez asked.

"That is Lord Crump, Cortez." Red snarled. "Grodus, leader of the X-Nauts bound for world domination, that's his boss."

"ENOUGH!" Will ordered. "Crump! Is all the treasure on the X-Ship?"

"You got it!" Crump nodded. "Grodus awaits the Sapphire Star, Will! We need to POW! Go!"

"You're right." Will began to walk out. "By the way, it was me who set up those traps to catch you on the way here. Crump! Let's move. Send my regards to your soon-to-be-dead campmates. And your Inklings." Will saluted the X-Naut salute. "Let's book it, Crump!" He sprinted out.

"NO!" Red sprinted after him. "After him!"

"Just a minute." Bobbery asked. He blew Cortez' cage to bits.

"Thanks, amigo!" Cortez thanked. "Now I can move!" Cortez dashed to join Red, forming a long skeleton with swords and arrows behind him. In an instant, he had caught up to Red. "Hop on, amigo!"

"Thanks!" Red jumped onto the lighting-quick Cortez. Will was running incredibly fast, probably because of the power of the Sapphire Star. As they exited the boat, Will and Crump had already returned to the X-Ship.

"Too slow, chumps!" Crump laughed. "Buh! Buh-huh-huh!"

"No!" Red jumped off Cortez, and ran into the previous room.

"What happened?" A Toad asked. "What's going on?"

"The X-Nauts have the Sapphire Star!" Paul told him. "We have to follow them!"

"But they just ran past!" Another Toad explained. "The boat is gone!"

"There's a crack in the wall over here!" Gyanna called.

"Bobbery!" Red ordered.

"Got it, lad!" Bobbery hurled himself into the wall, blowing it to bits. Red, the Inklings and Toads all ran outside, back to the beach they had washed up on. Crump's boat was seen in the distance.

"How can we get out there?" Abbie tossed her arms into the air.

"Red!" Flavio and the crew ran up to them. "What was that big bang?"

"The X-Nauts have the Crystal Stars and all the treasure!" Robbie explained. "That's their ship out there, fleeing!"

"How can we get out there?" Pa-Patch asked. "They'll be gone soon!"

"No, they won't!" Cortez cried. He sailed up in a large boat, painted black. The words 'Black Skull' were painted on the side. "Hop in, everyone! We'll chase all of the scallywags down!"

"Inklings! Load the packed goods up!" Red instructed. "We're going after them!"