"YES, MY MOST GLORIOUS CREATION HAS FINALLY COME TO LIIIIFE!" Robert exclaimed, his metal hands stretched out at the apparatus before him.

"Oh no, GEORGE!" Elouise exclaimed, looking up at the midday skies.

The girl had every right to be frightened. The eclipse was now forming and the apparatus was powering up even more—sure, said eclipse was forming rather slowly, but this was still a foreboding situation.

"HEY!" George yelled. "IRON GIANT!"

Robert quickly turned around to face George and Elouise.

"COME GET SOME!" George exclaimed.

"I wouldn't look over here if I were you..." Robert chuckled maliciously.

"Oh right!" George quickly covered his and Elouise's eyes with a blindfold then yelled back. "IT'S A SOLAR ECLIPSE! IF YOU LOOK AT IT YOU'LL GO BLIND!"

"But how're you gonna defeat Robert?!" Elliot hollered. "You won't be able to see him!"

"We're just gonna have to try..." George spoke, unsheathing his sword, Elouise unsheathed her sword as well.

Quickly thinking, George picked up Elouise, who narrowly dodged Robert's sword without even looking.

"GEORGE IM' FRIGHTENED!" The poor girl exclaimed.

"You're going to have to trust your instincts!" George spoke.

The grape then noticed that he could hear the wind from the way Robert moved his sword, as well as the creaking of Robert's metallic joints, and immediately had an idea.

"ELOUISE, LEFT!" George exclaimed.

The girl swung her sword to the left, immediately clashing with Robert's sword.

"NOW RIGHT!"

Elouise obeyed yet again, parrying, dodging, thrusting, then continued to follow George's instructions until Robert was now on his metallic knees.

"Doth thou surrender, KNAVE?!" Elouise exclaimed, slicing through Robert's pirate hat.

"NEVER!" Robert exclaimed. "FOR AS LONG AS THE ECLIPSE STILL STANDS MONTERIA IS MINE! GRAVY! GET THEM!"

Gravy Jones dove at Elouise and George, and though they could not see him coming, David and Yín Haî could.

"Oh no mon dat ain't right..." David spoke, aiming his cannon directly at Gravy. "Yín, Kāihuǒ!"

"Méi wèntí wǒ!" Yín exclaimed, loading a massive firecracker into the cannon labeled "死亡".

(*KATHOOOOOM!!*)

With a flash of red and yellow, the firecracker rammed Gravy Jones, knocking him into the sea and shattering his fragile, gravy boat body, but the firecracker was still going and ricocheted off the side of a building, directly towards the apparatus.

"Uh, you may wanna look at what's comin'..." George spoke.

"What?!" Robert exclaimed, gazing up at the sky. "I'm sure it's not—AAAAAAAAAAAGH!!"

Robert went blind just as the firecracker smashed right into his body and into the bridge.

"JUMP!" Elouise exclaimed.

Elouise and George jumped into the water just as the firecracker exploded in a vibrant red, yellow and orange explosion, the resulting sparkles lighting up the skies and blowing up the apparatus as well.

(*BOOOOM!*)

Bits of the apparatus rained down from the heavens, and Elouise held out a bag, immediately regaining her family's priceless gemstones and jewels.

"Thank you..." the girl spoke, then immediately rushed over to hug Elliot, Sedgewick and George.

——————

As the pirates prepared to leave to the present day after hugging Elouise, Willory showed up, looking as prim and proper as always.

"Well, I'm not one for long goodbyes, but—" Willory paused for a moment and then completely broke down into tears. "DON'T LEAVE US HERE! I know I was quite incorrigible before but in actuality you gentlemen are AMAZING at all you do!"

"Aw, thanks Willory!" Elliot replied, hugging the sobbing asparagus butler.

"I'm glad we even got the chance to come back!" Sedgewick replied.

"We're really gonna miss all of you," George replied. "But we'll never forget you!"

"Especially you, Millie!" Elliot smiled and kissed the forehead of the gigantic whale.