Pirate101 IV- The Grim Reaver

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Chapter 7- Iridium

James, Dustin and their crews sailed towards the Prison of Zenda along with Moresco Valvida and the Demon Monquistadors. Aboard Dona Angela, Alfonso was climbing the rigging. A sudden gust of wind blew the ropes and Alfonso fell to the deck. Luckily, a Demon Monquistador caught him. But Alfonso spotted something as he fell. When the Demon Monquistador put him down, Alfonso rushed to the bough and faced north-east. A Monquistador Ship was coming towards them. Fast.

"Captain!" the rigging monkey called out, "Monquistan Ship! North-east!"

James caught sight of the ship coming towards them and called out to everyone, "Brace yourselves! Ratbeard, spin towards Zenda! We're going the dangerous way!"

Ratbeard rushed to the wheel and grabbed hold of it. He spun it directly towards Zenda- the route full of storms. As the ship spun round the Monquistador Ship, Alfonso flew off the ship, but he grabbed hold of some rigging, which saved him. Then he realised that the rigging didn't belong to Dona Angela. The monkeys pulled him aboard and tied him to the mast. The Monkey Captain walked over to him. Alfonso noticed something familiar about him.

"You're the Captain?" Alfonso asked in Monquistan.

He replied, also in Monquistan, "Yes. I am the only member of the Monquistan Navy to have survived an attack from the Armada. But that was before my Captain died, in my pirate days. You men are wanted by the Crown. It will be the noose for you, Monkey Pirate. Your name?"

"Alfonso Del Mono," Alfonso replied.

The Captain's eyes widened, "I see. Well... maybe I could pardon you."

"Huh?" the other monkey navy officers asked in surprise.

"Huh?" Alfonso asked in surprise.

The half-broken Dona Angela docked at Zenda Prison and they walked inside the Opposition Stronghold, where Gortez and Eleanor discussing plans.

"Ahem," James said to gain their attention.

"One moment, whoever you are," Eleanor replied then realised that it was James, "Captain! Good to see you! Another lost member of your crew I see."

"Yeah, Zenobia. You didn't really know her that well, how did you remember her?" James asked.

"Zenobia? Who's that? I'm talking about Alfonso," Eleanor replied.

James spun round and searched his companions, "He's not here. The Monquistan Ship from earlier must have taken him prisoner! We'll speak to Gortez about what we're looking for and then save him."

Gortez stepped forward, "Speak to me about what?"

"We need to find the Iridium Mine on the Isle of Doom," James explained, "Neuf Chat said that you would know where it is."

"Indeed I do," Gortez replied, "Behind my throne room at my tribe hideout."

"Thanks," James replied.

Alfonso had been tied to the mast for three weeks with no food or water. The Captain said that if Alfonso could survive for two months, then he would pardon him. The Captain came out to check on him. He walked towards the cabin, but Alfonso called out to him.

"What's your name, Captain," Alfonso asked in Monquistan, "I don't want any fakes, I want your real name."

"Ridolfo Del Mono," he replied to Alfonso's surprise, "I am your older brother."

A cannonball flew over Ridolfo's head. Dona Angela had finally found them. Nanu Nanu threw the grapple hooks onto Ridolfo's ship and pulled it in close. The pirates jumped aboard and started attacking.

As James ran over to Alfonso, he called out, "Take as many hostages, weapons and booty as you can! The Opposition are our allies! Let's help them a bit!"

James cut open the ropes and took Alfonso back to Dona Angela to rest and eat. Gaspard caught sight of Ridolfo.

"You!" Gaspard called out to him, "Ridolfo Del Mono! Old friend, I do not want conflict."

"Sorry Señor DeVole, but it's too late if you're in league with Gortez," Ridolfo replied coldly, as he drew his rapier and charged towards Gaspard, who blocked with his halberd.

"Fine."

Gaspard pushed Ridolfo to the deck and sliced down, but Ridolfo rolled over and grabbed hold of a rope, whilst cutting another, elevating him to the sail holder. Gaspard simply climbed the ladder, as he was too fat to do the same stunt. Gaspard chopped again with his halberd, but Ridolfo blocked.

"Why are you betraying Avery?" Gaspard asked him angrily.

"Do you know the pain of being a ghost?" Ridolfo asked as an answer.

Gaspard cocked his head to the side as he flipped Ridolfo on his back and surrounded his neck with his halberd, "As a matter of fact... yes I do."

"Go ahead," Ridolfo urged, "I will live as a mere haunter, a blank existence. I will scare people and maybe have a bit of fun... better than being hanged in shame."

Gaspard hesitated to kill his friend. Ridolfo used this chance to slip under the halberd and escape death. He stood up behind Gaspard and almost stabbed him in the back, but Gaspard's weight saved him as the sail holder broke and the mast fell onto some of the Monquistadors. Gaspard and Ridolfo fell towards the deck, but grabbed some rope and slid down. James returned to the ship and attacked Ridolfo as he stood up from the fall.

Ridolfo's face softened, "I know you. You're... Little Jim?"

James snorted at this description, "Little Jim? Do I look little to you?"

"You were when we first met... when I worked on your father's ship," Ridolfo explained.

Gaspard stood up, "Ridolfo Del Mono, Captain. Turns out he survived."

"Alfonso's bro?" James asked, quite surprised, "So that's why you kept him alive! There was a third that survived the attack?"

Ridolfo shook his head, "To tell you the truth... I didn't survive. I was a ghost, a mere untouchable. Then I found a soul chain in the Abandoned Lighthouse in Flotsam Skyway, Skull Island. I stole it off the undead there. I used it to return to life."

Ridolfo spun round to face his enemies to see that James was asleep. In a flash of anger, Ridolfo charged and was about to kill, but Emmett rolled on his side from his hiding spot and shot Ridolfo in the back. Gaspard then pushed him to the ground and stabbed him in the chest, "Re-balance what you made unbalanced, Ridolfo," Gaspard told the corpse, "Then your ghost days will be over."

Dona Angela and The Careless Hound docked at the Isle of Doom. They were greeted by the Labouring Water Moles, but they were very obviously glaring at them when their backs were turned. After destroying some troggies that attacked them, and handing Bonnie Anne a sick bag, they arrived at Gortez's Tribe. They were let in because they had already passed the test and it was easy getting into the room behind Gortez's Throne Room. In front of them was a large mine full of iridium. They opened their bags and collected as much as physically possible, but when they turned around, they were confronted by twenty dwarfs.

"Oh yeah," James said, outsmarted, "I just remembered that highly vicious and strong dwarfs with extremely sharp weapons that want to kill us live in Iridium Mines."

The dwarfs leapt into the air and whacked James' arm with their pickaxes. James flew back into a wall- bleeding, but smiling. One of the dwarfs looked at his right arm to see that James had placed a gunpowder pack from MooShu on it. And it was burning. The bomb exploded and all that was left of that dwarf was a couple of legs. The other nineteen were slicing away with the pickaxes, but Gaspard, who hated dwarfs, attacked in a rage and killed them in record time. Seriously though, if you search the 'Shortest Time Taken to Kill Nineteen Dwarfs in a Cave Full of Iridium' record in 'Guinness Book of World Records', then you would see a picture of Gaspard DeVole.

James coughed, "Get back to the ship before any more of the little blighters come and set full sail for Flotsam. It's time to get some ship armour."