Pirate101 III- To Monquista
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Chapter 2- Cheeky Monkeys
James neared the stormgate to Monquista. It was a powerful whirlpool in the clouds, strong enough to pull a storm lord into its clutches. James gave Emmett the signal and he activated the windstone, which was now fixed in the gearbox of The Dashing Fortune. A violet mist surrounded James' ship as it sailed to the centre of the stormgate. Then, once the ship reached the centre, the mist entered the stormgate and a beam shot out of the sky whirlpool and struck The Dashing Fortune. Then, the skiff just vanished into nothing.
Most of the crew was familiar about this sensation. Bonnie Anne, Ratbeard and Emmett came from Marleybone, James came from MooShu and Gaspard came from Valencia. Nanu Nanu and Old Scratch had never left Skull Island, so this was completely new to them. Around James and his crew was The Spiral as it is. The skies shield the wonders of the bare Spiral from the inhabitants, so one is only able to see such a wonder if they travel through worlds via ship, not using the 'Spiral Doors'. They could see jellyfish floating around them, minding their own business. The stars surrounded the entire Spiral, gleaming in the faces of James and his crew. For the first time ever, James heard Old Scratch laugh happily. He was enjoying himself. Nanu Nanu couldn't believe what he was seeing. They could also see other worlds in the distance- Marleybone, Valencia, Polaris, MooShu and even Cool Ranch. Then they looked at the bough of the ship and saw a gleaming swirl of lights. Behind it was a glowing sphere, with Monquista behind it. They were about to pass through the swirling lights. They were about to enter Monquista.
The realm of Monquista was very different to Skull Island. Skull Island had blue skies and grassy green islands. Monquista had orange skies and was practically a desert.
Gaspard walked behind him, "That groove in that giant island, do you see the city there?"
James nodded.
"That's Monquista City," the guinea pig said.
James turned to his crew, "Ratbeard- wheel, now, turn it starboard! Gaspard- pull the fore sails starboard, Emmett- you pull the aft sails starboard. Scratch- climb up to the crow's nest and ensure that we don't run into any Monquistan ships that want to completely and utterly annihilate us. The rest of us will pull the main sails starboard."
The crew followed the instructions and sailed to Monquista City, where the Crown of Monquista was waiting for them.
"Gaspard! Lower the anchor!" James shouted to Gaspard as he followed his command.
James jumped off the ship and waited for the other members of his crew to leave the ship- to avoid trapping them in the bottle when he bottled The Dashing Fortune. Then, a crab harpooner tapped them on the shoulder.
"This way Captain Hawkins," he said with a strong accent as he pointed down the alleyway to their left, "My captain is this way, I trust you are her brother- Red Jim?"
James nodded and the crab led the way. After a good ten minutes of walking, James spotted his sister, Black Bex, sitting on a wall in front of Monquista Palace with another crab- though this time it was a thug.
"Birgus?" Gaspard asked when he saw the crab thug, "Birgus Latro is that you?"
"Hello Gaspard," Birgus replied, "I'm surprised you aren't still in the monkey jail with Mike and Jack."
"It was thanks to James here that we got out," Gaspard said, gesturing proudly to his captain.
"Enough with the reunions," Rebecca said, jumping off the wall, "James and crew, I see you have already met Louis LeBisque over there," she said gesturing to the crab harpooner, "Now, we will go into the castle and talk to the Crown. Remember guys, if you turn your back on them, then you will be hanged."
The rest of the pirates nodded and stepped through the door to Monquista Palace.
The pirates walked as politely as they could, but it was hard as they had drunk too much Yum again. Nanu Nanu even fainted, and Bonnie Anne fell over a few times, let alone the things Ratbeard did. He drank so much Yum that he had to commando-crawl his way across the carpet, where King Fernando and Queen Isadore were not impressed.
"Er- welcome, drunk pirates," Fernando said, "I see you honour the, er- reputation pirates have in drinking too much Yum."
"Yes," Isadore said sourly, "However, we need to get to business."
Ratbeard was rolling across the floor singing, "Choo choo! I like Choo choo trains!"
James sniggered and muttered to himself that Ratbeard was lucky Sarah wasn't there.
"Lovely," Fernando said with a sigh, "Go ahead. Deliver Gortez to Zenda and get out of my sight. Here take this letter with you. Give it to the captain of the guards there, Alonzo de la Ramirez."
King Fernando gave Bex, one of the only three that were sober (Bex, Birgus and Louis) a letter, with the king's seal on it.
"Thank you, your majesty," she said, "I hope my brother and his crew will be sober when we next meet."
Fernando nodded in acknowledgement and waved them away. The pirates then walked out of the throne room and sailed to Zenda.
Zenda was a great prison, on the other side of Monquista. Luckily, the journey took so long that the pirates were all completely sober by the time they had got there. The hulk of a prison loomed over them as they entered it, with Gortez behind them, in chains.
"This prison won't hold me, Pirates," the gorilla vowed angrily, "I will escape and when I do, I will hunt down and kill all of you."
James shrugged as Alonzo de la Ramirez opened the door. Rebecca gave him the letter. Alonzo opened the letter.
"Let me see..." he said, "This pirate is solely here to deliver Gortez and does not mean any harm. However, this pirate stole every spice in the Presidio. Though his crimes against Monquista are pardoned, he is dangerous unless he joins us. We have decided that he won't want to join our ranks and therefore ask for the death of him and any comrades he may have. Too bad for you, Captain! Guards!"
The guards closed the doors to prevent the pirates from escaping and locked Gortez into a cage.
"Pirate," he said, "Forget our past quarrels, release me and we will be even. I will also help you win this fight as a bonus. Let blood be shed!"
Alonzo heard every word of this, "Don't let them get the keys! If they get the keys, then Gortez will destroy us all!"
James smiled to himself. They obviously didn't know that he didn't need keys. He signalled for the other pirates to attack the monkeys. While they were doing this, James rushed to Gortez's cage and kicked it open. However, the fight was over. James and Gortez turned around to see Nanu Nanu stab a Monquistador in the stomach. Twenty Monquistadors in twenty seconds. No, that was wrong. There were nineteen corpses. There was still one more. The pirates heard a chink and saw Alonzo open the gates, to reveal one hundred angry monkeys.
"Oh fer Davy Jones' sake," Ratbeard said.
"Don't say Grandpa's name in vain," James replied and Gaspard chuckled.
"Guinea Pig not be completely sober, Captain my Captain," Old Scratch said.
"Who flipping cares if the guinea pig is drunk or not, we're being attacked!" Bex shouted angrily.
The monkeys attacked the pirates and yelled out a battle cry. Gortez hammered down five at a time with his mighty axe. Nanu Nanu swung his spear swiftly, killing several at a time, but some of the agile apes ducked. Bonnie Anne was in the corner, replacing the sparquebus' batteries. Emmett's weak pistol fire only knocked down one at a time, whilst the others slowly decreased the numbers of the guards. During the commotion, James sneaked behind Alonzo and stabbed him in the back. The monkey fell down to the ground of the prison. The monkeys were scared that one man alone managed to assassinate the 'all-seeing' Alonzo de la Ramirez, former knight of La Mancha. James leapt down to the ground. His landing alone killed half of the monkeys, with the others running away to Monquista City.
"You are stronger than you look, Pirate," Gortez said, "I have decided to help three ex-queens rebel against the Crown. Would you like to help us defeat the Monquistan forces?"
James thought for a moment, "On one condition. One of these queens signs a treaty between the Skull Island Pirate Haven, Puerto Mico and The Opposition. Avery will be glad to have more than what he asked for."
Gortez was about to speak, but then a female voice from a cell in the corner said, "It is done. You help us build up our forces and I will sign a treaty between Avery's Pirate Republic To Be and The Opposition. Also, I will order Majordomo to sign the treaty Avery has given you between him and Puerto Mico. This good for us, as The Opposition has control of Puerto Mico if this happens. Captain, I am the head of the Oposition- Queen Eleanor."