Pirate101 III- To Monquista
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Chapter 3- Rebel Forces
The 'Opposition Council' sat at the table on the highest floor of Zenda Prison. The prisoners were all recruited as members of the revolt, so the council was made up of eight people, though Queen Anna and Queen Catherine (the sub-leaders of The Opposition) couldn't make it. The other six were: Queen Eleanor- the leader of the rebellion, General Gortez- the leader of the revolution's army, Prefect Lorenzo- a former member of the Holy Monquisition, Preforar Sargento- the drill sergeant of the army and navy, El Gato Con Botas (a cat born in Marleybone, but trained by El Toro when captured by Banditoads as a baby and eventually a convict in Monquista, but now the Lt. General of the army) otherwise known as Americano Gato or just simply 'Amerigato' (as he was raised in Cool Ranch) and Red James Hawkins- the temporary Fleet Admiral of The Opposition's navy.
"We have fine forces, Queen Eleanor," Preforar began, "They have great potential."
"We need more in our ranks though," Gortez said, "Leave the ranking system to the leaders of the forces- myself along with Fleet Admiral Hawkins, ma'am."
"Yes, I will," Queen Eleanor decided, "The forces do need some more to it, though. General Gortez, go to the Isle of Doom and bring back the creatures that are still loyal to you. Fleet Admiral Hawkins- go to Puerto Mico and recruit all you can."
"We need a lot of men to match the Monquistan forces," Amerigato said, "We're going to need a miracle to defeat them."
"Lt. General Amerigato is correct," Prefect Lorenzo said, "I know of something that would do the trick, but somehow I sense that the father of Bartleby- the grandfather tree- wills you to follow Queen Eleanor's instructions."
James nodded and walked off to complete his orders.
In the Spiral Thread back to Tradewinds Skyway, James was giving temporary ranks out to his crew, since they were temporary members of The Opposition.
"Bonnie Anne- you are now Vice-Captain Anne Fox," James began, "Emmett, you remain an Ensign. Nanu Nanu, you are now Lt. Commander Nanu Nanu. Gaspard, you are now Commander Gaspard DeVole. Scratch, I will now call you Lt. Scratch Baxter. Finally, Ratbeard, you remain an Officer."
Bex and her crew were confused, "What about us?"
"Oh, sorry," James replied to his sister, "Rebecca, you're a Captain. Birgus, you're a Vice-Captain and Louis- you can be a Commander."
Gortez's ship, The Gold Monkey, loomed closer to The Dashing Fortune.
"The General wanted me to tell you to go for these people named Criado, Oscar, Romba and Alfonso first. He said that they will rush to our flag- when we make a flag that is."
James nodded in acknowledgement and sailed through the portal to the realm of Skull Island.
The Dashing Fortune docked at Puerto Mico, where James and his crew were welcomed by their friends.
"I have heard that you are helping Queen Eleanor begin a huge rebellion against the Crown of Monquista," Criado said, "Is this true?"
James nodded, "That's why I'm here. We want to recruit new members, so that we can turn the tables on Monquista."
Oscar stepped forward first, "I don't care if Gortez is the General of the army or not. I will be joining the navy anyway."
Romba then followed, "Nanu Nanu is my friend. I will fight with friends."
Criado also stepped forward, "The oppressive Crown shall fall! I will join Gortez's army, as his honour has now returned!
Alfonso thought for a moment then stepped forward too, "Let me be your rigging monkey. I will not join The Opposition permanently, but I will temporarily- as I now request to join your crew. I do not owe Queen Eleanor a debt and Gortez is quite the opposite. However, I do owe you a debt."
"There's always room for another on my ship," James replied, "Welcome to the crew, Alfonso."
Criado then shouted, "I've got it! There is another- Santiago!"
"Captain Santiago? We're not exactly friends," James said disapprovingly.
"Yes, but he has been stripped of his rank and thrown into the cells of the Presidio. Since your last raid, the security is a lot tighter. You're going to have to create a diversion. I'll try to rally some of Puerto Mico's soldiers to do that. The Frogfather will help- tell him that it will be used to repay his favour to me."
James, Bex and the others entered Gullet and walked down to the Frogfather's house, where the fat frog wearing the tuxedo was sitting at a table, playing cards with Rocco.
"I win, you owe me another favour, Rocco," the Frogfather said as he laid his cards.
"Damn," Rocco said angrily and ran back to his warehouse.
"Well, if it isn't my favourite pirate and his little sister. What do you need today?" the Frogfather said when he saw the pirates.
"I need a diversion to attack the Presidio. Criado himself said it was to repay the favour you owe him," James explained.
"I see," the frog said, "I will send a fleet of powerful ships to attack the Presidio."
The pirates then left the Frogfather's house to attack the Presidio.
James peered over the large wall at the back of the Presidio. The new commander when El Nebuloso was sacked, Commandante Platino, has highly tightened the defences. Suddenly, a cannonball flew over their heads and slightly dented the walls.
"We're going to have to sneak in so quietly that they won't notice us," James whispered, "At least until they find a chink in the walls. Follow my lead- I'm a ninja- you can definitely trust me when it comes to stealth."
James lead the others round the back of the wall. Luckily, the Frogfather's fleet finally managed to break a hole in the wall. The pirates carefully walked inside the barracks of the Presidio, where Gaspard had been held captive once before. Ten monkeys rushed to the edge of their cells calling out to the pirates.
"Get us out of here!" one said.
"The only reason we're in here is because we remained loyal to Santiago!" another shouted out.
"I'll let you out on one- no two- conditions," James replied.
"What are they?" a monkey asked.
"Firstly, you swear allegiance to The Opposition, fighting back against the Crown of Monquista," James answered, "Also, you must tell me where Santiago's cell is."
"We probably all agree that The Opposition is more righteous than King Fernando," another monkey said, "So we'll join their ranks. Santiago is upstairs, in a heavily guarded prison cell."
James thanked the monkeys and kicked the cell doors open. Then, he lead the pirates upstairs to free Santiago.
Former Captain Santiago was lost in hopeless thought. The Crown had betrayed him. All because of one Armada lackey. James Hawkins. One year ago, he committed a terrible crime against Monquista. He destroyed the first church of the Holy Monquisition. How did he do it? He drugged Santiago and completed his Armada mission through the monkey captain. Only three months ago did a witness of the act say that he saw Santiago attack the church. For that reason, Santiago became a wanted man. After two weeks of running with the men that stayed loyal to him, he was captured and imprisoned in the Presidio. He was so lost and crazed that he didn't notice all the explosions made by James' diversion until the man responsible entered the room himself.
Santiago stared angrily at the pirate, "Hawkins."
"Um... hello Santiago," James replied scratching his head, "Sorry about what happened in the past. But, to make it up to you, I have thought of a way that you can serve Monquista once again."
"Yes, that would make up for what you did," Santiago said, "To be honest, I enjoyed destroying the church, but I am not enjoying this. Tell me how and you will be forgiven for drugging me to complete your mission."
James walked up to the cell, "Join The Opposition. If you join them, then they will have a higher chance of winning the civil war in Monquista. Then, the rebels will become the authorities and all the brave men that put their lives on the line to undermine Fernando's highly tyrannical rule will be richly rewarded."
"I'm in," Santiago said quickly, "However, though I will co-operate with you, I will not forgive you until I return to work with the official army of Monquista. I will fight as a rebel. If I die, then I will blame my own strength and forgive you. However, if we lose the war while I am still alive, then somehow, I will hunt you down and kill you."
James nodded and kicked the cell door open. He did the same with the other prisoners who said they would help The Opposition and they then all left the barracks to escape the Presidio.