Pirate101 III- To Monquista
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Chapter 4- The Prison of Monquista
The pirates and the recruits fled the fortress, only to be confronted by a monkey dressed the same way as El Nebuloso was. However, this monkey was obviously stronger, faster, smarter and braver.
"Greetings, Pirates," he said, "Though, politeness will not last long. I, Commander Silvestro Platino, will now destroy all of you!"
Monkey guards surrounded them- too much even for James and the others to handle. They needed a miracle. Or did they? The Frogfather's fleet shot cannonballs at some of the monkeys. James yelled out a battle cry and ordered everyone to attack. James rushed towards Platino, who blocked easily. He then swirled around and stabbed James in the leg. Blocking the pain, James pulled the spear out before Platino could get it and stabbed Platino in the heart. Platino then fell off the island and his corpse fell down to Dragonspyre. The other monkeys were scared. Platino was stronger than El Nebuloso. How could he be dead? The monkeys decided to join the stronger side.
"We are honoured to be in the presence of such mighty warriors! We shall join The Opposition! Let blood be spilt! Short live the king!" the monkeys chanted.
In total there were about seven hundred monkeys. Queen Eleanor would certainly be satisfied.
As the pirates neared the stormgate, they found that Monquistan ships were waiting for them.
"Crud," James said, "Ok, steer the sails port! Ratbeard, take the wheel and turn it so it goes away from the ships, but nearer to the stormgate!"
"Aye!" the crew said, but the Monquistan ships were faster.
The boats attacked The Opposition Ships. James gave the order to stop running and return fire. Cannonballs flew over to ships. It was chaos. James blew the horn of summoning and the ice golem appeared and destroyed one of the ships. Alas, it wasn't enough. A Monquistan ship sailed right next to The Dashing Fortune. James prepared to throw a large weight on them, but a monkey grabbed him and pulled him onto the ship. The ship then sailed away and entered the stormgate. Monquista had James in custody.
"What're we supposed to do now?" Ratbeard asked.
"Perhaps we should get back to Zenda and tell Queen Eleanor what has happened. Even if it's only a little, as long as there is some support, James could easily defeat the entire army of Monquista," Emmett answered.
The rest of them nodded and they sailed back to Zenda.
Juez Mendez banged his hammer on the judge's table. He stared coldly at James.
"James Myrick Hawkins," he began, "You are accused of stealing from the Presidio, having connections with The Opposition, setting free the convict named Santiago and generally being a thorn in the side to King Fernando. What does your defence lawyer have to say about this?"
James lawyer, Juan Diaz, replied, "There is great evidence of Majordomo, in Puerto Mico, officially pardoning James from his crime of stealing from the Presidio. The true mastermind behind that scheme was the Frogfather in Gullet, anyway. Here, I have the pardoning letter from Majordomo himself. Mendez read the letter and nodded, saying that that crime was answered for and asked about the other crimes.
"Well, I have information that the reason James joined forces with The Opposition was simple," Juan continued, "King Fernando sent him to deliver Gortez to the Prison of Zenda and, though James' crimes were pardoned, ordered for James' death, only because he is dangerously strong! My proof is right here. The letter ordering James' death."
Mendez read this letter and asked about Santiago's release.
"Simple," Juan said, "James thought that it wasn't right for Santiago to be punished. This is because Santiago never meant to destroy the church. The Armada brainwashed him. Boys, bring him in!"
Some monkeys left the court and returned with a clockwork that served on James' old Armada ship, The Abominable.
"Yes, we did drug Santiago. We are responsible for the massacre of the church," the clockwork said, "However, the one that drugged Santiago himself was no clockwork. James Hawkins himself, he is the one that drugged Santiago and made him destroy the first church."
The jury gasped. The judge shrugged.
"Though the crimes you have been accused of are not found guilty, you are responsible for the destruction of Monquista Cathedral, the first church of this realm," Mendez said, "This crime is worse than all the other crimes put together. James Myrick Hawkins, I sentence you to death. In three days, your noose will be ready."
"What? The Fleet Admiral is captured by the Crown?" Eleanor asked and Ratbeard nodded, "This is bad. Amerigato! Go to Monquista City and bring James back to Zenda! We need his help to defeat the Crown!"
"My pleasure," Amerigato replied and he walked off to Monquista City.
"Can American Kitty do it?" Ratbeard asked.
"Si, he can do it. He isn't the Lt. General of the Army for nothing," Eleanor replied.
James sat in his cell in the Prison of Monquista. This prison was tighter than Zenda and the Presidio put together and multiplied by ten. He was doomed. Nobody could save him this time. The monkeys had stolen his pirate togs and all his weapons and put him in a striped prison uniform. Opposite to his cell, James saw a girl with black hair and brown eyes in the same situation as him.
"What crime did you get arrested for?" James asked her and she looked up.
"Um... killing members of the Monquistan Navy and stealing from their ships. I'm a pirate of Skull Island, one of Avery's favourites," she replied, "the only ones he favours more than me are the Five Captains To Be."
James smiled, "Me and the others?"
The girl stared at him, "Who are you, exactly?"
"Captain Red James Hawkins, captain of The Dashing Fortune, son of Crimson Tom and Grey Lou and grandson of Davy Jones himself," James answered, "Who are you?"
"My name is Zenobia," she replied, "I'm a buccaneer and one of Mordekai's best students in brawling."
James nodded, "When are you getting hanged?"
"Three days."
"Same here."
Then, they heard a voice with a Cool Ranch accent behind them, "That's when your supposed to be hanged. As long as I'm around, there's no way that's happening."
James looked out of the window, "Amerigato! Get us out of here!"
"That's why I'm here, you dingbat," the cat replied.
Amerigato unsheathed his sword, cut the bars open and slipped through the opening, "I guess you never thought of kicking the bars."
James realised that he could have done that all along and kicked the bars. The cell door fell off the hinges and James and Amerigato were out. James then released Zenobia.
"Ok, here's the plan," Amerigato said, "James, Zenobiota- whatsit- you guys get to the storage room and get your weapons back. I'll go and free the other prisoners to get more people on our side. Then, we'll attack Monquista City and maybe even end the tyrannical rule of Fernando VI."
They nodded and rushed to where they were supposed to be.
Meanwhile, in Valencia, Kane was doing some paperwork and only just noticed Deacon come in.
"What is it, Admiral?" the clockwork leader asked.
"I hope I'm not intruding, but I've found that Captain Hawkins is in Monquista, fighting against them," Deacon replied, "Perhaps we should ally with Monquista and fight The Opposition when their hope seems lost. This will earn the Armada a high reward from Monquista and we can bring in and execute Hawkins, his crew and his sister and her crew. What do you think?"
Kane thought for a moment, "Good work Deacon. Carry this out. But first, tell our guest that his captain will soon be dead."
Deacon nodded and walked to the dungeon, where he saw a goose in rags look at him angrily.
"Deacon," Egg Shen said angrily, "What do you want, you scumbag?"
"I just wanted to say, Vice-Captain Shen," the clockwork Admiral said deviously, "That your captain will soon be no more."
Egg's face filled with horror. His old friend will soon be no more. Could it be true?