Story by me.
Proof reading and editing by SeverinadeStrango.
Enjoy.
Isabel slept with the same nightmares as the ship of the soulless metal men known as the armada made its way to a destination unknown to her. The clockwork crew was getting ready to return to Valencia with their prisoners Isabel and Egg Shen. Yet, secretly, a very well known ship to many, including the Armada, lurked in the shadows. It was the ship of the luckiest pirate alive, Captain Boochbeard and his first mate and close friend, Mr. Gandry.
"So this where the young pirate is being held captive…let's make this day one that those gearheads will never forget!" Boochbeard chuckled as the crew readied the cannons.
"Wait for it!" Mr. Gandry ordered, bringing up his hand to hold fire until his command.
The Armada had not detected the pirate ship behind them quite yet. They were about to come down to bring the prisoners another meal of gruel.
"Aim for the Rudders...!" Mr. Gandry ordered, his hand not moving quite yet.
"Here is your gruel. You will be joined on the deck as we soon land at Cadiz." One of the clockwork men stated in a empty tone as he handed them a bowl of gruel.
"I'm sick of eating gruel... It's enough to make a pirate sick." Isabel whined as she saw the gruel move like it was alive.
"At least real food isn't alive, and it doesn't try to escape from being eaten." Shen shivered as his entire bowl of gruel began to run away, disappearing into cracks in the walls. The goose student didn't even bother chasing it; it was disgusting long before it touched the floor of the dusty cell.
"FIRE!" The monkey first mate shouted as the cannons fired upon the armada ship, cannonballs raining down upon them. The entire Galleon began to quake with the sudden impact as Quinn and Shen were slammed into the walls of their cells.
"What in the name of the Great Spirit of the Sun was that?" Egg Shen gasped as he and the young girl fell to the floor painfully.
"I think someone is attacking the ship. If they don't know that there are prisoners in here, we might be taken down with the ship!" Isabel assumed as she noticed the sounds of warfare outside.
"Keep firing, boys! We need to board their ship!" The luckiest pirate alive ordered as they used stronger attacks on the armada until they were weak enough to become boarded.
"All right boys, watch the fort while Mr. Gandry and I take care of Deacon." Boochbeard ordered as the two swung through the clockwork horde, attacking the metal men.
"There is no sign of Deacon. Let's find the young pirate and get out of here before the whole ship explodes!" Mr. Gandry yelled. The old pirate nodded as they ran to the brig to find a young pirate and goose student.
"Who are you?" Egg Shen demanded, ready to fight even without his weapon.
"You, you're Boochbeard, Captain Boochbeard. And you must be Mr. Gandry. You're both legendary pirates!" Isabel gasped, as she knew the stories told of these two like her parents had once described them.
"Looks like someone has been studying her history, that's good. I once knew your parents back when the Quinns were around. Your name is Isabel, Right? You look so much like your mother, rest her soul." Captain Boochbeard smiled as he unlocked the cages and handed them their clothes and weapons that they had recovered from the holding area of the brig.
"Now, let's get out of here, before we all blow up!" Mr. Gandry advised as all four of them ran up to the deck.
As they should have expected, they were greeted with open arms - meaning weapons.
"Well, well…Boochbeard, the bubbling imbecile, we meet again. And it appears that you have my prizes." The Spymaster stated as he tapped his cane on the wood of the deck.
"Deacon!" Boochbeard growled as his one good eye narrowed at the clockwork.
"The spymaster of the armada!" Mr. Gandry remembered.
"The metal fiend who imprisoned us like we were wild beast!" Egg Shen shouted at the clockwork.
"Deacon..." Isabel clenched her fist until her knuckles were pure white.
This was him. She remembered that empty face that held nothing but machinery. This was the creature that had killed her parents.
"So all of my targets are here in one area…it's too bad I don't have enough ammunition for you and your pet, Boochbeard. I guess that my Battle Angels will have to do." Deacon responded, snapping his fingers. Soon, mechanical warriors with clockwork wings flew down and landed on the deck of the ship.
"BATTLE ANGELS!" The first mate gasped at the assassins, armed with blades that were rather thin, yet sharp enough to chop an arm with one fell swoop.
"It's a good thing that we know how to fight. Let's go, Shen!" Isabel shouted as the Goose student and the young pirate jumped into battle. With great teamwork and strength, they were able – although barely - to defeat the battle angels, causing them to fall apart, no longer able to function. "You lose, Deacon! Give it up!" Isabel demanded as she point her sword towards the spymaster clockwork.
Just then, the deck began to shake as if something was trying to burst out of it.
"I fear not, Miss. Quinn. I must keep to my schedule, you see." Deacon answered as he tapped his cane to the deck once more.
As the rumbles became more frequent, something emerged from the deck ferociously, like a Battacuda hunting its prey.
"Oh, this is very bad…" Isabel whispered as she and Egg Shen took a step back.
"Allow me to introduce the newest type of arsenal that my lord has provided and invented for the clockwork Armada." Deacon announced, revealing lethally built and extremely armored clockwork dragoons. "Tell the Quinn family that they failed to protect their daughter in the afterlife." But then, a chuckle was heard from Boochbeard.
"Oh, no need to worry about them. Alright boys, show them who's in charge!" The elder pirate chuckled as the canons of the nearby pirate ship fired, destroying the metal men.
"Looks like it's over, Deacon!" Isabel smirked as the spymaster got out his sword.
"Oh, but you only tasted the battle with the Armada…I can't wait to see those beautiful emerald eyes turn from fearful to lifeless. But until then, farewell!" Deacon bid ado as he shot at an explosive barrel, the force of the explosion hitting Boochbeard.
"Oh, that almost killed me! I can't see right now. Looks like someone will have to drive." Boochbeard laughed.
"I can do it. Ratbeard taught me how to steer." Isabel volunteered, and they sailed their way though the armada fleet to the safety of Skull Island, the pirate haven.