Story by me.
Proof reading and editing by SeverinadeStrango.
Enjoy.
Isabel Quinn looked at the odd talisman that Fin had stolen from Avery. It was made of jade, and had a mystical appeal. It was quite powerful, and she could see why Avery wanted it back and why Fin wanted it for himself. But it didn't matter to her. She just wanted to get this thing back to the old pirate and try to find her family. Lasko and Hairy were most likely very worried about her. Isabel just hoped that they would still be alright by the time she reached her old crew members.
"Is something the matter, Captain?" Egg Shen wondered.
"It's nothing. Just thinking about things." Isabel answered as she pushed the open the doors to Captain Avery's manner. The old man was waiting, and beside him was a salty sea rat, the second in command of Ratbeard's crew, Lasko.
"Lasko!" Isabel screamed with joy as Lasko turned to see his adopted daughter.
"IZZY! Thank goodness! You're okay!" The rat grinned and ran to her, hugging her. "Oh, Lizzy, my little girl. Did those soulless machines hurt you?" Lasko asked as he looked over her to see if there were any injuries.
"No, I'm okay. But are you and the crew alright?" Izzy asked.
"We're all okay. In fact, we were looking for you. We came here when Avery said that you were here and completing a task for him." The grey rat explained as he continued to hug the young Quinn.
"As much as I do love this touching moment, I believe there is a part of the deal to be fulfilled – the return of my amulet for your new ship." Avery said to the crew. Isabel tossed the jade amulet to Avery, who smiled at the sight of it. "Well done, Miss Quin. Your ship should be waiting for you at the dock." The old man said in thanks.
"Let's go see it." Lasko patted his daughter on the back.
"But what about the others? Shouldn't we tell them that I'm okay?" Izzy wondered.
"Don't worry, Ratbeard is at a meeting with someone anyway. Besides, I think we should see your very first ship." The grey rat explained as all five of them left for the docks.
"So Isabel, want to introduce me to your friends?" Lasko asked.
"Oh right, this is my firstmate, Egg Shen, he helped me escape from the Armada. And that's Bonnie Anne, who helped us get the amulet back." The captain introduced, having almost forgotten.
"Pleasure to meet you, Lasko-san." Egg Shen bowed to the rat.
"Cheers! It's nice to meet Captain Quinns' adopted father." The fox woman shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you both. I'm Lasko." Lasko smiled kindly when he noticed a scorpion rubbing on Isabel's neck.
"Izzy! there's a stinger on your neck." Lasko whispered fearfully.
"Don't worry, this is Goldy, I met him in the tunnels." The blond explained as the creature purred.
"It seems you've been doing well for yourself, Izzy. Ratbeard would be proud." Lasko nodded.
"And we can both sail the seas, side by side." Quinn smiled.
"We're almost there, Izzy-san. I can see the docks ahead." The goose student looked yonder. On there way there, they could see pirates and many merchants trying to sell things. Then, she saw the kid from when she first came here, Wolf, with his first mate, bones McGee.
The boy turned to see that the lovely Quinn was there.
"Oh, Miss Quinn!" Wolf smiled as he tapped his heels. "Nice to see you again. I-I see your crew got bigger. That's always nice." The witch doctor stuttered as he began to sweat. The Skeleton rolled his eyes (or eye) and nudged him to force him to focus. The boy could see that Isabel was getting very uncomfortable around him.
"Oh, this is Bones Mcgee. He's my first mate." Wolf introduced as the skeleton looked away, obviously focused about something else.
"Uh, Nice to meet you?" Quinn weakly waved.
"So, I heard that Avery gave you a ship. That's impressive." Wolf praised. "Oh, I thought you might want this. Here." Wolf tossed a ring to Isabel. "This ring is quite powerful, it can repel evil spirits. You might need it when you are facing ghosts." The witchdoctor explained as the privateer sighed and put it on.
"Thanks, Wolf." Isabel saod as she heard the scorpion hiss at the boy.
"You're welcome! If you need a good witchdoctor, let me know. See you later." Wolf blushed as he'd waved goodbye.
"What was that about?" Isabel tilted her head to the side.
"It seems that our Captain has an admirer!" Bonnie Ann laughed as she patted Isabel's back, and she shook it off.
They soon made it to the docks to see that the Dockmaster was waiting for them. "Alright, me maties - this fine...vessel is to be your ship!" The Dockmaster then presented a massive ship, much to Isabel and her crew's astonishment -
"Oh, not that one. This little raft be it." Much to Isabel's dismay, he seemed to have made a mistake, bottling the ship and now presenting them what looked like a pile of wood that could fall apart at any moment.
"Oh, that's not gonna do."