Sea Journey
Chapter 22 Fan Club
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
Deep in Lalotai, Squint, Raz, the Kakamoras, Thunderclap, and his flyers had finally managed to fight off Bela and his underlings and get out of the bat monsters' territory and headed in the direction they had last seen Moana going. The pirates were battered and bruised from the fight, but their anger and determination to capture Moana and the heart was much greater. Eventually they came across Tamatoa's lair where Tamatoa was still on his back. Tamatoa and the pirates awkwardly looked at each other for a few moments before Tamatoa spoke.
"Um...can you give a crustacean a hand here?"
"What happened to you?" Asked Squint.
"That demigod Maui came in and took his hook back, with the aid of a couple of girls. I thought Maui was really going to let me have it, but apparently he's a bit rusty and couldn't use his hook like he used to, so there I was smashing him around, you know tenderizing him ready to eat him, when this girl he was with comes up with the heart of Te Fiti! So I stop beating on Maui and go after her, I get the stone, but it was a fake to distract me! I really got steamed and chased after them as they got onto a big geyser and escaped knocking onto my back in the process." Said Tamatoa indicating the spot where the geyser was.
Squint and the others growled in frustration. After all that fighting with bats monsters, they missed their prey, who were most likely gone from the island. Gutt would not be pleased. Squint had Thunderclap and his gang help Tamatoa up, under the promise the crab would not attempt to eat anyone. Tamatoa agreed and he was back on his feet.
"Now if you excuse me, I'm going to have a nice sulk and take my frustration out on some dumb fish." Said Tamatoa as he headed back into his lair.
Squint and the others decided they needed to find Gutt and alert him about what happened, so they walked off keeping an eye out for any monsters, who might try and pick a fight with them.
Elsewhere Gutt was muttering under his breath as some Minions were applying some ointment to Gutt's body to help deal with the jellyfish stings he got. Dave and his other Minions had gotten David off the lair and were seeing if there was any potions that could be salvaged. The octopus monster crept through what was left of his workshop and looked at all the crushed containers and liquids on the ground. It was all gone! Years of hard work and mastery were gone thanks to that kraken and mermaid!
"Those two are going to pay for what they did!" Growled Dave.
Dave's priorities changed a bit in that moment. It was no longer just about getting the heart, now it was about revenge.
"I wish to accompany you on your quest, Captain Gutt." Said Dave heading over to Gutt.
"You got your own ship?" Asked Gutt.
"I do." Said Dave.
"The more the merrier, now we just need to get the rest of my crew and we can get out of here." Said Gutt.
It was then some of the pirates spotted Thunderclap and his gang flying up above and quickly waved and got their attention. Soon after Squint and the others arrived on the scene and were filled in on what happened. Gutt was angry that Maui and the others had escaped and were most likely far away, though the question remained what exactly was Maui and his group's end goal and destination? Were they trying to return the heart to Te Fiti or was their some other goal they had in mind? If they were heading to Te Fiti then that was bad news for Gutt and the other monsters, since the return of Te Fiti would end the war between krakens and mermaids getting them to work together once more and turn their attention to fighting monsters. Tentacular and the higher up monsters would not be pleased by this. Gutt had to stop Maui and his allies before it was too late.
Dave lead his Minions, Ernie, Bernie and the pirates to a way out of Lalotai. He then had David use his giant size to bring out a boat made of wood and bones roughly the same size as Gutt's ship and set it in the water near Gutt's boat. The pirates and monsters boarded their respective crafts and headed out to sea. The flying monsters flew off ahead and scouted for Maui and his crew.
Elsewhere Maui was doing a bit of practice with his hook. Maui focused on becoming a giant hawk and then he turned into a fly, a red parrot, a red-billed hornbill, and a duck wearing a blue sailor outfit before finally turning into a large hawk.
"Darn it!" Muttered Maui.
"Hey relax, you're getting there. Took you a few try's but you managed to turn yourself into a eagle this time." Said Moana.
"Yeah, but I used to be able to instantly change into a eagle instead of going through various animals first." Said Maui flapping his wings a couple of times.
"You'll get it." Said Chelsea.
Maui decided to try something else and changed into a large shark that flopped into the water and swam excitedly around the boat.
"Yes! First try!" Said Maui.
"You see! You're getting it!" Cheered Chelsea and the others.
Moana decided to ask to ask Ruby regarding her powers.
"So you can make yourself and your clothes invisible with your camouflage ability, but you can't do that with other objects or people?" Asked Moana.
"Pretty much. Though if the object was small enough to fit in my hand or mouth it would be hidden by my camouflage." Said Ruby as she picked a grape out of the food box and wrapped her fingers around it.
Ruby used her power to make her arm appeared invisible and it along with the grape vanished. Moana looked on impressed. Ruby unwrapped her fingers around the grape and it appeared floating in midair before the arm became visible.
"Nice trick." Said Moana.
"Yeah took me a bit of time and practice to make just a few areas of by body to go invisible." Said Ruby with a smile before she made her head go invisible.
Moana stared at the now headless looking Ruby. Ruby lifted the grape where her invisible head was and popped the grape into her mouth making it vanish. Moana heard some chewing and a gulp before Ruby made her head visible.
"That's cool. So if you were in your giant kraken form and placed me inside your mouth and you went invisible, I would be invisible to others too." Said Moana.
"I suppose so, but we're not doing that. What if I accidentally swallowed you! I would have no idea how to cough you back up and I have no idea what would happen to either of us if I attempted to shrink back down." Said Ruby.
"That's a very good point. I was just thinking in case something happens to the boat and we need you to carry us and we needed to sneak by a dangerous monster or something." Said Moana.
"Well hopefully that doesn't happen." Said Ruby.
As they were talking Maui had jumped out of the water and changed into a giant hawk that flew away from the boat for a few hundred yards and then circled back. Maui landed on the boat and changed into his human form.
"I'm back baby! I'm feeling good!" Said Maui.
"That's great!" Said Moana.
"Also I spotted a boat out in the distance." Said Maui.
"Is it the pirates?" Asked Ruby.
"No it's a boat that a bit bigger then ours, couldn't really see who was on it." Said Maui.
"Should we check it out?" Asked Chelsea.
"It could be other humans sailing or it could be some kind of trap." Said Ruby.
"Let's check it out. If it is a trap, we can deal with it. We're pretty tough, especially with Maui getting control of his powers again." Said Moana.
"Alright. Let's do this!" Said Maui.
The group sailed to where Maui saw the other boat. It was a bit larger then their own boat and at first glance there appeared to be no one board except one individual working the sails. On closer look the being manning the sails was a tall, slim anthropomorphic gray wolf monster. He had small ears, a pointed muzzle with black inner lip-liner and a large black nose, paws with short black claws, and a fairly bushy tail. The monster wore a white vest and shorts. As Moana's boat came closer the wolf monster must have heard them coming because he turned to face them and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Well that's a sight you don't see much these days. Hey guys come take a look at this!" Said the wolf loudly.
A anthropomorphic Burmese python monster wearing a straw hat rose out of a barrel and a small anthropomorphic female tarantula monster with eight legs and two arms came out of a box. The tarantula monster had orange and dark orangish-brown hair over her body and her top head fur looking like a pointed pixie cut with dark orangish-brown spots on her hind and dark orangish-brown strips on her legs. She wore a dark green grass top around her chest area.
There was a splash from the water as two more monster jumped onto the boat. One was a big bulky anthropomorphic a great white shark monster wearing a shark-tooth necklace and grey pants and the other was a anthropomorphic male piranha monster with a small and stocky muscular build with lime green scales and red-orange gradient under his mouth and arms. The piranha's fins were at the top of his head and end at the back to mimic a human mohawk ponytail, and the sclera of his green eyes were yellow. He wore black pants.
The four monsters joined the wolf monster's side. Moana and her friends tensed up expecting trouble, but the monsters eyes lite up in excitement and grins spread across their faces when they saw Maui.
"It's the legend himself!" Said the Snake Monster.
"Maui!" Said the tarantula monster.
"Pinch me man!" Said the shark monster to the piranha monster.
The piranha monster pinched the shark monster making him cry out in pain, but he didn't seemed bothered by it.
"Um...who exactly are you guys?" Asked Maui.
"Sorry about that where are our manners, we're just really big fans of yours." Said the wolf monster.
"Fans." Said Maui with a hint of excitement in his voice.
"I'm Wolf." Said the wolf monster.
"Snake." Said the snake monster.
"Tarantula, though you can call me Webs." Said the tarantula monster.
"Shark." Said the shark monster.
"Piranha." Said the piranha monster.
"Together we are the Bad Guys!" Said Wolf with a big grin.
"Bad Guys?" Asked Moana as she, Ruby, and Chelsea tensed up.
"Relax we don't kill or destroy, were the types of monsters that specialize in stealing things." Said Wolf.
"Wait why exactly are you fans of mine?" Asked Maui.
"Well cause of your feats. You stole fire from down below and then you stole the heart of Te Fiti right out from the krakens and mermaids' noses! That's top level thefts!" Said Webs.
"You're a icon to thieves." Said Snake.
"Um...thank you. Though admittedly I'm not too proud of the theft of the heart due to Te Kā showing up and causing trouble and all." Said Maui.
"Hey whatever happened to the heart?" Asked Shark.
Moana cast Maui a look urging him not to say anything about where the heart was. Maui got the message.
"Yeah...after Te Kā knocked me out of the sky I lost it. No idea where it ended up." Said Maui with a shrug.
"Bummer man." Said Piranha.
"So...what exactly are your skills and talents you use for stealing?" Asked Maui curious about the Bad Guys and wanting to change the subject.
"Well I'm quick and agile. I'm a pretty good sailor and I'm really good at planning out heists." Said Wolf.
"I can get into tight spaces and I'm a expert at puzzles and locks." Said Snake.
"I'm a really good spy, I can make traps, and I'm good at making forgeries of objects." Said Webs.
"I'm strong and I can shapeshift." Said Shark before he changed into a exact duplicate of Maui.
"Now that's a neat trick. Look at that handsome devil!" Said Maui with admiration.
Shark smiled and changed back into his regular form.
"I'm tough and crazy." Said Piranha as he flexed.
"So are you guys out on a heist or job or you just simply sailing along?" Asked Maui.
"We're actually on a big job to get some ancient treasure." Said Wolf.
"What kind of treasure?" Asked Maui.
"Well normally I wouldn't tell anyone, but since you're Maui I'll tell you and your friends. We're going after some old mermaid weapon called the Instrument of Destruction." Said Wolf.
Ruby, Chelsea, and Moana exchanged glances of concern as they recognized the name of the ancient weapon and they quickly huddled together to whisper among themselves.
"They're after the Instrument of Destruction." Said Chelsea.
"But I thought it was hidden away." Said Moana.
"It was, but maybe someone figured out where it was and hired the Bad Guys to go get it." Said Chelsea.
"I think we need to make a detour and go with the Bad Guys to get. The Instrument of Destruction was said to be a weapon that was dangerous to krakens and I don't want something like that falling into the wrong hands. It could be used to stop us from returning the heart." Said Ruby.
"Then I guess we're going to get a ancient weapon and keep it out of the wrong hands or destroy it." Said Moana.
The three broke the huddle and faced the bad guys who were just chatting to Maui about their own feats.
"Yeah we were hired by these pig monsters that live on one island to steal the eggs of some bird monsters for them. The bird monsters got angry and attacked the pig monsters by hurling themselves at them with a giant slingshot and while that was going we stole the bird monsters treasure and got away." Said Wolf.
"We want to aid you in getting the Instrument of Destruction." Said Moana.
"Really?" Asked Wolf.
"Really." Said the girls.
"You know I heard this instrument is very dangerous to krakens. You're little blue kraken friend isn't simply trying to take the Instrument of Destruction and destroy it is she?" Said Wolf indicating Ruby.
"What...? No...I have no loyalty to the kraken kingdom or the royal family. I'm...um banished cause I like mermaids." Said Ruby.
"And...I'm a mermaid who got banished because I like krakens." Added Chelsea.
"A couple of rebels huh? Well welcome aboard. We be honored to do a job with Maui." Said Wolf and the other Bad Guys agreed.
"Alright...guess we're doing this." Said Maui with a shrug.
"Just follow us and will lead the way." Said Wolf.
With that said the two boats sailed off.
To be continued.
