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Chapter 4: Voodoo
“So, Shark, what do you think of the voodoo lessons?” Guy and Shark were calmly sitting in the poorly constructed shack behind Tia Dalma’s house. Shark was lying down on the wood floor across the room. Pirate Guy pushed a loose piece of wood out of the way.
“You know what? This is why I didn’t want to move to Cuba. This place sucks! The wood is all loose and it is very uncomfortable.”
“Hey it is better than nothing right? Besides, we get free voodoo lessons. It will make us very powerful.”
“Yeah, but what if we overuse our powers, or use if for the wrong reasons, or-” Sharktooth cut him off.
“Don’t worry little brother. We can use our skills to help free our parents, and become great pirates. Now, get to sleep, the Black Pearl comes back in a few days.”
A couple days later, just before the sun rose, Tia took the pair out to do some extra practicing before her friend and his crew arrived. “Now, you have almost mastered the art of the Voodoo Doll, now you must learn to use a Staff! These staffs require greater amounts of your voodoo energy, but can do far more damage, and to groups of people. That is why it is a valuable skill.”
Pirate Guy and his brother, quickly found themselves immersed by the presence of the voodoo and could feel the increased amount of energy within them because of the new found powers of the Voodoo Staff. They each picked up a new one, constructed carefully with pieces of many enemies. Pirate Guy barely took aim before the Staff uncontrollably launched a huge bolt of fire. He dropped the staff and stepped back before glancing at Tia and his brother, who was softly chuckling.
Tia stepped forward, “just like the doll, the staff will take time to get used to, here now, try again.”
After failing once, Pirate did not want to fail again. He calmly picked up his staff, and chucked a blast of acid poison, or something of that sort, at a fly trap. The fly trap was immediately engulfed by it and shriveled to the ground, only to be brought back up by Jolly’s curse a minute later. He seemed rather exhausted, the blast of voodoo drained more of his energy then he is used to, since he was accustomed to using the voodoo doll. Noticing that Pirate Guy was breathing heavily and seemed very tired, she rushed into her shack and came out the next minute, carrying a potion.
“I have been saving this for quite some time, drink it, and it will make you have more voodoo energy, so you won’t get as tired when you use the staff.”
The brothers stepped up next to each other, both taking their crude staffs up. They slowly raised them, and, almost in unison, blasted away at a gator. They practiced harder and harder until sundown, by then, Tia could teach them no more, and she left to ponder about what might lie ahead. They both thanked Tia for the potion and went to bed. The next morning, the boys woke up to hear the sound of the Black Pearl approaching as she neared port, the boys excitedly ran over to greet the crew.
On board the ship, Jack Sparrow called them over and discussed with them. “So Guy and Shark, how was your voodoo lessons?”
“We learned a lot, and we are now ready to take down some Navy guys!” Pirate Guy said excitedly.
“Good, good, because after we raid some EITC and Navy Vessels, we will dock at Padres Del Fuego.”
After their Captain announced this to them, he went outside and told this to his crew. He left them to go below the decks and prepare themselves for the trip ahead.
A couple weeks later, Pirate Guy was accustomed to everything he needed to know about pirating. He was glad he had Sharktooth there to help him along, and it made him happy to see his brother. He came out in the middle of the night to just gaze at the sky. It was much more calm and peaceful out here than from Port Royal. Shark came out with him and they talked quietly about stuff, nothing too important. They went back into their cabin around 3-4 A.M. They were very tired.
They came out a short while later… Not the best dressed. For a pirate that is. They took to a cannon, and loading up with a new ammo Jack liked to call “Firebrand,” which was freshly looted from a EITC Transport Ship. Just as they were about to see the outline of Padres Del Fuego, they saw a fast approaching EITC Juggernaut on the port side. The whole crew went to their spots on the cannons. They loaded up on their Firebrand.
“Fire!” As soon as Sparrow announced this, the whole yelled their battle cry and unleashed a fury of Firebrands. After around avoiding a broadside, they crippled the sails and prepared to board it. As they slowly brought the massive ship in, they were anxious as to what might happen next.
They swung across and landed on the vessels.
Met by EITC Grunts, they unsheathed their swords. Pirate Guy realized he had only a rusty cutlass and same with his brother. They stood back to back trying to dodge the thrusts coming from the Grunts. The EITC men were trained, but not that well, and Pirate Guy and Sharktooth found themselves 2 on 1 against one. They both charged and the Grunt was helpless. Pirate Guy turned to his left and saw that the EITC was quickly losing. Most of the men had jumped overboard and some of the crew of the Black Pearl was on to plundering. After all the remaining men surrendered, they grabbed the loot haul and headed back to their ship.
They dumped the chests into the center and made way for the Captain. After the loot had been divided up, they discovered a weapon. It wasn’t just any weapon; it was a Famed Weapon, capable for amazing powers.
“Alright mates, since Sharktooth has been with us for a while, he deserves this, since he only has a Rusty Cutlass!”
Sharktooth took the weapon, commonly known as Treachery’s End. He grasped it tightly and felt the ominous presence it gave away. It was a cursed blade after all…
They once again continued onto Padres Del Fuego, not stopping for anymore loot. When they could now see it fully in view, they could see the never ending lava pouring out, and they were watching it in awe. They were excited to land. They could get some decent food, rum, a nice place to stay, and rum.
When they neared port, they shoved off into the dinghies, paddling as fast as possible. They were all like Davy Jones. It hadn’t felt like any of them had touched land for 10 years. They got off and Jack told them to meet him in the Tavern at noon the next day. Shark and Guy went to go find a place to stay. They also wanted to get some new clothes. Shark and Guy immediately headed left just past the docks, and came to an old shack. They went inside and found a man, asleep in his chair. They gently gave him a nudge and he sprung out of his seat.
“No, Navy men! Please, oh please don’t arrest me!”
“Relax sir, we just want a place to stay, we will pay you to rent this place to us.”
“Ok fine then.”
After arranging their deal, the two pirates went off to the back of the shack and went to bed. About midnight Shark woke up Guy and they decided to go on a walk. They went to the tailor shop, which oddly enough, was open. They went in and Shark picked out a nice hat, a Magenta shirt along with the Whaling Jacket. Black pants that looked like Barbossa’s, and boots also. Pirate Guy picked out a green long sleeve shirt, plus some green/black boots, and a black vest (those are our current outfits, just to let ya know.)
They quickly went back to the shack, glancing for a second at the mighty Black Pearl docked there. They went back inside the shack, not knowing that would be the last time they would see the Black Pearl ever again……
Well, that concludes Chapter 4 Mates! I hope you all like it. Comments or anything… Do tell….
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