Okay so exams are over. I finally got time to finish another chapter! Again, so sorry for the wait and I thank you all for your patience. Some of you, I didn't get a chance to respons to your comments on Chapter 13 so here are my responses:
I have arrived bringing yet another review! Feel free to start clapping. JK.
Well this chapter was great as usual, but it was missing our favorite peg-legged Captain. I was hoping to see what became of him and his "accquired" submarine.
Moving on to relevant things, the Groudon battle, very exciting. Unfortunately it ended with Groudon knocked out, which only serves to make things a living hell for Jack and Co.
Also, a question. What will Phantom use to capture Groudon now that his Ultra Ball is in fragments? Just something I saw.
When will Magikarp's time to shine come? Ragetti's Magikarp has brought honor to the Magikarp species. It didn't win, but it sure put up a fight.
I hope the Zoura antics continue, I really do. Always funny to read.
Sycther's backstory was a little unexpected, but sad none the less. I feel for him.
Thanks for your comments and some of your questions will be answered in this chapter. Magikarp's time to shine is not this chapter, but don't worry it will come!
I guess Jack wanted the kiss more than we did, so put ‘he’ there
Lol funny! Good catch too, thanks. I noticed the other grammar mistakes you pointed out so thanks for those as well.
I LOVED that chapter! Not only was the Groudon fight short and sweet, the Scyther's backstory was revealed. He's my favourite character in this story now, next to Zorua XD. Magikarp vs Weezing? Bad luck, my fishy friend, evolve and you'll be biting. I wonder how Weezing taste...>:]
Speaking of Zorua...
Is Zorua a pervert because he/she pretended to be Jack, or because Zorua's a girl?
Thanks for your kind words! As for Zorua, it is a male. The reason Angelica called Zorua a pervert is because he basically stole a kiss without her permission. Plus he is a Pokemon and she is a human which makes it a little awk lol.
So without further adieu, here is chapter 14!
Chapter 14
Barbossa walked down the stairs, still in uniform, to a surprisingly vast underground area. It was wet and murky, but well-lit and bustling with soldiers and workers. The hidden Jack was clinging to the inside of Barbossa’s jacket. He moved forward cautiously, trying to make sure no one was suspicious of him. He prided himself in his ability to fight, even with only one leg, but to take on the amount of soldiers that was down there would be too much.
“Where’s that submarine?” he muttered to himself. He looked to his left and saw a group of soldiers heading down a dark hallway. Barbossa presumed that was where the submarine would be since it was the only hallway in sight. He creeped behind the pack of soldiers and blended in from the rear. He did his best to keep in step with the marching while Jack did his best to stay hidden.
He heard rumors in the past about the submarine and how the Royal Navy was doing their best to develop the greatest and most powerful underwater weapon. Only one other nation was rumored to have created such a vehicle. Barbossa was anxious to see what the submarine was like and how many of the rumors were true. As he followed the pack into the main room, he saw a large body of water in the center. A gigantic, metallic, acorn-shaped vessel was floating in the water, which looked as though it led back up to the surface of the ocean.
A tall, imposing man who appeared to be the Captain of the submarine walked out of the entrance and towards the pack of soldiers that Barbossa was following. Barbossa’s peg leg was starting to hurt his hip and it was getting moist, making it more difficult to walk. Before the Captain or any of the soldiers could spot him, he limped his way out of the pack and behind a nearby boulder. His breathing quickly became heavy as he held up his peg leg. Sitting down behind the boulder helped ease the pain a bit. Jack climbed out of his garments and onto his shoulder. “What now?” Barbossa whispered to himself and to Jack. He was hoping the soldiers and the Captain would leave the area open for him to sneak onto the submarine, but no such luck. It was being heavily guarded.
Barbossa closed his eyes as he began pondering what he should do. He opened them back up when he felt Jack leap off of his shoulder. He quickly sat up straight and became alarmed for a moment when he saw Jack face-to-face with a bulky, red primate. It’s body was giving off intense heat and it was at least twice the size of little Jack. The two monkeys were glaring at each other. Jack didn’t back down despite the obvious size difference. Barbossa looked around to make sure nobody else was coming. “Who are ya?” he whispered. “You must be a Pokemon, am I right?”
The primate nodded its head. “Sim-Simisear,” it quietly grunted as it continued to keep its focus on Jack.
“Now now, stand down you two,” Barbossa quietly scolded. “Jack ain’t gonna hurt ya. Are ya, Jack?” Jack hesitantly turned its back and hopped back on Barbossa’a shoulder. Simisear peeked around the corner of the boulder and motioned towards the submarine with his hands. “You know a way in there?” Barbossa asked. Simisear responded by nodded his head. “So why ya helping me out, mate?”
Simisear pointed at the Captain in the distance, who was talking to a group of soldiers in a very loud, commanding voice. He was scolding them for being late and was using some derogatory comments towards them. Simisear then used his pointer finger and ran it across his neck as he smiled wryly.
Barbossa smirked. “Ah, so ya hate the Captain, do ya? You help me get into the vessel and I’ll get you away from here. We’ll plunder that submarine. How does that sound?”
Simisear gave a thumbs up and motioned for Barbossa to back up. With great power and speed, the primate dove its body into the ground as if it was water and created a large pathway underground. The hole was wide enough for Barbossa, who climbed down into the hole and followed his new partner. It was wet and murky and the pirate (along with Jack) slipped in the mud a couple of times before finally removing his coat, which was holding him back.
“Someone go check that noise out!” the Captain barked on the surface. This hastened Barbossa and he began crawling through the underground pathway quicker as he heard numerous stomping boots above him.
Simisear led Barbossa and Jack to the surface just behind the submarine. While the distracted soldiers were running around to the other side of the room, Simisear, Barbossa, and Jack all snuck onto the submarine but were greeted by the Captain. Looking at him up close, he was a half a foot taller than Barbossa and bulky. He reached for his musket and stared down Simisear. “I thought I released you, you filthy, useless Pokemon!”
Before he could pull his musket all the way out, Simisear’s hands went ablaze and he used them to grab the Captain by the chest part of his coat. With ferocious strength, the primate Pokemon spun his body around and effortlessly flung the Captain out of the submarine and to the ground on his face. Barbossa was in awe of the Pokemon’s strength, but it didn’t last long as gunfire rang out from the soldiers as soon as their Captain hit the ground. The three ducked into the submarine and Barbossa closed the door. “How do ya work this thing?!” he asked himself as he began pulling random levers.
One of the levers set off a small ignition in the front of the submarine that fired a cannon ball from the front of it. Three soldiers standing by were all knocked over. “Jack, you handle the cannon while I look for a lever to move this thing,” Barbossa ordered. Jack pulled the lever and began firing cannons at the helpless soldiers who began diving out of the way.
Simisear saw a hand crank behind them and used his muscular arms to rapidly spin it. The submarine motors began running and the submarine started going through the water. Bullet rounds connected with the submarine but bounced off the strong metal. “Good! Get us out of here!” Barbossa said to Simisear. The acorn-shaped vessel started zooming through the water and running up the stream that brought them above ground and into the ocean.
The submarine cruised under the water and Barbossa looked out the window at the numerous water Pokemon that were swimming by. He stretched his legs and realized that, while it was small, the vessel had a decent amount of space for he and the two primates. Simisear continued to spin the crank and keep the submarine moving. “I reckon I can get my revenge on Jack Sparrow, after all. He won’t know, or even see, what hit him!”
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Kabutops smirked as he looked down at his victim. He then looked up at Phantom, who was still stunned and unable to speak after watching the battle that unfolded. “Well? You gonna thank me or not?”
Phantom was truly impressed with how his first mate fought but he tried playing it cool. He shrugged his shoulders. “I’m still yer Captain so easy with those smart comments. Not bad fighting, though.” He took another Ultra Ball out of his coat pocket, causing Kabutops to cringe. Phantom laughed. “All the Rare Candy power you want and you’re still scared of these?” He hurled the ball at Groudon, causing it to vanish within. The ball shook a few times before settling down.
Phantom picked up his new prize and held it in the air. He revealed his disgusting, yellow teeth as he smiled. I can feel the heat coursing from the ball to my hand,” he said. “Now I can compete with Kyogre and rule land and sea.”
“I just defeated Groudon,” Kabutops scoffed. “I consider myself more qualified than Groudon to fight Kyogre. In fact, you don’t even need Kyogre when you have me. I’m now the world’s strongest Pokemon.”
Phantom gritted his teeth. “Just cool it, already. You had a good fight but it was only one fight. Don’t get so cocky. You’re strong but neither you nor Groudon will ever be as much of a legend as Kyogre. I need you both in top form. I can’t have you daydreaming thinking you’re the greatest when you’re not.”
Kabutops rubbed his sickles together and threateningly approached Phantom, who didn’t even move. “You want to insult me after what I just did for you? Groudon nearly killed you and I saved your life!”
“I didn’t need saving. I’m impervious to pain,” Phantom bragged.
Kabutops dug his sickle into Phantom’s gut near the same spot where Groudon clawed him. Phantom calmly pulled it out of his body and grinned. The sickle had a veil of blood on it. Kabutops growled in frustration. He then took a deep breath. “Okay, let’s remember that we’re on the same team, here. Let’s rather the remaining Rare Candies so I can bring them to my father.”
“Fine, then,” Phantom agreed. “Let’s stop fighting ourselves and focus on our mission, here. We need Groudon to summon Kyogre. It’s a natural behavior for the two to sense and fight one another. Now that we have Groudon, all we need to do is put one of its feet in the ocean and Kyogre will be able to sense its presence even from far away. It will use its instincts to track us down. That is when we pounce.” An evil grin crossed his lips. “We will take the Rare Candies to your father. After that, what do you say we take a little stroll through Cinnabar Island with our new friend?”
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Gibbs was on the Crow’s Nest of the Black Pearl doing his best to finish the repairs on the sails. The ship looked to be in much better shape than before after over three days of repair. He wiped a puddle of sweat from his brow and took a breather. “Nice to know I got a whole crew helping me out,” he sarcastically said to himself. He looked down and saw Scrum asleep with his guitar in his hands, Pintel and Ragetti arguing over whose Pokemon was better, Jack running around searching for Angelica to apologize for the actions of his Zorua, and Tajiri and Scyther engaging in a Pokemon battle on the beach. “Or…just me,” Gibbs said as he shook his head.
On the beach, Tajiri’s Raichu and Scyther were battling, but Tajiri was using it more as an opportunity to coach Scyther. “I’ve seen amazing moves from you,” he told Scyther. Just don’t hold back and don’t be afraid to be more aggressive.”
Scyther nodded his head. “Got it.”
“Okay, Raichu, use Thunderbolt!” Tajiri ordered.
“Raaaaaiiiiichuuuuuu!” the rodent shouted as it fired a gigantic bolt of lightning from its body. Scyther rapidly flapped his wings and soared to the right, dodging the bolt. He swooped back on course and swung his sword-like arm at Raichu, who blocked the blow with its tail.
Raichu’s tail then began glowing silver and it leaped high in the air over Scyther. It came down hard with Iron Tail but Scyther was easily able to avoid it. He swung his arm at Raichu again and struck it in the back. Raichu fell to the ground but quickly got up and back into battle position. He spun around and slapped Scyther in the face with his tail. Scyther rubbed his face and let out a grunt of frustration.
“You are good at dodging and speed,” Tajiri said. “You’ve already proven you have no problem with that. You’re offense still needs work. You still haven’t let it all out yet. Stand up for yourself. Pretend my Raichu is someone like Kabutops.”
Raichu looked at Scyther with a cocky grin. Scyther closed his eyes and envisioned the smug look on Kabutops’s face. He heard the mocking, taunts, and abuse. He saw his brother fall to the ground dead. “No more,” he said to himself. “I’m standing up for myself.” He opened his eyes and crossed his arms. He soared through the air with great speed and uncorked his arms with tremendous power, performing X-Scissor for the first time in his life. The next thing he saw was Raichu flip through the air and land on his face in the sand. It took him a moment to realize what he just did.
Tajiri looked at Raichu, who sat up and rubbed its head, stunned for a moment at how hard it was just hit. Tajiri then looked over at Scyther, who began breathing heavy. “I-I’m sorry,” Scyther stammered.
Tajiri saw Raichu get back up and then he smiled. “Don’t be! That was an amazing attack! Where did that come from?”
“I just was reminded of Kabutops and how I’m tired of getting pushed around. I was just trying to stand up for myself for once. I didn’t like getting slapped in the face.”
Tajiri put his hand on Scyther’s shoulder. “Keep standing up for yourself, my friend,” he said. “And there’s no one who can beat you.”
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Jack searched the ship for Angelica, hoping he could find out what she was wanting to tell him earlier. Zorua remained on his shoulder. He finally found her in one of the rooms. Her face turned red when she saw Zorua, who began snickering. “Keep that away from me,” she said.
Jack patted Zorua’s head. “Aw, he’s sorry. He told me himself.”
Angelica put her hands on her hips. “Did he? And when you learn to speak Pokemonese?”
“First of all, that is not a word,” Jack said. “Second of all, I’ve grown a bond with Zorua, one no other human will be able to understand. Anyway, I was wanting to know what it is you were trying to tell me earlier.”
“I was trying to warn you about Phantom,” Angelica said.
“That Sasquatch?” Jack said. “We took care of him already, Love. Remember?”
“Yes, I do,” Angelica said. “I ran into Philip in town yesterday, though.”
Jack smiled. “Ah, yes! How’s that Mermaid Charmer doing?”
Angelica rolled her eyes. “He’s just fine. Anyway, he told me he’s sensing that Phantom is not dead and that he can come back as more of a threat than before. Jack, I do not feel like we are safe here or from Phantom. He will simply not stop until he gets Kyogre. Philip compared him to Goliath and said a demonic being like him can be defeated by the Word of God.”
Jack paused for a second. “You mean…we throw a Bible at him and that will kill him?” he asked innocently.
Angelica did a facepalm. “Aye aye aye, Jack. No, we use the words inside of the book. David used the power of the Word to kill Goliath and we can do the same for Phantom.”
“Well, Philip knew what he was talking about last time we saw him,” Jack said. “Anyway, I’ve gotten to thinking about capturing Kyogre for myself.”
“After it almost killed us all?” Angelica said.
“I wasn’t ready that time,” Jack said. “Plus, I didn’t have Zorua with me. Whoever has Kyogre can control the seas. I’ve had the opportunity to stab the heart of Davy Jones and drink from the Fountain of Youth and I passed up both opportunities. I can’t call myself a true adventurer if I let another opportunity like this pass me by.”
“Well, you better be sure we have strong enough Pokemon,” Angelica said. “What we have now won’t cut it.” Zorua, who took offense to that, growled at Angelica. “Oh, get over it,” Angelica said. “You fight the way you kiss: Not that well.”
The two walked outside onto the main deck. Jack looked up at Gibbs, who was still working. “How’s it going up there, mate?” he hollered.
“Almost done but could use some help!” Gibbs shouted back.
“Almost done and happy to help? Glad to hear it, Mr. Gibbs!” Jack shouted up to his first mate.
Gibbs shook his head. “Next time I have a disagreement with Jack it’d be nice to have a Pokemon of my own.”
