Final Ride by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Print Publications
Published: 2017-12-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

The captain walked up to the man. “Well? What is it, Smith? Speak up!”

Smith pointed at some point in the middle distance. “There, sir. The water. It is red. And it is churning!”

Benny uttered a whoop. “It’s Redbeard. He’s here!”

The captain strode to the starboard side of the ship and stared in the direction indicated. ”Churning water? Why, that’s a shoal of fish, Smith!”

“Awfully big fish, Captain.”

The captain planted his hands on the ship railing. “Parrotfish, Smith. These waters are teeming with them. If you’re so keen, why don’t you catch us a few for dinner!” He let rip a haughty guffaw. Only this time it was cut off when right in the spot where the waters were churning red, suddenly a scarlet flag appeared, rising out of the lagoon waters.

“Sir!” Smith cried.

The scarlet flag sported the well-known skull and bones theme.

“Redbeard!” yelled Jones.

As if to corroborate his words, a ship rose out of the lagoon, popping up like a duck in a bathtub, breaking through the surface. It was the Red Sparrow.

“It’s hydraulics,” Martin said, munching his hotdog. “The whole thing is operated on hydraulics. There’s some pretty complicated technology involved.”

“Raise the alarm!” Captain Bligh hollered. “Men, take your positions!”

“This is where it gets interesting,” said Benny. “This is where we get our money’s worth!”

“We didn’t pay for these tickets,” Franklin pointed out.

“It’s just an expression, doofus. Now watch. The battle is on!”

And so it was. The pirate ship was suddenly filled with colorfully dressed pirates, all armed to the teeth with sabers and musketoons and blunderbusses. One man stood out. He sported a long, flowing red beard, an eyepatch, and the same hat the captain of the Britishers was wearing. Then he yelled, “Ahoy, me hearties!” He raised his saber, and then added, “Kill them! Kill them all!”

The pirates, who’d been waiting for this, screamed at the top of their lungs, and soon were firing at the HMS Scarborough and swinging to the other ship.

The two ships were so close that when the cannons started thundering, the pirates could see the whites of their British counterparts’ eyes. The air was filled with ‘arrs’ ‘yo-hos,’ pirates and Britishers fighting fiercely, while the booming of the cannons echoed through the Scarlet Lagoon, an acrid haze of gunpowder drifting up the stands and making everyone’s eyes water.

The three boys sat watching the mighty battle with shining eyes, their jaws on the floor and the hotdogs and sodas in their hands all but forgotten.

“Oh, man!” Benny cried. “This is even better than YouTube!”

And then, as quickly as it had begun, the battle ended with a bang!

An enormous explosion ripped a piece of bow from the British schooner while an equally loud explosion did the same to the pirate ship. And then both ships were sinking, going down with all hands!

“Um… Is this supposed to happen, Benny?” asked Franklin.

“No way. I guess they added something new!”

There were cries of panic, as the crews of both ships jumped overboard, into the water of

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