Wild Waters by Rob Kidd

Author:Rob Kidd [Kidd, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Disney
Published: 2012-05-08T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Who knew, Jack Sparrow thought to himself as he traipsed through the sweltering jungle of Madagascar, that there were quite so many insects in the world? He slapped away another mosquito and jumped to avoid a large flying beetle of some sort. As he flailed his hands, he accidentally whapped Barbossa’s hat and nearly knocked it off his head. Barbossa turned to scowl horribly at him over his bandage, and Jack reacted with exaggerated horror.

“Oh, sorry, Hector,” he said. “I forgot about the old nose there—didn’t recognize you for a minute. Thought perhaps ghouls were rising out of the ground to attack us.”

“I don’t sense any dead bodies underfoot,” Alex said gravely, shuffling through the underbrush behind Jack. “Doubtful that ghouls could rise here, Captain Jack Sparrow.”

“I didn’t know zombies could sense corpses,” Carolina said, regarding him with curiosity.

“Ew,” Marcella said. “You’re all so GROSS! Stop talking about corpses RIGHT NOW.” She elbowed her way forward until she was right behind Sarah and Jocard, who were leading the way through the jungle. They’d been walking for half a day already, stopping only for water. Sarah moved quickly and silently, as did Jocard and his men. Jack’s crew…not so much.

Catastrophe Shane tripped over another tree root and let out a howl of agony as he crashed to the jungle floor.

“Shhh!” Sarah hissed, whipping around with a finger to her lips. “You never know if King Samuel might have decided to post guards on this side. We have to be very careful!”

“Why’d you let him come, anyway?” Diego asked Jack as he helped Shane to his feet.

“He was complaining that he never got to go on any of the missions,” Jack said with a shrug. “Besides, he offered to carry my luggage.” He waved at the large sack Shane was hauling over one shoulder.

“Luggage? On a battle mission?” Barbossa snorted. “Typical.”

“You never know when you might get hungry,” Jack pointed out. “Oooh, look, a banana!” He pulled a long yellow fruit off a nearby tree and started peeling it. Jean’s eyes nearly popped out of his head.

“Jean’s stomach growled loudly. “Wow. I’m going to find something to eat, too!” He looked around at the trees as they began walking again and rubbed his empty stomach.

While they were talking, Carolina was watching Marcella. Jean’s cousin had been stealthily busy while the other pirates stood still, glaring at Catastrophe Shane. She had drawn a long loop of vine out of her skirt—obviously something she’d been hiding for a while. She had carefully tossed it right in front of Sarah’s feet…so that once they started walking again, Sarah stepped right into it. The loop closed over her ankle, and she tripped and fell with a huge thud.

“SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Marcella scolded her loudly. “Jeez, Sarah, how ungraceful are you? Plus, like, totally a hypocrite! You’re the loudest one of all! Right? Am I right?” She glanced sideways at Jocard, but he was hurrying to Sarah’s side and didn’t seem to notice Marcella’s tirade.

“Are you all right?” he asked Sarah.

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