Logan Meets The Pagemaster Chapter 5

Chapter Five

*As soon as they reached The Hispaniola, one of the Pirates tossed Richard aboard the ship landing right next to Logan and Bonnie, who were tossed onto the ship moments earlier. As they helped each other up, they stood right before the entire crew of the ship, who eyed them with evil intentions, all of them ugly and had violent intentions as they stuck their knives out toward them. Richard backs away into the clutches of another pirate, who holds a cutlass to the young boy‘s neck*

Pirate #3: Give the word, Cap'n Silver, sir, and I'll show the color of his insides.

Richard: Red! Red! They're red!

*Suddenly, the lead captain himself, Long John Silver stops them. As he turns toward them, they got a good look at the legendary captain himself. He wore a black Captain's hat atop a yellowish-green bandana, wore only a red coat and yellow pants wrapped in a belt. In one hand, he clutched a crutch for he only had one leg and the other was missing. A parrot stood clutched on his shoulder*

Long John Silver: Stow your cutlass, Tom Morgan. I want a better look at his outsides first.

Logan, Bonnie & Richard: Long John Silver!

Long John Silver: Aye, lads, the very same. Well, seeing as how me men plucked you out of the water like a drownin' bilge rat, you'll be joinin' our happy family as our new cabin boys.

Bonnie: Um... I'm a girl.

Long John Silver: So ya are. Granted, I realize it's bad luck to be havin' women aboard a fine vessel such as this. But, seeing as how it won't be long before we reach our destination, you'll be kept on board for now… Till we find our treasure.

Richard: Thanks, but I already have a family.

Logan: Besides, we were just on our way home, so…

*The pirates point their swords toward the three before they could step away*

Long John Silver: Oh, I think you ARE home. *chuckles*

Adventure: John Silver! Touch one hair on their heads, and you'll be answerin' to me! *pulls out his sword*

Long John Silver: *sees Adventure and laughs* Well, come aboard, matey! Ha ha.

*On cue, a pirate slaps Adventure aboard the ship falling onto the boat back-first. Adventure struggles to get up so Logan and Bonnie rush forward to help him. They turn towards Long John Silver angrily at the mistreatment they have been given. The captain himself approaches the band of strangers*

Long John Silver: You wouldn't happen to be going after me treasure, would you, now?

Adventure: You ain't got any treasure worth goin' after!

Pirates: *mutter to themselves* No treasure?!

Long John Silver: *silences the pirates* He's lyin'! There's plenty of treasure for all of ya! Search them. The boy, too.

*The pirate known as Tom Morgan, grabs a whole of Adventure and shakes him down. A whole assortment of weapons falls out from Adventure including knives, swords, clubs, brass-knuckles, guns, even a cannon and a missile falls out from his pages. The only non dangerous weapon in his arsenal be some string and an accordion. Other than all of that Adventure was stripped clean as the other pirates searched Richard and his two friends*

Logan: *summons his keyblade* Touch me, and I'll set fire to your britches!!

*All of the pirates point their guns straight at Logan's face. Realizing that he's outnumbered, he's forced to raise his arms while holding the keyblade. Something catches the Tom Morgan's eye and he pulls out Tuure Alka and it's scabbard from Logan's belt*

Tom Morgan: Well, look at this, captain! A fine sword he's carryin’.

Long John Silver: *examines the items* Ah yes, this is like no sword I've ever seen. *pulls the blade out a bit* Such craftsmanship. Tis be a fine blade to add to our little collection, perhaps even worth a fair price should we choose to sell it.

Bonnie: You give that back! *approaches Silver, only to stopped when the pirates surround her*

Logan: Just let it go, Bonnie. Better the sword than our lives

*While searching Richard, a fat pirate grabs some loose paper that had fallen from his pockets*

Fat Pirate: Hmm. Why, looky here. *hands it to Silver* Here he be, Cap'n.

Long John Silver: *examines the green paper, the money Richard's dad gave him* What might this here be?

Richard: Money! It's yours, keep it!

Tom Morgan: Money, he says!

Fat Pirate: Keep it, he says!

*The obese pirate drops Richard and they burst out laughing at his words. As Long John Silver examines the rest, he eyes upon another card… Richard's library card*

Long John Silver: Hmm. Library card.

Silver’s Parrot: Library card?

Long John Silver: *shakes his head* A cabin boy don't need no library card. *tosses the card overboard*

Logan & Bonnie: NO!!

Adventure: *gasps, runs to the edge* There goes my ticket out of here!

*Adventure aims to climb over the deck to get off the boat, when suddenly he sees something from afar. One of the pirates on the crow's nest, a pirate wearing nothing but blue-and-white pants and holding a scope, calls out to Long John Silver*

Crows Nest Pirate: Land ho! Land ho!

*All of the Pirates rush toward the side of the ship and stare out. There before them stood an island just up ahead of them. A skull shaped mountain stood on the island, looking as if it were made of books rather than rocks as usual and a shrub of trees at the very front of the mountain. Logan and the others also see the island up ahead*

Long John Silver: There she be, mateys! Treasure Island!

*The Pirates break loose in cheers and laughs, knowing that they now only had to reach the island before they finally got to their treasure. Whether Logan and the others had intended too or not, it seemed that they were forced to take part in their little adventure knowing what may happen along the way but refused to say or risk getting slits on their throats. It was now a struggle for survival on this treasure hunt*

Bonnie: Stupid pirates! Taking your sword like that… Throwing away the library card…

Logan: Calm yourself, Bonnie. Just be lucky that Silver was generous enough not to get them to slit our throats or keel haul us. We'll get the sword back somehow… But for now, it looks like we're playing pirates.

*What Logan said couldn't be more true. By then, the pirates had anchored their ship close to the island and had rowed out to shore. Now each of them carrying shovels and picks, the pirates journeyed forth to find where the treasure was buried. Pulled in tow were Richard, Logan, and their friends each of them bound by a single rope and tugged along. Course, Bonnie could just as easily fly them over but she could not risk her friends getting hurt and Richard's fear of heights. So, they were forced to go along with it.

Adventure: Stay on your toes, mates. When they go for the gold, we'll make our break.

Bonnie: *mutters* If there IS any gold when we get there.

Long John Silver: *tugs the rope violently* Quit your squakin'! *to the pirates* Look to the map. What's it say?

Tom Morgan: *stares at the map* It's uh, in the middle, by the waterfall.

Fat Pirate: *turns the map around* No, it's east, by some broccoli.

Logan: *stifles a laugh* Broccoli.

Long John Silver: *takes the map* Give me that!

Silver’s Parrot: Broccoli.

Long John Silver: *stares at the map* You half-wits! It's west, by a tree! *mutters, groans* East, by broccoli!

Silver’s Parrot: They're all idiots.

*Having now found the location of the treasure, the pirates trudge through the woods and dragged their feet through the sands. All of a sudden, a ghastly figure lays in front of them sending the pirates in spine-tingling fear. It was a skeleton, a very aged skeleton, near buried in sand and it's arms and legs stretched out. To them, the superstitious pirates figured this be a bad omen*

Fat Pirate: What sort of way is that for bones to lie? It ain't natural.

Tom Morgan: This island's haunted. It's accursed, it is!

Long John Silver: *groans* Oh, you're all yellow dogs. Open your eyes. The bones is the compass point'n the way to the doubloons. *points*

*There before the Pirates, their eyes open as they see what lies ahead: A spot on the island where the treasure must be buried. They rushed towards the hill and slide down, while Silver held the bound heroes tight if they tried to run Indeed, there it was, amidst a pile of dug up sand and two blades was a treasure chest where all the loot should be. They gather around the chest and open it… But to their shock, it was empty. The whole chest was empty*

Tom Morgan: It's gone!

Long John Silver: *flabbergasted* Dig deeper, boys! I say, dig deeper! Find the treasure!

*The Pirates desperately dig with their hands in search of the treasures. Tom Morgan lifts the chest only to find a single gold coin underneath. But unfortunately, it was not a satisfying search… The anger on his face was clearly visible*

Tom Morgan: One gold piece. This is your treasure, is it? *whispers to the other Pirates* Let's kill him and eat his parrot.

Bonnie: Logan, I have a bad feeling about this.

Adventure: Stand by for trouble.

Logan: When I say so, Bonnie, break our chains and we'll make a run for it.

Fat Pirate: *confronts Silver* We mighta known you'd double-cross us.

*Outraged, Long John Silver pulls out his pistol intending to shoot down the pirate for that accusation. Unfortunately, the other pirate had the same idea and soon all of them had their pistols aimed towards their captain, intending to shoot him down where he stood*

Fat Pirate: Throw down your weapons, John Silver!

Long John Silver: *tosses his gun aside* Why, you pack of back-bitin' dogs! You'll be regrettin' this, George Merry.

George Merry: Save your speeches. Dead men don't bite.

*Suddenly, they heard an anonymous voice singing a familiar pirate tune. The Pirates look around but could not see who was singing that merry tune. For all they know, it be an evil spirit intending to haunt them for attempting to find the treasure buried before it's hollow grounds. And the voice got louder and louder…*

Male Voice: *singing* Sixteen men on a dead man's stomach.

Female Voice: No! No! Chest! Chest!

Male Voice: Chest! Chest! *cackles*

Male Voice: *singing* Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum!

Bonnie: *eyes widen* It can't be...

Tom Morgan: Evil spirits.

Logan: *smirks* No… Better…

*Suddenly, up from the trees and swinging down from a vine, Horror swung forth and took the pirates by surprise*

Horror: Sanctuary!

*Horror kicks George Merry in the face, sending him down to the ground. Horror lands nimbly down towards the group, who are more than happy to see him*

Richard: Horror! You're alive!

Tom Morgan: *aims his pistol* Not for long. *cackles evilly*

*Seeing the gun in front of him, Horror gives an ear-pitching scream. Just before the pirate was about to blast him away, Fantasy flew in from atop a branch sending a wave of fairy dust upon Tom Morgan's face. He gives a great sneeze and accidentally fires his gun at some coconut trees hanging over the tree. They fall upon impact and collide against another pirate, knocking him to the ground*

Richard: Fantasy!

Fantasy: *curtsies* Naturally. Well, who were you expecting, honey, the tooth fairy? *laughs*

Logan: NOW!!!

*Swiftly, Logan and Bonnie break loose from their bonds. Logan's keyblade is summoned into his hands and Bonnie blasts the knife away with her revolvers. George Merry looks at the two fearfully, as they poise their weapons towards him*

Logan: Now the pirates… They run from us!

George Merry: Get them!

*The Pirates rush toward the two warriors, embracing the challenge they offer. Adventure looks excited and pulls out his blade*

Adventure: Ha ha! At last, a good fight.

*Suddenly, a pirate raises his blade towards Richard and Adventure. Richard manages to run though Adventure holds his ground, causing the pirate instead to hit the bind instead. The slice springs Adventure straight into the empty treasure chest which seals Adventure shut*

Adventure: *muffled* Get me outta here!

*During the fight, Logan blocks multiple swipe attempts by the pirates with his keyblade, sweeping them off one at a time. Another band of pirates burst from behind the trees and Logan manages to duck just in time from the rapid fire of gunfire*

Logan: Bad move, boys! You play with fire, you'll get burned…FIRE!!! *shoots a fireball, scattering the pirates*

*A cry from one of the pirates causes Logan to turn around. Just as the pirate was about to slice him open with his blade, a figure swung from a vine and knocked him off guard. Logan looks up to see it's Justin, swinging from a vine and wielding his signature blade. He leaps off the vine, during a twist in mid-air, and lands with grace before facing Logan.

Pirate: AAAHHH!!! A RAT!!! A GIANT RAT!!! *runs away*

Logan: JUSTIN!!! Boy, am I glad to see you!

Justin: Ah, come on, Logan. You didn't think I'd let you have all the fun.

Logan: Then by all means, enjoy yourself!

*As Justin assists Logan with the fight, Bonnie keeps the other pirates at bay with her twin revolvers forcing them to hop away from the bullets and doing a dance. Bonnie has them on their toes when... Click. Click. Click. Her guns start running out of bullets, the pirates start to smirk and Bonnie gives a weak laugh. They rush toward Bonnie, who holds her arms out ready for hand-to-hand combat. Suddenly, a roar echoes behind Bonnie causing the pirates to freeze. They see something coming from behind her and run away screaming, as an array of bullets fly past her. Then it leaps over her and she sees it's Isaac riding atop of Loki, shooting at the pirates with his signature shotgun*

Bonnie: Isaac, Loki!!

Isaac: *turns to Bonnie* Hiya, Bonnie! Thought you could use a hand… And a paw.

???: Don't forgets me!

*As a pirate flies out from over them, screaming in pain, they turn to see Popeye coming out of the jungle, massaging his fists*

Bonnie: *gasps happily* Popeye!

Popeye: *takes out a can of spinach* Normally I wouldn't use this tills the end of the pictcha… *breaks the can in half* But me thinks half-a-can should do the tricks!

Popeye plops the bottom half into his pants pocket and stuffs the other half into his mouth. He then hurls that half away, chews the spinach a bit, and then swallows as his forearms grow massive like the firepower of cannons. Popeye rushes toward a group of pirates, who charge toward them. Popeye gives two pirates the classic one-two, before he grabs another pirate, crunches him up into an accordion, and plays a merrily tune before knocking out the other two with his elbows on the last note*

*Meanwhile, the other two pirates, Tom Morgan and George Merry, were searching around for one of the books. Horror, appears from above them, wraps their hats tight and bounces off their heads. He makes a funny face, irritating the pirates and they chased after him. Horror manages to run under a bottom space from a tree causing the hats to collide against it and hit the pirates in the face, knocking them out cold*

*At the same time, Fantasy manages to blind the crow's nest pirate with her pixie dust. Blinded, he tries to swing at Fantasy but only manages to knock out the two pirates standing in front of him. Fantasy lands on the pirate's head, mocking him by knocking his head. He swings at the book… WHAM!! The pirate ends up knocking himself silly and falls flat on his back unconscious*

Isaac: Bull’s-eye!!

Long John Silver: *makes his way to the raft, turns back to the others* Get the boat, boys. We're gonna be shovin' off.

Richard: We're not going with YOU.

Fantasy: *whispers* The sword, honey. Get the sword.

Long John Silver: Don't even think it, boy. Ye ain't got the heart.

*Richard stands there looking at Long John Silver, then down at the sword and back again. Finally, he makes up his mind: He bends down and pulls the sword off the sand before Long John Silver. Richard and the others hold out their weapons, poised towards Long John Silver.

Richard: Stay back!

Long John Silver: *holds his arms out* Avast there, matey. Somebody could get hurt with that blade you got thar.

Isaac: Oh, someone's going to get hurt all right… Messing with our crew! *pumps his shotgun* Say the word, Logan, and I'll send his body straight to Davy Jones' Locker.

Horror: Be careful, master.

Silver's Parrot: *squawks* In the boat.

Long John Silver: Huh? *sees the boat, then smiles* Easy now, mateys. Easy. I'm goin'. Right ye are. Into the boat, aye aye. Ye be a hard lad, Richard Tyler. *tosses his cane in the boat, then takes something else out of the boat* Keybearer… Catch. *tosses Tuure Alka to Logan*

Logan: *grabs the sword and scabbard, looks at Silver* But...why?

Long John Silver: Ye earned it back, lad. Tis a fine blades ye got; you'll needs it more than I do.

Logan: *smiles* Thanks… *salutes* Farewell, captain.

Long John Silver: *pushes the boat off to sea, hops in, and salutes to the crew as he rows away* Good sailin' to ya, shipmate. *singing* 15 men on a dead man's chest,
Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum!

*Richard, Logan, and the others watch as Long John Silver sails away back to his ship. Richard, shocked at his own bravery, cheers for himself as everyone gathers around.

Fantasy: Way to go, honey.

Richard: Whew. Oh, I wish my dad coulda seen me.

Popeye: *nods proudly* He'd be very prouds of ye, Rich. Very prouds.

Logan: You got guts, kid. Major guts.

Justin: So… Still think he's a wet blanket, Logan?

Logan: You kidding? Course not.

Richard: *relieved* Boy, I thought you guys were goners.

Fantasy: We almost were, *motions to Horror* until this enchanting fellow discovered he could float.

Horror: *knocks his head* It's hollow.

Bonnie: So... You guys "floated" all the way to Treasure Island?

Justin: Well… Sort've. Let's just say it took us longer than we thought before we got to shore.

Isaac: Yep, it was a long trip, but we weren't scared at all.

Loki: *growling, translating* That's not how I remember it.

*Quick flashback of the group in the water*

Isaac: *wails* SOMEONE HELP ME!!!! I'M STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN!!!

*Flashback ends*

Isaac: *frowns at Loki* Jerk…

Popeye: Say, wha happened to Adventure-matey?

Bonnie: Oh my goodness! Adventure!

Logan: *gasps* He's still in the chest!

*Indeed he was. During all this time, Adventure had been stuck in the treasure chest and had tried to kick open the chest. Amused, Horror hops onto the chest and decides to play a joke with his grouchy buddy*

Horror: Who's there?

Adventure: Adventure!

Horror: Adventure who?

Adventure: *bangs on the chest* What do you mean, Adventure who?! Open the blasted door, you dog-eared…

*Quickly, Horror opens up the chest and Adventure pops out, sword in hand, ready for combat. Unfortunately, all he sees is the gang gathered around with an awkward look on Adventure's face and no pirate in sight, if any at all*

Fantasy: *chuckles* Perfect timing.

Richard: I was just thanking these guys for saving us.

Adventure: *growls and walks away* I coulda taken the lot of 'em with one hand tied behind me back!

Isaac: Sheesh. What's got his spine bent out of shape?

Richard: *shakes his head* That's just his way of saying thanks.

Loki: *growling, translating sarcasm* Well that's a fancy way of saying, "thank you".

Horror: *takes a sword and bandana, calls out to Adventure* You're welcome!

*As Adventure walks along the beach, muttering his frustration to himself, Horror tags along behind him wearing the bandana and waving the sword in place. To Horror, it appeared fun to be dressed like Adventure and his inner pirate got loose from his pages. Adventure, on the other hand, was quite annoyed*

Horror: Ahoy, matey! Aye, we're lust adventurous men.

Adventure: Go away. *walks away* You don't know what you're talkin' about.

Horror: I-I know I'm not your favorite kind of book, but I could be just like you.

Adventure: *turns around, snaps at Horror* You'll never be Adventure! Ye ain't got the spine for it. And take that stupid thing off!

Horror: *takes off his bandana* Sorry.

Adventure: *walks away, muttering* Thinks he can be a pirate!

*As Horror watched as Adventure walked farther away, a wave of both confusion and sadness fell upon this innocent book. Horror didn't know what he did to make Adventure angry at him, he only wished to feel like a friend. But in the end, it just ends the same for Horror… Sad. With a sigh, he walks away toward the other side of the beach leaving the sword and bandana on the sand*