(Skye and Ryujin stop at the ghost town.)
SKYE
Pant! Pant! Pant! I never knew that this pole would be heavy.
RYUJIN
Use your swords to cut the chains.
SKYE
That's impossible!
RYUJIN
Eh?!
SKYE
We need to find the key.
(Vee heads to them drinking some juice.)
VEE
If you want the key. Here is it.
(She tosses the sky at Skye. Skye grabs it.)
RYUJIN
You?!You ran away instead of freeing me.
VEE
We were running out of time. So I had to run.
SKYE
Who's she?
RYUJIN
She's our new crewmate. Her name is Vee. And she's good at navigating.
SKYE
Oh, really…
VEE
Hey, don't put me as part of your little pirate crew.
(Sky manages to free Ryujin.)
RYUJIN
Finally, I'm free. And we're not a little pirate crew. We're a crew that's going to conquer the Blue line.
VEE
Are you crazy? Do you even know what's in store in the Blue line?
RYUJIN
I know. That's where the strong pirates are. And I'm going to be one of them. That's the sea where I'm going to claim my title as God of the pirates.
VEE
I've met crazy people before and you're the craziest person I've ever met.
(Meanwhile, Richie is holding a pirate meeting with his crew.)
RICHIE
It has come to my attention that we're being made fun of by that rookie pirate crew led by Red hair. And we're not letting him step on us. We're the Richie pirates and we'll not let any rookies look down upon us. Are we together in this my fellow friends?
PIRATES
Yeah!
JUGGERNAUT
Excuse me Captain.
RICHIE
What is it Juggernaut?
JUGGERNAUT
The map that we had recently has being stolen.
RICHIE
What?!
DELL
And most of our treasures.
RICHIE
What the fuck?! Who could have stolen my map and treasures?!
DELL
It must be that blue haired girl and Red hair.
RICHIE
So it was those brats huh. You know what stir up my baboushika. It's that fucking brat with red hair. He's just like his father causing troubles for me… When I get my hands on him. I'll kill him! Men get my wind bike. I'm heading to where Red hair is.
(Richie's wind bike is brought and he rides on it. Dell and Juggernaut follow him.)
(Meanwhile, Ryujin, Skye and Vee are having a meal in one of the empty houses.)
RYUJIN
There's so much food here. And yet the entire town is empty.
SKYE
Not to mention that there's some booze here.
(She drinks the bottles.)
SKYE
Pu-ah! Nothing beats a cold booze on a hot day.
VEE
How are you guys so carefree?! At least, show some concern as to why the town is empty!
SKYE
Now that you're mentioning it… where did everyone go?
RYUJIN
They probably became invisible.
(He continues to munch on the meat.)
VEE
That's not even possible.
(An old man appears before them.)
OLD MAN
They're being held as prisoners by Richie and his crew.
(The 3 get a jump scare when they see the old man.)
RYUJIN
You almost had me there, Gramps.
VEE
That scared me.
SKYE
Who are you?
OLD MAN NAMED GOA
My name is Goa. And I'm the mayor of this town.
VEE
Wait, what do you mean that the townspeople are being held prisoners?
RYUJIN
And where are they?
GOA
They're being kept prisoners. Left there to die by the hands of Richie and his crew.
RYUJIN
That fucking Rudy. I'm going to beat him to a pulp.
VEE
How despicable is that man to do such a thing?
SKYE
When did he arrive in this town?
GOA
It stared 2 weeks ago, when he arrived on this island…
(2 weeks ago, Richie and his pirate crew arrive on the island.)
RICHIE
Buhahahahahaha! Take everything that this town has to offer. Food, money and even the women. You can also burn down their houses. This town will serve as our port for our ships. Buhahahahahaha!
PIRATES
Aye captain!
[End of Chapter12]