Chapter 4

The Judith Prosperous was traveling full speed under the command of Lurg The Fist. They had a new mission to complete because very late the evening before Bella Dizzy The Bitter had been in her medic cabin doing tests on the drink that Cap’n Daris Bluebeard gave to Skully One-Eye. After nearly 5 hours and many different tests Bella Dizzy came to the conclusion that Skully One-Eye was poisoned by a red poisonberry. “Poisonberry” as Bella Dizzy described it to Lurg “is Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible”. The poison kills its victim 6 days after entering the body. Bella Dizzy then realized that Skully One-Eye was not yet dead, but in a very deep coma with a very faint heartbeat. They had 5 and half days to save Skully One-Eye.

Dizzy was one of the only pirates who knew all the worlds’ poisons, their antidotes, and where to find them. So it was very early in the morning that Bella Dizzy gave Lurg very specific directions as to where to travel to find the antidote.

Lurg didn’t like the idea of working with Bella, for he thought it was beneath him to be equal to her, because after all he is the 1st mate. But in order to save Skully he was willing to do anything. Lurg had been dealing with another issue as well, an issue dealing with someone else on the ship; an issue that will rise up later, but for now everyone was focused on saving Skully.

In chartering a course for Tora Bora Bora there was one thing that Bella Dizzy the Bitter had forgotten about: they would have to pass Spanky’s West Island. Who inhabits this island you might ask? Strippers. Not just any strippers, no, these strippers have made pirates and sailors alike fall peril to treacherous waters just to get to the island. As the crew began to pass by the island Bella saw them. On the beach were four poles, and she could hear the music, “I’m in love with a stripperrr…” Along with the music there were four beautiful girls dancing on the poles. It was then that Bella realized she was singing along; and realized that Lurg the Fist was hanging off the side of the ship preparing to jump while Audra Bellamy was fuming from the ears with anger and jealousy. Little did anyone notice but Condi was nearly hanging off the ship as well. Bella was just lucky they were the only two on the deck at the time. Bella knew enough was enough, she had to do something to save her fellow pirates’, she had to move quickly. She looked over at Audra Bellamy and gave her a wink—they had a plan. She ran over to the piano and began to play a song she knew no one on the ship would be able to resist. She played and she sang, “Lurg, what you want, Audra’s got it. What you neeeeed you know she’s got it. All she’s asking, is for you to stay on deck til we go by,” Audra piped in, (just a little bit)“the island, (farther down the way) we go by.” Audra was singing, bumping, and grinding against Lurg. They continued with their song and before they knew it they were passed Spanky’s West Island. Lurg (and Condi) peeled themselves off the railing of the ship and began to inquire about what had happened, for you see when one falls under the trance of the Strippers, they don’t know what has hit them. Bella told him not to worry about it and Lurg agreed but wanted to ask one more question, “Why is Audra singing?” Bella looked over and saw Audra dancing around with a mop singing (why she had a mop in her hand is anyone’s guess—she would certainly not ever be using it to do actual cleaning), “Sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me.” Bella shook her head and onward they went to Tora Bora Bora.

By the time they reached the island of Tora Bora Bora where the antidote for Skully could be found, Skully had only 2 days left to live before the poison would kill him. Bella Dizzy had to travel from the port to the highest peak on the island of Tora Bora Bora to reach where the antidote was grown. Each way was a day’s travel itself. If nothing got in the way they should make it in just enough time.

Lurg assigned a small team to travel with Bella across the island. Bella Dizzy would take Finale The Periwinkle, Hackin’ Eve Bones, Audra Bellamy, and Vasca De Gama.

Bella Dizzy and her team headed towards the highest peak. Bella and Vasca Lead the team while Audra Bellamy and Finale The Periwinkle were very slow and fell behind. During the travel up the mountain Bella got to really know Vasca, and oddly she found herself attracted to him. It was unusual for Bella to be attracted to Vasca, for he was not her type; he was older, crazy, poor, nutty, and WHITE.

The group traveled on till they reached a pasture. They were going to take a break and relax in the warm sun. Bella thought that they must have had about 15 more miles to travel till they reached the area that the antidote was grown. During their break in the pasture Hackin’ Eve Bones walked into the woods to go to the bathroom. While she was gone, danger loomed for the rest of the crew in the field.

While Hackin’ Eve Bones was looking for a spot to use as the bathroom, a groups of seven men, know as The Deadly Seven, (former soldiers in the King of England’s Army who had gone bad, and were known to steal, rape, pillage, and kill) became aware of the pirates presence because their lair was under the pasture. The Deadly Seven names were the numbers in Spanish and the last name of Ackers.

Moments later they popped out from their under ground bunker and attacked the pirates. There was not much of a fight… The pirates were caught off guard and easily captured and tied them to a tree in the middle of the pasture. The deadly Seven took the pirates supplies, rum, weapons, food, and gold. First Bella threatened them “We are crew under the Great Skully One-Eye! You do not want to give us grief”. The deadly 7 laughed and were not scared by her threats. She then tried to pribe them “we have large amounts of gold we can give you…. If you free us”. Again the deadly seven rebuffed at her remarks. “We are going to kill you… then attack your ship and kill the crew on there. “We’ve heard that Skully One Eye is dead…. How could they know thought Bella. The captured crew that they had only one hope… Hackin’ Eve Bones, but they know that she had never fought anyone before, and was against killing people…. So they thought they would never have a chance of her saving them.

The deadly seven were sharpening their weapons and were getting ready to slaughter the 4 pirates. Four of the deadly 7 held sharpened knifes up to the throats of the four pirates. Just then 3 arrows came flying from out in the field. Two of the arrows were direct hits into the foreheads of Uno Ackers, and Cinco Ackers, and the other arrow struck Vasca in the arm. The five living deadly seven were looking around in the pasture for the person who shot the arrows. There crouching in the high grass like a lioness on a hunt was Hackin’ Eve Bones. She had heard the Deadly Seven attacking her fellow crew while she was petting a rabbit named Maximo by the river. Now the fate of the entire crew rested in her hands—she knew it and the pirates knew it, and now it was time for her to step up and overcome her fears against killing people and save her mates. The 5 remaining enemies walked away from the tree that the crew was tied too and moved towards Hackin’ Eve. The deadly seven came within feet of Hackin’ Eve…


To Be Continued………