Jack Curnington, and his friend Karl von Waffer were cutting the water with their small sailing boat," the moaning seal". Karl was skilfully piloting the small ship. Then with a sudden splash Jack jumped in the water. He could keep his breath for ten minutes, and this was enough for his mission. He silently dived under the Caravel, he took out his sword, and he cut a hole in the ships belly, this took an enormous strength, but it was nothing compared to the next step, he activated the bomb, and he stuck it in the hole. While he swam away he counted the seconds: three, two, one, boom! The wave created by the explosion was rapidly reaching Jack, "remember what they toughed me, arms on the sides, unite thy legs, and with an aye aye captain, survive the wave!" The wave finally reached him, but Jack's position was perfect, so instead of crashing on him, it passed through him, causing no damage. Jack climbed back on the moaning seal, resting while Karl brought him back to the base.
They sailed to the secret cove, were the Academy for future Scuba Pirates was situated. Waiting for them was an old man; he helped them dock their ship, while he looked at them with an enormous smile. The first to exit the ship was Jack; He was high and muscular, with arms as big as trees. He was never happy, and a scar cut his left eye. He was intelligent and courageous, and he never failed a task. His friend Karl instead was fat and stubby, he was always smiling, and he never risked his life, or his ship. He was very cautious, but he was a skillful sailor, totally capable of sailing in a hurricane. They together formed a Scuba Pirate team.
These pirate teams consisted of a ship captain, who sailed the boat, and the Diver, the Diver had to keep his breath for a long period of time, he had to dive to the enemy ship and stick a bomb under the ship or climb on the ship, and exterminate all the passengers. These teams, although very small, were feared throughout all the Zaninian Empire, the Diver could eliminate an entire crew!
The old man was captain Gud, the teacher of the two teenagers. He was a retired Scuba Pirate, with a fast mind, and always a smile on his face. In fact he had that smile, when Jack and Karl approached him. He then announced, " I have splendid news for you, you have both passed the exam with the highest grade," he gave Jack a folded piece of paper, Jack opened it and read, "Grades based on the six traits: damage received; 5, damage made; 5, speed; 5, perfection; 5, beauty of explosion; 5, strategy; 5. Final grade 100%, signed Mrs. Kelly Witter." Captain Gud exclaimed, "Congratulations, you have finally become Scuba Pirates. "
Jack read the piece of paper over and over, and then he ran to embrace captain Gud, first Gud responded to the hug with an affectionate smile, but then he pushed away Jack, and his face lost every trace of happiness. Jack turned suddenly, and he understood the reason for the changes in Gud. Ten pirates were approaching slowly; they had their swords already drawn. Jack unsheathed his sword, Gud announced, "These are the men of the Scuba Pirate Mario Zanini, brother of our great emperor, and they want me to tell them the secrets of the true art of Scuba Pirates."
Karl was no fighter, he could only pilot a boat, and so he hastily retreated. Jack instead had been trained to do nothing but destroy, he raised his sword, and with a heart-stopping cry, he charged the enemy. Although much more expert, the enemy pirates were no match for a Scuba Pirate, in a few minutes, they were all on the ground. Jack turned to face his friends, but he found only Karl, he was semi- conscious, but Jack had the satisfaction to notice three bodies spread around him. There was no trace of Gud. With a sharp kick he awoke Karl. He explained, "five pvirates attacked us, I vas able to defeat dree, but van of dem hit me on the head, und de last ting I saw vas dem fleeing vif capvtain Gud captive." Jack thought hard, were on Jupiter could they have brought Gud, and then he understood, " prepare the boat, " he ordered Karl, "we have a captain to find."
Jack and Karl ran in the academy, they told the director what had happened. The Director answered, "We need to hurry, I will try to make the celebration shorter. Captain Karl, you are awarded the galleon, "Moaning Seal," and its crew, blablabla, ah here it is, Jack Curnington, you are about to become Scuba Pirate, do you promise to honour our guild, and to kill and steal for the rest of your life," Jack hesitated, and then he answered, " I do."
The galleon was enormous; Karl looked at it with a pleased smile, and said, "Tis is life!" They climbed on the deck, and walked until the command station. There they found the second in command, which greeted them with a bow and he said, " Captain Karl, we are happy to meet you, and serve you. I am Sergeant Vlad Gory, and this is your new ship." Jack said, " there is no time for formalities, we need to find captain, He was captured by captain Mario, and his ship is already sailing away. I hope this ship is fast enough to overtake Mario's sip," Vlad bowed again, and while walking away he said," I think you are going to like this ship, Captain Karl, with the right captain it can go pretty fast." Karl looked at him and whispered, " we shall see."
Captain Karl was fantastic, the stream of orders that exited his mouth was continuous, and so was the increasing of the speed, after one hour of sailing they finally sighted Mario's galleon. It was captained, by the best commander in the Zaninian Empire, after Karl of course. They rapidly reached the enemy ship, the two ships were manoeuvred until they were parallel to each other, and then the cannons started to shoot.
The first cannon ball hit the moaning seal on a side, causing little damage. The moaning seal responded to the fire, and the battle finally started. Amongst the General confusion Jack told the crew, " nobody is permitted to jump on the enemy ship, I will attack it alone, Your job is only to defend this ship, understood," the entire crew responded with a yes, so Jack skilfully jumped aboard of the enemy ship, he unsheathed his sword, and he said, "they'll see what a scuba pirate can do." The enemy crew laughed at Jack, thinking that one man could not beat fifty, but they were wrong. Jack attacked first, he moved at an incredible speed, and ten pirates were dead even before they took out their swords. Jack attacked everywhere, he was united with the sword, and nobody even scratched him. By the end of the battle he was alone, and on the floor were fifty men, nobody moving. Jack was about to put his sword away when he heard a voice. "Are you tired? I see my men were not strong enough to beat you, but can you beat me?" Jack turned, but he knew to whom the voice belonged, it was Mario, greatest Scuba Pirate of all times. Jack raised his sword, and with no fear, he charged.
Mario easily blocked the sword. Jack attacked him again, again, and again, but he could never break the enemy's defence. But then he had an idea, Mario could be better than him at fighting on the ground, but he had heard that, although he was a good Scuba Pirate, he was not good at fighting underwater. Under the surface of the water you had to have an incredible strength to strike the enemy hard enough to make any damage. Jack had trained an entire year, and now he could cut open a coconut under the water with his bear hands. Mario instead, could not cut a coconut underwater also if he had the best sword. The decision was made, Jack faked to attack the enemy, and then he turned around, he took a deep breath, and then he jumped into the water.
Mario stupidly chased after him, understanding too late the game of Jack. Jack quickly struck, making Mario loose grip on the sword, the sword fell into the abyss of the sea. Jack struck again, and his sword perforated easily the flesh of his belly. Mario's body stopped moving, and the victorious Jack climbed back on the ship. He searched all the boat, and he finally found the cabin were Captain Gud was imprisoned. He was tied to a chair, they had tried to convince him to tell them the information they were searching for, but they had not used the force. Jack quickly untied him, and they walked out the deck.
Jack was the first to exit from the deck, but what he found shocked him greatly. He found Mario smiling at him, how did he survive? Then he understood, he did not kill him, but only injured, him, Mario had faked to die, and his ability to keep his breath had helped him. Then he had climbed on the ship, waiting for Jack. Jack thought all this while Mario's sword was swinging towards his neck. Instinctively he raised his sword, and he blocked the blow. Then he saw a knife plunging towards his stomach, he tried to block that too, but it was too late.
By: Adriano Zanini Astaldi
They sailed to the secret cove, were the Academy for future Scuba Pirates was situated. Waiting for them was an old man; he helped them dock their ship, while he looked at them with an enormous smile. The first to exit the ship was Jack; He was high and muscular, with arms as big as trees. He was never happy, and a scar cut his left eye. He was intelligent and courageous, and he never failed a task. His friend Karl instead was fat and stubby, he was always smiling, and he never risked his life, or his ship. He was very cautious, but he was a skillful sailor, totally capable of sailing in a hurricane. They together formed a Scuba Pirate team.
These pirate teams consisted of a ship captain, who sailed the boat, and the Diver, the Diver had to keep his breath for a long period of time, he had to dive to the enemy ship and stick a bomb under the ship or climb on the ship, and exterminate all the passengers. These teams, although very small, were feared throughout all the Zaninian Empire, the Diver could eliminate an entire crew!
The old man was captain Gud, the teacher of the two teenagers. He was a retired Scuba Pirate, with a fast mind, and always a smile on his face. In fact he had that smile, when Jack and Karl approached him. He then announced, " I have splendid news for you, you have both passed the exam with the highest grade," he gave Jack a folded piece of paper, Jack opened it and read, "Grades based on the six traits: damage received; 5, damage made; 5, speed; 5, perfection; 5, beauty of explosion; 5, strategy; 5. Final grade 100%, signed Mrs. Kelly Witter." Captain Gud exclaimed, "Congratulations, you have finally become Scuba Pirates. "
Jack read the piece of paper over and over, and then he ran to embrace captain Gud, first Gud responded to the hug with an affectionate smile, but then he pushed away Jack, and his face lost every trace of happiness. Jack turned suddenly, and he understood the reason for the changes in Gud. Ten pirates were approaching slowly; they had their swords already drawn. Jack unsheathed his sword, Gud announced, "These are the men of the Scuba Pirate Mario Zanini, brother of our great emperor, and they want me to tell them the secrets of the true art of Scuba Pirates."
Karl was no fighter, he could only pilot a boat, and so he hastily retreated. Jack instead had been trained to do nothing but destroy, he raised his sword, and with a heart-stopping cry, he charged the enemy. Although much more expert, the enemy pirates were no match for a Scuba Pirate, in a few minutes, they were all on the ground. Jack turned to face his friends, but he found only Karl, he was semi- conscious, but Jack had the satisfaction to notice three bodies spread around him. There was no trace of Gud. With a sharp kick he awoke Karl. He explained, "five pvirates attacked us, I vas able to defeat dree, but van of dem hit me on the head, und de last ting I saw vas dem fleeing vif capvtain Gud captive." Jack thought hard, were on Jupiter could they have brought Gud, and then he understood, " prepare the boat, " he ordered Karl, "we have a captain to find."
Jack and Karl ran in the academy, they told the director what had happened. The Director answered, "We need to hurry, I will try to make the celebration shorter. Captain Karl, you are awarded the galleon, "Moaning Seal," and its crew, blablabla, ah here it is, Jack Curnington, you are about to become Scuba Pirate, do you promise to honour our guild, and to kill and steal for the rest of your life," Jack hesitated, and then he answered, " I do."
The galleon was enormous; Karl looked at it with a pleased smile, and said, "Tis is life!" They climbed on the deck, and walked until the command station. There they found the second in command, which greeted them with a bow and he said, " Captain Karl, we are happy to meet you, and serve you. I am Sergeant Vlad Gory, and this is your new ship." Jack said, " there is no time for formalities, we need to find captain, He was captured by captain Mario, and his ship is already sailing away. I hope this ship is fast enough to overtake Mario's sip," Vlad bowed again, and while walking away he said," I think you are going to like this ship, Captain Karl, with the right captain it can go pretty fast." Karl looked at him and whispered, " we shall see."
Captain Karl was fantastic, the stream of orders that exited his mouth was continuous, and so was the increasing of the speed, after one hour of sailing they finally sighted Mario's galleon. It was captained, by the best commander in the Zaninian Empire, after Karl of course. They rapidly reached the enemy ship, the two ships were manoeuvred until they were parallel to each other, and then the cannons started to shoot.
The first cannon ball hit the moaning seal on a side, causing little damage. The moaning seal responded to the fire, and the battle finally started. Amongst the General confusion Jack told the crew, " nobody is permitted to jump on the enemy ship, I will attack it alone, Your job is only to defend this ship, understood," the entire crew responded with a yes, so Jack skilfully jumped aboard of the enemy ship, he unsheathed his sword, and he said, "they'll see what a scuba pirate can do." The enemy crew laughed at Jack, thinking that one man could not beat fifty, but they were wrong. Jack attacked first, he moved at an incredible speed, and ten pirates were dead even before they took out their swords. Jack attacked everywhere, he was united with the sword, and nobody even scratched him. By the end of the battle he was alone, and on the floor were fifty men, nobody moving. Jack was about to put his sword away when he heard a voice. "Are you tired? I see my men were not strong enough to beat you, but can you beat me?" Jack turned, but he knew to whom the voice belonged, it was Mario, greatest Scuba Pirate of all times. Jack raised his sword, and with no fear, he charged.
Mario easily blocked the sword. Jack attacked him again, again, and again, but he could never break the enemy's defence. But then he had an idea, Mario could be better than him at fighting on the ground, but he had heard that, although he was a good Scuba Pirate, he was not good at fighting underwater. Under the surface of the water you had to have an incredible strength to strike the enemy hard enough to make any damage. Jack had trained an entire year, and now he could cut open a coconut under the water with his bear hands. Mario instead, could not cut a coconut underwater also if he had the best sword. The decision was made, Jack faked to attack the enemy, and then he turned around, he took a deep breath, and then he jumped into the water.
Mario stupidly chased after him, understanding too late the game of Jack. Jack quickly struck, making Mario loose grip on the sword, the sword fell into the abyss of the sea. Jack struck again, and his sword perforated easily the flesh of his belly. Mario's body stopped moving, and the victorious Jack climbed back on the ship. He searched all the boat, and he finally found the cabin were Captain Gud was imprisoned. He was tied to a chair, they had tried to convince him to tell them the information they were searching for, but they had not used the force. Jack quickly untied him, and they walked out the deck.
Jack was the first to exit from the deck, but what he found shocked him greatly. He found Mario smiling at him, how did he survive? Then he understood, he did not kill him, but only injured, him, Mario had faked to die, and his ability to keep his breath had helped him. Then he had climbed on the ship, waiting for Jack. Jack thought all this while Mario's sword was swinging towards his neck. Instinctively he raised his sword, and he blocked the blow. Then he saw a knife plunging towards his stomach, he tried to block that too, but it was too late.
By: Adriano Zanini Astaldi
1 comment:
VOICE 5 I can almost see & hear these characters! great!
CONVENTIONS 3.5 ("Then, with a sudden splash,...")(ship's belly) (Mario loose((lose)) grip) some basic editing
IDEAS 5 creative & fun but with a touch of the darker side that you so love to include...
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