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Shouts and screams fill the ship as the rest of the crew experiences the sheer terror of what Zenzeroni is looking at in front of him. In between himself and the skeleton is a table that Zenzeroni hurriedly runs around as the skeleton runs the other way. They play a game of merry-go-round until Zenzeroni trips and falls on a banana that had been left on the floor. The skeleton saunters up with a saber in hand and pulls back ready to plunge it into Zenzeroni’s belly when a saber goes through its own belly and it falls collapsing into a pile of bones on top of Zenzeroni.
“I TOLD YOU TO STAY ON THE FUCKING ISLAND.” One Eyed Larry says standing over Zenzeroni’s body. He pulls Zenzeroni up by the collar and drags him out of the kitchen. As One Eyed Larry makes his way into the cannon room a swarm of skeletons meets him. But the anger in One Eyed Larry’s eye is no match for them as he swipes through each one with only one hand available the other one still dragging the unwilling body of Zenzeroni.
“FIND THE WHITE PEARL. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PUT THEM TO REST” the voice of Smoky says through the saber battles.
“Fucking dumbass little shit” One Eyed Larry mutters more to himself than to Zenzeroni.
While skeletons dot the ship and outnumber the crew three to one, they are fairly easy to dispose of lacking the superior saber skills that the Lasagna gang has. The only problem is when you “kill” one of them, it only takes a few seconds before the bones begin to bond back together reigniting the mysterious energy or curse that haunts these former pirates.
“We can’t beat them!” A shout from the deck says.
“Fall back to your ships!” Shouts One Eyed Larry emerging on the main deck where even more chaos and battling is happening. One Eyed Larry shoves Zenzeroni in the direction of The Spaghetti Monster “Run. Now.” One Eyed Larry’s message is clear and Zenzeroni makes a mad dash for the gangway which is being fiercely guarded by Plank who is literally ripping apart any skeleton that dares try and take a step on the gangway.
“Head Bashing! Fun!” Plank says giggling to himself as he smashes two skeleton skulls together. Zenzeroni runs past watching One Eyed Larry turn away from him and immediately get into a fight with five skeletons.
One Eyed Larry disappears in the swarm of skeletons as the rest of the crew falls back to their respective ships. Smoky runs onto the gangway holding his arm that is slashed open from a saber swipe.
“Lift the gangway!” Smoky shouts as Plank runs across. On the other side, The Flying Lasagna is doing the same thing lifting their gangway with Rebel standing at the foot of it.
“What about One Eyed Larry?!” Zenzeroni says in desperation to Smoky.
“We can’t let these fuckers on our ship or they will–” Smoky stops midsentence as he looks at the middle of The Spaghetti Monster deck where a skeleton all of a sudden begins to materialize.
“FUCK! We’ve been infiltrated!” Smoky shouts drawing his pistol walking up to the skeleton and shooting it at point blank range which would have usually caused a person’s brain to blow out but instead the skeleton just twists its attention to Smoky as the two begin to battle. A similar problem was happening on The Flying Lasagna where Rebel was in the middle of forcing two skeletons off the side of the ship.
The situation was getting desperate. The skeletons seemed to be multiplying and with no way to kill them the crew could only fight on for so long. Zenzeroni meanwhile, was playing a game of tag with the skeletons as he ducked, dodged, and weaved the sharp blades of the saber handling skeletons.
“Drumstick! Point us in the direction of the rest of the fleet. GET US THE FUCK OUT OF HERE. VIOLET YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO HEAR ME. FIRE ON MY MARK!” Smoky shouts.
“But Smoky One Eyed Larry is still on the ship!” Zenzeroni says in between Smoky’s slices as he cuts through another two skeletons.
“He’s a dead man walking. This is our only hope to not go down with him! I’m sorry son.”
Zenzeroni looks at the ghost ship as they continue to push off from its side and almost within range of being able to fire the cannons without damaging their own boat.
“READY” Smoky shouts taking control of the wheel from Drumstick as he lines the ship up to be in position for the cannons to hit their mark.
“AIM” Zenzeroni looks desperately at the ghost ship thinking of his mentor One Eyed Larry who had sealed his fate saving Zenzeroni from the fate he was about to have himself.
But in the moments before Smoky is about to say fire a skeleton comes up behind him and prevents him from putting the ship in the position needed to fire the cannons. However, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Zenzeroni because his close friend and second mentor was now in trouble as his saber slips from his grasp leaving him without a weapon and a skeleton standing menacingly behind him. Smoky closes his eyes ready for his fate to be sealed when all of a sudden the skeleton collapses to the ground. Then another, and another, and soon, all of the skeletons crash to the ground and lay motionless, not even resurrecting themselves.
Zenzeroni looks over at the ship and sees two bodies moving, a man dragging his leg and in clear agony, holding in his hand a white pearl and a second taller figure that looks to be a man of status except for the part that his flesh is barely attached to his body and his bones show through his tattered clothes
“Smoky look its One Eyed Larry. He did it! And, and there’s another man with him.” Smoky follows his gaze and sees the figure on the ship Zenzeroni had pointed to.
“Well I’ll be damned.” Smoky says wiping sweat off his brow. “Let’s go save our captain.”
Start From the Beginning: Chapter 1
Most Recent Chapter: Chapter 15
Graders I'm riding solo from here on out thanks for dishing it out!
The Book of Zen
Chapter 16: A Dead Man Walking
Shouts and screams fill the ship as the rest of the crew experiences the sheer terror of what Zenzeroni is looking at in front of him. In between himself and the skeleton is a table that Zenzeroni hurriedly runs around as the skeleton runs the other way. They play a game of merry-go-round until Zenzeroni trips and falls on a banana that had been left on the floor. The skeleton saunters up with a saber in hand and pulls back ready to plunge it into Zenzeroni’s belly when a saber goes through its own belly and it falls collapsing into a pile of bones on top of Zenzeroni.
“I TOLD YOU TO STAY ON THE FUCKING ISLAND.” One Eyed Larry says standing over Zenzeroni’s body. He pulls Zenzeroni up by the collar and drags him out of the kitchen. As One Eyed Larry makes his way into the cannon room a swarm of skeletons meets him. But the anger in One Eyed Larry’s eye is no match for them as he swipes through each one with only one hand available the other one still dragging the unwilling body of Zenzeroni.
“FIND THE WHITE PEARL. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PUT THEM TO REST” the voice of Smoky says through the saber battles.
“Fucking dumbass little shit” One Eyed Larry mutters more to himself than to Zenzeroni.
While skeletons dot the ship and outnumber the crew three to one, they are fairly easy to dispose of lacking the superior saber skills that the Lasagna gang has. The only problem is when you “kill” one of them, it only takes a few seconds before the bones begin to bond back together reigniting the mysterious energy or curse that haunts these former pirates.
“We can’t beat them!” A shout from the deck says.
“Fall back to your ships!” Shouts One Eyed Larry emerging on the main deck where even more chaos and battling is happening. One Eyed Larry shoves Zenzeroni in the direction of The Spaghetti Monster “Run. Now.” One Eyed Larry’s message is clear and Zenzeroni makes a mad dash for the gangway which is being fiercely guarded by Plank who is literally ripping apart any skeleton that dares try and take a step on the gangway.
“Head Bashing! Fun!” Plank says giggling to himself as he smashes two skeleton skulls together. Zenzeroni runs past watching One Eyed Larry turn away from him and immediately get into a fight with five skeletons.
One Eyed Larry disappears in the swarm of skeletons as the rest of the crew falls back to their respective ships. Smoky runs onto the gangway holding his arm that is slashed open from a saber swipe.
“Lift the gangway!” Smoky shouts as Plank runs across. On the other side, The Flying Lasagna is doing the same thing lifting their gangway with Rebel standing at the foot of it.
“What about One Eyed Larry?!” Zenzeroni says in desperation to Smoky.
“We can’t let these fuckers on our ship or they will–” Smoky stops midsentence as he looks at the middle of The Spaghetti Monster deck where a skeleton all of a sudden begins to materialize.
“FUCK! We’ve been infiltrated!” Smoky shouts drawing his pistol walking up to the skeleton and shooting it at point blank range which would have usually caused a person’s brain to blow out but instead the skeleton just twists its attention to Smoky as the two begin to battle. A similar problem was happening on The Flying Lasagna where Rebel was in the middle of forcing two skeletons off the side of the ship.
The situation was getting desperate. The skeletons seemed to be multiplying and with no way to kill them the crew could only fight on for so long. Zenzeroni meanwhile, was playing a game of tag with the skeletons as he ducked, dodged, and weaved the sharp blades of the saber handling skeletons.
“Drumstick! Point us in the direction of the rest of the fleet. GET US THE FUCK OUT OF HERE. VIOLET YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO HEAR ME. FIRE ON MY MARK!” Smoky shouts.
“But Smoky One Eyed Larry is still on the ship!” Zenzeroni says in between Smoky’s slices as he cuts through another two skeletons.
“He’s a dead man walking. This is our only hope to not go down with him! I’m sorry son.”
Zenzeroni looks at the ghost ship as they continue to push off from its side and almost within range of being able to fire the cannons without damaging their own boat.
“READY” Smoky shouts taking control of the wheel from Drumstick as he lines the ship up to be in position for the cannons to hit their mark.
“AIM” Zenzeroni looks desperately at the ghost ship thinking of his mentor One Eyed Larry who had sealed his fate saving Zenzeroni from the fate he was about to have himself.
But in the moments before Smoky is about to say fire a skeleton comes up behind him and prevents him from putting the ship in the position needed to fire the cannons. However, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Zenzeroni because his close friend and second mentor was now in trouble as his saber slips from his grasp leaving him without a weapon and a skeleton standing menacingly behind him. Smoky closes his eyes ready for his fate to be sealed when all of a sudden the skeleton collapses to the ground. Then another, and another, and soon, all of the skeletons crash to the ground and lay motionless, not even resurrecting themselves.
Zenzeroni looks over at the ship and sees two bodies moving, a man dragging his leg and in clear agony, holding in his hand a white pearl and a second taller figure that looks to be a man of status except for the part that his flesh is barely attached to his body and his bones show through his tattered clothes
“Smoky look its One Eyed Larry. He did it! And, and there’s another man with him.” Smoky follows his gaze and sees the figure on the ship Zenzeroni had pointed to.
“Well I’ll be damned.” Smoky says wiping sweat off his brow. “Let’s go save our captain.”
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