Bonus Chapter - 15 Reviews
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Rigel returned to his ship, John offered him a hand to help him aboard, Jack, perched on his shoulder, looked around curiously while the other pirates worked to lift the lifeboat back onto the ship.
"Anamaria!" Rigel called.
The woman quickly stepped forward, swallowing hard. She chose to stay with Rigel, not because she liked his leadership, the time was too short for that, but because she could feel that following Rigel was better than following Jack.
As for her boat that Jack sank? Let's leave that for later.
"Yes, Captain!" She shouted.
"You're in command until further notice, I'm going to rest." Rigel said as he descended the stairs toward the crew's quarters. He was holding back, but he was very tired after the day's events. "Keep the anchor low, we're not setting sail yet."
"Yes, Captain!" She replied again.
The group of pirates looked at Rigel with fearful yet excited eyes, they hadn't participated in the battle, but there was no doubt about Rigel's power, enough to get rid of Barbossa and his crew.
How infamous the undead crew was before was how much they respected Rigel now.
Furthermore, the hat now fixed the loyalty of its crew at a minimum of 70/100.
Rigel ignored the excited crew and fell onto his net as soon as he got off, leaving some snakes to stand guard, while Jack didn't seem to be afraid of them at all. Rigel took some food for Jack and then went to sleep.
He was exhausted, so as soon as he lay down, he passed out.
//-//
Far away, in a cursed place known as Devil's Triangle, a group of cursed ghosts gazed at the crumbling cave that had served as their prison for years.
Captain Salazar leaned on his cane as he watched all this.
"Free... Hombres! We are free!" He shouted excitedly, and the ghost crew roared around him.
The group laughed excitedly, until Salazar was the first to stop. "Jack lost his compass... finally! Hombres! Let's sail! We have a debt to settle!"
The crew's excited roars could be heard several miles away as Silent Mary began to sail away.
They had a sparrow to kill!
//-//
Rigel woke up still feeling tired, but he had slept enough, the feeling came from his own magic, which had been overloaded, overloading his body as well.
Rigel sighed, groaning in pain as he stood up. In the nets further away, several pirates snored. Rigel watched them and looked away. Instead, he stood up, dusting himself off and looking at the clothes on his body.
By that point, he no longer needed those rags.
He didn't hesitate any longer, taking off those clothes and putting on his normal clothes to get dressed.
In a short time, he was fully dressed, his black suit with silver details perfectly fitted to his body, the acromantula silk and dragon skin lining providing him with far better protection than before, although the magical protection was greater than the physical one.
Thinking about it now, he should have worn this sooner, it would have been much better protection against a stray bullet, but he hadn't thought that far ahead. Speaking of stray bullets, he took the Legendary Flintlock from his bag and put it on his waist. Now he had a means of attack besides his wand.
Along with the protection of the Aztec Rune, he felt much freer now, it was very good, as good as his physical and magical exhaustion allowed him to feel.
He went out onto the deck, adjusting his hat on his head. The sun was already low, Anamaria and the other crew members were standing guard. In the distance, the Pearl had not yet set sail.
Jack, the monkey, was looking out at the sea around him from the mainmast. He saw him first and shouted excitedly. He ran, leaping nimbly until he landed on his shoulder.
"Hello, master! No danger in sight!" He gave the report and Rigel smiled, nodding and taking a banana from his bag, handing it to the monkey who thanked him and began to eat, satisfied.
Anamaria saw him soon after. "Captain!" She waved to him, looking at the noble clothes he wore, feeling that they suited Rigel even if they didn't suit a pirate.
The other pirates who had woken up quickly stood up, their fear of Rigel still evident.
Rigel grunted. "Did something happen while I was gone?"
Anamaria thought for a moment and looked towards a corner where two figures were standing.
Pintel and Ragetti, Rigel was confused, because those two were here.
The pair smiled at him as Pintel bowed comically. "Captain! We want to join you!"
"Yes! That's right!" Ragetti said immediately afterwards, with a silly smile.
Rigel tilted his head. "And Jack?"
"We thought we would be of better use under Your Excellency's command." Pintel said, trying to sound cultured, about as cultured as a dirty, bald pirate could manage.
Rigel chuckled lightly, shaking his head, those two were interesting. "Of course, you can stay."
"Thank you, Captain!" Ragetti shouted first, and Pintel quickly followed suit, nudging his friend with his elbow and glaring at him, thinking Ragetti had interrupted him by speaking first.
Rigel sensed the power of the hat enveloping them, so he wasn't worried about the pair, in the end, they were a good source of comic relief in the films, and he liked them.
Thoughtfully, Rigel removed the eye from his bag, a gesture befitting his position as a pirate lord, now cleaner than in centuries, tossed it to Ragetti, and said. "Keep it for me."
Ragetti smiled excitedly, he hated that eye because it was too big and uncomfortable, but at the same time, he had used it so much that he had gotten used to it.
"Aye! Captain! I'll keep it as safe as I did for Captain Barbossa!" Ragetti promised.
Rigel nodded, and continued asking. "And Jack?"
Pintel and Ragetti began to laugh lightly as Ragetti said. "His teeth grew, but it must have hurt quite a bit, because he screamed for hours."
Rigel shook his head, he didn't know how painful it was to make bones grow using that potion, but he'd heard about it, and he didn't want to try it himself.
"Come on, let's go see the man." Rigel said, stepping forward, ready to return to the Black Pearl.
"Anamaria, continue in charge, I'll go with these two." Rigel pointed to Pintel and Ragetti, who quickly promised to help.
"Yes, Captain!" Anamaria felt it was the only thing she could say, but her nervousness still prevented her from acting freely.
[Image: Anamaria]