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Abra Pirata leaned up against the cool limestone of Johnson Hall. A cool fall breeze played with the colorful leaves
on the trees. Her eyes wandered up to the still night sky. All was slient. Nothing was going to happen tonight.
Abra raised her arm as she glanced down at her wrist: 12:17. She smirked to herself as she began to exit the shadow of
the tall building.
* Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline
I go out walking after midnight
Out in the moonlight
Just like we used to do
I'm always walking after midnight searching for you....
As Abra rounded a corner into an alleyway, she found herself at the edge of a mass crowd of hostile looking men.
She snuck over to hide behind some large crates. From her position she overheard the leader of the group ralleying his
men.
Click to Listen
* The Pirate Song - Ray Stevens*
Sixteen men on a dead man's chest...yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
| (Captain) |
Avast there mates, ye're sailin' with Long John Black Beard, Peg-Leg, Patch-Eye Hook, scourge of the bounding
main. Bloodthirstiest, black-heartiest pirate captain ever sailed the seven seas, ha, ha, ha! What say ye we hoist the Jolly
Roger, heel over the yonder Spanish galleon. Lay a few broadsides agin' her timers, swing over on these here lanyards with
our cutlasses in our teeth cut 'em to ribbons and split the booty. What say ye to that, me hearties? Heh! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
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| (Twit) |
I don't like it.... |
| (Captain) |
You don't like it? |
| (Twit) |
I don't like it and I don't wanna do it. It's tacky,...tacky, tacky...and don't look at me that way |
| (Captain) |
Well, if you don't like it, what do you want? |
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| Chorus |
I want to sing and dance, I want to sing and dance
I want to be a pirate in
the Pirates of Penzance
Wear me silver-buckled slippers and me tight shiny pants
I want to sing and dance |
|
| (Captain) |
You want to sing and dance, heh! You don't like plundering, aye? Well, shiver me timbers 'ow 'bout treasuring,
huh? Rubies, emeralds and pearls, gold doubloons and British sovereigns. Silver chalices encrusted with diamonds and jewels,
necklaces and bracelets of every shape and size, fit for the crown heads of Europe, aye? And all buried in a pirate's chest
and I just happen to know where. How about that me bloodthirsty buckos, heh? Ha, ha, ha! |
|
| (Twit) |
I don't like it..... |
| (Captain) |
You don't like it? |
| (Twit) |
I don't like it and I don't want it.... |
| (Captain) |
He don't want it |
| (Twit) |
And I won't do it...I'm an artiste |
| (Captain) |
An artiste, well mister artiste, what do you want? |
|
|
| Chorus |
I want to sing and dance, I want to sing and dance
I want to be a pirate in
the Pirates of Penzance
Wear me silver-buckled slippers and me tight shiny pants
I want to sing and dance |
|
| (Captain) |
Now, listen hear! This ain't no floating Gilbert and Sullivan show, you know for some little flittin'
tinkerbell. This here be a black-hearted pirate ship and I would have you keel-hauled if you weren't me own flesh and blood
you little twit! So you don't like plunderin' aye?..... |
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| (Twit) |
I don't like it..... |
| (Captain) |
And you don't want no treasurin' ah?..... |
| (Twit) |
I don't want it..... |
| (Captain) |
And you probably don't want no groggin' and revelin' and wrenchin' and rummin' either I suppose? |
| (Twit) |
Well, deep down....you want to know the truth? It's not me, I don't want it..... |
| (Captain) |
Well, what do you want...as if I didn't already bleein know? |
| (Twit) |
I want to sing and dance and..... |
| (Captain) |
I know, I know...and wear your tight little shiny pants. Huh! Okay...we'll all sing and dance (pirates
grumble)... I said we'll all sing and dance (pirates grumble)... Or you'll walk the plank,...one - two - free |
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(Chorus in pirates' voices) |
| Chorus |
I want to sing and dance, I want to sing and dance
I want to be a pirate in
the Pirates of Penzance
Wear me silver-buckled slippers and me tight shiny pants
I want to sing and dance |
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(Over chorus, you hear the Captain and twit's voice say) |
| (Twit) |
I like it....I like it |
| (Captain) |
I kinda like it me own self |
| (Twit) |
Thought you would |
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Sixteen men on a dead man's chest...yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
| (Twit) |
I don't like rum... |
| (Captain) |
You don't like rum? |
| (Twit) |
Well no, actually...well, I might like a little Perrier |
| (Captain) |
A little Perrier? |
| (Twit) |
With a lime in it... |
| (Captain) |
A lime in it?..... He wants a lime in it..... |
| (Twit) |
Well, do you have any Escargot? |
| (Captain) |
Escar..what? |
| (Twit) |
What's the soup today?... |
| (Captain) |
Soup!? |
| (Twit) |
Might have a bit of a salad too!... |
| (Captain) |
Well, how about a bleeding fingerbowl? |
| (Twit) |
Maybe a croissant!...Is that right? Those French make everything so hard! Why didn't they just call it
a bun? |
Perhaps that young man would tell me what's going on, Abra thought to herself as she slowly inched
away from the safety of her hiding place. She entered the crowd of gruff men as they hooted and hollered, cheering praises
to their captain.
The young man was sitting by himself on a crate. Despite the tremendous uproar he had just caused, he seemed to
be the outcast of the group and definitely the youngest. His head was in his hands and his elbows on his knees.
Abra slipped onto a crate next to him and began to tap a rhythm with her boot.
* The Plot Song - Sally
A: "Abra Pirata's the name.
Howdy do ya just the same.
I heard
your song and thought I'd come say 'hi'.
I'm a pirate you see,
though stealing treasure's not for me.
And I think that there's a link 'tween you and I.
I haven't been 'bout long,
Just but heard your song
When I
stumbled in upon you and did spy.
So tell me my dear friend,
Is this the story's end?
Where is this place and who
are all these guys?"
P: "Why, you so very bold!
Haven't you been told
of the Pirates
of the Midwestern Plains?
Tonight will be the last
Then we'll hoist up the mast
And sail away to reap up all the
grains.
With the wind of the night
We'll sail by soft moon light
'Til the hull's full and the world has hunger pains."
"Sounds like quite a plunder," Abra stated, thinking she would need back up to defeat this crowd and spoil their plan.
"But I don't want it," Pouted the lad.
"Perhaps I could be of some assistance. I happen to know a pirate of Penzance." Abra watched as the kid's
eyes grew large.
"Take me to him!"
"But you must do me a favor first."
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* The Night Before Christmas - words altered by Sally
'Twas the night 'fore the heist
and all through the house,
not a hero was stirring,
yet
down by the mouse
Zarbon was by the 'puter
and T in his eye patch
had just settled down
for a long Death Gong
Match.
When out from the speakers arose such a clatter.
They sprang from their seats to see what's the matter.
When what to their wondering ears did they hear
than the voice of Abra Pirata:
"We've got a problem here."
"What's happening?" asked Zarbon, pausing the game.
"I'm going to need all the girls for this one. The Pirates of the Midwestern Prairie, don't ask, are planning to
steal all the grain in the Mid-West USA. Wake them and tell them to meet me at the intersection of Lonely and Gone.
Tell Jed to arrive in civilian clothes."
* Some Kind of Trouble - Tanya Tucker - words altered by Sally*
Late last night I heard a knock on my door.
To my surprise it was Techno.
"Abra's on the line she needs a hand
So say goodbye to the sandman."
I got trouble, Some kind of trouble.
Trouble in my heart trouble in my mind
There's never any
trouble for me to find
Some kind of Trouble.
- - - - - - - - - -
"Who's this?" Jed asked.
"I'm Pete," he squeeked, at the sight of The Others and Jed. He turned back to Abra. "I thought you said
a Pirate of Penzance was coming."
"She's here," Abra replied. "Jed was Harry the Pirate in High School." Lucy smiled broadly. "She was
very good."
"Really?"
"Yes," replied Jed. "I still remember all the words and steps." Her eyes glazed over as she reminised.
"Oh, teach me, teach me please! I only wish to sing and dance. I want to be a pirate in the Pirates of Penzance!"
"Okay, sheesh." Jed turend to leave. "I've got to go now, it's past my bed time. See you tomarrow, Pete."
"Don't forget about your end of the bargin, Pete," reminded Abra.
"Oh, never. I'll show you the opening to the hide out right now."
As they were walking down the road, Lucy joined them. "Sorry I'm late guys."
Then Patti called out, "What is that SMELL?!"
Shashani, plugging her nose, responded. "Looks like someone hit a skunk. It's right there in the road!"
Tygeress and Abra glanced at eachother as the music began to play.
* Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road - London Wainwright III*
Crossing the highway late at night
He should've looked left and he should've looked right
He didn't see that station wagon, car
The skunk got squashed and there you are.
You got your dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
And it's stinking to high heaven.
Take a whiff on me that ain't no rose
Roll up the window and hold your nose
You don't have to look and you don't have to see
'Cause you can feel it in you aulfactory
There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
And it's stinking to high heaven.
Well you got your dead cat and you got your dead dog
On a moonlit night you got your dead toad frog
You got your dead rabbit and your dead racoon
Yeah the blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon.
There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
And it's stinking to high high heaven.
ALL over the road... technicolor.
There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
And it's stinking to high heaven.
"That is a disgusting song!" Lucy commented.
Abra shrugged. "It had to be done."
As the girls approached a stand of trees, Pete turned to them. "Behind these pines is the hideout, but it's gaurded.
Tomorrow night, I suggest you come to break in. The Cap'in'll be busy with last minute preperations and not plan to
have his best men at the gaurd post."
Shani nodded. "He'll want his best men with him getting read for the raid."
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As Sally and Tonya treked up the long driveway toward the mansion they heard Jessica call out: "No, not like that.
You could hurt someone if you carry it like that!"
The two curious girls ran to the backyard where they found Jessica and Pete. Pete was holding a sword made of cardboard
and Jed was insturcting him on how it should be used.
"Hold it firmly on the handle, and thrust it outward." She made the gesture with a fist. "If you swing it
from side to side too much the cardboard will bend."
Pete gave it a try, immitating Jed's thrust.
"What are you two doing?" Asked Tonya.
"I'm going to be a Pirate of Penzance!" Pete explained excitedly.
Jed turned to them. "The community theatre is putting it on and I'm getting him ready for tryouts." She turned
back to Pete. "Do you want to try the number with an audience?"
"Alright."
Click to listen to:
*With Cat-Like Tred - Pirates of Penzance*
BOTH: With cat-like tread,
Upon our prey we steal
In silence dread,
Our cautious way we feel.
No sound at all!
We never speak a word;
A fly's foot-fall
Would be distinctly heard--
J: Tarantara, tarantara!
BOTH: So stealthily the pirate creeps,
While all the household soundly sleeps.
Come, friends, who plough the sea,
Truce to navigation;
Take another station;
Let's vary piracee
With a little burglaree!
Come, friends, who plough the sea,
Truce to navigation;
Take another station;
Let's vary piracee
With a little burglaree!
P: Here's your crowbar and your centrebit,
Your life-preserver -- you may want to hit!
Your silent matches, your dark lantern seize,
Take your file and your skeletonic keys.
J: Tarantara!
Both: With Cat-like tred
J: Tarantara!
B: In silence dread,
With cat-like tread,
Upon our prey we steal;
In silence dread,
Our cautious way we feel.
No sound at all!
We never speak a word;
A fly's foot-fall
Would be distinctly heard--
Come, friends, who plough the sea,
Truce to navigation;
Take another station;
Let's vary piracee
With a little burglaree!
With cat-like tread,
Upon our prey we steal;
In silence dread,
Our cautious way we feel.
Tonya and Sally clapped at the end of the performance, which included some choreography.
"Bravo!" Exclaimed Sally.
"Encore, Encore," added Tonya.
"You liked it?" Pete asked. "You really liked it? Now I'll sing for you my audition piece."
"Pete," Jed stopped him. "I think that's enough for one day. Don't want to wear yourself out now, do ya?"
"You're right. I'd better go now anyway before Cap'in realizes I'm gone. See you tomorrow then?"
"Tomorrow."
"Bye," Tonya and Sally chorused.
As Pete left the girls stood there in the backyard, waiting until he was out of earshot.
"What did you really think?" Jed asked them.
"I really thought it was good." Sally replied. Tonya nodded. "Why, don't you think he's good enough?"
"Well, yeah," Jed replied. "But he's taking it way too seriously. And I think that if he doesn't make it
he'll be crushed."
"I think he'll make it," Sally said. "He's got the heart and dedication."
"And he already knows how to be a pirate," added Tonya with a smirk.
"Yeah, you guys are right," Jed replied. "He'll make it."
"Hey, ya'll!" Poopsie called fromt he door. "Meeting in the den!"
The three girls looked at each other and Sally shrugged. They headed up toward the mansion where Poopsie stood
waiting for them at the door. Tonya spastically flung her arms around Poopsie in a big hug.
"Thanks dear," Poopsie commented.
"What's the meeting about?" asked Jed.
"Not sure, but Alec told me to fetch ya'll and meet in the den."
The girls ran into Dee as they walked through the mansion.
"Meeting in the den, Dee," Jed explained.
"That Techno and his meetings,." Dee commented. "Not like I had anything planned for this afternoon."
"Maybe it's about the mission tonight?" suggested Tonya as she hopped in front of the girls, her braid swaying rhythmically.
"It can't be," Poopsie added. "Daniel's here."
"Oh," Tonya wrapped her tail around her more tightly.
"What's Daniel doing here?" Sally asked. "He said he was busy this afternoon."
"Well," Poopsie retorted. "If my pshycic abilities worked how and when I wanted them to, I could tell ya'll all
you ever wanted to know. But for now just wait a few seconds and we'll be in the den and the guys can tell us themselves."
Tonya stuck out her tongue playfully then continued to skip down the hall.
As they filed into the den, they noticed all the chairs, couches and funiture had been pushed up against the walls.
Techno
stood leaning against the far wall as the girls entered. When they were all inside he straightened and told them politely
to have a seat. The girls all sat down facing him with puzzled looks on their faces.
"What is this all about?" Dee demanded.
"Well," Techno gave a big sigh then glanced to the side door of the den which was cracked slightly open.
"I knew we shouldn't have picked T," Tonya's keen ears picked up Sebastian's voice coming from the other side of the
door.
"Just do it," Zarbon's voice came audibly through the crack.
Techno took a deep breath. "Us guys have gotten together and decided that you girls have all the fun. Well,
we're fighting back. Due to the fact that this story is a musical we have assembled a piece in which to show off our
own talents. It took us awhile to decide on the selection, but due to the romantic nature of the lyrics I have
to point out that they do NOT reflect the views of all the participants." He shot a quick glance at Dee. "Thank you
and enjoy the show."
The other four guys came in from the hallway and joined Techno at the front of the room.
*Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Four Shadow*
Pretty little angel eyes
Pretty little angel eyes
Pretty little angel, pretty little angel
Pretty little, pretty little, pretty little
Oh...
Pretty little, pretty little angel eyes
Angel eyes, I really love you so
Angel eyes, I'll never let you go
Because I love you, My loving
angel eyes
Pretty little, pretty little angel eyes
Angel eyes, you are so good to me
And when I'm in your arms I feel so heavenly
Because I love
you, My loving angel eyes
Oh, angel eyes
I know you were sent from heaven above
To fill my life with your wonderful love
I know we'll be
happy for eternity
'Cause I know that our love is really real
Pretty little
Angel eyes, you are so good to me
And when I'm in your arms I feel heavenly
Because I love you,
My loving angel eyes
Oh, angel eyes
Pretty little angel eyes *huh*
Pretty little angel eyes *pop*
Pretty little
angel, pretty little angel
Pretty little, pretty, little pretty little
I know you were sent from heaven above
To fill my life with your wonderful love
I know we'll be
happy for eternity
'Cause I know that our love was meant to be
Angel eyes, you know I love you so
Angel eyes, I'll never let you go
Because I love you, my loving
angel eyes
Pretty little, pretty little angel eyes
oooooo oooo hoooo
Angel Eyes
oooooo oooo hoooo
Oh, angel eyes.
The girls errupted into fits of giggles as the guys shook their stuff and showed off their vocal and dancing abilities.
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Behind the bushes an outcrop of limestone jutted into the air. In the midst of the crumbling shale and slabs of
lime was a wooden door. Abra grabbed for the handle. It creaked noisily as she swung the wooden slab open.
All five stepped into the dark cave beyond.
"Well, this is splendid," Abra said. "I forgot about flashlights."
Shashani produced from her pouch a zippo and Patti brought out her lighter.
*There's a light - RHPS*
In the velvet darkness
Of the blackest night
Burning bright
There's a guiding star
No
matter what or who you are
There's a light
Over at the Frankenstein place
There's a light
Burning in the fireplace
There's a light, light
In the
darkness of everybody's life
The darkness must go
Down the river of night's dreaming
Flow morphia slow
Let the
sun and light come streaming
Into my life, into my life
There's a light
Over at the Frankenstein place
There's a light
Burning
in the fireplace
There's a light, a light
In the darkness of everybody's life
The girls continued down the tunnel of the cave, then stopped as it opened into a small chamber and they were face
to face with three Pirates who were sitting upon barrels and reading magazines. Shashani glaced at Abra.
You're the pirate, talk to them. Came Shani's voice into Abra's mind.
Abra walked out into the chamber and tried to start a conversation , so the others could slip by.
"Ahoy!" she called as she approached. "Who might you three be? I don't believe I've seen you before."
Click to Listen
*The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything - Veggietales*
ALL: We are the pirates who don't do anything
We just stay at home and lie around
And if you ask us to do anything
we'll just tell you
3: 'We don't do anything'
1: Well, I've never been to Greenland
I've never been to Denver
I've never burried in St Louie or St Paul
And I've never been to Moscow
and I've never been to Tampa
And I've never been to Boston in the fall.
ALL: We are the pirates who don't do anything
We just stay at home and lie around
And if you ask us to do anything
we'll just tell you
2: 'We don't do anything'
2: And I never hoist a mainstay
And I never swabbed a poopdeck
And I never vere to starboard 'cause I've never sailed at all
And I've never walked a gangplank
And I've never owned a parrot
And I've never been to Boston in the fall.
ALL: We are the pirates who don't do anything
We just stay at home and lie around
And if you ask us to do anything
we'll just tell you
ALL: 'We don't do anything'
3: Well I've never plucked a rooster
And I'm not too good at pingpong
And I've never thrown my mashed potatoes up against the wall
And I've never kissed a chipmunk
And I've never gotten head lice.
And I've never been to Boston in the Fall
1: Huh, what are you talking about? What does a rooster and mashed potatoes fave to
do with being a pirate?
2: Hey, That's right. We're suppose to sing about piratey things.
3: Oh.
1: And who's ever kissed a chipmunk? That's just nonsence! Why even
bring it up? Am I right? What do you think?
2: I think you look like Cap'n Crunch.
1: Huh, No I don't.
2: Do too.
1: Do not.
2: You're making me hungry.
1: That's it, you're walking the plank.
2: Says who?
1: The cap'n, that's who.
2: Oh, yeah. Aye aye, cap'n Crunch. hehe
1: ARG!
2: Yikes!
3: And I've never licked a spark plug
And I've never sniffed a stink bug
And I've never painted daisies on a big red rubber ball
And I've never bathed in yogurt
And I don't look good in leggings
1: You just don't get it do you?
ALL: And we've never been to Boston in the Fall.
As the three pirates were arguing, Patti, Lucy, Shani, and Ty slipped past without their knowing. Abra also turned
to head down the cave as the pirates were bickering.
The others continued through the tunnel until it emptied into a large caver, bigger than the cave. Amid the crowd
of ruff sailors was a massive ship. Made entirely of wood it resembled the pirate ships of the imagination, complete
with a Jolly Roger hoisted hight upon the main mast. However,it rested upon four massive wagon wheels.
"I think our best plan of attack will be to burn it down," stated Tygeress.
"Pyro!" called Abra.
"But it's the only way," Shani added.
"First we have to get over there," Lucy commented.
SPP smirked. "Leave that to me." She stood and stalked out into the midsts of the crew.
* Come and Get It - Badfinger *
If you want it, here it is, come and get it
Make your mind up fast
If you want it anytime, I can
give it
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last
Did I hear you say that there must be a catch
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
If you want it here it is, come and get it
But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast
If you want it, here it is, come and get it
Make your mind up fast
If you want it anytime,
I can give it
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last
Did I hear you say that there must be a catch
Will you walk away from a fool and his money, sonny
If
you want it here it is, come and get it
But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast
You better hurry 'cause it's going
fast
Fool and his money, sonny
If you want it here it is, come and get it
But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast
You better
hurry 'cause it's going fast
You better hurry 'cause it's going fast
Cat calls errupted from the throng of men. They tripped over themselves and eachother as SPP led them away from
the ship.
The remaing four began to slip closer to the ship.
"Look," Tygeress pointed out. "They left their beers." On top of some crates and barrels were half drunken
mugs, flasks, and stiens.
"You're not old enought to drink!" reprimanded Lucy.
"For fuel," Abra explained. "For the fire."
The began to dump the abandoned liquor onto the ship.
"Hey!" called a gruff voice. "Whatcha doin' with our rum?" Six men came from behind the ship, apparently
they hadn't been seduced by the wiles of Patti.
Lucy stepped up to them. "Do you boys know Mary Jane?" She put her arm around one man's shoulders.
"Let me introduce you." She produced a rolled joint. Shani lit it for her. Lucy took a drag then passed
it amoung the curious men.
Click to Listen to:
*Everybody Must Get Stoned - Bob Dylan*
Well, they'll stone you when you tryin' to be so good
They'll stone you just like they said they would
They'll stone you when you're tryin' to go home
Then they'll stone you when you live alone
Well I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned!
They'll stone you when you're walking on the street
They'll stone you when you're trying to keep your feet
They'll stone you when you're walking on the floor
They'll stone you when you're walking to the door
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned!
They'll stone you when you're at the breakfast table
They'll stone you when you are unable
They'll stone you when you're trying to make a buck
They'll stone you and then they'll say good luck
Well but I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned!
They'll stone you and say that's it the end
Then they'll stone you and then they'll come back again
They'll stone you when you're riding in your car
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar
Yeah but I would not feel so alone
Everybody must get stoned!
The remaing three heroines continued dispersing the forgotten alcohol upon the boards of the ship.
"Everybody ready?" Shani asked as she held her zippo to the end of a piece of cloth proturding from a beer bottle.
"Wait!" Tygeress said. "If we do burn it down there won't be any evidence of their wrong doing."
"Oooo...Point," agreed Abra nodding as she eyed the burning bottle in Shani's hands.
"Then what should we do with this!?" she asked.
"Throw it away from the ship!" Tygeress suggested.
"Transport it somewhere else!" Abra added.
Suddenly the bottle containing the burning rag disappeard.
"Where'd it go?" asked Abra.
"Into the lake," replied Shani.
"Good thinking."
"Now, let's round up some bad guy butt," Tygeress said as she pounded her gloved firsts together.
"If we can pry them off Patti." Shashani was pointing to the far wall where
SPP was surrounded by nearly all the pirates.
"Maybe if we approach them right, they'll just think she's into bondage." Abra and Shashani turned their gazes
to Ty. "What?"
"Pervert," was Abra's only reply.
"I don't think we have enought rope and handcuffs." Shani deducted.
"We could inprison them in the ship's hull," suggested Ty.
"But we just doused it with alcohol, it could accidently catch fire and... let's not." Abra mentioned.
Suddenly a gruff voice added from behind them: "We always put tresspassers in the brig."
The girls spun around to find themselves facing the Cap'in and ten muscular pirates. No doubt these were his best
and had been off doing other important things with him and hadn't seen Patti or joined in Lucy's little party. Abra
Pirata quickly unsheathed her sword and produced a thin sharp blade.
"Ha!" the Cap'in burst out. "And what are ya gonna do with that bit o' blade?
Cut off me head?" A look of disbelief and mockery spread across the faces of the scurges.
Abra's lips contorted into a sly grin.
*OFF IT GOES! - Sally - tune of head and shoulders*
A: Head and shoulders
Knees and toes
T&S: Knees
and toes!
A: Head from shoulders
Off it goes
T&S: Off it
goes!
A: No more eyes nor ears No more mouth nor nose
Head from shoulders
Off it goes
T&S:Off
it goes!
A:I've a fasination
Don't you know?
T&S:Yes, we know!
A:
With Decapitation
Ain't that so?
T&S: Yes that's so!
A:
It is but emancipation from your woes.
Head from shoulders
Off it goes
T&S and some scallywags:
Off it goes!
A: I've a thin blade
And it bows
growing throng:
And it bows!
A: But it does what
I suppose
ALL: I suppose!
A:
With one swipe it'll cure you of your woes
Head from shouders
Off it goes
ALL: OFF IT GOES!
"Well, you won't take me that easily!" called the Cap'in as he produced his own sword. It was a big thick blade
and looked as if it could slice Abra's in two. He gave an evil grin then thrust his weapon at his armed foe. Abra
easily blocked it, the metals chiming as they hit.
"Ah, an advisary skilled at sword play," Abra commented lightly. "But let us see if he is worthy of my sword."
Abra now struck out with her weapon, the Cap'in making haste to keep his metal between himself and Abra's. Soon a steady
rhythm of metal against metal began to ring in the large underground.
"This is cool," Ty commented to Shani. "It's a whole different experience when you aren't the one dodging her blows.
It's actually entertaining from this perspective." The Cap'in's best men were watching the fencing match intently
also.
Abra began to notice the Cap'in's blows were becoming weaker and his aim was getting sloppy.
"Getting tired, Cap'in?" she asked. "Do you wish to rest a spell before we continue?"
"No!" he shouted as he thrust his sword at her again.
"Are you sure? It seems you're getting winded." Abra succesfully blocked the blow with ease.
"I won't quit 'til you're through." Their swords clinked again.
"Suit yourself." As the Cap'in's sword rushed toward her, Abra turned quick on her feet, the sword barely missing
her side. She thrust her elbow into the
Cap'in's barrel of a chest directly between his ribs. As he doubled over she withdrew the sword from his hand.
He looked up at her with a look of rage.
"No you don't boys," called Shashani to the ten men who were about the leap to their captain's aide. She held out
her dagger and Tygeress stood ready to pounce, with claws extended. They quickly surrendered.
"Now why don't you show us to the brig, Cap'in?" Abra suggested. The Cap'in straightened and lead the three superheroes
and his ten men to a corner of the cave. Here, carved from the wall, was a large area surrounded entirely by rock except
for a door sized hole, which was covered by an iron gate.
"Unlock it please," asked Shani politely.
The Cap'in grumbled as he released a ring of keys from his belt and unlocked the padlock on the tall iron gate.
"In ya go then," directed Ty as she swung the door wide. "The rest of your crew will be with you shortly."
Soon Patti came across the hall, followed by the majority of the scoundrals, tripping over themselves at her heals.
Then came Lucy leading her small crew of dizzy and discombobulated ruffians.
After all the pirates were safely behind the locked gate Abra pulled out her phone and dialed the Police Station.
*Help! - Beatles*
Help! I need somebody
Help! Not just anybody
Help! You
know I need someone
Help!
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way
And
now these days have gone
I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind
I've opened up the doors
Help
me if you can I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't
you please please help me?
And now my life has changed in oh, so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the
haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
I know that I just need you like
I've never done before
Help me
if you can I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you
please please help me?
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way
And
now these days have gone
I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind
I've opened up the doors
Help
me if you can I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't
you please please help me?
Help me help me ooh.
After personally giving directions to Humphry himself, she hung up.
"Ready?" Ty asked.
"Let's go."
As the girls headed out the way they came, they passed the three lazy guards.
"What about them?" asked Lucy.
"Oh, they won't do anything." Ty replied with a grin.
The Others made the trek through the labyrinth of tunnels until they found themselves back in the night air. The
distant screams of sirens could be heard.
Suddenly the bushes in front of them rustled. The girls braced themselves but were relieved when it was only Pete.
"The police are on their way I take it," he said glumly. "I don't want to go to jail."
"You won't, Pete," Lucy comfoted her alter ego's fan. "You helped capture the real culprits."
"You'll just have to stick around or go down to the station to talk to Humphry," Abra added.
"Who's Humphry?"
"He's the police chief," Shani offered.
"Oh, and I'll bet he's the very model of a modern major general," Pete said wide-eyed.
"HA!" Patti burst.
"He's as close as he'll ever get. I'm sure," Lucy added.
The sirens were getting closer now.
"We have to be off now, Humphry kinda has a vendetta against us," Abra explained.
"See ya," Lucy called behind her.
"Bye now!" Pete called after them.
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* Renegades Rebels and Rogues - Tracey Lawerance*
They come from the wrong side of the tracks. Born a breed a part
Can't tie 'em up, can't pin 'em down, Their clinging to some ole star
They'll chase that restless spirit where ever the four winds blow
There's another dream just around the bend
For renegades, rebels and rogues.
Renegades, rebels, and rogues
Eyes of fire, Hearts of gold.
Ramble til they drop
Gamble til the money runs out
They'll take any wrong direction
It's in their blood, ya know
All roads lead to another road
For renegades, rebels and rogues.
Daughters love 'em. Daddies hate 'em. momas don't understand
Whenever life deals them down and dirty they'll just play another hand
Yeah, there's a place in heaven for those wild and kindred souls
And they'll be raisin hell til then
Renegades, rebels and rogues
Renegades, rebels, and rogues
Eyes of fire, Hearts of gold
Ramble til they drop
Gamble til the money runs out
They'll take any wrong direction
It's in their blood, ya know
All roads lead to another road
For renegades, rebels and rouges
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