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Joy is still a disciplined team. Spaced out equally along the port main deck, they are anxious and alert in equal measure.
The pirates have formed two amorphous clumps on their starboard deck.
“Get off my foot you cretin,” shouts one.
“Get off your own foot,” comes the bonkers reply!
“Shut up the lot of you,” bellows BlackDog. He grabs the rigging and hauls his massive frame out of the melee, and onto the starboard caprail.
Stepping back a couple of paces, SilverCloud surveys everything that’s going on aboard both ships. That leaves a little gap between her and DynamoDave. MaxChaos spots the gap. Racing to the poop deck, leaping up the steps, two at a time, he doesn’t seek permission before setting foot in the captain’s domain.
This is a man on a mission, red in the face, and clearly focussed on his quest. His quiver is strapped across his back, in one hand he’s carrying the long bow and in the other hand he’s carrying a large cooking pot filled with burning charcoal!
DynamoDave is thinking to himself, “I’ve never seen this before! What’s he going to do, chuck burning coals at them?”
MaxChaos says nothing, he can’t speak. Between his teeth he’s holding some oil soaked rags. SilverCloud immediately realises what’s going on. Calmly, she takes one arrow from his quiver and says, “I know what you need.”
He releases his jaw, letting the impregnated rags fall to the floor. Selects one and binds it to the head of the arrow, sticks that into the red hot charcoal, and the rag erupts in flames. DynamoDave now understands what’s happening. Both he and SilverCloud start preparing more flaming arrows as MaxChaos lifts the first one into place. It looks like he has only five, the one resting in the bow, and the remaining arrows now in each hand of each helper.
The Frumious Bandersnatch draws almost level, the pirates begin their high pitched screams and shouts. It’s more raucous and more intimidating than the Maoris performing a Haka. MaxChaos is not daunted. He might now be bright red in the
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