Derrick steps back in anticipation as the pirate approaches him with menacing intent. Derrick accidentally falls over an outdoor lounge chair, which he uses to block the first slash the pirate threw at him. they toss the chair aside and free the sword for another slash, but Derick was fast enough to roll away to dodge it. they stood back up, facing the pirate, who was somewhat amused at the evasiveness of the boy, though he was far from going all out on him. he still needed the hostages for ransom, but he wanted to play with his food a little bit, as some would put it. Derrick ducks under a sideward slash before rolling away yet again to dodge another slash. he recovers and sees that the saber had embedded itself into the floorboards, which was something the pirate didn't really account for.
Derrick then takes this chance to attack as he collides with the pirate. shoulder, bashing him away from their weapon. leaving them with only their fists. the pirate easily recovers from the hit as he confronts the boy again, but this time, it was the last straw. this boy was going down, he decided. "That's it, you little brat," he shouts as he goes to sucker punch the boy, but they dove right under it. dodging it again. the pirate threw more haymakers at the boy, but the lad just kept on waving and bobbing through them like a slimy snake. "Stay still!" the pirate threw one last punch, but luckily, Derrick didn't have to dodge this one as Tetsuga came back into the action by slamming the sole of his foot into the pirate, sending them away yet again.
"Not today, dirtbag!" Tetsuga says as he stands with a fighting stance next to Derrick. "Sorry about leaving you out. Guess I need some help with this guy," he admits, which Derrick was happy to hear as he puts up a fighting stance of his own next to him. "Apology accepted! now let's give him what for!" Derrick exclaimed as the pirate stood back up with malice in his eyes. all he wanted now was for these meddling kids and adults to be taken care of asap, or else his little job here will be for naught. so much for an easy steal, he says to himself quietly. "You'll regret ever crossing Red Beard!!" he screams as he runs towards the two. ready for another scuffle.
"You got a plan, kid?" Tetsuga asks on the fly as he dodges a hit. "I do, actually! I just need a set-up!" the boy says as the pirate alternates with him as he punches to grab him, which he avoids by spinning around them. once they were behind, they dropped down for Tetsuga to jump over him and drop-kick the pirate down again. "Alright! I'll keep the pirate busy while you do the plan!" they say as he gets up along with the pirate, who recovered from the kick. "That's all you got?" Tetsuga eggs him on as he shuffles in place in anticipation for him to start charging him again. "Why you?" the pirate spoke before charging at the man again. "I'll make you understand why they call me the king of the sea!!" they scram as they throw haymaker after haymaker at them, with Tetsuga focusing on them this time and dodging the hits sent his way.
Tetsuga, after dodging all those hits, decided to fling the pirate sword that was still lodged on the ground over at them, which the pirate dodged by leaning to the side before using his hook hand to hook onto the hooped handle of the sword before bringing it down on Tetsuga, who jumped back to avoid it. they then take the handle with their hands and wield it once again. "What's the matter, shrimpy? scared of a little cut!?" they say as they slashed away at him. Tetsuga was able to dodge some of the slashes, but with cunningness and expertise, the pirate was able to cut Tetsuga up a few times. the lad was able to, however, lock their arm with his arm before he followed up with an elbow to the chin before using their magic to fling them over themselves and into the ground again. "Grah!"
the yell in pain as he tries to rush Tetsuga again, who was well and ready to go scrap with him again, but what they didn't expect was a champagne bottle to come flying in and crashing right into the pirates balding red hair. "Argh!"" They try to turn around to see who threw a bottle at them, but they are then met with Cherry throwing more stuff at them in an attempt to help the two. "Hey! stop that! stop it!Yeah!" the pirate yells as he dodges the onslaught of miscellaneous objects being thrown at him. "Yeah! Let's go, Cherry!"Derrick was even cheering the girl on as she continued to throw more stuff at the red-bearded pirate, who was starting to get more and more irritated with each item thrown.
"Hey kid! you missed a bottle!" even Tetsuga was in on it as he pointed out to her that she had missed another champagne bottle. but instead of a silent acknowledgment like with Derrick, she had a few words to say before chucking it at the pirate. "Don't tell me what to do!" she yells as the champagne bottle gets thrown and flies through the air like a cannonball. but the pirate had enough of it and decided to cut the champagne bottle in half with his saber as the champagne spilled everywhere while the shards part to avoid him getting hit. "Enough!" he shouts, which stops Cherry, who flinches in fear of what is coming. But that unfortunately brought Tetsuga in, who came in from behind and trapped the pirate in a chokehold.
The pirate, however, had one last trick up his sleeve as he sneaked his hand in and revealed another pyrocitite. but before he could get it to activate and blow up, Tetsuga elbowed his shoulder and made him involuntarily drop it. causing the man to shove him to the side and catch it before it makes hard contact with the ground and explodes from the impact. after doing so, Derrick finally goes ahead with the plan as he instructs Tetsuga on what to do on the sidelines. "Tetsuga! pull down the sail and isolate the gas that comes from this!" Derrick shouts, which he had no choice but to follow since it was the only plan to be broken up. that, and he was very much racing against the clock as the pirate went to recover from the hit.
with a solid plan, he used the last of his magic to latch onto one of the sails and give it his all to break it from the base to fall on them by pulling on the top of it really hard. this took a few moments to do, but he finally got some cracks forming on the base. but the pirate had already recovered and was already rushing towards him. Luckily, Cherry thought quickly to help him out as she and Derrick threw a crate towards the oncoming pirate. stopping him in their tracks for a moment. this gave Tetsuga enough time to finally pull down the sail, making it fall on him and the pirate.
"Catch Mr. Tetsuga!" Derrick shouts as he tosses him the insomnia relief that he used to take down the pirate earlier. Tetsuga catches it before the sail hits them and the ground before proceeding to slap it across the pirate's face before the sail finally covers both of them in its white felt, which they were luckily under, or else they'd be squished into pancakes. Derrick watched on as he saw a bit of struggle inside the sail before the struggle slowly died off and the sail became still with no erratic movement whatsoever. "Phew, crisis solved," the boy says as he breathes a sigh of relief as the adrenaline starts to die down a bit. "Oh my god! I'm definitely getting sanctioned for sure!" suddenly, they hear a scream from behind them as he and Cherry turn around to see the crewmate earlier appear to them when things were over.
"Oh, its you again! I expected you to be with the evacuees by now." Derrick expected the man to dip along with the other people. I guess he was wrong in that assessment. "Well, I came back to get you two, but holy moly, you guys did a number on the ship. the whole sail fell down!" they expressed as they looked over at the now broken and fallen over sail, which Tetsuga and the pirate were still under. "So what now? do we take them out of there now?" Cherry asks, since this was all so surreal to her that she failed to know what would come next after this. "Well, the gases from my concoction should disperse after a half hour before dispersing, so well, wait before we'll do that," Derrick tells her. this way, they wouldn't get knocked out, seeing as none of them had special gear to withstand such a sleeping potion. "Also, me and the other crewmembers kind of called the local coast guard since we're fairly close to the coast right about now before we got stopped by pirates.
with no leader to lead them, the pirates quietly surrendered one by one, and the hostages were set free and returned to the cruise ship. but while they did so, Derrick noticed the pyrocitite that Tetsuga had coughed earlier. must've rolled out of his grasp when he fell asleep. but this gave Derrick a chance to finish what he started with the crewmate. "Hey! Well, wouldn't you know! The pirate had a replacement!" Derrick says with a smile as he shows both Cherry and the crewmate. "Oh, it looks like we can fix the boiler now!" Cherry exclaimed with a single clap. glad that things were able to be solved in the end. "Huh, what a miracle..." The crewmate was also jazzed to see it, but expressed less of it since he was still getting sanctioned for the broken-down sail, not to mention they got boarded by pirates.
after some time, the local coastguard was able to reach them, which gave Cherry a chance to drop Archibald off at the paramedics to recover from the big gash on his back before they made their way down to the boiler room again. once they were there, Derrick went ahead and replaced the deactivated pyrocitite with a new one and watched it heat up the coal. "That should do it! no more broken boiler!" Derrick expressed as he walked back to the other two. "Nice job, Derrick. I guess things wrapped up quite well for you in the end, didn't they?" She smiles at him, which he reciprocates back with his own. "Well, that's done. how about we head back and deal with the unconscious people you have under the sail?" he says as the three exit. "Right, I gotta get Mr. Tetsuga out before the police do!" he then remembers that they were still criminals in the eyes of the law, so he was able to use the sack he carried his equipment in as a makeshift cloak so that he wouldn't be easily found out.
once out, Derrick was able to convince the crewmen of the coast guard that he could get the bodies out of the sail for them. which they agreed with with a little bit of questioning. Derrick quickly got Tetsuga out, who was knocked out cold on the floor, with drool falling from his mouth as his face was planted firmly on the floor. he sets his down on a crate where no one would look and drapes a cloth over him for extra concealment. then came the pirate, who was knocked out as well, which he gave to the authorities. they thanked him for a job well done before meeting back with Tetsuga, whom Cherry tended to while he was away. "That should be good. soon we'll drop ship after this, and me and Tetsuga will be out of your hair in no time!" he says as he converses with Cherry a little bit.
"Are you really okay with that?" Cherry asks as she meets him face-to-face. its true that their predecessors always brought trouble wherever they went, but she kind of liked having Derrick around. and to her, she didn't want him to go associating with a criminal like Tetsuga. "its fine; I'll get used to it one day," he expressed to her as he watched the sunset on the horizon, sinking into the calm ocean. "Wait, I just realized that with Archibald gone, there won't be anyone to escort me back home!" Luckily, she knew a way for them to stick around a little longer. "Right, he was tasked with getting you home safe, wasn't he?" Derrick concludes.
"I know, how about you join us? me and Tetsuga can escort you home, no biggie! I'm sure he won't mind a little extra company!" Derrick decides, which was what Cherry wanted. even if it means Tetsuga sticks around her as well. "Really! then I guess I'm in your care now, Derrick Barnes! put her there!" she exclaims with joy before extending her hand out to solidify the deal with a handshake. Derrick smiled and responded to her by shaking her hand as well. "Right!" he says with a big smile on his face.