Clash Of The Worlds: The Anomaly

Chapter 8

"I'll tell you guys later," Joey said as he took off. "Hey, wait for us!" The group yelled as they ran after Joey. Joey went to the vault, put the key in, and turned it. A pirate flag dropped down, and a few pirates walked in. Okay, let's do it. "Round them up!" The leader yelled. "Ro, come on!" "You cowards, come out and fight." "Where are you? Show yourself." These pirates, they're not friendly. The pirates are so mad. What's their problem? Eventually, the group finds themselves in the round room. A pirate is holding a knife to Alex's throat. "Guys, help me!" Alex screamed. "Alex!" Ro gasped. "Back up! I swear to God, I'll cut his throat." "Please don't..." "Alex just got back." "You guys, do something please, please," Alex cried. "We'll do anything. Please, just let him go," Ro told. "Are you looking for Rorik?" "Rorik?" "Tall, terribly handsome..." The pirate described. 

"Okay, at least tell us who you are," Bobin said. "I'm Jezebel. Who is the captain?" Jezebel asked. Joey steps up. "I need you to swear an oath. I swear on a pirate's boat if I change my words, then I'll cut his throat. Repeat it after me," Jezebel explained. "I swear on a pirate's boat...If I change my words, then I'll cut his throat," Joey replied. Jezebel let Alex go. Ro tackle hugs Alex and kisses him. "Alex!! I've missed you so much!!" Ro exclaimed. "Me too, Ro! You're my wonderful cinnamon roll," Alex answered. "Aw, it's the cinnamon rolls!" Colleen said, smiling. "As a mark of this truce, I give you the pirate's ring." Jezebel put the pirate's ring on Alex's finger.

"Okay so... Tell us what happened to you, Alex," Haley told. "I was dead, and then, there was a genie, and then there was a cloud of smoke, and then there was the pirate who tried to kill me. I don't know why she's still here. Can we make her leave?" Alex said. "Well, we had one wish to bring one of our friends back, and we wished that it would be you. "Well, I feel like we're gonna need to battle this Rorik guy, and clearly she has something out for him." "Rorik is looking for this." "That's the key, that's the key." "You help me find the treasure, you get the key. Follow me. This way." She said, "Go, go." They head over to the Caribbean Exhibit. "This is so cool!" "What are we looking for, though?" "Aye, you've taken me ship, but you'll never take me treasure. The map is hidden where no man will ever find it." "Okay, little skull head coming through." 

"It's gone. Push it in." Ro gets her arm stuck. "Help me!!" "We have to cut her arm off. Cut her arm off!" "No, Ro!" "What does it say?"It says, "You've triggered my booby trap. The cabin will fill with poison gas once the last bag falls if you haven't balanced things out." "The scales. We have to balance everything out," Mark Rober said. "I mean, is there a way to get me out of here without cutting off my arm?" Ro asked. "That's about the only way I see it, love," Jezebel replied. Ro pouts. "Think you can steal my treasure map? I know better so I tore it in three and hid my message. You'll need to spill some grog to find the way." Ro pulls her arm out, and a ring is now on her finger. "Wait, that's the same ring that Alex has," CJ stated. "Are we married?" Ro asked. "Oh, I'd love that! But not with pirate rings. A real wedding," Alex answered. "Head to Pirates' Bay and stack five skulls in a line...on each floating dock." "Follow me." "Oh, my gosh." "We can't find this treasure until we find the three pieces so let's go find those two other pieces on the map," Joey said. "Get down, get down." "Did you find anything yet?" "No, we're looking." "Isn't that Rorik's older brother?" "Yeah. Don't let him know about that though."

"Which one's your ex?" "The big, tall man." "What happened between you guys?" "It's complicated. Listen, if they leave the dock, we need to make a run for it," Jezebel explained. "You grab the skulls, we'll do the paddling." "There's a skull right here, guys." "Guys, hurry up!" "There's three right there!" "There's more skulls over there!" The chest is open. "Okay, we have two pieces of the map now." "Do I have to do everything meself?" Rorik sighed. 

This is the captain's quarters. The Captain's coming. "Hands off the map!" "Oh, now you decide to do some work, eh, Captain?" "Bless the lot of you!" "Oh, I love you Jezebel, but you've betrayed me for the last goddamn time." "If you loved me, you'd make me your equal."  She has a lot of pent up anger. They realize that they need to connect the objects on the map to physical objects in the room in the specific spot that the map shows. "Bring the hat here, let's put it in the center." "Oh, my God! You're alive!" "Yeah, I'm alive. What did you find?" "We found the pieces of the map. But, if we give it to you, are you gonna betray us? Because, I don't know, you pirates seem a little sketchy," Collen remarked.

"Of course I'm not going to betray you." "Get your hands off me treasure!" Later, everyone is outside. "Out of the goodness of my black heart, I've decided you can have the key. But one of you must die for crossing my path. So, all of you must take the pirate's test. And the last one through will be shot," Rorik explained. "Except for those two. They have rings. "No matter what happens to us, we need to come back and get out of here alive," Mark Rober told. "Stand next to your barrel." Joey, Michael, Tareq, Mark Rober, Jimmy, CJ, and Colleen stood at their barrels. Alex, Ro, Matthew, Safiya, Eva, Colin, and Bobin stood onto the side. 

"It's time to determine if you've got pirate blood in ya. You're gonna roll one barrel from here to there, take a drink of ale and roll it right back. Next, you'll stand yonder and take aim with your slingshot and knock down one bottle. And last, you'll row to the dock and grab a Jolly Rogers and come on back. Go!" Rorik shoots his gun into the air, and the challenge begins. "Come on, drink it!" "You can drink that. Gulp it down!" "You're slower than everybody else." Mark Rober is fast. "Drink that ale!" "We've got a loser!" "Oh, God! I think I'm drunk!" "You are the worst pirate ever. Can't even roll a barrel!" The pirates were cheering them on. "Oh, my God! That was so close!" "This one actually knows how to shoot." Colleen is last to get onto the boat. "I don't know why you're even getting in. We all know you're gonna be last again. We should just save our time and shoot her now," Rorik said. "Shut up," Colleen remarked. "Is there two or one? Wait, how many did you grab?" CJ asked. "This one is pirate worthy."

Everyone makes it. Except for Colleen. "How did I know that you would be last once again? You've failed at every single one." Someone definitely has to die tonight. "Say when, Captain," Jezebel said. "Rules are rules." "I knew you weren't worthy. Give me regards to the devil." Rorik shoots Colleen. She falls into the ocean. Joey sighs. "Now she's gone..." Michael pats Joey's back. "It's okay Joey. You did what you could." "All this murder has got me thinking, darling." "What?" "Maybe there can be co-Dread Pirates." A pirate proposal between Rorik and Jezebel. Who would have thought that would happen? "Now, y'all best be off before I change me mind about killing the rest of you," Rorik told. "Don't have to tell me twice!" The group runs away into the lounge. "Oh, my God! That was nuts." "Oh, my gosh." "The Collector is on her way back." This is not good news. "We have to get out of here." CJ puts the key into the vault.

Joey Graceffa, The Savant

Michael Graceffa, The StoryTeller

Tareq Salameh, The Techie

Mark Rober, The Scientist

CJ Donaldson, The Editor

Jimmy Donaldson, The Risk-Taker

Alex Wassabi, The Aviator

Rosanna Pansino, The Socialite

Matthew Patrick, Safiya Nygaard, Eva Gutowski, Colin Wentworth: SAE Members