Sensei Brandon

Chapter Twelve: It Had To Do With Physics

Now the thing about this story is that it has a bit to do with physics. Pirate Bob Pike didn't have a motor on his fat boat. There was no way he could move the boat except by manipulating the sails or rowing. Pirate Bob and Pirate Pike did, and their boat was rather skinny and it had sails. It was running with the wind at this point of the story because Pirate Bob and Pirate Pike didn't exactly agree with the gas prices in that area, and gas was hard to rob.

Had they just floated on ahead with the stormy wind blowing them, they would've been able to get away from Pirate Bob Pike, who was creeping up on them.

But Pirate Bob turned around.

He saw Pirate Bob Pike.

"Ar! Hello my friend!"

He waved his arms frantically in the air.

Pirate Bob Pike ran to the front of his boat. Squinting his eyes, he tried to figure out if he was pursuing the right guy. In the blue moonlight, he saw Pirate Bob's iconic pirate hat (or monstrosity, really, since Pirate Bob had made it himself). The identity of the very friendly pirate was unmistakable.

Really, Pirate Bob Pike shouldn't have been surprised. Pirate Bob was a rather forgiving man in his own definition – he assumed that no one held grudges against him.

Pirate Bob Pike was offended. Was his old ship-mate mocking him? He was wrong.

"Ar, let's say 'ar, hi' to our old buddy, Pirate Pike," Pirate Bob said.

"Ar, sure thing," Pirate Pike agreed.

They began to row towards Pirate Bob Pike.

Suddenly, fear began to creep into Pirate Bob Pike's heart. What if Pirate Bob and Pirate Pike were planning to ram him and split his ship into two or more pieces? Quickly, he tried to turn his fat boat, but he found that the stormy wind behind of him was pushing him right for the other boat.

"Ar, lookee here, Pirate Pike, Pirate Bob Pike has been missin' us!" Pirate Bob exclaimed.

Pirate Bob Pike panicked. That is what he got for robbing a used boat lot. That is also what he got for not learning his sailing in the Australian Sailor Academy for Sailors and All Interested Folk, which his dad had paid for.

The spectacular explosion involving the fluid dynamics of air, wind, and salty sea water was located right above Brandon's reef.

Now, what happened to the three pirates is beyond me, and it doesn't matter now, because what did happen was that Brandon's dojo was crushed.

Because a treasure chest, filled with gold, exploded out of the bottom of Pirate Bob Pike's boat and crashed onto the dojo.

Everyone survived unscathed, but three whole blocks were completely decimated by a barreling treasure chest.

The area became the City Dump.

The end.

At least that is how Brandon told me. I think he was still a bit sad about it. 

But he is picking himself up now, because that is how things have to go.

The end.

That is how I end it.