The clouds came again to cover the light of the moon.
The sea was dark. None of the British sailors heard the
pirates rowing their boats towards the Queen Anne. Captain
Pike and his men climbed the ship's side and surprised the
sailors on deck. They attacked the sailors with knives and
Captain Pike went below deck.
He kicked open the door to the treasure, but he saw th at
it was gone.
"Gone?! Where is it?"
He ran back upstairs and threatened one of the sailors
with a knife.
"Where's that treasure you had down there? Talk or I'll
kill you right here!"
'The Captain took it to the island, to trade with the
natives. We needed something to fix our sails."
The pirates left the Queen Anne and rowed towards Rum
island .
Captain Scott and his men were preparing to leave the
Island. They had what they needed to fix the sails, and they
were saying goodbye to Queen Alliana and her people.
Torches were lit all around the village, and everyone was
having one last cup of rum.
"Queen Alliana! I hope you and your people will live long
lives!"
Everyone raised their cup, but before they could drink,
one of the natives came running through the village.
"Pirate ship! Pirate ship!"
The natives all dropped their cups and began running to
their h_uts. The Queen looked at Captain Scott.
"You see, the treasure is cursed. Wherever it goes, bad
luck follows."
"We have enough men here to fight these pirates. We
won't let them destroy your island. We have a lot of
experience fighting such men, but you can help by letting us
use that treasure. Don't worry, you'll get it all back in the
end."
The natives kept their rum in wooden barrels near a small
lake, next to the village. They look all the tops off the barrels
to let the smell lead the pirates to where they were. When the
pirates arrived, they saw Blackbeard's treasure chest in the
middle of a large circle of sugar plant leaves. Queen 1\lliana
was standing outside the circle, holding a torch. Captain Pike
saw the chest first.
"There it is! Take it!"
"I wouldn't if I were you. You can't come here and take
whatever you want."
"Who are you? I'll do what I want."
Captain Pike and some of his men walked over the sugar
leaves towards the treasure. The leaves had rum on them,
and Queen Alliana set them on fire with her torch. The
pirates and the treasure were in the middle of a circle of fire ,
unable to move.
"You see, Captain , your eye for treasure has kept you
from seeing what you should see. It's always the same with
such men ."
Captain Scott, his men and the natives came out from
behind the trees and houses to fight the pirates. They put
out the fire, and Captain Pike with his six pirates standing
next to the treasure took out his sword.
''I'll fight to the death for this treasure. No one'!] have it if
I can't."
He and Captain Scott fought while the others watched.
"You won't kill me Captain."
Their swords were locked together and they were looking
at each other fiercely. Captain Pike reached for a knife in his
belt.
"Watch out Captain! He's got a knife ."
Captain Scott saw Pike's eye grow wider, then he fell back.
A knife with blood on it was in the air. No one could see that
Blackbeard's ghost held it.
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