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Chapter 9: Finding a Crew
"Who's there!" said Scrap, looking around. It was dawn, and Rose wasn't awake. "Show yourself!" He said louder, and he saw something pop out of the tree. The thing looked scared. It was still and sort of crying. Scrap pointed his sword at it. It was a small blue mudokin. "Wadda you want?" said Scrap, annoyed. "I....Sir, I saw you sleeping here." the mudokin trembled at the size of Scrap. " I thought you might need some help. My house is 2 miles from here. You may come, if you like." Scrap pointed his sword away. "You gotta town nearby?" The mudokin looked at him. "Tis' about 18 miles from my house. We shoulden't go cause' the guards said there is an animal loose. He looks a little bit like you." Scrap thought it might be Kru. What if it wasn't. He did sail far away. Scrap was willing to take a chance. "Oh, and the town is on an island. I have a boat to get there." Scrap was now sure it was Kru, but what if the town was a place that Skum ruled? "Who lives with you?"asked Scrap. "My grandmother and my brother." Scrap nodded. He agreed to go with the boy. "Here. Have the map." Scrap took the map to the town and put it in his bag. "What is your name?" asked Scrap. "My name is--" Scrap looked at him. He had an arrow through his head. He dropped dead, his mouth fozen in the letter S. "No." said Scrap. He looked and saw another mudokin, but his skin was darker. "No more." the mudokin had 9 men behind him. "We've come to take you to prison. You have tried to destroy a pratrol ship. Get down." Scrap looked at the mudokin. "No more running." Scrap was about to explode. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!" He charged at the lead mudokin. He punched him right in the face. He heard a crack, and the mudokin droped dead.
"Who else?" said Scrap angrily. No reply. "I'll take all of ya out then!" An evil grin formed on Scrap's face. He punched one in the groin. 2 down. He kicke one in the face. 3 down. He pick up one and threw him at another. 5 down. The others had guns out. Scrap went to the trunk and woke Rose up. "Go! Run. Follow this map and take these bags. I'll catch up." She nodded and ran down the road. He grabbed his sword and went to kill the five mudokins. They fired at him, but he dodged every bullet with his animal reflexes. He sliced off the legs of 2 and stabbed 1. 8 down. He stabbed mudokin number 8 with a fast jab. He raised his sword high over the last one and with a big SWOOSH he took his head off and his body dropped. He was sweatin, and he put his sword in it's sheath. He sat at the trunk of the tree and took a rest for a few minutes. He got up and walked to the road. He walked down ther road for hours.
After 4 or so hours, Scrap reached a house. The house was big and it had several houses around the area. He went to the house and knocked on the door. An old mudokin opened the door. "Welcome." she said. Scrap walked in and saw Rose. "Hi. This lady welcomed me in. She asked me if I knew where her grandson is. Do you?" Scrap hesitated for a moment. He didn't want to be the person to tell her her grandson was dead. "Your grandson..................is dead." The mudokin had tears coming from her eyes. "What?" asked the old lady. "Well, I soppose he got what was coming to him." Scrap saw she was just pretending to be fine with it. Trying to change the subject, SCrap asked, "Do you know anyone who can sail around here? I need someone to take me to the island town. "Go ask around in the village. Lots of sailors live around here." the mudikin lead Rose and Scrap out. "Goodbye." she said. Scrap an Rose walked to a house and knocked on the door.
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