Chapter 18: Soy un Perdedor
"¡Buena mañana y una Feliz Navidad a usted Veracruz! ¡Éste es Franco por la mañana y usted está escuchando 151.3 El Jizzmop!"
UHHH! My radio alarm woke me up from this horrible dream I had about Christmas. Thank God the nightmare was over and I was in the safety of my own quarters once again. I got up and poured myself a cup of coffee, "Good morning coffee machine! Good morning
'World's Greatest Pirate' mug! Good morning Mexican guy I've never seen...wait a minute! Good morning coffee machine!?! Since when have I had that?" I stormed to the main deck. Low and behold my ship had crash landed on a Mexican shoreline. "That's it!" I yelled. "Everybody out except the pregnant chick. You heard me. ¡Andale, andale, arriba, arriba!"
The realization had hit me just like the smell of a dirty pussy, twas no dream! "How did this ship get here?" I asked the preggo. "It washed up here a few days ago with some dead men on it. We cleaned it out and used it for shelter." --- "You cleaned it out!?! Where are my fallen? Did you give them a proper burial at sea?" --- "Si." --- "With all their stuff!?!" --- "Si." --- "
DAMMIT! Why did you do that?" --- "We just thought it was the noble thing to do." --- "Noble? Noble doesn't put Lafitte's Rolex on my wrist now does it? Say... just how pregnant are you anyway?" --- "Nine and a half months." --- "Can we pretend you said
seven?" --- "I guess." --- "Good, I'll see you in my quarters in twenty."
With the help of my Hispanic compadres we were able to dislodge the ship back into the water. What should've taken days took only three minutes and a case of Coronas. I did my business with the preggo; I don't care what you say, and set course for the kid. "Hey buddy! You still got that paper I gave you?" --- "Sure do!" --- "Great! Let's get going!" Puzzled he asked, "Going? Where to?" --- "A real live Pirate ship with guns and gold and all the trimmings! There's even some leftovers if you don't mind the placenta." --- "What's placenta?" --- "Heaven on earth my friend. Now let us away in hunt for a real treasure!" The kid was so duped. I just had to stall for awhile so I could get that paper back, then I'd ditch him faster than a slut on prom night. I gave him an honorary eye patch and some
'pretend rum' which was just absinthe. He slept like a coma induced baby that night as we made our way to the Great Tabbs Treasure. All I could do was hope that it would solve all my problems. And if it happened to have the antidote for Hepatitis E, well that'd be just fine too.
...can the Captain finally get his hand on the Great Tabbs Treasure?
...will he ever get the smell of tortilla and hair gel out of his blinds?
...can you use an umbilical cord to tie down a mainsail?
Tune in right now for chapter nineteen of Alfred Tabbs II: Electric Boogaloo
Chapter 19: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead Fish
While the rest of the world was busy playing with their toys, I hadn't even had a chance to plug mine in yet. Not the dildo my cousin got me, the Nintendo. The kid woke/threw up all over my couch so I flipped the cushion and set it on fire. "Look kid," I said. "I'll get straight to the point. That paper you have; I need it back. Now I let you come along with me to hunt for treasure but playtime's over now, this could get dangerous." --- "I beat
you up didn't I?" --- "Touche. Let's roll; there's a piece on the counter if you need it." Kid or not I could use an extra pair of eyes; hell, just a pair for myself would've been better than nothing.
I was afraid of catching some unwanted company down river so it was decided to use a small raft to make our way to the treasure. I started inflating my dingy for a good thirty minutes until I remembered I was supposed to put air in the raft so I came and got to work. "Now look here boy, once we're in there we've only got about three minutes before the gestapo catches wind, maybe five if I can hold it in. Burritos we're a bad choice but it's too late for that now. Once I submerge, start counting. If I'm not back to the surface in ten minutes I want you to get the hell out of there, go back to my ship, and cause a diversion so I can save my ass. Don't worry, I'm about fifty-two percent sure they won't bludgeon your skullpiece. Okay?" --- "But I..." --- "Great, I'll see you soon!"
I dove into the water at full force. It was so dark and murky I had to rely on my sense of smell to get around. Bad move. My body floated back up."
*cough* *cough* Evil Voodoo!
*cough* *cough* I think I smelled too much
water!" The incident stirred up much commotion and soon the authorities were on their way to the wall. "Well buddy, I guess this is it. I just want you to know that if you were my kid; which the jury's still out on that, I'd be pretty proud of the courage you've shown these last couple of days." His eyes welled up as if to say it meant a lot that I cared. Nobody ever gave me that kind of affection and in that moment it all became clear. I had thought of something I hadn't before! Maybe Christmas I thought, doesn't come from a whore. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!
"Kid," I said. "I'm about to do something I should have done a long time ago." I gave him a hug and turned to the brigade of soldiers. And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the pirate's small heart grew three sizes that day. And then the true meaning of Christmas came through, and the thief found the strength of ten pirates plus two. I pointed to the child and shouted, "The kid's the one you want! He's got Nazi gold in his trousers! Don't leave anything for the buzzards!" Then I ran like hell and jumped into the river.
...what will happen to the kid?
...does the Captain have the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile?
...does the water at the bottom of the ocean smell like dying?
Tune in next time for chapter twenty of Alfred Tabbs II: Electric Boogaloo