Elaine's room had a small triangular window. Normally it was used only for stargazing, but at the moment Guybrush found the daylight useful as he read Elaine's journal.
So it wasn't the thunderclap - he barely heard it - that made him raise his head. What caused this was the shadow that fell across the window at exactly the same moment.
Guybrush glanced up and saw a wall of moving fur.
He screamed and dropped Elaine's journal. The pages scattered on the floor.
The wall of fur backed away from the window. It was a dark brown colour, and it wasn't really fur, more... hair, extremely long and thick and matted hair. As the movement outside his window continued, Guybrush finally realised what this was.
It was a creature. Some huge creature. Maybe even bigger than his ship.
Guybrush jumped to his feet and bolted out of the room. He pelted upstairs and into the cockpit. The ship rocked, as if pressed on one side, then settled again.
Guybrush slid into the pilot's seat. The viewscreen before him was empty. Then the creature showed itself. It was walking around his ship, looking at it curiously. It seemed confused.
And Guybrush recognised it. It was a monkey.
This was ridiculous. Adrenaline was flowing through his veins like liquid electricity and Guybrush wanted to laugh. It wasn't just ridiculous, it was impossible. What was this, Planet of the Apes or something?
The monkey reached out to his ship and hit it again. This time the blow carried force. Guybrush rocked around in his seat like a crash test dummy. The blow was like a slap to his face. It wasn't ridiculous, and it wasn't impossible. This giant monkey was attacking his ship.
Guybrush hit buttons on the console, starting the engine and dropping the landing struts. The ship crashed into the ground, which seemed to startle the monkey. It jumped back, then reached forward with one huge hand - my god, it was enormous on the viewscreen, coming right for him! - and grasped the ship. The grip tightened instantly, causing metallic groans and screeches to reverberate through the ship's hull.
Guybrush pushed the throttle open. The ship jumped forward sluggishly, reined in by the monkey's grip. Slowly Boss Hog rose... until finally it broke free, g-force slamming Guybrush into his seat.
He levelled off and looked back down at the ground. The monkey was staring up at him mournfully - it might be giant but apparently it couldn't fly - and then vanished.
A split second later, he heard a second thunderclap.