(Y/N)'s P.O.V
Jim had explained to Amelia what had happened, and her lips curl back in a snarl as she races to her cabinet, her eyes narrowed and pupils slits as her ears pin down.
"Pirates... On my ship? I'll see they all hang!" She cocks a gun, tossing it over to Delbert. "Doctor, familiar with these?"
Delbert, surprisingly, catches the weapon after fumbling with it, and stammers as he holds it between his pointer finger and thumb as if it was a bomb.
"Oh... I've seen-- well, I've read--" the gun powers up as he adjusts it in his hand and it shoots a laser blast out, blasting the globe besides Amelia.
Her eyes widen as she looks over at the now destroyed globe, her ears drooped as she blinks rapidly.
"Uh... No. No, I'm not," Delbert sheepishly admits.
"My lady, the key, if you would?"
I nod as I quickly grab the key from around my neck, tossing it to Amelia as she catches it with a grateful nod. She turns and unlocks the chest, grabbing the map and facing Delbert as she rolls her eyes at him.
While Amelia was distracted, she didn't notice Morph was admiring himself in the shiny gold reflection of the map.
I gasp when the sound of a heat torch outside the door, sparks beginning to fly from the metal of the door as they begin to melt off the lock.
"Mr. Hawkins! Defend this with your life." Amelia commands.
She tosses it to Jim, but Morph intercepts, grabbing the map in his mouth with a playful coo.
"Morph! Give me that!" Jim exclaims in alarm, grabbing the map and yanking it from his mouth.
Morph simply laughs and coos at the map.
"You're taking all day about it!" I hear Silver's voice yell, and the heat melting the lock stops.
"We need to go!" I exclaim, and Amelia uses a ray gun to blast a large hole leading to the lower area, and Delbert scrambles in after her, followed by me and Jim.
I hear a loud blast as we run, and a voice boom, "stop them!"
Jim holds my hand tightly as we round a corner following Amelia. Delbert slips but quickly regains himself, running ahead.
Delbert lets out a string of yells and 'oofs' as he leaps down a staircase.
I gasp when the crew round the corner and Amelia grabs Delbert, hurling him out of the way and slamming the vault door shut just in time, melting the lock so they can't open it.
"To the longboats, quickly!" She shouts, and I realize we made it to where the boats were stored.
Jim helps me into the boat before leaping in himself, and Delbert follows.
Amelia flips the lever down and the trap door leading out starts to open. Amelia lets out a cat yowl as she skillfully leaps into the boat and I silently urge the trap door to move quicker as anxiety fills me.
Amelia cocks a rifle and I gasp when Morph swipes the map from Jim's pocket, giggling as he holds it in his mouth.
"Morph!" I shout, stumbling and leaping down after Morph, pursuing the little menace.
"Morph, no!" He gasps when I leap after Morph, barely managing to make it to the side. "(Y/N)!"
Jim grunts as he jumps after me and I chase Morph, following closely behind us.
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Third Person P.O.V
The door breaks open and crew members start aimlessly blasting their guns.
"Chew on this, you pus-filled boils!" Amelia bellows, shooting back at them with skill.
Delbert looks up and he shakily aims his gun, shooting a large hanging light off of its place.
It strikes the board the men were using to race over to them, and four of the members fall to their deaths.
"Did you actually aim for that?" Amelia muses as she smirks, actually impressed.
"You know, I actually did!" Delbert exclaims with a baffled look, impressed with himself too.
Silver smirks as he flips over the switch, making the trap door pause and start to close.
"Oh, blast it!" Amelia snarls, looking up at the cable supporting the boat. "Doctor, when I say 'now', shoot that forward cable, I'll take this one." Delbert nods to show he understood.
Silver jumps when he hears a voice yell, "Morph! Here! Morph!"
"Morph, come on, sweetie!" A female voice calls, her tone gentle as she tries to sooth Morph.
He turns back and sees Jim spinning to catch Morph, and (Y/N) leaps up and fails to grab him as she lands with a groan of annoyance.
Silver's eyes widen when he sees Morph has the map.
"Morph!" (Y/N) gasps as Silver calls him.
"Come here, Morphy!" (Y/N) tries to coax, making Morph wag his body happily and start to float to her.
"Morphy, come here." Silver whistles a tune and Morph pauses, floating towards his friend.
"Morph! Morph!" Jim catches his attention, smiling widely as he beckons him. "Bring it here, Morph!" Jim coos, making Morph smile and float his way.
"Come here, Morph. Come to your dad!" Silver calls as he pats his leg, making Morph stop, confused and torn.
"Morphy, sweetie! Come on over here!" (Y/N) calls with a grin in a sweet voice, making him look over at her as he lets out a distraught coo.
All three desperately call to Morph, getting more aggressive and frantic as the moments pass.
"Come on!"
"Morph, Morph!"
"Morph, sweetie, here!"
Morph shakes his head and dives into a bundle of rope, squealing.
Silver collapses as he takes a step forward on his bad leg, grabbing his leg in agony he reaches forward to the rope, but someone beats him. Jim quickly grabs the map with (Y/N) next to him, and the two teens look down at Silver before Jim narrows his eyes, grabbing (Y/N) and racing away.
Silver growls, aiming his blaster towards (Y/N) and powering it up.
It locks onto her and his hand shakes before lets it fall, a look of despair on his face as he sighs heavily with defeat.
Jim leaps into the boat and Amelia shouts.
"Now!"
Amelia and Delbert to shoot the cables just as (Y/N) leaps down.
She gasps as the boat shifts, and was no longer under her as she frantically grabs the side of the boat. (Y/N) exclaims as they begin to fall, barely managing to hold on to the side as the wind rushes around her.
"(Y/N)!" Jim yells, and her arm was grabbed, her body being yanked onto the boat.
Jim yanks her to him and staggers back, falling with (Y/N) on his chest and he hugs her tightly, his heart in his throat after seeing she almost fell.
Amelia yanks open the mast and Jim helps (Y/N) to a sitting position, still holding her waist.
He laughs with relief and presses a quick kiss to her lips, making Delbert sputter as he blinks rapidly with wide eyes.
"When did you-- how did-- when did--" Delbert stammers, and Amelia cuts him off.
"Parameters met, Hydraulics engaged!" She checks off, pressing the screen, grabbing the steering bar of the boat and blasting off.
Meanwhile above
"That's it! Come to papa!" an alien cackles, preparing his large blaster cannon.
Silver felt his heart sink when he saw the cannon aiming at the boat Jim and (Y/N) were on, his eyes wide as he runs over.
"Hold yer fire!" Silver bellows, grasping the cannon and straining to push against it. "We'll lose the map!"
He tries to aim the gun away, but it was too heavy, and it fired directly to the boat. Silver watches as it strikes their ship, and they start plummeting down to the planet.
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(Y/N)'s P.O.V
"Captain! Laser ball at 12 o'clock!" Delbert yells, making Amelia grab the bar and yank it up.
She managed to get us directly out of the way, but the back was struck, an explosion occurring on impact right behind her.
"Amelia!" I yell, concerned as she gasps in pain, clutching her side in one hand and her shoulder in the other. The boat starts to catch on fire and we start plummeting down.
Our mast was completely burned up, disintegrating and out boat jolts when it hits an odd tree top.
Amelia continues to try to steer the boat to avoid the trees, but we crash directly into one and slam through it. The boat moves closer to the ground as it jolts around, staggering lightly while falling.
Jim holds me close as the boat flips upside down, and it drags for a few moments before stopping. We all groaned and Jim flips the boat up and off of us, Delbert helping as I sit up while clasping my dizzy head.
"Ow..." Jim groans, rubbing his neck and stretching it out a bit as he grimaces.
I crawl next to him and cup his cheek with my hand as I look over him with concern, making him smile with a reassuring wink.
He places his own hand over mine and nudges his cheek into it.
"Thank you... You... shielded me," I tell him softly, smiling in thanks.
It was true, I wasn't sore at all anywhere. Maybe a little dizzy from the harsh fall, but I wasn't in pain.
Jim smirks and puffs out his chest proudly, making me snort as I pull my hand away. He grabs it before I could bring it back to my side, however.
"Isn't this the part the Knight receives a kiss from the Princess?" Jim questions, making me roll my eyes with a laugh.
"Alright, my Knight. Hey, that rhymed," I muse, pecking his cheek.
He frowns and pouts, yanking me towards him and placing a small kiss on my lips. I smile into the kiss and pull away when I hear Delbert groan, the man rubbing his head as well.
"Sarah owes me ten coins," Delbert grumbles, taking his glasses off as he wipes at them.
"What?" I question, blinking quickly.
Delbert remains silent and Jim raises a brow.
"You... bet on us getting together?" Jim furrows his brows, speaking slowly. "And my mom bet we wouldn't?"
"No, no. I bet that you two would get together during the voyage... And she bet it would be after," Delbert explains, groaning in pain as he rubs his neck. "That was more fun than I ever want to have again."
Amelia stands up with a weak chuckle, "that was not one of my... Gossamer landings." She suddenly gasps in pain, clutching her side she collapses.
"Captain!" Delbert rushes to her side, kneeling down and placing a hand on her back.
Jim and I, along with Delbert, help her stand, Amelia swaying a bit.
She gently nudges our hands away, and Jim lets go of her reluctantly, my expression concerned as I step back to give her room.
"Oh, don't fuss," Amelia sways and starts to fall backwards. Delbert quickly catches her from behind, and she pushes off him. "Slight bruising. That's all." She fixes her hair and straightens her suit. "Cup of tea, and I'll be right as rain."
She looks at Delbert, "Mr. Hawkins." Delbert and I look at each other as she squints, turning to me, "Mr. Hawkins?" Amelia pauses and squints again, turning as she finally faces Jim. "The map, if you please?"
Jim gasps and quickly reaches in his pocket, sighing in relief as he pulls out the golden orb.
My eyes widen when it starts floating out of his hand, and the map changes into a cackling Morph.
I gasp in horror, my eyes wide. "Morph?!"
He squeals and rushes to me, nuzzling into my cheek before floating around Jim in a circle with a cooing laugh.
"Morph! Morph, where's the map?!" Jim demands in a panic.
Morph becomes a pile of rope, a small piece of him becoming the map and jumping into the rope.
I gasp in horror again, my face falling with realization.
"Are you serious?! It's back on the ship?!" Jim yells in panic, pointing to the direction of the ship.
Jim angrily tries to grab Morph as Amelia speaks, "stifle that blob and get low." I look over and see Amelia glaring at a boat floating nearby, her ears flattened. "We've got company."
She grabs her rifle, slowly peering over the boat as we join her. Amelia looks around as the other boat flies away and she sighs.
"We need a more defensible position. Mr. Hawkins, Miss (L/N), scout ahead." Amelia hands Jim a hand gun and he takes it, nodding.
"Aye, Captain."
"Of course, Captain."
Amelia tries to stand again, using her rifle to help her.
She gasps as she nearly falls and Delbert rushes to her.
"Steady, steady," he slowly lowers her to the ground and sighs. "Now, let's have a look at that."
Jim takes my hand in his own, locking our fingers together as we start down a random path into the woods, Morph following after us.
I take one last glance to Amelia and Delbert and grin.
They're so gonna become a couple.
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Another chapter up!
Silver's expression when he was gonna shoot Jim always makes me go ):
Anyways, here you Lovelies go!
In the next chapter we get to meet everyone's favorite guy, B.E.N!
I can tell you right now, I ain't typing it like "B.E.N" the rest of the story. I'm just gonna put "Ben".
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