Disclaimer: Outlaw Star and none of these characters belong to me, because if it did it is very unlikely that I would be write about it on the fanfiction.net. Instead, I would probably be working on the sequel to the actual television show.
Through the eyes of a boy
(Jim's POV)
It begins on the spaceport Sympa 5, as I walk alone in the rain cold and wet. I look down at my feet as I walk watching the tiny drops of rain hit the ground with barely a splash. It is funny how life is, two years ago, I wouldn't have thought anything about spending the night on the streets, but now. Well, It just doesn't seem right. I think almost constantly about going back to the Outlaw Star. Gene Starwind is like a big brother to me and I hate to be doing this to him. I know that he must be worried about me. Shit, he's probably out looking for me now, unless Suzaka, Melfina, or Aisha (or all three of them together) has managed to talk some sense into him. I mean I have been gone for three days and until now I was living in a small hotel. Then my secret funds ran dry. You would think a genius like me would have more sense than to run away especially with the small amount of cash I had. Well, I didn't actually plan this. It was more like a bit of good and bad luck. You see I have fallen in love with the enemy. The space-pirate, Hanmyo and me have been seeing each other everyday. Yeah, I said Space-Pirate, you see Hanmyo has no idea that I'm a crewmember of the Outlaw Star, and Gene has no idea that that girl I'm seeing is the space-pirate that attack us. Hell, he doesn't even have the clue that she is a space-pirate, something that I have to keep a secret or they're try to kill each other. It funny, I thought again as I look up at the beads of water leaking from the limp strands of hair in my face, how all this began three days ago.
Back then I was Jim Hawking, Gene's second in command and business partner. I had no idea what true love was, and just how much trouble such a thing could be. We were rocketing through space when Hanmyo and me first met, but at the time neither one of realized it. Gilliam, the main computer aboard the Outlaw Star, detected a ship coming toward us. Something that greatly upset Gene, because the distances between our ship and the other ship, so of course he started to complain to Gilliam. Who merely stated that that other ship must have a way to conceal their signal. With that say, the idea that this might be a friendly ship was washed away, and Gene commanded the ship to go to Grappler Mode. The Outlaw Star was at that moment the most wanted ship in the galaxy, so being prepared for anything was a must.
Then the other ship appeared on our monitors, and from what I could tell from the color and size of the ship, this was going to be a breeze. I mean how many extremely dangerous people color their spaceship orange with one blue wing and one green wing, plus the ship was nowhere near as big as the Outlaw Star. I was very confident about our fight, if we had one? That was when the other ship sent us a message," Gene Starwind," a male voice purred," nothing personal, but we're here to destroy you." With that said, Gene commented to me to blow some hot kisses to my devoted fans, which meant I was to fire some missiles at the opposing ship. This met with failure as the orange ship sent out a decoy missile leading all of our missiles away, where they exploded a few feet away.
The other ship continued its flight plan toward us as the twin wings blow off their tips to reveals sharp claws underneath. "So it's a grappler fight they want," Gene declared as the Outlaw Star sprouted two long arms," then they've come to the right guy!" The two ships lock hands and claws, and it seem that we had it won when the ship unexpectedly fired it rear thrusters, causing the ship to fly backwards, breaking the lock. Then in one quick maneuver the ship fired it missiles as its grappler arms broke off and rushed toward us. The Outlaw Star despite it size is very maneuverable and was able to avoid most of the missiles, but the twin grappler arms greatly made up for the misses with a series of quick swipes. Gene managed to swat them away for the moment when Gilliam warn us of the rise in pressure. He said that we couldn't stay in battle mode for much longer. That was when Gene decided to use one last tactic. Which meant I had to use our last resort. "Last Resort?" Suzaka questioned. We was running from the two grappler arms at the moment when we saw our chance as Gene turn the ship to face them and then I fired all our missiles. This cause the two-grappler arms to fly back behind the ship that they had separated form, just as we had plan. Of course the other ship fired back, blocking our missiles, but also it created a smokescreen for us to escape.
"That was your last resort!" Aisha foamed," to run away like cowards!"
"You should be grateful, at least we're alive," Gene yelled back.
"Yeah," I comment trying to calm her down," and in a way that is a victory for us."
Melfina then commented something that I cut me to the core now to remember. She then said," Just like a family."
I then looked down at the small pink rose I had covered up in my jacket. This was Hanmyo's gift to me I thought as I continued down the street. Here in an alley, I found a box to crawl into to spend the night. It wasn't the best place to sleep, but it did keep the rain off of me. Tomorrow, I would have to make a choice between Gene and my family or Hanmyo the girl I love. One way or another this was going to be my last night in a box.
…To Be Continued!!! I bet you're wondering what is going on. Well, you have to read the rest of it to find out. Remember to be a responsible reader, REVIEW.
