Here it is! The very first Treasure Planet and Primeval crossover. Get ready for family fun, sibling sweetness and good old romance! Hope you enjoy xx
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Chapter 1: Story
On the clearest of nights when the winds of the Etherium were calm and peaceful, the great merchant ships with their cargoes of Arcturian sura crystals felt safe and secure. Little did they suspect that they were being pursued by pirates. And the most feared of all these pirates was the notorious Captain Nathaniel Flint.
Like a Candarian zap-wing overtaking its prey-
The door opened, sending light streaming into the dark room. There in the doorway stood Sarah Hawkins, her hands on her hips.
"James Pleiades Hawkins! I thought you were asleep an hour ago."
She walked over to the bed that her three year old son lay on with the now closed book in front of him. She leaned forward to grab the book only to be startled by a small yelp from underneath the covers. Moving them away, Sarah found her other child curled up in a ball, looking up at her with a small guilty smile on her face.
"Jessica Parker Hawkins!"
"But Mom, we were just getting to the best part." Whined Jess, grabbing the book and moving to sit by her twin brother.
"Please?" they begged, both forming puppy dog eyes and pointing them at their mother.
"Oh, can those eyes get any bigger?" Sarah said, rolling her eyes.
She sighed before grabbing the book off them and sitting down on the bed.
"Scootch over."
The twins' faces gleamed with joy as they jumped into their mother's lap and opened the book to continue the story.
Like a Candarian zap-wing overtaking its prey, Flint and his band of renegades swooped in out of nowhere. And then, gathering up their spoils, vanished without a trace.
"Ooh!" the twins squealed, looking at each other with expressions of excitement on both their faces. Sarah chuckled quietly at the two of them before they turned back to the story.
Flint's secret trove was never found, but stories have persisted that it remains hidden somewhere at the farthest reaches of the galaxy stowed with riches beyond imagination. The loot of a thousand worlds,
"Treasure Planet," whispered the twins the same time as the narrator. Sarah chuckled again before she closed the book and placed it in the draws beside the bed.
"Ok, that's enough for tonight."
"How do you think Captain Flint did it, Mom?" asked Jim as he climbed up onto the headboard of his bed.
"How'd he swoop in out of nowhere-?"
He dived off the headboard and landed on the bed before Sarah could catch him then quickly dived under the covers.
"-and vanished without a trace?" said Jess as she jumped up then dived under the covers with her brother.
"I have no idea." Answered Sarah before grabbing their ankles and pulling them into her lap.
"Come here, you, you. I'm gonna get ya both-!" she giggled as she tickled them while they squirmed in her filled the dark room before Sarah finally let the twins go and letting them make their way to their beds.
"OK, now it's time for these two little spacers to go to sleep." She whispered as she pulled the covers up to their chins and kissed their foreheads.
"You think somebody'll ever find Treasure Planet?" asked Jim as his mother pulled a toy out from under his pillow.
"Sweetheart, I think it's more... like a legend." She answered as she threw the toy in the corner with the rest of the twins' action figures and toy ships.
"I know it's real." Cried Jess, jumping from her bed and onto her brother's bed.
"Yeah!" Jim cried as he jumped up to join his sister.
Jess began to jump up and down on the bed making her brother lose his balance slightly.
"And I'm going to be the first one to find it!"
"Me to, me too!"
The twins jumped up and down laughing before leaping high into the air and falling back down onto the bed on their behinds.
Sarah giggled once again before wrapping the covers round the twins and laying them down.
"Ok, ok! You win. It's real." She whispered before walking towards the door.
"Nighty-night Mom." Whispered two small voices from behind her. Sarah turned around as she stood in the doorway and smiled.
"Nighty-night sweethearts. I love you both."
"Love you, too." The twins whispered back before the door closed, leaving the whole room in darkness once again.
A few minutes after their mother left the twins grabbed the book and opened it, the light gleaming brightly from under the bed covers.
There are nights when the winds of the Etherium, so inviting in their promise of flight and freedom made one's spirit soar!
"Jess!"
Jess opened her eyes to the feeling of someone shaking her shoulder and looked up to see a handsome face with chocolate brown eyes staring down at her with concern.
"Becker!" she cried as she lifted her head from the ADD and sat up. Why? Out of all the people in the ARC, Why did it have to be Becker who was the one to find her asleep in work?
"Are you ok? You've been looking kind of tired these past few weeks, and sleeping in work, that's not like you." He asked his voice full of concern and a worried expression on his face.
Jess's heart felt as if it was about to leap out of her chest. He was concerned for her?
"I-I'm fine. J-just haven't been sleeping well with the nightmares and all." She stuttered, deep crimson beginning to stain her smooth cheeks.
"Nightmares? What about?" he asked, even more worry in his voice then before.
Jess mentally slapped herself. These past few nights she had been having dreams of her past. And if she wanted to keep it in the past, the last thing she should do was bring it up in a conversation with Becker.
"Oh it's nothing. You know me and my crazy imagination. I'm fine really," she said, smiling as if it was nothing.
Becker didn't look convinced. He had worked with Jess long enough to be able to tell when she was lying. He could also see that the smile wasn't as dazzling as always was but he let it go.
"Why don't you go home and get some rest?" he suggested. From the dark rings under her eyes he could tell that she wasn't getting enough sleep.
"It'll most likely be a quiet day so-"
Suddenly, red lights started flashing and the alarm blared through the building. Jess and Becker looked at each other before chuckling quietly.
"I guess I jinxed that didn't I?" said Becker apologetically.
Jess giggled before she turned to the ADD and started typing while Becker picked up his black box and placed his earpiece in his ear then raced towards the doors.
"I'll send you the coordinates now." She called to his retreating figure.
"And don't forget my chocolate."
Becker spun around and called back,
"When have I ever?" and then he winked at her before sprinting round the corner.
There you go! First chapter done. please review, I'd really love to hear what you think. I'll try and update soon. xx