Long John Silver, or Silver as he liked to be called, had just cut down some of the tall grass with the machete in his cyborg arm while trying to clear a path. He used his mechanical eye to glance back as his ship. He'd just eluded some bounty hunters but had to crash land his ship, completely demolishing it in the process. But his ship wasn't the problem. The problem was that he had no idea where he was.
He didn't have time to put the coordination's into the tiny ships computer to find out what planet he was on before the chase started. He looked around to inspect the planet. It was mostly roaming hillsides and grassy plains. He remembered seeing a tiny village a while back but that was miles ago. Even if he ventured there, he figured that a pirate like him wasn't welcome there.
"Blast it!" Silver exclaimed as he cut down some more tall grass with the blades in his arm. At least he had his cyborg half to help him survive. His large ears then detected something else making the grass crunch besides his blades. He kept the blades exposed but remained completely motionless. He took in a whiff through his nose as well and detected something's scent.
The smell consisted of mostly grass and pine trees…but…something else was there that smelled familiar. Silver tried to concentrate to figure out what he could've seen here. But he'd never been to this planet before in his life…at least, he didn't remember ever coming here.
Ah, what the devil could that be!
He heard the crunch of grass move closer and closer to his direction. Silver could now feel his hand begin to go clammy as it became glazed in a thin coat of sweat. His heart began to beat as he heard the noise grow closer. It was then that he heard a growl.
RAAAAOOORRR!
A giant clawed beast leapt up from behind Silver and hurled toward him. Silver turned around tried to get his blades ready to attack, but the beast was a tad too quick. The claws brushed against Silver's trench coat.
This is it! This be the end of me!
BANG! SWOOM!
A ray of energy came up and hit the beast square in the chest. The beast then flew back into the patch of grass and lay there. Silver stared there wide-eyed and his heart pounding.
What the devil!...What happened just now?
He heard someone reload the pistol and speak to him.
"Turn around Silver."
Silver stood there as stunned as ever. He sure didn't recognize the voice.
"Are ye a bounty hunter?" Silver questioned. The voice paused for a second. He then heard the swinging of the ray gun through the air as the man behind him threw the pistol at the ground near Silver's feet.
"…Does this answer your question Silver?"
Silver stared at the gun before he peeked out of the corner of his mechanical eye. He noticed the man standing calm and relaxed. Silver then let his mechanical arm go back to its hand as he turned around to face the man.
He was definitely a human by the way he was built, but he was tall for one. He just wore a plain tan shirt that was slit in the middle and he wore dark green loose pants tucked into heavy duty hiking boots. He also had a navy blue sash wrapping around his waist where he carried the pistol he tossed at Silver. He carried himself in a tall and proud stance. He also had medium length, dark, brown hair that was kept in a low ponytail. He also had a little scruff underneath his chin. But…
It was his eyes that captured Silver's attention. Those green eyes stared at him with pride and a commanding presence, but the bestowed respect unto Silver; a respect that he had received from only one other person, a 15-year-old boy more than 25 years ago.
"J-James Hawkins?" Silver questioned. The man then gave Silver an annoying look.
"It's Jim, Silver!"
Silver felt himself grin as memories of Jim came back to him.
"Jimbo!" Silver then reached his mechanical hand out as Jim reached out his. They both eagerly shook hands that turned into a one-armed hug at the same time. Jim was the first to speak after they finished their greeting.
"Oh my God Silver! You haven't aged a day!"
"Really! Yer makin' ol' Silver here feel ancient with how much you've grown! Seems only yesterday you was the pup I took under my wing on the Legacy."
"Well, I hate to break it to ya Silver, but, I'm kinda not a pup anymore! I have the military record to prove it!" Silver chuckled to himself after that comment from Jim.
Well, at least he still acts like the same ol' Jimbo I knew
"So, uh…what happened to your ship Silver?" Jim hesitantly questioned.
Silver turned around to the still smoking rubble that was once his ship.
"Don't even remind me about that chase, Jimbo!"
"Ok, ok, I won't then." Jim replied.
'By the way Jimbo, what is this planet I…landed on anyway?"
"You don't remember Silver? Well, you've only been here once. This is the planet Montresser."
"Montresser?...Really?"
"Yep. And about a mile from my mom's Inn you burned down 25 years ago."
"Oh…" Silver sheepishly thought back to when he did that. But he'd made up for that mistake by giving Jim what treasure he got from Flint's planet to help him rebuild the inn, so he didn't feel so bad about it now.
"Yer still workin' there Jimbo?" Silver asked.
"Well, kinda. I live there now with my fa…! WATCH OUT SILVER!"
Jim then shoved Silver to the ground as the beast leapt over them. Its red eyes were now fixed on the two of them as the hyena-like beast prowled around them. Jim retrieved his ray gun from the ground and prepared to shoot. Silver himself made his hand go to the pistol he kept. As the two of them heard the rumble of the beast's voice, they also heard the swoosh of a solar surfer hurling in their direction.
"Oh blast it, if that's another bounty hunter…!" Silver mumbled under his breath. The solar surfer was now in sight as it appeared over a hill. Unfortunately, the beast also saw it approach, roared, and leapt in the air toward Silver and Jim. Just as its claws reached them, the solar surfer came up from behind them and flew square into the beast's chest. Silver could hear a crack of the beast's ribs as the solar surfer hit them. The rider then scooped their feet into the air, making the solar surfer fly back and Jim caught it. The surfer then did a backflip in mid-air and land on their feet facing the beast.
Still keeping their helmet on the surfer reached into their bright red sash around its waist and pointed a ray gun at the beast. The beast leapt toward the rider, but they ducked and shot the beast from behind. The beast then roared in pain and glared at the rider with its red eyes. It gave one final roar before leaping for one last attack at the rider, but the gun was now in the sun and had full power. The rider fired, and this time, the ray of energy with through and through the beast. The beast spewed some blood with it before it plummeted to the ground, finally lifeless.
Silver stared admirably at the rider before him. Jim, on the other hand, was glaring furiously at the rider. The rider then turned around and faced the two of them.
"Are you two ok?" Silver heard a female's voice emit from the helmet.
"Us? What about you!" Jim exclaimed as he got up from the ground and inspected the rider.
"Are you fine, hurt anywhere?"
The rider then finally loosened and removed their helmet. A teenage girl's face emerged from the helmet. She had olive skin and large brown eyes. She also had a dark purple bandana on while leaving her bangs and wavy side hair exposed. Her ears were each pierced twice on the lobe, one on the cartilage, and had an earring cuff on her right ear. But…they were pointed too! She then spoke to Jim.
"Dad! I'm fine! I've done this a million times before. I think I'm fine."
"All right…if you say so." Jim exclaimed.
"WHA…?" Silver exclaimed. Jim turned around and noticed Silver standing there wide eyed and shocked at what the girl just called Jim. Jim then smiled and blushed sheepishly.
"Ah, yes! I didn't get to finish my sentence. I live at the Inn now with my family!" Jim exclaimed as he grabbed the girl's arm and headed toward Silver. He placed them in front of each other while Jim stepped aside.
"Long John Silver, this is my daughter, Kelly Arabella Hawkins. Kelly, this is Silver." The girl's face then turned from confused to a smile.
"Silver? The Long John Silver that I've heard so many bedtime stories about?" Silver, unsure of what to do, nodded his head.
"OH MY GOSH!" Kelly exclaimed. She then leapt up and wrapped herself around Silver's neck. Silver had to catch her in order to keep her from slipping.
"I can't believe that I finally get to meet you!" Kelly exclaimed as she hugged Silver again. Silver, after a while, began to laugh and gave Kelly a one arm squeeze back.
"Well…It's nice to know I'm welcome somewhere on this here planet!" Silver exclaimed.
"We should get moving," Jim explained. ", The Inn is about a mile from here and it's starting to get dark."
Kelly obeyed her father and let go of Silver's neck, but she still held onto his hand and pulled him slightly, beckoning for him to follow.
"Come on Silver! Oh, and don't worry about Captain Amelia. Dad convinced her not to chase after you anymore, so you're safe with us!"
"Hehe, safe eh'?" Silver nervously exclaimed. He took one last look as Kelly's face before moving his gaze toward Jim's own stance. He still found it perfectly mind-blowing that the little 'pup' had not only grown into a man, but began his own family as well. Silver thought of how truly amazing it was how so much had changed for Jim in the past 25 years.