I walk up to my younger brother's bedroom, tip toeing so mom won't notice, he's just 6 years old, half my age, and a little rascal.
"Hey Jim" I whisper "Are you ready?"
"Yes!" He says as he gets up and goes fetch the book, a story book about Treasure Planet... Flint's urban legend...
I lay in his bed and he lays next to me "Open the book open open"
"Shhhhh little guy mom will hears us" I open the book and we start listening to the story
It was just getting to the good part when suddenly the door opened and I fell on the ground to hide
"Mister! Miss! You should be asleep by now!" Mom scolds "Sadie! I know you're there stop hiding!"
"Mom we were just getting to the best part!" We complain
"Please mom can we finish" Jim says
"Yes mom!"
"Ok scotch over I'm gonna be in the middle" Mom lays between us and she opens the book again.
We listen to the story and both me and Jim say the last line at the same time "Mom do you think I'll ever find Treasure Planet"
"Honey I think it's just a legend..." Mom says
"Yeah shorty, it's not real, but even if it was it's not like you would find it" I mock him in the older sister way.
"And you think you could do better?" He gets all flustered and I laugh
"Of course I could"
"Ok, ok it's time for these two spacers to go to bed NOW" Mom orders us
"Sorry mom..." we both say
She tucks in my brother "Goodnight honey" She says as she gives him a kiss on the forehead"
"Goodnight shorty!" I says as I ruffle his hair
"Goodnight!"He says as he drifts off to sleep
Mom and I leave the room "Now miss, you go now to your bedroom!"
"Ok mom" I says as I turn my back to go to my bedroom
Mom grabs my hand makes me face her and kisses me on the forehead "Goodnight sweetheart..."
"Goodnight mom"
12 years later (Jim)
Freedom for me equals solar surfing, I love it, Sadie and mom get up all in my case about... well mostly mom, Sadie doesn't worry cause after I built my first one she tried it before I did, she knew how to control it because of her boyfriend at the time and so she taught me. Soon enough I became better than her, even though she's still cool at these stuff.
I let myself fall but before I hit the ground I start surfing again. I see a sign to not enter, well too bad I want to enter.
I crash through the sign and avoid every obstacle I see one that could kill let's do it I go through it without a scratch and I scream in the air for victory!
Then I hear the sirens... "Blast!" Mom's going to kill me.
Sadie
I'm helping mom around the inn, the place is packed. Mom is going on about how worried she is about Jim
"Mom, he's an air head but he's smart, he'll get through it... he was very young when... you know..."
"Sadie, I appreciate you trying to be tough but it didn't affect Jim alone..."
"I was 19... I was already grown up..." I say
"He wasn't present for you either honey...you don't have to act tough"
"I'm not" I lied mom was gonna bust me but then the cops barged into the inn Jim...
Mom started to talk to the robocops to try to make them let Jim go off easy... I look at Jim with a disproving look.
After Dr Doopler intervened in an awful way the cops left, warning that if Jim committed another crime he would be sent to Juvenal hall.
"Jim..." I start
"Sis it was nothing... there was NO ONE there"
I give him a look as to say "Jim just don't"
"Forget it..." He goes to the kitchen to clean the dishes...
After everybody leaves I go up to the roof, it was a bit difficult since I have a skirt on but I managed "Hey Jim" I say as I sit down next to him
"Hey..."
"You know...you should get inside it seems like it's going to rain..."
"I'm a screw up"
"No you're not"
"Mom thinks so, Delbert thinks so..."
"Mom doesn't think that she just worries..." We were interrupt by a crashing sound... A ship "Let's check it out, someone might be hurt!" I say
We run as fast as we can Jim starts tapping on the window "Mister! Mister!"
The door opens and a turtle like man comes out holding to a chest gasping for air, I get closer "Are you alright mister?"
He grabs me by shirt and pulls me closer "They coming..."
Jim pulls me away from him "Ah I think you might have hit your head pretty hard"
"They after my chest! The cyborg..."
We falls I put his arm around my shoulders "Jim help me get him inside!"
He complies and helps me. When we barged through the door mom gasps "Mom help us he's hurt" Jim says
"My chest lad, my chest" Jim hands him the object and he opens, there's a ball wrapped, he hands it to Jim, "Keep this lad don't let them get it..."
He pulls both me and my brother closer and whispers "Beware of the cyborg..." and like that he falls...
"Mom... he's dead..." I say, we hear a ship land and Jim goes check the window, he gasps and grabs both mom's and my hands and make us run upstairs
"RUN!" He shouts
"I think I'm with Jim on that, Sarah!" Delbert shouts
We are by the window, Mom and Delbert are leaning in, he's trying to calm Delilah so we can jump, Jim sees that we can't wait anymore and throws mom and Delbert following by grabbing my hand and we jump together.
Delilah starts running so we can leave, we look back the inn, it's in flames... what the hell did we do...
Jim opens the wrapping and it reveals a gold ball "What is that?" I ask
"I don't know, but it was worth a lot for those guys..."
Jim
I screwed up again... the inn is destroyed all because of me... I can't ever look at mom
Sadie puts her hand on my shoulder "Jim... this is my fault also... I told you to help me bring him in..."
"Sis shut up... you know it was my fault..."
"Jim..."
"Anyway they were going over a lot of trouble for this thing..."
Delbert kept talking to mom while Sadie and I are figuring out the little ball
"There's some buttons" She says and I start toying with them and then a holographic blue galaxy covers the entire room of Delbert's house...
He starts to list all of the planets and stars he could think and then Sadie has her mouth open looking at something
"It can't be..." Delbert says
I look to where they are looking "Treasure Planet..."
"The loot of a thousand worlds..." Sadie exclaims..,
"Then that means..." Delbert starts
"All that treasure..." Sis continues
"Is just a boat ride away..." I finish closing the map. "Mom you know what this means!? We can rebuild the inn!"
"There's no way! You're not going into space alone!"
"Your mother is right. That's why I'm going with you! I can finance the trip we will leave as soon as I can find a crew, a captain and a ship!"
"NO NO NO, YOU ARE ALL GROUNDED"
"Mom... come on... it's going to be ok... we can rebuild the inn... Jim will have a life building experience" Sadie starts
"Sarah there are worst remedies than a dew months in space..."
"Ok, you can go Jim" Mom finally gives in and I hug her
"Thank you mom I won't disappoint you!"
"But only if Sadie goes."
"What?!" We all say at the same time
"Why mom?" Sadie asks
"There's NO way I'm leaving Jim alone with Delbert. You are going to make sure Jim doesn't do something stupid"
"Mom" I complain
"You wanna go or not"
"Ok... Sadie are you up to it? You always said if someone could find Treasure Planet you would be better than me care to test that out sis?"
"Of course dumb ass" She ruffles my hair like when I was a little kid"
"Then I guess it's settled Jim and Sadie I'll start making preparations for our trip!" Delbert says