Author´s note: I am going to rewrite one of my oldest fics because it was too good to leave it behind. Blur Dragon is back and more alive than ever! Please feel free to join in with reviews and stuff, lads.
Here we go!
1. Over the sun
"Ten cannons in side,
wind on the stern with full sails;
does not slide but fly the sea
a full fleetbrig."
The port was quiet, maybe too quiet for his liking. Jim had always enjoyed some action in his life and even after some time, he still longed for some adventure. Treasure Planet was one in a lifetime but he now had many plans ahead and one of them was seeing HIM again. No matter how much the captain or the law insisted, he had to see his friend once more.
No matter, it was a fine day.
The Academy was proud of his work and so was his mother. The inn was full of people and everything was perfect, everything but one thing. That day, like the ones before, he listened the radio in search for news about his friend and mentor. No news meant everything was doing fine but still, he wanted so badly to hear from him that any little sign was welcome.
BEN was at the kitchen and Sarah with the clients.
A storm was covering the skies. Jim gazed at the dark clouds and sighed while Dr Doppler was trying to put some peace between his children. Nothing in sight. It is only a small shower, thought Jim. A sudden sound made that statement change.
BANG!
A loud roar crossed the land but no one paid attention until a large ship appeared like a ball of smoke and fire. Terror shouts filled the inn. The barge landed with a loud crash and the firemen got to work. Jim looked at the burned skelleton of the ship and wondered what could have caused such damages.
All the clients looked at the sky and saw in the clouds a large ship that shoot fire and smoke at the Montressor Space Port. Panic took over the place. The boy´s heart stopped dead when he thought about his friend. Was that him or was it because of the old bucaneer?
"JAMES HAWKINS!" Shouted Shara and they all ran inside for cover while the strange boat kept on with its attack until the Imperial Forces show up. Then it was gone but they all felt that those pirates were far from done. Still, the boy kept on wondering the whole evening. Who were those guys and why did they attack? Where was John Long Silver? Had he something to do with all the matter?
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The dark corners of the city were filled with a mist that seemed to have life on its own. The people stayed indoors for their own safety. Not a bad idea. A bunch of dark characters crossed the plaza and headed to the docks were the captain was waiting for news in his three cornered hat covering his eyes and the huge frock coat up to his cheeks.
"Well?"Deep frown.
"Ain´t here, Capt´n" Said his men cowering back.
"Look agai´, ye blasted bunch of blighters!"Loud growl that sounded like a wild animal.
"We´ve looked everyheer. If thi guy hidin is net in this town. No one has seen´im around." The coxswain shrugged his shoulders.
"He´s in this rock. Me nose dosn´t lie. I'll find him myself."He sniffed around for a while until he got a very peculiar track. "Aaah. That's the one I was lookin for." They followed it through the narrow streets. Not even rats dare to cross their path.
"He might try to escape, Capt´n." Said one of the pirates.
"Not thi time, mates. I´m going to make sure of that." They kept on walking until the captain stopped near a pub filled with Imperial soldiers and officers. "Ye didn´t look here?"
"He can´t be here. All is fill´d with suit guys." Grumbled the coxswain.
"Precisely. The perfect place to hide, where no one will ever place´im." A cruel grim appeared in his face. "I´ll take this hare out of his hole. Me, Benjamin Cook "Devilfish", will grab this cockroach with me own hands"
Silver was not having a good day. Since he left the Legacy, he had lived from various works and although he was not going to be chased by the forces of law, he hardly ate or slept. Days after his disappearance from the ship, he received a letter from Captain Amelia in which the council was sparing his life in exchange for staying away from Jim and being too noticed. Easy or at least that it seemed. Not the part concerning the lad at least.
His health wasn´t as good as back then. The cyborg arm was becoming more a burden than the useful tool it once was. His stomach ached and so did his lungs. He felt old and done. But the worst thing was to be so close and yet so far from Jim. Not to mention the solitude he felt without Morph around.
"Hey, barman. Gimme another, will ye?" He lent on the chair and waited for the next round. The small octopus brought a whole jar. "Thank ye, laddie." Oh, well. At least, he was safe from the law and without worries, just watching people working and going to the Academy and one of the students was… Jim. No good trying. He always tried his best and his worst to see the boy. Was he doing OK? How much could he have grown? "Take it easy, John. Don´t go emotional. (Coughs hard)" He covered his mouth with his hand. "Blasted cold". He sighed. Didn´t noticed the red stains in his palm. A shiver. They are coming. "Easy now. Ben´s no fool, he won´t come in heer."
He was right. The deadly ghost stayed outside. But one thing both men knew: Devilfish was as patient as a cat lying in wait for the mouse. Ben was an expert in catching ruffians and Silver was no exception. The reason why he was after him wasn´t very clear but the cyborg didn´t wanted to know it. When Benjamin grabs a prey, he hardly lets it go.
Hope you guys like it!
Moving on!
Next Stop: The Witch
