Greetings! Welcome to my world of death, decay and despair... Okay, not really. This is the beginning of a sequel to Treasure Planet, minus the last few minutes of the movie (Because really. As much as we all love Amelia, who can see her cooking and cleaning and wearing normal clothes, pushing around baby carriages with her husband on her arm? Oh, you can? Well then, you have a much better imagination than me.) Anyways. Focuses more on Amelia and Doppler than the first one, but plenty of the other characters, too, I promise. Oh yeah, and I own nada.

Dock:

"I wanted to... erm.. well, I wanted to talk to you," said the Doctor, pulling Amelia away from the crowd. He briefly caught Sarah's eye, and when he was sure that she saw him, pulled the captain off to the left.

"And I you," she responded, still holding her side. "You first."

"I was wandering... ah, that is to say, wondering... yes, wondering... I was wondering if maybe, perhaps, after you've sought medical attention, if you would like to... if you would consent to... there are some delightful restaurants around, and..."

Laughing, she cut him off. "Are you trying- and failing, may I add- to ask me on a date?"

"Yes," he said, looking very relieved. "Yes I am."

"While I believe that I would quite enjoy it," she said, "I am already scheduled for another trip." Upon seeing his crestfallen face, she added, "And that bring us to our next order of business. In the light of the death of Mr. Arrow, I have a recently vacated spot for first mate, and I was hoping you would consider joining my crew."

"What... what would that entail?" he asked, astonished and rather flattered. But to think of it practically...

"Long hours and little pay," she admitted. "But the best possible adventures and explorations one could dream of."

And more time with the captain, he added silently. But she knew his soft spots and she had him hooked. "How long do I have to consider?" he asked.

"Oh, a good... let's see, then... a good thirty seconds."

"Well then, I'd be honored to accept."

"Delbert!" Sarah exclaimed, rushing over to him and giving him a brief hug. "How was it? All that you had hoped for?"

"And more," he said. "Sarah, meet Amelia, captain of the ship I hired. Captain, this is Sarah, mother of Jim and a long-standing friend."

"Pleased to meet you," Amelia said, seizing Sarah's handing and shaking it rather hard. "You have a wonderful son. Now, I would like to find a hospital quickly so I have time to prepare for my next voyage."

"Why?" asked Sarah. "What happened?"

"Oh, nothing major. We were hit by an energy blast fired from a cannon by my revolting, mutinous crew while falling from the sky in a longboat, which then crashed, leaving us stranded on an alien planet that blew up in the end. Now, Doctor, if you would be so kind as to point the way..."

"You have a lot of explaining to do, young man," Sarah threatened as she and Jim started after the other two. But Sarah dropped back slightly, to talk with her son without being overheard.

"How old is the captain?" she asked.

Jim shrugged. "No idea. Younger than you, older than me."

"She... she's rather pretty, isn't she?"

"I suppose so," Jim answered.

"But do keep in mind how old she is, and-"

"Wait," Jim said, cutting her off. "You think... you think she and I... No, no, no, no, no. Not at all. Besides, she and the doc have got it going on."

"I'll believe it when I see it," Sarah muttered.

Hospital:

"It's not too bad," said the nurse studying Amelia. "A lightly fractured rib. Painful, but heals quickly. I'd advise taking it easy for a few weeks, not taking off your bandage, and using a walking stick whenever possible, though."

Delbert snorted. "That's likely."

Amelia glared at him. "Thank you, Miss. Now, if you don't mind, I'll be off."

"Now that," said the nurse. "Is completely out of the question. You can stay here tonight while I bandage that up and make sure that is only a fractured rib and nothing worse."

"Now see here," exclaimed the Captain, rising to her full height. But just then, she was hit by a wave of pain, forcing her to collapse back onto the bed. She held her jacket tighter around, scowling out the ground.

"It's just one night," the nurse said gently. "Now, I'll be in another room. And don't," she added to Sarah, "let her leave."

As soon as she exited, Amelia was complaining. "That's a night of my life wasted. Another voyage in a week, and I need time to prepare!"

"No, you don't," said the doctor firmly. "You need to get better."

"Shove off," she muttered at him.

Now Jim spoke up. "What happened to 'you have wonderful eyes, doctor?'" he asked, doing a rather poor impression of her.

"I was out of my mind wasn't I?" she asked, and all three dissolved into laughter as Sarah looked on, slightly befuddled.

"Time to go, Jim. Delbert, do you mind if we impose on you until we get our inn rebuilt?"

"Not at all, not at all. Captain, if you need a place to stay until the next voyage, my house is always open."

"I shall take that into consideration, doctor," she said, settling down on the bed. As Jim headed out, Delbert paused for a moment, then, to Sarah's great delight, darted over and placed a quick kiss on her cheek, both of them blushing furiously. Without another word, he hurried out after Jim. Sarah, still smiling, brought up the rear.

The Doctor's House:

"So," Sarah said. "I want to here the whole story. From the looks of the captain, it was rather exciting."

"I got the gold, though, didn't I?" Jim cut in, exchanging a look with the doctor. Don't let her know more than she needs to, because she'll fry us both.

"Yes," she said suspiciously. "But I want to hear the whole story."

And they told her their tale, albeit an edited version of it, filling in for each other. Of course, there were some parts the captain would have been better off telling, but they made do, and Sarah looked reasonably satisfied afterwards.

"I just have one more question," she said, smiling slyly at Delbert. "What about you and the captain?"

"What?" he exclaimed, growing increasingly flustered with each word. "Nothing! There's nothing between us. I mean, she's beautiful and smart and capable and amazing and I'm... I'm me." As he finished, he dropped his head into his hands, realizing that he had just dug himself a pretty deep hole.

"Oh, Delbert," Sarah said, gently laying a hand on his arm. "If she's got any sense at all, she'll realize what a wonderful man you are."

"You think so?" he asked, looking up hopefully. "Oh! I forgot! Because of the death of her first mate, Mr. Arrow-"

"You left out any deaths," Sarah put in.

"Right, because we left out the supernova," Jim said.

"What supernova?" she screeched.

"She offered me his vacated position," finished Delbert.

"You're her first mate?" asked Jim, delighted. "Congrats!"

"And still you say there's nothing going on between you," Sarah added, smirking.

Well? How'd I do? It starts out a little slow, I know, but it'll get exciting pretty fast. Is it worth continuing? Review, pretty please!