Vlad landed on the island days later and started his search for Gilligan. He found the boy and glared as he watched him climb up trees to collect coconuts. Upon hearing footsteps he hid in the bushes and the man he was supposed to imitate approached the tree.
Just as he got under it a coconut fell and hit his foot! "GILLIGAN!"
Gilligan winced as he looked down! "Oh uh...hi Skipper!"
The captain grumbled as he rubbed his foot! "I swear you aim for me!"
"Not my fault you were walking where I was dropping coconuts!"
"I'll drop you in a minute if you don't get down here!"
Vlad watched the boy climb down. The fact that the Skipper yelled at him was...inspirational in how to start hurting the boy.
Once down the Skipper whapped him with his cap!
Vlad grinned evilly. All he had to do was get rid of the Skipper. Then he could do what he wanted.
"Gilligan go check the lobster traps."
"Ok SKipper!"
Once the boy was gone Vlad picked up a branch and smashed it against the sea captain's head! Once he was sure his prisoner was unconscious he dragged him to a nearby cave and tied him up before putting a gag around his mouth.
After a few minutes the Skipper groaned as he woke up. His eyes went wide when he saw his double!
"Hello Captain. I am Vlad Romanov." He glared. "My son, Viktor, arrived here imitating your precious Gilligan."
'Gilligan was telling the truth!' Skipper thought as he tried to free himself.
"Do not bother. You cannot escape!" He took the Skipper's hat off and put it on his own head. "Gilligan killed Viktor!"
"Hhhmmph!" Skipper mumbled trying desperately to tell him that GIlligan didn't kill anybody!
"He killed my son! Now I break his heart and body before killing him myself!" He glared as he met the horror filled eyes of the Skipper. "Boy be terrified of you and friends hate you vhen I am through!"
The Skipper struggled as he watched the angry Russian leave!
Vlad found Gilligan at the lagoon and watched as the boy looked disappointed at the empty haul.
Perfect.
"You didn't catch anything?" he demanded in the Skipper's voice. "I should have known! You can't do anything right!"
Gilligan jumped up before staring slackjawed! "I'm sorry Skipper! Guess they migrated or something!"
He went over and grabbed the boy's arms roughly and shook him HARD! "Worthless!"
Gilligan swallowed! "Skipper...Skipper you're hurting me!"
"Good!" He balled a hand and punched him in the gut making the first mate double over and cry out in pain! He slammed his elbow into Gilligan's back shoving him to the ground! "I'm going to teach you a lesson you will never forget! You either stop being so stupid and messing up or you'll get even worse of a punishment! You tell anyone and I'll make it worse! Understood?"
GIlligan whimpered. 'U-understood Sir."
He snarled at him before leaving and started walking to try to find the camp.
Gilligan watched him go as he lay there curled up unbelieving what had just happened. Skipper had NEVER laid a hand on him before and swore to him on his life that he would never hurt him.
What changed?
Gilligan pushed himself up and shakingly went back to camp. On the way he passed by the Professor, who looked up before frowning in concern. "Gilligan? Are you alright?"
The poor boy jumped before looking at him. "Yeah I...I'm fine!"
For some reason the hairs stood up on the back of the Professor's neck. He saw nervousness and fear...actual fear in Gilligan's eyes. "Gilligan is something wrong?"
"N-no…" Gilligan said remembering the Skipper's threat.
Roy studied him for a long moment before sighing. "Alright but know that you can come to me with anything. I promise I won't tell anyone."
Gilligan bit his lip before looking down. "Thanks Professor." He swallowed as he turned and left.
The Professor frowned in concern as his gut churned. Something wasn't right. If Gilligan was in danger the Skipper needed to know.
Although for some reason his mind flashed back to his biology class and the student that would come in bruised and sometimes with broken bones. The kid had confessed that he was being abused and Roy had immediately reported it. He had testified at the hearing and the parents were convicted. The boy wound up spending the rest of his high school days living with a friend.
He decided to keep it to himself and observe Gilligan. If the Skipper had gone island happy and was abusing Gilligan than he'd stand in.
Vlad had found the camp but instead of going in he returned to the cave and smirked at the angry captain. "You should have seen de look on his face when de Skipper hit him!"
Horror and anger filled the captain as he continued to struggle! As he was forced to listen to the Russians detailed explanation of what he had just done his eyes began to water. 'No...oh God please no! I swore to Gilligan that I'd never hurt him or LET him get hurt like that again!' He swallowed. 'Gilligan thinks he's me...Someone please see what's going on!' he prayed.
In Siberia one of the guards, a friend of the Romanovs, got the story from Viktor before helping him escape.
Viktor growled in anger at the Commandant as he began to work out someway to get to the island. He knew his father would be angrier than a Russian bear and would get revenge. He had seen what Vlad Romanov was capable of when Viktor was kidnapped as a child.
He had failed his mission yes but from what intel he had gathered the Americans weren't there by choice. He didn't know the story but he did know that once he got there and to his Papa they would start over somewhere outside of Russia.
He just had to get there first!
