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Chapter 2- Here Come The Problems
Amelia sat in her stateroom and sighed. She was just about to give in and go home. They were already a month and a half into the voyage yet they hadn't come across any of the stranded Merchant Ships. A soft knock on the door aroused her from her thoughts.
"Come in" She called wearily. She hoped to God that it wasn't Nathan. He had been following her around and she was sick of it. Her prayers were obviously heard, as no Nathan entered the room, but her new first mate, Tyler Leon.
"Yes, Leon? Any news?"
"Well, we've found some- I think you should come and have a look for yourself, Captain."
Amelia stood and followed her first mate to where the rest of the crew where staring around them.
"Leon! Why are they standing round gawking? They sho-" Amelia trailed off and stared around. For the first time, Captain Amelia was completely and utterly speechless. Which is saying a lot.
Good Cliffhanger huh? Unfortunately though, I have written far too little to end this. Hmm. Lucky.
Surrounding the three vessels were four big galleons. One though – the one closest to the Legacy - had intricate gold patterns decorating the sides. It was noticeably bigger too.
"Captain! We're receiving a transmission."
Amelia walked briskly over to the communications room. The red light at the bottom was flashing, indicating that someone wanted to talk. Pressing the flashing button, a hologram of a masked cyborg appeared.
" Ello, Cap'n." Said an all-too-familiar voice.
Amelia stared at the hologram for what felt like an eternity.
"Silver?! What in the name of God are you trying to pull here? Destroying Merchant ships? I wi-"
"I want a negotiation."
"A what? Silver, you seriously need to consider your chances of success here. If you even dare to think that we are going to willingly hand over gold, diamonds or what ever else, you have another thing coming. " Amelia practically yelled at the holographic Silver. She was absolutely seething.
"I don't want any of ye gold'n'diamonds, Cap'n. Oh no, I want another thing entirely." Silver replied with a wicked smile that sent a chill down Amelia's spine. She didn't like the way this was headed.
"What could you possibly want Silver? We can't, and won't, give up anything else." She was utterly confused by Silver's actions.
"Oh, but you can and will, Cap'n."
"Pray tell." Amelia said with an edge to her voice. Her patience was slowly vanishing with the infuriating cyborg.
"You. We want you."
"W-what?" Amelia wasn't sure if she had heard him right. "You want me?"
Leon stared at the image of Silver? No way, was he serious? Did he really expect the Captain to hand herself over to him like that?
"You heard me Cap'n. We'll let all ye little friends go in exchange for you, or more specifically, your life."
The crew stood staring. Amelia lost the ability to speak. Leon went pale. Things were looking bad. Really bad.
" Nobody will be harmed if ye co-operate, Cap'n. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Either way, we'll still get ye."
Silver's words sank in. It felt like a heavy weight was sitting in the bottom of her stomach.
"Why the hell should we trust you?" Amelia spat, finally managing to regain her speech.
"Ye can watch them sail to safety, before we take ye life."
"And what in God's name do you hope to gain from all this Silver?" Leon snarled into the monitor.
"Ahhhh, a new first mate. I'ma glad to make ye acquaintance, sir. Hopefully ye won't go the same way as Arrow." Silver hissed wickedly.
At the mention of her former first mate, Amelia felt her throat tighten. She would never forgive this son-of-a-bitch for what he did.
"On task, Silver. What makes you so sure I'm going to let you do this?" She was distracted when a yell from above deck rang out.
"Looks like that the…persuasion I sent has arrived."
"Why you-" Amelia started until she felt a tug on her arm.
"Captain, I think we have a problem."
"Thank you Leon, the yells and bangs from above led me to believe otherwise." She replied with an irritated glance at her first mate. Leon had the good grace to blush and the brains to keep quiet.
"See on board soon, Cap'n." Silver chuckled nastily before his face slowly disappeared.
Amelia was about to shout orders to her crew who were looking completely lost when the door to the communication's room swung open. Two bulky looking brutes stood there. Their eyes settled on the Feline. The first one grunted and the second one made a grab for the Captain. Amelia's Navy training kicked in. Darting away she unhooked her plasma pistol from her belt and fired at the brutes. Her crew followed suit. Both brutes charged at the Captain, sending her crew flying in every direction. Amelia took a step back and felt the wall behind her. The two brutes had cornered her.
* Blast it, looks like I really am in a jam here.* She thought to herself. The reality of the situation hit her, there and then. Two huge oafs cornered her. The plasma shots basically tickled them. Her crew where lying injured or unconscious on the floor. And, if she didn't think of something fast, she was going to die. Amelia's windows of opportunity were closing, one by one until only one as left. She was going to have to give herself up and hopefully form some sort of escape plan. Dropping the pistol to the ground, she surrendered. The two brutes looked surprised at her surrender but it was quickly replaced by satisfaction. Both brutes grabbed Amelia's arms roughly, and dragged her above deck.
The other vessels were having similar problems. Both Jonhson and Donsbury were being held captive on their own ships by brutes, similar to the ones that kidnapped Amelia. They had all heard Silver announce his negotiation. Shocked doesn't even begin to cover the looks that showed on their faces. Nathan was frantic, worried about the safety of 'his Captain'. *If Amelia ever finds out he said that, she'd kill him. Hey, not a bad idea…* Donsbury sniggered to himself.
Amelia was dragged across a walkway to the closest galleon, which she assumed was Silver's. She assumed correctly. She stared around the galleon and as much as she hates to admit it, she was impressed. The sails were huge. Three masts towered high above them, with impressive looking solar sails. She glanced down at wooden floor which looked new, she noted, as a blurry reflection of her stared up at her. *Probably stole the ship, bloody pirates. I'll see they all hang. If I get out of this alive* She thought. Panic was starting to rise in her stomach as she watched Silver make his way towards her. She also noticed the plasma pistol he was casually swinging round his finger.
"Cap'n. How nice of you to join us." Silver chuckled wickedly.
"You've got what you wanted Silver, now let the other vessels and captains go. Unharmed." She glared up at the cyborg, which had effectively ruined the Treasure Planet voyage. Pushing aside thoughts of how she could kill the blasted pirate, she looked him straight in his eyes, (or…um…eye) she silently dared him to object. He watched her for a minute before calling out:
"Let 'em go! The Cap'n has agreed to our negotiation." He smiled coldly at the furious Feline, who was glaring daggers at him. * If looks could kill, I'd be a dead man * Silver thought to himself.
Four brutes thundered across the walkway as it slowly retracted back, stopping anyone from getting across. Or escaping, in Amelia's case.
"Bring her 'ere and make sure she's a standing."
Amelia was dragged forwards, closes to Silver than she would've preferred and was yanked on to her feet. * There go my arms * She thought wryly to herself.
Silver towered over her, before nodding out to the now-retreating vessels.
"Nice crew ye got there. Leavin' ye to die like that. "
Amelia craned her neck to watch the vessels leave. * Hopefully they will send someone to help get me out of this mess * Unfortunately, Amelia's hope was short lived as Silver ordered her arms to be pinned by her sides, just in case she 'escaped'. * I honestly doubt THAT's going to happen, after all, my arms were rudely disconnected from their sockets. * She sighed to herself.
Silver cocked the pistol and pressed it against Amelia's forehead.
"Any last words, Cap'n?" He emphasized the last word, which sent fear coursing through her veins.
"I hope you hang for this, Silver" She snarled.
Silver chuckled, mildly amused.
"Always the brave one, ain't ye?"
With that, he pressed the trigger.
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Two days later, back on Montressor, it was closing time at the Benbow. Delbert had been visiting Sarah and Jim since he was lonely with Amelia being away. He missed her terribly of course, but knew she would keep herself safe. Sarah's voice aroused him from his thoughts.
"Montressor to Delbert, come in Delbert." She said with a childish smile.
Delbert looked up. "Hmm? Sorry Sarah, did you say something?"
"I was asking how long until Amelia is due back?"
"Oh, about two and a half months."
"Quite a long voyage, isn't it." Sarah looked at her lifelong friend with concern. She hoped he was handling himself with Amelia away.
"Yes, but the Navy were in dire need of her assistance, she couldn't turn them down."
"I've never known the Captain to turn down an opportunity to use her gun on someone." Jim said with a mischievous grin.
"Jim!" Sarah scolded, whilst Delbert rolled his eyes.
A loud knock on the door interrupted their talk.
"Who could possibly be knocking at this time? " Sarah wondered aloud, talking to no one in particular.
Since Jim was closest to the door, he pulled himself up to answer. However, he was surprised to see a stern-faced officer standing there.
"Sorry to disturb you sir, but I was looking for Doctor Delbert Doppler? I assume he's on the premises?" Asked the officer, looking down his nose at Jim.
"Uh, yeah, he's here." Jim replied. He didn't like the way the officer looked at him so he decided to be awkward. I mean, why not? He is a teenage boy after all.
"May I come in?" Asked the now-impatient officer, stepping over the threshold into the Benbow.
"You were going to come in regardless." Jim grumbled.
Jim wondered back to where Sarah and Delbert were, with the officer following closely behind.
Sarah gasped when she saw the officer behind Jim.
"Jim!" She gasped, "What have you done?!"
"I haven't done anything!" Jim exclaimed, putting his hands up in defense, "He wants to talk to the Doc."
Sarah gave a sigh of relief. Delbert turned to the officer, slightly surprised.
"Im sorry to bother you sir, but I'm afraid I have some bad news."
"Bad news?" Delbert asked weakly. Oh no. He hoped to God Amelia was okay.
"It's your wife sir, Captain Amelia Smollet?" He glanced at the Doctor, who nodded, unable to speak.
"I'm afraid there's been a few problems sir."
"Just get to the point!" Jim suddenly yelled. He was getting fed up with the officer repeating himself.
"Jim!" His mother scolded. Again. * You'd think that by now she would've realized that yelling 'Jim' does absolutely nothing * Jim thought to himself. He just shrugged.
The officer glared at him before turning to Delbert.
"Im afraid sir, that your wife is…well, dead."
A/N- Okayyyyy! I love a good cliffhangar! Ok, morbid, I know but it gets nicer... umm... I think. Well, R&R! The next chappie will hopefully be posted in the next couple of weeks or so. C ya :)