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When Nemo reached the kitchen she found Lumpy already adding walnuts to his food, 'Well so much for helping Hayes out,' Nemo thought.

"Need help," Nemo asked grabbing an apron.

"Yeah help me with that chicken," Lumpy said pointing a wooden spoon at a chicken in a pot that looked like it needed seasoning.

"Alright," Nemo said as she began seasoning the chicken and then putting it into the oven. She soon even found herself searching for something else to make to add to it, which was surprisingly a can of corn. She set a pot of water on the stove and let it begin boiling while she went down to sit at the table and wait.

"So how is it to be back on the ship," Lumpy asked.

"It's alright, it's not like I completely remember, but it's better than being with stuck up rich kids who don't know how to live," Nemo said.

"So ya Aunt put ya through some good schooling eh," Lumpy asked

"Yeah she did. A lot of good-old-hard-strict-schooling," Nemo said while Lumpy laughed.

"Well what all did they teach ya," Lumpy asked.

"Things not even the smartest genius wants to learn. As soon as they found out I had a knack for learning quickly they through me through hard courses. They even had

to skip me a few grades at some points. I finished school when I 16 Lumpy how amazing is that," Nemo said dryly.

"Pretty amazing, but it sounds lonely," Lumpy said.

"It was, all the other kids looked at me like I wasn't even a human. Even the teachers found me to be quite weird. At times I wish I never even had a knack for learning fast," Nemo said sighing.

"Don't say that, sometimes yer faults are what ya got to rely on," Lumpy said as he stirred his walnuts, and rice. About that time Jimmy walked in with the hugest smile on his face.

"Alright kid, I'll bite, what did ya do this time," Lumpy asked warily.

"You know that guy Bruce right," Jimmy asked.

"Who doesn't? He's stuck up, and an asshole. Plus today I caught him staring at my ass. He's a pervert," both Lumpy and Jimmy were surprised at her sailor's language. They never remembered her talking like that before, but they let it go.

"Well anyway I snuck in his room and left him a little present. Let's just say that his pictures show his true ugly colors now," Jimmy said twirling a pen. Nemo and Lumpy laughed so hard that Nemo almost fainted from lack of air.

"Now that's the Jimmy I've missed," Nemo said and then something struck her.

"Oh no the chicken," Nemo said jumping up and running to the oven. She opened it up and pulled it out. It wasn't badly burnt. Just a piece here or there was a little to crispy. When she got done turning off the stove she poured the corn into the boiling water all the while Jimmy was watching her movements while her back was turned to him. Lumpy noticed this and smirked at the thought.

"Best keep your eyes off that boy," Lumpy mouthed when Jimmy looked up at him. Jimmy's cheeked flushed into a dark red and he turned away to look out the window.

"Well dinner is done Lumpy all you have to do is serve it to the crew," Nemo said.

"Good then, can you do me a favor Nemo," Lumpy asked.

"Sure thing," Nemo said wiping her hands on a dishcloth.

"Can you take Mr. Driscoll's dinner down to him," Lumpy asked.

"Why not," Nemo said with a half smile.

"I'll help her," Jimmy said jumping up. Nemo quickly put together his dinner and handed the bowl of rice to Jimmy to carry down to Mr. Driscoll while she carried the small plate of chicken and corn. While they were walking down the hall Nemo noticed Jimmy steal a few glances at her and it was starting to get on her nerves, "What is it Jimmy, do I have something on my face." Jimmy was so startled that she had noticed that he couldn't find anything to say.

"Umm...no you don't," Jimmy said.

"Then why do you keep staring," Nemo said with a giggle in her voice.

"You just look so different, I'm just trying to get used to it," Jimmy said saving himself.

"Oh alright, I thought I had something on my face or something that you weren't telling me about," Nemo said.

"No you don't," Jimmy said smiling. As they made their way down the stairs the sound of a typewriter floated up to their ears. As they neared him they found Mr. Driscoll pounding away on the typewriter mumbling something about how this idiots couldn't get him a cabin.

"Hello Mr. Driscoll we brought you you're food," Mr. Driscoll looked up and stared at Nemo closely.

"I haven't seen you on the ship before," Mr. Driscoll said.

"You would if you stopped typing and came up for some air," Jimmy said under his breath, but Mr. Driscoll still heard him.

"Well then I'd like to see you write a good story then," Mr. Driscoll said.

"Fine, then, there was this one girl on this boat who didn't notice this other guy who liked her a lot. Then a big storm came and knocked some sense into her and she fell in love with him, the end," Jimmy said. Mr. Driscoll laughed so hard that tears were literally coming out of his eyes. When he finally stopped he said, "Kid I think you better stick to life on the sea, because stuff like that never happens. In real life the guy would love her forever and she'd never find out because he would never say anything." Jimmy face was flushed with anger, but he kept his cool.

"He's got a point Jimmy, a guy has to tell a girl sometimes how he feels for her to notice. There were a lot of stupid girls like that back in New York," Nemo said.

"Tell me about it," Jack said.

"So I'm guessing you've been there," Nemo said.

"Been there, I've lived there. How about you," Jack asked.

"7 years for me," Jack nodded and then smiled and said, "Then I guess you've had your share of some of the stupid guys too."

"Yes," Nemo said.

"Best stay away from them. There not worth it," Jack said.

"You're starting to sound like my Aunt," Nemo said smiling.

"Is that good or bad," Jack asked with a laugh to his voice.

"Defiantly bad," Nemo laughed.

"Well then I guess I'm going to have to watch what I say then. I don't want to start ending up talking like an old broad," Jack laughed.

"Yeah because a man might mistake you for one," Jimmy said as he leaned against the cage scowling at Jack.

"JIMMY," Nemo said scornfully.

"Well it's true," Jimmy said under his breath to where neither Nemo nor Jack could here.

"Well we best let you get back to your writing," Nemo said as she grabbed Jimmy by the hand and began pulling him away.

"Then I'll see you around then. You should come visit more often it gets lonely down here," Jack said.

"Sure thing," Nemo said as now Jimmy was the one pulling her.

The next night when Nemo was just about to rest her head on her pillow she heard a knock on her door. Ann who was already asleep didn't even stir. Nemo got up and opened it to find Jimmy who looked at a loss for words and scared to death.

"Jimmy what's wrong," Nemo said going outside into the hall to not disturb Ann.

"It's that Denham guy and Mr. Driscoll. I was going down to apologize when I overheard them talking. They said we're heading to an Island. A very bad Island named Skull Island. Mr. Hayes said that it has some bad rumors about it and anyone who has ever gone hasn't come back or they have and they either killed themselves or died right after," Nemo wasn't really listening as a flashback popped up in her head.

A small girl was standing on a rock in the ocean staring at a huge 100 ft wall. All the rocks around her had faces of a beast of some sort. It was only when she heard a roar from behind her and something soft rub up against her did she turn around, but right as she did the flashback ended bringing her back to a worried Jimmy.

"Nemo are you alright you sort of blanked out there," Jimmy asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I've just heard rumors of the place too," Nemo said and Jimmy nodded looking down. That's when they both noticed she wasn't wearing much except for a short little white slip.

"Umm... I'm sorry for waking you, I just thought you should know," Jimmy said rubbing the back off his head with a nervous smile on his face.

"Thanks Jimmy that was sweet of you," Nemo said leaning up and kissing his cheek and then retreating into her room again. Jimmy's hand slowly went up to his cheek shocked that she had done that. Slowly a smile crept up on his face and he walked down the hall with more of a jump to his step.

The next day Nemo was sitting outside on her break watching Carl film a scene for his movie. Ann and Bruce were like naturals. Earlier that day Mr. Denham had asked her if she had wanted a part in the movie, but she declined only knowing he was trying to flirt with her. As she watched Ann do her thing she was secretly thinking about how she had kissed Jimmy on the cheek last night. She knew that it was unlike her to do something like that, but she felt like it was right. She wondered what Jimmy had thought about her doing that. She didn't want to make Jimmy uneasy around her.

She actually happened to notice him not to far off talking to Mr. Hayes. Carl was also close by filming and seemed to notice the same thing. As he noticed a flash of worry crossed his face. It seemed to Nemo that he might know that Jimmy had overheard them.

"Alright cut, you all can take a break," she heard Carl say. Nemo slowly got up and decided it was high time she got back to the kitchen, but Carl stopped her in her tracks with a flirtatious smile on his face.

"Hello Nemo, are you enjoying the scene," Carl asked stepping a little to close for Nemo's liking.

"It was good, better than most films I've seen. Then again Mr. Driscoll wrote it and he's a very good writer," Nemo said.

"Well good, Oh I was wondering if you'd like to have dinner with me tonight out on deck," Nemo quickly caught on and said, "Sorry Carl, I would it's just I have plans with Jimmy tonight."

"Oh the boy. What do you see in him," Carl asked. Nemo was taken aback by this that she had to stutter for a response, "Umm...I'm sorry Carl, but I'm not looking for anything right now, because I'm choosing to stay single." Nemo quickly slipped away so that way she wouldn't have to hear anymore. 'Jimmy, why would he think Jimmy and I...well I do hang out with him a lot,' Nemo thought, 'Could I actually like him.' Nemo looked up and noticed Jimmy walking toward her, 'No I couldn't he's just a friend.'

"Was he bothering you again," Jimmy asked annoyingly.

"Yeah, but I'm used to it. You'd think he'd get the hint already," Nemo said, "Well I better get back to work." Jimmy nodded and then walked away to. Nemo made her way to the kitchen to cook dinner.

Later that night while Englehorn was going over the maps he noticed that they were heading to empty space.

"We're close, turn southwest," Carl said.

"There's no land southwest for thousands of miles," Englehorn said annoyed, "It takes us way out of the shipping lanes. I wont sail blind in these waters."

"I'll make it worth your while," Carl said.

"There's nothing out there," Englehorn said warningly.

"Well then you've nothing to lose," Carl shot back.

Back below Nemo was preparing food when Carl happened to walk in with Preston. They sat down at the table and asked if Nemo would serve them something to eat. Nemo complied and scooped them out some soup and handed it to them. While they were eating however Hayes emerged from the shadows and began to talk to them directly as if no one else was there, "If I was to tell you this ship was heading to Singapore what would you say?"

"I would say they're full of it Mr. Hayes," Lumpy said cutting in, "Well we turned Southwest last night." Nemo began listening closely to the conversation now coming out from the back.

"Gentlemen please. We're not looking for trouble," Carl said standing up out of his chair.

"No, You're looking for something else," Jimmy said coming through the door taking one quick glance at Nemo and then turning to Carl. Carl took a moment to answer, but when he did it shocked Nemo, "Yes we are."

"We're going to find Skull Island. Find it, Film it, and show it to the world. For 25 cents you get to see the last blank space on the map," Carl said.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Lumpy said warningly.

"What do you mean," Preston asked curiously.

"Seven years ago me and Mr. Hayes were working our passage, on the Norwegian bark, a month after we'd dropped Nemo off in New York," Lumpy said also letting Nemo know this happened after she had left the ship.

"We picked up a castaway. We found him in the water. He'd been drifting for days," Hayes said darkly.

"His ship had ran aground on an island way west of Sumatra. An island hidden in fog! He spoke of a huge wall built so long ago that no one knew who'd made it. A wall 100 ft high, as strong today as ages ago," Lumpy said eerily.

"Why'd they build a wall," Preston asked shakily.

"Well the castaway spoke of a creature, neither beast nor man, but something monstrous living behind that wall," Lumpy said.

"A lion or a tiger," Carl laughed, "A man-eater. That's how all these stories start."

"What else did he say," Preston asked quickly.

"Nothing. We found him the next morning. He had stuck a knife through his heart," Lumpy said solemnly.

"Mmm-hmm," Carl laughed as he grabbed his things, "Sorry fellows you'll have to do better than that. Monsters belong in B movies."

"If you find this place, if you go ashore with your friends and your cameras, you won't come back," Hayes said warningly, "Just as long as you understand that." Carl looked around the room before he began to retreat again only this time was stopped by Jimmy's hand.

"Mr. Denham if you put this crew in danger, if you put Nemo in danger. I'll personally kill you myself. You won't have to worry about the creature behind the wall," Jimmy said threateningly surprising Nemo. Denham just looked at him sternly for a moment before walking away.

"He's going to get us into to much danger I can feel it," Lumpy said.

"So can I," Nemo said remembering those flashbacks she had been having lately and the dreams she often had. Everything he had just described the island as was exactly what she had been dreaming of.

"Don't worry, the captain wont let him, will he Mr. Hayes," Jimmy asked.

"I don't know Jimmy, I don't know," Hayes said as he walked out.


Okay I know it's short but I'm trying to put the story into parts to make it more interesting. Just work with me here people, that's all I ask, and I promise it'll be a good story.

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