Okay, I may break a one-shot rule, but I can never forgive myself if I won't publish this. This is a very tiny detail I forgot. No complaining of breaking that rule! Just enjoy! :) (At least I hope you would)
Before Captain Cuke and Mr. Spork Escaped
Luna's POV
"Oh, hi, Oliver! Where are you going?" I asked.
"I'm just finding a good place to eat. The cafeteria's full again!" Oliver replied.
I giggled. "Oliver, Oliver, Oliver; you just can't sit still, huh?"
"Yeah! Speaking of sitting still, I heard that the captain and the first officer of the USS Applepies are in jail. Is that true?"
Great. Even he knows that. I cleared my throat and found my voice.
"Uh… yeah. They are," I shrugged.
"Oh. I also heard that, ten months ago, before you went back here, you've been hanging out with the captain." Oliver added.
I froze. "How did you know that?!"
Oliver laughed. "Don't worry. I won't tell my Uncle Luntar. Bye, Luna!"
I stared at him as he left. Oliver's just a kid. How did he know a classified information like that? Maybe someone told him. But I didn't tell anyone… at least that's what I remember.
Luntar was working late… again. I can't blame him. I, too, am worried for my planet. But this guy was being unreasonable and he won't listen to us.
"Sir, we've only got six minutes left until the sun explodes!" I reminded.
"I know! We must find the Applepies!" Luntar ordered.
I shook my head. "We can't afford the fuel anymore, sir. Every ounce should be focused on that sun."
"What's the use? The sun is getting darker every day! We barely got enough energy to power our heat lamps!"
"Should I prepare us all for evacuation?"
"No! Not yet. This is our home."
"A home that will be consumed by an exploding supernova!" I reasoned. "Space Fleet is already here. If we talk to them, maybe…"
Maybe Cuke can forgive me and give me quarter, I thought.
"They wouldn't help! Why would they? This is our sun and our problem. I'll figure it out." Luntar said.
With that, I left. Why wouldn't he listen?! There wasn't much time! We'd be doomed to oblivion if we don't act now! But he has a teeny, tiny point. Why would Cuke help me after sending him to jail? He hates jails. Maybe he'd hate me.
I thought for a while. My planet needs help. We can't do it on our own. I decided to talk to Cuke on sharing one of their engine cores. Maybe he'd show a little sympathy. After all, their job is to help those in trouble. We're pretty much in trouble a few minutes later.
I headed down the prison entrance. I decided to use the radio. Showing my face to Cuke is bad enough. I turned it on and spoke.
"Cuke? It's me, Luna. I know that I've sent you to prison, but I need your help badly. Our sun is going to explode in a few minutes and… well… I know it's too much to ask… but… we really need one of your engine cores. It can save us. If you don't help us, I understand. You might as well leave us here."
I meant every word I said. But the more I spoke, I observed an odd thing. It was dead quiet. As far as I know, Captain Cuke is such a chatterbox. And he and Mr. Spork are usually talking about their missions. So it struck me odd to hear nothing.
"Cuke?" I checked.
Why was it so silent?
I went downstairs to check why. And there I found out. The prison door was wide open. They must have escaped. But how?
I saw an empty drink box on the cell floor.
Oliver.
As I rushed to Luntar's room to report this, I noticed in one of our computers that a spaceship was heading towards Tootany. It was the USS Applepies. They must be back to attack us! Or maybe seek revenge. Panicked, I knocked at Luntar's room despite the fact that he was asleep.
"Luntar, the prisoners have escaped!"
After Captain Cuke decided to share
Cuke's POV
As we headed towards Tootany, I was silently praying that they won't attack us. Giving one of our engine cores was a really hard thing to do; especially after Luna made Luntar send us to prison. But I had forgiven her. Besides, she and her planet need the Mewantium more than the ship does. The question remains:
Luna, have you forgiven me?
Just in case the reader doesn't know, quarter means mercy. Learned that from Disney's The Pirate Fairy.
