HI! I actually hated and loved writing this chapter. It was hard figuring out how I would arrange the story to fit the situation while still keeping everyone in character. This chapter introduces B.E.N.! And that was the highlight for me cause B.E.N. is such a fun, eccentric character.
Let me know what you think! Enjoy the chapter :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Treasure Planet nor the characters

Find the treasure map; that was easier said than done, it could be anywhere by now; and Silver more than likely realized that if Jim found the map then that also meant that he would reunite with Amelia and Dr. Doppler. So he must be planning on pairing him with someone that would watch his movements like a hawk, the question was, who it would be? He knew all of the pirates wanted to kill him; at least with Silver he knew he was somewhat safe, but Jim was smart enough to know that with the cyborg being the Captain, it meant he would be barking orders and not really be able to go off and search for the treasure map with him which meant someone else had to.

He led Jim up to the deck, shielding his eyes from the bright light of the day since he had been adjusted to the dark. As his vision cleared he faltered his steps as most of the pirate crew were glaring down upon him. Silver grabbed the boy's collar and pulled him forward making him stumble to the floor, the others laughed as they watched him. He glared up to Silver not understanding the mistreatment then as their eyes met, it dawned on him, 'play along,' he thought, this was the act, he needed to play his part as well.

"Yer best be getting to yer feet lad, we'll be headin to land now," Silver ordered and Jim reluctantly followed. He glanced and glared at every one of the pirates around him, even more so to Scroop who looked too pleased at the moment.

Tearing his attention away he turned back to Silver, "You lied to us… you won't get away with this," he spat.

Silver had to admit, the boy was a good actor, thought he knew that the hurt wasn't an act but it really gave this game an authentic feel to the dimwitted crew he had acquired. He along with a few of his crew mates took Jim down to the boat dock, boarding their last solar boat they departed from the ship and landed on Treasure Planet.

They looked at their surroundings, the giant trees with mushroom like tops dimmed the light of the sun and everything felt rather cold. Jim couldn't believe it, he had been dreaming of Treasure Planet since he was a child pretending to go on the adventure of a lifetime, now it's real and it wasn't how he imagined it, the reality was far worse. As he took another step forward he felt a heavy hand on his shoulder stopping him.

Silver kept Jim close to his side as the others glared down at him, "Morph, keep an eye on the pup, make sure he stays on task hm?" he spoke to the Morphing creature, it chirped then saluted to his master then hovered over Jim.

"You aren't…" Jim began only to have Silver interrupt,

"Ain't like you got anywhere else ta go Jimbo, we have the only transport, which will be watched at all times, so get searchin," he stated matter-of-factly and it left Jim glaring at the pirate captain.

"True, but shouldn't I have some sort of weapon, to protect myself?" he tempted his question. It wasn't like he was lying, they had no clue what might be on this world and he didn't want to be left defenseless if his life was in more danger than it already was.

Silver stayed silent for a moment, he seemed to have been considering his request.

Then a smirk crossed the pirate's features, a chuckle escaped him, "Aye lad," he spoke as he reached into the boat.

He pulled a belt with a sword within its sheath out and tossed it over to Jim who instinctively caught it and gave a look to Silver, the pirate knew what the boy was thinking and it amused him to see both the confusion and disappointment in the choice of weapon.

"Don go givin me that look lad, givin a boy a loaded weapon would be irresponsible wouldn it?" he spoke in a mocking tone.

Jim grumbled under his breath strapping the belt around his waist, the pirates laughed at their captain's words before he turned his attention to his crew, "Now you boys get ta searchin on the east side, you nd I will be taking the north side," he ordered the other three crew mates, leaving Grewnge to watch over the life boat.

"If any find the map, give a signal and wait fer everyone ta gather, understand?"

"Aye captain," said the other pirates, Jim and Silver's eyes connected before Jim tore his gaze away,

"Whatever…" he muttered before turning and walking away shoving his hands into his pockets as the little morph kept right beside him.

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Jim walked through the dark and strange forest like area, sliding down into a lower level he kept his defenses up, "This place is pretty creepy…" he stated out loud, "creepy," the little morph repeated.

Hearing rustling in the bushes near him he stopped his movements. Morph let out a mumble as it hid behind Jim's shoulder. The sound of movement continued and Jim laid his hand on the hilt of his sword as he slowly approached but soon something came jumping out with a yell and Jim couldn't help but let out his own cry of surprise as something metallic wrapped itself around him and he landed on his back.

"Oh! This is fantastic! Another carbon based life form come to rescue me! I just wanna hug ya, squeeze ya and hold you close to me!" the android cried out and even though Jim did his best to separate the clingy bot away from himself it continued to latch on,

"Let go of me," he demanded and it seemed to work as the android quickly gave Jim his space though the boy could tell the robot was itching to hug him again,

"Sorry, sorry," he began as he draped his arm around Jim's shoulders, "I-I've been marooned for, uh, so l-long, solitude is fine, don't get me wrong, but uh after a 100 years, YOU GO A LITTLE NUTS!" he stumbled through his fidgeting words ending with an awkward chuckle as he stared into the eyes of a very annoyed James Hawkins.

Realizing this he quickly pulled his arms away and jumped a step or two away, apologizing with another awkward chuckle, "I am… uhm," he stalled for a moment, "My name… is…. ugh" he trailed off as Jim's attention went to Morph who changed into a version of the bot as a coo-coo clock. Jim chuckled and tapped Morph on the head who quickly changed back to normal.

"BEN! Of course I'm B.E.N. Bio Electronic Navigator, oops," he spoke as he placed his compass back into his chest. It was obvious that this android hadn't been able to keep himself from rusting. It was surprising to Jim the bot was still functioning.

"And you are?" he asked as Jim was still catching up with what had transpired,

"Jim," he answered as he attempted to walk away, but the bot took Jim's hand and shook it,

"Oh! Pleasure ta meet ya Jimmy!"

"It's Jim and look, I'm kinda in a hurry, I need to find my friends, they were shot down by pirates-," he began to explain before the thin bot interrupted as he stepped in front of Jim's path.

"Oh! Pirates! Don't get me started on pirates!" he shouted dramatically, "Hehe I don't like them," he added as he began to just walk around, "I remember Captain Flint," Jim stopped and turned to B.E.N, "This guy had such a temper,"

"Wait, you knew Captain Flint?" he questioned.

"I think he suffered from mood swings personally, I'm not a therapist though, but anyway I- you let me know when I'm rambling huh?" he started off on the said rambling.

"But that means… then you must know about the treasure?" Jim kept him on topic.

"T-treasure?" the bot repeated nervously

"Yeah, Flint's Trove, you know the Loot of a Thousand Worlds," he tried to explain as Morph shifted into a chest full of gold coins then back to normal soon enough.

"I-It's all a l-l-little fuzzy," he admitted, Jim watched as the robot glitched trying to recall, "W-wait, I-I-I remember, I do I just – TREASURE! Lots of treasure! Buried in the centroid-centroid of the mechanism and there were these BIG doors opening and closing, opening and closing," he shut down for just a brief moment as the loose wires in the back of his head sparked him back to life, "And Captain Flint wanted to make sure no one got to his treasure so I helped him AACCK!" he glitched and sparks came out from the wires again his head spun around, "AAH! Inaccessible,"

"B.E.N.!"

"Reboot! Reboot! Rebo—" Jim wasn't sure exactly what to do as the robot seemed to be going haywire and went on his base instinct, he smacked B.E.N. across the face causing his head to twirl and it seemed to have kick started his reboot as the bot calmed down then looked at Jim, "And you are?"

"What? Wait wait wait! What about the treasure?!" he pressed.

"I wanna say Larry," B.E.N. continued on.

"The centroid of the mechanism and—"

"I-I'm sorry my-my memory isn't wh-what it use to be," he spoke.

Jim was beyond frustrated at this point, "You see I lost my mind! I-haha lost, my mind, you haven't found it have you?" he asked as he began searching Jim who was now not only frustrated but confused, "My missing piece, my primary memory circuit?" he asked pointing to the area of his head that indeed had a missing piece where the wires stuck out and sparked a little.

Jim gave a heavy sigh, "Look, B.E.N. I really need to get going…" he slowed his words as a though ran across his mind then he saw the heart broken look B.E.N. was giving him 'Might as well try,' he thought.

"You, haven't seen two others around here? A captain and a doctor?" he inquired.

B.E.N. thought about it for a moment, "Is one of them really moody and cat-like?" he questioned back.

Jim turned quickly to face him, "Yes!"

"Oh and here I kept calling them a married couple," he hummed to himself,

"Where are they?" relief was filling his heart knowing that they were truly alive and hopefully alright.

The android moved the brush aside revealing a large ruin in the distance, "They're at my humble abode," he replied.

"B.E.N... you may have just saved our lives,"

Hope you enjoyed the chapter, the next one will be focusing on Amelia and Doppler!
So please let me know what you think and hopefully I'll be able to post the next chapter soon!