Disclaimer: I do not own Treasure Planet. But I do own Katharine Kayser and her story.

Chapter Four:

Kate and the engineer ran down the hallways of the transport ship until Kate decided to knock on one of the doors.

"What are you doing?" The engineer asked incredulously.

"Trying to save you.., uh what's your name?"

"Paul," he answered and then said, "if there are people in there they ain't gonna open that door fearing that we may be pirates, you know?"

Kate didn't reply to him instead she screamed, "Help! Please! I can't find my little brother! Open the door, pleassse!" She pounded on the door.

Paul winced. He was wondering if the girl knocked herself on the head while she was fighting the pirates, when the door slowly creaked open.

"Okay, fine," a young male's voice responded from the other side of the door, "you don't have to be so loud." Fear showed in his voice.

"Sorry," Kate said a little too harshly, her leg was still hurting her. "Listen just let Paul, here, into your room so the pirates won't hurt him."

"Uh, sure."

The boy let the door open all the way and Paul scrambled inside but then looked back at Kate.

"Aren't you coming?" He asked concerned for the young woman's well being who just saved his life.

"No I have to get to the bridge," she said tightening the handkerchief around her leg wound.

"What?! Why? They will kill you." He stated staring at Kate with wide eyes.

"Don't worry about me," she replied looking up and down the hall, "just get inside, close the door and hang on to something."

And with that statement Kate was off running toward the stairs that lead to the deck and then to the bridge.

"Who was that?" The boy asked Paul.

Paul was staring after Kate with a shocked expression on his face. "I honestly have no idea."

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Silver thanked his lucky stars that he was still able to hide in the shadows well enough that young experienced pirates couldn't even see he was there. He was under the dark shadows of a stairwell listening to the lead pirate's orders through his enhanced hearing because of the cyborg in him. Listening for signs of any danger at all to Katharine. The only thing left of his dead best friend.

Silver finally decided to go back to see his close friend after two years of hiding out because of his face on the 'Wanted' posters. He wanted to tell his old friend that he finally lived the dream they have been searching for all their lives.

Treasure Planet.

But when Silver got there he only found a grave and Kayser's daughter in tears over her father's death.

No, Silver was not shocked at all to find out that Noah had put Silver down as Katharine's guardian if his death occurred before his time. Silver is, after all, Kate's Godfather.

A siren went off and Silver smiled.

Kate.

She pulled it off.

Wasn't surprising to Silver any more though, that girl was a fighter and stubborn. Just like her parents.

"WH-What?!" Silver heard the leading pirate scream, "Go find the girl before we are forced to land!"

He shouted orders to his crew. The pirate then started to pilot the ship back toward Montressor Space Port with a grim look on his face.

Silver gave a low chuckle. Foolish man. Silver suddenly looked up at the sound of soft running footsteps headed towards the stairwell. He got his pistol ready and was about to shoot when he realized who his target was.

"Katharine!" Silver softly yelled her name so only she would hear it.

She looked at Silver and her face flooded with relief. Walking slowly toward his hiding place she collapsed beside him.

Silver looked down at her first bemused because she just sat down next to him without a fight. But then he noticed how pale her face was and that her eyes were closed. Silver started to worry.

"Katie," he said gently, "is there somethin' you need to tell me?"

"Nope," she said her voice finally showing the pain, "just show." And she pointed at her leg.

Her khaki pants were now soaked in blood and her handkerchief was now completely useless. The slash the dwarf gave her cut down, almost to the bone, from right below her right hip to just below her knee.

"Ah, girlie whatcha gone and do tha' fer?" Silver asked her his voice gentle and full of concern as he bent down to examine her wound.

"It's not like I meant to do it," her voice was barely a whisper and Silver knew that her blood loss combined with the exertion she put herself through was getting to her.

"You gotta hang in there, Katie, we should be at the Space Port soon," he told her. He leaned her back against the wall and her head fell on his shoulder.

"Katie?" He asked her.

"…"

When Silver didn't get a response he gently shook her shoulders. She was unconscious.

"Damnit, Kate," he said and he checked her pulse and immediately relaxed when he felt the slow, faint rhythm of her beating heart.

Silver took off his jacket and wrapped it around Kate and then waited for the vessel to land so she could get some help before it was too late.

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Captain James Hawkins and the other fellow Captains that got permission to board the vessel as soon as it landed waited on the docks.

This was Jim's first mission since he graduated from the Academy those long months ago. And needless to say he was anxious and nervous. Morph was too. He was bouncing around all over the place back in the briefing room that Jim had to calm him down. He gave Morph a choice. Either stay and wait for Jim to come back. Or to move quickly around the vessel to search for passengers that needed immediate care. Of course, Morph chose the latter.

Since Silver gave Morph to Jim to look after, Morph has never left his side. Jim smiled at his pink friend who was now big-eyed looking in the skies for the vessel.

"Everybody listen up," Commander Volker shouted to the Captains as a small vessel was visible on the horizon. Morph started to get jumpy again.

"Calm down, Morphy," instructed Jim and Morph stopped his jumping around and gave a little salute to Jim. Jim laughed.

"Your mission is simple," Commander Volker continued, "subdue any pirates you come across but your priority is to get the civilians off the vessel as soon as possible."

Volker looked around at all the Captains' faces then grimly looked up at the incoming vessel growing larger as it came into view.

"I'm I understood?" Volker asked them.

"Yes, sir," Jim and rest of the Captains answered together.

"Good," Volker responded, "now any injured passenger goes straight to Montressor, no exceptions."

"Yes, sir."

"There are boats ready to take them down," Volker said, "and good luck Captains."

And with that comment Volker left them to go observe from a higher level dock. He hated this. Watching young, good people risk their lives to save others in a war against greed. He sighed and unconsciously put his hand over a scar that was made by the greediest pirate of them all.

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Silver had just finished up wrapping his scraps of cloths around Kate's wounded leg when he heard the thrusters of the ship slowing down. A tall tell sign that the ship was about to land.

"Al'ight boys," he heard the leading pirate snarl, "use any distraction possible to get off this heap of a ship. We will rendezvous later."

For once Silver was glad he wasn't part of a pirating crew anymore. He was getting too old for that. Running away from officials. Using any distraction possible to make his escape. Only thinking of himself.

He sighed and looked at Kate. But trading that life for this one still obtained to those same rules.

Instead of officials and cops chasing him it was pirates. Those very people he had lived with and known for all his life. He shook his head. Silver could not believe it had come to this. Even pirates have laws, codes that he dared not to breech himself as a pirate. Now those rules were broken freely. Whatever happened to the respect of a dead pirate's wishes?

But then Silver looked back over his determination to find Flint's gold. If a girl like Kate stood in his way between him and achieving what his dreams of riches would he be any different than these pirates?

Yes.

Silver had already proven that. Jim Hawkins was in his way to get to Flint's gold. And, yeah, he used the boy a bit, Silver had to admit. But in the end he chose the boy's life over his greed…his dream.

Kate had the same burning fire in her as Jimbo had. Silver couldn't destroy that kind of flame.

"Aye boys, pistols ready!" Commanded a voice.

The docks were in view which means it's time to move. Silver knew that were Montessor's finest standing guard on the docks the ship was landing. All he had to do was find a safe place to shield Kate from harmful eyes until the violence seized. Grunting as he gently picked up Kate he found a big enough closet to protect her. He gently laid her down so that her head was supported and her leg did not worsen. He shut the door and sat back down in his darkened stairwell listening to ongoing battle ensue and waiting for help to arrive.

A few minutes have passed and the only thing Silver has heard were noises of gunshots bouncing off the walls of the small transport ship. He wished he could have Kate by him, just in case her condition worsened but it was safer for her to be hidden, with all of the pirates around. Silver laughed at the irony.

I am a pirate; he thought and chocked back a laugh.

And he couldn't fit in the closet with her; with all the bulky machinery attached to him he knew he would get stuck. Besides that, he had to stay in the open and wait for help to arrive. Or wait till' the coast was clear and take Kate and run.

Silver looked down at his mechanical leg and shook his head.

Ha, run! He thought. That is going to be fun especially with carrying Kate.

Noticing that his leg could use some tightening up; Silver started to pull at the knob. Then he noticed an out of place wrench floating in front of him. Wait, floating?

"Great Heavens!" Silver screamed in shock and then quickly recovered when he realized the truth.

"Morphy!" He greeted the blob, grabbing his old friend and tickling him. "How long has it been, huh?"

Morph squealed in delight at the sight and his old friend and Captain. Cooing as he embraced Silver's cheek.

"Now," he said looking at the pink blob, "where's Jimbo?"

"Jimbo" was in the middle of the ongoing chaos that was the clash of greedy pirates versus the team of Captains who were winning. Only by forfeit though. The pirates were using the battle as a distraction to flee. Jim knew this and did not care. The only thing that mattered was to make sure the passengers got off the ship safely.

Looking around on the deck off the ship, Jim noticed only a few pirates with cuffs around their wrists being dragged off by a Captain. Nobody was hurt too severely on both sides. The worse of it was probably Jim's cut that he got from fighting a sword fighting dwarf.

"Damn," he growled. Jim hated the fact that he got away.

Jim was going off the ship to make a report on the red-haired pirate when he was suddenly being slowly pulled back by the collar of his shirt. He laughed.

"I'm okay Morph," he reassured the blob thinking that was what his friend wanted to know. Jim was taken by surprise when Morph suddenly came right up in front of his face.

"What?!" He asked incredulously.

Morph than turned into a red flag waving himself around. Jim knew this meant an emergency.

"Okay..," he told the blob then Morph shaped into a little Silver and started bouncing up and down. Jim's heart stopped. The last time he every saw or spoke to the old pirate was when he was helping him escape.

Silver? Here?!

Impossible.

"Where?" He commanded Morph. And Morph lead the way as Jim followed, his heart racing.

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