What happened during chapter 1 recap: Rackam has been tracked down to Maxion Alpha by Rainsford Hugh, who is set on reking him again. And killing a freakin huge monster like a gent.
There it was, the Grand Cheerio, the bane of anything alive in the galaxy. A cold sweat dripped down Rackham's face. His fear wasn't so much the opposing pirate ship, it was who was in the ship. A burst of embarrassment and rage suddenly spilled into his mind. Rainsford and his plant crew made a fool of him on his last raid. In short, Rainsford took EVERYTHING! That treacherous scumbag even took the bathtub that he was going to install. Why, when he gets that walking salad in his hands…
"Sir, we got a incoming transmission! Its from, him.", muttered a communication hand.
"Let it on through. Lets see what he wants now." the human groaned. The Floran was difficult to speak with, especially if he wants to hunt you. Which he always wants to do.
After a second, the main screen flickered and showed the interior of the gentleman's ship. While it contained a lot of Floran influence (namely the countless skulls and skins), there was a surprising amount of gold plated objects accompanied by ivory and many expensive woods, which he no doubt grew on the ship. 'Sitting' in an expensive gold rimmed bathtub sat Captain Melanaca, dressed in a fine white suit sipping on a glass of expensive red wine.
"Ah, well if it isn't mine corky cater-cousssin captain rackham, 'r is it planetary minissst'r william?", the plant spoke in a smooth British voice that held a commanding tone.
"Shutup Melanaca! I still remember what you did with your little green bean fin'ers.", William hissed. He REALLY wanted that bathtub, and some of the loot too. Hey, he can break tradition every now and then.
"If I recall, its Sir Hugh, Captain. And jussst liketh lasssteth timeth, thou lack a meet attitude. Thou wouldssst be ssso much moo intimidating with yea a toucheth of politenesss.", Rainsford smirked.
"Why you cheeky little aloe plant! Ah, fine. What do you want!" Something was up, the two of them were talking far too long. Sentences ago, the gentleplant would've pulled something. That's when the crew's uproar caught the captain's attention.
Oh god.
Rainsford was headed straight for them at full speed. But at this rate, there was no time to get away. That pointed ram was going straight for a bulkhead. Trying to get away now would only lead to more damage than wanted.
"Fire! Shoot him! Give him everythin' we got!", William screamed.
"Ssso you've finally notic'd mine dram sssurprissseth. Have at thee, Rackham." With that, the screen went black once again.
The last encounter was just a lucky save of falling debris. While Rackham had read much about Floran hunting styles and levels of aggression, Rainsford was not on any level of Floran he's read on. Compared to other plants, he was a monster. Even worse, he had Aloe plant in him, making the already hard to kill plant nearly impervious to fire. Even after dousing him with chemicals, it was only minutes before he healed himself and was back at the hunt again. Freaking Florans and their adaptations.
Rackham's thoughts were disrupted by the screech of bending metal. While the guns did a number to the Grand Cheerio, it still went on in. Unfortunately, the force had also knocked the ships out of orbit and towards Maxion Alpha.
"Attention all crew, prepare for a crash landin'! Max out t' shields and prepare for impact. No one but t' captain be allowed t' take on Melanaca. Move ye skally wags!", Came the bark of the first mate. This was bad. The Floran was never this crazy.
"How much time do we have before we crash lad?", asked the captain who had come to grips with the situation.
"We have nineteen minutes, captain. What are yo-" Suddenly, a gunshot went off, and with it, the door to the main deck. Walking through was Rainsford.
"The fact that you refussse to take this ssseriously disappoints me, William.", the pirate spoke. Lifting his gun again, Rackham hit the deck before the massive .85 caliber revolver went off again. As the pistol was named such a terrible name, No Dreams Just Tears' shots were enveloped in a explosive plasma coat. Shooting back off the ground, Rackham unsheathed his Rubium cutlass and carefully darted towards his opponent. Well, more like charged him. Swinging his sword, the human swung the blade just in time to make the next deadly shot send his chair everywhere in a billion pieces. Even though the captain was distraught, he knew any run in with Hugh automatically meant something would be destroyed.
Swinging his cutlass, he smacked No Dreams Just Tears out of Rainsford's hand, with most of his wrist. With a startled yelp, Rackham watched as the Floran's hand landed with a wet pap against the flooring.
"V'ry clev'r, William. Taking aroint thy opponent'sss advantage of attacketh. I didn't thinketh thou had it in thou. Unf'rtunately, I prefereth the left handeth." With that, Rainsford pulled an impervium machete and swung it, forcing Rackham to give up space.
"Wait stop! Are you ok?! I cut your bloody hand off!, Rackham sputtered. No matter how much he hated this plant man, he didn't mean to harm him so much as to cutting his hand off.
"Nev'r feareth William, it'll groweth backeth oncsse I eateth a healthy diet of planteth f'rmula and HUMAN meat. Itsss of nay mattereth William, because I knoweth something moo embarrassssing than getting mine handeth cuteth off."
"What?", Rackham asked. He was genuinely interested. He knew Ransford was just upset with him, but what was this little secret?
Walking over to the command table, Rainsford spoke into the command vox.
"The most embarrassing moment I knoweth William is the day I kidnap'd thou and dunk'd thou into the barbecue sssauce." At that very moment, Rainsford moved his head just missing the blood red cutlass as it slammed into the paneling. Looking ahead, Rainsford knew steam would be pouring out of Rackham's ears had the world been a cartoon.
"YOU! We agreed t' never EVER brin' that up again! You know how t' whole area acted up! People burnt t' vegetation away from t' village out o' fear that t' Meat Bone Pickers would attack for real! I was forced t' eat meat for t' duration o' me days thar."
"And looketh how ssstrong ye are anon. I'm sure thou wouldst pit up nicssely againssst Alfr'd. Besidesss, I thought 'ssscallywagsss' liketh meat." Rainsford questioned. It was rather unusual hearing such words from a traditional 'human' pirate who even bothered to dress like a classic pirate.
"I prefer a balanced meal o' meat and FLORAN hearts.", Rackham spat. Suddenly, a voice went over the intercom.
"Atmospheric impact in three minutes."
"Well golly william! Wherefore didn't thou telleth me I sssent the both of usss out of maxion alpha'sss 'rbit and towardsss the planet?!", the gentleplant hissed, his quirk being sharply emphasised extra.
"Well someone wanted t' go huntin' for his old buddy! Literally.", Rackham muttered. With an amused inner smirk, he watched his unlikely childhood friend scramble for his wrist communicator and hiss into it demanding that his ship's shields be turned on all the way. Glancing out, the pirate turned an extra shade pale
"Wait, Hugh, don't turn t' shields on." Rainsford said.
"Why not?", Hugh questioned.
"If we turn them them on, we'll tear our ships apart before t' planet does."
Oooo, what will happen next? Who knows! Also, I've hit a really bad block. If anyone has any ideas of how to continue, PLEASE TELL ME. I'm not really sure how or when to introduce Neso. So again, if anyone has any ideas, throw 'em to me through reviews or PMs, I don't care.