And so comes another chapter. Enjoy!
Reviewer Thanks
EH6: Yes, the nightmare was in the movie too; And you can hold back on the wait now!
Welsh Gem: Glad you loved her appearance ^-^
TMNTdisneyfan2013: Thank you. Sarabi was a great character, and it's too bad her voice actor passed away before the sequel, she would have been great!
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Jim walked down to the docks. No ships except his own were around, and he sighed, looking out at the approaching dawn, lost in his thoughts.
Unbeknownst to the spacer king, Jonesy was lying in wait on top of a crate. Okay, this might be your only chance… he was telling himself, trying to overcome his nervousness. Just take out your pistol, aim at the back of his head, and it'll be over and done with. Kenta will be proud, you'll be king, and… your conscience will be haunting you forever…
Shaking his head, he drew a deep breath, drawing his pistol, peeking around the crate…
"Hey, Jonesy!"
"GAH!" Jonesy cried, dropping his pistol. He gripped his chest, picking up his weapon and sticking it back into his belt. He looked over, seeing Tesoro standing behind him. "Don't ever do that again!"
"Why, did I scare you?"
Jonesy regained his composure. "No… It's a bad idea to jump out in front of a pirate- er, former pirate in my case- and yell, 'Hi, pal! How's it going?' Back on Nightshade, a stunt like that rendered getting a laser-blast in the middle of your forehead. …Just ask Greygor. He developed a paranoia of tapping someone on the shoulder to ask for directions."
Tesoro rolled her eyes. "Okay, then why don't you show me how to approach a pirate… or former pirate, then? Lets go," she began walking off.
Jonesy looked over, seeing that Jim was gone.
"Hey, are you coming?"
He sighed, following her.
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For most of the morning, Jonesy had told Tesoro how to approach, question, and fend off any enemies… now he was teaching her the element of surprise, sitting boredly under a tree. Despite Tesoro's willing to learn, he had to admit she wasn't doing too well… especially in this field.
"Three, two, one…" he counted down, then rolled away as Tesoro leaped out of the tree, yelling and landing on the ground.
"You heard me?" she asked, bluntly.
"Only… a lot." Jonesy helped her up. "First of all, when you're attacking, don't yell out like a banshee. You have to keep quiet…" he slipped behind the tree, keeping his back to it and peeking around the corner. "Stay hidden and out of sight." he looked over, seeing someone passing by down a hill. "Let me show you how to really make someone jump out of their skin,"
Tesoro watched as Jonesy crept over the hill, ducking behind a boulder, crawling on his belly and finally leaping over-
"YAAIIIIEEE!"
*Thud!*
Jonesy had leaped and tackled BEN, who was now hugging his ankles. "Oh, please, please, PLEASE spare me!" the robot was groveling. "I barely knew your tyrant- I mean, your evil overlord- I mean, your ego-maniacal leader- I mean, your psychopathic king… um… who was I talking about, again?"
"Please, don't harm us, we'll give you anything you want!" April stammered.
"Oh, show some backbone you guys!" Valerie snapped, taking out her own pistol. "You. Back off the robot, or you'll be shot like a rabid canidid!"
"Hey!" Eric shouted, offended.
Tesoro ran over, seeing the commotion, and also noticing the Doppler teens. "What are you guys doing here?" she demanded.
"Tesoro, thank goodness!" BEN exclaimed, standing up and hugging her.
"And don't worry, this time we weren't stalking you," Eric added.
"Any reason why this heathen is hanging around?" Elizabeth asked, referring to Jonesy.
"He was just giving me tips on how to handle an enemy-situation." Tesoro replied. "He was just demonstrating a sneak-attack… which brings me back to my question on why you all are out here."
"Well, this area happens to be the perfect spot for solar-surfing, with less traffic and open air space," Valerie said, looking up at the sky, where a ton of manta-birds were flying around. "Unfortunately, the manta-birds chose this as their annual migration spot."
"We'd wait for them to leave, but according to Elizabeth, they'll be here until the end of the quarter." April said.
"We had a similar problem on Nightshade," Jonesy said. "A pack of werewolves always lounged around a local village. We had to wait until a specific time of the year, when the sun would shine (it only shined once a year on the planet), to go to the village while the pack would go to a darker side of the planet. Sometimes a couple lycans would stay behind… One actually joined the crew. (ahem) But, um, that's old news now."
"Yeah, well, manta-birds aren't as tough to deal with as werewolves," Valerie scoffed. "They scare so easily that…" she paused. "Wait, that's it! We can scare 'em off!"
"I hate to interrupt their migratory pattern…" Eric said, grabbing his solar-surfer. "But I suppose it's worth a try."
"Beat it, you blasted birds!" BEN shouted, waving his arms around. A couple little ones landed on him, as if he were a statue. "This isn't funny."
"I don't think just flying around and yelling would do the trick," Tesoro said, chuckling.
"Oh, and how would YOU handle it?" Elizabeth scoffed.
"How about like this?" Valerie said, taking out his pistol and shooting upward. The manta-birds scattered a bit. "If they think there's danger, they'll leave,"
"A bad waste of ammo… but sounds exhilarating," Tesoro said, shooting her laser upward.
Taking off on their solar surfers, they soared through the skies, making the birds scatter, chasing them down the field. "I don't get it. What's the point of this training?" Jonesy called, watching the teens fly around.
"Training? This is just for fun!" Tesoro exclaimed.
"Fun?"
"You don't get out much, do you? Fun!" BEN said, grabbing onto the tail of a large manta-bird and being pulled upward, dropping down on the top of a hill. "Yee-ha!"
"Yee… ha." Tesoro lifted him on her own solar-surfer, and they took off. "Yee-haw. Yee-haw!" They flew with the birds through the blue sky, across the clouds, all of them shouting with glee. Jonesy smiled, actually enjoying it. "Yeeee-haw!"
They all laughed, soaring with the birds out into the Etherium…
Stopping short when they saw the birds perched on the back of a killer space-whale, which grunted fiercely. "YAAAAH!" They all screamed, shooting off with the whale in pursuit.
The whale chased them around until they reached an old port, not seeing a sign of them, then flying off. The teens were hiding underneath the docks, watching it fly off and let out relieved sighs, all the while laughing a bit. "What a BLAST!" Jonesy exclaimed.
"Our mother would think otherwise," Eric chuckled.
"Which is why we never tell her about these sort of stunts," Elizabeth reminded him.
"We ought to do them more often," April giggled.
"Way to go, Jonesy, you really scared 'em off." Valerie said, tussling Jonesy's hair. "You're alright… for a kid who's hung around pirates."
"Uh, thanks," Jonesy said, blushing a bit.
"Excuse me, but can I get out? Tight spaces make me claustrophobic," BEN said, grunting as he squeezed past the teens…
Accidentally knocking Tesoro into Jonesy's arms. "Oops, sorry/My bad," they said at the same time.
"C'mon, we'd better get home," Eric said.
They got on their solar-surfers, and Jonesy shared one with Tesoro, keeping his arms around her. She looked at him, smiling a bit. "Hey, are you two coming or what?" Valerie called, and they noticed the others were already heading off.
"Coming," Tesoro said, and she and Jonesy began to follow.
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A/N: Well, Jonesy learned how to have fun. Next chapter- he and Tess get a new lesson… in love ;)
Please review. No flames or I'll scare you off with THIS! (takes out a cute rubber ducky) …Er, wait a minute. (takes out sling-shot) That's better. …beware!
