Act 1
Jim is home at the Dopplers, in the room that he have been given as his own, to rest after everything he have been thru. His mother have forbidden him to get out, as he truly wants, so he doesn't know what else to do than to lie in bed and read a book. It is one of Delbert's books, which is about stars, planets and such, so it isn't before long that he starts to yawn and rub his eyes; the book is boring and it makes him tired.
He puts the book face down on his chest after awhile, stretches his arms over his head and closed his eyes. He remembers the events of the last months, that had their beginning a year ago when he just got out of the interstellar academy. His mother have been dismayed when she had seen all those bruises on his body, that he have gotten from Daniel Crow.
She have had no idea that her son is out on such dangerous adventures, and demanded right from the start to hear everything about it. Jim have left out the most threatening parts of his dealings with Crow, but what Jim have to tell her still leaves her out of breath.
"I suspected that you would face dangers," she have said with her hands one her cheeks in a distrought manner. "But I never realized that it was so many of them." She barely knows half of it, as her son haven't told her of every risk he have taken in all of his life. Jim have only shrugged and have smiled sheepishly at his mother.
Jim sighs. He tries to fall asleep, but fails even though he is tired. It is in the middle of the day, and his body presumebly knows this. Instead he only lies there, looking up at the celling. His body aches after the abuse he have endured.
Silver have taken off soon after they have found Jim, but it was with a certain undesire do leave. The pirate would have wanted to stay longer, to make sure that Jim was alright. Jim have seen it in his eyes, but the boy have insisted on the cyborg to leave. The last thing Jim wants was - and still is - for Silver to get back into prison. But before the two have parted Jim have made Silver promise one thing: to stay out of trouble.
"Well, my dear lad, when have I ever caused any trouble?" have been his last words before leaving, in a warm voice with only a hint of a tease in his tone.
Jim smiles when he remembers Silver's words. The boy wishes that the cyborg can come and live with him, like a real family, so that they can spend more time with each other. They would talk, joke and laugh, maybe even go out on adventure together. But, alas, that would not be possible. With the police after Silver he can't stay put in one place for long. How the world can make so unfair a situation.
Jim wish things can be different, that he and Silver can be together. But Jim have a place to be, a goal to accomplish with the interstellar fleet. And Silver seems content with his situation. If only he can keep himself out of trouble. It is he who first came in contact with Daniel Crow, after all.
Jim thinks back on the first time he met Silver. The boy didn't even take the cyborg's hand. Jim was distrustfull towards the older man, and why wouldn't he be. He have been warned about a cyborg just the week before, and here he meets with one. But then, as the time went on, the two of them became friends. The best of friends. Or even better, they became family.
Jim asks himself if things could have gone differently. Could they have become enemies? Could they have started fighting with each other? Could they have been at each other's throats so much so that captain Amelia must break them appart? Maybe, if they have said things differently. Maybe, if things would have not been the same.
But Jim is glad that things played out just as they have. In the end, Silver saved his life at the treasure planet. The old cyborg chose him over the treasure that Silver have so badly wanted.
Jim's eyes finally starts to close shut, as his body starts to drift asleep. And his last thought before he is taken by the dark abyss that is sleep is what Silver is doing right now.
Silver wonders what to do next. He have nothing planned, nothing worked out, just the old usual of staying out of trouble and keep himself out of the grasp of the police. He have no plans of getting back into piracy, but then what is he to do?
He is at a bar, sitting at the corner furthest in and is listening in on the gossip that is bound to come thru. He wonders if he should change profession, to try something new. Maybe he should try to earn his money instead to steal it. But who will vore an ex-pirate? Maybe he should lie about that little fact. Maybe he should travel to a place where the people aren't so suspicious against strangers, a people that aren't so interested in the backstory of new faces.
That's when he hears it, a few words that catches Silver's attention, from one of the other guests of the bar. "Count Wilfried's daughter is seeking for a person that knows the stars like the back of his hand. A guide, of sorts. She is to take a journey together with some friends, and wants to travel for a few weeks."
That might be something for Silver. It sounds like exactly something that is his way. He knows the stars very well, so why not become a guide to this count Wilfried's daughter? Of course Silver have heard of count Wilfried, he is a rich man that owns half a planet and about six cooperations that keeps on spitting out more gold into his pocket.
Silver wonders if he should write a letter to Jim, to tell the boy of the news. But after thinking on it a while the cyborg decides that he should seek out the jobb first, then write to Jim. That would make more of a surprise of it.
Act 2
Seymour's funeral is dull and grey. Jeremy even cries a tear over his dead father. But there is no body to take care of, as no-one knows where it is or what have happened to it. Several questions have been directed to Daniel Crow about this, but he refuses to answer.
As for Jeremy, he is now completely and utterly alone in his family. He have never known his mother, as she have died when he was very young. As for siblings, he doesn't have any.
"I'm very sorry for your loss," Jim tells him after the ceremony. "As you know, my father left me and my mother, so as for loss I know almost what you are going thru."
"Ah, Jim, those are very kind words. I guess that the interstellar fleet is my family now. Do you know what that means? That you now are my new brother."
Jim is surprised by this at first. He have never considered Jeremy as a brother, but when he hears the words from his good friend it makes sense for him. Maybe he should consider the other of the interstellar fleet as sisters and brothers, too.
Count Wilfried's daughter, Madmaselle Adelaine Adessa Wilfried, seems like a lass that that have gotten a little too much of the good here in life. She is loud, self-centered and expects that her every wish is to be fullfilled within the very same day. This Silver sees within the few first minutes that he observes her.
The first pair of people that have come to seek the post as a guide Adelaine have turned away becouse they were not to her satisfaction. Either they were not thretening enough, refined enough or barely just not pleasing enough to her eyes. A little queen she acts, and as a queen she expects to be treated like.
When Silver comes to Adelaine's door there are two men that stands in line before him. Neither of them seems to not have reached her standards, as both quickly gets out shortly after they have entered. When it is Silver's turn he straightens his back and puts on the most pleasent grin he can afford.
Right outside Adelaine's door there are two brutes standing to guard life and fortune. They are probably hired by her father, Silver thinks when he glances at them. They are almost as big as Silver, and as he pass them they both tale a sideway look at him. Both of them are armed with the latest artillery that money can buy.
When he gets inside he is met with a breathtaking sight. The walls are colored with pink and red, from the ceiling there are hanging silk of the finest quality, and there are very refined furniture littering the room. In the bed in the middle of the room lies Madmaselle Adelaine Adessa Wilfried in a pink dress that is adorned with jewels and diamonds.
At either side of the bed are another set of brutes. There ones really are as big as Silver, and are armed with the same type of guns as the two outside.
"Hm," Adelaine hums as she gives Silver a critical eye as he enters. "Impressive size, even for an ursid. And you have cybernetic parts, I see. Show me your arsenal, please."
And that Silver does, without question. He shows her all of it; all the little tools he have for cooking as well as his build in sword and gun. When he demonstrates the cannon that he have, which is hidden in his cybernetic leg, Adelaine gets really impressed.
"You work as a cook as well?" she asks, and when Silver nods she orders him to the kitchen to prepare a meal. That he does, and when he returns with a bowl with his famous stew she orders one of the brutes to test it. "And now, we wait for half an hour to see if you have poisoned the stew. I'm very important, y'know."
When half an hour have come and passed, and the brute have still to show any symptoms of poisoning, Adelaine nods with a pleased smile. She then eats of the stew herself. "Mmm," she purrs and licks her lips. "This is good, even when it's cold." She puts the bowl down on the table by her bed and turns to Silver with a pleased expression. "And you know the galaxies well, I presume."
"I can take you anywhere and back with my eyes closed, my fair lady," Silver answers, speaking for the first time and bows. He tries to be as wellspoken as possible, so that this Adelaine will not find anything wrong with him.
She seems to be pleased with what he says and how he says it. "So that settles it. You are hired, mr ..."
"Silver. John Silver."
The portal that Daniel and his gang have used to go from one place to another gets into the interstellar fleet's possession. The fleet's mechanics are to take it apart and se how it works, and, if it is possible, make more of this incredible machine. Jim is not amongst these mechanics, as the fleet doesn't know that the boy have worked with it earlier.
Jim is doing fine, however. He is happy and is working hard. He might even think that things are going quiet for a while. And for several months it does; he saved up for the new inn to his mother, and he stays out of trouble as best as he can. But, unbeknown to him, more adventures are on the horizon for him.
Daniel Crow is in a rage. His whole plan have been crushed into pieces, the golden age for him and his gang have endes in a big bang. And all because of Jim Hawkins. Because he have been so thickheaded to see his own best, to not become a pirate.
Daniel hits his fist into the cell wall with as much force as he can muster. "One day that boy will be mine. One day I will have my revenge."
Hello, everyone. If it is to be seasons to this series, I like to think that this is the last chapter for season 1 (for anyone who cares about it, but hey, what do I know). I do not know how many seasons there will be, and neither do I know how many charters there will be per season.
And for those who wonders if I am to ever bring back "Days", I am sad to report that it will not happen. I am sorry.
