Chapter 9: Always know where you are

He ran down stairs and saw Scarlet and Silver untying each their own boat. It was clear they were escaping.

"You two never quit, don't you." he said to them.

"Oh Jimbo! We were just checking if the…"

"Silver," Scar interrupted him. "Tell him the truth. It's not worth lying."

Silver sighed. "Come here." He pushed him away from Scarlet a bit who was untying the other boat. "If you don't mind, we were trying to escape the prison. See, Scar can't stay locked all her life. She's young! And I have some other things to finish, you know."

Jim looked at Silver with a sad face. "But I promise I'll come back for ye as soon as the things calm down. I can tell ye it'll be soon!"

That made him smile. But Silver wasn't smiling anymore soon after that.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm afraid I can't tell the same about her."

Jim gaze Scar. He wanted to run to her but Silver stopped him. "You got to understand her Jim. Now go and say goodbye to her. We had out time."

Jim smiled and hugged him. "I'll never forget you, you old cyborg."

"I'll hardly forget you, you are a something. Now go to her. Maybe you'll convince her."

Silver smiled and jumped into the boat and saluted him.

"Montressor, lad! See you there!"

He had a feeling their ways will cross very soon, sooner that he could imagine. Jim stood for a while but then ran to the other side of the launch pad to Scarlet.

"Scar." He said. She dropped the rope and looked at him.

"Jim," she started. "It's my turn to leave now."

"You can't leave," he said and leaned his hand on her cheek. "What will I do without you?"

"You know, someone once told me the universe is endless. He said I have t explore it to find my place in it. And if it's endless, there is endless amount of people out there, millions of opportunities. You'll find someone else Jim. Better than me."

"But you're my one. We're great together. You don't have to leave you know."

"Jim, I can't stay neither. You know where I'll end if I do and I can't be there. My place is not here. It's out there." She said and pointed trough the opening into the space. Jim held her hands and looked in her tear-stained eyes. He gave hug her tightly and gave her a kiss, the longest he ever will and ever gave her and then let her hands go.

"Promise me you'll come back."

"I'm not that kind of a person. I'm sorry." She said and jumped in the boat and gave him a smile. "But Jim, I promise you this won't be the last you'll hear about Scarlet March."

"March?"

"Now you know me."

Jim smiled in tears. Suddenly morph flew by.

"Morph?" Jim asked.

"Gift from Silver. Oh, and one more thing," she said half way down and threw him a palm of gold and jewels. "It's for your mom to rebuilt Benbow Inn, from Silver too."

So it was Silver to ruin their inn! And she was with them. How many things were there he didn't know about her? So many things he had to say to her.

Jim looked at her one more last time. "Stay safe, love."

"I can't promise you that. Say hello to Silver for me!" She said and flew far away. Jim ran up to the deck and looked her ship flying in the other direction. He looked on the other side and saw Silver's boat vanishing to the other side. They went each on their own way. Two persons that changed his life were now leaving him behind and each other. Jim was filled with bitter sadness and warmth. He looked to Scar's direction one more time. He was sure she won't come back, but she left few most beautiful and warm memories he'll ever remember. Flashbacks made him to rush tears of joy in his eyes.

"You can always find me on Montressor." He said quietly.

Finally he was back on the ground. Jim was pushing through the crowd on Space Port looking for his mother. There she was. He held her shoulder and then hugged her.

"Jim!" she said happily.

"Mom, wait until you hear what happened…"

Few months later…

The Benbow Inn was now renovated and opened for business. Sarah threw a big opening party in the inn for everyone. They were all dancing and singing full of joy and happiness. Even Silver was there. He held his promise and came back, just as he said he will. Jim was now a military cadet on Interstellar Academy, as Amelia promised him. Speaking of which, Amelia and Doppler were now married with children, which didn't surprised Jim. He moved a bit away from the crowd and looked out to the sky as he did every day, hoping she will come back. Scarlet March, that crazy-beautiful girl who changed him forever. Because of her he found out something that was waiting for him: a future.

To be continued…

Author's notes: I mean it, it will. You're probably disappointed by the ending but it's just because of the next story. Don't worry, Jim and Scar will get back together. But in the second part. But FIRST! I have another story to post! Yes! I'm crazy! Typing on my computer all day stories no one reads. Maybe in a million years someone will find them and sell them as a historical value. Yes. This kind of things happen. Take any old document for examplet.

Till next time…