I can't stand the suspense any more than you guys can! Time for the new chapter!
Reviewer Thanks
TMNTdisneyfan2013: TMNTdisneyfan2013! :O …lol, sorry. Don't worry, Jim will be fine.
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Kenta's crew sailed into the Etherium, a longboat that held Lucinda's body that was covered by a sheet, bowing their heads in respect. "Scroop… watch over Lucinda," Kenta prayed. "She sails with you, now."
They cast off the longboat, watching it float into the distance. It was a pirate-custom to send a body adrift into the Etherium, as a way of reminding the soul that, whether in life or death, they would always have a place out on the sea.
Kenta then turned to Jonesy, who stood in the back of the crowd. "YOU!" she snarled, smacking him hard across the face… and when you get hit by robotic hands, it really hurts. "How could you let this happen?"
Jonesy winced, rubbing his face. "It was an accident, I didn't mean…" he began to stammer, then realized something. Kenta was blaming HIM for Lucinda's death… when it was really HER fault to chase after Jim in the first place! "I. Did. NOTHING!"
"Exactly! And in doing so you betrayed your crew… betrayed Scroop!"
He clenched his fists. "I want nothing more to DO WITH HIM!"
"He chose you, you cannot deny it! And because of your incompetence, you killed Lucinda…"
"No…"
"You killed a member of your own crew!"
"NO!" Jonesy raced over to the remaining longboat, shooting off across the stars.
The pirates drew their guns. "Let him go," Kenta ordered them. "Jim has gone too far this time… Now he's corrupted Jonesy! Now is the time to take action! Jim is wounded and weak… We shall take his vessel by FORCE!"
The pirates cheered and Kenta cackled, and they scrambled around the ship in order to prepare for war.
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Back at the Benbow, Jim stood on the balcony, looking out at the horizon. Natalie, Sarah, BEN, Silver, Tesoro, and the Doppler Family stood with him, worried about his condition. Jim had ordered the rest of his crew and every other loyal sailor on Montressor to come to the Inn to give a report about Kenta's attack…
Though he had more to say when Jonesy arrived. "Jonesy," A sailor muttered as Jonesy passed him, and the rest of the crowd began whispering to one another.
"How dare he show his face here," Amelia said, scowling.
"Why I oughtta… Let me at him! Let me at him!" Valerie snapped, then handed BEN a corner of her shirt. "Here, hold me back,"
"Okay," BEN said, hanging on to her shirt.
"Let me at him! Let me at him!"
"Okay!" BEN released her, and she hit the ground.
Valerie gave him a look. "I think you're missing the basic point here."
"Oh."
"Jonesy!" Tesoro exclaimed, running forth.
"Stay put!" Jim snapped, walking to the front of the balcony, looking down at Jonesy. "Why have you returned?"
"Jim, listen, I had nothing to do with-" Jonesy began to say.
"You don't belong here!"
"But… I…"
"You should go back to your own crew, with those pirates!"
"Just listen to me!"
"Dad, please, listen to what he has to say!" Tesoro begged.
"Aye, let deh lad get a word in-" Silver added.
"Silence!" Jim snapped at them, and turned back to Jonesy. "When you first came here, you asked for judgement. Well, I pass it now!"
"Jim-"
"Exile!"
"No!" Tesoro cried.
All the sailors surrounded Jonesy, who started to back away, while others hummed a solemn tune…
Amelia: Deception
Delbert: Disgrace
Amelia and Delbert: Evil as plane as the look on his face
A couple sailors slapped Jonesy when he rushed by, and he turned the other way.
Eric (with Valerie and April): Deception
(An outrage!)
Elizabeth (with Valerie and April): Disgrace
(For shame!)
Jonesy ran past Gene and Louigi, both who pointed their knives at him.
Gene: He started trouble the moment he came
Delbert (with Amelia): Deception
(An outrage!)
Elizabeth (with Eric, April and Valerie): Disgrace
(For shame!)
Amelia and Delbert:Evil as plain as the look on his face!
Valerie (with Apri): Deception
(An outrage!)
Elizabeth (with Eric): Disgrace
(For shame!)
Gene (with Louigi): He started trouble the moment he came
(See you later, agitator)
Sailors shot at Jonesy, not trying to kill him, but merely giving him the message that he was no longer welcome. Tesoro ran to go after him, but April and Elizabeth blocked her path.
Sailors: Born in greed, raised in hate
Help us to defy his fate
Sailors sailed their longboats in the air, throwing rotted fruit and vegetables at him as he ran below, the teen barely dodging them.
Let him run, let him live
But do not forget what we cannot forgive
He ran past two rows of sailors, who all threw rocks at him, until he reached his longboat and shot off. Tesoro shoved past April and Elizabeth and once again attempted to go after him, but Valerie and Eric blocked her path this time.
And he is not one of us
He was never one of us
He is not one of us
None of us…
Jonesy looked over his shoulder as he sailed, still seeing Jim's glare and the throng of sailors who would cause him great harm if he tried to go back. He looked up at the stars, and spotted a cloud that seemed to form Scroop's face.
Son of who once lied to us
Now we're not so blind
He sailed through it, making it dissipate, and shot deeper into the galaxy.
For we knew he would do what he's done
And now he'll never be one of…
Natalie: He is not
One of us
Jonesy took one last look back at Montressor, then sadly continued his way through the stars.
Amelia: Deception…
Delbert: Disgrace…
He could still see Tesoro's disappointed look, and he began to wince.
Elizabeth: Deception…
Eric: Disgrace…
Yet it didn't haunt him as much as the glare Jim had given him… a glare of distrust, of hatred… of sheer loathing… a look he had given Scroop before, he figured.
Valerie: Deception…
Tyson watched from a lone meteor, shaking his head. "This isn't going as planned," he sighed, and quietly climbed onto his solar-surfer and sailed away.
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A/N: Poor, poor Jonesy… But, in the next chapter, 'love will find a way' to make things right ;)
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