Chapter 10: Rescue Romance & Happy Days

It had been several moments since Linnea was knocked out by Reginald, but as he started making his way out of the portal to Flint's trove, Linnea started coming to. Her head hurt like crap and she felt out of place, but she suddenly realized that Reginald had knocked her out with his flintlock and Jim tried to save her but was knocked down by her fiancé. Luckily, Linnea could reach one of her weapons, the switchblade Sarah gave her, as she turned around and elbowed Reginald in the head. Reginald rubbed his head as he whipped back around to Linnea, who immediately gashed at one of the male siren's eyes. He dropped Linnea and grabbed his bleeding eye, clutching it tightly as he advanced on his fiancé with a gun as she ran. He pinned Linnea to the ground as she struggled before he started fiddling with the buttons on her jean vest, trying to see intimate parts as Linnea screamed and struggled for dear life.

To her surprise, help came to the sapphire siren as two, buff figures in dark blue pulled Reginald away, pinning him down to the ground as two smaller figures came to Linnea's aid. One of them withdrew their hood as they asked, "You okay, sweetie?"

Linnea gasped before hugging the figure as she exclaimed, "Merina?...Merina, boy am I glad to see you!"

"What about me?" The other small figure asked as she withdrew her own hood, along with the other two figures as Linnea asked, "Aqua? Dimitri? Victor?"

"Hey! You seemed like you needed us." Victor smirked while Dimitri added, "So, Aqua, Victor, Merina, and I came to help. This scumbag will never marry you nor will he touch you again. The only place he's going is either prison or his death bed. We warned him, but he's just as stubborn as ever..."

Linnea thanked her former, foster family before a weird vibe came to her. Something told her and the other sirens that something bad was going to happen to Treasure Planet, even though they had no prior knowledge from visions or clairvoyant abilities. They just felt it in their bones, so Linnea stated, "Merina, I don't know why, but I feel like something bad will happen to this planet. I have to get my friends outta there before it's too late!"

Merina nodded at this before replying, "Of course, I feel the same thing you feel right now. Must be because of a siren's connection to this place...Get inside the portal and get your friends out as quickly and safely as possible. We'll all wait here and if any trouble occurs, we'll come in after you."

"Understood."

"Good luck and may Fate get you outta here alive!" With that, Linnea ran back into the portal to find Jim and their friends so they get get outta the planet. Once she was back inside, she quickly filled the pockets of her trench coat with a few jewels, while the pirates looked away, before she found Jim. She looked for Jim and found him with B.E.N as she exclaimed, "Jim!" She ran into his arms as he called her name, embracing her as he smoothed her hair.

"How'd you get away from pretty boy?"

"I had a special parting gift from Sarah that I was able to reach for when I woke up. Besides, Merina and her children saved me. They're outside the portal right now."

"Well, I thank them for saving you, but your fiancé really hit your head there...Are you okay?"

"Yeah...Jim, I have a bad feeling about this place."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not the only who feels this way because Merina felt it too...I have a bad feeling that something terrible will happen if we don't get outta here now. We need to leave now."

"And we will, but we have to get away from these pirates. If they catch us, we're dead."

"Understood...But, what's your plan?" Linnea asked as Jim looked at an old, run-down ship before answering, "Linny, B.E.N, follow me."

B,E.N followed close by as he shivered, "This is all seeming...very familiar...I c- I can't remember WHY..."

"B.E.N., c'mon! We're gettin' outta here, and we're not leavin' empty-handed."

"B-but, Jimmy! Jimmy!"

Jim climbed into the ship with Linnea before B.E.N. looked around nervously and followed.

Meanwhile, Silver had walked up to a pile of gold and jewels as he took two fist-fulls of the treasure in his hands, " A lifetime o' searchin'...and at long last...I can TOUCH it!"

As the pirates looted more treasure, Jim, Linnea, and B.E.N explored the ship as the robot stated, "You know what's strange? I can't tell you how frustrating this is, Jimmy, 'cause there's-there's just something tha-that's nagging at the back of my mind...YAAAHHHH!"

Jim and Linnea whipped around to stare at what B.E.N. was screaming at. It was a skeleton, sitting in a throne-like chair and it was covered in old, tattered clothing. It had six eyes and alien-looking ribs and hands. Jim gasped as he examined the body, "Captain Flint?!"

"Oh my gosh! That's him?!" Linnea asked as she covered her mouth in fright while B.E.N stuttered, "In the flesh!...Well, s-sort of, except for...skin, organs, or anything that-that-that resembles flesh, that stuff there...And yet, y'know, it's so odd, y'know, I mean, I remember there was something horrible Flint didn't want anyone else to know, but I-I-I just can't remember what it was!"

Jim looked at something clutched in one of Flint's hands as he looked back at B.E.N.'s head, where a piece was missing and several loose wires hung out. He looked back to Flint's hand and tried to pry it open. Jim ended up pulling it off completely along with a piece of metal. He looked back at B.E.N as the robot sighed sadly, "Oh, a mind is a terrible thing to lose!"

B.E.N. started sobbing as Linnea comforted him, but Jim just smirked as he explained, "B.E.N...I think I just found your MIND! Hold still!

"Jimmy! You-your hands are very, very cold! Ah-" B.E.N whined before he went silent. Jim stepped back with Linnea and watched B.E.N as streams of data rushed around in his eyes. B.E.N caught hold of himself as he thought carefully about something, "Woah! HELLO!...Y'know, uh, Jimmy, I was just thinking-I was just- THINKi...It's all coming back! All my MEMORIES! Right up until Flint pulled my memory circuit so I could never tell anybody about his- BOOBY TRAP!"

Linnea looked confused as she questioned, "What booby trap? Oh my gosh, is that the bad thing I'm sensing?" All of a sudden, a loud explosion was heard from somewhere in the centroid as the trio looked up. B.E.N paused before replying, "Speaking of which...Flint wanted to make sure that nobody could ever steal his treasure, so he rigged this whole planet to blow higher than a Calypsian kite!"

After B.E.N said this, the whole centroid suddenly shook as one of the energy beams sparked dangerously. The pirates all looked around, worried, at the shaking centroid as several of the energy beams blasted through the treasure. The pirates got up and started to run back to the portal. Back on the ship, B.E.N. tried to pull Jim and Linnea along, "Run, Jimmy! Run for your life!"

The teens tore away from B.E.N's grip as Jim laid down under the control panel of the ship, retiring the contraption as he looked to B.E.N and Linnea, "You two go back and help the captain and Doc! If I'm not there in five minutes, leave without me!"

"Jim, I won't leave you!" Linnea cried as Jim sighed in defeat, knowing she wouldn't leave him. Linnea got down to help Jim with the wires the best she could as B.E.N grabbed Jim's leg, " I am NOT leaving my buddy Jimmy!"

Jim gave B.E.N a death glare, causing the robot to grin nervously, "Unless...he looks at me...like that! BYE, JIM!"

B.E.N. dropped Jim's feet and jumped over the side of the ship, on his way to Doppler and Amelia. Meanwhile, the pirates all fled as Silver watched them go. The centroid began to slide open violently, causing the treasure to fall into the massive cracks as Silver clutched at it desperately, "NO! No, no, NOOO! No, no, no...!"

The crew members ran past a deranged Silver as he shouted, "HEY! Come back here, yeh blighters!" The energy beams had almost all slipped now and were violently ripping into the centroid. Silver looked up at Flint's ship, and used his x-ray vision in his cybernetic eye to seek out Jim and Linnea at work on the ship's controls. Silver grinned at this, unaware that a dark figure him watched from behind. The figure clutched his bleeding eye as he stared at the ship, seeing a glimpse of Linnea as she helped Jim, an evil smirk forming on his face as he cocked his own flintlock.

Back with the feline captain and the canine doctor, they were still back-to-back, their hands tied behind their backs, while Meltdown lounged in the opposite end of the longboat. Doppler and Amelia both looked down dejectedly as Doppler suddenly turned his head somewhat toward Amelia, "All my life I've dreamed of an adventure like this...I...I'm just sorry I couldn't have been...more helpful to you."

Doppler put his head back down sadly while Amelia lifted hers slightly, "Don't be daft. . . you've been very helpful! Truly."

"I feel like such a useless weakling with abnormally thin wrists!" Doppler complained as his bonds came loose. He quickly put his hands back behind his back, looking up at Meltdown as he conversed with the pirate, "Excuse me! Brutish pirate!...Yes, you. I have a question! Is it that your body is too massive for your teeny-tiny head, or is it that your head is too teeny-tiny for your big, fat body?!"

Meltdown pulled Doppler up by the collar of his shirt and formed a fist threateningly as he shouted, "I pummel you GOOD!"

"Yes, I'm sure you will! But before you do, I have one more question," Doppler stuttered before pulling out a gun behind his back, "Is this yours?"

Back inside the portal, Jim was still working on the ship until it suddenly lit up. Jim stood again, going to the helm as the ship rose and Jim took the wheel, "Yes! Morph, Linny, we are so outta here!"

Morph made noises of happy laughter, but stopped suddenly as Silver climbed over the side of the ship, remarking, "Ahh, Jimbo! Aren't yeh the Seventh Wonder of the Universe?"

Jim stared in horror at Silver as the cyborg began to walk towards him and Linnea. Linnea cocked her gun while Jim pulled a sword out, holding it defensively in front of him as he snarled, "Get - BACK! Don't come a step closer or else-"

All of a sudden, Reginald leapt from the roof of the ship and knocked Jim and Linnea to the ground, cocking his gun again as he sneered, "Or else what, kitchen boy?" Jim struggled to get off the ground as the gun was placed to his head at point-blank range, with Reginald on the other end, "Now, it's time for you to pay for your crimes against my society and me...Time to die an awful death alone."

Before the trigger could be pulled, Linnea rose from the floor and stood in between Jim and the gun as she proclaimed, "You wanna shoot him? It'll be over my dead body...Reginald, if you think this will make you a man, shoot me. You have every right to because I disobeyed you and the society...But, once you pull that trigger, you'll be my enemy and I'll kill you."

Reginald motioned for Linnea to move with his gun as he huffed, "Step aside, Linnea. I don't want to have to shoot you...Out of the way!"

"NO! If you want him, go through me to claim him." Reginald cocked the gun as he got ready to shoot Linnea, but another gun was placed to his head as Silver glared, "Leave them alone. They're all mine...Drop the gun on the count of five, or I'll blow your brains out! I suggest you get busy. One...Two...Three...Four...F-"

"Fine! You win...I'll drop it." Reginald cried as he raised his hands and slowly dropped the gun, causing Silver to lower his own weapon. Linnea smiled with a smirk as she remarked, "See, that wasn't so hard! Now, let Jim and I go free."

Reginald's expression turned to rage as he picked up the gun again and aimed at Linnea, "On second thought, I'll kill you both, traitors!" Silver lunged at Reginald as he grabbed the weapon, the two men struggling for control of the flintlock until a bang was heard among the sound of exploding planet. Linnea gasped as she saw Silver clutch his real shoulder and collapse to the floor. Reginald grabbed Linnea by her hair with a struggle as he shoved her out of the way before he pointed the gun at Jim again, "So, Jim, how does it feel to be killed by a siren? Hmm?...Happy as a clam, right?...Well, do me the favor of saying hello to Linnea's mother and Sebastian for me."

"How do you know about them?" Linnea questioned as she slowly struggled to get up. Reginald smirked at his fiancé as he explained, "You see, my dear, I wanted you from the very beginning...so to have you as mine, I had to get rid of what was most important to you. Some people just can't hold their tongues...or their arsenic."

"You poisoned my mom and Sebastian?! All this time I believed I killed my mother, when it was YOU all along!"

"Very good, Sherlock. I had no choice."

"Why did you do it?"

"I wanted you and your powers of healing and empathy. I could've used you to rule all of the sirens forever, but you will never agree until all that you love is gone...However, to make you truly mine, I must kill your lover...Looks like I get my treasure after all...James Hawkins of Montressor, prepare to say goodbye...forever." A gunshot was heard as Jim closed his eyes...but after a moment, Jim opened his eyes and found himself to be alive as he looked up at Reginald. Reginald looked pained by something as he felt his stomach, lifted his hand, and revealed fresh blood from the wound. Reginald turned around and saw a vengeful Linnea, clutching the last, loaded pistol at her arsenal as she hissed, "That was for killing my mom and Sebastian."

Another gunshot sounded as Reginakd fell to his knees in pain. "That was for shooting Silver and hurting me and Jim." Linnea neared closer to Reginald and placed the gun right on his forehead as she whispered, "And this is for you...So, Reginald, how does it feel to be killed by a siren? Happy as a clam?" The last gunshot before Reginald fell to the floor, blood running down his forehead as Linnea stared at him murderously.

Jim and Silver looked on before an energy beam his the side of the ship, knocking the three sailors off. Silver landed on a metal platform that jutted up, and Jim slid down alongside Linnea, hitting a wall off of the platform. Between Silver and the teens was a deep crevasse, in which the molten core of the planet was contained. Jim hung onto a protruding piece of metal on the wall barely as Linnea grabbed onto Jim, hanging onto his waist for dear life. Morph squeaked in horror as Silver looked at the ship, seeing that it was heading into the energy beam and being destroyed.

"Oh, no ya DON'T!" Silver shouted as he reached for the ship and pulled with all his strength, getting it out of the energy beam. He grinned, but Morph flew up next to him, gibbering and pointing behind Silver. Silver turned to look as he used his cybernetic eye to see Jim and Linnea, struggling to hang on as they fell toward the core.

Silver looked worried as he shouted, "Jimbo! Linnea!" As Silver began to let go, he stopped himself as he looked back at the ship. It was obvious that if he let go of it, it would drift back into the energy beam and be destroyed. Silver looked back at the teens, turned his cybernetic arm into the vice clamp, and grabbed onto the side of the ship with it. The arm telescoped somewhat, and Silver walked a bit closer to Jim and Linnea. He reached out to them across the chasm with his human hand, "Reach for me, now! Reach!"

Jim did his best to reach for Silver, but he couldn't hold his hand out for long without falling or putting Linnea in harm's way. Jim shook his head as he cried, "I can't!" The ledge that Jim was holding onto suddenly aligned with the wall, leaving Jim without a handhold. He shouts as he and Linnea slid down the wall and managed to grab another ledge. However, they were too far away from Silver to reach without him letting go of the ship. Silver looks at the teens, then back at the ship, torn. He glanced from one to the other, debating between which one he should save.

Silver struggled as he made his decision, "Wh- but- I...Ohhh! Blast me for a FOOL!" Silver let go of the ship and ran to the edge of the platform. Just as he reached the edge, Jim's handhold disappeared again. Jim fell for a moment with Linnea in his arms, but they were caught in midair by Silver's human hand. They dangled for a moment until Silver swung them up onto the platform with him. The trio watched as the ship drifted into the energy beam and exploded violently, a few golden coins showering out. Even the portal prepared to explode as Jim, Silver, and Linnea leapt through it, back onto the surface of Treasure Planet.

Jim looked at Silver as he exclaimed, "Silver! You gave up the-"

"It's a lifelong obsession, Jim- I'll get over it!" Silver shrugged as the Legacy flew up, Amelia with her arm in a sling, Doppler at the helm, and Linnea's family bruised from Reginald's escape to kill Jim. Miraculously, everyone was alive...for now. B.E.N. waved to Jim from the controls, "Aloha, Jimmy!...Hurry, people! We've got exactly two minutes and thirty-four seconds 'til planet destruction!"

Amelia watched Doppler at the helm as she instructed, "Alright, you're doing fine, Doctor! Now, ease 'er over, gently, GENTLY!" Doppler got a look of concentration on his face as he attempted to fly the Legacy over to Jim, Linnea, and Silver. It banged against the side of the cliff slightly as the doctor and captain winced. Down in the galley, the pirates had all been captured and tied up. As the ship rocked, however, they look worried as Onus shouted, "We were better off on exploding planet!"

The trio on the ground quickly climbed onto the Legacy as Amelia got up and began to walk to Silver and the teens. She called out to B.E.N as she ordered, "Take us out of here, Metal Man!"

"Aye, Captain!" Silver spotted Amelia on the bridge as he took off his hat and grinned up at her, "Cap'n! Yeh dropped from the heavens in the nick o'-"

"Save your clap-trap for the judge, Silver!"

"A-heh-heh. . . a-heh." All of a sudden, debris crashed into one of the masts, knocking down one of the main sails. Shrapnel rains on to the deck as everyone ducked, and then looked up again. B.E.N. looks at the controls as he shouted, "Pistons failed to mobilize, Captain! Thrusters at only thirty percent of capacity!"

Doppler looked up, shocked as he stated, "Thirty percent?! That means we'll-We'll never clear the planet's explosion in time!"

On the deck, Jim looked at some of the debris and thought as quickly as he could. He looked at a smoldering cylinder, then at a long piece of metal that was knocked down earlier. He got an idea as he looked up, "We gotta turn around!"

Amelia was stunned as she exclaimed, "What?!"

"There's a portal back there! It can get us out of here!"

Doppler struggled with the helm as he turned to Jim, "Pardon me, Jim, but, doesn't that portal open onto a RAGING INFERNO?!"

"Yes! But I'm gonna change that! I'm gonna open a different door!"

"Captain, really, I-I just don't see how this could possibly-"

Silver leaned down next to Jim and Linnea as he commanded, "Listen to th' boy!" Meanwhile, B.E.N typed so rapidly that his hand was just a blur at his navigational system as he warned, "One minute twenty-nine seconds 'til planet destruction!"

Silver looked down at Jim as he asked, concerned, "Whatta yeh need, Jim?"

Jim looked at the long piece of metal and the cylinder as he explained, "Just. . . just some way t' attach this!"

"Alright. . . stand back, stand back, now!" Silver quickly changed his cybernetic arm into a blowtorch and welded the two pieces of metal together as everyone watched. Silver finished and helped Jim and Linnea lift up the now-attached cylinder and long piece of metal.

"There yeh go!" Silver cheered as Morph mimicked, "There yeh go!"

Jim balanced up on the piece of metal and looks back at Silver as he commanded, "Okay, now, no matter what happens, keep the ship heading straight for that portal!"

"Fifty-eight seconds!" B.E.N warned again as everyone looked at one another, scared yet determined to get out of this alive. Jim grabbed Linnea abd held her close to his waist as he suddenly kicked the cylinder, starting it with his foot. It sparked and began spinning rapidly as the teens started off. Already, pieces of the planet were breaking off, and Jim swerves around them. Silver looked towards Amelia and Doppler as he bellowed, "Well you 'eard 'im! Get this blasted heap turned 'round!"

"Doctor, head us back for the portal." Amelia nodded as Doppler turned the helm, "Aye, Captain..."

Jim, meanwhile, had started back towards the portal. He worked to dodge the breaking metal pieces of the planet, which were now coming apart much more quickly. Large chunks had jutted out of the surface and the inner workings, overheating dangerously. The cylinder stalled once and Jim started it up again with his heel. He continued on quickly as Amelia and Doppler argued on the ship, "Turn to the right, THE RIGHT-"

"I know! I know! Will you just let me DRIVE?!"

B.E.N. became even more panicked as he spazzed out, "TWENTY-FIVE SECONDS!"

Now, the moment of truth came upon the teens as Jim flew over a particularly large chasm, the size of a small canyon. The cylinder suddenly stalled out again, and the two teenaged lovers began to fall toward the molten workings of the planet. He attempted to start the cylinder up again with his heel, but this time it wouldn't work as Jim screamed, "No, NO!"

Jim kicked again with his heel, working furiously to start up the cylinder again. He looks around, panicked, before he swung the makeshift solar surfer around so that the end of the cylinder was scraping against the metal 'canyon' wall. Back on the Legacy, Silver look over the side for the teens, "C'mon, lad and lassie..."

"SEVENTEEN SECONDS!" B.E.N panicked again as Morph hid in a coil of rope on the Legacy.

Back with Jim and Linnea, they still scraped the cylinder against the metal as Jim clenched his teeth and pushed the solar surfer. But, it continued to fall closer and closer to the center of the planet...until the cylinder sparked and ignited once more. Jim glared upward, and headed up the canyon wall. He dodged more pieces of the planet, which was now barely holding together as B.E.N counted down, "Seven...six...five..."

Jim and Linnea caught up to the Legacy, passing it slightly as B.E.N continued, "Four...THREE...TWO-" Doppler clenched his teeth, working to keep the Legacy flying straight. Jim suddenly reached down blindly towards the green sphere back at the portal. His finger touched the small crescent-shaped symbol before a triangular portal opened up around the Legacy as it flew through. The massive explosion of the planet went behind it, pushing it through the portal with an extra burst of speed. Jim and Linnea flew in front of the ship, whooping in victory, "HAH! YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH! HEEAHYAAEHHHHAHHH!"

The teens flew up past Silver, who was watching them with an overjoyed and astonished look on his face, "Yeh did it, Jimmy!" Morph turned into a miniature flashing display of fireworks and confetti for Jim as the teen high-fived Silver and flew past. Silver laughed before cheering, "Didn't I say th' lad had greatness in 'im?!"

Everyone on deck continues to cheer happily as Doppler and Amelia hugged, both of them with their eyes shut and cheek-to-cheek. They both suddenly opened their eyes and stared at one another in shock before smiling. Jim and Linnea flew back down to the deck of the Legacy, letting the slapdash solar surfer fall away. He stood on the deck, reveling in his victory as Amelia abd Doppler walk up, both smiling at the teens, "Unorthodox, but ludicrously effective! I'd be proud to recommend you both to the interstellar academy. They could use true sailors like you!"

Linnea grinned before refusing politely, "I appreciate your offer, Ms. Amelia, but I think I would rather work with Sarah. She needs me with her now that the old inn's gone...I will consider the academy though, but I think Jim deserves it the most. He was the true heart and brains of the group." Jim grinned at HIS Linnea and Doppler leaned down next to him, grinning, "Just wait until your mother hears about THIS! 'Course we may downplay the life-threatening parts..."

Jim laughed a little as he hugged Linnea before B.E.N. walks up to the two lovebirds, "Jimmy, Linnea, that was...UNFORGETTABLE! I know you don't like touching, but...get

ready for a hug, Big Guy, 'cause I gotta hug ya both!" B.E.N. laughed as he hugged the teens, and Jim tolerated the hug with a small smile. Suddenly, Jim grabbed B.E.N as he swung the robot around and exclaimed, "C'mere!"

"Woah!...Heeeyyyyy, you hugged me BACK... Oh, I promised myself I wouldn't cry! WAAAGHHH! Does anyone have a tissue?" B.E.N started to sob melodramatically as Jim sighed and rolled his eyes. However, when he looked up, he exchanged confused glances with Linnea as they noticed Silver was gone.

Silver was down near the longboats as Morph burbled at the cyborg. Silver sighed before replying, "Morphy, we gotta make tracks!"

"You never quit, do you?" Jim smirked as Linnea stood beside him. Silver stood up straight quickly as he stuttered, "Ahhh, Jimbo! Ha-haah...I was, eh, merely checkin' t' make sure our last longboat was...safe 'n secure!" Silver knelt down and hastily tied the longboat down with a loose knot as Jim looked at his work incredulously, "Hmm...well...That should hold it."

Jim retied the knot as Silver grinned, "Heh...I taught yeh too well..." Silver stood up and stared at the teens before Linnea moved the cyborg's coat aside, her hand glowing blue once again as she relieved him of some pain. Silver stared down in shock while Jim just smiled at Linnea. Linnea continued the process until she stood beside Jim again and explained, "That was for saving our lives from Reginald. You got shot by him, so I wanted to help heal your wound. Now, we're even."

"Lassie, how did you do that? The only one with powers such as this are...sirens..." Silver exclaimed as he looked at Linnea, the girl revealing her necklace to show off her true identity. Silver gasped before he asked, "You're a siren, and you hid your identity for so long? Why?"

"Reginald was after me, so I had to masquerade as a mortal to escape him and his abusive anger towards me. Please forgive me for lying..."

Silver put a gentle hand on Linnea's shoulder as he smiled, "Don't be sorry. You mean more to this group than you'll ever know. I'm just surprised that you were able to keep the secret for so long...Ahem! Now, if yeh don't mind, we just as soon avoid imprisonin' little Morphy, here; he's a-he-he's a free spirit! Bein' in a cage... it'd break his heart." He clutched the blob in his hand before letting Morph go, causing the creature to nuzzle against Silver's neck.

Silver opened the hatch for the longboats as he suggested, "What say yeh ship out with us, you two?"

"Ship out with us!" Morph nodded as Silver continued, "

"You, Linnea, an' me! Hawkins, Linnea, an' Silver! Full of ourselves, and no ties t' anyone!"

Jim smiled at the two before he answered, "Y'know...when I got on this boat, I would've taken you up on that offer in a second...but, uh...I met this old cyborg and he taught me that I could chart my own course...That's what I'm gonna do...with my lover, Linnea, by my side."

"An' whatta yeh see, off that bow o' yers?"

"...A future."

"Well, lookit yeh! Glowin' like a solar fire!...Yer somethin' special, Jim, as are yeh, Linnea lassie! Yer gonna rattle th' stars, you are!" Silver suddenly choked on his tears as he rubbed his eyes, "Eh, er, got a bit o' grease in this cyborg eye o' mine."

All three sailors wiped silent tears from their eyes before Morph looked at Jim and suddenly began sobbing. He turned into a puddle of water as Jim caught the 'puddle' in his hands, "Ohh, hey, Morph, we'll see ya 'round, okay?"

"S-see ya 'round..." Morph sniffled before flying back to Silver. Silver petted the blob before he suddenly had an idea, "Morphy, I got a job for yeh! I want these two to remember me, so I need yeh t' keep an eye on them...Will yeh do me that f-favor?"

Morph nodded and chirped happily before flying over to the teens. Silver wiped at his eyes, smiling broadly, but the tears threatened to fall down his face. Jim looked up at Silver, smiling disbelievingly as he and Linnea patted Morph. As the longboat started to lower into space, Silver called out to the teens as he pulled several jewels from his coat pocket, "Oh, and one more thing!...Tha's for yer dear mother... t' rebuild that inn o' hers!"

Jim smiled slightly as Linnea gasped, "Silver, wait! Before you leave, I want to give you something." She dropped a handful of treasure from her trench coat into the cyborg's hand as she explained, "I saved this before the explosion when I escaped Reginald. I want you to have this and one more thing." Linnea pulled out her switchblade and cut off a long lock of her hair before cutting off a bottom section of Jim's shirt. She braided the hair and shirt together before wetting her leg with a canteen of water on her belt. As carefully as possible, she removed a siren scale from her leg, wincing as she did so, before she attached the scale to the hair and cloth. She grabbed a small, glass bottle with a wooden cork from a pouch in her belt and placed the braided item inside it before grabbing some rope from her backpack (the one Sarah gave her). She made a necklace out of the bottle and placed it around Silver's neck before she kissed his cheek, "Now, a piece of us will always be with you as long as this is around your neck."

Silver smiled at Linnea before he hugged the teens and Morph, "Thanks, lassie. Now, you take care of yerself and Jim, okay?"

Jim let go of the embrace and grinned at Silver, wrapping an arm around Linnea's waist as he chuckled, "Stay outta trouble, y'old scalawag."

"Why, Jimbo, lad!...When've I ever done otherwise?" Jim chuckled slightly as he watched Silver take the tiller of the longboat and fly off, still laughing. Jim and Linnea looked on as they embraced tightly, kissing each other with great passion and love beyond belief.

After a long journey, the group arrived to the crowded spaceport Crescentia, the Legacy is in port. Down at the docks, Sarah was winding her way through the crowd, obviously looking for Jim, Linnea, and Doppler. She had just heard of their arrival and wanted to bring them back home. She pushed past one or two aliens, who glanced at her, but they quickly continued on their way. She looked behind her, then suddenly looked up again. Jim came towards her and wrapped his arms around her neck, hugging her tightly. She looked shocked, but she hugged him back before she embraced Linnea tightly. Linnea held onto her until Morph flew next to Sarah, changing into a miniature version of her as he curtsied politely. Sarah smiled at the blob as he turned back into himself and licked her affectionately. Jim grinned at both of them before he hugged Linnea and kissed her passionately again.

Months later, Sarah, Amelia, Morph, and a crowd of some Benbow residents stood in front of a door. A large red ribbon was in front of them as the ribbon was cut, and a good deal of cheering began. The Benbow Inn was rebuilt once again, using the jewels Jim and Linnea brought back with them. This version was much larger than the previous one. The cheering continued, and a camera flashed as Doppler walked up to Sarah and Amelia with the camera. Suddenly, B.E.N came out of the kitchen wearing a chef's hat, using several mechanical arms to hold plates full of cake. He passed them out to the people in the room while Sarah took one and smiled to him. B.E.N. then headed over to a grinning Doppler and Amelia. They smiled at The robot before they looked down at three female infant 'kittens' wrapped up in pink blankets in Doppler's arms and a single puppy wrapped in blue in Amelia's. Amelia bent down as she kissed the puppy on the forehead. He yawned sleepily and blinked awake, smiling.

All of a sudden, the front door bursted open and two constables, police officers, wheeled in. Sarah looked worried, but both of them rolled to the side, revealing an older Jim and his recently new fiancé, Linnea. The two had just gotten engaged days ago when Jim asked the question after a long day of helping to rebuild the inn with Sarah, Linnea and the gang. He wanted to marry her since day 1, so he had to ask her before he made her his. When the happy couple entered the room, Jim's hair was cut, his earring was gone, and he was wearing a white uniform; Linnea had her hair down and curled, was wearing black ballet slippers, a long-sleeved, knee-length, white dress with a hood, and was more beautiful than ever. Jim looked down at himself, grabbed Linnea's hand with a smile, and then they both smiled up at Sarah, whose look changed from one of shock to one of joy. She looked around happily as the crowd cheered for Linnea and Jim. Morph flipped in the air, turning into a medal with shooting stars on it as he pinned himself to Jim's chest.

Suddenly, shanty-music started up as Mrs. Dunwoodie used her multiple arms to play

several different alien-looking instruments. The crowd parted, leaving an aisle in the center of the room. Many clapped, while those forming the aisle waved lilies in the air in rhythm to the music, and Jim took the arms of Sarah and Linnea. All three danced down the aisle as Doppler came up with Amelia, spinning her around. The feline dropped gracefully as her canine husband caught her, both of them smiling.

While the adults danced, the infants, all in a bassinet together played together. The kittens (a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead) looked at one another, and the redhead pulled the puppy's ear. He began crying, so Morph changed into a rattle. The puppy grinned and reached up for it. The redheaded kitten also did the same thing, but she fell forward while the puppy grabbed the rattle, shaking it happily.

The crowd continued to clap as many Benbonians and other aliens danced together, generally enjoying themselves. B.E.N. began to do a very professional (and literal) version of 'The Robot' as his girlfriend, Jess whistled and cheered, "YEAH BABY!

The crowd around him applauded the robot for his dancing while Jim and Linnea sat off to the side, clapping along to the music with the rest with smiles on their faces. Mrs. Dunwoodie's music faded into a new song with guitar as Jim looked out the window into the sky, where he saw a deep, blue cloud. The cloud shifted somewhat, and Silver's face was on it. A star blinked where Silver's cybernetic eye was usually to be found. The memory of Silver lived on as Jim smiled at the window before Linnea rested her head on Jim's shoulder and looked out the window too. She smiled too as she grasped Jim's hand and sighed happily, "Well, Jim, we met on a beach, battled mutinous pirates, found some hidden treasure, and rebuilt the inn. What're we gonna do now?"

Jim looked at his sweet Linnea as he smiled at her, stroking her cheek as he answered, "That's for us to decide. As Silver always said, 'Yeh gotta chart yer own course!'...That's what I'm gonna do, but I won't do it alone...You're my fiancé now and I love you so much. As long as I have my beautiful wife and siren by my side, we can do anything together."

"Forever until the sea of time tear us apart..." Linnea grinned before kissing her husband as the music played long into the night. The two lovers and sailors were going to be together for as long as possible, and they would travel the different roads of life together. Life was a journey in itself, and the two would journey through life as friends, partners, comrades, and lovers together. This was the great journey of mermaid and man, but this was only the beginning of their life as husband and wife...

**Please Review! Also, the story's not over. There will be more Jinnea moments in the next few chapters, I promise. I loved your comments and thanks for your time and consideration. They really meant a lot to me. Luvs you all!**