Jim

I go through the portal first, my sister following me. Silver and the rest of the crew quickly follow. We look with our mouths opened...The loot of a thousand worlds... it really exists..

We go deeper into the place, I never seen so much treasure... well I've never seen treasure, period. The crew starts running...Silver just stays put... speechless before joining them... he just looks like he found the love of his life.

I can feel my sister taking a deep breath... She's going to forget him eventually...she's going to realize that being attached to him isn't a good idea.

I grab her hand after spotting what's probably flint's old ship, and it's full of treasure. I drag her as I whisper "Come, we are not leaving empty handed..."

I help her climb up the ship, she groins in pain "Are you okay? Does it hurt too much?" I ask her looking at the wound left by Scroop

"I'm okay... it just hurts a little" She gives a reassuring smile that is soon vanished by the sight of whatever's behind me "Jim is that...?"

I look and my mouth drops "It's Flint..."

"In the flesh... well minus the skin internal organs..."

As Ben keeps rambling I approach the skeleton

"So that's what greed does to a man... dying alone for what? A bunch of money he didn't even used..." My sister states

I look at his hand... it has something in it I break the skeleton fingers and it's a small mechanical piece, a little rusty. I look at Ben, that won't shut up and notice the space that's missing in his head... could this in my hand be his memory circuit.

"Ben stay still" I place the mechanical piece and Ben starts to malfunction

"Jim... what did you do? Sparks are coming out of him!"

Soon enough Ben called me down, his eyes were now blue... I guess it worked "You know Sandy, Jimmy I was thinking... WAIT I WAS THINKING! MY MEMORIES ARE BACK! I remember everything right to the moment Flint took my memory to never reveal his booby trap!"

"WHAT?!" Sadie and I exclaim.

Booby trap? The ground moves and I look behind me... the planet is going to get destroyed!

"Sadie! Ben, go get Dr Doppler and captain Amelia, if I'm not there in 10 minutes leave without me"

"NO I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT MY BEST FRIEND JIM!" I glare at Ben "Unless he looks at me like that"

"Jim, I'm not leaving you behind!" My sister says

"Sadie, I already screw up too many times, you are not going to die!"

"Jim..."

"Leave!"

She looks at me sadly and hugs me tightly "Be careful moron!"

I nod and as she leaves I start trying to get the ship to work.

Sadie

As I start running with Ben and Morph I notice John approaching Flint's ship... this is not good, Jim!

I start running "Ben, I'll be right back!", I have a gun Jim gave me I have to protect him, he saved... he's my brother... even if it means hurt...John...

Jim has sword pointed at John, but it's useless... he knows Jim won't hurt him.

"Stop" I shout as I point the gun to him "Don't you dare hurt my brother!"

"Lassie..." He looks at me with regret...but then something hit the ship and the gun flies off my hand and I'm gonna fall but a large soft hand pulls me agains and bigger and softer body I look up JOHN?! He saved me.

I need to stop no don't get closer to his face... no don't kiss him

"Sadie!" I look down as I stop myself from doing an awful mistake

"JIM!" I shout, he's going to fall.

Silver puts me down in safety and I see that his robotic arm is holding on to the ship full of treasure and he extends his organic hand to Jim

"Grab it lad!" He demands at Jim

My brother tries but it's too far away. "I can't"

"I'm going!" I say and Silver pulls me away looks at the ship and states

"Oh stars" He lets go of the ship to save Jim...

He...gave up his dream... to save my brother.

"We have to leave" He grabs and puts me on one shoulder and Jim runs by his side.

After we cross the portal I look at John with such surprise once he puts me down

"Silver, you gave up?" My brother asks him

"Just a life long obsession Jimbo I'll get over it" then he looks at me fondly "There's stuff that are worth more..."

I blush but then we see the legacy and Ben shout "We got 2 minutes before the planet explodes!"

We climb aboard, John tries to butter up the captain but unsuccessfully. The ship loses one of it's sails this is not going to work... we won't be able to leave in time.

But then Jim has a plan, he's going to change the portal and we need to take the ship to the door. He starts to do an improvised solar surfer, John helps him.

He goes off, I go the edge of the ship, next to John. We stared so scared of what might happen to Jim if the plan doesn't work

Jim starts to fall "JIM!" I shout

"I know ya can do it lad" John muttered...does he really cares for us...?

Jim he back on the air, he's going to make it! And... we are at the Montressor port! WE DID IT

"John, he did it!" I shout as I look to him and jump in ecstasy in his arms as we kiss deeply. We break apart once we realize what happened.

"Sadie..."

"Can we..."

"Let's go downstairs..."

As we go down, John glaces back with a proud look at Jim... I smile

"John..."

"Sadie... I'm sorry for everything I did for ya..."

"When you said plans go ashtray.. that we might see each other even after the voyage... were you still thinking... about..."

"I wanted to take ya as my bride Sadie, ya perfect lassie" He touches my face and looks at me with...love "Ya as beautiful as the galaxy, as capable as any spacer I've met, ya smart... ya just everything Sadie."

I blush as tears come out of my face "John I..." I can't even let the words out of my mouth...

"I love ya too Sadie... even though it's been short I love you more than I've loved any woman in the galaxy" He kisses me deeply

"I'm going to miss you... I love you so much"

"What... if we run together... we'll take a long boat and we'll sail the galaxy together..." He looks at me hopeful...

I want that... but I know there's too much holding me back... "I can't leave..."

"We can take Jimbo, I'll train him to run a ship!"

"It's not just that...I have to do the right thing... I have the inn to help rebuild... I have"

He touches my face again and then pulls me into a warm embrace "I understand lassie... let me just tell ya... Sadie... ya the best thing to happen to me" I hug him back he takes a deep breath "So this is it..."

"This is goodbye but...I don't want to say it...I don't want to think I'll never see you again..."

"I'll miss ya Sadie... but I'm a no good man... ya need to move on..."

"Why is the wrong thing so appealing and the right thing so hurtful... I don't want to move on!"

He kisses me and puts his hand in his pocket... he takes something from it "Give me your hand lass"

He puts something in it I open my hand it's... a compass... with an S engraved on it "I love it, are you sure...?"

"Aye...well... I have to leave...but before I need to something" He looks hurt... and scared "Did that low life spider do anything more than that cut...?

"Jim arrived just in time..."

"I'm sorry...I should have taken ya with me..."

"It's in the past" I give him one last kiss and go up to the deck.

Later Jim comes back from downstairs "Sadie..." He says as he hugs me

"I'm proud of you..."

"Silver he...We said goodbye... Sis... he gave us some treasure and morph to rebuild the inn. He asked me to go with him... both of us... but as he told me I need to take the helm of my destiny..." Jim is smiling...

"I'm going to miss him..."

"Did you really loved him that much...?"

I nod "Yes... he's the one..."

Jim just hugs me as I break down and cry

John...thank you I'm going to miss you so much...

Little did I know this compass wasn't the only gift you gave me... nor the treasure... or Morph...

But that's for later...