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ouch...I hurt so bad right now. I went skiing with some friends yester day and fell down a few times so I'm sore all over. :( oh well, here's the next update for you guys!
note: there is a lot of violence in this chapter so be warned!
"Cassandra Ashley Picant, open this door right this instant! I opened a door in a wall and a hand flew in and slapped me hard. I stumbled back as my mom and Josen came in. My mother glared at me and stepped forward, wobbling on her feet and reeking of smoke and beer. Josen shut and locked the door and came over to pin my arms behind my back. My mom then began to slam her hands into my face, ignoring my cries for her to stop. I could hear someone pounding on the door and recognized Jaceno's voice as he screamed for Josen and Mom to leave me alone. The pain went on until Josen held up his hand. Mom laughed as Josen threw me onto my bed and smirked down at me. I closed my eyes tightly as I felt him start to take off my shirt. Then it started...
I awoke with a gasp in my hammock on the Legacy. I looked around wildly for a moment then relaxed. I was in no danger from Mom and Josen. I slowly sat up and suddenly smelled something awful. Mr. Snuff, our Flatuan crew member has just talked in his sleep. I head Jim groan and he fell out of his hammock, tipping mine over in the process. "Hey!" I snapped, rubbing my head where it had hit the floor.
He sleepily glanced over at me and muttered an apology.
We both reached for our boots but one of Jim's hopped away.
"Morph," he groaned, standing up to get it, "its way to early for playing games."
He reached behind some crates to get it, but I saw it sneak up behind him. I tried to hold back a laugh as it slowly rose in the air. Suddenly it shot forward and kicked him in the backside.
"Ow! Morph!"
The boot swirled into Morph who giggled and grabbed one of my boots then flew up the stairs. Jim and I raced up after him and snatched the boot from him on the deck. He laughed as I grabbed him and suddenly turned into a glob of green slime.
"Ew!" I cried and dropped him through a grate in the deck. He giggled and popped his head throught the grate shouting "Ew!" every time he did so.
I glared at him and tried to whack him with my boot every time he appeared.
After a few minutes he disappeared and Jim and I glances at each other. "The perp barrel?" Jim whispered.
"Yep."
We snuck down the stairs and peeked into the galley's perp barrel. Sure enough, after a few moments one of the perps sprouted two litle eyes. "Ha! Found you, ya little troublemaker!"
Jim and I climbed into the barrel and I captured Morph and ticked him. Suddenly I heard voices coming down the stairs. I shushed Morph and glanced out a crack in the barrel to see the entire crew standing outside, muttering quietly.
"We're sick of all this waiting! "
"There's only four of 'em left."
"Ve are vanting to move!"
"We don't move until we've got that Hawkins kid's map!" I heard a familiar voice say.
Jaceno stepped into view, Silver next to him. "If we don't, we'll never see a bit of that treasure!"
"I sssay that we should jussst kill them all right now and find the map ourselvesss," I heard Scroop hiss.
Silver reached over and grabbed Scroop by his neck. "Listen to me, you Mantavorian idiot, if yeh disobey me orders again like what ya did to Arrow, I'll make sure that yer the first one to die."
He flung Scroop against the perp barrel and almost tipped it over. Jim and I held onto the sides, hoping that it wouldn't fall. Scroop pulled himself up, snarling, "Ssstrong talk, Sssilver. But I know otherwissse."
"What're ya talkin' about?"
Scroop's claw suddenly appeared between Jim and I, groping for a perp. Jim grabbed one and discreetly handed it to him. As Scroop withdrew his claw, Jim looked at me with fear in his eyes and mouthed, "Don't make a single sound"
I nodded and looked out the crack again. Scroop held up the perp and hissed, "It'sss thosse kidsss. I think you and Jaceno have a soft ssspot fer them."
I saw Silver's face harden as he coldly snapped, "Now mark me words, all of ya! I care about one thing and one thing only: Flint's trove! You think I'd risk all that wealth for the sake of some nose-wipin little brats! They don't mean nothin to me!"
I stared at him in schock, barely hearing Scroop's next words. "Oh really? What about 'you've got the makins of greatnesss in ya'?"
"Shut yer yap! I cozied up to those kids to keep 'em off our scent. But I ain't gone soft!"
"Neither have I. Even though Cassie is my sister."
I looked at Jaceno and was stunned by the cold look on his face. Suddenly from up in the the crow's nest, Onus yelled, "Planet ho!"
The pirates cheered and raced up the steps to see Treasure Planet. Jim and I stared at each other, devastated by what we had just heard. I slowly climbed out of the barrel, Jim silently following. After a few moments of staring around the empty galley I realized something. "Jim, we have to warn Captain Amelia about the pirates."
"Sorry, Cassie, I can't allow that.'
I looked up to see Jace and Silver standing at the entrance to the galley.
"Well well, playin games, are ya?"
"Yeah. We're playing 'shoot the liars'! Wanna play?"
Silver raised his eyebrows and stepped toward us. "I don't think so. I wasn't ever too good at games. I always hated to lose."
"Huh. Me too. Go Cassie!"
Jim shoved me toward the stairs and leaped forward to jam a knife in Silver's leg. The cyborg yelled and then I heard Jim cry out as Jaceno grabbed him by the hair. I stopped and turned back to slam a kick into my brother's stomach. He let go of Jim and bent over, choking. I grabbed Jim's arm and yanked him up the stairs as Silver shouted something to the crew. I raced across the deck as fast as I could and threw open the door to the Captain's stateroom, startling her and Doppler from a conversation.
"Miss Solode! What in the!"
"The crew is mutineering, Ma'am," I gasped as Jim ran in and slammed the door shut.
who-hoo another chapter up! and its getting exciting too, huh? ;D