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Jim grabbed my hand and took off, running towards the captain's stateroom.
Morph appeared out of nowhere, just squeezing in as we closed and locked the door.
Amelia and Delbert looked up, shocked at our sudden entrance. She stood up, looking disapprovingly at us.
"Mr. Hawkins, Ms. White, what is the meaning of this intrusion!" She asked, obviously irritated at us. I gave her a quick rundown of what we heard in the galley, Jim nodding along occasionally.
"In short, the crew is made up of pirates!" I finished, then caught my breath as Amelia walked over to a cabinet near the door.
"Pirates on my ship?" She spoke, holding up a gun and loading it while speaking. "I'll see they all hang. Doctor, familiar with these?" She asked Delbert, tossing the gun to him.
"Oh, I've seen-well, I've read-" The gun suddenly fired, shattering a globe next to Amelia's head. "Uh, no. No. No, I'm not." Amelia rolled her eyes at him, then turned to me.
"Miss White?" She asked. I thought about all the guns I had seen street thugs carrying around. It wasn't hard to figure them out, and this gun looked pretty similar.
"Yes, Captain." I said. Amelia handed it to me, then turned back to get the map. Morph flew over, admiring his reflection the shiny metal.
Our attention was drawn to the door as the pirates began firing at it, the sounds echoing through the room.
"Mr. Hawkins, defend this with your life." She ordered, tossing the map to Jim. Before Jim could catch it, Morph snatched it out of the air playfully.
"Morph! Give me that!" Jim shouted, tugging the map away from the mischievous blob.
The pirates were getting closer to getting the door open, and I knew that Silver would blast it open soon. Remembering this part in the movie, I tried to remember where the hole blasted in the ground was. Getting the basics of it, I quickly shot at the floor, making an opening into the pipes below us.
"Miss White!" Amelia said, obviously not seeing the importance of the little escape route I had made.
"It leads to a corridor, which leads to the door to the longboat hanger." I said quickly, trying to relay the importance of this as fast as I could. Amelia nodded, then jumped down into the corridor. I pushed Delbert down, then I jumped, and Jim followed after me.
We ran through the hallway, hearing the pirates behind us. As we reached the longboat hanger, Delbert tripped and fell, his body blocking the door. Amelia quickly pulled him out of the way, just barely closing the door on the pirates.
"To the longboats, quickly!" Amelia shouted, frying the door lock with her gun so that the pirates wouldn't be able to get in easily. We all jumped into one longboat as Amelia opened the hatch for us to escape.
The pirates were now cutting through the door. Amelia jumped into the boat and cocked her gun, knowing that the door wouldn't hold for much longer
Morph suddenly grabbed the map out of Jim's pocket, grinning smugly at him.
"Morph, no!" Jim shouted, jumping out of the boat after him. As he went after Morph, the pirates broke through the door and began shooting at us.
"Chew on this, you pus-filled boils!" Amelia shouted as she fired. I shot at them as well, but it wasn't doing much.
Delbert suddenly stood up, then aimed and shot. His blast hit a rope holding a metal object up, making it fall into the aliens, knocking them off and out of the ship.
"Did you actually aim for that?" Amelia asked Delbert. The doctor looked at his gun, surprised.
"You know, actually, I did." Amelia pushed him down as more shots were fired.
As I looked up, I saw Silver pull the switch to close the hatch, trying to cut off our escape route.
"Ah, blast it!" Amelia yelled. She looked up, noticing the cables. "Doctor, when I saw 'now, shoot out the forward cable. I'll take this one." Delbert nodded, aiming his gun at the cable and waiting for the signal.
Jim called out to Morph, trying to get the map. Silver saw what had happened, and also began to call Morph.
"Morph! Morphy, come here." Silver whistled.
"Morph, bring it here. Morph, come here." Jim called. This continued until Morph was confused on who to go to, so he dove into a coil of rope. Silver started to limp towards the coil, but Jim got there just before him.
Silver picked his arm up, aiming for Jim as he ran. After a few seconds, he dropped it, sighing.
"Now!" Amelia shouted. Delbert and her shot out the cables as Jim jumped. He didn't quite make it, and was hanging off the edge of the boat.
"Jim!" I shouted, stepping over to the edge and pulling him up. The ship jumped a bit as he got in, making him land on top of me. We gazed at each other for a bit, frozen. Then ship hopped again, and we were forced to snap out of it.
"Parameters met. Hydraulics engaged." Amelia said, pressing a few buttons. The boat shot forward, away from the Legacy. Moments later, I turned to see a laser ball from the ships cannon headed towards us.
"Captain! Laser ball at 12 o'clock!" Delbert yelled. Amelia tried to turn the boat out of the range, but we ended up hit anyway.
My vision went blurry, a searing pain in my head the only thing I knew. We passed through a green blur, then suddenly flipped. We skid across the ground for a moment, then finally stopped.
Jim pushed the boat up off of us with a quiet 'Ow.', rubbing his neck.
"Oh, my goodness. That was more fun than l ever want to have again." Delbert said, getting up from under the boat. Amelia laughed quietly, standing up as well.
"That's not one of my gossamer landings." Amelia groaned, then stumbled. Jim and Delbert caught her.
"Captain!" Delbert said, worried.
"Oh, don't fuss." She said, then stumbled a bit again. "Slight bruising. That's all. Cup of tea, and l'll be right as rain. Mr. Hawkins." She looked at Delbert for a moment, thinking he was Jim. She then turned to Jim. "The map if you please."
Jim dug the map out of his pocket, then sighed in relief. The map suddenly floated up, then transformed back into Morph. The shapeshifter laughed, thinking the situation was hilarious.
"Morph! Morph, where's the map?" Morph transformed into the rope coil and a mini map, showing Jim where the real map was. "Are you serious? lt's back on the ship?" He shouted, aggravated.
"Stifle that blob and get low." Amelia said, getting behind the boat. Jim and Delbert followed her, watching as the pirates longboat flew over us. I was already under the boat, still unable to stand from the pain in my head.
"We need a more defensible position." Amelia said, holding out a gun for Jim to take. "Mr. Hawkins, Miss White, scout ahead." Jim took the gun as I stood up. I felt a trickle of blood down my face, coming from the cut I got in the crash.
"Aye, Captain." We said at the same time, and began to walk. The Captain fell again, Delbert catching her and pushing her down to check on her wound.
We wandered off to observe the new environment.
A bit short, but I'm running out of story. Now it's going to have to be two reviews for new chapters, sorry.