The Truth
The next day, it was early in the morning. Everyone was up and working but Jim was in the crews sleeping room, he was looking through Lance's bag "there's gotta be something in here that will show everyone who Lance really is" Jim said to himself as he kept going through Lance's bag. Jim knew it was wrong to go through someone else's stuff but he needed evidence about Lance.
Morph was floating at the door, keeping watch incase someone came in.
Jim sighed angrily "there's nothing in here… this kid is to perfect" Jim muttered to himself. Jim rubbed his chin as he thought "where else would Lance keep his things so nobody find it" Jim said out loud to himself as he thought. Morph flew over to him, chirping in fright around Jim "not now Morph" Jim said as he waved Morph away and kept thinking. Morph pulled on Jim hair to get his attention "owww! What is it, Morph!" Jim yelled angrily at Morph for disturbing him.
Morph transformed into Lance and Jim looked shock and frightened "Lance is coming" Jim said scared but quiet. Once Morph gave a nod to confirm it. Jim stood up then looked around the room for somewhere to hide. He spotted an upturned barrel, in the corner, close to Lance hammock. Jim grabbed Morph in his hands then quickly hid behind there and just before Lance and the rest of the crew walked in.
"I call you all here to talk about the plan" Lance said as he stood infront of them all. They all just stood there in silence as they waited for Lance to continue "so far, none of them have a clue that we are pirates" Lance said. Jim gasps quietly when he heard Lance call himself and the crew 'pirates'.
'Pirates… there pirates' Jim thought to himself as he was still in shock but he snapped out of it to listen to more of what Lance has to say.
"Once we land on the planet, we will follow them to the treasure. Once we have enough to last us a life time, we will take the ship and maroon them on the planet forever" Lance said smirking, as he thought of the sad and fearful look on Jim's face when he maroon him and his friends on the planet.
Jim started to breath faster with every word Lance said "I should have known they were pirates… and Lance is there leader…" Jim thought angrily to himself.
"How is the plan with Silver going?" the 4 arm aliens asked in his usual deep voice.
Jim sat up straight with interest and waited for Lance to answer.
Lance smirked at them all "it's going according to plan. I even lied about never being on a ship before so Silver will spend all his time with me rather than that kid" Lance said as he smirked to himself, thinking about all the time Silver spent with him and Jim felt left out and alone "if my plan continues like this, the kid will end up getting angry at Silver and they will have a fight. James is the reason Silver quit being a pirate so if they have a fight and stop being friends, Silver will be a pirate again" Lance said with a smirk.
The crew nodded in agreement with smirks of their own "now, we better get back to work before the captain think we're all slackers" Lance said and waved everyone up the stairs. Lance heard a noise from behind him; he turned around then looked at the upturned barrel in the corner, next to his hammock. Lance began to walk slowly towards the barrel.
Jim froze when he heard footsteps walking towards him, Jim held Morph tightly in his hands.
"Cap- um… Lance! Silver wants you in the galley!" yelled one of the crew members from the deck.
"I'm coming!" Lance yelled back, Lance looked at the barrel one more time before he turned around and headed up the stairs, towards the deck.
Jim let out of breath full of air he was holding in and he released his grip on Morph. Morph floated next to him then chirped happily, not knowing what is going on. Jim gave Morph a small smile but then sighed "what should I do…?" Jim whispered to himself. Morph whimpered, not liking to see Jim sad. Jim smiled at Morph again to show the little shape shifter he was alright "come on, we need to talk to Silver and the others" Jim said as he stood up and walked up the stairs, onto the deck.
And the truth comes out! So now you all know why Lance wanted to spend more time with Silver but now that Jim knows this secret, how will he tell Silver and his other friends? How will they react? Will they believe Jim or not? Why am I asking all these questions? Anyway, please review and tell me what you think.
