Treasure planet

Chapter: 12

Jim's pov

Doctor didn't even strain while he carried the Captain. His eyes drifting between her gently closed eyes, then towards the pained expression on her face. Katana, Ameiko, and Keiko carried Meiko in a piece of tattered cloth. Aaron and I decided that the best thing to do was to look around the cavernous home. Moss and roots lined the walls though like veins throughout the entire body.

"Aw, isn't that sweet?" B.E.N smiled while looking towards Doppler's nervous figure carrying Amelia's small petite figure. "I find old-fashioned romance so touching."

The others laid Meiko's sleeping figure on the ground. She shifted as if she were asleep. B.E.N stared at her curiously his eyes ogling at the sadistic young teen. She was part robot, so they could end up together.

"Look at these markings. They're identical to the ones on the map." He marveled at the textured walls of the shelter "I suspect these are the hieroglyphic remnants…of an ancient culture."

"Jim, stop anyone who tries to approach." Amelia groaned in pain while wincing at her wound. Doppler quickly attended to her aid

"Yes, yes. Now listen to me…" Doppler comforted "Stop giving orders for a few milliseconds and lie still." He folded his robe and placed it at her head for use of a pillow.

"Very forceful Doctor. Go on. Say something else." Her eyes softly searching through his. Doppler smiled gently before looking towards B.E.N who was doing something completely stupid like he always did.

"Hey. Look. There's some more of your buddies." B.E.N pointed out towards a pack of the pirates. "HEY FELLAS!" he called

I yanked him inside just before they shot at him. Aaron gripped the handle of the shotgun and began shooting aimlessly. Soon everybody started shooting towards us and there was a voice. Silver calling from down below. Andromeda growled lowly before he started shouting once more.

"Jimbo, Andrea? If it is alright with the captain, I'd like a short word with ya." His voice sincere and heartfelt. Like he actually missed his daughter "No tricks, just a little palaver. Come to bargain for the map."

"Doubtless, pestilential…ugh!" Captain recoiled in pain and began to lay back down with the comfort of Doppler.

"Wait." Aaron smiled "That means…That he thinks we still have it."

Andromeda rolled her eyes and began to work her way through her friends. Anger apparent in her eyes. "If my scumbag of a father wants me, he's going to get it!"

Aaron placed a hand on her shoulder and looked at her with a simple smile. Saying 'play along'. She sighed and continued to follow me towards Silver. As soon as he saw morph he smiled with glee. While seeing his angered daughter, he shrunk down in shame.

When he saw me he only shrunk lower while my glowering figure was the reason. "Whatever you two heard back there…at least the parts concerning you…I didn't mean one word of it. Had that bloodthirsty lot thought I'd gone soft…they'd have gutted us all."

My angered expression did not waver. Neither did Andromeda's instead she growled.

"Listen to me." He asked "If we play our cards right…we can all walk away from this as rich as kings."

"Yeah?" I smiled falsely

"You get me that map….and an even portion of the treasure is yours." I heard Andromeda scoff and turn away from her father. I couldn't blame her, Silver did lie to her.

I smiled weakly and looked at his outstretched metallic hand with a sigh I continued to glare at her "You are really something." I started "All that talk of greatness…light coming off my sails…what a joke."

"Now, just see here Jimbo-." He was about to say something else but instead got interrupted by Andromeda.

"I mean, father, at least you taught me one thing." She frowned menacingly at her cyborg father "Stick to it, Right."

I continued for her "Well, that's what we're gonna do." I scoffed "I'm going to make sure that you never see one drabloon of our treasure!"

"That treasure is owed to me, by thunder!" Silver screamed in my face

"Well, try to find it without my map, by thunder!" I shouted back at him Andromeda in his face to push him away.

Silver stared angrily at the both of us "Oh, you still don't know how to pick your fights, do you, boy?" he shoved Andromeda in front of me and continued to stomp on her tail making her yelp in pain "Now, mark me. Either I get that map by dawn tomorrow…or so help me, I'll use the ship's cannons… to blast ya all to kingdom come!" he screamed into the sky lifting his foot off of Andromeda's tail and pacing away. "Andromeda, hop to it."

When Andromeda stood up and didn't even bother to follow him. Instead she stood tall and away from her renegade father. Daring him to bark another order. In which he didn't bother. Not even finding his own daughter worth it.

Ameiko's pov

Meiko was finally awake and well…ish. She was still hissing from her wounds like she lost her ability to not feel pain. We managed to find some edible berries and lichens for her to nibble on. Hopefully to reduce pain and make her go back to normal. All the while B.E.N watched from afar. Sometimes catching her eyes and staring at a wall.

Mother laid down with the doctor next to her soothing her pain. "Gentlemen…We must stay together and…Ohh" she groaned in pain as if she was dying. Her eyes lolling back into her skull tiredly.

"And what? What?!" doctor said impatiently "We must stay together and what?!"

"Doctor, you have wonderful eyes." Mother smiled stupidly, obviously out of her wits and not ready to fight.

"She's lost her mind!" Doctor concluded

"Well, you gotta help her." Jim insisted

"Dang it, Jim. I'm an astronomer not a doctor." Doppler ranted "I mean I am a doctor. I have a doctorate. It's not the same thing. You can't help people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless." After his ranting he placed his head in his hands. Like he actually cared for my mother.

"It's okay, Doc…It's all right" Aaron patted the man's back and looked to his brother expectantly

"Yeah, Doc! Jimmy knows exactly how to get us out of this. It's just Jimmy and Ari seem to have this knowledge of things." B.E.N said, obviously trying to lighten up the mood. Meiko rubbed her temples, obviously trying to ignore the pounding in her head from all of his screaming.

Aaron and Jim paced to the window and ran their fingers through their hair. Trying to think of a plan. All of half-life crowding next to them, even I did. Hoping to find a way to get my boyfriend back.

"Without the map we're dead." Jim looked towards the ship that hovered in the air. "If we try to leave, we're dead." He looked toward the pirate camp outside the cave entrance "If we stay here-."

"We're dead, we're dead." Morph tried to lighten the mood obviously failing to do so.

"Well, I think that Jimmy and Ari could use a little quiet time." B.E.N said obviously trying to slip past all of us and towards a hatch "So I'll just slip out the back door."

Jim had to do a double-take to process what the ADHD robot had said before "back door?"

"Oh yeah, I get this delightful breeze through here…which I think is important because ventilation among friends—."

"Whoa," exclaimed Aaron "What is all of this stuff?"

"You mean the miles and miles of machinery that run through the entire course of the inside of this planet." B.E.N said too fast to process. "Not a clue."

"Hey, Doc." Jim shouted "I think I found a way out of here!" He stood on the rim of the vent. Air rushing through his hair "Aaron, stay here with the others. Ameiko, come with me. We may be able to find Sammy."

"No, no. Jim, Ameiko wait. The captain ordered us to stay-." Doc was cut short as we plummeted through the heart of the planet.

…

We managed to find our way to the edge of the pirate's campsite. All snored with their mouths hanging open catching flies among the stench. My tranquility was interrupted when B.E.N started to scream almost waking all of the renegades up. Jim clamped his mouth shut and shushed him before I could take him apart.

"Okay. Here it is." Jim started "We sneak back to the Legacy, disable the laser cannons, and bring back the map."

"That's a good plan, I like that plan. The only thing is…I'm wondering, how do we get there?"

Jim looked over at the only form of transportation left on the planet. His scrawny figure pointed to the rugged solar surfer that was only supposed to be used for emergencies.

…

We swiftly stepped onto the port and continued to the galleys that I knew so well. I stared down to the edge of the hall. Waiting for a jump scare. Only to get none whatsoever.

"I'm going to find Sammy." Without waiting for an answer, I dashed down the hallways to the storage area. Where I last saw him. Hopefully he was still there.

Spiderlike taps on the ground made my body shake and my blood run cold. Scroop, the last person that I wanted to see or be caught by at this point. His claws snapped and I knew he slapped somebody.

"You imbecilic fool!" he hissed "You helped them get away!"

Sammy spit out blood and began to stare angrily at the insect man "As long as I'm the one going through this torture, than I'm fine." Sammy sighed "Ameiko is safe with the others."

Scroop was obviously going lay a final blow on him. That was before I switched my voice…to Jim's.

"Leave, him alone!" to my surprise, I had transformed to his appearance. Scroop smirked at the sight of me.

"Looks like the little Whelp has returned as the hero." He cackled mischeviously contemplating the many ways of torture. Long and painful. "Come back for your kitty friend huh?"

Scroops claw dragged down my cheek, drawing blood thicker and thicker.

"Leave her alone!" Sammy apparently seeing through my hidden appearance "She doesn't deserve this you jerk!"

He was about to keep hurting me. Until an alarm blared off. Scroop was gone in a flash. He knew that Jim was onboard. He was going after him now.

I quickly untied the bonds and helped Sammy off brushing his crimson locks out of his face. His eyes widened when he saw Jim running from the terrifying figure behind him. That's when he lunged at the lanky spider and began to bite at his flesh like a cat…ha ha…very funny Sammy.

Time to fight with our own