Roscoso's Treasure Planet

Trouble from a star

The magilla's burst seemed to light up the darkness of the hole, shooting out to the Legacy. And just when all aboard the ship seemed to be doomed, the solar sails caught the magilla's light and, with the energy, soared out and away from the approaching blast. Tails was sent into a coil of the ropes, while everybody was sent into the sides of the ships. The minute the ship was away from the black hole, the crew got up and started cheering and celebrating. Erin looked down at them all and couldn't help but smile.

"Captain!" Tails said, getting himself untangled. "That! Wow, that was absolutely the most-!"

"Yeah whatever." Erin said, looking through a sextant. "Actually you're astronomical advice was extremely helpful." Erin walked away leaving an almost stunned Tails.

"Well, uh. Thanks. You know I know a lot of things amanamolicly anatomically... astr- astronomically." Tails finally managed to say, smacking himself in the forehead. Erin walked won the stairs standing in front of the crew, looking at Ross and Alyssa.

"Well Mr. Heuchan. I gotta admit your cabin girl did and excellent job with those lifelines." she said. Ross playfully shoved Alyssa who shoved him back, which became a fun little brawl.

"All hands accounted for Commander Dedede?" Erin asked, but nobody said a thing. "Commander Dedede?" Sabor then stepped forward, Dedede's helmet in her claws.

"I'm afraid Commander Dedede has been lost." she said, giving the helmet to Erin. "His lifeline was not all the way secure." Chel turned to give the biggest glare in the history of glares to Alyssa, who looked with surprise and shock.

"No I checked them all!" Alyssa said. He ran through the crowd to the mast where the lifelines were, and couldn't believe his eyes. There was one empty peg where a lifeline should've been. Commander Dedede's lifeline.

"I, I did. I checked them all. They were secured." Alyssa said, feeling very hopeless. Erin glared at her a moment more before looking at the rest of the crew, her sadness clear.

"Commander Dedede was a, ahem, fine sailor." Erin said, noticing everybody bowing their heads in respect. "More fine than any of us... could ever hope to be. But he knew the risks, as do we all. Resume your posts. We carry on." Nobody ever really noticed Ross look at Sabor who looked back with a smirk.

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Later that night, Alyssa was up in the shrouds without his jacket on a piece of rope in his hands. Ross came up on deck with Morph following. He looked out at space at the railing, Morph sitting on it next to him.

"It wasn't your fault you know." Ross said, getting no response from Alyssa. "Half of the whole crew would be spinning around in that black hole if yo-" Alyssa was agitated and threw her rope out in the space.

"Look, Don't you get it?!" Alyssa yelled, jumping down from the shrouds. "I screwed up! For two seconds, I thought that maybe I could do something right! But... AAGH!" Alyssa leaned up against the mast. "I just..." Ross watched Alyssa and almost had enough of her depression. He went up to the hyena girl and turned her around so they were facing each other.

"Now you listen to me, Alyssa Nicole Kyle." Ross said. "You have the makings of greatness in you. But you have to take the helm and chart your own course. Stick to it, whatever happens, and when you get the chance to really test your strengths and abilities,... Well, I hope I'm there catching some of the light coming off you that day." When Ross was done, Alyssa leaned her head against the Pokemorph's chest. Ross looked won at him, almost confused, then slowly hugged the young girl as she softly sobbed.

"There, there. It's all right Lyssa, It's all right." Ross said before slowly and gently pushing Alyssa in front of him. "Now Lyssa, I have to go, my watch right now, and it would be best if you went to bed now." Alyssa rubbed away at whatever tears remained in his eyes, before smiling at Ross and heading down below. When he was, Ross's smile vanished.

"I'm getting in too deep Morph." Ross said

"To." Morph responded

"Next thing you know, the whole crew will think I've gone soft." Ross added. Morph climbed onto his master's shoulder and nuzzled him in the crook of his neck. The two then continued their watch, unaware of Sabor on the yardarm, looming over them as a cat over a mouse.