Well, peoples (and non-peoples), it appears the story is coming close to an end… which is why I'm hesitant in writing new chapters.
Reviewer Thanks-For-Sticking-With-The-Story-For-So-Long
LaylaBinx: Thank you. I always manage to make a quick save in my stories ;)
StormBringer128: Yeah, he's not THAT heartless (lol jk). And yes… and I silently snicker at what's in store for Silver XD
Yuni30: Apparently many people liked that part XD …And I'm SO sorry for the poor dialogue choice for Silver! (my only excuse was that I was thinking of him holding up his laser-cannon, not a pistol :p) And I'm glad you found that part funny, since that's how I imagined it would sound. And DUH, Jim is always the man with the plan! (he's the star, remember?) I'll reveal the little miracles later. …And pretty much everyone hates Delila, so you're not alone. : )
Welsh Gem: Comedy is good for the spirits, which is why I always throw some into my plots. When you want to make up clever villains, you must think clever- which, surprisingly, I've been successful for. And Tides will get his… though I'm having trouble deciding who should kill him. Sarah? Jim? Lee? Silver? …Maybe the Doppler Kids? XD And I'm glad you loved that twist! (I always like to include something TP-originated)
Amalimrock: Alright, so 'Phineas' isn't the most charming name in the world. It was just the first name I could come up with for his character ("Finbar" sounds kind of nerdy, too). I know Lee's decision wasn't too much of a surprise, I just wanted to have SOMEONE save Jim at the last minute, since Silver and Finn were busy and Delbert and Amelia were on another ship. And thank you. …Yes, there IS an Avatar reference (I could not resist ^-^) …And, duh, I had to make Delila and Scarlet CLEVER villains, not like Birdbrain Mary. …And Tides will get his. You'll see ;)
Silverwolf407: Thank you. And, no, Lee hadn't gone mad… he just got some sense slapped into him (no pun intended). Please calm down, I don't want one of my loyal reviewers getting a concussion from jumping up and hitting the ceiling… or Jupiter, depending on how high you jump.
EH6: Thank you, thank you. And I'm sure EVERY TP fan would want to slap Jim's dad lol.
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Several pirates flew backward from the blast of Silver's laser-cannon, while a couple others were knocked overboard by Finn's guitar-case. The duo backed up against the main mast as more pirates approached them. Grabbing a rope, Silver cut another and grabbed Finn, both of them shooting upwards and onto one of the branching masts, and they looked down, seeing that half the ship's deck was crowded with so many blue aliens that it looked like the entire deck was blue itself, and they knew they couldn't fight all of them off forever. "Do you see Jim anywhere?" Finn asked, looking down.
Silver used his cyborg eye, zooming in on the angered blue faces, none of them belonging to Jim. "No… Blast it, where'd he run off tah?" he replied.
One of the pirates shot at them, nearly hitting Finn's shoulder and startling the teenager, making him lose balance and fall backwards. "Silver!" The cyborg acted grabbed him by the front of his shirt with his extended cyborg-hand, yanking him back on the mast… but unfortunately, his guitar-case slid off and over the side of the ship. "No… no!"
"Forget about yer guitar, lad! We've got ot'er problems!" Silver pointed downward at a group of pirates, who were climbing the shrouds and mast, swords in their mouths and pistols in their hands. Finn and Silver both frowned, knowing there was no way out of this situation. The cyborg lied a hand on his shoulder, giving him a solemn look. "Finn Hawkins, 'tis has been a pleasure workin' wit' ya."
"Et tu, Mr. Silver," Finn raised his pistol and began shooting at the pirates coming up the mast, while Silver took care of the ones coming up the shrouds. Unfortunately Finn's aim wasn't the best and Silver's pistol and cannon were running low on energy, and more pirates kept climbing toward them. And there was one alien they missed- the one in the crow's nest, who was now aiming his rifle at Silver…
*Zap!*
"Yooowwwwwhoohoohoooieee!" The alien screamed in a 'Goofy' manner as he fell out of the crow's nest, landing on a few of his comrades who were still climbing up the mast. Finn looked up, grinning at what he saw.
Hovering above them in the longboat was Jim and Lee. "Lose something?" Jim asked rhetorically, handing Finn his guitar-case. His brother looked up at him and smiled, wide.
"Well, now dat ye got yer instrument back… Lets take t'ese blaggard hooligans out!" Silver exclaimed, jumping into the longboat with Finn.
"You know how to drive this thing, Jim?" Lee asked, taking his own laser-rifle out of the holster on his back and standing at the front of the longboat.
Jim smirked. "Er, Lee? Do ye really t'ink dat's a good id-" Silver began to say, knowing how 'well' Jim could drive a longboat.
"Hang on!" Jim exclaimed, taking over the controls and shooting downward towards the deck, then pulling up at the last minute, grinning as he watched several pirates dive onto the deck.
Scarlet and Delila ran back on deck, scowling when they saw their foes. "Don't just lay there! Shoot them dow-AUGH!" Delila began to order, then hit the deck when the longboat soared toward her, nearly taking her head off. "What the bloody-?"
Jim chuckled, steering to the left. Lee and Silver, in the meantime, shot at the pirates below them, ducking down only to avoid blasts and recharge their weapons. Jim took a sharp turn to the right, making several pirates dive overboard to avoid getting hit, but also causing the others to slam into the side of the longboat. "Alright, MY turn!" Finn said, grabbing one of the control-handles and steering the boat left, making Lee and Silver slide to the right.
"I've got it under control. You just… hit some guys with your guitar!" Jim retorted, tugging the controls to the right, forcing Lee and Silver to jerk to the left.
"You're better with a gun, I'M better with driving, so MOVE OVER!" …Right again.
"You might get us killed!" …Left again.
"Oh, and YOU won't?" …Right.
"Just… let… GO!" …Left.
"BOYS!" Lee shouted, grabbing his sons and pulling them away from the controls. "How about if I steer, and YOU both try to keep us from getting killed?"
"You? Ye steer like an old lady!" Silver scoffed.
"Shut up and keep shooting, Silver!" Lee shot the longboat forward, making a sharp-turn around the mast and flying low to the deck, making several pirates leap out of the way, then pulled up before they could crash into the wall, flying high and making the boat fly upside down!
As if everything were in slow motion, Silver shot downwards at a few pirates, while Jim shot at the engine-capacity radar by the helm, making sparks fly. The boat then veered downwards, pulling back into its right-side position. They saw a few pirates over at the laser-cannons, trying to aim at them… though, Silver beat them to the punch and shot a couple of his own cannon-blasts at the gun-barrels, colliding with their own blasts and making the machines explode. Finn and Jim let out excited shouts as they watched the action. Unfortunately, they didn't notice that a certain blue alien was aiming her gun at them…
*Zap!*
"Duck!" Lee shouted, pushing his sons down. The blast grazed deeply into his shoulder, but initially striking the longboat sail, causing a large hole to burn into it, making them lose control, veering straight towards the mast in a barrel-roll…
*CRASH! POW! BOOM!*
The longboat lied crashed against the broken mast as it fell forwards, crushing the front of the ship and anyone in its path, flames erupting all around.
Fortunately, Jim, Finn, Silver, and Lee managed to bail out, landing by the starboard side of the ship… unfortunately, Lee's wound was bleeding rapidly and he could hardly move, and Silver lay unconscious near the mast's broken end, and Finn was crushed underneath a couple crates. Jim was a short distance away from them, sitting up and rubbing his forehead. His head was spinning, he had a cut on his cheek, and his shirt was torn, revealing a couple splinters. He saw his father first and gasped, crawling over to him…
…but was blocked by Scarlet. "So, Monsieur Hawkins… what's your next ingenious plan?" she asked coldly, then smacked him across the face, then kicked him in the chest, making him fall back.
"Jim!" Finn shouted, struggling to pull himself out from under the crates. His guitar-case lay in front of him and he grabbed it, pulling it towards him and hoping to use it for support in prying himself out from under the wreckage.
"Did you think you would actually win zis battle?" she kicked him in the gut, then grabbed him by the hair, yanking him up and kneeing him in the ribs, then threw him onto the ground. "Well, guess what? You were wrong."
"What… did I ever do to you?" Jim demanded, grunting as he stood on his hands and knees.
Scarlet grabbed him by the hair again, glowering into his eyes. "What did you do? Nothing… You just got in ze way of my plans, zat is all. All ze years of planning…" She punched him. "All ze years of practicing…" She kicked him. "And all the years of trying to get ahead in zis universe… foiled! All because you had to join your cyborg friend and your daddy…" She smacked him again. "Tell me, Jim… if your father loved you, why did he leave you and never come back?"
Lee opened his eyes, trying to focus. "J-Jim…?" he said, his voice a whisper.
Jim glowered at her. "How…?" he demanded.
"Did I know? Please. Your mother always blubbered about it, and ze story got around…" She said, then took out her laser-pistol. "Now, I think I'll put an end to your story, once and for all- ze last chapter of Jim Hawkins!"
"Jim!" Lee gasped. With every bit of strength he could muster, he got up and dove toward Scarlet, grabbing her pistol. "You stay away from my son!"
"Let go, you imbecile!" Both of them wrestled for the gun, staggering towards the edge.
Finn looked over at them, his eyes wide. "Dad!" he gasped. Seeing that Scarlet had her back toward the edge, he developed an idea and slid his guitar case right behind her ankles, making her trip backwards.
"Whoa-oh!" Scarlet gasped, losing her balance as she started to fall over the edge. She grabbed the first thing she could get her hands on- Lee. But, rather than saving herself, she pulled both of them over the edge. Lee acted fast and grabbed onto the edge of the boat, pain shooting up his arm and tempting him to let go. Scarlet clung onto his shirt, which began to rip. "No, no no no, no!"
*Rrrriiipp!*
"AAAIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee….." Scarlet screamed as she dropped down to the depths of space, floating away into the infinite galaxy...
Lee's grip began to slip, and he suddenly began to drop… until an extra set of hands grabbed his arm. He looked up, smiling at Jim's face as his son pulled him back on deck.
"Yes!" Finn exclaimed. A boot slammed down in front of him, and he looked upwards, seeing Delila's scowling face. "No."
"I've had enough of you meddlesome brats!" Delila snarled, aiming her rifle at him. "Any last words?"
Finn looked over, then smirked. "Yeah. You'd better duck."
"Wha…?"
*Zap!*
"Argh!" Delila stumbled back, holding her wounded arm, glowering over at Silver.
"Well, look who decided to join the living!" Lee joked, referring to Silver.
"Hey, not to interrupt anything, but… could someone help me out of here?" Finn asked. Silver and Jim walked over, lifting the crates off of him.
"Figures you'd get yourself in a situation like this, again." Jim joked.
Finn sneered. "Well, I AM your brother."
Delila tried to turn and run, but Lee grabbed her by the shoulder. "I wouldn't try to make a move, if I were you." he said, promisingly.
"Looks like your plan didn't go as planned, 'Captain'," Jim said, smirking darkly. "So, you have two choices: Give up and give yourself in… or end up like your associate."
Delila snarled. "I'll NEVER give up…" she snapped, then ran over the edge and leaped over to her own boat, landing on the deck. "I've still got my own crew-" she froze, seeing that her own crew was bound and gagged… being guarded by her 'mutineers'. She gasped and turned to run, but was stopped by the barrel of a gun.
…being held by Delbert. "Going somewhere, Miss?" he asked, sarcastically.
A couple sailors quickly grabbed Delila, pulling her arms behind her back and bounding her. Jim, Finn, Lee, and Silver stepped onto the boat. "Delbert! Good to see you, old friend." Lee exclaimed, then paused when he saw the astronomer's weapon. "Whoa! …I see you took up shooting."
Delbert adjusted his glasses, awed at who he saw. "Leland! My goodness, my dear man, where have you been all these years?" He then turned to Jim. "James, you're alive! …Oh, thank goodness. I was afraid of what I would have to tell your mother if she found out-" his eyes then fell on Silver. "…That you were with… a pirate… Um, Jim? C-Could you explain this little… matter?"
Jim sighed. "It's a long story, Doc." he said. "You see, I-"
"YOU!" came an angry, murderous, ear-piercing shout.
Silver looked to the left, his eyes wide. "Oh, have mercy!" he gasped.
*BAM!*
Seconds later, Silver was tackled by- who else?- Captain Amelia. "You blaggard, metallic…!/C-Captain, please! Let me explai-ACK!/I'll see you hang, you…!/It's all a misundersta-OOF!/Taking over my ship, trying to kill us, taking off without a trace…!/Someone, get her off o' me!/Shut your trap, you wretched pirate!" Amelia and Silver shouted, as Amelia tried to put Silver in a choke-hold, head-lock, strangling-position, and the cyborg kept trying to pry her off of him.
"Want me to shoot her?" Finn asked, raising his pistol.
"With YOUR aim? You'd probably miss… Worst, you would probably hit Silver." Jim said, then turned to Delbert. "C'mon, before she kills him."
Delbert looked at him. "I think that's her plan." he said. Jim gave him a look, and he sighed. "Amelia… wait! Let him go! …And stop trying to claw out his mechanical-eye!"
Jim and Delbert grabbed Amelia and pulled her off of him. "Captain, calm down. Let me explain,"
Amelia breathed heavily, then straightened herself out, turning sharply to Jim. "You'd better have a good reason for running off with this… this ill-mannered, black-hearted scoundrel, James!" she said, sternly. …Since she had never called Jim by his first name, everyone knew this was gonna be bad.
Jim sighed. "I think it's best if I started from the beginning."
And he told his story… starting with how he let Silver go.
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A/N: And the truth comes out!
Review, please! …Don't flame, or I'll have Amelia try to kill Silver again!