Okay, a few characters are going to be a little OOC, but what can I say? It's a fluffy chapter! (fluffy little kitten runs by) *mew* See?
Disclaimer: Why, oh WHY must you make me say it? I own nothing! NOTHING! ('cept my OC)
Kitefang ran down to the hull, climbing into one of the longboats and- making sure no one was around- turned into Kite and began to sob. He double checked the lifelines, and could have ran over and saved Mr. Arrow- or even stopped Scroop from cutting his line- but he couldn't... Why? He didn't know. He just stood there, watching Puggsy run off, staying with the others while Kim cried on his shoulder...
Kim. That's the reason he stayed. He wanted to be with her, to wipe away her tears and assure her it would be alright... But in order to assure that, he had to believe it himself, even do something to make sure it would be. But he just stood there, watching as Scroop cut the rope and sent Mr. Arrow to his death.
Man, why did I freeze? Why didn't I do something? he asked himself again. "I'm worthless..." he whispered, and quickly covered his mouth as if it were too loud. He had once said it by Sarah once, and she scolded him for such a thing. 'You're not worthless, Kite. You're too amazing to be'. Kim had once told him.
But right now, he didn't really believe her statement. Right now... he just wanted to be home, out of this movie and back with the rest of his friends, back with his son, who was probably wondering where his daddy was right now... and probably watching the movie, seeing how he failed to stop something he knew that would happen.
He climbed out of the longboat and walked up the stairs. It was dark out, and there was no one around except for Mr. Turnbuckle at the helm. He walked over and sat in the shrouds, looking out at the Etherium, hating that he was in this universe right now...
He heard footsteps- a step, followed by a metallic creak- and he knew it had to be Silver, but he didn't look over at the cyborg. "It's not yer fault, you know..." Silver said, but Kite only sighed. "Why, half o' deh crew would be sailin' in dat black abyss if ya two-"
"Shut up already!" Kite snapped, jumping down from the shrouds and facing Silver. "I screwed up, okay? For once, I thought I could make something right, I thought I could- I could-" What? He couldn't say that he knew it was going to happen, otherwise the cyborg would get suspicious... or think he was crazy. "Never mind. Just- just forget it." he turned away, leaning against the mast, feeling tears form in his eyes. Was he that upset?
He felt a hand on his shoulder and Silver turned him around. "Now, you listen tah be, Kite Hawkins. Ya got deh makings of greatness in ya, but ya have tah brace deh helm an' chart yer own course- stick to it, no matter deh squalls! An' when deh time comes tah test deh cut o' yer sails an' show 'em what yer made of... Well, I hope I'm there, catchin' some o' deh light comin' off ya dat day..."
Kite had heard this speech before, and shook his head. "I don't think I have any greatness in me..."
Silver gave him a sharp look. "An' what would yer mother t'ink if she heard dat sort o' talk from her own son? Listen tah me, Kite, an' listen good- there's a lot o' trouble out in deh world, an' bad t'ings happen, an' ya can't change 'em! Even if ya know they're comin', ya can't do anyt'ing... except not let it get tah ya, an' prove to deh world jus' how strong ya are. You've got greatness in ya, boy- ya may not know it jus' yet, but ya do, an' ya can't let somet'ing like t'is stop ya. An' if people t'ink otherwise, then they're so blaggard and blind not tah see how wrong they are."
Kite had never heard anyone tell him this, and the tears began to fall. He didn't think of what he was doing next until his forehead was against Silver's chest.
"Um... It's okay, Kite..." Silver said, feeling a bit awkward, but softened a bit, wrapping his arms around Kite in comfort. "It's alright,"
Kite never felt such comfort, not since the day he met the Fangface gang and was adopted by Fangs' family. He felt a familiar warmth in his heart again, as if all the troubles he had ever faced never happened.
Silver cleared his throat, letting Kite go. "Well, uh, Kite, I'd best be gettin' back tah me watch. An' you'd best be gettin' some shut-eye," He gave Kite a gentle nudge toward the crew's quarters. "Off ya go."
Kite began walking toward the stairs, pausing a moment and turning to smile at Silver, who gave him a short wave. He turned and went downstairs, climbed into his hammock, and fell asleep, the smile staying on his face as he dreamed in comfort.
Kim sat with Biff in his quarters, sobbing over what had happened to Mr. Arrow. What made it worse was that the first mate had a family… a family he would never see again. Biff kept an arm around her, not leaving her side for a moment. "Don't worry, Kim… He'll pay for it." Biff promised, referring to Scroop.
Kim wiped her eyes. "I wish we were home," she sniffled. "I want to be with Kite in our own house with our son, not on a ship full of pirates… *gasp* Kite!" she stood up quickly. "We've got to find him! And Fangface! …Oh, I hope they're okay!"
"We'd better find them to make sure." Biff said, and he and Kim rushed out.
…Looking over the railing, seeing that Silver and Kite were in the middle of a conversation. Watching them, Biff and Kim had a good idea on what they were saying. Kim let out a sigh of relief, knowing her beau was in good hands, but she looked around. "Where's Fangface?"
Biff rubbed his chin, a small smirk appearing on his lips. "Probably with someone who'll help him out, as well. …Who else on deck, Kim?"
Kim looked around, thinking about it, and sighed with relief again. "I guess there isn't really anything to worry about after all."
"Right. Now, c'mon. We should get some rest. It's been a long night," Biff walked back to his quarters while Kim walked back to hers.
"(Sniffle) So touching..." Fangpuss said after watching the scene between Silver and Kite. He looked over, seeing that Jim was smiling- no doubt he remembered the ol' cyborg giving him the same speech.
"I love that scene," Brielle sighed. "Practically the cutest moment Disney ever made... Um, not that I'm into 'cute' things."
Alyx raised her hand. "I'm into cute things," she said, then scooted closer to Jim, giving him a dreamy-eyed look. "Really cute things."
"Easy, sweetie," Edwin said, pulling Alyx away from Jim. "I don't want to report any young fan-girl antics-"
She blushed. "DAD! I'm not a fan-girl! ...I just think he's cute."
"Would be cuter if that Spider-Freak wasn't watching..." Hunter scoffed, then noticed that the scene remained on Scroop, who was climbing down the mast. "Hey, where's he going?"
They watched as the scene changed to Fangs, down in the galley and sitting in the storage pantry. "Cool! Deleted scene!" Fangpuss exclaimed, and everyone shushed him. "Sheesh..."
Fangface ran down into the galley. Tears were beginning to form in his eyes, so he quickly transformed into Fangs to cry. After all, werewolves never cry (at least, they've never been caught doing so). Once human, he ran over to the storage pantry and began to sob. He couldn't help it, the first time he watched this movie he cried, but got over it easily afterward...
But it wasn't just a movie anymore. It was real. Anything that would happen to them would actually be happening, and he saw the scar on Kite's neck from their fight with Scroop to prove it. Back in their world, Disney movies were just family-oriented, touching heart-warming entertainment, but once you got into them- he realized- they didn't always had such moments, and the characters had to earn their happy-endings... and someone often always died, besides the villain.
He tried to think about something- anything- else to get his mind off Mr. Arrow's death, but the image of the first-mate falling always appeared in his mind whenever he shut his eyes. When, as Fangface, he was securing the lifelines, he was secretly hoping he could prevent it, but deep down inside he had a feeling he wouldn't be able to prevent it... and that feeling was right. Once the present is written, you can't go back into the past and change it to get a brighter future.
He didn't know how long he was sobbing and thinking, until he heard someone's voice. "Fangface? You down here, buddy?" It was Puggsy.
Slowly, he stood up and stepped out of the pantry. "I'm right here... I'm not Fangface, but I'm here." he replied, sitting down at a table. He crossed his arms and buried his face in them, hiding his red-rimmed eyes so his friend wouldn't know he had been crying.
But, of course, Puggsy had seen him cry before, and didn't have a doubt about it. "You've been crying, haven't you?" Fangs nodded without lifting his head. "I figured so..."
There was a long pause, and it was so quiet, they could hear the ship creak as it moved through space. It felt weird for both of them, having a terrible thing happen, but not bringing it up... of course, Puggsy didn't want to and cause Fangs to cry again...
"Pugs?" Fangs said, breaking the silence. "Re-remember the first time we watched this m-movie, and I c-cried at this part?" By the sound of his voice, he was trying not to cry.
Puggsy nodded. "Yeah, you always get a bit tear-jerked when it comes to Disney movies." he said.
"Remember... what you said to me? You know, after you elbowed me in the ribs and told me to pipe down?"
Puggsy bit his bottom lip. He remembered what he said, but couldn't bring himself to say it again.
"Remember? Huh?"
He took in a deep breath. "I told you... it was only a movie." he said.
"It's not a movie anymore, is it, Pugs?"
He sighed. "Now that we're in it... no."
"So... there's a good r-reason for m-me to c-c-cry, r-right?" His voice was trembling now.
Puggsy looked around, making sure no one was around to see. "Yeah... I'd say it's the perfect moment."
"Okay... Good."
Silence...
Then Fangs burst into tears again, bawling. "I want to go home," he whimpered. "I don't want to be on this ship! I don't care about finding that stupid treasure, or-or those dumb pirates! (sniffle) I wish we never watched this movie..."
"Alright, now you're going over-board with the crying," Puggsy scoffed... and found out 'over-board' was a bad choice of word, because Fangs cried even harder.
Man, this is really tough on him... he thought, and couldn't blame Fangs. He was right- this wasn't a movie anymore. When bad things happen, and you know they're about to happen, you can't use a remote and fast-forward through it... or do anything to change it. He already tried... and failed.
...And he wasn't even in charge of the lifelines. Fangface and Kitefang both checked them, and that moronic spider-idiot cut the line... and he couldn't tell Amelia about it, or else the freak would harm his friends. Man, I'm starting to hate this movie right now...
He looked at Fangs again, and he was sobbing, his shoulders shaking as he did. Finally, he decided his friend had cried enough, and sat down beside him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Listen, Fangs, I know what happened is hard- Trust me, I wanted to stop it- but, there wasn't anything we could do about it. And we can't let it get us down and stop us from finishing this voyage. We have to keep moving forward... just like what Walt Disney once said."
Fangs looked at him, his eyes still filled with tears. "Easy for you to say... You've probably seen more deaths in this universe than me," he said coldly.
Puggsy gripped his shoulder, giving him a hard shake. "Listen, Sherman Fangsworth, I may be stuck with Silver and his goons, and yes I've seen deaths caused by them, but don't think for a second that I could handle it! ...I saw Mr. Arrow fall into that black hole- not through a TV screen, but for real, and I couldn't do a flipping thing about it! Stuff like this happens, Fangs... and for me, it happened more than once- and it was a lot more grimmified on most occasions."
Fangs looked at his friend straight in the eyes, and saw... pain. He knew he was right- being with the pirates, he had experienced worse, but had the guts to move on... even though it still bothered him. It made him tremble, and feel ashamed that he was the one looking for sympathy while his friend had been through worse.
Fangs was still giving him a sad look, and Puggsy knew this talk wasn't helping much. "Look, Fangs, I... I don't mean to sound harsh this time, I... I just don't want you to feel scarred for life. I don't want you to cry anymore about this."
This time, his words caught Fangs by surprise, and looking deeper into his eyes, he knew he really meant it. He really... cared. He wanted to cry more... but not out of sadness this time. Without even thinking, he laid his head on Puggsy's shoulder, sobbing softly.
That proves it. We ARE in a Disney movie. Puggsy thought, rolling his eyes critically at Fangs' action. "Oh, for crying out loud, Fangs..." he muttered, but Fangs didn't move. Sighing, he patted him on the back, nonchalantly. "C'mon, buddy, you can get over it." Fangs kept sobbing, and at this point Puggsy knew he really needed him. "Fangs... it's going to be alright," He wrapped his arms around him in a gentle hug. "Don't worry... I'm here. We'll get through this together, okay?"
"O-okay..." Fangs said quietly.
Puggsy released him. "Okay... Now, c'mon, lets get some sleep. I'm exhaustified."
They walked out of the galley, Fangs smiling at Puggsy, who smiled back. Neither of them noticed that Scroop had snuck down into the galley while their backs were turned, and crawled onto the ceiling, keeping to the shadows... hearing everything!
Once the scene was over, Brielle and Hunter quickly paused the movie, their eyes wide with shock. "Did... Did our boyfriends actually... h-hug?" Brielle said, stunned.
"Yes... Yes they did." Hunter said.
Everyone sat there, in stunned silence...
Then burst out laughing. "Alright! We can black-mail them when they get back!" Fangpuss laughed.
"Yeah... But what was all that talk about this being a movie?" Jim asked.
"Dude?" Brielle scoffed, holding up the DVD case to the movie.
Jim thought about it. "Oh, right..."
"Wait, does that mean they broke the fourth wall?" Alyx asked.
"Yeah... But who cares? That was hilarious!" Fangpuss laughed.
"I thought it was kind of cute."
Everyone else laughed even harder at that statement. "O-Okay, let's get back (hee hee) to the movie (grr, heh heh)" Hunter chuckled, hitting the 'play' button.
A/N: ...FF2: Um, hello everyone. Some of you may know me as WG's co-author, Fangface the second. Well, um, I'm here to fill in for the authoress, for she popped a lung from laughing during Fangs and Puggsy's 'fluff' moment and had to be rushed to the hospital for a lung-transfer. She left me a message to tell you to review... BUT DON'T FLAME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE TO SEE THE LIGHT! ...(ahem) That's her threat, not mine.