Sorry for the long wait, guys! My computer has been running a bit slow, so I had to wait a while before I could upload any of my fics. But, after a long wait, here's the next chapter!

Reviewer Thanks

Nims: I actually took you by surprise? Guess there's a first time for everything.

EventHorizon6: Thank you, and don't worry… Jonesy may come back ;)

MG6: Reading your reviews… I must say, you sure know my stories. And, yes, I guess I did put in a bit of Sherlock Holmes in that one chapter XD And thanks for the nit-picking.

SweetAngel1183 (and the rest of my loyal reviewers): Don't worry. They'll get Tess back, and Kenta WILL pay for what she did to Tyson. …Oh, yes. She WILL pay.

Disclaimer: As if things couldn't get any worse, I don't own Treasure Planet… But I own Dorado 6, so ha!

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Kenta had thrown Tesoro in the darkest, coldest, and dank cell in the brig, keeping her hands tied up behind her back and her ankles bound, and took out some sort of cube that- when you push the button on top of it- it shot out lasers, which widened to make a corduroy wall in front of the cell door. "Just making sure you don't try to escape, lass." Kenta said, grinning her evil grin, then took out a sack and emptied two blobs- Morph and Shifter- into a glass case. "And don't think about trying to escape from your little box either, Shift. That glass is made of pure Nebulanic diamonds, and is completely unbreakable, so you and your little boyfriend won't be leaving any time soon."

"He's not my boyfriend!" Shifter snapped in her high-pitched voice, but Kenta couldn't hear her through the thickness of the glass. She could only read her lips.

"Sorry, traitor, can't hear ya!" Kenta laughed, then began heading to the stairs, giving Tesoro a sinister smirk as she passed by. "Sweet dreams, Hawkins." Then she left, leaving her prisoners in the darkness.

Tesoro sighed, leaning against the wall, looking at the two protoplasts as they turned into random, miniature objects- hammer, cannon, baseball bat, etc.- and tried to break the glass. "Don't worry, guys," Tesoro said, even though she knew they couldn't hear her. "Help will arrive. I know it will."

She waited, looking around the darkness, twisting her wrists trying to get out of her bonds. Then she remembered something- she still had her pocket-knife! She scooted closer to the wall, then lied down on the ground and pressed her feet against it, pushing with all her might until she was on her head. Now came the difficult part- she had to get her feet higher up on the wall to get her knife to slip out, which wasn't going to be easy with both of them tied together, but she had to try anyway. Keeping her balance, she began to 'hop' her feet higher up the wall, going half an inch at a time, and she came close to slipping, but retained her position and kept going up. Just a little farther… she thought as a sweat drop rolled down her face. She gave one more hop…

"Whoop!"

*THUD!*

…But pushed too hard and flipped over on her stomach. "Ow." Getting on her knees and shaking off her pain, she looked over and saw that her attempt didn't go in vain, seeing that her knife had fallen out of her pocket during her flip. "Well, that works." She scooted over backwards and grabbed the knife, then began to saw her bonds, careful not to cut herself. Once she freed her hands, she put her knife back in her pocket- buttoning it shut so it wouldn't fall out and get lost like last time- and untied her legs. Now, all that was left was to get past the lasers. "How am I going to get past those, now?"

"Need some assistance?" A voice said behind her… a voice that made her heart melt, that made her smile widen, that made her spirits soar…

"Jonesy?" She turned around… but only saw Wulfgang. "Wulf! How on earth did you get here-" she paused, seeing the glowing green portal behind him close. "Oh… right."

"C'mon, lets get you back to your dad, he-" Suddenly, they heard footsteps, and Wulfgang ducked into the darkest part of the shadows, his bright green eyes the only thing that showed.

Two pirates- one with a clam-like head and one that had moss-green skin and 3 eyes- walked down, carrying a crate over to a stack of others. "…All I'm saying is, I don't think Kenta should have killed Silver's son," The clam headed one head.

"Why? You got a soft spot for kids?" The 3-eyed one scoffed.

"No, no… It's just that… well, they found out what Kenta is up to, and since BJ is over there she must've spilled out all the details about us getting revenge… What if the kid were to come back as a ghost and haunt us?"

The 3-eyed one just stared at him. "You know… I think I'd prefer you having a soft spot than being so superstitious."

"I am NOT superstitious! Haven't you heard the tales of haunting spirits lurking on ships- playing tricks, pulling illusions, making the entire crew think they've gone completely bonkers- and never go away until every member has jumped ship?"

The 3-eyed one just rolled his eyes (all of them) and shook his head. "See? This is why we never let you stay up and swap stories with us." They set the crate down and began walking back.

"Fine! Don't believe me! It won't be MY fault when a chilling, dead hand of a cabin boy drags you over the edge of the boat…" They walked upstairs, their conversation going quiet.

Wulfgang walked out of the shadows, a smirk appearing on his face. "Sounds like a few pirates are superstitious," he chuckled, then turned to Tesoro. "Tess, lets get back to the ship. I think I have a plan…"

"What kind of plan?" Tesoro asked, taking interest and grinning.

Wulfgang smirked, opening a portal. "You'll see," He began to walk through.

"Hold it, not without Morph and Shifter," Tesoro pointed over to the glass case.

"Ah, of course," He opened another portal- a bit smaller- and Tesoro watched as a portal the same size opened beside the glass case, and the wolf-creature reached into the portal, grabbed the case, and pulled it through. "Now, shall we?"

"After you, Houdini," She followed him through, and he held on to her hand…

…And walked with him through a tunnel of swirling lime-green and aqua-blue colors, with a few blotches of other colors floating by. She gripped onto his hand, feeling as if they were traveling at light-speed, even though everything seemed to go by slowly. She had only fallen through a portal once, but never in her life did she ever just 'walk' through one. This is amazing… she thought. She looked up at Wulfgang, who smiled at her, then looked ahead, and they saw the end of the tunnel…

Within a split second, they were on her dad's ship, in the hull, even though it felt like they were walking through the portal for over five minutes. "Wulfgang… what WAS all that?"

Wulfgang shrugged and opened the glass case, releasing Morph and Shifter, who squealed with delight and licked his face, then flew off, enjoying their freedom. "It was the portal-tunnel." he replied, watching the two blobs fly off. "Whenever you step through a portal like mine, you enter the tunnel, where time seems to slow down, but in reality you're actually traveling over 1,000 miles through it. It's fun, really."

Tesoro brushed a strand of hair out of her face. "I'll say. Wow."

"Yeah. Wow."

They stood there silently, until Tesoro cleared her throat. "So… What's this plan of yours?"

Wulfgang rubbed the back of his neck. "Well… That pirate brought up a tale on how ghosts haunt ships, and pull illusions and everything, right? I figured we could fool them into thinking the ghost of Jonesy was haunting them, and we could use special equipment to make it look real."

Tesoro frowned, obviously not liking the idea of someone using her late-boyfriend as a ghostly prank, but held in her rage. "How? Jonesy is dead. What are we going to do, conjure up his spirit? That doesn't sound right."

Wulfgang took in a deep breath, and exhaled slowly. "Tess, there's something you should know- and please, DON'T get mad, but…" he cringed, and squeaked under his breath. "Jonesy's alive."

Tesoro's eyes widened, then she punched the werewolf in the gut. "How DARE you say such a thing! Making up a lie that my boyfriend who got sucked into a black-hole is-"

Wulfgang grabbed her shoulders before she could punch him again. "Tessy, listen to me!" He sounded like Jonesy, then, and Tesoro froze. He sighed again. "He IS alive… and here."

"W-where?"

Wulfgang backed away. "What I'm about to show you is going to come to a shock, but please don't get mad, okay?" Tesoro nodded. He then shut his eyes tight, concentrating on something. Jonesy… Become Jonesy… he thought. Tess misses you, Jones. Please, come out… He saw an image of the cabin boy in his mind, and he clenched his fists. C'mon… c'mon… He felt his body shifting, and felt a slight pain. C'mon… c'mon…

Tesoro watched as the wolf-creature started to shake and moan. What's happening to him? she thought. "Wulf…?" She walked over to tap him…

"Tess!" Someone cried, breaking Wulfgang's concentration. BEN ran over and hugged Tesoro tightly. "Oh, you're ALIVE! My best buddy's little girl is ALIVE! Oh, I just wanna hug ya and squeeze ya!"

"Gack! BEN! I need air!"

BEN released Tesoro, who gasped for air. "Heh heh, sorry. I just missed you… Gosh, I was worried Kenta took you away for good! How'd you get back?"

"Wulfgang opened a portal and brought me back. …He was showing me something too, before you interrupted."

"Oops…. What was it? Can I see it, too?"

Tesoro turned to Wulfgang, who sighed and shook his head. "I can't show you now." he said, sadly. "I lost my concentration."

BEN sighed. "That's a shame. I bet it was really cool, too! …Hey! What are we standing around down here, for? We've got to tell your parents and everyone that you're BACK! C'mon!" He then began running up the stairs.

Before they went up, Tesoro turned to Wulfgang, looking like she was close to tears. "If you can't show me… could you tell me?" she asked, trying to keep her voice steady.

Wulfgang sighed, and held her hand. "During the Black Hole, I saw Kenta cut Jonesy's lifeline, and I opened a portal. He crashed into me, and when he did he hit this fusion-crystal we stole from Silver- the hunter- and… well, you're not going to believe this but…" he paused, unable to get the rest out.

Tesoro still understood though, and would have smacked him for saying that he was her boyfriend (which would sound weird on so many levels) if it wasn't for one thing: his eyes, which used to be bright green, had suddenly turned brown. Like Jonesy's. She peered into them, recognizing their gaze… the same gaze Jonesy always gave to her when they made eye-contact. She smiled, then began to sob, and raised her hand-

*SMACK!*

- and hit the werewolf in the face. "THAT'S for not telling me this sooner!" she snarled.

"Hey, I didn't even know until we got to Gemini!" Wulfgang said in defense, rubbing his face. "Sheesh, you hit hard…"

Tesoro clenched her fists, sighing. "C'mon, lets just… go tell my parents that I'm alright." she began walking up the stairs, but paused and looked back at him. "And… thank you- for the save." And she walked upstairs.

Wulfgang stood up and followed her, half-happy, yet half-sad. This is going to be harder than I thought. he thought… but couldn't tell whether it was him thinking, or Jonesy, or the both of them.

Possibly, both of them.

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A/N: Don't worry, people! Action is on the way again… along with a bit of comedy thrown in :D

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