The pirates started firing and B.E.N dodged them until he moved so fast I fell. I landed on my butt but my ankle still got hurt. "Hey!" I half yelled half whimpered. He didn't respond and yanked B.E.N out of the way and started returning fire. I half crawled half butt wiggled to the opening. "Stop wastin' yer fire!" Silver yelled and the gunfire ceased. Jim reloaded as Silver waved a makeshift white flag requesting to talk to us. I hope he didn't use his underpants. I thought.
"Come to bargain for the map, doubtless. Pestilential—ah!" She said only to grunt in pain.
"Captain..." Doppler said in a tone that reminded me of a parent scolding their child,
"But that means... that he thinks we still have it." Jim said smiling coly.
"I can't go. I'm not supposed to walk a long distance anyways." I said. He nodded and left to bargain with Silver. I peaked out the opening and saw Silver gesture to me. Jim looked up and I shyly waved. I couldn't see his facial expression due to the distance. Fairly, Jim turned around and said something to Silver. Then I heard yelling as they got mad.
"That treasure is owed ta me, by t'under!"
"Well try to find it without my map, by t'under!"
I couldn't hear what he said but the last part I definitely caught. "I'll use teh ship's cannons ta blast yeh all t' kingdom come!" Silver yelled. I heard some more yelling from him and I knew he tried to get Morph to come with him. When Jim entered the place again I could see him worried. "That went well." I said sarcastically.
"He wants the map or he'll-" He started.
"Blast us all to kingdom come." I finished.
He nodded solemnly and I sighed. I knew it would end this way for me. "What are we gonna do?" I asked him.
"I don't know." He said.
Amelia got worse as the night came. Earlier Jim and relocated my ankle while Doppler held my leg straight. To say that I screamed would be an understatement, I practically hollered as the bone reconnected or something. I'm sure the pirates laughed at my scream. "Everyone," She said. "We must stay together and... and... oh."
"And what? What?" Doppler demanded, taking his glasses off looking at her crazy from the stress and anxiety of the situation. "We must stay together and what?"
"Doctor you have wonderful eyes." She said before she lost consciousness.
"She's lost her mind!" He yelled.
"You gotta help her!" Jim and I pleaded.
"Dang it Jim and Emma. I'm an astronomer not a doctor. I mean, I am a doctor, but I'm not that kind of 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!" Doppler angrily rambled. Where have I heard that before I saw this movie? I thought. He's mad at himself for not having the knowledge to help her and he really wants to. He looks like he can burst into tears at any moment.
"It's okay Doc." Jim said patting him on his arm. "It's alright." He walked over to the place's entrance staring outside thinking of a plan.
"Yeah Doc." B.E.N said. "Jimmy knows exactly how to get out of this. It's just... Jimmy has this knowledge of things. Jim, any thoughts at all?" He whispered the last part.
"Without the map we're dead." He mumbled.
"If we try to leave we're dead." I added looking at the camping pirates.
"If we stay here..." He started.
"We're dead." Morph exclaimed. "We're dead. We're dead. We're dead."
Jim sighed and Morph's face fell. I pet him to make him feel better.
"Well, I think Jimmy and Emmie could use some 'quiet time' so I'll just slip out the back door." B.E.N said.
"Back door." Jim and I repeated turning around to see him moving one of the large metal domes on the ground. We went over to helped him.
"Oh, yeah. I get this delightful breeze through here, which I think is important because ventilation among friends-"
"Whoa." I said looking at all the pipes and stuff.
"What is all this stuff?" Jim asked looking too.
"You mean the miles and miles of machinery that run through the entire course of the center of this planet? Not a clue." B.E.N said. I looked at him confused.
"Hey Doc." Jim called. "Doc. I think I found a way out of here. Emma stay here with Doc and the Captain." He said.
"No." I said.
"It's dangerous."
"Danger? Ha, I laugh in the face of danger ha ha." I said and glared.
He sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Fine but be careful." He said. I nodded and climbed onto the dome. Ready to jump.
"No, no. Jim wait. The Captain ordered us to stay-" Doppler said.
"We'll be back." I said and Jim jumped in with me following him.
"Cannonball!" B.E.N yelled following us.
We walked the tunnels of machinery heading to the pirates camp. I always thought that the planet was built from scratch and it would've taken hundreds or thousands of years for a planet to form naturally. Soon enough we came to the end of the last tunnel and opened a door similar to B.E.N's. We're right smack near the camp and the pirates are sleeping near the fire.
"So what's the plan?" B.E.N shouted as he shot up probably unaware of our location.
"Shh. B.E.N quiet." Jim whispered and clamped the robot's mouth shut. The rest of the pirates still slept and Silver turned around in his sleep, facing the other direction.
"Okay here it is, we're gonna get back on the Legacy, disarm the laser cannons, and bring back the map." Jim explained in a whisper.
"That's a good plan. I like that plan! The only thing I'm wondering is how we're gonna get there?" B.E.N mumbled though Jim held his mouth shut.
"On that." I whispered pointing to the longboat tied to a rock or base of a tree. Jim smirked seeing it. We quietly snuck threw the pirates to the longboat, untied it, and flew up to the ship.
Jim pulled our boat right up to the side of the ship and tied it to one of the shrouds. With some of his help I climbed up onto the ship's deck and he followed. B.E.N screamed and fell landing in a crash. "B.E.N shh!" We said.
"Sorry," he whispered. I knew they left someone as a guard and I hope it's not who I think it is. We went down the stairs into the inside of the ship and one way lead to where we last left from. "Okay, I'll get the map, you two stay here." Jim ordered.
"Rodger Jimmy! I'll neutralize laser cannons, sir!" B.E.N said giving a salute and rolled on his knees. Surprisingly they're actually wheels. Jim tried to stop him but it was too late. He was gone and singing a pirate's song.
"Yo ho, yo ho
A pirates life for me"
Jim sighed. "Let's get the map." I said and we went to the launch bay. We went to the rope pile and he moved some strands and we both sighed seeing the map. We quietly high fived and smiled in relief. I thought we were safe until the alarms started blaring. We looked at each other knowing who set them off. "B.E.N." I mumbled. He stuffed the map in his pocket and started running to the deck. I followed him.
"Stupid robot's gonna get us all-" Jim said and stopped suddenly at the bottom of the stairs and I crashed into him. I looked up and almost screamed seeing the figure.
"Killed." He finished staring at him in horror.
"Cabin kids." Scroop hissed with a claw out for a kill.
