I started running before Jim could tell me to. I hear crashing behind me and thought he shoved some barrels or crates aside to slow him down. I did the dumb thing and turned around to look and I saw the psycho running in the roof to avoid them. I immediately turned back around and ran faster. I heard Morph scream and something splat on Scroop's face. Then I heard Scroop growl and Morph getting thrown into a pipe. I could see the pipe corners shaking as he collided with them. We hid behind a corner and Jim loaded his gun. He told me to wait and when we heard him come closer he jumped out. The pirate stopped dead in his tracks seeing the barrel of the gun a mere inches in front of him.
That's when everything went dark. Seconds later the red emergency lights came on and Scroop wasn't in sight. Carefully, I moved away from the corner and stood as close to Jim as I can. We frantically searched for the spider. I saw movement from the corner of my eye and every strand of hair on my body stood up. A scream and growl was heard as Morph had poked him in the eye. We looked up to see him and he pushed then, leaped of the roof and pinned my brother to the ground. I managed to move away before he jumped. The gun was out of the way and I picked it up. I pointed it at Scroop with my finger on the trigger. He froze again and smirked seeing the fear in my eyes and trembling. I'd never pointed a gun to someone and it's nerve racking.
"Cabin girl can't do it." He said with that stupid grin. He's right. I can't. After years of being abused and scared I don't know if I wanna implant that on someone else even if he took me away from my family. Thankfully, I didn't need to pull the trigger since the gravity turned off. Without a doubt B.E.N had done this and I couldn't repay him.
With the spider psycho distracted Jim kicked him away. With the new found light weight on our bodies he easily flew upwards destroying the wooden grating. Unfortunately, for that move we started to float up and I let the gun go to grab something, anything to hold onto. I finally grabbed onto the mast at the crow's nest and held on. Jim was coming up to me and we reached out for each other and he was too far away. I gasped in horror thinking he would drift into space but he grabbed the pirate flag at the last moment. I sighed in relief and let go to go to him.
Just as I reached out for him Scroop grabbed my ankle and pinned me back down on the mast by my neck. His clawis near my neck and was about to slice when a glimmer caught him off guard. My locket had opened in the mayhem and was forgotten until now. "Don't you dare look in it!" I yelled. He looked in and chuckled evilly snapping it shut. "Looks like you'll see your brother's death before you go." He hissed and started using his claw to saw the rope to the flag in two.
"NO!" I screamed and tried to get out of his grip. It's like the first day on the Legacy all over again.
"Do say hello to Mr. Arrow." He said. Upon realizing what Scroop was gonna do, Jim quickly scrambled onto the mast. Scroop growled and jumped up at him leaving me floating upwards. I managed to grab the mast near the flag and made sure not to let go until the gravity turned on.
"Tell him yourself!" He yelled and kicked Scroop into the flag. The rope snapped as he grabbed onto the mast just below me. Scroop had torn his way through and glared at us. Quickly he realized that the distance between us is growing and he screamed as he float upwards into the stars. The gravity turned on and I landed on Jim. He grunted and I rolled off. "What did he mean when he called me your brother?" Jim asked looking at me.
I sighed and looked at him. "I'm your long lost sister." I said looking at him.
He remained silent and got mad. "Don't you ever say that, you can't say things like that!" He said.
"It's true! Scroop kidnapped me when I was a baby!"
"How can I know you're not lying?"
I pulled out the picture from my pocket and handed it to him. He took it and his eyes grew wide when seeing the spider leg near the basket. He looked back at me and gasped with tears forming in his eyes. "Emma? Is that really you?" He asked.
I nodded and started crying. He hugged me and I can feel his tears in my hair. "After all these years. Where were you?" He asked through tears.
"It's a long story and I promise to explain everything." I said.
"That first night I saw you laying by the road I thought you looked familiar. I'm so sorry I couldn't find you."
"Don't apologize over what you can't control."
"I can't believe how big you've gotten. I missed you so much."
"A lot happens in twelve years brother and I'm sorry I couldn't tell you earlier, I didn't know how."
He laughed and wiped some tears away. He opened his mouth to say something but the pipe started shaking. Morph then came out of the pipe covered in soot and ash. He coughed up some left overs from the pipe. "Morph?" Jim asked. He chittered in response. "Laser cannons disconnected, Captain Jimmy sir!" B.E.N said.
I looked at him and almost laughed. He had wires all over his body and smoke is rising from his head. "That wasn't so tough." He said. Some sparks then came out from his head.
"Way to ruin the mood." Jim mumbled. I giggled. "Wait, I need to get something!" I said. I climbed down the shrouds and ran to the crew quarters. I found and opened my bag and found a mini backpack that holds my books and notebook. I pulled them out and Jim had came into the room and picked up Cinder. "Where did you get this?" He asked.
"From my old home." I said.
"What's that for?"
"I'm gonna need something to hold all that treasure." I said and slung it over my shoulder. We climbed back into the longboat and went back to the pirates camp. I noticed that the silhouette of the sleeping pirates weren't moving. I was about to investigate but Bro had pulled me along saying that it's best not to wake them up. We quietly snuck into the entrance and walked to B.E.N's house. Jim was the first to crawl out and he reached his hand down and pulled me out then helped the robot.
"Doc! Doc wake up." Jim said pulling the map out of his pocket. "We got the map." I added. A mechanical hand reached up from the dark and grabbed the map. "Fine work Jimbo and Em. Fine work indeed." Silver said.
