I watched as Jim stuck his arm into the portal and walked through it. I stuck my arm through. It was like I was in cold water. This is what a Flat Trans feels like when going through one? I then walked through it and it felt like being in a tank of cold water. When we reached the other side Silver grabbed our shoulders and walked ahead. I saw the red laser as he walked through and two red lights flashing from a small metal post. I grabbed Jim by the wrist as the crew followed their captain leaving us and B.E.N. "Step over that." I said and stepped over the laser. Both boys did it as well.
"Wait for me! Wait for me!" Yzma Look A Like said and hopped to catch up with us. The pirates stopped and stared straight ahead at something. We got closer to them and my jaw dropped into a smile as I saw. Jim had a surprised look on his face and the pirates cheered and ran forward, leaving me, B.E.N, Silver, and Jim.
"This is it." I said.
"The loot of a thousand worlds." Silver whispered.
The core of the planet was covered in treasure. Jewels and gold sparkled in the dim light. I couldn't believe that I was here. A dream does come true. "We are going to need a bigger boat!" Onus yelled.
I ran into the piles of treasure and opened my mini backpack. I stuffed as much of it as I could and pocketed the four main jewels I found to keep for myself. Ruby, diamond, sapphire, and emerald all glimmered as I stuffed them in a different pocket of the bag. I could barely closed the bag when Jim came over and helped me up and pulled me in a different direction. "Come on." He whispered. "We're getting out of here and we're not leaving empty handed."
I glanced at Silver and saw that he was distracted by the treasure. I hoisted my bag over my shoulder and followed him. "But, but, Jimmy! Emmie!" B.E.N whispered. I looked at him and made the shush symbol and we went to an old pirate ship filled with gold and other treasure.
Jim climbed up into the ship and then leaned over to pull us up. I handed him my bag and smiled when he gave me the 'really' look. I let him grab my hand and hulled me over. We both worked together to pull B.E.N up. Morph left my brother's pocket and took refuge in my hair. He sat on my shoulder like a parrot and hides behind my brown locks.
"You know what's strange?" B.E.N asked as we pulled him up. "I can't tell you how frustrating this is Jimmy, but there's something nagging at the back of my mind." He looked past us and let out a scream. He fell the rest of the way in and we whipped our heads around to see what he screamed at. I gasped and stared wide eyed.
"Captain Flint?" Jim breathed recognizing the skeleton from the stories. The remains of the once feared pirate was in a chair, left foot on a chest, right hand clutching something tight, and his tattered clothes.
"In the flesh!" B.E.N said. A laser went off giving the area a creepy glow and making the skeleton more known. "Well s-sort of, expect for skin, organs or anything that resembles flesh." He added.
Jim walked up to the skeleton and examined it while I just watched. The whole thing felt odd and I didn't want to think about how he died.
"And yet, it's so odd you know?" The robot said. "I remember there was something horrible Flint didn't want anyone else to know, but I-I just can't remember what it was. Oh a mind is a terrible thing to lose!"
While he rambled, I watched as Jim noticed something metallic in the skeleton's hand. He ripped it out of his hand and the finger bones fell to the ground. "B.E.N," Jim said. "I think I just found your mind! Hold still." He came up behind the robot and held his head in place with hand. I watched interested.
"Ah! Jimmy your hands are very, very cold back there." B.E.N said as he brought it closed to his head. When it was connected to the wires and back in its place his head spun around and there was some code being brought up as his eyes changed from green to blue.
"Whoa! Hello! You know uh, Jimmy, Emmie, I was just thinking... I was just think-! It's all coming back all my memories! Right up to Flint pulled my memory circuit so I could never told anyone about his booby trap!" B.E.N shouted joyfully. There was a rumble followed by a boom and I saw an explosion from the corner of my eye.
"Speaking of which..." B.E.N said.
