Jim and I make our way up on the deck again. We were still quite a way from the Spaceport so we still had some time to kill.
"Hey, Jen. I never did thank you for saving me back there on Treasure Planet." Jim tells me, rubbing the back of his neck. I chuckled at this because I knew what he meant by that.
"You're welcome, Jim. Besides, I wasn't about to let you leave me like that. Especially to a lethal fire pit of death." I reply, smiling at my brother.
He wrapped his arms around my shoulders, pulling me into a hug. I reciprocate the hug, my arms around his waist.
"Where would we be without each other, right?" He asks, breaking the hug. "Right here." I reply, getting him into a headlock.
"Hey!" He laughed, struggling to get loose of my grip. I tugged him around a little bit before letting him loose. We both laughed playfully as we broke it off.
We then ran to the side of the ship and looked over the railing. I crossed my arms across the railing and leaned against it with a smile on my face. Jim joins me on my right side.
"Jim, you think we'll see Silver again? I miss him already." I ask, looking ahead of us. "Oh I hope so, Jen. I hope so." Jim replied optimistically.
"Jim, Jen! We're about to dock the ship!" Delbert informed us, getting us to look up at him. Amelia had taken the wheel to pull us to the Spaceport.
"C'mon Jim. Let's get our stuff." I say, nudging my brother. "Right behind you, Jen." He says, following me below deck.
Soon enough, the ship docked to the side of Montressor Spaceport. The entry plank had already been lowered so we could get off the ship. Jim goes first with me behind him.
"Jim? Jen? Could it be?" Mom's voice calls to us, getting the two of us to look up. She was there… Mom was really here. Tears filled my eyes when I saw her just a foot from us.
Without wasting another second, Jim and I let out stuff fall and we ran to hug her. Mom holds us close to her with her arms around us tightly.
She was happy to see we were back safe.
I wrapped my arms around mom as well as Jim. Words couldn't express just how happy we were to see her after so long.
She breaks the hug and looked at the two of us in the eyes. She brushed our bangs away from our faces in a motherly way. I missed feeling her do that.
She smiles at us proudly. Jim and I reciprocate the warm smiles back to her. Tears were still in my eyes from happiness.
Morph then flies in front of us, grabbing Mom's attention. At first, she was confused but instantly warmed up when he turned to a mini version of herself before nuzzling her on the cheek.
About a week later, we had used the treasure that Silver had given us to by the materials to rebuild the Benbow Inn.
Jim and I built the Inn from scratch with the help of B.E.N, Morph, and Mom. We spent at least a couple of months getting it built.
Once it was finished, Jim hangs the sign with the Inn's name by the front door. We were all proud of how our big project turned out.
We all stood in front of it with proud and triumphant smiles and looked on at the Inn. I stand between Jim and Mom while B.E.N stands on our left. Our arms were wrapped around one another.
Later on that night, I was outside, relaxing on the roof. I laid on my back with my arms behind my head, just enjoying the night air.
It felt so great to finally be back home after so long. The whole journey was definitely worth it. Jim and I did the thing we wanted to do and it totally paid off in the end.
"Hey, stranger. Care for some company?" Jim said from beside me. I look over at him with my eyebrows furrowed. He had two mugs in his hands.
I sit up and make room for him to sit. "Have a seat, Pete." I reply to him. He sits beside me with his legs stretched out in front of him.
"Mom made us her special hot chocolate. Thought you'd want some." Jim said, handing me a cup. "Thanks, Jim." I say, taking a sip of the hot chocolate. It was better than I remember.
"Man, I can't remember how good this is. I surely missed it." I sigh, taking another sip. "I thought you might've." Jim says, taking a sip of his hot chocolate.
We start to talk to each other, just enjoying the company of the other person. "Do you think about the future, Jim? Like how we'll be Captains of our own ship's one day?" I ask, looking from the sky to him.
"Yes, I do. We'll sail across the galaxy. We'll see a whole new adventure ahead." He replied, also looking up at the sky. "Yeah, I agree. Maybe we'll get ourselves lost in it as well." I reply, finishing my drink.
We would get ourselves made after attending the Interstellar Academy, graduate, and sail the galaxy as being Captains of our own ships. But for now, we'd remain here for at least another while longer before doing so.
Out of my peripheral vision, I could see the clouds form a familiar face. I looked directly at it and instantly smiled with glee.
"Jim. Look." I say, pointing towards the sky. Jim looked where I was pointing and the same smile grew on his face.
It was Silver's face, smiling down at us with his cyborg eye twinkling at us. He was still looking out for us. "Silver..." I whisper to him. He does look at it and smiles also. "He's still here, Jen." he mentions happily.
"Yeah. I know. Hopefully we will see him again." I respond, sighing dreamily at the thought. "You and me both, Jen." Jim replied, wrapping an arm around my shoulders. I wrap my arm his shoulders.
And that's the whole story of our journey to the infamous Treasure Planet. Jim and I had learned a big lesson while on our journey. Always test the cut of your sails, have the makings of greatness in us, and chart our own courses.