Chapter 8: Don't get caught
Author's Note;
Another chapter for you all! :D
Hope you enjoy it!
I only own my OC. Treasure planet belong to Disney.
Ash carefully went to the side of the ship to search for an odd round shape lid. She hummed until she spotted one, close to the helium tree. Ash made her face a proud look.
"Yes!" She hissed happily but gasps and ducked when she hears men coming. The woman waited until it was all clear and perk her head up a bit to see where they're going. Seeing they each have treasure chests, they're heading over the east side.
When it was all clear, she took a deep breath and climbs down the ship, and land on the floor. Then Ash hurries over to the odd round lid and lifts it with her both hands. When she looks inside, the woman was amazed to see many miles of machinery and pipes running through this planet.
"Whoa," She breathed. Saw the metal ladder, she climbs down and shuts the lid carefully. Climbing down and her feet hit the metal floor.
"Okay, I'm in. All good." Ash muttered to herself. "Alright, just a peek, and I'll be back." She hums and glances at the ladder.
"But I need something to leave so I can remember this is where I come back," Ash search for anything that can be a mark. Seeing there's nothing to help, the woman looks down at her skirt, bends down, and rips the end of it.
Using the torn piece, she tied it around the metal ladder steps. After that, Ash beings to run to the east side, where the men went.
While she was running, Ash couldn't resist glancing at her surrounding. Still astonished at how this planet was running through machines and she sees some ancient writings on walls, all covered in moss and dust.
"I can't believe this planet got made," She panted and tore another bottom dress to tie it around the bar that is nearby. "I wonder what aliens would ever come up with this," She gasped to hear footsteps above her and follow the sound quickly.
When the footsteps were silent, Ash came upon a door with a middle handle in the center. She panted heavily and study the marking that is on the door, which has some centroid drawings.
"This must be it," Without hesitation, she grabs the handles and begins turning. Due to not using this door for so long, it was hard for her to pull them.
She grunts and manages to get the door handle turn to unlock. Now the hard part will be is pulling the door. Before Ash did it, she wipes her hands on each side to get the sweats off and grabs the door.
She took a deep breath and pulls the door handle hard as she can.
"Come on," Ash huffed, keep pulling with much strength she has. The metal door made a small opening that is enough for her to get through. The woman sucks her stomach and squeezes herself towards the other side. She gasped when her body made it through. But when she made it to the other side, she didn't see a massive old spider web covering the door.
Ash yelped when her hand touches them while a few were on her hands and arms.
"Eww! Eww! Eww!" Ash frantically swipe her hand to get it off and dust herself to get all the webs off from her.
Breathing heavily, she turns her body to look. Again it was a tunnel but, something shiny was at the end. Knowing what it was, she rushes towards it, having her heart pounding. When Ash reaches the end, she steps out slowly. Then her eyes went wide as she walks to the dead end and stops.
Her face forms a grin, right in front of her, the center of the mechanism, was filled with treasures.
The loot of a thousand world!
Ash covers her mouth to prevent her squealing. Indeed it was all treasures with gold and jewels, and some items made are of gold. Plates, pots, small statues...they're everywhere! And they're glittering like tiny stars.
The mechanism itself is slowly moving around as many lasers were zapping to each hole one by one. The woman shook with thrilled. She was the first person that ever see Flint's troves! And it was more incredible than she ever imagined. Better than watching this on the big screen.
"This is amazing!" She shrieked quietly. "Good lord, I wish I have my phone to take a picture." She added to herself still, still smiling happily like a child.
Suddenly, her fangirl came to an end when she saw the portal opening. She gasped and quickly hides back in the tunnel. Ash look a bit and sees the portal opened up and saw the pirates coming in with treasures chest. Again she was amazed to see the portal opened. But now she needs to be quiet or else she'll get caught.
She saw Flint and B.E.N going through the portal and sees the robot having his disk out. She gasped and saw his men running down to the mountain of gold and open the chest to dump all the treasures. She watches how the coins went everywhere with the others.
"Hurry up and dump my treasures ye blazing cockroaches! If y'all has done this earlier, we will be sailing off!" Flint barked. Ash swallows silently on his temper and sees his men hurrying to get the loots in. When Billy came in, Captain Flint turns to his navigator.
"Alright B.E.N, Start counting."
B.E.N gulped. "Aye, Captain," Ash tip her head in puzzled. Not sure how he can count on this amount of treasures. The woman stays silent in the shadow and saw B.E.N typing something on his disk. But then her face grew pale when she realized something.
What if Flint has completed his loot? If...if he did, he's going to murder his men! W-will he'll do it just like the original book? No, in this film, he scared his men away and held B.E.N captive for his assistant, creating a booby trap still though..it'll be possible for him to murder his men... Her mind was racing as her heart was hammering from her chest, having trouble breathing. She knows if he got his thousand's loot, she has to get out of here now.
"Alright, Captain sir! I got the results!" Ash heard B.E.N called out as her legs quivered.
"So? How much I have in my loot?" Flint questions, crossing his arms.
"Hmm, so far, sir...we reach up to.." Ash held her breath. "Seven hundred and fifty!"
"Oh thank god," Ash muttered to herself, feeling such relief that she almost fell on her knees. She quietly glances over and saw B.E.N giving his captain a grin look.
"That's a new record for this week!" He beamed. However, Captain Flint wasn't that impressed with those numbers.
"That much? "He huffed."That galaxy we went doesn't have enough treasures."
" I'll have the men set course for another galaxy," Billy said after got a new cigar out and lighted it. "Surely, this new galaxy will have more treasures."
"Better have it," Captain Flint replied. "I will not rest until my loot is all filled up."
"Yeah yeah," Billy only grumbled and inhales his cigar and blow smoke out. "By the way, are we bringing dis woman along?"
"I need to," Flint answered. "She won't be surviving my planet if we leave her behind. We're always gone for long depending on how much weight my ship can handle, " He sighs and added. " And besides, I couldn't let her find out where my treasures are,"
As Flint spoke, B.E.N hums, glancing around, after realizing his disk made an announcement something came added to this centroid. Without the two pirates knowing, he searches. Curious about how out of nowhere, it's added to his loots. Flint's crew was already done dumping and were heading out, and it was just one thing.
As the robot finally find what it was, his pupils shrank. His best friend was hiding in the tunnel while his captain didn't see. Without Flint and Bones seeing, he swished his both hands to get her attention and have her leave. He even mouthed her to go away.
Ash saw him spotted her and nodded fast. Without making a sound, she slowly backs away.
"...But cap'n this girl will bring us more trouble if she comes along." Billy protested. "She could bring bad luck to all of us,"
"I already told you, Bones," He gives him an icy stare and finishes. "I don't believe these superstitions." Billy did not dare to keep arguing with him after his captain gives him a deadly glare. So instead, he inhales his cigar again and blows smoke out.
"Don't say I warn ya, Cap'n." Flint only rolls all his six eyes and notices B.E.N was acting strangely.
"B.E.N, what in the devil's are you doing?" The robot yelped and spun fast.
"Oh, nothing sir!" He answered. I was..um thought I saw a..a. bug in my face."
"There's no bugs around here," Bones raise his eyebrows, making the robot gulped.
"Wait, there is not? Must be my imagination," He chuckles sheepishly. Captain Flint hums and then looks out to his treasure loot while Ash was still walking back slowly. She stops dead when hearing Flint asking this question.
"So B.E.N, what did your friend want to tell you about?"
"Pardon Captain," B.E.N asked.
"The one where she made you promise to keep her little secret," He smirked his fangs as he turns to look little at him. "Is there something I should know?"
Ash thought her heart stops beating, realizing last night he did hear her small talk with him. Her body quivered with frightening as she prays to God B.E.N has some excuses to avoid her secret.
"...She did talk to me last night," The robot replied, which made Ash more terrified. "But I don't know what she said. I can't remember what it was."
'Oh?" His captain questions," Are you sure you have trouble remembering details she'd told, hmm?" Ash watches in terror of B.E.N struggling to find the right answer. The woman has her mindset on worrying that she barely felt something crawling upon her shoulder.
When she looks to see what it was, her eyes went wide. A large hairy alien-like spider was close to her face. Ash can't help to jump and scream.
"AAAAAAAAAAH!" She covers her mouth fast when her echo bounces off.
"What was that?" Billy Bones gasped. Flint glances around fast to hear that echo and growls lowly. B.E.N knew it was her voice and quickly made a scene, holding his foot up.*
"Aaaaaaaah ow ow! my foot!" He wailed, holding his foot up. The two pirates glance at him and Ash, feeling her panic rose, she races back to where she came. The woman shut the door hard and run fast as she can back to the ship.
Ash! What the hell are you thinking?! You're going to die now! You should've obeyed his order!
The woman kept running until she saw her torn skirt on the ladder and climbs up fast without hesitation. She reaches up to the surface and shut the lid behind her. But her end skirt was caught.
"No, no!" Ash gasped and tugged hard as she can. With that much hard pulling, she got herself free even though it ripped. She rushes back to the ship. Climbing up and ran to the cabin, and slams the door behind her.
She panted heavily and saw a mess she made while making her skirt. Ash dives herself to it and hurries to clean up the mess. Her hands were trembling as she was cleaning and look around in desperate to find a place to hide her torn dress.
Saw the bed was the only choice, she shoved them under his bed and took her skirt off to add it. She heard the large boots coming, which made her go faster, untieing the rope, and put it back in the drawer with his scissors. After that, she sat on his bed and acts naturally.
On cure, Flint opens the door, and the woman calms her breath silently, hiding her panic.
"Oh, your done?" She asked. The captain glances at her and saw she was sitting on his bed.
'We are lass," He replied.
"Oh good," Ash said. "I thought they'll never get done."
He snorted. "And I thought as well," He walks over to get his rum to drink. She watches him drink a bit and then asks.
"So, how long until this ship gets to launch?"
"Before I answer yours, I want you to answer mine." Ash blinked in the puzzle at his response, after he put his rum down. Then her eyes went wide when he pulls out a torn purple fabric from his coat pocket.
"Now how did this, got ended up in the back door?" He asked, looking at her darkly.