Pirates of Infinite Space
a Treasure Planet fan fiction
by Lord Akiyama
Disclaimer: With the exception of Clarice, Black Sam Roberts and Peter Reynolds, all characters are more than likely the property of Disney. The character of Clarice is the property of Long Meg Silver and is used with permission (Thanks Meg - XD)
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Chapter 6 - Duel
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Sam Roberts locked the door to the stateroom. He looked about on the Captain, Clarice, and Professor Reynolds. "Ladies and gentleman, we are continuing on our mission as scheduled. I am very sorry to say, Captain, that I will have to move you down to the main cabin with the young lady and the professor here. Having taken acquisition of this ship, it only seems natural that I take my rests here in the stateroom. I do hope you understand."
"Absolute," Amelia said, glaring at her captor. "It only seems fitting that a 'so-called gentleman' like you should sleep in only the best possible conditions."
"Indeed I must, Captain. Now then, I wish to speak with the good professor in private just so we can get our coordinates straight. My crew shall assist you ladies to the cabin." Roberts stepped to one side as he unlocked the door and opened it for Amelia and Clarice to exit. The women glared at him some more before making their leave from what was formally the Captain's stateroom.
When they finally reached the cabin, they noticed that their beds were as far away as possible from the rest of the crew. "He would claim that it is a sense of courtesy that we were separated from his crew," Clarice commented. "I honestly think it's to keep us from interfering with whatever the hell he's doing."
Amelia decided to take the bottom bunk bed, stating that in case of an emergency she would up and ready to go. "I don't have a fear of heights, it's just that despite having been overrun by pirates I am still commanding officer of this ship."
"Fine with me if I sleep on top," Clarice said, hopping up to the top bunk and lying down with both hands behind her head. "I find it the most comfortable part on a bunk bed." Clarice continued to stare at the ceiling of the cabin as Amelia placed herself on what had now become her bed. Silence and boredom filled the air for sometime.
"Before it sleeps my mind," Amelia said, "when did you meet this Black Sam Roberts?"
"Do you know about his plunder of the Alabama Richmond?"
"I heard he is supposed to be famous for that, yes."
"What details of the plunder were you told?"
"Just that Sam Roberts plundered the ship of its riches successfully. The Alabama Richmond is not a cargo ship, but a highly protected naval ship. A feat no one else had been able to do since the days of Flint."
"Boy does the Navy love to cover everything up when it makes them look bad. I ain't lying when I say that Silver and I were supposed to be the ones who successfully plundered that ship four years ago."
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Four Years Earlier...
"Alright mates, t'is be tha biggest plunder since tha days of Flint." Silver was whispering so as not to blow our cover. We had scouted this ship for sometime and were able to locate a weak spot that would bring the ship down should its crew decide not to give in to our demands.
After sometime, we decided to make our move. "CHARGE!" Silver cried, as we jumped over the railing with swords and guns in our hands. All of a sudden we come face to face with another pirate crew who seemed to have the same idea as we did to plunder the Alabama Richmond. An argument ensued and soon enough Silver demanded to see the captain of the pirate crew. That was our introduction to Black Sam Roberts.
"It looks to me that we are not the only ones who planned to plunder this ship, gentlemen," Roberts announced to his men. "I guess if we boarded any later, we would have missed out on one of the biggest plunders this side of the universe."
"Who be ye ta t'ink you could take MY treasure?" Silver demanded. The idea of finding himself plundering any ship at the same time with such a prick easily pissed him off.
"Your treasure? Looks to me, Mr. Silver, that had I been here before you it would be my treasure. Perhaps we can come to a compromise. We split the treasure fifty-fifty?"
"How about one hundred fer me and nuttin fer ye? That sounds much better ta me!" Right there and then, Silver transformed his right hand into a cutlass and pointed it at the opposing pirate. "If ye want any of t'is treasure, ye gonna haffta take it from me!"
Roberts looked at Silver and smile. No sign of fear, he just brushed his arms and unsheathed his cutlass. "A duel among men, very good Mr. Silver. I haven't had such a challenge in quite a long time, don't you know. On guard then."
No sooner than later did a dual between Silver and Roberts break out. And Silver was really taken off guard with how good a swordsman Roberts was. Silver fancied himself the best pirate to wield a sword. And here's this prick who looked to be besting him at his own game. This pissed off Silver about ten minutes into the dual. So Silver decided to outright kill him.
All of a sudden, Silver's cybernetics started shutting down. His right off just turned off completely and he couldn't move either his arm or leg. Silver was screaming bloody hell as Roberts held his cutlass to Silver's neck with a smile on his face.
"It seems to me that I have won, Mr. Silver," he said. "I do apologize, but I knew that by placing an electronic mechanism on you to disable all the cybernetics on your body you will see that you lost long before you hopped over the railing. I suggest you admit your surrender, or the girl will regret it."
I tried to intervene with my own cutlass, but it seemed that Roberts knew of my attempt and pointed a gun to my chest. Had I moved another inch, he would pull the trigger and I wouldn't be here telling you this story. Silver glared really hard at the opposing pirate, trying to figure out how to get out of this predicament and win. As you, Silver hated to lose.
"And don't bother having your crew attack mine, Mr. Silver," Roberts added. "There's another trick up my sleeve that I think you will find interesting." Seconds later, a colony of cybernetic scorpions flooded the entire ship. We looked about and found that only of these creatures could easily kill ten men. From the look of it, there was enough cybernetic scorpions to destroy the ship in five seconds. This was the final nail in the coffin, Silver lost. And the entire time, Roberts had a smile on his face acting like the gentleman he thought he was.
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"Silver had been cursing that one lost ever since. Wouldn't he be surprised to find that Roberts is now after the most important loot in all of the universe next to Treasure Planet. The undiscovered gold of Maladar. And I'm one of the captors. How lucky me."
"So this Black Sam Roberts can be ruthless should the situation call for it," Amelia said. "Just peachy." Amelia rolled her eyes in disgust. Her first impression of her captor was a foolish man who was too lenient with his actions and could easily have a weakness. After the story Clarice told her, it would be very difficult to take this man down. Even if a possibility presented itself, Roberts would easily end it with a swift move and a smile on his face.
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to be continued...
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