A/N: I couldn't think of a good song that would go with this chapter. But, I think this one will just have to do.

Looking back on when we first met,

I can not escape and I can not forget,

Baby you're the one,

You still turn me on,

You can make me whole again.

                       -Play, Whole Again

The morning of the voyage, Jim got up early and ate one of B.E.N's breakfast dishes which he started to fully regret. He slipped on his green short sleeved shirt, pants, and old boots. It was the most comfortable thing he had to wear. And with all the work awaiting him aboard the ship, he was going to need all the comfort he could get. Jim knew the rules of a ship by heart. But, he also knew the usual menu by heart as well. So, he decided that he would slip some snacks into his knapsack. Before he left, he said his goodbyes. Morph licked Jim's face and wouldn't let up until he was soaked. B.E.N. gave him a long hug and a teary farewell. His mother kissed him on the forehead and hugged him. Surprisingly, longer than B.E.N.

Then, Jim turned and walked towards the ferry docks to take him to the Montressor Spaceport. Before he got both feet on the ferry, he turned and smiled back at his family. Here he was leaving the life he lived behind to embark on another journey to the unknown. He waved back one last time. "Hey, B.E.N.!" he called.

"Yeah, Jimmy?" the android answered.

"Take care of the Benbow while I'm gone!"

B.E.N. straightened up proudly. "Don't you fear, Jimmy. I'll take extra good care of her." He walked over to the inn's sign by the road and patted it gently. Then, it suddenly collapsed to the ground with a loud thud. B.E.N. looked around to see if there were any witnesses and then shuffle slowly away from the fallen sign. Jim rolled his eyes and walked on into the ferry.

***

Jim finally arrived at the spaceport half an hour later. It seemed to be even more over crowded than last time. How in god's name was he going to find the ship through all the---?! Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by someone calling his name.

"Jim! Jimmy, over here!" the male voice called. Jim looked around but couldn't see where the voice was coming from. Then, someone placed a firm hand on Jim's shoulder and made him yelp in surprise. He turned around to look at who it was. He groaned when he noticed the boy. Josh McCoy. "Hey, Hawkins! Long time no see!" He had blonde hair, brown eyes, and his first mater uniform on. He looked clean cut, but underneath all that was the same guy who used to spy on girls' slumber parties.

"Not long enough." Jim mumbled under his breath. "So, what are you doing here?"

"Well, I didn't exactly specify where the ship was and I knew that you would have problems finding it with all this traffic." He gestured around at all the people.

Jim glared at him. "I could have found it just---"

"Anyway, I thought that I would take you to the R.L.S. Hope." Josh noticed a bit of confusion in Jim's expression. "That's the name of our ship." He added.

Jim frowned. "I know what---"

Josh interrupted him again. "I think that we should be getting back to the ship. We've got to prep for launch." With that, he turned on his heels and started walking off.

"Hey! Wait a sec!" Jim called, but Josh had already almost disappeared into the crowd. Jim snorted and situated his knapsack on his back and followed after Josh.

***

On board the Hope creatures of many sizes and shapes were walking, slithering, and crawling around. Jim nearly fell when he slipped in something gooey. He followed the trail to see who made it and he saw a small slug type alien. Josh came up beside Jim and looked down at the trail of slime he was standing in and chuckled. "Uh…Yeah you might want to watch out for that. That's Dawson. He's not that smart but he makes one heck of a navigator."

Jim stepped away from the slime and shook it off of his boots. He looked up at the helm to see a lizard like alien covered in tattoos resting his forearms on the wheel, waiting for the time of take off. Standing next to him was a human, like Jim and Josh, but he was a tall, muscular, bristly bearded man with a red uniform and several metals of honor pinned to him. Obviously this man was the captain.

"That's Captain Barlow." Josh pointed out. "Not the most kindest and generous of captains. But, he's fare." He laughed. "His usually a nice guy when he's not drunk. And that guy at the helm is a suspected psychotic murderer. But, no one's quite sure."

Jim sighed and looked off into space. "Great. A slime ball, a drunkard, a cutthroat, and a jerk faced lady chaser."

Josh gave him a confused look. "Who's the jerk faced lady chaser?"

Jim shook his head. "Just…Never mind." Jim then decided to change the subject. "So, are there any other creepy people I should know about?"

"Well, actually…" Josh reached behind his back pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. "Here's a list of all the crew members aboard."

Jim took the list and skimmed over the names. But, one name caught his eye and Jim could have sworn that his jaw hit the deck. Jim's mouth went completely dry and no words could describe the feeling in his gut. The name kept playing over and over again in his head. He never thought that he would see this name ever again. Tori Majors.

Josh looked back and forth from Jim and to the paper. "I know that's good quality paper, Hawkins. But, it's not that interesting." He told him jokingly.

"N…no…no." he stammered. "It's this name. Do you know who this girl is?"

He chuckled, "Actually, Jim, I know a lot of girls. Tall girls, skinny girls, girls with big feet…" 

Jim didn't have time for this. He took the paper and shoved it in Josh's face. "No! This girl! This girl right here!"

Josh snatched the list from him. "Okay! Okay!" He looked at the name of the only girl on the list. "Oh, yeah. Tori Majors. I don't know her personally, but she is a very well known specialist in weaponry. She's our top gunner aboard the R.L.S. Hope. She inspects and takes care of the weapons below deck. I hear she's a real tough cookie. I wonder if she wouldn't mind me helping her inspect the weapons." He smirked. When Josh looked up Jim was gone.

***

Below deck, Jim was walking as fast as he could. She was there on that ship. The same ship that he was on. Maybe it was some other Tori Majors. But, when he thought about it, the description of her that Josh gave was perfect. Suddenly, he could hear voices coming from down the hall. He followed them and the closer he got, the more he could tell them apart. One was a raspy high pitched voice and the other was of a woman who seemed to be yelling at the top of her lungs. Jim came to a door that was opened just enough to see in. He peeked in and could only see a poor pathetic alien backed up against the wall but couldn't see the girl who was yelling at him.

"If you ever try to make another move on me," she screamed, "then you'll find yourself tied to the back of this bucket that you call a ship! I don't care what that drunkard of a captain says! I'll do whatever I want to anyone who tries anything! Am I understood?!" The girl shot her pistol right over his head and he whimpered in fear. The alien nodded and then took off towards the door. Jim backed away as soon as the alien pushed it open.

The girl came out as well and was shaking her fist furiously at him and shot her pistol at him one more time. Her back was turned to Jim and she didn't even know he was there. She had raven hair pulled up into a messy ponytail, a black shirt that came halfway down her shoulders, a black tank top underneath, and a small portion of her stomach was visible. Her baggy pants were black as well and she had a brown belt that hung down her waist on one side. She had on dusty black boots that came about halfway up to her knee and black gloves.

Jim stood there motionless. It was her. It had to be her. He softly cleared his throat for his presence to be known. That was a mistake. She twirled around, her green eyes flaming with rage. "What do you want?!" Jim tried to say something but she stopped him. "Do you want a piece of me?! Huh? Because I am really stressed out here and am willing to do anything! Including shooting this bullet into your pea brain!"

Yep! It was Tori alright!

Suddenly, the expression of anger disappeared. She just looked at him as though she was inspecting every inch of his face. Her eyes went wide with confusion. One word escaped her lips when she looked right into his eyes. "Jim?"

Could it truly be him? Jim Hawkins? Never in a million years would something like this happen. Why couldn't she notice him before? Probably because he had grown taller, his hair was shorter, and he was handsome. He still looked about the same in his face. That was the only way she recognized him. "Jim Hawkins? Is that really you?"

Jim looked down at his feet and back up at her and smiled. "Hey, Tori."

Typical of this boy to be so calm even in the most serious moments like this one! She thought. She reached for his hand and walked off vehemently, pulling him behind her. She then stopped and swung him down onto a crate with a sickening thud. She placed her hands on his shoulders and got right into his face. "What're you doing here, Hawkins?!" she demanded to know. Eleven years she hadn't seen him and here he pops up out of nowhere!

"It's real nice to see you too, Tori." He said sarcastically.

She shook her head. "No, I'm really happy to see you, Jim. But, what are you doing on this ship? I thought you started attending the academy shortly after you got back from Treasure Planet!"

Jim raised an eyebrow. "Yeah. But, I graduated not too far back. And how… how did you know about Treasure Planet?"

Tori let go of his shoulders and rolled her eyes. "Oh please, Hawkins. Everyone knows about that. It was the only news that I heard about for four months. But, I honestly didn't believe it when I heard it."

"Why not?" he asked.

"I mean, you! Jim Hawkins getting into the Interstellar Academy! Of all the people. And then… knowing that it was you. I thought I would never see you again." She spoke more softly than before. "I kept telling myself that it was some other Jim Hawkins. But, I guess it was you." Jim stood up from the crate and gave her a questioning look. Oh, no. Here it comes. She thought.

"Why did you leave Montressor? Where did you go? Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? Did you even---?"

She placed both of her hands on his mouth to keep him from showering her with any more questions. "Jim, I'll tell all about that later."

She took her hands off of his mouth. "Why can't you tell me now?"

"I…I just…I just can't right now, okay?" she begged. She couldn't tell him now. Not where someone could overhear them. This was something only she and he should know about. The whistle could be heard coming from above deck. "It's time to launch. You should be getting to your post right away." She turned to leave.

"Uh…actually I'm the cabin boy." He said sheepishly.

She stopped dead in her tracks and looked at him over her shoulder and gave him an odd look. "You're the what?"

Jim nearly kicked himself for telling her his job. But, she was bound to find out sooner or later. "Cabin boy." He repeated.

Tori then broke out into laughter. "You…You're the cabin boy?" he nodded. "I can't believe this! Oh this is just too good." She turned and walked away, laughing her head off.

Jim smiled to himself. Yeah, things were going to be a lot more interesting now that Tori was on this voyage too. But, Jim never really knew exactly how interesting things would actually get with this girl around. Things were going to get really interesting.

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A/N: Tori has a secret? Things are going to get very interesting? Where's Silver at during all this? What did Josh mean when he said he would help her inspect the weapons? All will be answered later on. Please R&R. Love ya'll!! =^-^=