.:*:. Chapter Two: Traveling .:*:.
Lisa sighed again after watching the restaurant disappear behind her. "Will they follow us?"
"Most likely." John answered.
"Then what do we do?"
"Don't worry about it, lassie. I'll blast them off with my arm, see?" John winked at her, and she smiled a little and looked back behind them. Then another thought came into her mind.
"Why are they after your loot?"
"Aye, secret loot, I'm telling yeh. Can't discuss with anybody else."
"Oh." she said, looking down at the floor. John slid a glance down at her.
"Ready to become a pirate?" he said, grinning, and her head snapped up, and he saw a tiny smile come across her face.
*
"This is Mr. Mop, and Mrs. Bucket!" he said, giving her a mop and bucket to Lisa, who sighed in disappointment, but then she smiled. "I should have expected that." then she knelt down and started scrubbing the floor. John stared at her in confusion.
"She's much different from Jimbo." he said to himself, and then he went back to the kitchens. Lisa looked back and watched him go.
When she was done, she sat over the edge of the boat and stared out into the space around her. She had never been this far out in space before. In fact, she hadn't even been off the ground. It was exciting, but part of her was scared too.
She reached into her pack that she had luckily remembered to grab before she left the restaurant, and pulled out a book. It was her Treasure Planet book. She opened it up and instantly a ship started flying from the pages, and a voice began to speak. This wasn't the original Treasure Planet book. It was the story of Jim, John, Dilbert, Amelia, and many others.
"Now you listen to me, James Hawkins." a voice emerged from the book and Lisa skipped pages. "You got the makings of greatness in you, but you got to take the helm and chart your own course. Stick to it, no matter the squalls! And when the time comes you get the chance to really test the cut of your sails, and show what you're made of, well, I hope I'm there catching some of the light coming off you that day."
Lisa smiled, then shut the book and whirled around in surprise as she saw John behind her. She stared at him for a while as he stared at her book, then she smiled. "Do you want to barrow it?"
John stared at it for a little while longer, then he took the book, then he laughed softly as he looked at it. "Perhaps I would like to barrow it."
"Then you may. As long as I get it back UNDAMAGED."
John laughed at looked at her with his weird eye, and winked with the other one.
*
Lisa took a deep breath before she lay down in her bed. In the morning, it would be just the beginning of her adventure. She didn't know when they'd reach Jim, but she was so excited she could hardly sleep. Instead she recited her favorite lines from her book until she fell asleep.
*
The next morning she was awakened by the sound of John walking around outside her bedroom door. She got up, since she was already awake, and went to follow him. She followed him all the way to the kitchen s where he was cooking breakfast. She was amazed as he used all the tools in his arm. She quietly came into the room and sat down.
"Awake all ready?" he said, cracking the eggs with one of his tools in his arm.
"I couldn't sleep much, then I just woke up so I decided to get up anyway. Did you read my book yet?"
"Yep. I remember the story perfectly. I can't wait to get back and see them."
"When will we get there?" she asked.
"A few days time." he answered.
Silver glanced at her. "You know......" he said slowly. "There might not be a BIG adventure once we get there. We're all just thinking about settling down, and having a nice visit. Like that's ever going to happen." he added, then he cleared his throat. "If you were searching for an adventure like in yer book, it may not come this easily."
"I know. At least I'd get to meet the people IN the book I read. How exciting it will be!" she said, smiling and rubbing her hands together. "And you never know what might happen with those pirates.
"True...." John said, taking out toast.
Lisa leaned on the table and started tapping her fingers, until breakfast was ready. Then when she was just about to take a bit she heard a crash outside and laughing of many people. she looked quizzically at John, who was racing outside.
"GET OFF OF MY SHIP!" she heard him yell.
Lisa sighed again after watching the restaurant disappear behind her. "Will they follow us?"
"Most likely." John answered.
"Then what do we do?"
"Don't worry about it, lassie. I'll blast them off with my arm, see?" John winked at her, and she smiled a little and looked back behind them. Then another thought came into her mind.
"Why are they after your loot?"
"Aye, secret loot, I'm telling yeh. Can't discuss with anybody else."
"Oh." she said, looking down at the floor. John slid a glance down at her.
"Ready to become a pirate?" he said, grinning, and her head snapped up, and he saw a tiny smile come across her face.
*
"This is Mr. Mop, and Mrs. Bucket!" he said, giving her a mop and bucket to Lisa, who sighed in disappointment, but then she smiled. "I should have expected that." then she knelt down and started scrubbing the floor. John stared at her in confusion.
"She's much different from Jimbo." he said to himself, and then he went back to the kitchens. Lisa looked back and watched him go.
When she was done, she sat over the edge of the boat and stared out into the space around her. She had never been this far out in space before. In fact, she hadn't even been off the ground. It was exciting, but part of her was scared too.
She reached into her pack that she had luckily remembered to grab before she left the restaurant, and pulled out a book. It was her Treasure Planet book. She opened it up and instantly a ship started flying from the pages, and a voice began to speak. This wasn't the original Treasure Planet book. It was the story of Jim, John, Dilbert, Amelia, and many others.
"Now you listen to me, James Hawkins." a voice emerged from the book and Lisa skipped pages. "You got the makings of greatness in you, but you got to take the helm and chart your own course. Stick to it, no matter the squalls! And when the time comes you get the chance to really test the cut of your sails, and show what you're made of, well, I hope I'm there catching some of the light coming off you that day."
Lisa smiled, then shut the book and whirled around in surprise as she saw John behind her. She stared at him for a while as he stared at her book, then she smiled. "Do you want to barrow it?"
John stared at it for a little while longer, then he took the book, then he laughed softly as he looked at it. "Perhaps I would like to barrow it."
"Then you may. As long as I get it back UNDAMAGED."
John laughed at looked at her with his weird eye, and winked with the other one.
*
Lisa took a deep breath before she lay down in her bed. In the morning, it would be just the beginning of her adventure. She didn't know when they'd reach Jim, but she was so excited she could hardly sleep. Instead she recited her favorite lines from her book until she fell asleep.
*
The next morning she was awakened by the sound of John walking around outside her bedroom door. She got up, since she was already awake, and went to follow him. She followed him all the way to the kitchen s where he was cooking breakfast. She was amazed as he used all the tools in his arm. She quietly came into the room and sat down.
"Awake all ready?" he said, cracking the eggs with one of his tools in his arm.
"I couldn't sleep much, then I just woke up so I decided to get up anyway. Did you read my book yet?"
"Yep. I remember the story perfectly. I can't wait to get back and see them."
"When will we get there?" she asked.
"A few days time." he answered.
Silver glanced at her. "You know......" he said slowly. "There might not be a BIG adventure once we get there. We're all just thinking about settling down, and having a nice visit. Like that's ever going to happen." he added, then he cleared his throat. "If you were searching for an adventure like in yer book, it may not come this easily."
"I know. At least I'd get to meet the people IN the book I read. How exciting it will be!" she said, smiling and rubbing her hands together. "And you never know what might happen with those pirates.
"True...." John said, taking out toast.
Lisa leaned on the table and started tapping her fingers, until breakfast was ready. Then when she was just about to take a bit she heard a crash outside and laughing of many people. she looked quizzically at John, who was racing outside.
"GET OFF OF MY SHIP!" she heard him yell.