"Captain! Land HO!" There came a stampede from inside the galley and
everyone rushed for the rail, where they took their first glance of
Treasure Planet.
"Raya...slept in late?" Braeden said suddenly from behind her. Raya turned and saw him leaning against the mast, smirking at her. Her fist clenched slightly.
"...Yes..." Raya said, warily. There was a commotion from behind them and they turned to see Jim running towards the captain's quarters.
"WE MOVE NOW!" Silver yelled.
A billowing black sail was being raised. She gasped went to run after Jim, but Braeden grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going, Raye?" He asked her as she struggled against him. She fought with all her might to get away from him, but he was too strong for her. She kicked him and his smirk vanished. "You're not going anywhere."
"Let go of me! Who said you could handle me like that?" Raya said, roughly. Her mind raced. She had to think quickly.
"Don't think you can talk to me like that." Braeden said, grabbing her by the scruff of her neck.
"I don't think—I know." She retorted. Braeden's eyes flashed and he pulled a gun out and put it against her head.
"You won't be thinkin' for long."
There was a small explosion and they saw a longboat launch off. Onboard were Captain Amelia, Dr. Doppler, and Jim.
"Bryant, take 'er and bind 'er, then bring 'er in the boat." Scroop ordered. Braeden put away his gun and took a length of rope and tied it around Raya tightly.
"Ropes really go with your style." He mocked. She glared at him.
"Where are you taking me?" She asked icily.
"We're going to follow your little friends and make sure that they don't get the treasure first." He mocked.
"You'll never find the treasure without a map."
"DUH! That's why we're going to kill them and then take it!" Oh no. No, no, no.
"Very well, then, but I should warn you that...nevermind..." Raya said, pretending that she was going to reveal to him important information.
"What?" Raya shook her head.
"It's really not all that important. Pirates won't care about that kind of stuff." She said. He glared at her.
"Bryant! What are you waiting for?" Another pirate yelled. Braeden grabbed her and dragged her off towards where the longboats were and threw her in.
"OY! Careful, boy!" Silver barked "Are ya tryin' to tip the boat over?" Braeden jumped into the boat beside Raya.
"What took you so long, Bryant?" Scroop said impatiently.
"This girl keeps talking crap."
"The only thing that's crap is your face." Raya snapped. Braeden made to slap her, but Silver's metal hand stopped him.
"There will be no harming a lady." He said calmly. "Besides, what's gonna keep you occupied?" The others laughed. Braeden turned a deep shade of red.
"The Captain's boat crashed somewhere around here." A thing called Flatbottoms said. That got everyone back to business.
"Right. Good aim there, Flats." Silver said. They landed shortly in a clear patch of land and then took their first step on Treasure Planet.
"Now, we need a plan. First, we see if they survived. If they are still alive, we—"
"We kill 'em and take the map." Scroop said, smashing some shrubbery nearby.
"Now stop right there you bug-eyed twit!" Silver said, his eye going red. "We find where they're at, and then we...compromise..."
"I'm not going to do it." Raya said firmly.
"You are if you want to live!"
"I don't want to live, then."
"Stupid girl!" Braeden slapped her across the face. Everyone froze. Raya didn't yelp, but looked at him, her eyes blazing with anger.
"You were a good actor. A filthy traitor, but a good actor." And with that, Raya tore the shell necklace from her neck and threw it at his face as hard as she could. Silver had on an unreadable expression, but then he said,
"Scroop, take her to the ship and shut her up. She's nothing but a problem."
Raya sat in the dark room, but not knowing what room she was in. In addition to where Braeden bound her, her wrists were bound tightly and were hurting. She had heard a few noises and sighed.
Let the rats get to me, she thought.
All of a sudden, the door burst open and Raya jumped. It was dark outside the room, also, so Raya couldn't see who it was, but she heard them breathing only a foot away from her. They bumped into her and she was slightly relieved to feel that they didn't have claws or eight legs. She stopped being relieved however when a gun was put to her head.
"Who's there?" The voice sounded young and male, but Raya hadn't really talked with him in a long time.
"Jim, it's Raya." The gun didn't move.
"Are you a pirate, too?"
"If I'm tied up? No." She felt him cutting the rope, and soon she was free.
"Follow me...and stay quiet." She did so, and he led her in the dark to who knows where. She heard scuttling above them. Suddenly, the lights came on and they saw Scroop right above them. Jim pushed Raya out of the way and then tried to shoot at Scroop, but he knocked his gun out of his hands. Scroop pinned Jim against the floor as Jim tried desperately to reach for it.
Raya took a breath and was about to lunge for it, but all of a sudden, all three of them were floating upwards. Jim's gun was floating away as well. Jim and Raya started to swim for it, but Scroop had difficulty maneuvering with his eight legs and crashed throught the sky lights. The gun started floating aloft.
"No." Jim muttered, scrambling after it. He was floating up towards the mast when Scroop began to scuttle after him with trouble. However, when he reached the mast, he gripped onto it firmly with all eight legs and began to climb up it. Jim was already at the top, holding onto the flag and trying to grab the gun, but it spun away.
Raya had gripped onto the edge of the sky light and watched all this in horror. She then saw, to her greatest terror, that Scroop was climbing up the mast towards Jim with an evil glint in his eyes. She glanced around. She needed to help, and quick...but she was too far away.
She then spotted a pipe attached to a beam two feet above her.
"It's this or nothing." She muttered, and then made a lunge for it...then realized too late that she had nothing else to hold on to. She kicked her foot downwards in hopes of catching the edge of the skylight again, but it only made her float higher. It was no use. She would float to her death...
Her eyes shut tight as she felt a chill wash over her. She shivered and took what she thought was her last breath, when all of a sudden she came crashing down through the skylight in the crew's quarters. Then it all finally came to darkness.
About half an hour later after Jim left the ship, another boat came and docked. He went on deck and frowned when he saw that it was in shambles. He had noticed earlier that the pirate flag was missing.
"Gosh." He muttered. "Scroop! Whaddya do?" There was no answer. He noticed that both of the skylights on the deck were destroyed. He smirked. The old devil probably got himself so drunk that he couldn't even walk. He walked to the crew's skylight and stopped dead at what he saw. He scrambled down the steps toward the battered body that lay at the bottom.
"Raya...slept in late?" Braeden said suddenly from behind her. Raya turned and saw him leaning against the mast, smirking at her. Her fist clenched slightly.
"...Yes..." Raya said, warily. There was a commotion from behind them and they turned to see Jim running towards the captain's quarters.
"WE MOVE NOW!" Silver yelled.
A billowing black sail was being raised. She gasped went to run after Jim, but Braeden grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going, Raye?" He asked her as she struggled against him. She fought with all her might to get away from him, but he was too strong for her. She kicked him and his smirk vanished. "You're not going anywhere."
"Let go of me! Who said you could handle me like that?" Raya said, roughly. Her mind raced. She had to think quickly.
"Don't think you can talk to me like that." Braeden said, grabbing her by the scruff of her neck.
"I don't think—I know." She retorted. Braeden's eyes flashed and he pulled a gun out and put it against her head.
"You won't be thinkin' for long."
There was a small explosion and they saw a longboat launch off. Onboard were Captain Amelia, Dr. Doppler, and Jim.
"Bryant, take 'er and bind 'er, then bring 'er in the boat." Scroop ordered. Braeden put away his gun and took a length of rope and tied it around Raya tightly.
"Ropes really go with your style." He mocked. She glared at him.
"Where are you taking me?" She asked icily.
"We're going to follow your little friends and make sure that they don't get the treasure first." He mocked.
"You'll never find the treasure without a map."
"DUH! That's why we're going to kill them and then take it!" Oh no. No, no, no.
"Very well, then, but I should warn you that...nevermind..." Raya said, pretending that she was going to reveal to him important information.
"What?" Raya shook her head.
"It's really not all that important. Pirates won't care about that kind of stuff." She said. He glared at her.
"Bryant! What are you waiting for?" Another pirate yelled. Braeden grabbed her and dragged her off towards where the longboats were and threw her in.
"OY! Careful, boy!" Silver barked "Are ya tryin' to tip the boat over?" Braeden jumped into the boat beside Raya.
"What took you so long, Bryant?" Scroop said impatiently.
"This girl keeps talking crap."
"The only thing that's crap is your face." Raya snapped. Braeden made to slap her, but Silver's metal hand stopped him.
"There will be no harming a lady." He said calmly. "Besides, what's gonna keep you occupied?" The others laughed. Braeden turned a deep shade of red.
"The Captain's boat crashed somewhere around here." A thing called Flatbottoms said. That got everyone back to business.
"Right. Good aim there, Flats." Silver said. They landed shortly in a clear patch of land and then took their first step on Treasure Planet.
"Now, we need a plan. First, we see if they survived. If they are still alive, we—"
"We kill 'em and take the map." Scroop said, smashing some shrubbery nearby.
"Now stop right there you bug-eyed twit!" Silver said, his eye going red. "We find where they're at, and then we...compromise..."
"I'm not going to do it." Raya said firmly.
"You are if you want to live!"
"I don't want to live, then."
"Stupid girl!" Braeden slapped her across the face. Everyone froze. Raya didn't yelp, but looked at him, her eyes blazing with anger.
"You were a good actor. A filthy traitor, but a good actor." And with that, Raya tore the shell necklace from her neck and threw it at his face as hard as she could. Silver had on an unreadable expression, but then he said,
"Scroop, take her to the ship and shut her up. She's nothing but a problem."
Raya sat in the dark room, but not knowing what room she was in. In addition to where Braeden bound her, her wrists were bound tightly and were hurting. She had heard a few noises and sighed.
Let the rats get to me, she thought.
All of a sudden, the door burst open and Raya jumped. It was dark outside the room, also, so Raya couldn't see who it was, but she heard them breathing only a foot away from her. They bumped into her and she was slightly relieved to feel that they didn't have claws or eight legs. She stopped being relieved however when a gun was put to her head.
"Who's there?" The voice sounded young and male, but Raya hadn't really talked with him in a long time.
"Jim, it's Raya." The gun didn't move.
"Are you a pirate, too?"
"If I'm tied up? No." She felt him cutting the rope, and soon she was free.
"Follow me...and stay quiet." She did so, and he led her in the dark to who knows where. She heard scuttling above them. Suddenly, the lights came on and they saw Scroop right above them. Jim pushed Raya out of the way and then tried to shoot at Scroop, but he knocked his gun out of his hands. Scroop pinned Jim against the floor as Jim tried desperately to reach for it.
Raya took a breath and was about to lunge for it, but all of a sudden, all three of them were floating upwards. Jim's gun was floating away as well. Jim and Raya started to swim for it, but Scroop had difficulty maneuvering with his eight legs and crashed throught the sky lights. The gun started floating aloft.
"No." Jim muttered, scrambling after it. He was floating up towards the mast when Scroop began to scuttle after him with trouble. However, when he reached the mast, he gripped onto it firmly with all eight legs and began to climb up it. Jim was already at the top, holding onto the flag and trying to grab the gun, but it spun away.
Raya had gripped onto the edge of the sky light and watched all this in horror. She then saw, to her greatest terror, that Scroop was climbing up the mast towards Jim with an evil glint in his eyes. She glanced around. She needed to help, and quick...but she was too far away.
She then spotted a pipe attached to a beam two feet above her.
"It's this or nothing." She muttered, and then made a lunge for it...then realized too late that she had nothing else to hold on to. She kicked her foot downwards in hopes of catching the edge of the skylight again, but it only made her float higher. It was no use. She would float to her death...
Her eyes shut tight as she felt a chill wash over her. She shivered and took what she thought was her last breath, when all of a sudden she came crashing down through the skylight in the crew's quarters. Then it all finally came to darkness.
About half an hour later after Jim left the ship, another boat came and docked. He went on deck and frowned when he saw that it was in shambles. He had noticed earlier that the pirate flag was missing.
"Gosh." He muttered. "Scroop! Whaddya do?" There was no answer. He noticed that both of the skylights on the deck were destroyed. He smirked. The old devil probably got himself so drunk that he couldn't even walk. He walked to the crew's skylight and stopped dead at what he saw. He scrambled down the steps toward the battered body that lay at the bottom.
