I've decided that I'm going to update every Saturday instead of every Sunday, mostly because I can't wait that long! Haha, here's the responses for THIS weeks update:
Shatter Glass: I'm glad you like it! I'm now on 4 people's fav stories list lol.
Abby/Angie: Again, thanks for reviewing! And yes, I did cut out most of Delbert's speech, b/c in the movie all it did was establish his character as a friend, and we already knew who and what he was, so it wasn't really necessary. But good eye for detail!
Sirius Black 1007: It's AMAZING idea, huh? Wow, I'm so honored! No, I really am. I did my homework and looked around at what other people were doing along the lines of females on the ship or added characters, and they're mostly just crew members of the Legacy...but I figured this will have a different angle, as you'll see later on in the story. So, enjoy, and keep reviewing!
Dreamingofflyingaway: Oh believe me, the Silver scene is great. And good luck with your homework!
Tallemera Rane: You learn something new every day, huh? Yes, SOLAR surfers use the sun. Haha, it's ok. I won't make fun of you...as long as you continue reviewing!
YokianKim: Yup, the movie was cool, this is gonna get SO good later on. Thanks for your review!
And like I've said, this may not seem too...well, original, since I'm using a lot of the dialogue from the movie, but I think it's going to be seriously different later, I'm gonna add scenes and stuff, plus the whole thing w/ Silver, and of course the eventual romance...well, you'll see. So stick around, and enjoy!
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Later that evening, Skye climbed out the second-floor window, and sat next to Jim on the roof. Whenever either one was brooding, tired, or just needed to be alone, they came out here, and sooner or later the other would join them. It offered a wonderful view of the docks, which was part of the reason they liked it so much. The other was its potential for eavesdropping.
Jim was pitching pebbles against the tin stovepipe when Skye sat down, and they remained in silence for several minutes. This silence was broken only by the occasional rumble of thunder, but eventually two voices floated up from the dining room below.
"I really don't know how you manage it, Sarah," Dr. Doppler's voice began. "Trying to run a business while raising a felon...ah, fellow...like Jim."
"Managing it? I'm at the end of my rope." Sarah replied. "Ever since his father left, well, Jim's just never recovered. I'm sure having Skye around has helped him some, but she's just as headstrong as he is. And you know how smart they both are- Jim built his first solar surfer when he was eight! And yet he is failing at school, he's constantly in trouble, and when I talk to him, he's like a stranger to me. I don't know, Delbert, I've tried everything-"
But if she really had tried everything, Jim and Skye never found out. At that moment, a damaged ship thundered overhead, sputtered loudly, and came to a crash at the docks.
Jim slid off the roof and hit the ground, with Skye following behind. When Skye's long skirt snagged and caught the roof on the way down, she grabbed the whole thing up in one arm, revealing pants beneath. She ran much faster now and caught up with Jim at the strange spaceship.
"Hey mister? You're okay in there, right?" Jim pounded on the glass window, and a clawed hand grabbed up from the other side. Jim jumped back in surprise.
The window opened outward, revealing it to be a door, and a tortoise-like creature fell out amidst the smoke from within, dragging with him a large sea-chest. Coughing, he addressed Jim and Skye.
"He's a-coming. Can you hear him?" He grabbed Jim's shirt and pulled him at this question. "Those gears and gyros clickin' and whirrin' like the Devil himself?" He coughed again and turned back to his chest.
"Hit your head there pretty hard, huh?" Skye commented.
"He's after me chest- that fiendish cyborg and his band of cutthroats," the sailor muttered as he swung the chest up on his shoulder. "But they'll have to pry it from Billy Bones' cold dead fingers afore I-" He was interrupted by a coughing, wheezing fit and was thrown onto the ground.
"Oh, my-" Jim looked at Skye, who had rushed over to help Billy Bones up, but was struggling under his weight.
"Come on, give me your other arm," Jim said, and took most of Billy Bones' weight on his right side, with Skye carrying the chest and steadying him on the left.
A crash of thunder from the beginning rain almost drowned out Skye's words as they made their way up to the Benbow Inn-
"Your mom's gonna love this."