Same story-my computer isn't working, this update comes to you live from my sister's friend's house. Responses:
Pippin: Tiny Toons, eh? I loved that show. Enjoy, and don't fall off your seat!
Dreaming: Lol, shiver away.
Mermaid: Thanks.
Angel: lol, thanks.
TP-gurl: Don't say that. I'm sure your stories are fine. You just need to PERSEVERE! Haha, don't worry, and thanks.
Tally: Ah, the cuteness continues in this chappy, especially for Amelia/Doppler fans.
Fox: lol, sporadically indeed. Don't let the suspense get you, it's all ok in the end.
Anonymous: I'll tell you why I keep writing. TO PISS YOU OFF. It's damn funny.
Janna: My computer is terminally ill, haha. We'll see.
Queen Sarabi: Sorry I couldn't respond last week. Thank you for your review, and keep reading!
Okay, this chapter takes a few liberties towards the end, just to tie up some stuff from the movie. Hope it's okay. Enjoy!
A loud rumble filled the air.
Doppler and Amelia looked up. It was the first movement they had made in a long time. After all, there wasn't much more you could do when you were tied up and held captive.
Doppler sighed. That rumble meant something, something was happening. And he was missing it, here, trussed like a pig. It was pathetic. A testament to his ineptitude, as the captain would have put it.
The captain. He was most upset that he had proven so worthless to her. Here was a fine, intelligent, snappy woman who was worth ten of him. His efforts had failed her. Had he not financed the voyage they probably would have been better off without him. He wanted to apologize to her, explain. He owed her that.
"All my life I dreamed of an adventure like this," he found himself saying. "I'm just sorry I couldn't have been more helpful to you."
"Oh, don't be daft," Amelia replied. "You've been very helpful. Truly." Her voice had a sad, soft whisper to it.
"No. Don't say that to make me feel better," Doppler countered. He didn't want pity or sympathy. He wanted to explain, and apologize. No more.
Well...
When Amelia said nothing in reply, his exasperation built.
"I feel like such a useless weakling!" he sighed, and hid his face in his hands.
Doppler did a double take. His...hands?
The rope dangled loosely from his right arm, clearly improperly tied.
"With abnormally thin wrists!" he remarked.
A plan formed in a twinkling. He hid his freed hands, and called to the guard.
"Excuse me, brutish pirate."
He was met with a belch.
"Yes, you," he continued, unfazed, refined, "I have a question. Is it that your body is too massive for your teeny-tiny head, or that your head is too teeny-tiny for your big, fat body?"
Amelia raised her eyebrows.
The pirate did not absorb all of this, but could tell he had been insulted somehow. He covered the few steps between them in a second, grasping Doppler by the collar.
"I pummel you good!" he threatened.
"Yes, I'm sure you will, but before you do I have one more question..."
The wrong side of a laser pistol jabbed into the pirate's stomach. The other end was attached to Doppler's free hand.
"Is this yours?"
Only a few minutes later, the spot in the longboat that had been occupied by Doppler and Amelia was now being used by their ex-captor, now bound and gagged. Doppler and Amelia were looking through the trees for any signs of the others. They could very well follow, and weren't going to leave for the Legacy until Jim and Skye were safe and sound.
Amelia rubbed her wrists, wincing with the damage from her arm. Doppler looked over with compassion- she had been delirious only hours before, and was in no condition to be giving commands, but it had been her logic that kept Doppler from wandering into the forest to look for the teens. If only he had that kind of strength, that courage and ability.
Amelia let out a small gasp of pain. The rope had chafed her even through her captain's gloves, and Doppler took her hand.
"Stop touching it, it will only get worse." His padded, canine hand remained on her delicate feline wrist, but he looked into her eyes, now wide. She was surprised, he had such a gentle touch, and a soft brown gaze behind those spectacles.
"I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" came a voice from below.
It was BEN. Morph was with him. As per usual, he was still talking.
"Because look, I'm sorry if you were having, well, having a 'moment,' its so hard not to be walking into one thing or another; between you two and Jimmy and Skye, I'll be lucky if I'm not attacked by pirates before it happens again!"
Strangely enough, at that very moment, four pirates came bolting out of the forest screaming.
BEN reacted remarkably quick. Whether it was from his new-found memory or just involuntary surprise they didn't know, but BEN let out a shriek, and a large net exploded from a chest compartment, encasing the pirates and tangling them beyond movement.
Amelia and Doppler blinked.
BEN turned and said, "Now how about that? What did I tell ya', huh?"
Amelia smiled lightly, and instructed BEN to help get the pirates into the longboat.
"Speaking of boats, Jimmy says that we should get to the Legacy about now, considering the planet is going to blow up and all," BEN chirped.
Nearby, fissures in the ground began to separate, and red heat from the core emanated up as the vegetation fell in or wilted way, no more than burned mold.
Doppler looked to Amelia and said, "Well. Looks like we're following cabin boy's orders."
"And girl's," Amelia added, turning to see BEN hoist the last of the pirates in. Doppler took the helm of the longboat, and the two sailors, a robot, a morph, and five bound pirates set off to the Legacy, in hopes of helping the two teens miles below their feet.
Pippin: Tiny Toons, eh? I loved that show. Enjoy, and don't fall off your seat!
Dreaming: Lol, shiver away.
Mermaid: Thanks.
Angel: lol, thanks.
TP-gurl: Don't say that. I'm sure your stories are fine. You just need to PERSEVERE! Haha, don't worry, and thanks.
Tally: Ah, the cuteness continues in this chappy, especially for Amelia/Doppler fans.
Fox: lol, sporadically indeed. Don't let the suspense get you, it's all ok in the end.
Anonymous: I'll tell you why I keep writing. TO PISS YOU OFF. It's damn funny.
Janna: My computer is terminally ill, haha. We'll see.
Queen Sarabi: Sorry I couldn't respond last week. Thank you for your review, and keep reading!
Okay, this chapter takes a few liberties towards the end, just to tie up some stuff from the movie. Hope it's okay. Enjoy!
A loud rumble filled the air.
Doppler and Amelia looked up. It was the first movement they had made in a long time. After all, there wasn't much more you could do when you were tied up and held captive.
Doppler sighed. That rumble meant something, something was happening. And he was missing it, here, trussed like a pig. It was pathetic. A testament to his ineptitude, as the captain would have put it.
The captain. He was most upset that he had proven so worthless to her. Here was a fine, intelligent, snappy woman who was worth ten of him. His efforts had failed her. Had he not financed the voyage they probably would have been better off without him. He wanted to apologize to her, explain. He owed her that.
"All my life I dreamed of an adventure like this," he found himself saying. "I'm just sorry I couldn't have been more helpful to you."
"Oh, don't be daft," Amelia replied. "You've been very helpful. Truly." Her voice had a sad, soft whisper to it.
"No. Don't say that to make me feel better," Doppler countered. He didn't want pity or sympathy. He wanted to explain, and apologize. No more.
Well...
When Amelia said nothing in reply, his exasperation built.
"I feel like such a useless weakling!" he sighed, and hid his face in his hands.
Doppler did a double take. His...hands?
The rope dangled loosely from his right arm, clearly improperly tied.
"With abnormally thin wrists!" he remarked.
A plan formed in a twinkling. He hid his freed hands, and called to the guard.
"Excuse me, brutish pirate."
He was met with a belch.
"Yes, you," he continued, unfazed, refined, "I have a question. Is it that your body is too massive for your teeny-tiny head, or that your head is too teeny-tiny for your big, fat body?"
Amelia raised her eyebrows.
The pirate did not absorb all of this, but could tell he had been insulted somehow. He covered the few steps between them in a second, grasping Doppler by the collar.
"I pummel you good!" he threatened.
"Yes, I'm sure you will, but before you do I have one more question..."
The wrong side of a laser pistol jabbed into the pirate's stomach. The other end was attached to Doppler's free hand.
"Is this yours?"
Only a few minutes later, the spot in the longboat that had been occupied by Doppler and Amelia was now being used by their ex-captor, now bound and gagged. Doppler and Amelia were looking through the trees for any signs of the others. They could very well follow, and weren't going to leave for the Legacy until Jim and Skye were safe and sound.
Amelia rubbed her wrists, wincing with the damage from her arm. Doppler looked over with compassion- she had been delirious only hours before, and was in no condition to be giving commands, but it had been her logic that kept Doppler from wandering into the forest to look for the teens. If only he had that kind of strength, that courage and ability.
Amelia let out a small gasp of pain. The rope had chafed her even through her captain's gloves, and Doppler took her hand.
"Stop touching it, it will only get worse." His padded, canine hand remained on her delicate feline wrist, but he looked into her eyes, now wide. She was surprised, he had such a gentle touch, and a soft brown gaze behind those spectacles.
"I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" came a voice from below.
It was BEN. Morph was with him. As per usual, he was still talking.
"Because look, I'm sorry if you were having, well, having a 'moment,' its so hard not to be walking into one thing or another; between you two and Jimmy and Skye, I'll be lucky if I'm not attacked by pirates before it happens again!"
Strangely enough, at that very moment, four pirates came bolting out of the forest screaming.
BEN reacted remarkably quick. Whether it was from his new-found memory or just involuntary surprise they didn't know, but BEN let out a shriek, and a large net exploded from a chest compartment, encasing the pirates and tangling them beyond movement.
Amelia and Doppler blinked.
BEN turned and said, "Now how about that? What did I tell ya', huh?"
Amelia smiled lightly, and instructed BEN to help get the pirates into the longboat.
"Speaking of boats, Jimmy says that we should get to the Legacy about now, considering the planet is going to blow up and all," BEN chirped.
Nearby, fissures in the ground began to separate, and red heat from the core emanated up as the vegetation fell in or wilted way, no more than burned mold.
Doppler looked to Amelia and said, "Well. Looks like we're following cabin boy's orders."
"And girl's," Amelia added, turning to see BEN hoist the last of the pirates in. Doppler took the helm of the longboat, and the two sailors, a robot, a morph, and five bound pirates set off to the Legacy, in hopes of helping the two teens miles below their feet.