The trip goes on
Arrow resumed telling his story once again, and everybody looked at him. "Well, I was with Freddy…at least until my ship had to continue its voyage. We sailed on, without seeing a planet for six long weeks. Finally, at long last, we came to Kakinatoka 2, and I left the ship.
"Kakinatoka is only a little planet, with lots of bodies of water. It looked like the planet Earth before it died when its sun went supernova. I bought myself a small house, and lived there for ten years.
"That was until one day, in this little pub, The Running Tiger, I heard a group of fixas(30 human, 70 fox) talking about those that had discovered Treasure Planet were now living on the planet Montressor. I made my way to the spaceport and asked whether any ship might be heading to Montressor. After a great deal of searching, I came across a ship that was going to Montressor to pick up some cargo. I came across some spacers that let me tag along with them to the spaceport. So, after a few days, I was made my way here to Montressor. I made arrangements for a ship to take me down to the planet, and that's when I heard that familiar female voice, and soon I discovered that my oldest friend was now a wife and a mother."
He grinned, looked over at Amelia, and finished his story, "And, the rest you know."
"Yes, I suppose we do," Amelia said while scratching her right hand with her left.
"So, that's the story then?" Amelia's black-haired girl said to Arrow.
"Well, almost," Arrow said. "I was wondering if any of you might know of a place---not too far from here, mind--- where I could find myself a home?"
Amelia looked over at Delbert. "Well, our next-door neighbors are in the process of moving. I believe we could arrange a meeting," he replied, arching an eyebrow.
"Great! I will come and visit you in the morning then," Arrow said.
Sarah looked at the clock on the wall. "My word! It's after three in the morning," she said. Silver and Jim got to their feet wearily, and Jim said sleepily to Arrow, "See ya tomorrow, Arrow." He headed blearily for his bed.
"We
have to get moving as well,"
Delbert said and getting up and
helping his children get ready to go home.
Amelia gave Arrow one last hug, while saying to him, "It has been great see you again, Sylvester, old friend."
"Good night, Katherine," he said and continued, "Don't let the bed bugs bite."
"That's rather droll, old man," she said with a little grin, "It's not the bed bugs I'm worrying about, it's these blasted fleas!" With that, she and Delbert made their way out the door, their four children in tow.
"Bye, Arrow!" the four teens yelled.
Silver headed for his room, when Arrow stopped him, saying, "I hope you realize how very lucky you were, right?"
"Now, what be makin' yeh say that, Mr. Arrow, sir?" Silver asked while looking over at Arrow curiously.
"Until tonight, Amelia has never shown a pirate any mercy, none whatsoever. She's never given a single pirate any chance to get away from her."
"Ah, so I'd heard, Mr. Arrow. Might I ask you why not?" Silver asked, more than a little startled.
"Her parents was killed during a pirate raid when she was naught but fifteen years old. She was with her mother and father aboard the ship, and before you could count to five, the pirates swarmed aboard and attacked without mercy. When Amelia saw her father and mother die on board that ship, she picked up a sword and began to attack the pirates straightaway. Amazingly enough, she got the ship to the nearest spaceport and let everyone know what had happened.
"Well, after that, she have never trusted a pirate. Never showed them one ounce of mercy. If I were you, Silver, tomorrow I'd be sure of leaving early. Remember that Amelia said that she wasn't going to summon the authorities during the telling of my story. But, tomorrow, I wouldn't be so sure."
"Aye, I be thinkin' you're right," Silver said, shaking his head. He yawned and turned to go off to bed. "Good night, Mr. Arrow, sir," he said turning back a moment, and then left.