"Is Madison mad at you or something," Bella asked Alex the next day during breakfast.
They had taken refuge away from the others in the crows next.
"I don't know," Alex replied glumly, "first she was all friendly with me and now it seems I am the enemy. She says I spend too much time with the Captain and…."
"Well Alex you do…but that's beside the point. Mad does what she does cause she's afraid of the captain getting hurt."
"What?"
"Yeah, Madison feels kind of protective of the captain. She had no problems with me cause he never really paid that type of attention to me," Bella said.
"What type?" questioned Alex," all we do I play chess together and maybe the occasional meal."
"yeah, but you also have long conversations and he lets you call him by his given name…he calls you by your given name."
"You were listening!"
"Not me!" exclaimed Bella throwing up her hands in defense," Madison over heard you talking a day or two ago and told me. I mean she was furious. She's been on this ship longer than either of us and she has never been able to call the Captain by his given name. None of us has, but she's like his most trusted official other then Smee, and you have just move in on her territory."
"But why be mad at me? I can exactly help it. Besides it what the captain wants." Replied Alex.
"yeah and probably what you wan too," Bella said under her breath, then much louder," well she can't be mad at the Captain so she needs to vent on something. Since you're the source…"
"Still that gives her no reason," Alex stood up angrily.
"Hey where are you going?"
"To cool off and do some…" but Alex never finished what she was going to say as a roosters crow filled the air.
"Peter Pan!" Bella shouted," Captain its Peter Pan!" she then reached out to grab Alex's wrist as she nearly toppled when she was startled by the yelling. Although she didn't have to worry about the Captain no hearing her as the boys took up the yell below.
"Hey their cheering my name," Peter said grinning form ear to ear.
"That's because you crowed Peter," Krystal flew beside him.
"I thought this was suppose to be a sneak attack," said Cloey
"yeah !" put in Mary," we're were suppose to surprise them not make ourselves known."
"The lost boys are going to surprise them silly," said Sarah smiling just as big as Peter. She was absolutely loving this.
"Yeah, we're just the distraction," said Peter happy that at least someone realize his great plan.
It wasn't long before the fight between Pirates and lost boys began. Well almost all the pirates. Alex was sitting on the railing the look on her face discouraging the lost boys from touching her completely.
Krystal was too busy looking for Alex to fight and had eventually pulled Mary, Cloey, and Sarah to help her. Soon after getting herself captured.
"I advise you to give up Pan, we've got a friends of yours." Hook had all four girls tied up and his sword was at Krystal's throat.
"Krystal," peter exclaimed showing not much remorse for the other girls who had been captured as well," LET HER GO HOOK!"
"Not until you surrender Pan"
"Never," shouted peter charging at Hook.
"STOP!"
Everyone come to a complete stand still. Lost boys with their blades still crossed with pirates, the girls still struggling and Peter in mid air as Alex command hung in the air.
"Morgan what is the meaning of this!" growled Hook breaking the silence.
"As much as I like being a pirate, I will not let my friends be harmed in any way. Their younger than me and my responsibility. They won't be hurt because of some silly grudge you hold against a silly, cocky little boy!"
"How dare you speak to me that way!" Hook roared.
Off to the side Madison smiled. She was more than happy to see the two quarreling.
"I'll speak to you any damn way I please!" Alex shouted back," you are not and never will be the boss of me!."
"Might I remind you Miss Morgan, you have become one of my crew and you will follow my orders!"
"well if your orders are for me to back down while you hold my friends at sword point. Those sword aren't fake. I don't care how good a swordsmen you are, but your hand could slip and you could kill her." She was breathing hard now, full of anger at Hook for daring to do anything to the people who were close to her.
She strode over to hook and without batting an eye cut the girls binds.
"Tinkerbelle. I know you're here. Your never far from Pan. You should happy to know that its is time for us to leave and the only way we can is with your Pixie dust."
Out of nowhere came Tinkerbelle. She covered the girls in her magic dust.
"You can't go!" said Peter speaking for the first time. Captain Hook himself was too stunned and angry to speak. Krystal found herself torn, but as the others lifted off the ground not daring to speak back to the angered Alex she had little choice in the matter.
She didn't know her friend Alex, was just as torn, but too angry and 'responsible' to let her feelings rule. Sadly her one happy thought was to become her saddest.
They would find their way home. This was the end of their adventures in Neverland.