Note - I tried to see if it worked to edit the first chapter, but I didn't manage to do it! So I just tell you here! So AlenaRivendell, who BETA read my story said that the best thing would maybe be to change the story into past. The last chapter was supposed to be in present! I know it may be a little messy and I am SO sorry, but I hope it's more right now! Thank you AlenaRivendell!

And one more thing. There is a part longer down that I have taken from what I think is a deleted scene from the movie and wich is a part of the King Kong novelle (Minor spoiler: About theres no such thing as a slow death...)


2 - Arriving

"Land in sight!" Jimmy yelled on the top of his lungs from where he stood in the ships' crows nest. A man quickly signaled him to tell him that Englehorn had gotten the message. The young lad leaned forward on his elbows at the railing around the little nest. He didn't know what to think at the sight of the massive shape of New York in the distant. Some part of him is ready to set his feet on firm ground while another don't want to leave the ship.

The sky was clothed in a dark purple/red haze as the sun set behind the Empire State Building and the Venture finally was ready to connect with the harbour. "Oh! Finally some land in sight!" Baxter said strolling out of the bridge with Ann, Preston and Carl as they watched the buildings tower over them. Jimmy climbed down from the crows nest, clutching Heart of Darkness to his chest as he landed with a slight thud.

"You're ready?" Jimmy looked up as Jack came to stand beside him at the harbour. The Venture was safe at harbour and Jimmy had been sitting against a wall, watching a massive crowd gather in front of the ship. People from magazines, police, theaters and movie makers were all surrounding Carl Denham while he held a speech which made everyone of the surviving crew feel slight hatred towards him. "Jimmy?" Jack shook him by the shoulder to get his attention. "Yes, sir. I… think I'm ready…" he said and stood up. He followed Mr. Driscoll through the crowd and toward a yellow cab. He turned around one last time and caught Captain Englehorns attention. Englehorn gave his sign of approval and turned away. Jimmy had agreed to follow Jack Driscoll's advice and stay with him a while. But for every step he took away from the Venture his pulse is accelerated.

They both sat in silence as the cab found its way through the enormous city. Now and then, Jack would look over at Jimmy who sat very tensely behind the driver and looked out the window. "Are you…" Jimmy turned his head to look at Jack. "…sure if you're welcome?" the writer continued Jimmys' question. "Yes, Jimmy. I'm sure. It's the fifth time you ask…" Jack looked out the window as the car stopped. "I'm Sorry, Mr. Driscoll" Jimmy got out of the cab and stood looking up at the soaring building.

"Welcome home" Jack opened the door to his apartment and let Jimmy in first. There was one huge room with several doors leading into other rooms. It was quite messy but still cozy. "Oh. Didn't remember it being so messy when I left" Jack scratched his head and threw his bag at a chair. Jack turned the lights on and cleaned the stuff away. Ten minutes later it looked much better… And Jimmy still stood in the doorway. "You can come in you know" Jack walked over to the quiet boy and lead him through the house.

It didn't take more then an hour before Jimmy fell asleep on a big chair by the window. Jack draped a blanket over his young friend before he went to bed himself. The passing days were mostly spend inside Jacks apartment for Jimmy, but the third day Jack convinced him to come with him to a theater to check out how Carl Denhams' King Kong: Eight Wonder of the World was going. "You're on his side on this?" Jimmy asked as he tried to keep up to with Jack through the through the busy streets of New York City. "His side of what?" Jack asked back. "You know… All this Kong … stuff" Jimmy muttered some words under his breath as he tried to keep up with Jack, tired of running after the taller guy. "Well… No, but it's nothing I can do about it really" Jack stopped to wait for Jimmy who now was having real problems on keeping up. "Why are we going there then?" he asked and places a hand on top of his hat to keep it from falling off. "Well… I hope to maybe meet on some of the others from the crew" Jack laid his arm around Jimmys' shoulders and lead him inside the theater. "Why?" Jimmy asked and Jack laughed a little. "Why not? Have anyone ever told you that you ask a lot?" he smiles in a friendly manner at the boy who blushes. "Hayes kept saying I must have some kind of mouth diarrhea" Jimmy said quietly as they walked up some stairs. Jack broke out laughing and clapped Jimmy on the back. "He said something there…" he giggled and smiled happily when Jimmy showed a rare smile.

"Well Jack. I see you had to come and take a look" Carl came strolling over the stage in the huge hall when Jack and Jimmy entered. "Uhm. Yeah" is all Jack said and looked around the hall. "As you can see, I've gotten people very interested in Kong. Two weeks and we'll be ready for the premiere of Kong: The Eight Wonder of the World!" Carl raised his voice and arms, like he expected to get some applause. Instead he lowered his arms to some coughs and weird looks.

"Anyway, may I speak to you alone, Jack?" Carl looked at the taller man before he shifted his eyes over to the young sailor who looked amazed around in the room. "Uhm sure. Jimmy?" Jack received a little nod from the boy and walked away with Carl.

"Jimmy?" Ann made her way through the rows and rows of chairs towards the stage. "Hey" Jimmy stood with his hands in his pockets, looking very small on the huge stage. Jimmy have no idea what to do when Ann came over to him and wrapped her arms around him. Holding him in for a hug. Ann suddenly pulled away a little and look at the big, blue eyes staring at her. "I'm Sorry" she said and then hid her mouth with her hands. "It's okay. I'm just not used to… you know…hugs" Jimmy mumbled and had to laugh a little at the embarrassed look on Anns' face. "I'm so Sorry!" she was completely red on her cheeks. Jimmy took of his hat and scratched his head nervously before he placed it back on. Ann just looked at him with a sad look on her face. It wasn't normal for a kid to be so unused to closeness.

"Ann?" Carls' voice made the two jump around to see the owner of the voice and Jack coming over to them. Ann and Jack shared a silent eye contact before she looked away. "Miss Darrow. I have an offer. What do you say to be our heroine at this fantastic show? I will pay you loads" Carl informed and looked at the blond, beautiful woman. "No, Mr. Denham. I cannot do that. I'm not going to help you anymore with this… this awful things you do for success" Ann swallowed and looks at Carl with a cold gaze. She turned to leave, but laid a hand on Jimmys' shoulder before she leaved the theater.

The three guys stood in a weird silence before Carl broke it. "So Jimmy. How is it to be here among other people then seafolks?" Jimmy lifted an eyebrow at the unexpected attention from the movie maker. "What?" Jimmy looked at Carl with a awkward glance. "It's sad how my movie got ruined…" Carl ignored Jimmy and turned to Jack, "I mean, who wouldn't have paid to see a giant monkey go wild on a sailor?" Carl stopped when he realized that the moment for that comment couldn't have been worse. Both Jack and Carl turned to see Jimmy get a furious look on his face. "What the hell is wrong with you!" he screamed and tears run down his cheeks. "Jimmy" Jack stepped forward to stop him from running away. "Let go of me!" he pushed Jacks arms away from him with a strength only anger could posses. Jack let go of the boy as if he had gotten burned. Jimmy looked at Carl with a disgusted look on his face before he stormed off. Jack swallowed hard and turned to look at Carl. "What on earth did you do that for!" it was his turn to get angry and Carl raised his hands. "I'm really Sorry. I didn't mean it like that" Carl looked somewhat regretful, but Jack didn't really belive a word of anything this guy was saying any longer.

Jimmy walked through the golden hallways and down the stairs, heading for the main entrance. "Jimmy, wait!" Jack came down the stairs after him before the boy could vanish into the chaotic city. Jimmy kept his gaze at the floor so he didn't meet any other pair of eyes. "Can we just leave" Jimmy whispered and Jack just nodded before they walked out into the busy city.

Later that evening they had settled down in the apartment again and Jack had found his normal place behind the typing-machine. He suddenly heard a groan from the kitchen followed by a sound of breaking glass. Jack stormed up and ran to the other room where he found Jimmy sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall while tugging his arm to his chest. Around him was billions of pieces from a glass. "Jimmy? What happened?" Jack kneeled beside the lad and tried to pull his arm away to look at it, but without much luck. "Jimmy?" Jack lifted the boys' head and saw tears streaming down his face. "Let me look!" he finally managed to get a look at the arm and blood streaming out some cuts. "I'm Sorry" Jimmy sobbed over and over again as Jack hurried to clean the wounds and cover it with a towel.

"Now tell me what happened" Jack helped Jimmy up and stepped over the shattered glass. "What about…" Jimmy pointed at the kitchen. "I'll take care of that" Jack could feel the body of the young boy shiver under his arms and the tears were still running. "I'm Sorry, Mr. Driscoll. The glass just slipped out of my hands…" Jimmy sat down and buried his face in his hands. Jack didn't say anything, but settled down beside him and rubbed his back.

They sat in the silence for a very long time before Jack dared to ask. "There is something that bothers you…" Jimmy lifted his head a little and looked oddly at Jack. "Really? I've lost the only person I ever trusted. That's what bothers me" Jimmys' voice was hoarse and unsteady. "I mean before… Something must have happened with you. Hayes told me he had found you on the Venture four years ago. With broken arm and wild like an…" Jack stopped when Jimmy looked at him sharply. "I'm not going to tell you, Mr. Driscoll. And I can't either" the boy took a deep breath and then relaxed again. "I didn't even tell Mr. Hayes even when he asked me so many times. How can I tell you when I didn't tell him?" he looked at Jack with sad eyes before he looked away again. "Well you need help, Jimmy" Jack said before Jimmy went into the room he borrowed. "Maybe one day" he said with a tiny little smile and Jack hoped it world be soon.

The one week passed slowly and soon came the second and Jack took Jimmy to the harbour one day. "Why are we here Mr. Driscoll?" Jimmy asked as he sat down by the end of a dock, with his legs dangling. "Nothing special really. Just thought you maybe would like to feel the air from the ocean again" Jack could't really find himself sitting on the dock so he seated himself on a bench two meters away from Jimmy.

"I think you took me here in hope to get me to speak…" Jimmy said as he followed a passing bird with his eyes. "Well… you're good" Jack coughed embarrassed while he looked at the back of Jimmys' blue shirt and the dark blond hair sticking out under the dark blue hat he rarely took off.

"On our way to Skull Island…" Jimmys' voice made Jack look up. "You and Carl were disgussing something about killing off the first mate in his movie…" he continued. Jimmy peeked over his shoulder and could see that the writer was listning carefully. He stood up and walked slowly over to the bench to sit beside him. "You said that he would kill him off by stabbing him in the back with a knife. And Carl said something about the first mate screaming and bleeding alot from the wound…" Jimmy looked at Jack. "And you told us that there were no such thing as a slow death…" Jack tried to see where this were going. "A person wouldn't be able to scream if he got stabbed in the back with a knife. Neither would he bleed alot…" Jimmy looked at his hands as they both sat in silence.

"I always wondered how you could know that and at all describe it that well" Jack said, hoping he would get the answer now. Jimmy opend his mouth, but nothing came out. "I… I saw something" he whispered and swallowed. Jack could see that Jimmy was having trouble with telling and knew now he was about to know something Mr. Hayes never got to know. "I was witness to some people killing a friend… like that" Jimmy leaned forward and hid his face in his hands. Jack placed a hand on his back to reasure him that he was there. "I don't know why it happend. Me and my friend tried to find something to eat. I hid somewhere while my friend tried to steal some bread. I heard some noise and saw that some guys took my friend with the stolen bread and began attacking him…" Jimmy looked up at Jack with his full of tears. "One of them pulled out a knife and… killed him… He died before I could do anything" the tears began running and Jimmy seemed unsure what to do. Jack felt a lump in his throat and brought the lad into his embrace. "I'm so sorry" Jack held the boy in a firm grip as he sobbed.

"May I ask how you ended up at the Venture?" Jack asked as Jimmy had collected himself a bit. "Well… I ran up to my friend, but the guys stopped me. One of them picked up an iron-pole and hit me with it. They hit me many times before they were going to finish me by hitting me in the head…" Jimmy looked down again and clutched his left arm. "I tried to defend myself with my arm. They didn't manage to kill me, but they broke my arm…" Jimmy explained. "In two places?" Jack asked and Jimmy nodded. "I don't remember much though, but they pulled me up and took me somewhere. We were not far away from a harbour when they tried to kill me again, but I managed to get away from them. I just ran wherever I automaticly came and ended up in front of a ship tied to the harbour. Which was the Venture. They came after me and somehow I managed to get myself onboard unnoticed" Jimmy stood up and looked in the direction of Jacks' apartment. "Can we go back?" he asked and Jack nodded.

"How long did you stay on the ship before Hayes found you?" Jack asked when they had gotten back to the apartment. None of them had said much on the way back home except a little about Carls' premiere the next day. "I don't know. I hid in one of the cages and stayed there a good while I think. When Mr. Hayes found me the ship was out on the sea, so It must have been a while" Jimmy peeked up from Heart of Darkness. "I thought he was going to hurt me more, but instead he tried to help me. I didn't dare to leave the cage so Captain Englehorn ordered Lumpy and Choy to get me out" he looked out the window and down at the busy streets below.

"Hayes told me that you were wilder then most of the animals on board" Jack sat leaning back on a chair, listning carefully. "I was scared, Mr. Driscoll. Lumpy and Choy dragged me out of the cage for Mr. Hayes and Captain Englehorn to see who I was. Choy kept holding onto my broken arm. It hurt like mad. I tried to get lose, but they kept holding me. Then Mr. Hayes wanted them to let go of me. He was appearently the only one who saw that my arm was broken…" Jimmy made a grimase when he thought back at the situation. "Then what?" Jack asked curiously. "I don't know what happend. The next thing I know I woke up in a bed on a little room on the ship. My arm had been bandaged and Hayes told me I had passed out" Jimmy bit his nails nervously and looked at Jack. "Theres more to the story Mr. Driscoll, but I can't tell you more. I've told you something I never told Mr. Hayes. I feel… rotten" Jimmy looked at Jack with two broken, blue eyes. "Don't do that, Jimmy. I think Hayes would have been proud of you to finally open up a little" Jack smiled friendly at his friend.

"Are you going to see Carls' show tomorrow?" Jimmy asked to get away from the unpleasant subject. "I don't know really. I got to check out another theater, but maybe I'll come later on. What about you? You know how to get there now. I'm sure Prestons' going to be there" Jack infomed and Jimmy just nodded. "We'll see…" Jimmy mumbled and fell asleep pretty soon.


I hope you enjoyed it! Nervous