Authors Note: Yay! The first real chapter with Silver in it! - Finally! XD Next fanfic I won't make it so long to get to him -- This chapter was super hard to do. Not because I was gone all spring break and was at New York with no laptop. (Cause my daddy won't buy me one) But also because I find Silver's character extremely hard to do. Even though I've been a Silver fan since the movie came out in 2002, he is still a complex character for me to do. And...I'm making this way to hard on myself aren't I! XD Anyway I tried this chapter to the best of my ability, hope you like it. - To all who reviewed: Thank you bunches huggies - I will exclude Davie from this chapter but he'll be in the next one! Just remember, he is in Jim's bag watching and listening intently the whole time.
Chapter 5: The salty cyborg returns
Jim wasn't close enough to Silver that Silver didn't actually notice Jim was there, but Jim could tell even from afar distance it was Silver, no doubt about that. Jim just stood there for a moment, not sure what to do. He glanced over at Morph for a brief second, but he just realized Morph was no longer there! He looked in front of him and Morph was already racing towards his old master. "Morph!" Jim chased after him.
It didn't take that long for Morph to reach Silver. Morph zoomed up to Silver's cheek, nuzzled and licked him affectionately all over. This caught Silver by surprise. "Morphie?" Silver cried in astonishment. Morph cooed happily and nuzzled all over Silver some more. Silver laughed, he looked around. "Where's.." Silver didn't have to finish his sentence, he spotted Jim making his way down to where Silver and Morph were. "Jimbo?" Silver chuckled.
When Jim reached Silver he stopped right in front of him. The two old friends looked at each other for quite some time until Jim suddenly thrust himself into the old cyborg's arms. "Silver!" Silver hugged Jim back and smiled. "Now, ya' didn't tink I'd forgotten 'bout ya' already!" Silver joked. Jim laughed. Jim started to speak but he had so many things to say and they all got mixed up in his mouth. "Silver, What-when...How...I thought...why..." Silver laughed. "Slow down lad, I'll 'splain everything back at me boat." Jim nodded and followed Silver down to the docks.
As they were walking Jim looked up at Silver again and the shock wore off by now so he could work out what he wanted to say. "Silver, what are you doing here?"
Silver spoke but he didn't look at Jim. "Well...ta' make a long story short, let's jus' say th' rusted longboat crash-landed on Montressor Spaceport." There was a hint of anger in his voice. There was a brief pause until Jim said, "The authorities?" Jim asked uneasily. Silver still didn't look at Jim. "Yeah. Blasted Idiots." Silver mumbled. Jim looked slightly guilty. Silver glanced over at him.
"Now don' act like that! Not yer fault! Besides, I havn't seen a Montressor Cop in a long time!" Silver then paused. "Fact, I don't tink I've seen one since I left the Legacy. What's keeping 'em!" Silver joked.
Jim chuckled at this and Morph busted out laughing. Silver looked at them skeptically. "Now what's so funny!" Silver chuckled. Morph suddenly turned into the robotic slug again. "Silver! Silver! Silver!" Morph cried out. Silver looked at Morph, who turned back into his pink form and gave a few belly laughs. Silver laughed too.
"Wha' the devil was that ting!"
"You! You! You!" Morph giggled.
"Me?" Silver snorted, still playing along with Morph's game.
"The Cops, well the cops here, the Montressor Cop's, think your that thing!" Jim chuckled.
Silver looked shocked for a moment then glanced back at Morph who turned back into the weird creature again. Silver gave a few laughs at this and glanced back at Jim.
"Yer kiddin' me now aren't ya?"
Jim grinned. "Nope!" Silver raised his eyebrow at Jim. "Really now..." Silver asked skeptically. Jim snorted. "Hey if you don't believe me you can take a look at the wanted posters over there!"
Silver glanced at where Jim was pointing and saw those odd machines or whatever you want to call them. Silver got a belly-laugh out of this. "Now where in the galaxy did they come up with that insane idea!" Morph grinned and turned into a little finger and pointed it right at Jim. Jim smiled at Morph but shooed the finger away as Morph turned back into his pink form. Silver smiled at Jim. "Been keepin' them off track from me huh?"
Jim smiled back. "Guess you could say that."
"Say That!" Silver exclaimed. "How far off track could you possibly get then THAT!" Silver said making a gesture at one of the posters. Both of them laughed at this and Morph chuckled.
Silver suddenly stopped walking. He looked ahead with disappointed look on his face. Jim stopped laughing to see what Silver was looking at. "Oh!..." Jim exclaimed. Silver's boat was completely torn apart it looked as if a thousand of Gamma Mammoths had trampled all over it. The outside looked pretty busted and bruised. Cannon ball marks were all over it. Some of the sails were ripped also. The mast was completely broken in two. The engine also had some bad scratches on it. It looked as if the engine was completely torn off the boat until someone welded it on together. Some of the pieces of the boat were chipped off and the paint was scratched. It looks like Silver had landed the longboat just in time though. Any longer, and the boat would be nothing but a pile of rubble.
Silver sighed deeply. "Only ting that works on it now is the engine, but it doesn't got e'nough propulsion to get it off the ground."
Jim examined it. "This thing's in pretty bad shape. I don't even think I can fix it!"
Silver sighed."At's what the mechanic said. I swear I've been stopping almost every single garage on this blasted place trying to find someone who'd at least try ta fix it."
Jim looked over at Silver. "So that's what you were doing when we found you."
Silver nodded. "Right. I've even tried ta fix it meself a couple of times. I just ended up getting the engine reattached an' running with th' power of a half-dead flashlight." Silver said frustrated.
Jim paused for a moment not sure what to say. "...Well that sucks." Jim finally said. Silver snorted. "Yeah darn right it sucks! Been here for a week now trying to get that devil of a thing to work!"
Jim sighed. "Ya know, you could buy a new one." Silver looked at Jim surprised that this topic came up. He turned his head away from Jim, rubbing the back of his neck. "Well...I-uh-ya see Jimbo.." Silver began, but Jim cut him off. "Now don't tell me you already spent all of that money already!"
It was true that Silver had stuffed his pockets of all the loot they could hold from a small portion of Treasure Planet. Even though it wasn't all of the Treasure, it was still a lot of money and Jim hoped that Silver hadn't spent it all at once.
Silver cringed. "Not exactly..." Jim looked at Silver skeptically. Silver looked over at Jim and sighed. "Don't tell me you didn't spend it all in one go!" Jim questioned.
"No, no, no Jimbo, 's nothing like that, I just sort of..."
"Sort of what?"
Silver gave a weak laugh. "No use tryin' ta lie ta ya so I might as well come clean!" Silver paused. "Ya know how I gave ya those few extra rupees and drubloons I gave ya ta ur...rebuild the damage?"
Silver hasn't necessarily told Jim that he trashed the Inn in the first place but Jim knew it anyway and he didn't care. The damage was paid for so he really had no reason to be angry at him. Silver was also aware that Jim knew what he did to the Inn. Both of them just didn't like talking about it in full conduct or reference.
"Yeah..." Jim said. It wasn't a question. Silver continued.
"Well..ur that money I gave ya...was...'bout half of what I..." Silver sighed unable to finish. Jim looked surprised. "Ya mean..you gave up about half of what you..." Silver sighed.
"Forget it."
"But that probably only meant that you had..."
Silver laughed. "I said forget it Jimbo, s' not that big a deal!"
Jim smiled at Silver with disbelief. If he gave of about what was half or more in his pockets to Jim and his mother that would mean that Silver had little money to start out with. Knowing Silver, he would have at least saved some of that money, but...
Silver gave a sly smile. "I told ya you'd get an even portion of the treasure." Jim looked surprised at the cyborg, remembering there encounter on Treasure Planet, bargaining for the map.
"But I didn't uphold my part of the bargain." Jim said slightly guilty.
"True." Silver said. "But we both got ta see the treasure didn't we?" Jim still looked guilty a bit. He didn't answer. Silver nudged him.
"Didn't we?"
"Well.. yeah... but-"
"Well there ya go!"
Jim sighed. He knew it was pointless trying to argue with Silver once his mind was made up. Besides both of them probably spent most of the loot anyway.
Jim shook his head. "Alright Silver, you win."
Silver laughed and sat down in the rusted longboat. "I taught so!"
Jim sat down next to Silver. He looked around the inside of the boat. He saw a wrench and few extra bolts on the floor, no doubt for some of Silver's mechanical parts (since he no longer had Morphie as a wrench). The inside of the boat wasn't as damaged as the outside of the boat. Just a few scratches and paint chips here and there. Jim looked around until his eyes feel on a small bag, nearly empty. Silver noticed he was staring at it. "At's me bag. Got a few drubloons in there. Jus' ate me last meal yesterday."
Jim looked over at Silver surprised. "Yesterday!"
Silver shrugged. "Well ya see I was running low on food yesterday and money. I ate bout the rest of the food I had to build up strength after th' crash. Don't got 'nough drubloons in there even for a snack. Even when I'm at top stock I'm about down to a meal a day..." Silver stopped when he saw Jim's concerned face. "But I usually make th' meals meself, they aren't that light!" Silver started nervously. As he said so, his stomach gave a huge growl, as if eager to tell him he's wrong. Jim suddenly remembered the sandwiches his mother had packed in his bag.
"If your hungry I got sandwiches."
Silver looked shocked. "Oh, don' worry bout me Jimbo, I'm fine." But Jim was already reaching for the sandwiches. His hand went in the bag searching for the sandwiches and juice. When he stopped feeling around he felt something small, something...breathing! And to everyone's surprise (including Davie's) Jim pulled little Davie Doppler out of the bag. Davie grinned and waved nervously.
– – – – – – Yes! Another cliff hanger MAHAHAHA -– – – – –>