"Doc!" Jim called as they came in through B.E.N.'s "back door." "Doc, wake up! We got the map!"
Dread washed over them as an unmistakable metallic hand grabbed the sphere from Jim's hand.
"Fine work, Jimbo," Silver drawled. "Fine work indeed!"
"You!" Danica yelled. They saw that Doppler and Amelia were being held captive by the other crew members.
"Thanks for showin' us the way in!"
The crew grabbed the two of them firmly, and Danica could not shake them all off, despite her previous fights with all of them.
"You're just like me," Silver said. "Ya both hates to lose."
"It wasn't enough to betray me once, was it?" Danica spat.
Silver chuckled and attempted to open the sphere, but it refused to budge no matter what tool he turned his hand into. He looked over at Jim and saw him chuckling.
"Open it!" he commanded.
Jim looked at him angrily and made no move to do what he commanded.
"I'd get busy." Silver's hand turned into a gun and he aimed it at Amelia and Doppler. Amelia shook her head at him, trying to get him not to open it.
"Don't do it, Jim!" Danica yelled. One of the aliens holding her hit her on the face.
Jim opened the sphere and Treasure Planet formed in the air.
"Oh, the powers that be, would ya look!" Silver exclaimed. The planet turned into a flashing line pointing to where the treasure must've rested. "Tie them up and leave them with the others till we—"
He was cut off as the line retracted after Jim closed the map. "You want the map, you're taking us too."
"We'll take 'em all!" Silver ordered.
They all boarded the skiff and followed the flashing line. When they stopped, one alien stayed behind to watch Amelia and Doppler.
Jim and Danica followed Silver while hate for Silver brewed inside Danica that was unlike anything she had ever felt before.
"Jim, I'm so sorry," Danica said. "If I had known that all of this was going to happen, I never would've…"
"No, I don't blame you. After all, you helped me with Scroop. If that doesn't make up for all this, I don't know what does."
Danica gave him a small laugh, but his words didn't erase her guilt.
"I don't know about you guys," B.E.N. said as he came up behind them, "but I'm starting to see my life pass in front of my eyes. At least, I think it's my life." He put his hands on his head. "Was I ever dancing with an android named Lupe?!"
"B.E.N., shh!" Jim scolded. "This isn't over yet."
"Are you kidding?" Danica said quietly. "It's just beginning."
They reached a part of the line where the flash was at its quickest which meant the treasure must not have been very far.
"We're gettin' close, lads!" Silver shouted. "I smell treasure a-waitin'!"
He grabbed Jim and Danica and ripped through the tall plants to see the treasure on the other side. But they were greeted with an empty cliff.
"What's going on, Jimbo?" Silver demanded as the flashing line dissolved.
"I don't know," Jim said as he fumbled with the sphere. "I can't get it open!"
"We should've never followed this boy!" a small alien said as she pushed Jim to the ground.
"Hey!" Danica yelled. She started over to the alien, who gave her a very scared look, but the other aliens just pointed their guns at her and she knew that she couldn't hurt the small alien. She did not enjoy not having the power over them like she did before.
"I suggest you get that gizmo goin' again, and fast!" Silver ordered.
Jim placed the sphere into a little pocket and a green transparent orb rose up from the ground. They watched as a huge triangular shaped door opened up right in front of them.
"The Lagoon Nebula?" Jim said in amazement as they looked at what the door was showing all of them.
"But that's halfway across the galaxy," Silver remarked.
"A big door…opening and closing," Jim mumbled.
Now everything B.E.N. had said before was making sense!
"So that's how Flint did it! He used this portal to roam the universe, stealing treasure!"
"But where'd he stash it all?" Silver exclaimed as he pushed Jim out of the way. He furiously pushed a million different portals and the door opened and closed several times.
"Treasure!" B.E.N. exclaimed. "It's buried in the…"
"Buried in the centroid of the mechanism," Jim finished. "What if the whole planet is the mechanism? And the treasure is buried in the center of this planet?"
"And how in blue blazes are we supposed to get there?" Silver roared.
Jim pushed him aside. "Just open the right door."
He touched the portal and the door opened to reveal several lasers. Jim and Danica slowly went through the portal and the rest of the aliens followed. They looked out and there sat all of Flint's treasure. Billions of dollars worth of gold just lying there. Despite their current situation, Danica couldn't help but feel amazement rise up in her. After all, she had been searching for this with Silver for years and here it was right in front of her.
"This is all seeming very familiar," B.E.N. said quietly. "But I—I can't remember why."
"Come on," Jim said. "We're getting out of here and we're not leaving empty-handed." He started towards what must've been Flint's old ship.
"You know what's strange? I can't tell you how frustrating this is, Jimmy, cause there's something that's just nagging at the back of my mind."
They looked up as they got on the ship.
"Captain Flint?" Jim gasped.
"In the flesh!" He lit up a bit and revealed a long-dead skeleton. "Well, sort of. Except for skin, organs, or anything that resembles flesh. That's not there. And it's so odd, you know? I mean, I remember there was something horrible Flint didn't want anyone else to know, but I just…I can't remember what it was."
Danica and Jim examined Flint's skeleton. They caught sight of something in his hand. Jim looked at her with a small smile, and she realized what he was getting at. Jim broke the skeleton's fingers and grabbed what was in his clutch.
"Oh, a mind is a terrible thing to lose!" B.E.N. lamented.
"B.E.N.," Jim said, "I think I just found your mind. Hold still."
"Jimmy! Your hands are very, very cold up there and—"
Jim connected the piece of machinery with the wires protruding from B.E.N.'s head. They snapped together and the robot's eyes turned blue rather than their previous green.
"You know, guys, I was just thinking…I was just think….It's all flooding back! All my memories! Right up until Flint pulled my memory circuit, so I could never tell anybody about his booby trap!"
An explosion rang out that made Jim and Danica jump.
"Speaking of which…"