DISCLAIMER: I do not own any parts of Treasure Planet; Jim Hawkins; Captain Amelia, Long John Silver; Interstellar Academy etc.

Okay I have an apology to make, I'm so sorry this story got kind of abandoned. There is the usual excuse of exams and family stuff but I also hit a huge block in this story. In other words I couldn't figure out how to proceed, so it kept getting put off. I originally wrote two other chapters of stuff but those got axed cause it just didn't work. BUT I'm back and have given myself the schedual of updating every Wednesday so I have a deadline to hit, and to make up for the severe lack of posting. I hope you guys will forgive me.

AAAA - DREAMING.

AAAA - FLASHBACK.

'You got the makings of greatness in you…'

A sharp knock at his door wrenched Jim out of his slumber. Muttering he pulled the covers over his head willing the intruder to go away. The knock came again followed by Delbert's voice.

"Jim, oh, Jim, are you up?"

Rolling over Jim found himself entangled in a mesh of blankets. Struggling to free him self Jim not so gracefully slid onto the floor, hitting it hard.

"Urgh."

"Jim, are you alright?" Delbert asked.

"Yeah," he said. If he ignored the throbbing in the back of the head he was just peachy.

"Well, we will be leaving in ten minutes, ready for another grand old adventure."

"Yeah."

Jim lay on the hard floorboards looking up at the ceiling. It wasn't one he recognised and as the fogginess of sleep dissipated he began to remember where he was.

He, Amelia, Delbert, Olivia and the president, along with a few other recruits had set off for the Space Port the previous night, deciding to rent some rooms. That way it was easier to get an early start;

Early start;

An early start for the voyage;

The important voyage to track down Caledonians; viscous pirates, killed the squadron, including Olivia's father;

Voyage that was leaving this morning, in ten minutes.

… Ten minutes!!

Jim's eyes shot open.

"Crap."

He jumped to his feet, kicking off the sheets in the process, stumbled to his shirt and trousers which were draped over a chair. Pulling them on he double checked his bag to make sure he had everything he came with and fled downstairs.

The Inn was old and rundown, with windows covered in a thick layer of dust, giving the Inn a murky interior. To Jim it was a direct contrast to the Benbow. He let his thoughts wander back to his mother, who had been left with Delbert's kids. It was agreed that Sarah would stay at Delberts house while they were away and she was going to hire some help at the Inn. Ben couldn't do it since he was currently sat down at the table with a cup of hot oil in front of him.

Since his encounter with the 'strange men who did things to him' Ben had taken to wearing a disguise. He was currently sat with a large rimmed hat and black cape draped over his shoulder, looking shiftily from side to side. Jim shook his head and sighed at the robot. The disguise was terrible as it was but it would be rendered useless if he couldn't keep his loud mouth shut.

"Jimmy! Jimmy!"

Jim removed his bag from his shoulder and sat down next to Ben.

"Yeah?"

"So what's the plan?" Ben had reduced his voice into a staged whisper, staring at Jim intently in an attempt at confidentiality.

Jim raised his eyebrows. "For what?"

"For getting from here to the ship." Ben lowered the rim of the hat over his eyes, scanning the other occupants of the room.

Jim suppressed the urge to groan at the robots antics, but he did allow for his hand to run over his face. The best way to deal with Ben, Jim had learnt was to humour him. "We gather our things, leave the Inn discretely," Jim locked eyes with Ben and lowered his voice, "and walk to the ship."

"That's a good plan, I like that plan. When do we execute it?"

"In about five minutes."

"Okay dokey Jimmy."

Ben's voice returned to its normal volume before Ben caught himself and taking one last glance around slumped down low in his chair. Jim smiled and waited for the others to arrive. He hadn't seen Olivia yet, which was odd. She was normally ready before him and waiting before the others had arrived. The five minutes stretched on and Jim's thoughts spent the entire time thinking about the Captain's niece.

On their trip to the town on Montressor Jim had seen a different side to the girl. Not the captains niece, not the best engineer at the academy, not the emotionally hardened space recruit; no he'd seen the seventeen year old girl who hadn't been to a festival before and was yanking his sleeve to make him go with her to a gaming stall and was grinning childishly.

"Lets' see how good you are," Olivia held out a gun to Jim in challenge. Jim, looked down at the gun sceptically until he realised she was actually serious. Not being one to turn down a challenge he took the gun and pointed it at the stand of clay spheres. Aiming the pistol he shot and it shattered.

"Not bad." Olivia held up her own gun and mimicked Jim's action, shattering her own sphere as well. Spinning her gun casually in her fingers she looked up from under her lids and nodded at two more spheres. "Do two in a row."

Holding the gun up again Jim shot one and then another in succession and he then made the same bet with Olivia. And she did the same. Jim could see this going on for a long time. Neither of them was going to lose and if he had any grasp on Olivia he knew she wasn't going to just back down.

"Okay, one more. Just shoot that one," Olivia pointed to one of the closest spheres, right in front of Jim. He looked at it and raised an eyebrow.

"That one?" There had to be a catch that was way to easy.

Olivia looked up at him sweetly. "Yep. That one."

Jim eyed her warily but held up the gun in front of him. Closing his left eye he focused the shot and prepared to fire. Casually Olivia inched towards Jim and leant into him. She stood behind him slightly so he couldn't see her. Tilting her chin up she placed her lips close to his ear and whispered, her breath grazing his neck.

"Don't miss."

He missed. Jim's grip slipped on the gun and accidentally shot a hole through the back of the stall. Rubbing the back of his neck he looked over at the unimpressed looking stall owner. Olivia stood next to him laughing and she placed some extra money down before pushing Jim away, still laughing softly as they walked away.

"I do believe I told you not to miss."

"Yeah and I wouldn't if you hadn't breathed on me."

"You need to lean to work amidst distraction Mr Hawkins."

"When is that kind of distraction going to occur?"

"When I'm around clearly."

Jim looked down at Olivia and he noticed that her hair was out of her bun. It was pushed behind her ear on one side while on the other it rested against the side of her face. Out of it's bun it appeared to be a lot curlier. The lights from the stalls flashed around them, casting different glows on her skin and lighting up her large eyes.

"What?"

Jim realised he had been watching her and he quickly averted his eyes, rubbing the back of his neck again. It had started to develop as a nervous reflex.

"Nothing. Come on."

"Good morning Jim. Are you ready for another journey into the unknown? Who knows what kind of extraordinary things we will encounter this time."

Jim looked up at Delbert. To Jim's relief, the doctor hadn't opted to wear a large metallic space suit like last time. He liked the doc, he did, but that had been rather embarrassing.

"Hn. Where's Olivia, and the Captain?"

"Oh Jim did I forget to say? Amelia and Olivia left early this morning. Something about checking over the ship, I was still half asleep when they told me, so it'll just be us making our way, just like the old times."

"Yeah. Let's go."

"Oh erm, Jimmy. Do you want to you know, just check to make sure it's safe? You know, no men outside the door waiting to … jump me."

Ben walked directly behind Jim so that he could feel Ben's feet kicking his heel with every step he took. Pushing the door open Jim made an open gesture of searching the area surrounding the Inn.

"It's safe."

Tentatively Ben stepped out of the door, double checking for himself. Jim ran a hand through his hair as he watched the robot. He didn't think it would be a good idea to point out that Ben was attracting more attention to himself by checking it was 'safe'.

"Oh I forgot my camera," Delbert said. He had his head hidden inside his bag while he rummaged around inside it. "Must have left it in the room."

"I'll get it," Jim said, hurrying back inside the inn. He was anxious to leave, to get back out into open space. They had been warned of the dangers that came with the mission, but right now that seemed such a far away possibility.

Opening the door to the doctors room Jim quickly surveyed the room for the camera. It was situated on top of the dresser. Jim made his way over to it. The door slammed behind him and Jim immediately changed into defence mode, spinning round and raising his arms up in front of him. A large figure loomed in the shadows in the corner of the room. Jim glared at the figure, daring them to come forwards.

They did, and Jim stared back in shock, his hands lowering and fists unclenching. His voice caught in his throat and his brain couldn't quite comprehend what he was seeing. It couldn't be.

"You've grown up lad."

"Silver," Jim whispered.

The camera lay next to Jim, its presence completely forgotten.

OMG Silver??? Yes for those of you who were wondering when he was arriving, there he is . The flashback was part of the original two chapters I wrote but I felt I needed some interaction between Jim and Olivia somewhere so it got put back in.

I'm also putting up some background info on the characters of Olivia, Ralph, Emma etc on my profile to give some more ideas of what they're like - yes Jim's friends are coming back!

Please review letting me know if this story is at all still enjoyed.

RHM