Kiss Our Stars Goodbye

Chapter 2

Pirates Aren't Just in the Ocean

"Pirates!" yelled Tabitha, "I did not sign up for this….. are we talking Johnny Depp at least?"

"This isn't sea pirates Tabitha, this is space pirates…. I doubt any look like…." Lance was cut off as the communications monitor flew to life.

A man's upper torso appeared, decked in red, black, and blue. His high collar and bandana were reminiscent of earth pirates for sure. However his long darker hair, beard, and piercings put a stopper on the argument at hand. Lance sighed and sat down in silence as Tabitha beamed.

"Apparently pirates in space are Johnny Depp…." Shrugged Pietro, "That's oddly reassuring… and strange."

"I am Corsair of the StarJammers," said the man in a strong tone, "I would expect Shi'ar ships to no better than to cross here."

"We are not Shi'ar, we're earthlings," she looked at Mika for a moment, "and Animatian."

"Our ships designed to cloak. We apologize for the confusion but we have no goods on this ship," said Mika, Nature's panic in her voice making him take charge.

"This is still so surreal…." Said Fred, staring out the window at the large ship, "I feel like we're in some sci-fi movie right now."

"Technically we would be considered science fiction as well," said Wanda, "So our whole being is like some sort of sci-fi…. Book."

"We'd make a better comic," said Todd, the guys nodded.

"Can we focus," said Lance quickly.

"You know, there's something about his face….." Tabitha began.

"Stop checking out a violent space pirate," snapped Lance.

"Lance is hyperventilating…. Again," said Wanda as Lance fell back into a chair.

"So's Nature," said Todd as Candy's sister sat in her seat, "Actually I think it's a panic attack."

"Animatian?" said the pirate Corsair, a raised brow.

"Yes, my sister has been taken but the Tricidians…." Mika began to tell a short and abbreviated story.

"Toad, why did you have to get us involved in aliens?" asked Lance, "Why couldn't you date a morlock or something earth related… Oh my god, we might die out here… I didn't tell Kitty we were going to space…. I didn't tell her we were going to be dealing with aliens… What if I die up here and Kitty thinks I just left…. What if we get imprisoned or held hostage up here… No one even knows where we are… Oh god."

"Well Lance is crying now, but he made a good point," said Wanda, her eyes a little uneasy, "We might be in over our heads."

"Alright, as leader," Pietro began to scoffs and laughs, "As leader! We are fine. No one is getting imprisoned or killed…. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!"

The entire ship shook violently as something smashed into the side. Large lights began to flare in the distance and soon the entire ship began to get knocked off balance. Corsair's face disappeared from the screen as the power was knocked out. Lance's panic seemed to disappear as they were almost flipped.

"Wanda make a force field with your powers," said Lance as he ran over to where Mika was trying to regain control of the ship.

"We're gonna die," cried Pietro, who was sitting next to a panicking Nature.

"I should have just listened and stayed put," Nature's voice the same panicked as Pietro.

"I NEED SOME HELP UP HERE!" yelled Lance as the loud alarm sound radiated from the cockpit.

"Preferably someone who can help fly!" yelled Mika, a little more calmly than Lance.

"I'm not sure how effective this is," said Wanda trying to make a force field, "I've never done this except for myself you know!"

"Good time to try," said Tabitha, trying to calm down Nature and Pietro, "Why don't you two…."

"DO NOT tell me to CALM down!" both Nature and Pietro yelled, Tabitha glared.

"…" Tabitha subconsciously formed a bomb in her hand.

"Can we not kill each other while being attacked in space please," said Fred trying to remain calm.

"Yo, how do you fire a missile or something?" asked Todd, he had joined Lance and Mika in the cockpit.

"Ohm….." Mika paled as he and Lance tried to steady the ship.

"You have no weapons?" asked Lance, his face stone and unemotional.

"Animite is a peaceful planet….." said Mika, "I don't know… I've only ever flown this thing once or twice."

"Were gonna die….." said Lance and after a moment of sorrow he glared, "Fuck it."

"Lance, what are you… LANCE!" yelled Mika as Lance took over the controls, "STOP PUSHING BUTTONS!"

"It' not the pirate ship!" yelled Fred looking out the window before they jerked violently to the left.

"We already figured that out," said Lance pushing buttons and fighting with Mika in the process.

"If we don't get killed by space ships….. We might self-destruct," said Todd mostly in a panic to himself as Lance and Mika fell over the dash.

Todd looked at the chaos the best he could. Pietro and Nature were panicking, which was no help. Tabitha was about five seconds away from blowing those two up, also not helpful. Wanda's attempts at a barrier were not working at all and she was getting drained, not helpful in the long run. Fred seemed to be trying to calm these situations down, which was very helpful. As for Lance and Mika they two were currently all but laying to the ships dash fighting over buttons as they were hit by a shot from large black ship that the StarJammers were currently fighting with. He looked at what he could see of the dash, a large red button under glass… all his instinct told him not too but his reflexes were faster and before he knew it…. He hit the big red button.

"WHAT DID YOU DO!" yelled Lance and Mika at the same time, the whole ship shook and it wasn't from being hit.

"Last resort…." Said Todd quietly.

"TOAD! YOU NEVER HIT THE REDBUTTON!" yelled Lance, Mika shook his head in disapproval.

"OH MY GOD WE'RE GONNA EXPLODE!" yelled Pietro from where he and Nature were now joined by Tabitha in the huddle they'd formed.

A loud boom emitted from the ship and they watched as a large green light flew from their area and hit the black ship. The ship's movements stopped and it appeared to be incased in green stone. It ceased to move until it slowly started to float off towards space. The whole ship fell silent as they watched it begin to disappear into orbit, the pirate ship flew closer to there's.

"Apparently you push the red button…" said Mika, in shock.

"You're welcome," said Todd proudly.

"You still pushed a button that you had not idea what it would do," snapped Lance.

"Says the person still laying on half the buttons," said Pietro, whose panic had apparently gone and he now stood cockily behind them, "Good work Toad."

"Don't even try and play leader," said Lance shaking his head, "Your face is still wet."

"Those are Nature's tears," said Pietro quickly but he disappeared into the bathroom at his normal speed.

"Nature's not crying…." Said Mika, Todd nodded, "Oh… got it."

"Are you alright?" the screen flickered back to the space pirate Corsair, his face beaming, "Nice shooting, I didn't think those old ships had any amo to speak of."

"Thanks," beamed Todd, Lance and Mika both shot him a dirty look.

"Our ships a little worse for ware, do you know where the nearest open port is?" asked Mika, Lance raised a brow at Todd.

"You got me," said Todd, "I know just as much as you guys."

"Well you are the one with a half alien girlfriend," said Lance, and he looked at the button, "And apparently you knew what that was."

"I did not," glared Todd, he and Lance have a minor disagreement as Mika talked to Corsair.

"Nonsense, we'll take care of it for you," laughed Corsair, "I believed you when you said you were earthlings… you had no idea what you were doing did you?"

"No."

"Well come on board and we'll talk. Consider us friends," beamed the pirate.

TO BE CONTINUED