Thunder: Yeah, I know this chapter's shorter than usual, but meh. At least it's an update!
Chapter 15
"Uh. pardon the mess people." Thunder said, throwing away a chessboard. "You'd think in a hundred years l would've dusted a little more often but, you know, when you're batchin' it you tend to, uh," She picked up a pair of huge undewear. "let things go. Aw, isn't that sweet?" Sunny carried Chel into Thunder's house bridal style. "I find old-fashioned romance so touching, don't you? How about drinks for the happy couple?" From behind a curtain she pulled out a tray that had a flower pot overflowing with black goo and a wrench in it, and a cube with pink liquid.
"Oh, uh, ooh. Uh, no. Thank you, we don't drink... and, uh, we're not a couple." he said, gently laying Chel down near a rock so she could lean back on it. She looked up at him and smiled, while he returned the favor.
"Look at these markings. They're identical to the ones on the map. I'm thinking these are something like the hieroglyphic remnants of an ancient culture." Sunny said
"Mr. Phantom, stop anyone who tries to approach. Ohh!" Chel said, trying to be tough but failing when she felt pain. Sunny just pushed her back down to the rock.
"That's all good to hear. Now listen to me... stop giving orders for a while and lie still." he said
"Very forceful, Mr. Bridges. Go on. Say something else." Chel said. They both smiled at each other, but were interrupted by Thunder.
"Hey look!" she cried out at her doorway, facing outside. All eyes were on her as she beamed at them all. "There's some more of your buddies! Hey, fellas!" She started jumping up and down to get the pirates's attention. "We're over here, fellas!" What she didn't know was that they all had their pistols aimed at her, and then they began shooting her.
"Oh! Uhh! Ooh! Ohh!" she yelled, making weird moves to avoid their fire. Danny gabbed the bottom of her cloak and pulled her down to start shooting at their enemy.
"Stop wastin' your fire!" Chase yelled at his crew. Danny looked over to where the pirates were hiding and saw somebody waving a white flag. From over a hill came chase, leaning on a cane while waving his flag.
"Hello up there! Daniel? lf it's all right with the captain... l'd like to talk to you. No tricks. Only talking.
"Come to bargain for the map, doubtless. Pestilential... -Ugh! -" Chel was trying to get up, but Sunny pushed her back down.
"Captain." he said in a warning tone.
"That means..." Danny said, growing a smile. "That he thinks we still have it."
Chel wasn't sure about letting Danny go to meet Chase, but at the moment she wasn't in any condition to keep any threats she would've made. Danny walked out to Chase, Stitch on his shoulder. When the blue experiment saw his master and friend, he jumped off and started climbing all over Chase, making the heylin laugh out loud.
"Ah, Stitch! l wondered where you disappeared to." Chase said. Groaning, he sat down on a rock, and Danny was able to see the bandages around his leg. He felt a bit of Pride in what he did, but he kept his face emtionless as he stared at Chase.
"Ooh. Oh, this poor old leg is downright snarky ever since that attack we had in the galley." Chase chuckled, but Danny kept his expression of hate plastered on his face. He sighed and looked at his hands. "Look. Whatever you heard back there, at least the part concerning you, l didn't mean a word of it. If that bloodthirsty band of renegades thought l've gone soft... they'd have gutted us both." Chase stood up and came over to Danny, putting an arm around his shoulder. "Listen to me. lf we play our cards right... we can both walk away from this rich as kings." Danny seemed to think for a moment.
"Yeah?" he said, a small smile on his lips.
"Ha ha ha. You get me that map... and, uh," Chase leaned in closer, lowering his voice to a whisper, "an even portion of the treasure is yours." He chuckled once again, standing back and holding out his hand to shake on the deal. Danny sighed and shook his head, his demeanor going back to serious.
"Boy." he said. "You are really something." He walked around a stunned Chase. "All that talk of greatness... light coming off my sails... what a joke."
"Now, just see here, Daniel--!" Chase started, but Danny continued.
"l mean, at least you taught me one thing, stick to it, right? Well, that's just what l'm gonna do. l'm gonna make sure that you never see one drabloon of my treasure!"
"That treasure is owed me, by thunder!" Chase yelled
"Well, try to find it without my map, by thunder!" Danny yelled back, imitating how Chase said 'by thunder'. Stitch was worriedly looking from Danny to Chase as they argued.
"Oh, you still don't know how to pick your fights, do you, boy?" Chase said, lowering his voice to a deadly growl. "Now, mark me. Either l get that map by dawn tomorrow or so help me, l'll use the ship's cannons to blast you all to kingdom come!" Chase turned his back on Danny as Stitch looked back at him, his ears drooped lower than normal and sadness clear in his eyes.
"Stitch, hop to it." Chase said. "Now!" Scared by Chase's yelling, Stitch climbed up onto Danny's shoulder and held onto him. "Oh, blast it!" With a final sad glance, Chase walked away to where his crew set up camp.
Thunder: Poor Danny. Poor Chase. Poor Stitch. There's too many people to worry about! Review please!