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Chapter 20
Danny and Chase jumped through the portal to Treasure Planets core, Danny still shocked about what Chase sacrificed to save his life.
"Chase, you gave up the--?" Danny started
"Just a lifelong obsession, Daniel." Chase said. "I'll get over it."
"Aloha Danny!" Came Thunder's voice. Danny and Chase both looked up to see the Legacy hovering close to the two. A ramp was lowered for them to get up.
"Hurry, people! We got exactly two minutes and thirty-four seconds till planet's destruction!" she yelled tapping on a keyboard in front of her.
"You're doing fine, Sunny." Chel directed. Because of her injuries, she was unable to steer the helm of the ship. Instead, she is having Sunny steer, while she directed him.
"Now ease her over gently--gently!" Chel yelled as Sunny made a sharp turn that rammed the side of the ship into the planet.
"Aah!" Came the cries of the captured pirates in the galley all tied up.
"We were better off on the exploding planet!" Jewel Sparrow yelled. Back on deck, Danny, Chase, and Stitch all were on deck and Chel looked over to Thunder.
"Take us out of here, yellow girl!" she said
"Aye, Captain!" Thunder said, pushing forward on a lever. The rockets in the stern blasted off, sending them away from the planet. Chase walked up to the stairwell, clearly seeing Chel from there.
"Captain, you dropped from the heavens just in--" he started
"Save your sweet talk for the judge, Young." Chel said dryly, and in all seriousness. Chase chuckled before he shut up, realizing just what kind of position he was in now. Then a large piece of the planet nocked down one of the masts, tearing through a sail and making the mast crash on the laser cannon. Thunder tapped furiously on the keyboard in front of her as the ship floated lower to the planets exploding surface.
"Mizzen sail demobilized, Captain!" Thunder said. "Thrusters at only 30% of capacity."
"30%?" Sunny said, thinking for a moment. "That means we're-- We'll never clear the planet's explosion in time." He looked back at Chel when he said that. Danny ran to the railing, looking at the portal as they got farther away. He looked down at the demolished laser cannon and started thinking of a plan.
"We gotta turn around." Danny said, running to the cannon, trying to put out a long flattened part.
"What?" Sunny asked, outraged at Dan's idea.
"There's a portal back there. lt can get us out of here!" he said. Chase went to the railing and focused his dragon eyes at the portal.
"Sorry Dan, but isn't that potal open into a raging inferno?!" Sunny said, panicking slightly.
"Yes, but I'm gonna change that." Danny said, finally pulling the piece of metal out. "I'm gonna open a different door." Chase looked closer at the portal, and saw that the orb to change the portal was still there, glowing.
"Captain, really, I don't see how this is possible--" Sunny started
"Listen to the boy!" Chase said, rushing over to where Danny was to help. Stitch following right behind him.
"One minute, twenty-nine seconds till planet's destruction!" Thunder yelled
"What do you need, Daniel?" Chase asked as Danny fiddled with rope, the metal, and the revolving mechanism from the cannon.
"Just some way to attach this." he said
"All right. Stand back." Chase said, moving Danny out of the way as his right arm went dragon. With a black energy, Chase welded the revolving mechanism to the metal piece. He lifted it up to the railing with Danny and Stitch's help.
"There you go." he said
"There you go." Stitch repeated. Danny got up on the metal hanging onto the railing to not fall off.
"OK. Now, no matter what happens, keep the ship heading straight for that portal." he said. Chase looked at him worried.
"Fifty-eight seconds!" Thunder shouted. Chase nodded at Danny in all seriousness. Danny nodded back before pressing the revolver with his foot. In a blast he took off. He flew and spun around the crumbling planet, heading to the portal.
"Well, you heard him! Get this blasted ship turned around!" Chase yelled looking up to Chel and Sunny.
"Sunny, head us back to the portal." Chel said
"Aye, Captain." Sunny said, still believing they were all going to die if they did. Up ahead, Danny swerved an flew his way to where the portal was with his makeshift solar surfer. When the power in the revolver fizzled out, Danny pressed it again to stay in the air and heading to where he needed to go, dodging debris all the way. The stunt of dodging wasn't the best thing the Legacy could do. As it sailed to the portal chunks came from the planet crashing into the hull.
"Go to the right! The right!" Chel yelled
"I know, I know! Will you just let me drive?!" Sunny yelled back. Thunder looked up from her keyboard and did a double take as she saw a chunk of the planet float in their way.
"Whoa!" She yelled her legs became the lightning tail as she jumped up and flew to the bow of the ship. electricity coursed through her arms.
"Thunder clap!" she yelled bringing her hands together. A type of wave was created then that sliced through the chunk, the two pieces floating apart in time for the Legacy to fly through. She flew back to her position at the keyboard.
"Twenty-five seconds!" she yelled. The energy fizzled out in the revolver and when Danny pressed down on it with his foot, it didn't restart. As he began falling down a large crevice in the ground he kept stomping his foot on the mechanism to make it work.
"No! No!" He yelled
"Come on, boy." Chase said from the railing, having seen Danny fall down the crevice.
"Seventeen seconds!!" Thunder screamed. Stitch covered his eyes with his ear. Peeking out for a moment, before covering them up again. Danny looked at the wall he was falling next to and with a turn he made the end of the revolver rub against the revolver. The friction was able to re-ignite the flame causing him to fly up and do a spin in the air so as not to hit the hull of the Legacy.
"Seven..." Thunder yelled. Danny flew towards the portal gaining a lead on the Legacy.
"Six..." The chunks of debris were becoming larger and more numerous, making it harder to reach the portal.
"Five..." The heat of the exploding core made Sunny wince as the Legacy sailed closer to the portal.
"Four..." Chase grabbed Stitch and held onto him closely.
"Three..." Danny could clearly see the orb of worlds and he reached out while flying.
"Two..." Plink! He pressed the Toontressor Spaceport button.
What peace there was in the empty space was suddenly interrupted as a triangular portal opened up, Danny, the Legacy, and a explosion following them out before the portal closed for the last time.
"Wow!" Danny yelled as he flew around the Legacy.
"Yeah!" Thunder cheered taking off her hat and waving it in the air at Danny.
"You did it Daniel! You did it, boy! Ha ha ha! Didn't I say the boy had greatness in him?" Chase cheered running around the deck to watch Danny fly. in the galley, even the captured pirates were cheering Danny's name. Chel and Sunny hugged each other before pulling away to smile at each other. Danny slid across the railing before jumping on his surfer and onto the deck. Stitch jumped on him and licked at Danny's face.
"Unorthodox, but ludicrously effective." Chel said. Stitch jumped off of Danny's shoulder to climb up to Chase's. The two friends smiled at each other before returning their gaze to Danny.
"I'd be proud to recommend you to the interstellar academy. They could use a man like you." Chel said
"Just wait until your mother hears about this! Of course, we may downplay the life-threatening parts." Sunny said to Danny before walking over to Chel's side while Thunder took his place.
"Danny boy, that was... unforgettable!" Thunder yelled. "l know you don't like touching, but get ready for a hug, big guy, 'cause l gotta hug ya!" Thunder laughed as she hugged Danny, but gave out a cry of surprise as Danny hugged her and spun her around. "Hey, you hugged me back. Oh, l promised myself l wouldn't cry." Thunder burst into tears. While patting her back Danny glance around the deck and saw an open door leading down to where the long boats were stowed. "Does anyone have a tissue?"
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