It was late at night when Harry and Jaster reached the top of a dune in the Western Desert and caught their first sight of the Dorgenark. "So that's Dorgengoa's ship huh?" Jaster mused, really to himself, but he said it out loud.
"Can you feel it?" Harry asked. "There's a sense of wholeness now that I'm looking at the ship. Our destiny is waiting there little brother."
"Come on, that ship isn't get any closer as we stand here."
"Alright, alright," Harry laughed at Jaster's enthusiasm. They were on their way.
As the sun crept past the horizon, the two had come close to the ship. They were close enough that Simon, who was on the deck of the ship, started shouting and waving at the two. "Well hey you two, come on aboard."
The two smiled and made their way to the landing platform with their Yago's leashes in their hands. When they were only one hundred yards away the Yagos began to tug at the leashes and buck on their hind legs. Of course, the beasts were stronger than the two humans and got away. "Hey, what the hell?" Jaster shouted. The beasts didn't get very far, before they were tossed into the air and landed in the mouth of a creature that made the ship seem small in comparison.
Harry turned to his brother and said only one word, "Run!" As the two ran towards the ship, the landing platform rose and the anchors were pulled up. "What the hell!" Harry shouted as the platform rose just out of their reach.
"Sorry!" Simon shouted, "We'll be sure to give you a nice funeral!"
The large beast was still chasing the siblings so the two could not stop. Harry wished that he had better control of his powers as he could get both of them out of their spot of trouble, but instead they were forced to run as he could only get himself to safety. "We're not out of this yet!" Jaster yelled. Just then, a sky bike was launched off of the ship and the pilot that was obviously female headed straight towards them. The bike kept going and turned around only after she had gotten out of the pack. Gunning the controls, the young woman launched the bike forwards, dodging and weaving through the many monsters' legs and pulled just ahead of the running boys. Seeing that Jaster's ride was here, the brothers sped up and when Jaster was just out of reach, Harry pushed Jaster onto the bike and disappeared.
"Well that was interesting," The girl said smiling at Jaster.
From the desert below the hooded man watched as the ship took off into space. "Those two boys will go far. Maybe, they'll pass me up!" The hooded man laughed.
"You know we were planning on coming back," Simon said later as he escorted the two brothers onto the bridge. "We're just on a tight schedule."
"Yeah, yeah," Jaster waved him off. He wasn't one to really hold grudges and they were fine, so everything worked out. "Listen, that girl back there." Harry snorted as he heard his brother's words, trust Jaster to make eyes at the first girl he sees off of Rosa.
"You mean Kisala. Oh ho, you work fast, don't you Desert Claw? But listen, you might want to change your mind about the girl. She's…"
"So this is the guy," A man in a long grey trench coat said. The man had a wicked looking sword strapped to his back and an eye patch covering his left eye. He pushed himself off the wall and strolled over to the four. "The legendary hunter Desert Claw. And who are you?" He asked Harry.
"I'm his brother."
"Are you Captain Dorgengoa?" Jaster asked, but even as he said it, Harry knew that there was very little chance in this man being the captain.
The man laughed confirming Harry's theory. "Captain Dorgengoa? Hey bolt head, set the kid straight will ya?"
"Yes, well, Mr. Rogues allow me to introduce Zegram Ghart, the Black Wolf. He's a bounty hunter and was handpicked by the captain just like you," Steve explained.
"Yeah, he's skilled alright," Simon added, "But he's got a bit of a mouth on him. He says he's a lone wolf, but I think he just doesn't have any friends."
"I hate teaming up with small fries. Who would have thought that Desert Claw was such a youngster, or had a brother. Guess you can't believe rumors." Then Zegram simply walked off.
A white cat stood behind the four as they watched Zegram. "So, you're Desert Claw and you are the unknown brother," The cat said catching the attention of the group.
"Your," Jaster began.
"The one and only First Mate Monsha!"
"Is the captain still napping?" Simon asked, "He can be such a pain."
"Oho, 'The Desert Claw has a shrewed look about him,'" Monsha said. "That's what the captain would have said, I'm sure of it. Listen up, even though you are Desert Claw you are expected to follow all order given. You got that?"
"Uh, sure," Jaster answered and Harry chuckled at his brother's eloquent way of speaking.
"Excellent! Now that that's out of the way, welcome to the crew. Now that we have the legendary Desert Claw on board, the universe's treasures are ours for the taking. First stop, Zerard!"
"Why are we headed there?" Harry asked, he knew that Zerard was the most advance planet in the galaxy.
"We have important business to take care of. Your orders will follow after my nap. Until then, Dorgenark full speed ahead!" Monsha left the control room soon after.
"You can take it easy now too Mr. Rogues." Steve said as he plotted the course. "Why don't you go explore the ship? After all she is your home now."
"Indeed, why don't you two go check out the deck in a few minutes as well? We'll be passing the Rose Nebula soon enough," Simon offered.
The brothers take the elevator in the ship down to the deck and spend a few minutes talking to the sailors enjoying their time in the bar. When they exit the bar, Harry notices Kisala leaning on one of the railings while Jaster looks around in awe. Seeing a golden opportunity to make Jaster flustered, Harry sneaks away on to the other side of the deck before either of them notice. Kisala is the first to notice Jaster. "Oh, hey over here," Kisala waves.
"Hey, thanks for saving me earlier."
"No problem, but not bad huh? That's because I'm a pirate too." Kisala peers closer to Jaster. "You know, I always pictured Desert Claw more intimidating. But, you do have awfully pretty eyes. Those don't belong on a hardened warrior, in fact, you may be a fake!" All while Kisala was talking, Jaster was spluttering, trying to come up with excuses and Harry was forcing himself not to laugh.
"Oh look! It's the Rose Nebula. You know I've always loved coming across here. I don't know why, but looking at the stars always calms me."
"Same here, I always wanted to be up in space. My dream finally came true!"
"You don't sound like the vicious monster hunter. I'm Kisala by the way, nice to meet you Desert Claw," She said extending her hand.
"Jaster, Jaster Rogue."
"So who was that guy you were with?"
"Oh you mean Harry? That's my brother."
"Where is he?"
"I'm not sure, he was with me until we came out here. He probably found something else to interest him and will turn up soon enough."
"Oh okay. So have you met papa yet?"
"Papa?"
"Yeah, my daddy is Dorgengoa. The captain of this ship."
Suddenly a luminescent light appeared at the bow of the ship and began circling. Three ore balls of light joined with the first one and then they attacked the shields of the ship. The first ball of light finally broke through the shields and took the shape of a Deviler. "Monsters, how did they get so close to the ship?"
"I don't know, but I do know they won't be on here for long!" Jaster yelled as he got ready for a fight.
"I leave you alone for five minutes, and you wind up in a fight. Jeez," Harry said, making his presence known. "Come on, let's get ready."
There were four beast and three humans, but the humans took care of them quickly. Harry ended up riding one of the Devilers as they flew around the ship while Kisala and Jaster took care of the other three. Kisala's style of fighting was similar to Harry's as she was quick. For every blow Jaster landed, Kisala was able to use her knives to land two and follow it up with a quick. Although the beasts were fast, it seemed that they were only able to go in short bursts if they were in their ball of light form. They were only able to move from one side of the deck to the other which allowed the two to make quick work of them.
Harry enjoyed his fight with the monster, as much of the fight was in the air. Although Harry was unable to control where the beast was headed, he still enjoyed flying. Before he landed the last blow to the beast, he made a promise to learn how to fly without a monster under him. Just as the trio felled the last monster, an explosion was heard below deck. "Come on Jaster and new guy, we need to get to the control room."
Within the control, sirens were blaring and the warning lights were flashing. "How did we let beasts get so close?" Monsha asked.
"Our radar has gone bad at the worst possible time. I'm telling you when it rains around here, it pours," Simon moaned.
"Listen, there's something I need to tell you all," Steve began, his volume level just above the sirens. "The ship is completely out of control!" To illustrate his point, the helm was spinning wildly in one direction and he could not gain control of it.
"What! Steve!" Kisala shouted.
"You've got to be kidding me! Oh this is bad, we're trapped inside Jurika's gravity field" Simon screamed.
"Well what do we do now?" Asked Monsha.
"We better find a soft forest down below, because otherwise, this ship may not hold up."
"I would love to if I could, but I can barely steer this thing."
"Don't worry, this old girl can take it," Kisala said with as much confidence as she could muster. They were in for a bumpy landing.
A/N: Sorry for the delay, my computer lost half of this chapter when I started writing it. I was too frustrated to write anything for about a week. Hopefully you enjoyed it anyways. I've got a question, is it necessary fro me to meet all the banished Jurikan people or would it better for me to just find the items in working condition? Until next time!
