*****************Delbert's POV***********

I stayed in the stateroom all night I couldn't leave her in fear she might do something rash. She was hurting I understood, I also knew how Mister Arrow's wife would take the news, it would sting, feel unreal and then the world would crash around her as it did with mine. I know everyone deals with grief differently but from what he had told me of her, she'd take it just as hard as I...if not harder being they had been together twenty five years. I got up the next morning off the captain's floor not looking at her due to she was still in her undergarments I looked away and managed to recover her under the blankets. She was beautiful as she slept but her radiant face was tear stained and red.

I left her to sleep and went to her stateroom finding and teapot in there and fumbling about with it to try and make her my own personal cure I had found for a hangover. I didn't drink, oh no , but there was once in my life where I did out of desperation to forget the pain. I was deep in my thoughts and dropped the lids to the tea pot and it rolled into another room. I sighed cursing under my breath from sleeping on the floor and went into the room to retrieve it.

Once I picked it up I looked about the room and seen it was infact Mister Arrow's room . I would tell by the extra uniform and pictures on the wall of what I assume was his family. I felt a pang in my heart and sighed walking out of the room leaving it as it was. "Doctor?" I heard Amelia's aching voice behind me. "Captain." I smiled slightly at her and helped her to her seat. "What are you doing here?" "I have a remedy to cure that hangover m'dear captain." I placed the teacup in front of her. She sipped it soon enough looking like her self. "This is brilliant Doctor, thank you." "Captain-Amelia." "Yes...Delbert?" "If you ever need me...ever you have my contact information.." "Aye but Doctor if you're talking on Arrow I-" Before she could finish her sister ran in with her two children and jim. "Lori what-" "Pirates Ame!" "What?!" "they're all bloody pirates!" I went wide eyed then looked to Amelia then she ran to her gun cabinet. "Pirates! On my ship?! I'll see they all hang!...Doctor ever used one of these? " she tossed a gun to me to which I fumbled with. "Well ya see ...well I've read..." I accidently shot it off right past Amelia head. "...No No I'm not..." She rolled her eyes at me I could feel every bit of our growing relationship-er-friendship. She tossed the map to jim , who got it back from morph and Lorraine shot a hole in the floor to which we all jumped down.

Amelia lead us to the longboat bay of which I tripped over my feet running on all fours and falling down the stairs only to be caught by Amelia. "To the long boats quickly!" she shouted running to the controls, Jim and Lorraine had to get me in the blasted boat. Then Amelia ran up flipping into the boat just as the pirates stormed in shooting at us. "Take this you puss filled boils!" the Blob called morph stole the map sending James out to get it. I seen the pirates shooting at Amelia and stood and took the gun from my pocket and shot up to a light fixture knocking three pirates out of the hanger. "did you actually aim for that?" Amelia smirked at me.

"You know actually I did!" I said looking astonished only to be shoved downward by Amelia. Amelia looked up then to Lorraine, whom was keeping guard over her children , and I. "when i say now shoot out the forward cable, I'll take this one." We both nodded to her and as soon as James jumped back in the boat she shouted, "NOW!" once we shot the cables out the boat dropped and I helped James on into the boat just in time for a laser ball to be shot from the ship, "CAPTAIN LASER BALL AT 12 O'CLOCK!" I yelled...


Amelias POV:

The laser ball hit the side of the boat, veering us off course and engulfing my body in burning pain. Shrapnel had lodged itself into my side-and whatever hit me and broke a rib or two didn't help anything. Nevertheless I steered us best I could. We went right through some mushroom looking...tree and crash landed us. I'd had more gossamer landings in my day and said just that. My vision was rather disoriented but I could see Lorraine and the children seemed unscathed, same goes for Hawkins-or who I thought to be Hawkins. Wasn't a moment after I requested the map my vision cleared enough to show I was looking at Doctor Doppler. Oops. Well isn't that embarrassing.

"The map, if you please." I said to the actual Hawkins. He reached into his pocket and pulled it out. Then it turned into a flying pink blob. I had half a mind to capture it and bury it underground when, though my ears were already ringing a bit, I heard the dull roar of a lifeboats engine.

"Stifle that b-"

"ER'Y ONE DOWN!" Lorraine shouted while pushing her children and Hawkins to the ground. I glared at her while kneeling with my rifle. She knew I hated to be interrupted! She did that on purpose-I just knew it. She so did. Damn it!

My thoughts of revenge on my sister disappeared with the overhead ship as a wave of pain rippled through my body. I knew we couldn't stay here.

"Mister Hawkins," I said in a scratchy tone, my throat suddenly dry, "Scout ahead." I handed him a spare laser pistol I had with me. He took it and looked at it, his face becoming determined as he tucked it under his belt in the back of his pants. "Aye, captain."

Lorraine looked about and then stood and leaned against the ship as Jim left. I myself had collapsed, the Doctor having caught me and lowered me down on the ground. My vision had become blurry again and the heated pain flashing through my body left me rather immobile.

Though, not immobile enough to not knee the Doctor in a particularly sensitive spot when I felt his hand beginning to unbutton my coat.

"Bug off, ass." I muttered through clenched teeth as I heard him whimper.

"Ameliah, gurl ye idiot he's tryin' ta 'elp!"

I felt Lorraine moving me and sighing. "Sorry Doc. You really shudda just let me do 'ut."
"Sorry, instinct."

"Instinct. Bullsh-"

"Ameliah!" Lorraine scolded me and began unbuttoning my jacket. I didn't protest especially since I couldn't see. I knew she probably had me out of the Doctor's eye as she lifted my shirt.

"Oh lawd girlie, this taint good." She muttered. She touched my side and I whimpered. Gawd that was painful.

"Catan deah, bring me the first aid kit. 'tis under one of the seats."

"Yes mama."

Soon enough I heard the opening of a box and the unrolling of gauze, followed by small hands shoving themselves under my shoulders and making me sit up.

"C'mon auntie mama's gonna make you feel better."

I smiled a bit at Phoenix's soft little voice. Quite soothing, though also troubling. I knew Lorraine shouldn't have ever come. Now her and her children were in as much unholy danger as the rest of us.

I began to purr as Lorraine started to clean and wrap my wound. Contrary to popular belief, purring isn't always from comfort or pleasure, but also a way to heal. I don't ever care to explain it really, but it works in helping the healing process along. I heard Lorraine rip off the end of the gauze and tuck it under the other of it and then Phoenix slowly lowering me to the ground again.

"Is she alright?"

I smiled lightly, and probably loopily, at the sound of the concern in his voice. Oh, he was so sweet.

And no, I wasn't just saying that because I was loopy.

His voice really is so, so sweet.

"She's fine, quit worrying." Lorraine said and I saw her blurry form lean against the side of the boat. Then things were silent, except for breathing. I blacked out a couple of times, always waking up to Delbert at my side-though I don't think he saw me looking at him. From what I could see, he was looking to where Hawkins had disappeared too.

Soon enough I heard footsteps, opening my eyes and finding things far clearer than they had be. There was Hawkins, standing by Lorraine. Delbert was standing as well.

Hawkins grinned. "Guys, I found a place to stay!"

A/n Just a quick lil note the both of us are heading back into school so we maybe able to get one more chapter in before I start college next week. After that updates will more than likely be slow. Read and review you lot =p