Chapter Eight
It was Luna, was she sleepwalking? Apparently not. Luna made her way to the front of the ship, Jim curiously watched her. She stuck her hands out in front of her, as though she was feeling the depth of the air. Once satisfied, Luna turned around and held her arms out to her sides. As if in a dream, she closed her eyes and began to fall backwards.
"Luna wait!!" Jim yelled, figuring she was going to commit suicide, she did not hear him. He bent over the side of the ship to see what'd happened to her, a large gust of wind blew through his hair. Luna's freefall had turned into something much, much more. She soared through the night sky, with two colorful, spirit-like wings that spanned from her back.
Luna did loops and rolls a number of times, a certain look of freedom had befallen her face. Jim watched, completely astounded at the sight.
"What's all the shouting for Jim?" Delbert asked with a yawn, scratching his side, Jim didn't respond. He soon noticed why Jim hadn't said anything back, "Oh! Oh my!! This is remarkable!"
"What be the problem?" Silver came to follow. Very soon, half of the crew was up and watching what was going on.
"It can't be…" Victoria mumbled.
The flight of Luna, however, didn't last very long. As she came back to land, she saw that Jim and the others had been watching her. Her wings vanished as she landed, she rubbed her left wrist nervously, "I should have said something sooner…" She stated.
"That was… !" Jim began, he didn't know what to say.
"Your majesty." Victoria bowed respectfully.
"Please! You do not need to –" Luna began.
"To think, we had the Utopian Princess with us the entire time!!" Delbert said, also bowing. Luna was beginning to feel extremely uncomfortable with all of the fuss over what she was. Jim was getting irritated, if it wasn't for him, no one would've ever known as it is.
"Wait a second, how do you guys know that she's the Princess? Why didn't you know earlier?" Jim asked.
"The wings." Victoria answered him, "Any royal from Utopia has wings, the bigger the wings are, the closer they are to the throne. Considering her wings are the biggest I've ever seen, then she certainly is the Princess."
One of the mechanics that'd been working on the Legacy earlier came aboard, uninvited, "So, ye found the Princess, did ye?" He leaned against the side of the ship, "Aye… we've been lookin' fer her fer a long, long time."
"What?" Sounded throughout the Legacy.
"This here planet be Utopia." He explained, "Sure, we're a little short on population these days, but, we've been waitin' fer the Princess to show up."
"Why the Princess?" Jim asked, "Why not any of the other royals?"
"Because, she's the only one left alive!" He said, "Other than… well, us."
Jim was looking for a loophole in the situation, on top of acting like a smart-aleck, "Why can't you guys just rule yourselves?"
"Eh…" The guy started, "Well… we knew she was alive, so, to take the throne would be pure MUTINY. So, if we may take her and crown her… would it be alright?"
"I do not want to go alone." Luna said, hoping Jim would come with her.
"I'll accompany you, your highness." Delbert said, more than willing to go.
"Then it be settled!" The mechanic said, "Both of ye come with us, we shall bring her back for a goodbye before ye are to be leavin' her with us."
Luna bid them goodbye for the time being, Delbert was excited at being able to witness the event of her reuniting with the crown. Jim was angry. In a way, he'd hoped they'd never find the planet and would be able to return to Montresser, then someday he'd be able to confess himself to Luna, of which seemed like the worst thing in the world to do at the moment. A dark shadow veiled his eyes, he was mad and crossed his arms, leaning on a nearby wall.
"Eh, Jimbo?" Silver said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"What?" The anger in his voice was obvious. Jim kept his glaring gaze out in space, clinching his teeth, not even looking over at Silver.
"Why don't ye just tell 'er?" Silver suggested, his robotic hand flinching.
"Tell her what?" Jim asked, "There's nothing to tell."
"Except how you feel." Silver stated.
Jim sighed, "I found my path, and that path doesn't lead down the narrow road of royals." He added, "She wants to stay here, that's that. I want to find that spear and then I want to go home."
"Do ye, want 'er to stay here, Jimbo, spear or not?" Silver asked.
Jim sighed, he was slowly softening his face.
"Just say something, 'twould be better than sayin' nothin' at all." Silver said, "Why I remember when I first told Victoria how I felt about 'er… I thought, 'Who could love an old cyborg?' And she did. The lass loves ya, Jimbo."
"You think?" Jim asked, finally looking over at him.
Silver nodded, "I know. No lassie looks at you the way she does and denies it." They were both quiet for a moment or so, "She has to make a choice when ye tell 'er. This planet to rule or to return with you. I'll leave ye to think it over."
"I'll tell her when she comes back." Jim said, to Silver's surprise. Silver smiled over his shoulder at Jim, then to both of their surprises, Delbert announced Princess Luna's presence on the Legacy. She stepped aboard, she had on a beautiful long, fluffy white dress. She looked angelic in a sense. The gold crown with its many jewels and pearls atop the crown were beautiful. Jim was lost in the vision for a moment, then he remembered what he just said. He gulped, sinking low, Jim wasn't ready for this. He started to walk away and Silver grabbed him by the shoulder.
Jim huffed and ran his hand through his hair, he knew what he had to do. He just didn't want to do it.
"Uh," He cleared his throat, walking next to Luna, "Prin-" His voice cracked, "Princess, I would like to talk to you about something."
She looked at him with great concern, "It's Luna, Jim."
"Right… will you go for a walk with me?" He asked.
Luna nodded and the both of them headed off the ship to go for a walk in the forest just outside of town. It was now or never, Jim would never have another opportunity to talk to her like this. Jim only hoped he would be able to tell her.