Ar: Hi everyone! I hope you enjoy another chapter of Treasure Planet: Journey to Slither Planet! The song that Al sings is Once upon a december from Anastasia!

Enjoy!

Chapter: Jim's Betrayal and Al's painful memory

The crew were getting close to their destination, Slither Planet. Al couldn't believe how far they have gotten for three months. Everything was going smoothly and according to plan.

"Alison!" Al heard someone calling for her. She turns around and realize it was Jim as he was coming towards her.

"Yes James?" Al ask Jim in curiosity of why he called her name.

"I just wanted to call out your name." Jim replies to Al as he nervously rubs the back of his neck. Al felt her cheeks about to flush, but she didn't want her crew to see. So, she hid her blush and faked a cough before talking.

"It feels weird being called by my name." Al said to Jim even though he can see her blushing which made him smile a bit.

"You should smile more. It's refreshing to see you smile." Jim told Al as he almost felt a blush trying to roam his cheeks. Al didn't know what to say until she spots something flying towards her ship. Jim notices her expression and was about to ask what's wrong.

Al realized that it was one of Poison fang's pirate ships heading towards them.

"Pleiades. Grab your sword and prepare to fight. We've got company." Al murmurs to Jim in a serious tone as she grabs her sword and her gun to prepare for the enemy to head their way.

"EVERYONE! PREPARE TO FIGHT! POISON FANG'S SPIES ARE HEADING TOWARDS US TO ATTACK US!" Al shouts to the others in her serious tone which made everyone stop what their doing with surprise expressions on their faces. Everyone was shocked. They thought that they would never see Poison fang's spies after the map mission.

"How is that possible Captain?! We returned the map to them!?" Delbert asks in shock and horror.

"I don't know! All I know is: NEVER try to attack our ship unless they want to see another day!" Al responded to Delbert as she grips her weapons tighter than usual. Everyone in Al's crew knew what to do and helped Jim and the others prepare for battle.

"Somethings definitely wrong here lassie. Our plan to copy the map was successful like a treasure hunt." Silver told Al as he prepares for battle and looks at the ship that was becoming closer to the RSS Scott.

"We'll talk about that later Silver! For now, Prepare to fight!" Al said to her friend as she glares at the enemy that are about to aboard her ship.

The pirates jumped aboard and the fight began the same creature that fell into her trap. Jim never saw Al fight before, and boy was he impressed. Al was defeating Poison Fang spies one by one without any help, but Al, Sabrina and Snow would tag team at some point. Al's crew were amazing when it comes to fighting and protecting each other.

Jim and his crew, were impressive as well. Delbert and Amelia would train a lot at their home before they accepted this journey, Sarah can fight and defend herself, since she married an adventurer once. Morph, Ben and Snow would fight together. Silver still got it and Jim was more stronger than before.

Jim was backing up a bit, until his back touched with Al's. The two of them looked at each other and smirked. Jim locked his arms with Al and began to swing her around as she kicks every single Spy of Poison Fang. Jim stops swinging her and Al landed on the ground gracefully as she looks at the Spy that had the map to their location. AL began to walks towards the spy a bit before she spoke.

"Had enough Poison fang's trash?" Al asks him as she points her sword at her enemy. The spy glares evilly at Al before he began to speak.

"YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE TO TELL US THAT AFTER WHAT YOUR CREW DID TO US!" The Spy told her angrily as his voice became louder.

"What are you talking about?" Al asks the Spy in a confusing tone.

"YOU'RE CREW STOLE OUR MAP!" The Spy replies to Al as he glares at her crew.

"WHAT?! We didn't steal your map!" Al told the Spy in shock as she thought about the time they took the map, copied it and returned it back to them without knowing.

"THAT'S A LIE! I KNOW ONE OF YOUR CREW MEMBERS STOLE IT!" The Spy told Al as he grew more furious about the situation. He saw his men weakening from this battle and knew it was time to retreat.

"MEN! RETURN TO THE SHIP!" The Spy commanded. The rest of his crew returned to the ship as he glares at Jim and knew it was him who gave him the fake orb.

They returned to the ship and fled, but Al had a feeling that it was not over yet.

"We returned the orb!" Sabrina said to Al as she looks at them in a questioning expression.

"I know that! Unless…." Al said to Sabrina and then realize that Jim was the last one with the orb. She looks at Jim with a serious expression, raised her sword in the air and slashed Jim's pocket to find the map falling out of Jim's pocket. Everyone was shocked, but Al was surprised and Pissed.

"James Pleiades Hawkins! What were you thinking!?" Sarah said to her son in shock.

"He wasn't thinking!" Al replies to Sarah's question angrily. Everyone turns their head to Al who is really pissed at Jim.

"He was thinking of himself!" Al continues as she began to walk towards Jim. Jim was shocked by Al's words as well.

"How could you!? Do you know what could've happen to us because of your selfishness!?" Al told Jim angrily as she glares at him with distrust. Her words made Jim pissed off since she was being a hypocrite herself.

"I'm being selfish!? Coming from the person who ran away from home and never returned until she was captured from the Academy that her Uncle is apart of!" Jim told her in anger which shocked the crew even more and Al even more pissed.

"End of discussion Hawkins!" Al said to him in a deep angry tone as she grabs the orb and was about to head back to her room.

"So you're just going to shut me out because I'm telling the truth!?" Jim said to Al in anger as she stops walking.

"You want to know how I knew about your run away?! It's because the General told me!" Jim said to her which made the situation even worse.

"What?" Al asks Jim in a very angry state of mind that the atmosphere became tense.

"The General gave me a communicator so I could contact him about the mission! When I asked him about you, he told me you ran away with a letter and no goodbye! Then you have the guts to call me selfish!?" Jim replies to Al as he was still in his angry emotion.

"You don't know nothing about me Hawkins!" Al said to him as she felt her breaking point about to come out.

"That's because you shut everyone out because your so stubborn! No Wonder you're alone! Your parents would be disappointed in you!" Jim said which made Al's crew gasp in shock. Al snaps and head towards Jim and began to fight him. Jim was blocking all of her attacks as Al began to attack strongly.

"Ally! Jimbo! Stop!" Silver said to the both of them as he was sadden by the two of them fighting, but they didn't listen to him.

Al found an opening and attacked him strongly. Jim hit the floor and felt Al's sword against his neck. Al gave him a deathly glare before she spoke.

"Don't EVER talk about my parents from your mouth! You don't even know them!" Al told Jim as she kept her sword against Jim's neck.

Solar heard something beeping and smelt something awful. Samantha knew what that smell is and became frightened. She looks at Snow and knew that the tiger wolf can warn her.

A WOOOOOOO!

Al heard Snow howl in warning, which meant one thing…. She took her sword away from Jim's neck, got him off the ground from his arm and threw him to Silver.

"Snow! Commence protection field around the group!" Al commanded Snow seriously. Even though Snow was hesitant, she knew that she had to. Snow's body began to glow blue around her and it began to cover the crew inside.

"What is going on?" Amelia asks Al's crew in curiosity.

"Their is nightmare gas in the air." Samantha replies to Amelia in the force field.

"Nightmare gas?" Sarah asks Samantha in curiosity as well.

"Nightmare gas is a powerful fume that covers a person surroundings and unravels images of the persons nightmare of worst fears." Samantha explains to the others sternly.

"What about the force field?" Delbert asks them in shock.

"Snow's species has powers that can protect themselves or their companion. Its one of the ways to not get hit by the gas." Samantha replies to Delbert.

"What about Al!? We need to get her out of their!" Sabrina said to her sister worriedly.

"Captain will be fine! She wants to make sure our safety comes first." Harrison said to Sabrina, even though he wants to get his friend out of their as well.

They heard a very loud bang and spotted green smoke surrounding the main deck. They spotted their dear captain still standing in the same spot as she looks at the Nightmare gas straight in the eye. Al knew that Poison fang's spies were up to something after they fled. The leader of his Spies dropped a few of the Nightmare gas on the ground to make us suffer a bit.

The gas began to form into a jungle like environment showing a little girl playing with a tiger wolf pup, an adult male with neck length Brown golden hair with blues eyes and female with long hazelnut hair and green eyes watching the little girl play and another adult male lion drawing the scene happening before him.

"Is that?" Jim asks Silver in a shock yet curious tone.

"Aye Jimbo! What ur see'in is lil ally." Silver replies to Jim sadly as he knew what nightmare that the gas has formed for her. Everyone except for Snow, Silver and the rest of Al's crew were shocked at this image forming.

"That must be the General drawing. Wow! He looks like our age, but taller." Jim thought to himself looking at General Alan.

"That couple must've been her parents.."Jim thought to himself as they began to watch the image playing like a movie.

"Momma! Can you, Daddy and Uncle Alan sleep in my tent tonight?" Little Al asks her mom happily yet shyly.

"How come my little explorer? I thought you said you're a big girl and you can take care of yourself?" The older man that is her father crouching to her level.

"Because Snowflake has to go to her mommy tonight!" Little Al replies to her dad shyly. The three adults knew that Al is having sleeping problems.

"Alison, are you having Scary dreams again?" Al's mother asks her as she kneels down to her level.

"Aye. When I close my eyes, I see scary monsters that are trying to take you, daddy, Snowflake and Uncle Alan away from me." Al replies to her mother sadly as a small tear ran down her face.

"Aw Sweetie. No one is going to harm you, mommy, daddy, uncle Alan and Snowflake!" Al's mother told her as she held her in her warm embrace. Al's mother was so kindhearted and loving in Jim's, Sarah's, Morph's, Ben's, Amelia's and Delbert's eyes.

"Look like someone needs to listen to the brave song!" Al's father said to her as he tickles her.

"Already have it!" Al's mother said to them as she took the music box out of her bag and held it in her hand. Al went into her Pocket and took out the same small blue and gold music box in her hand.

"It would always cheer you!" Al recited what her mother said to her about the music box as a sad smile appears on her face. The music box wold play the full song if you winded it up four times. Al winded the small box four times with her mother in the image before her and the music began to play. Little Al grabs her uncle from his sitting position and began to dance with him as snowflake dances with them. Then, Al's mother began to sing.

Dancing bears

Painted wings

Things I almost remember

Then Al joins in with her younger self.

And a song

Someone sings

Once upon a december

Then Al just began to sing by herself as it began to show images of her and the adventures she had with her family.

Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully

Across my memory~

As the music box kept on playing, Al began to dance a bit to the music as her crew looks at her sadly and Jim's friends and family looks at this shockingly. The images began to get dark as it started to show the ugly truth of her past.

It began to show a fire growing as her mother, uncle and Snowflake trying to make it out alive as they saw her father battling with the pirate captain, Poison Fang.

Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully

Across my memory

The gas shows her younger self watching her father die as her mother carried her as they were running to a ship as tears were flooding from different faces.

Far away

Long ago

Glowing dim as an ember

Then it shows Snowflake and Alan holding Al on the ship as they were waiting for her mother to climb aboard. Al's mother was telling them that she has to stay and fight in order to give them time. Little Al was shaking her head no as her mother unhooked the ship, said "I love you to Al" and the ship began to sail as her mother ran back into the jungle environment. Younger Al broke out of her uncles grip and was heading to the front of the ship calling out to her parents crying.

Things my heart

Used to know

Things it yearns to remember

What made everyone speechless was when they saw part of the jungle like planet explodes as Al was reaching out with her younger self with tears in her eyes.

And a song

Someone sings

Al fell to her knees with tears still in her eyes as she saw her uncle and snowflake holding and comforting her younger self who fell to her knees crying as well on the ship.

Once

upon

A

December~

Al sung the last part of the song as the music box was playing the last keys to the lullaby and the gas began disappearing. Snowflake took down her force field and headed straight to her friend as she licks her face to comfort her. Jim went forward and was about to say something until Al interrupts him.

"Are you happy now Hawkins!?" Al said to him as she stood up with her back turned to him. Jim stayed silent as guilt came over him. Al began to head back to her room with Snow quietly. Jim tried to call out her name, but Snowflake growled at him and continued to head to her room that she share's with Al.

Jim turns around and saw everyones sad expressions as they began to head to their rooms. Jim, Morph,Ben, Sarah and Silver left at the deck.

"Jim…..I…*sigh* It's not your fault sweetie." Sarah said to her son and headed to her room quietly.

"Don't worry Jim, she'll come around….Just you wait." Ben said to him sadly. He gave him a comforting hug and headed to him.

Now it was Jim, Morph and Silver.

"Jimbo! It's not your fault." Silver said to Jim.

"Not your fault! Not your fault!" Morph repeats to Jim.

"It is my fault! I screwed up! If it wasn't for me, none of this wouldn't have happen!" Jim said to Silver angrily with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"I shouldn't have talked about her parents! I shouldn't have even kept the map! I just-" Jim said to Silver and Morph as tears began to fall from his eyes. Silver held Jim in his arms as he let him cry his heart out.

In Amelia and Delbert's room,

Amelia was laying on Delbert's arm as she comforts him after seeing what happened to his dear friend.

"I am so sorry Delbert." Amelia said to her husband sadly as she comforts the broken hearted man in front of her.

"I knew about his death, but I never knew how it happened. It's just so.." Delbert said to his wife as he couldn't finish his sentence.

"I know! He died a hero, protecting his family, his crew, his friends and Slither Planet." Amelia told her husband in a positive expression to cheer up his mood.

"He sure did Amelia, but do you know what's worse." Delbert said to Amelia as he sighs in sadness. Amelia nods her head in wanting to know the worst part.

"Not only did Alison lost her parents, she lost her home." Delbert told Amelia which surprised her in a way.

"You mean.." Amelia said to Delbert with wide eyes in shock.

"Yes my dear. Slither Planet was the home that Alison grew up in." Delbert said to her as he sighs in sadness once more.

Ar: With Al forgive Jim? Will Jim apologize to Al and try to understand her? Will they see Poison fang again?

Until next time!

R&R