Treasure Planet: Katherine Journey through the Past
Summary: Join Jim and Kate on a journey through their past as they look back at all that's happened in the past ten years. Rated T for mild language and certain shenanigans the characters get into. Chapters are going to be in no set order due to being flashbacks so there is no set plot.
SPH: Hey guys! How are you? So this flashback I wanted to be closer to the middle of the story, but I've been dying to get it typed up and posted so that's why you're getting it now. Anywho, I do not own Treasure Planet or any of its content, they belong to Disney. I only own Kate, all other OC's, the story, and the plot. On with the story!
Jim and Kate were walking around town when they reached the tavern they'd visited when they were kids.
"Come on, let's go in." Jim said, "We haven't been here in years."
Kate frowned but nodded.
Jim pushed the door open and the two were surprised to see the place hadn't changed much over the past ten, soon to be eleven years.
"Hey! No pets allowed!" a man behind the bar cried spotting Luna and Morph.
"Sorry Luna, Morph, guess you'll have to wait outside." Kate said putting Luna down.
Luna whined but went outside and sat by the door while Morph sat on her head.
"There anything I can get you two?" the man asked as Kate and Jim made their way through the crowd.
"We're…" Kate started.
"Sure, what ya got?" Jim asked.
"Jim!" Kate cried.
"What?" Jim asked. Kate glared at him and if looks could kill he'd be dead by now. "Oh come on, one drink couldn't hurt." Jim said.
"Do you remember the last time 'one drink couldn't hurt'?" Kate asked crossing her arms choosing not to bring up that they were underage to start with.
A fifteen-year-old Jim was in the house of his current Foster Father accompanied by a thirteen-year-old Kate who was lying on the couch reading. Currently his Foster Father, Jake was out on a business trip on another world and wouldn't be back for a few more days giving Jim and Kate free range of the house. Normally Kate would lay under Jim's bed to read so Jim's Foster Parent or parents depending on what Foster Family he was with wouldn't walk on a floating book but as they were the only ones there she was free to do what she wanted without any worries of being discovered.
Just as Kate was getting to the good part of the book she heard a loud racket in the kitchen and groaned as she got up.
"Jim I was just getting to the good part, you'd better have a good explanation for whatever's going on." She said storming into the kitchen. Upon entering she spotted a few things, one, the cupboard where Jim's Faster Father kept his best alcohol was open and a door was off its hinge. Two, there was a stool laying on its side in front of it, and three Jim had an open bottle of wine in his hands and was pouring himself a drink. "James Pleiades Hawkins what are you doing!?" Kate cried grabbing the bottle.
"Come on Kate!" Jim said, "It's just one drink! Besides, aren't you even curious about why people love this stuff so much?"
"Jim you're only fifteen!" Kate cried, "This is your tenth Foster Home in six months! And the one you've had the longest! Are you seriously going to risk losing it and having to stay at the shelter again for who knows how long?"
"Come on! One drink won't hurt!" Jim protested.
Kate growled as she put the bottle away.
"Fine, go ahead, but when this all backfires in your face don't expect me to bail you out!" she said, "I gave you an option and warning, if you get kicked out it's your own fault!" That said she turned tail and stormed away.
Jim smirked and rolled his eyes before taking a drink.
Kate was lying on Jim's bed reading when she heard yet another loud racket coming from downstairs, only louder and it sounded like a ton more people were there.
"What in the!?" she asked racing for the stairs.
Running down them she saw just about every teenager in town was here partying and drinking.
"Jim what is going on!?" Kate asked running over to Jim who was holding another drink.
"Oh, hey Jade," Jim slurred clearly drunk making Kate facepalm.
"It's Kate." She said exasperated.
"Hey, it's a party." Jim said. "Here, have a drink." He said offering his drink to her forgetting she couldn't eat or drink due to being drunk.
Kate scowled and knocked the drink out his hand before storming into the kitchen. Grabbing a stool she went and searched for the wine bottle Jim had earlier. After she found it she compared it to the other bottles of alcohol.
"Of course he picked the strongest one." She said realizing what happened, "That one drink was probably enough to get him drunk, plus he'd poured himself a big glass."
"Looking for a specific drink?" Jim asked walking in and hiccupping every other word.
"You're drunk, you know that?" Kate asked annoyed.
"I'm not drunk." Jim said hiccupping.
"Yes, you are!" Kate yelled.
"Whatev's, I'm going back to the party." Jim said making Kate once again facepalm.
"When this backfire's don't blame me!" she called after him taking note he was stumbling. Almost right after she said that the phone started ringing startling her. "Jim!" Kate tried to call, but the noise of the party only increased meaning someone turned up the stereo out there, probably Jim to tune her out, even though he was drunk, he did seem to know Kate was going to argue over the situation no matter what it was. Kate groaned and let the phone ring as she pulled herself onto the counter and sat down by the phone. "Oh geez," she said spotting the number, "that's Jake's number."
"Hey Jim, it's me. I just wanted to tell you that the trip ended early and that I should be back in a few hours." Jake's voice said as it went to voicemail.
"Well shit." Kate said as it ended. She quickly got off the counter and ran to the doorway before pausing and biting her lip. She'd said she wouldn't help Jim out if the 'one drink couldn't hurt' backfired, but at the same time, she had to do something to try and prevent Jim from going back to the shelter. Groaning she grabbed a bottle of wine and a recording of a kid yelling 'the police are coming' from an old movie and made her way to the stereo, luckily Jim wasn't by it so she could probably get away with her plan. Upon reaching the stereo she turned it off before smashing the bottle of wine and playing the recording.
Hearing the recording and being too drunk to realize it was a recording everyone cleared out of the house faster than Kate had ever seen most of them move, though she had to grab Jim by the back of the jacket to prevent him from running out of the house.
"Oh no, you're cleaning up this mess." She said as the last teen ran out.
Jim groaned before hiccupping.
As much as Kate tried to make sure the house was clean her efforts were in vain as Jake arrived earlier than he'd said on the recording.
"Oh, hi Jake." Jim slurred before hiccupping still clearly drunk.
Kate facepalmed as Jake yelled for Jim to pack his stuff and get out.
"I told you this would happen." She yelled slamming Jim's door and packing for him.
Jim, however, didn't reply but instead collapsed onto the bed, still awake, but unable to stay upright.
Kate groaned and quickly forged Jake's handwriting onto a note saying Jim was to be checked for alcohol poisoning by the doctor at the shelter. She knew the fact he couldn't stand on his own was a bad sign and she honestly didn't know what she'd do if something happened to him. Once it was written she slipped it into Jim's pocket as she continued to pack for him.
Kate winced as she heard the door slam behind her. While Jake had the decency to call a cab since Jim could hardly walk, he refused to walk him to the cab leaving Kate to struggle to get Jim to it on her own.
"Okay, come on." She said putting one of Jim's arms over her shoulders and half dragging half carrying him to the cab. She personally was glad the driver seemed too focused on reading a map than them which probably meant he was a new driver. "There ya go." She said buckling Jim in before closing the cab door as she got in herself.
Upon reaching the shelter she had to move Jim from behind to avoid giving herself away which was extremely hard, namely because Jim; despite only being half conscious, had a mind of his own and didn't want to move towards the building. Kate didn't blame him. While it was true he was taken care of and treated decently the whole building was just depressing and wasn't very warm which wasn't a huge help since it was the middle of winter. To Kate, however; its worst feature was its limited selection of books. There wasn't a huge variety and most of them were just old almanacs or dictionaries. Heck! She probably had most of the books memorized!
"Jim, I hate this place just as much as you do but it's your own fault we're back here and unless you'd rather be shivering in an alleyway begging for food or some money from people passing by instead of somewhere with warm beds and food you'll start at least trying to walk." Kate growled giving Jim a quick jab in the side to prove she meant business.
Jim stumbled forward allowing Kate to basically use him as a puppet.
As they reached the steps Kate started to worry about getting Jim up them but luckily a worker came out after seeing how hard it was for Jim to walk. After they were safely indoors Kate had Jim 'grab' the note and give it to the worker. Thankfully Jim was fine, just drunk, not in danger of dying from alcohol poisoning overnight and as long as he didn't continue to do this on a regular basis. After Jim had been inspected a worker helped him into bed where he dropped his stuff and passed out.
Jim rubbed the back of his neck as Kate continued to glare.
"Yeah," he said slowly, "the hangover had been so bad it lasted two whole days."
"And you acted like a total idiot!" Kate said.
"Alright, alright I get it." Jim said.
"Hey, aren't you that girl from ten years ago?" the bartender asked Kate, "Then one who'd danced on the tables, and railing, and whatnot?"
"Y-yeah." Kate said blushing and pushing some of her hair out of her face.
"Ya still dance?" the bartender asked.
Kate nodded.
"She sings too." Jim added.
"Jim!" Kate cried.
"What? You do." Jim said shrugging.
"Well, how bout another performance?" the bartender asked.
Kate grinned.
"Sure." She said smiling.
"Hey boys!" the bartender called to a group of musicians on the far side of the room, "Strike up and play something lively!"
The group started playing and Kate laughed as she started dancing.
SPH: Well, I certainly hope you guys enjoyed! Also, the flashback isn't the last time Jim said one drink couldn't hurt, it was the first but he did it again while living with Silver and drank until he passed out so it was the only one he remembered. Alright, well next chapter is actually a musical number regarding Kate's time at the orphanage which I'm sure anyone who's a fan of the 1999 Annie remake and the 2014 one will enjoy. Keep in mind I'm not going to be telling you what to expect in the next chapters every time, this is just one that I know I'm doing next because it's basically like this one only I just came up with it the day I typed this one up. Alright well, this is Samantha Peace HeartStar signing off for now. Peace out and keep spreading the Treasure Planet love! See ya!
