Chapter 29: voyage of the RLS legacy
I do not own kingdom hearts or the properties shown in this fanfic. They belong to the respective owners and the original story is based on the works of Darius Almighty. Kingdom hearts and trials of the keyblade is owned by square Enix, Disney, and Tetsuya Nomura. Please support the official release.
Right. Now time to dive into treasure planet! The loot of a thousand worlds! as a person who enjoyed the movie and I think the music must've got involved in star trek Picard.
With that out of the way, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
The Shera flew over a city that enveloped a crescent-shaped world. It was a struggle for the damaged airship but it was managed by an expert pilot. As they flew, they were awestruck by the sights they saw. They could see that spaceships flying in the sky weren't uncommon here, as everywhere they looked, ships zipped by. The city was made of large, futuristic buildings of intricate design and structural stability. It was by far the most amazing place any of them had ever been too.
Cid pulled the ship in for a landing on an empty landing strip. Lowering the landing gear and descending down, the Shera finally expired the last of its power, just in time to safely touch the planet's surface. The crew walked down the lowered ramp and took their first steps on this new world.
"You ever think that one day we'll arrive at a world with no oxygen?" Ron asked out of nowhere. Rufus made hacking noises to emphasize. No one answered him, but they were obviously uneasy at the thought.
Sora took a look around. The world was just as amazing on the ground as from the air. The people he observed living in this city included a variety of aliens and creatures. The streets outside the landing sheet were crowded with them. Overhead, ships were flying, heading off for their many destinations.
"Alright," Leon ordered. "Quistis, Barret, Wade, Shelke and I will stay here with the ship. The rest of you get out and find that part. Good luck."
"Okay people!" Cid rang out. He held up a very poor drawing off some kind of engine part to the ship. "This is what we need. It's called the grade42 power cuplink. Without it, the ship is just a really big paperweight. Now let's fan out and get shopping!" The assembled group all saluted clumsily and set off into the large city.
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"You know," Beast said thoughtfully as he, Jack and Mulan walked through the crowded streets. "Something occurred to me."
"You've finally realized it's all downhill from here?" Jack guessed, slyly. Beast glared at him.
"No," he growled, trying his absolute best to keep calm. "How are we supposed to buy anything when we have no munny?"
"That's right," Mulan realized. "We...gave all our munny to Han Solo. We're completely broke! What are we supposed to do?" Without any munny to fix their ship they were stranded on this world. Not a very comforting thought.
"Well, we could always do the pirate thing," Jack reasoned. Beast and Mulan were confused until Jack drew his pistol and approached a rather wealthy looking alien, licking his lips greedily. Beast immediately pounced on him and held him back.
"We are not stealing!" the former prince seethed, grappling with Jack. "Stupid thief!"
"I wasn't gonna steal! I was gonna hold him hostage! There's a unique difference!" Jack explained, fighting him off. "You no good flea-bag!"
"Degenerate pirate!" Beast retorted.
"Ugly horned demon!"
"Greedy jerk!"
"Uh, guys?" Mulan said meekly. The two bickering Keybladers momentarily tore their gazes away from each other to glare straight at her. Mulan cringed at their flaming eyes. "L-look at this. This could help us." She held in her hands a piece of paper. A small poster. Beast and Jack raised their eyebrows and went to inspect it. Once they had finished reading it over, they all looked at each other, sharing the same thought.
"It's crazy," Beast muttered.
"It's insane," Jack stated. Mushu popped out from Mulan's collar.
"Let's do it!" he exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Sora, Kairi, Cid, and Yuffie, on another side of the city, continued their search for the required ship part. After asking around town a bit, their search brought them to a run-down old shop crammed in between much larger places of business. There was a large sign over the entrance that read 'WATTO"S JUNK SHOP'. The group entered through the door with a small amount of haste.
"Ah, customers!" exclaimed the small blue alien upon their arrival. He strange was looking fellow with his bloated belly, short trunk and triple-jointed legs. He also sported a pair of small leathery wings on his back. They flapped rapidly as he flew over to meet them. This was apparently Watto. "Welcome to my shop! Now what do you want?"
The shop was a very disorganized place. Even for a junk shop. Everywhere there were scraps and pieces of some kind of machinery. Entire piles of it. Hopefully in one of them was the part they were looking for.
"We're looking for a grade 42 power cuplink," Cid answered looking around the place. "We hear that you've got one in this lovely little establishment. Care to share?" Watto's large eyes shone with greed.
"Oh, yes. Yes. Very good unit," the alien said. "Let me see if I can find it in the back." He flew off through a door to search through the store.
"I don't like that guy," Kairi muttered crossly. "He seems more intent on making a pretty penny than helping us."
"Of course he's untrustworthy", said Cid. He's a junk dealer! Worse than the Heartless themselves! So everyone just play it cool and don't touch anything!" He glared pointedly in Sora and Yuffie's direction.
"What?" Sora said. "Just cause we goof off every once and a while, you immediately think we're going to do something wrong?"
"Well, I for one take offence to that!" Yuffie said crossly. "I'd say I've behaved pretty well this whole trip and - oh, shiny!" She approached a small one-eyed robot that was switched off.
It wasn't long before Watto emerged from the back room, but now he carried, with some difficulty, the grade42 power cuplink. It fit Cid's badly drawn picture perfectly. Everyone's faces lit up as he set it down before them.
"There you have it!" the alien presented. "One grade42 power cuplink. You are in luck too. I just happened to stumble upon this the other day. Just lying around in someone's ship! Bah! People these days! But I digress. Let's talk price."
"Why certainly, my good whatever-the-hell-you are!" Cid smiled, pulling out his change purse. "Now what would be a reasonable amount?"
"Eight-thousand munny." Cid balked and accidently swallowed his toothpick, sending him into coughing and hacking fit.
"EIGHT-THOUSAND!?" Cid hollered right in Watto's face. "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!?" What proceeded was a long string of curses, much too filthy to detail in this fanfic.
"Way to play it cool, Cid," Sora sighed. Behind him, the robot Yuffie was poking suddenly switched on, staring at her curiously. She waved at it and it waved back.
"Maybe we can negotiate something?" Kairi offered. Watto spat at her words.
"My prices are non-negotiable," he said smugly. "Bad for my reputation. You understand."
"Hey!" Yuffie cried, chasing the same robot around the store. "That thing stole my wallet!"
"Oh, I, uh, don't know where he learned to do that," Watto shrugged.
Cid finally calmed down enough to be able to make complete sentences. "We can't afford that! It's highway robbery!"
Watto grinned devilishly. "That is my price. A Toydarian has to make a living, you know. You cannot afford it, then off with you!" Cid ground his teeth, producing painful noises.
"Fine! We'll take our business elsewhere! Come on kids!" He turned in his rage to leave just as Yuffie tore her wallet away from the robot's grasp. She gave it one last kick before she followed the others.
"Ha! Good luck!" Watto called after them. "You might as well buy a new ship! Because I can assure you, no one else on this entire planet has a grade42 power cuplink! It's me or nothing!" They left the junk shop with that thought lingering in their minds and Watto glaring at their backs.
After many hours searching through the city, everyone returned to the Shera to report their finds which, as it turned out, weren't much. The only ones who hadn't turned up yet were Mulan, Jack and Beast. Hopefully they had better luck then the rest of them.
"Alright," Leon sighed, looking over the group. "Did anybody get anything?" Their ashamed looks were all he needed to see to realize they still had nothing.
"I got nothing," Kim sighed.
"I got zip," sonic groaned.
"I got a rock," Ron said. Rufus pulled said rock out of his pocket. Every glared daggers at him. "That's still better then what you guys got!"
Leon sighed in annoyance. When he opened his eyes he saw Sora, Kairi, Yuffie and Cid approaching. They didn't look very happy. Especially Cid. But what else was new? "So?" he asked, knowing the answer. "You find it?"
"We found it, alright," Sora said. "But..."
"We gotta pay a whopping eight-thousand to get it!" Cid spat. "Lousy, no good..." After leaving Watto's shop, they had looked everywhere to find another grade42 power cuplink, one they could afford. But what Watto said was true. No one else other then him had that part. They must have searched the entire city but had come up empty handed. That greedy blue alien had put them in quite a pickle.
"Eight-thousand!?" Leon sputtered. "We can't afford that!"
"Hence our dilemma," Sora said miserably. "I was thinking that maybe we could get part-time jobs. We could raise the money."
"We don't have the time," Leon explained. "It would take forever to raise eight-thousand. We need that munny all up front. But how could we get that kind of munny?"
"Yoo-hoo!" Walking down the runway were Jack, Mulan and Beast. By the looks of it they hadn't acquired the needed part either. And yet they didn't look disappointed. They were even smiling. "Seems like Jack Sparrow appears whenever you need assistance, savvy?" Jack grinned as he and the others approached.
"I'd rather he didn't pop up at all," sonic muttered.
"Looks like someone's got a case of the Mondays!" Jack mused.
"It's Thursday," Sora stated.
"Do you want our news or not?" Everyone shrugged offhandedly and Jack slapped his forehead.
"Look at this," Beast told them. He held in his paw a piece of paper. Sora took it and looked it over.
"'Join the crew of the R.L.S. Legacy,'" he read. "'Adventure, fame and discovery await all those who crave excitement. A once in a lifetime chance to experience the wonders of the universe.'"
"That part put me off too," Jack slurred, appearing beside Sora. "But look at this little number here." He pointed to one particular sentence on the page. Sora read it out.
"'And receive payment of ten-thousand munny!'"
"Ten-thousand!?" Kairi exclaimed. "No way!"
"This is perfect!" Cid said happily. "With this we can afford to buy from Watto! And all you have to do is go on a little cruise! What are the odds?"
Jack grinned wide. "Good thing I stumbled upon this, eh? I mean, what would you do without me?" Jack felt Mulan's glare at the back of his head and smiled weakly at her. Beside her, Beast crossed his arms.
"Well, I don't like it," he said. "We don't know anything about it. This could be a con for all we know. What we should do is think this through and-"
"Hey, this thing is taking off today!" Sora shouted, paying no attention to Beast. "We better hurry!" Beast ran his paw across his face.
"Wait a minute," Leon said. "This is a pretty big mission. You guys might need some help. Kim, Ron. You guys go with them."
"Golden!" Rufus exclaimed.
The R.L.S. Legacy was a marvelous ship. It was shaped like a great Spanish galleon, complete with deck, mast, boon, everything that was to be found on a seafaring vessel. Except this one was to fly through space. It was much more elegant a ship then the pirating Black Pearl. Many aliens walked up the steel plank that lead on board and the group followed suit.
"At last! I return to the familiar decks of a ship!" Jack said cheerfully. "You can keep your cold metal flying machines. This is the only way to travel!"
They all walked off the plank and onto deck. It was a very clean and advanced ship with its alien crew running to and fro, getting ready for take off. Orders were shouted to which the crew responded in haste. Everyone watched in awe as they strolled the deck.
When Kairi was walking up the plank, she bumped into someone. "Oh, sorry," she apologized. The young man, a few years older than herself, with messy brown hair and brown clothes carrying a pack over his shoulder turned to smile at Kairi.
"It's alright," he said kindly. "I'm just glad to see some human looking people on board this ship." He laughed heartily and Kairi couldn't help but laugh with him. "I'm Jim Hawkins."
"I'm Kairi. Nice to meet you, Jim!" Jim grinned widely. "Are you joining the crew too?"
"Oh, yeah," Jim said. "I'm actually one of the people who arranged this whole voyage. Well me and..."
"Jim!" Running down the deck, knocking many people aside as he did, including Sora, was some kind of dog-man. Large, thick glasses sat on the bridge of his nose and he had the look of an academic or professor. Kairi couldn't help but notice how frazzled he looked. "Jim! There you are! Do you know how many complete strangers I mistook for you? Seven! And three of them punched me! In the face! Even though I specifically asked them not too!"
"Sorry Doc," Jim laughed. "I was just talking to Kairi here."
For the first time, he noticed Kairi. "Oh, have you made a friend? I'm always saying you should get out more! Good day, my dear. My name is Dr. Doppler. But what is a young girl like yourself doing here? Among all these space sailors!"
Kairi did admit that the crew seemed a bit...unseemly. As far as aliens went, these looked like the meanest, nastiest, most cut-throat bunch she had ever seen. "I'm not here alone. I'm with my friends. They're over..."
"Well, I say that cherry pie is the greatest pie ever!" Sora shouted to Ron.
"You're crazy! Pumpkin pie is the greatest!" Ron shouted back.
"Yeah!" Rufus squeaked. Kairi watched but couldn't bring herself to say that those were her friends.
A large alien that looked like he was made of stone, dressed in a red officers uniform and black hat, stood tall and straight overseeing the crew's preparations. Doppler walked up to him and saluted. "Good day, Captain! Everything ship shape I hope?"
The man grinned. "You flatter me, sir, but I'm not the captain of his vessel," he said in deep sophisticated voice.
"No captain?" Doppler stammered. "That can't be! Who will boss everyone around? Who will I pay?"
Jack was at his side in an instant. "You're in luck then! No captain? No problem! For I happen to be Captain Jack Sparrow! The greatest ship captain ever! Here's my card." He handed the doctor a card with just the name Jack Sparrow scribbled down on it. "You can keep that. I have hundreds."
"That won't be necessary." Everyone looked skyward at the female voice. A beautiful catlike woman with green feline eyes dressed in naval officers uniform looked down on them all from the quarter deck. She jumped off and swung on the ropes above, flipping and twisting along until she touched down before them, looking very distinguished and graceful as she did. Every man in the group stood there with mouths hanging agape. Rufus shut Ron's mouth after a while.
"Good day, everyone," she said. "I am Captain Amelia. Welcome aboard the R.L.S Legacy. You've met my first officer, Mr. Arrow," she said, referring to the stone man. "Sterling, tough, true and dependable."
"Please, Captain," Arrow said, embarrassed.
"Oh, shut up, Arrow. You know I didn't mean a word of it. And who are all of you?" she asked, referring to the world travelers.
"Crew reporting for duty, Ma'am!" Sora said saluting.
"We'll do anything you ask of us!" Kairi also saluted.
"Is the poop-deck what I think it is?" Ron asked.
Amelia frowned and looked them all up and down. Her eyes momentarily stayed on Jack, as if she saw something she didn't like in him. Then she turned to Doppler. "You must be Dr. Doppler. I was warned that you were a bit...odd."
"Odd? Me? Don't be ridiculous!" Doppler said, exasperated. "But enough about your craziness. Allow me to introduce you to Jim Hawkins!" He put his arm around Jim who smiled in response. "You see Jim here is the one who found the tres-" Amelia slapped her gloved hand over his mouth
"Doctor, please!" she snapped, eyeing the Sora and the rest of them. "May I speak with you both in my quarters? Now!" Doppler nodded nervously while Jim shrugged. They left the Keybladers and walked through the door to the Captain's stateroom.
"You see that?" Beast said. "I knew there was something about this ship! There's always something! We can't just go somewhere and find nothing wrong. Oh no! There's always some kind of plot!"
"If there wasn't, then there wouldn't be a good story and people would lose interest!" Sora concluded. "But there does seem to be something going on here. Wish we could hear what they were talking about."
"Leave it to me and my trusty companion!" Ron said with glee. Rufus stood on the palm of his hand grinning broadly. "Rufus! Super secret spy mode!" The naked mole-rat underwent an instant transformation. He hopped off of Ran's hand and scurried across the deck, dodging the feet of passing aliens as he did. When he reached the Captain's door he squeezed underneath the crack, his stubby tail slipping in behind him. "Godspeed, little mole-rat!"
"We are the weirdest people ever," Jack said with a smile on his face.
Rufus emerged on the other side of the door, shaking himself when he did. Amelia's quarters were spacious and very tidy. Many maps were on the walls displaying different corners of the universe. Amelia and Arrow faced both Jim and Doppler, stern and serious. As quick and stealthy as a ninja, Rufus scaled one of the wooden cabinets and hid behind a vase. Now hidden, he listened intently to their conversation.
"Doctor, I shouldn't need to remind you not to talk about the treasure map in front of the crew," Amelia lectured. Jim rolled his eyes while Doppler fidgeted. "Especially a crew like this. It borders on idiotic. And I mean that in a very caring way."
"You don't get invited to many parties, do you?" Doppler said. Amelia ignored him.
"Mr. Hawkins," she said to Jim. "May I see the map?" Rufus saw Jim reach a hand into his pants pocket. When he pulled it out, he held in his hand a golden sphere. It was decorated by strange patterns that wound all around it. It shown brilliantly in the boy's hand.
"Ooohhhh," Rufus said in awe. Amelia took the sphere in her hand, examining it thoroughly before she walked to a wardrobe and locked it inside.
"This must be kept under lock and key at all times when not in use. And Doctor, with all due respect, keep your mouth shut around the crew. I don't really care for the bunch you've hired."
"I actually thought they were very co-operative!" Doppler said. "Jumped at the chance to join! And my posters added some new crew members! You're welcome." Captain Amelia sighed.
"All I ask is that you mention nothing about Treasure Planet to anyone else on board. Is that clear?"
"Crystal," Jim replied.
"Good. And Mister Hawkins? From now on you will refer to me as Captain or Ma'am." Jim grumbled something under his breath. "Mister Hawkins?"
Jim sighed. "Yes, ma'am."
Back outside, the heroes waited patiently for their spy to return with his report. They kept themselves busy with whatever they could find. Soon enough, Rufus returned from under the door. "Hey, look!" Kairi cried.
Rufus hopped into Ron's hands chattering incoherently and making many crazy gestures. "Whoa, whoa, slow down, little buddy," Ron said to his friend. By now everyone had crowded around to listen to Rufus' report. "Now take it from the top." The naked mole-rat then started a long string of gibberish that only Ron seemed to understand. "Uh huh. Mmm. Really? That's interesting. What? Yeah, I guess the Captain is pretty."
"Well?" Kim asked. "What's going on, Ron?"
"Something about a map. A treasure map!" Jack, who hadn't been listening from the start slowly came into the conversation at the mention of treasure.
"Treasure?" Sora repeated. "As in gold and jewels and stuff?"
"Wait," Ron said. Rufus was still trying to say something. "A place. A name of a place. Treasure Poindexter? Treasure Potato? Treasure Penny?"
"Treasure Planet!?" Jack exclaimed, pushing past everyone and sweeping Rufus into his hands. "Is it Treasure Planet!?" The naked mole-rat nodded quickly.
"Treasure Planet?" Sora repeated. The name intrigued everyone present. "What's that?"
"And how do you know about it?" Mulan asked Jack Sparrow.
Jack was still regaining his bearings from hearing Rufus' news but managed to grin at Mulan anyway. "My dear, every pirate there ever was knows about Treasure Planet! It's only the greatest tale of captains and riches."
"What is it?" Kairi asked.
"Well, gather round children and hairy beasts as I tell the tale!" He pulled up a seat on a barrel and everyone sat around him to hear the story. "Once upon a time, there was a great pirate captain by the name of Nathaniel Flint. Captain Flint as he was known to all. Quite possibly the greatest pirate to ever live. Next to yours truly of course." Everyone rolled their eyes.
"Anyway, Captain Flint had a secret. He and his ship full of nasty crew were somehow able to pop up wherever they pleased. They would appear when you least expected it and then disappear without a trace. This was obviously an invaluable asset when it came to plundering and stealing, savvy? It's a fact that no one could catch him and he stole from hundreds of ships and ports, increasing his wealth more and more.
"Now, Flint needed a place to store all this loot. His ship was getting a little heavy. Story has it is everything he stole was hidden away on his very own world that no one was able to find. Treasure Planet. Riches beyond your wildest imagination lay there. Many a pirate has spent their entire life searching for it and come up with zip! So it passed into legend and bedtime stories. Until this day! We're going to Treasure Planet! That's what this whole voyage is about! Ahahahaha! And you didn't want to come!" Beast snorted disdainfully.
"You mean we're going to find treasure?" Sora asked excitedly. "That's awesome! I've never been on a treasure hunt before! That's about the only thing I haven't done!"
"Guys wait!" Kairi hushed. A large crab-like alien clattered past them on his six legs. He had red skin and pincers and wore a small cap atop his mandible head. He gave them all a dirty look as he passed. "There's obviously a reason they kept this a secret. They must not want the crew to know about it. And I don't blame them. These guys look nasty."
"They're not so bad," Jack drawled. "They remind me of home!"
The door to the cabin opened and Amelia, Doppler and Jim walked out. Jim looked rather upset about something. "Well, I guess it's time to assign you your duties," Amelia said. "You're the only ones without them. Hmmm...You look nice and strong," she said to Beast. The prince smiled proudly. "You could lug the food on board." Beast's smile disappeared. Muttering disapprovingly, he went off to his task.
"As for you," she said to sonic. The hedgehog perked up as she approached earning him yet another glare. She then smirked. "You can take care of the livestock."
sonic scoffed at such a task. "Taking care of a bunch of pigs? That's it? No problem!" Captain Amelia pointed to a door that lead into the ship. sonic strode down to it. "For a minute there I thought it was gonna be something horrible and unnatural. Here we go-AAAAHHHHH!" Large slimy tentacles wrapped around him when he opened the door and was pulled inside with the door slamming behind him. Everyone else was stricken with horror while Amelia smiled.
"Next?" she asked.
"Oh! Oh! Can I work the guns? I want to work the guns!" Ron exclaimed. "I'm a real crack shot! I was on the softball team! Well, I was the equipment manager but you get the idea."
"I'm sorry, that position has been filled." Ron looked over to one of the gun platforms and saw a grinning Rufus sitting in the chair, making machine gun noises. "We'll try you in the crows nest. I hope you like heights." Ron looked up at the very high lookout and nearly hurled.
"Now you three," she said to Kairi, Mulan and Kim. "There's not much use for three women on my ship."
"What do you mean by that?" Kairi asked angrily. "We're just as capable as any guy!"
Amelia smirked. "Spunky. I like that. You three will be my deck hands. I could use some intelligent minds on my ship. Isn't that right, Doctor?"
"Now see here!" Doppler started.
"What about me?" Sora asked, almost giddy. "What can I do?"
Amelia looked him up and down. "Short build. Strange hair. Seems to have the natural ability to do the right thing. Hmmm. Kitchen duty."
"Kitchen duty!?" Sora shouted. "You've got to be joking!"
"My thoughts exactly," Jim said, grumpily.
"I don't joke. You will be joining Mister Hawkins in the kitchen to assist Mister Silver. No complaints." Sora sighed and agreed reluctantly. "Good. Mister Arrow, show them to the galley." Arrow saluted and set off to lead them to their destination. Sora and Jim followed miserably. "Now for you, Mister Sparrow..." But, when she turned to address him, he was no longer there.
"Don't worry, love! I've already found my position!" There he stood at the wheel of the ship, spinning it round to get the feel of it. "It's not the Pearl, but it'll do." Amelia marched angrily up to him and glared holes in his head.
"My wheel, if you please," she hissed.
Jack didn't let go just yet. "You know, I was thinking. A dangerous habit, I know. But how is a lovely lass such as yourself going to captain a ship when a problem arises, such as, oh I don't know, at the top of my head...pirates?" Amelia face darkened at such a question.
"Pirates, Mister Sparrow?" she said quietly. "Pirates are the scum of the universe. The last pirate who was unlucky enough to cross my path was strung up by his thumbs, keelhauled through a nebula and I do believe his keister is on its way to the next galaxy." Jack's pupils constricted. "Now if you don't mind me asking, Mister Sparrow, what is it that you're captain of exactly?"
Jack chuckled nervously. "Me? Oh, nothing! I'm captain of t-the, the laundry! Yeah, that's it! I can do the laundry! Excuse me." He smartly let go of the wheel and backed away slowly.
"I like her," Mulan said cheerfully.
Meanwhile, Sora and Jim were lead through the ship by their guide Mister Arrow. He didn't speak to them, just kept walking. "So you're stuck with this job too?" Sora asked Jim as they strolled.
"Yup. Jim the busboy. That's me," he sighed.
"It's discriminatory," Sora replied. "Against people with brown hair!"
"Amen."
Mister Arrow led them into the ship's kitchen where they saw the back of a large man wearing a red bandana preparing dinner. What struck them was the fact that his right arm was robotic, transforming into many different culinary tools as he cooked. As he watched, Sora realized that he'd met a lot of people with robotic limbs. The man was whistling happily as he did his thing.
"Mister Silver!" Arrow called. The man turned around to show that his right eye was also robotic. It glowed red in the slightly dark galley. A cyborg. Jim stiffened at the smiling cook and that didn't go unnoticed by Sora.
"Why, hello there!", the cyborg named Silver said cheerfully. "What brings you down to my kitchen? And who are these strapping young lads? If I'd known they were coming I would have tidied myself up a bit. Hehehe." He had a good natured air about him and Sora couldn't help but smile. But Jim regarded the chef cautiously.
"Silver, I'd like to introduce you to Sora and Jim Hawkins," Arrow said. Silver waltzed over to the two, revealing to them that one of his legs was robotic as well. He put his real arm around Sora's shoulder and his robotic one around Jim's.
"A pleasure to meet you Sora and Jimbo!" Jim stared at the arm around him suspiciously. "Don't mind the hardware, Jimbo. It's the best piece of cooking equipment there is! Haha!" He released them went to a large pot of what they assumed was soup. His arm transformed into a ladle and scooped up two bowls for them.
"What is this?" Sora asked. It didn't look very appetizing. "It smells like fungus."
"That's one of the prime ingredients!" Silver said.
"I think something moved," Jim whimpered.
"Old family recipe, boys! Or maybe it's just the old family," Silver handed them each a spoon. When Silver gave Sora his spoon, something strange happened. It began to...giggle? Suddenly it changed. No longer was it a spoon but transformed into a small pink blob. Two eyes and a mischievous smile showed it to be a living creature. The thing flew out of Sora's hand and around his head.
"Whoa! I think I'm being attacked!" Sora laughed as the thing made him dizzy.
"Morph!" Silver exclaimed. "So that's where you were hiding you mischievous little blob!" the blob moved from Sora to Jim and zipped all around him.
"What is this thing?" Jim laughed.
"He's a morph. Rescued the little guy near Twilight Town." The blob named Morph flew to Silvers finger and was brought up to rub affectionately against his cheek. "He took a shine to me and we've been together ever since. Isn't that right, little guy?" Morph cooed in agreement.
"This is very nice and all," Arrow said. "But we're about to cast off. The Captain said these two are to be in your charge, Silver." The cyborg chef stopped playing with Morph to gawk at Arrow.
"Beggin' your pardon, sir, but-"
"Captains orders. See to it you keep them busy." Arrow then turned around and walked out.
"But, but..." Silver stammered.
"We don't..." Sora started.
"Want to..." Jim said. All three of them sighed as their pleas went unheard.
"Well, no use arguing," Silver shrugged, going back to his stew. "What's a humble cyborg against a captain?"
"Especially one as scary as her," Sora shuddered.
Jim eyed Silver, as if he was dissecting him mentally. "Yup. And I'm just a boy from Montressor. Have you ever been near there?" he asked.
"Can't say that I have, Jimbo," Silver said, peeling potatoes.
"Really? Because I know this old guy who said he was looking for this cyborg buddy of his. What was his name? Oh, yeah. Bones. Billy Bones?"
Silver rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Bones? Bones. Nope! Never heard of him. Must have been another cyborg." Jim frowned.
"Right," he said. Right then a whistle was heard on deck followed by the shouts of many crew members.
"Prepare to cast off!" Arrow hollered up top. That's what the commotion was about. They were about to leave port.
"Go on then, lads," Silver chided, seeing their anxious expressions. "Go and watch the launch. I'll still be here when you get back. With plenty of work for ya too!" Sora grinned and set off for the deck with Jim following behind.
"What was that about?" Sora asked Jim. "Why were you interrogating him?"
"Before I left my home, the man I was talking about, Billy Bones, warned me to watch out for a cyborg."
"So?"
"He warned me right before he died." Sora flinched. "His ship was attacked and crashed right outside my and my Mom's house. He was in real bad shape when he crawled out of the wreckage. But right before he did, he warned me to watch out for a cyborg. Then he gave me the..." Jim panicked, realizing he wasn't supposed to talk about the map.
Sora only grinned. "It's okay. I know about the map."
"You...do?" Jim said, shocked. "Oh no! I've already screwed up!"
"Don't worry," Sora laughed. "I won't tell anyone. And what the captain don't know, won't hurt you. And you shouldn't need to worry about Silver. He seems to be a nice enough guy. And I've never been wrong about first impressions before."
When they were gone, Silver sighed and Morph floated over to his head. "Best be keepin' a sharp eye on that one, eh, Morph?" the cyborg said. "We wouldn't want him strayin' into things he shouldn't." A door off to the side slammed open.
"Back! Back!" sonic wailed, beating back probing tentacles with his Keyblade in a frenzy. Once he forced them away, he slammed the door shut and slumped to the floor.
"Oh, you found the appetizer!" Silver said smiling.
Up on deck, the nasty looking crew of the R.L.S Legacy ran about in preparation for takeoff. Lines were untied, rum was hefted aboard. (Jack Sparrow's own personal supply). Sora and Jim saw this when they walked out of the ships hold. "Sora!" Sora looked to the main deck where Kairi was waving at him. She, Kim, Mulan and Doppler stood with Amelia and Arrow behind the wheel. Amelia now wore her captain's hat, completing the look of captain of the ship. Sora smiled and ran over to join them.
"We're all clear, Captain," Mister Arrow declared.
"Excellent," Amelia said. "Then shall we raise this creaking tub?"
Arrow smirked at the humour. "My pleasure. All hands to stations!" At the call, the crew worked double time and triple time. Aliens rushed up the rope ladders to the sails. "Loosen all solar sails!" Up above, Kim stood on the mast and pulled on the ropes that held the sails. Thanks to her efforts they unfurled beautifully. But when Ron pulled on his rope he lost his footing and fell off. Luckily the rope hooked around his belt and was saved from falling any further. Unfortunately, the force of the stop caused his pants to fall to his knees. There he hung, in full view, in his red heart boxers. The surrounding aliens laughed at him while Kim could only smile.
"Heave up the braces!" Beast, Jack, Mulan and others pulled on the rope that kept them anchored to port. As the weights were lifted, the ship began to rise into the sky.
Sora suddenly began to lift off the ground. He was startled but then saw the same was happening to everyone. With the ship ascending higher and higher, the pull of gravity gradually lessened its hold on them. Doctor Doppler decided to take advantage of this and swam through the air without a care in the world. Sora and Kairi joined in, him doing the backstroke and Kairi doing back flips.
"Engage artificial gravity, Mister Arrow," Amelia ordered. The first officer pressed a button on a control panel. Instantly the gravity turned back to normal and everyone was on their feet again or, in the cases of Sora, Kairi and Doppler, crashed onto the floor. The ship rose higher and higher to the skies, the ground growing smaller and smaller behind them. The sails, which were powered by sunlight, absorbed the rays of the bright star making them glow radiantly.
"Full speed, Mister Arrow, if you please," Captain Amelia said. Arrow once again turned to the control panel. "Brace yourself, Doctor," she said to Doppler as he rose from his heap on the floor.
Doppler snorted. "'Brace yourself, Doctor,'" he mimicked snidely. Arrow pushed another button on the panel and the engines flamed loudly, propelling it to a fantastic speed. Doppler should have taken heed to Amelia's warning as he flew back past her and crashed into a wall.
The R.L.S Legacy blasted off into the sky. The port world was soon left behind them. Jim Hawkins gripped the rope ladders and felt the wind in his hair, gazing ahead at the path of space before them. With a crew of Keyblade wielders and dedicated officers, the hunt for Treasure Planet was on.
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