Chapter 4
It was a silent ride back, Jim was holding his head, still in pain, but at least he was conscious and functioning.
"so you're gonna leave, huh." Jim began"So you gonna betray me, huh?"
"Listen, lad, I've taken quite a liking to ya. What say you join us, huh? Become a pirate? I mean jimbo what else ye got await for ya back on mon'resser?"
Jim thought. He had a point. His mom practically gave up on him, he has no dad, and everyone looks at him like troubled scum.
"i...I don't know sliver. Let me think about it. I mean I know my mom and I aren't on great terms lately, but if I leave she'll be alone"
"belay the nonsense, she has that ol' doc" Sliver reminded
" yeah..yeah..." Jim said more surely
"i..I guess im...with you then, sliver" Jim said slowly
Sliver put one arm around Jim in a half-hug, joking kind of way.
"it's me and you, son, us that treasure vs the world."
"Son" echoed in Jim's head.
The rest of the ride to catch back up to the legacy was Sliver filling in Jim on the plan. Sliver planned to lock the captain, arrow, and doc in a room and take the treasure and time to escape, while escaping sliver planned to have Jim untie all the other crew's lifelines as a quick way to get rid of them. Sliver instructed Jim to not trust or tell the other crew he knew, for then the crew would turn on Sliver and think he'd gotten soft. Jim made Sliver promise to not hurt Doc and the captain. And Silver promised Jim he wouldn't leave him.
As they landed on the legacy sliver told Jim to unload the longboat Sliver "caught up on some business "Jim didn't notice the small pink blob leave his shirt.
"All alright Morphy, what's the word on Jimbo?"
Silver wasn't a dumbass. He knew of Jim's drug habits and he knew the boy was up to something. He didn't know exactly what, but he knew the boy was hurting deeply inside. When Silver got word they'd have to be landing on a drug planet he sent Morph to spy on Jim and make sure he wasn't up to something.
Morph shaped into θανατηφόρα ψηλά and then a small bag of weed.
Sliver gasped, "What the devil is that boy doing with syoors!? Does he have a death wish?"
morph looked at sliver with big eyes. Sliver tossed him a treat and told him praised.
sliver stood thinking "does he have a death wish..?"