Playing In Pan's Game

Chapter 16

Ace's POV

After standing on the bow for a while longer, I gave up on thinking and made my way back down to the deck. As I descended the stairs, Hook stepped out of his quarters, looking around the deck. I stopped where I was and watched him storm up to Mr. Smee, ripping the maps out of his hands and stomping back towards the Captain's Quarters. Hugh followed not far behind, stepping in the door before it closed.

What was he up to? Besides the fact he was the one to discover my almost downfall before, there was something off about him. He just seemed... suspicious. And if he knew I was lying, could he convince Hook?

I began to panic, what if he did convince Hook? I could be screwed, and things would be worse than if I didn't choose to shoot Tobias.

I couldn't just jump ship though, I could just be jumping to conclusions. I needed to stay calm, wait and see what happens.

Just hopefully Peter would do something before I got into trouble.

Peter's POV

"I don't get it, Felix, why haven't I heard from her? It doesn't make sense, she should've been able to get away and come talk to me by now," I said, pacing the camp. "What if she's hurt? Or worse, dead?" My heart beat sped up, the thought itself was giving me anxiety. She was all I had, I wasn't letting Hook take her, too.

"Peter, I'm sure she's fine, she just hasn't had time to talk to us yet. It's only been a day, she's probably still gaining his trust."

"A day is too long, there's just so much that can happen in a day. Too much that can go wrong. I've seen what can happen between two sunrises and the changes can be devastating."

"You're freaking yourself out, just calm down, okay?" Felix stepped forward, grabbing my arm and stopping my pacing. "We don't have to wait for her signal, we can go on the offensive if we have to."

I shook my head, but we couldn't. Ace wouldn't be ready, she wouldn't know. What if that put her into more danger? What if she was already in that much danger? Or dead?

"Stop thinking so much," Felix interrupted. "I know what you're thinking, just talk for once."

"What if going on the offensive without her knowledge puts her in danger? We can't do that. But then again, what if she's hurt, or dead?! We have to do something. I don't know what to do Felix," I explained.

Felix grabbed me by the shoulders. "First off, quit sounding like a helpless little brat. You are not helpless. You are Peter bloody Pan and you are the most ruthless villain I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Hook is just a pirate, with no powers or anything. Why can't you defeat him? Tiger Lily? Please, we've defeated her before. I know you're worried about Ace, but I've never seen any other girl handle herself so damn well. She can kick his ass if she needs to. I'm sick of seeing you acting like this. We're putting that pirate into his watery grave, one way or another."

I looked at him, not knowing what to say, but he was right. I'm Peter Pan. No one else is anywhere near as powerful as me. And he was right about Ace, he was right about everything. Nobody comes onto my island and threatens me and gets away with it.

I smirked. "You're right as usual."

Felix smirked as well. "So, is it time?"

I nodded. "We have some plans to work out back at camp."

Back At Camp

"Tinker Bell!" I called, walking into camp. She looked up from her seat by the fire. "Time to figure some things out."

She nodded, standing up and walking over to Felix and I. "Are we finally making a move?"

I nodded. "You better believe it. We have to figure out how we go about it though, we'll talk upstairs."

Felix, Tink, and I all headed up to the treehouse so we could talk in private. This way, no lost boys could distract us.

"Do you have any plan at all?" Tink asked.

Felix and I exchanged a look, and he shook his head no.

"I don't know how I want to go about it yet, maybe we could attack at night?" I suggested.

"Night's our best bet," Felix agreed.

"There will still be guards awake," Tink added.

"We go with stealth, then. I can take care of them no problem with a sleeping curse. Once we're on board, where do we go from there?"

"Check the ship, we should send a group of men below decks to hold up any crew members down there," Felix said.

"What exactly do you need me for then?" Tink asked. "Sounds like I'm not useful yet."

"Trust me, at that point Hook and Lily will be awake. Lily still has met magic, and if I'm dealing with Hook I need your help holding her off," I told her.

Tink sighed. "I really hope you actually stick to our agreement this time, Pan, and that I'm not getting conned."

"What do we do when Lily and Hook are up? What about Ace?" Felix asked.

"If Ace is downstairs then we can either keep her down there or have her come up and help us. But if she's on deck or in the Captain's Quarters, I don't know," I paused. "Either way she should be fine. When Lily and Hook wake up, it's you, me, Tink, and a couple of the guys against them. That's all we got."

"Peter, are you sure?"

I looked right at Tinker Bell. "I'm Peter Pan, I'm always sure. I know what I'm doing."

"So is that our plan, then?" Felix asked. "It seems decent, but what night do we do it? Right now it's almost dark."

"Then we go tonight."

Felix and Tinker Bell looked at me, dumbfounded.

"We can't go tonight, are you out of your mind?!" Tink exclaimed.

"Why not?"

"We have no weapons prepared, the boys don't know the plan. No groups split up, nothing! There is no way we can go tonight," Felix said.

"So what? We've done things on the spur of the moment before, and I can guarantee Hook won't be expecting it."

"Pan, wait another day, just so we can-"

"I'm not waiting another day!" I yelled, cutting Tink off. "Ace has already been there a day, I don't want to risk her being there longer!"

"Peter!" Felix screamed. "Going now, unprepared is a terrible idea and you know it! She can last another day!"

I glared at him. "Don't ever yell at me again."

"Well it seems I'm the only one who thinks straight around here anymore," he said, crossing his arms.

"Felix is right," Tink joined in. "Pan, if everything you've said about this girl is true then I'm willing to bet she's fine. I know you want to go and kill Hook finally. I know you want to see her again, but you need to wait. We need to be prepared."

I sighed. "I know, I know. I just want to get this over with. I want to kill the bastard and have Ace back with me. We'll go tomorrow night, but no later."

"Wouldn't want to wait any longer," Felix mumbled.

A/N: Hey guys, I am so sorry I missed my last update. You guys know I've been really serious about not missing them, I just needed a day. I still plan on finishing this before the end of November if I'm lucky. Thanks for hanging with me!

Two Songs of the Update!:
Emperor's New Clothes -Panic! at the Disco
The Girl Who Cried Wolf -5 Seconds Of Summer

IMPORTANT: I know in the show Tink does not have her magic while on Neverland but in my story she will have limited magic. I probably shoulda put that in here earlier lol.

P.R.