Jim and Saytee (Treasure Planet fanfiction)

Chapter 40

Saytee

This boat travels faster than I thought it would, and that's disappointing. Within minutes, the ship was only a speck on the horizon.

Actually, I'm not sure if it was minutes, or hours. With the "captain" on me the whole time so far, it was hard to depict.

But sometime throughout the cyborg's activities, I'd gotten a knife off him. He still had a gun, but he must have just been too lazy to overpower me. So he left me alone for the rest of the trip.

I just sat in the corner, I couldn't help but cry. Even though I had hope that Jim would follow, how would he know where we were going?

Would I actually ever see him again?

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I was more alert, obviously, for the remainder of the trip. It seemed like I was awake for three days but I'm not sure how long we really traveled.

We arrived on a planet that was very close to a sun. I had to hide my eyes until we got under the atmosphere of the planet. It was very hot there, even with the atmosphere.

I didn't show that I was curious of my new surrounding, which was not hard to do. I mean, I truly wasn't. I just wanted to get home...

As we landed, many cyborgs gathered around, looking at me and shouting to each other inappropriate comments. The boy from the ship pulled me to my feet by my hair, and I don't know why I didn't use the knife on him.

He pushed me over the edge of the boat, and the other men instantly started touching me, or tugging on my clothes. I stood up as fought them off as best I could. That kind of made them stand down.

I held my head up, acting confident and intimidating towards them. I pretended like I wasn't afraid.

Suddenly, a cyborg who seemed much older than all the rest pushed through the crowd of young men. "Out of my way, out of the way!" He chastised.

He had a slight accent, I wasn't sure from where, I can't remember ever hearing it before. But he was the only one around with it.

He looked down at me, then turned to the boy who smuggled me here. "Why did you bring her? You boat brained twit, this is not why we are here." He scolded, pushing the boy hard on the chest. I found it surprising how the boy didn't fight back or anything.

"Aw, come on, Silver..." Some other boy in the crowd said. I didn't listen to the rest of what he had to say. Instead, my mind flashed to the stories BEN had td me about Treasure Planet...and the pirate cyborg.

Was this really him?

"Where did you pick her up?" He asked, looking me up and down. "A ship." The boy answered simply yet dumbly, and Silver rubbed his forehead. "Which one?" His tone sounded too patient.

The boy had to think for a moment. "The...uh...RLS Legacy." Silver's expression softened, as if some bad memories had just come back. "Who was captaining?"

The boy laughed, "The great James Hawkins himself. I was able to slip her out with no trouble." He answered. Silver's one real eye widened, while the other turned a brighter red, and even started smoking.

"Jimbo...?" He said quietly as he pivoted toward the boy once more.

So it is him!

He stared at the boy for one second, then suddenly held up his arm (which was replaced with a gun) and shot the boy in the head. I screeched, covering my mouth in disgust at this sight.

The rest of the men gasped, and slowly dispersed. Silver looked at me again and I lowered my hand, my jaw hanging open.

"You're him..." I said in shock. He glanced around, as if embarrassed that he knew what I was talking about. He motioned for me to follow him, and we walked through the streets until we reached a big house in the center of the town.

I walked inside, and as soon as he followed me inside and closed the door, I lost my cool. "Oh my god, you're him! The cook, the cyborg, the mentor, the pirate! It's you! Oh my god..." I said, really quickly and excitedly.

I paced around, too happy by this discovery. I suddenly remembered what he did to Jim, and I turned mean all if the sudden. "Oh my god." I said angrily. "Does he know you're here? Have you spoken in these five years? Oh my god, do you have any idea what you've put him through?!" I exclaimed.

I turned from overjoyed to totally outraged in about a span of fifteen seconds. Silver was just waiting for a place to get a word in while I was speaking, and I was about to start ranting again before he cut me off.

"Easy, princess!" He said sarcastically, and I crossed my arms. He pointed a mechanical finger at me. "H-how is it that you know Jimbo now?" He inquired.

I sighed and glanced to the side. He knew what I was thinking, and I knew he felt bad that I was here. "Well," he said, suddenly enthusiastic. "Knowing Jimbo, he's probably as much in love with you as you are with him. He'll be here shortly."

He sounded nervous toward the end, as if he was afraid to confront Jim again. I don't blame him either. Silver's kind of in the wrong with him.

Well, at least I was safe here. Silver didn't seen like he was planning to sell me to any of the other dumb cyborgs. Now all I had to do was wait for my prince to rescue me.