(Y/N)'s P.O.V
I let out a light giggle, dusting some star dust off my shirt, watching Jim and Silver hoise the boat in on two cables.
I lightly squeal when Jim lifts his side faster, making me stumble as the boat was lifted at an uneven angle.
He walks back towards Silver, who snorts with amusement.
"Ya having a little trouble, there?" Jim feigns innocence, making me laugh.
"Jim! I'm gonna fall!" I laugh, grasping the side of the boat as I glare playfully at him.
"Listen to the Lassie and get away from me!" Silver playfully scolds, shoving Jim to his side as they even out the boat.
"Oh, Jimbo! If I could maneuver a skiff like that when I was your age..." Silver ties his rope, securing the boat and gesturing to Jim, "they'd be bowing in the streets when I walked by today."
Silver grunts as he flops backwards, sitting across from me.
"Bowing the streets!" Morph mimics, grunting and sitting like Silver did as a little Silver.
"I dunno," Jim grunts, tying his end. "They weren't exactly singing my praises when we left home."
Jim flops down next to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulder as he slumps against the edge.
Silver and Morph let out a sigh, Silver wiping some sweat from his forehead with a rag.
Jim smirks over to me, "but I'm gonna change all that with (Y/N)."
"Are ya now?" Silver pants lightly, running Morph's head affectionately. "How so?"
I look over at Jim with a questioning look, wondering if he was going to tell him about Treasure Planet.
"Uh..." Jim clears his throat, looking over down at me with a fond smile. "I got some plans. Gonna make a special someone see me a little different by the time this is over, hopefully." He stares at me before clearing his throat and quickly adding, "along with the people of Montressor." He averts his eyes from me, looking away bashfully.
Silver's face slightly falls as he lets out a low, "ooh." He sadly looks at Morph, who was still snuggling into his jacket. "Sometimes... Plans go astray."
"Not this time," Jim firmly replies, looking at me with a determined smile.
Silver hums in response, and looks down sadly. His gaze flickers and when he notices I'm watching he lets out a carefree smile.
His smile drops and he hisses in slight pain, grabbing his cyborg leg and lifting it up, closer to him.
Silver groans lowly, and tries to turn a screw to loosen the pressure and Morph chatters in concern.
Silver struggles with the screw and Morph turns into a wrench, making him smile.
"Thank ya, Morphy," Silver coos, loosening the screw.
"If you... Don't mind me asking... How did that happen?" I ask, making Silver look over to me.
Jim perks up, obviously curious as well.
Silver looks down at his Cyborg hand, opening it up and staring at his palm, seeming to be reliving a bad memory.
"You give up a few things chasing a dream," was all he replied, closing the fist.
"Was it worth it?" Jim softly asks.
Silver smirks, standing and sitting next to me, throwing an arm around the both of us.
"I'm hoping it is, Jimbo, Lassie." He puts his hat back on, "I most surely am."
...
Third Person P.O.V
The three lean back, closing their eyes peacefully when a large crash occurs, shaking the whole ship and startling them as their boat swirls madly from the impact.
Morph shrieks, along with (Y/N), who also shrieks in alarm.
"It'll be alright, Lass," Silver tries to sooth, helping Jim and (Y/N) off the boat.
They quickly rush up the stairs.
"What the devil?" Silver demands loudly.
"Oh my good heavens..." Delbert gasps, taking out his telescope and zooming in in the distance at a large explosion. "The star Pelusa... Has gone Supernova!!"
"Evasive action, Mr. Turnbuckle!" Amelia shouts, running out of her quarters and onto the main deck.
"Aye-Aye, Captain!" Turnbuckle shouts back, trying to turn the ship out of the blasts path.
"All hands, fasten your lifelines!" Mr. Arrow bellows, and the crew complies.
Jim quickly ties his and wraps (Y/N)'s rope around her, tying it almost painfully tight.
"Jim!" She scolds, trying to wiggle out of the rope, prying at it with her hands.
He grips both her hands in his own, his gaze unwavering.
"I'm not gonna lose you," he firmly growls back, and (Y/N) is taken aback. He lets go of her hands and tightens the knot next to his, and they all jolt when a wave crashes against the ship.
(Y/N) turns and gasps, seeing the blast from the star up their tail.
Windows were shattered as small debris from the star starts to attack the sails.
"Mr. Arrow, secure those sails!" Amelia shouts, noticing the sails being mauled by the heat of the debris.
"Secure all sails!" Mr. Arrow shouts, cupping his mouth to make his voice even louder. "Reef them down, men!"
(Y/N) watches Jim and Silver from below as an alien uses a large blaster gun to destroy oncoming meteorites. She tried to go up to help them, but Jim made the knot impossible for her to untie, so she couldn't climb up that far.
(Y/N) gasps in horror when a small chunk strikes Silver's hand, making him fall, his life line not tied down.
"Silver!!" Jim shouts, grabbing his rope just in time.
(Y/N)'s heart hammers heavily in anticipation and fear, and she places a hand on her chest to steady it.
"Thanks, lad..." Silver breathes out in relief, smiling softly at Jim.
Their smiles quickly fade when they all see a VERY large meteorite debris flying their way, the blaster gun doing little to no damage to it.
Jim looks down in horror when he hears (Y/N) scream, wanting nothing more than to jump down and embrace her, to tell her how he feels, how everything will be alright.
His ears ring and his breathing stops, resuming when he sees the debris flying... Backwards?
"Captain! The star!" (Y/N) yells, Amelia's ears flattening and a frown deepening as she listens to the young girl. "It's turning into a--"
"Black hole!" Delbert finishes in horror.
"We're being pulled in!" Turnbuckle gasps when he was thrown from the wheel.
Amelia quickly grabs the wheel, straining and gritting her teeth as her ears pin back with effort. "Oh, no you don't, you--"
Jim and Silver join (Y/N) and they all hit the deck as another wave crashes into them.
"Blast these waves!" Amelia curses. "They're so deucedly erratic!"
"No, Captain!" Delbert shouts. "They're not erratic at all. There'll be one more in precisely 47.2 seconds!" He looks at the radar, calculating this with his superior knowledge. "Followed by the biggest magilla of them all!!"
Amelia gasps, her eyes dilating, "of course! Brilliant, Doctor! We'll ride that last magilla out of here!"
"All sails secured, Captain!" Mr. Arrow shouts.
"Good man! Now, release them immediately!"
Mr. Arrow blinks at her for a moment, "A-aye, Captain! You heard her, men! Unfurl those sails!" He shouts to Scroop and two other aliens who just finished tying the sails.
"What?!"
"But we just finished--"
"Tying them down!"
"Make up your blooming minds!!" They snarl, but comply.
Mr. Arrow starts to climb up the net to aid them, while Jim and Silver start to climb up the net as well.
"Mr. Hawkins!" Jim stops to Amelia's voice. "Make sure all lifelines are secured good and tight!"
"Aye, Captain!" Jim firmly yells back, racing along the deck and securing each lifeline.
(Y/N) sees a tied down rope preventing a sail from opening a few beams above her, and sees everyone was too busy to notice it.
She looks over at Jim and sees him with a concentrated face, securing the ropes and preoccupied. She looks down, nodding to herself with determination.
The young girl climbs up the beams skillfully, her rope just long enough to allow her to. She quickly unties it and the mast flies open, making Amelia's ears flicker as she notices the girl. She smiles and bows her head at (Y/N), but was cut off by a large wave crashing against them.
Amelia was knocked back, and (Y/N) and Mr. Arrow were taken by surprise, both falling from the ship.
He screams as he falls, but his lifeline protects him, same as (Y/N). She grunts as the rope catches her waist, making her wince a bit as her breathing picks up. Mr. Arrow notices (Y/N) hanging near him, noticing her wide, panicked look.
He opens his mouth to call out to her when he notices something... Or someone.
A familiar figure is revealed from behind the mast as lighting flashes.
Scroop smirks at Mr. Arrow, making him widen his eyes in horror as he realizes he was about to die.
His scream echoes as Scroop cuts his line, making (Y/N) pause for a second as she looks around, recognizing the voice of the scream. Her thought was interrupted by the ship jolting, making her exclaim as she swings a bit.
Scroop hears a her yelp, and (Y/N) hanging down below as his eyes widen, a smirk growing on his face. He climbs down to the deck, seeing her rope straining as it holds her securely.
He smirks maliciously, slowly walking over and peeking down at the girl as his claw begins to slowly cut at it. (Y/N) looks up with a startled gasp, feeling her rope being tugged.
Her relief was wiped when she saw Scroop, who grins wickedly at her.
His yellow eyes peered down at her in a cold glare, and she freezes, a memory flashing in her mind.
...
*Flashback*
Fire crackles inside (Y/N)'s house as she hides under her bed upstairs.
She hears her parents scream and scrambles out from under it.
Her doorframe was swallowed by flames, but she saw the faint silhouette of a odd spider-scorpion through the flames.
His bright yellow eyes shine in a sick bloodlust as he glares at the girl.
She screams loudly, and the sound of her front door being broken down is heard from downstairs, making the man flee.
Baby blue eyes was the last thing she saw before she fainted.
...
*Flash*
(Y/N)'s eyes widen as a sickening, horror-filled feeling erupted in her stomach as her blood runs cold. Scroop slowly begins to cut at the rope, but suddenly pauses.
Scroop looked back to the ship with alarm and moves back and disappears, leaving the girl frozen and hanging. Her rope was suddenly yanked up with a great force, making her scream and flail her legs wildly, thinking it was Scroop.
She struggles when she nears the edge of the ship and the back of her shirt is grabbed.
She gasps and exclaims when she was yanked up and over the ledge, being smothered in an embrace. She tightly shuts her eyes, waiting for Scroop's claws to kill her.
Instead, a cold metal-like hand strokes the back of her head.
"Lassie, you nearly gave this old Cyborg a heart attack!" Silver's voice fills her ears, and her eyes snap open, realizing it was Silver who had saved her, and it was Silver hugging her tightly.
Her breathing was uneven and shaky as she hugged the Cyborg back, trembling and sobbing.
She peeks an eye out from his chest and sees Jim standing a few feet from him, his face a ghastly white and his eyes wide and filled with horror as he looks at her. Silver releases her and she staggers to Jim, hugging him tightly.
At first, Jim doesn't respond, still petrified.
When her body shakes as a sob escapes her, he snaps into reality and locks her in a death grip, hugging her as tight as he could as he lets out a gasp of breath he hadn't noticed he was holding. His arm was tight around her waist, his other hand coming up and cradling her head to his chest.
"Captain, the last wave!" Delbert's voice interrupts, making (Y/N) try to look over at him, but Jim refuses to let her go, hugging her closer. "Here it comes!"
"Hold onto your lifelines, Gents! It's gonna be a bumpy ride!" Amelia shouts.
Silver grabs the two, kneeling down and hugging them close against his chest and the pillar protectively. Silver looks down at the duo with slight fear before shutting his eyes again, and everyone is enveloped in silence and darkness.
...
>:3
Sorry for the cliff hanger, but I try to keep my chapters between 1800-2000 words with a few exceptions!
But fear not, I will try to update another chapter tonight!