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(Y/N)'s P.O.V
I slowly peel my eyes open, stirring as I feel someone gently running their fingers through my hair. My eyes blink a few times, and I panic momentarily before recalling the events from last night.
I smile giddily, looking up at Jim's peaceful face. His eyes were shut and a small smile graced his face. He hadn't noticed I woke up and continued to gently run a hand through my hair before rubbing my back with his other hand.
I smile at him and giggle quietly, making him peek open an eye and look down at me.
"How long have you been up?" He questions, his voice laced with sleep.
"Only a few moments to know you're actually a big softie under that bad-boy exterior," I laugh, and he rolls his eyes with a grin.
"Only for you, darling," Jim places a kiss on my forehead and leans back.
"So, that's my new nickname?" I question, making him nod in response. "Should I call you honey-bunny?" I tease, and his eyes open again.
His expression becomes blank as he lifts an eyebrow at me, making me snicker softly.
"I'm just kidding!"
"Good," Jim breathes a sigh of relief. "I didn't wanna straight out say anything, but that would have been a horrible nickname."
"How about... Jimbo?" I make my voice mimic the way Silver says it, and Jim flinches.
"Oh, god, no," he groans and I snicker, pushing myself off of him and standing. I notice Jim watching me with a pout and I laugh.
"Oh, come on, Jimbo! What's wrong with the name?" I giggle as he cringes, shaking his head.
He slowly rolls off the hammock, landing gracefully on the ground with a sigh.
"Call me that again and see what happens, darling," Jim playfully warns, grabbing one of his boots and slipping it on.
He reaches for his other boot, pausing when it begins to hop away.
Jim groans and rubs his face, standing and following it as it jumps behind a pile of junk.
"Morph, knock it off... It's too early for this," Jim groans tiredly, kneeling and looking behind a chest.
"Jim, look out--" I'm cut off by Boot Morph hopping and kicking Jim on the rear, making him fly forward and catch himself.
I smother my laugh behind my hand to not wake anyone as Jim spins around, now fully awake. "Ow! Hey, Morph!"
Boot Morph blows a raspberry at Jim before floating to me and nudging my cheek. He turns back to normal and grabs Jim's real boot, flying around the room as Jim and I chase him.
"Hey! Come back here!" I laugh.
"Come back here!" Morph mimics as I start laughing, watching Jim skid around everywhere trying to catch Morph.
Jim and I race outside, following a runaway Morph and Jim dives for his boot, making Morph drop it and hide under the deck past the grate. Jim lands on his stomach with a grunt and I chuckle, walking over to the two. Jim looks up at Morph as he floats in front of him and he sighs.
I gasp and start laughing when Morph turns into a puffer fish, spitting water out at Jim.
"That's it, you little squid!" Jim angrily growls, but I can hear a faint chuckle in his voice as he tries to grab Morph, Morph ducking down into the grate.
"You little squid!" Lots of smaller Jim's heads start popping up everywhere and Jim tries to whack him with his boot.
"Having trouble there, Jimbo?" I tease with a laugh, making his body stiffen.
Jim slowly turns and looks at me, his eyes narrowing as a smirk spreads on his face.
"What'd I say about that nickname?" he questions rhetorically, rising as he tilts his head to the side.
I pale and nervously laugh as he starts to approach me, making me back up.
"That you love it?" I stammer out.
Jim was suddenly soaked with water, and I see Morph above him as a bucket and he turns to normal, chattering at me with a coo.
Jim exclaims and wipes the water from his eyes and Morph and I take this distraction and use it to start running away, me laughing giddily as Morph squeals. I can hear Jim racing after us, making me laugh louder as I run along the halls of the deck after Morph.
Morph leads me down into the dinning room area and we both dive into a large barrel, Morph cooing as he grins at me as I pant softly.
He turns into a purp and I try to quiet my breathing as I watch through a hole on the side, waiting for Jim.
Jim starts down the stairs, hopping while putting his other boot on.
He misses a step and falls on his butt, making me let out a laugh before I slam my hand over my mouth.
Jim notices though, and a smirk spreads on his face as he looks right at the barrel, making me curse in my head.
"We are dead, Morph!" I whisper.
"Dead, dead, dead Morph!" He mimics quietly.
I look back and notice Jim was gone, and a shadow loomed over the barrel.
I slowly look up at Jim's smiling face. Morph peeks up too, and tries to pretend he didn't look.
"Ha! Busted!" He yells, diving in to grab us as I squeal.
He grabs my waist and tickles me with one hand as he tries to grab Morph with the other, making me laugh.
Jim stops his assault on me and I calm down, watching as he tries to grab Morph, who keeps managing to get away from him.
Jim manages to grab him and I gasp when I hear a crew member suddenly speak.
"Look. What we're saying is, we're sick of all this waiting!" A female speaks, frustrated.
Jim pauses, holding Morph close and we both peer out of the barrel through its holes, seeing the crew.
"There's only the four of them left." The giant alien from before says.
"We are wanting to move." A fat purple one demands.
"We don't move till we got the treasure in hand!" Silver's voice growls, his cyborg hand coming into view.
My eyes widen along with Jim's, and we look at each other before looking back at the scene.
"I say... We kill 'em all now." Scroop comes into view, curling his claw.
Silver grabs the lower half of his face tightly, yanking him with great strength.
"I say what's to say!" Silver snarls as Scroop struggles to get free.
Silver lets go of his face and grabs his throat.
"Disobey my orders again like that stunt you pulled with Mr. Arrow... And so help me, you'll be joining him!" Silver hurls Scroop towards our barrel and I cling onto Jim at the sudden force.
Jim jolts and instinctively grabs me, letting go of Morph for a second and grabbing him again.
"And the Lassie... You was gonna cut her lifeline the same as Mr. Arrow!!" Silver roars in anger. "Mess up the whole plan!"
Jim looks over at me with horror on his face, and I realize I forgot to tell him that detail.
"And her parents... You sniveling little idiot! I told ya to scare them into giving us what they owed. I told you not kill them. And what did you do? You set the blimey house ablaze and lied saying whens you arrived they were already dead!"
My heart sinks at this and my eyes widen in horror.
Silver... Told him to... Go to my parents that day...?
"You daft bug brained addled fool! With all these slip ups... I may just put ya in the brig meself!"
"Strong talk... But I know otherwise..." Scroop sneers, composing himself. He slowly reaches in the barrel and I gasp quietly, pressing myself into Jim as he searches for a purp.
"You got somethin' to say, Scroop?" Silver challenges.
Jim quickly holds up a purp before Scroop could look inside and he grabs it, pulling it out.
I let out a sigh of relief and peek back out of the barrel.
"It's that girl and boy," Scroop hisses, and I watch as Silver's angered face change into a slight panic. "Methinks you have a," I hear the purp pop, "soft spot for them."
I hear some of the others murmur in agreement and Silver's eyes look around in a panic before his face becomes neutral.
"Now, mark me, the lot of ya!" Silver snarls, taking up a threatening pose quickly, making the crew jolt. Silver relaxes and turns to Scroop. "I care about one thing, and one thing only!" I look over at Jim as his face starts to fall. "Flint's trove!"
Silver snorts and shakes his head.
"You think I'd risk it all for the sake of some nose-wiping little welp and that blundering daft little orphan?"
Jim and I look at each other in disbelief, and tears start springing my eyes while Jim's breathing picks up.
"What was it now?" Scroop snorts, "Oh! 'Ye both have the makings of greatness in ya's'!"
Scroop mocks, making Silver snap his head to look at him with a enraged face.
"Shut yer yap! I cozied up to those kids to keep them off our scent." Silver growls, making my heart drop further.
I can tell Jim's heart sunk too, his head snapping and looking in the direction of Silver in disbelief.
"But I ain't gone soft." Silver finishes.
They were all interrupted by a member from above yelling, "land ho!"
Everyone gasps and starts to exclaim before running out of the dining room.
Morph struggles out of Jim's hands and follows after Silver, happily, leaving me and Jim in the barrel.
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Third Person P.O.V
"Ha ha ha! There it is!" Onus laughs, pointing to the planet as the crew all line up to look. "Feast eyes and click heels if you got 'em!"
Silver shoves past a crew member, taking his spot and ignoring the glare he gives him as he looks at the planet and all its glory.
Morph chitters in delight as Silver squints to see it.
He feels in his pocket and clicks his tongue.
"Where the devil's me glass?"
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(Y/N)'s P.O.V
Jim slowly climbs out of the barrel, offering a hand to me and helping me out.
His breathing was uneven as he walks forward, and he stumbles, knocking an eye glass as he grips the table.
"Jim!" I gasp, rushing to his side and helping him. "Jim, honey, look at me." I urge and his gaze locks onto mine as tears fall from his eyes.
He wipes his eyes and I pull him into a tight hug, making him cling onto me like a small child.
And that's how he felt to me... So small and fragile.
I'm hurt too... Knowing Silver was the one that sent Scroop to my house that day. And Silver is... Was... The father Jim never had...
I gently rub his back and he pulls away from me, wiping his face in total shock.
"We gotta tell the Captain!" Jim exclaims, making me gasp.
We both start rushing to the stairs and I slam into Jim's back as he stops running.
"Jimbo... Lassie?" I hear Silver question, making my blood freeze.
I peek over Jim's shoulder, watching Silver look at us with wide eyes before looking at the clammering crew and back at us.
Jim starts to back away, holding his hand behind him, nudging me further behind him as Silver starts walking down to us.
"Playing games, are we?"
He knows.
I bump into a table and Jim bumps into me, pressing against me slightly with his arms on the table on both sides of me.
"Yeah... We're playing games," Jim mumbles, his voice laced with venom.
"Oh. I see," Silver rubs his chin and I see his hand go behind his back, making me place a hand on Jim's shoulder. "Well... I was never much good at games."
My ears catch the faint sound of a gun cocking, and Jim notices too.
I look down at the table and see a small knife.
Better than nothing...
I slip it into Jim's hand discreetly.
"Yeah... Us too!" Jim lunges to the ground, stabbing the vulnerable part of Silver's cyborg leg.
Silver yells in agony and Jim scoops me up bridal style into his arms, racing to Amelia's map room.
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Silver's P.O.V
I yell in pain as steam hisses out of my leg, and I crawl up the stairs, using my Cyborg eye to find them.
My eyes lock with (Y/N)'s as Jim sets her down, Morph slipping in with them.
Jim slams the door shut, making me growl.
"Ohh... Blast it all!"
I didn't want it to be this way... But you two have left me with no other choices.
I grab a whistle from my shirt and blow it, making the crew all look at me with wide eyes.
"Change of plan, lads!" My hand changes to a sword as I smirk at them. "We move now!"
The crew cheers and my smile slightly falls, but I mask it.
"Strike our colors, Mr. Onus!" I wink and he nods.
"With pleasure, Captain!" Onus salutes, yanking off the R.L.S Legacy flag.
I notice the crew got the guns from the locked armory, and I watch as the crew starts heading to the map room.
Our flag rises from behind me as I smirk maliciously.
This is the way it has to be.
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Scroop's P.O.V
I'm coming for you, Cabin girl.
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Dun dun
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