Chapter 19: The Portal To A Thousand Worlds

I'm Still HereWords: 12368

(Y/N)'s P.O.V

Jim stands over the trapdoor leading into Ben's house, helping Ben up before helping me up, careful of my wound. Jim had found some bandages in the Legacy, and patched me up as best as he could without experience.

I smile and peck his cheek before we race over to where Amelia and Delbert were sleeping under his coat.

"Doc! Doc, wake up!" Jim grins with excitement, reaching into his pocket.

"Delbert! We got the map!" I exclaim happily as Jim takes the map out, showing it off to Delbert.

I gasp when a familiar cyborg hand emerges from the darkness, grabbing the map from Jim.

"Fine work, Jimbo, Lassie." Silver is revealed, making Jim gasp. "Fine work indeed.

My head snaps over to muffled yelling, and Delbert and Amelia were gagged and tied up with pirates holding them. Amelia struggles in one of their grips as another holds a dagger to Delbert's throat.

Jim inhales sharply as we were surrounded by the rest of Silver's crew.

"Thanks for showing us the way boy and girl..." A pirate sneers and Jim grabs my hand, attempting to rush away.

Someone yanks me backwards with bad shoulder and two pirates grab Jim. I recognize the cyborg hand holding me and my blood boils as I try to kick at Silver while scowling. Jim roars and struggles against them, trying to get to me as I flail in Silver's grip, my shoulder aching.

Morph frantically looks between Jim and I and growls, latching his teeth into one of the pirate's tail. The pirate screams, smacking his tail and Morph into the ground multiple times.

Morph yipes and flies into Jim's pocket, whimpering as he peeks out at me with teary eyes.

"What's this sorry stack of metal?!" I hear a female mock, and Ben whimpers as he was grabbed.

"Not the face!!" Ben yells, a knife held at his throat.

I gasp in pain as Silver shoves me forward, still clasping my injured shoulder.

"You're just like me, Jimbo." Silver sneers, gripping my shoulder tighter and leaning towards Jim. "Ya hates to lose."

Silver yanks me away from Jim and I exclaim in pain, wincing as my jaw clenches.

Jim thrashes against the pirates, snarling furiously.

"You're hurting her!! Let her go!" Jim shouts, trying to get to me.

Silver's hand instantly leaves my shoulder and I instantly grasp it gently, the pain in my shoulder increasing as I sharply exhale in relief.

I look up at Silver with a glare as he looks down at his hand, no doubt soaked in my blood. His expression was unreadable for a moment, but it becomes a scowl as he shakes his head. He grabs a crew member and wipes my blood onto the crew member's jacket, making him groan in disgust.

Another pirate grabs me and drags me over to Jim, my face hardened as I glare back at him. Jim looks at me with concern and I try to smile, but it came off as strained no doubt.

I hear Silver grunt with effort and I look over to him, my eyes widening when I realize he doesn't know how to open the map. His cyborg hand changes into claws as he attempts to pry it open, and his claws change into his normal hand as he tries to twist it with a scowl.

"What the devil's the..." He exhales and grunts, the map not budging.

Jim and I look at each other, Jim grinning widely with amusement he glares back at Silver, closing his eyes and shaking his head mockingly. Silver notices this, his eye narrowing as he approaches us.

"Open it." Silver demands firmly, shoving the map towards Jim.

The pirates release Jim, and he takes the golden sphere into his hands, looking up at Silver silently in defiance.

Silver slightly narrows his eyes as Jim continues to glare at him, refusing.

Silver glances over at me and his cyborg hand changes into a blaster gun, and he aims it at me. My eyes widen a bit at this before I scowl furiously, glaring at Silver past the barrel of the gun.

"I'd get busy."

I notice Amelia shaking her head yes and Delbert does the same, but I shake my head no firmly at Jim, who was staring at me with wide, fearful eyes.

Jim's expression hardens as Silver cocks the gun, jerking the gun my way in a threatening motion.

Jim's eyes narrow as he glares up at Silver with fury, silently pressing the pattern into the sphere. He twists it into place and the familiar green light flows elegantly out of it, making the crew murmur and the pirate holding me let go to go inspect the map closer. I use this to move back over to Jim, standing close to his side as we both watch the pirates with hardened expressions.

The green light doesn't form the galaxy like it had before, instead projecting the planet we were on. Treasure Planet.

"Oh, the powers that be... Would you look?" Silver mumbles to himself as Jim slowly backs away to my side, standing next to me.

The image of the planet changes into a beam of green light, pointing out of Ben's house and leading away, a bright yellow light occasionally flashing through it.

Silver lets out a laugh, pausing and turning to us.

"Tie them up and leave them with the others till we--" Silver was cut off by Jim closing the map.  "What?"

"You want the map..." Jim starts with a serious expression, and I cross my arms.

"You're taking us, too." I finish firmly, making Silver look between us.

His cyborg eye flashes red as he grunts in annoyance, but it switches back to yellow as he chuckles with amusement while nodding.

"We'll take 'em all." Silver orders in a snarl, smirking.

...

The longboat moves at great speed, following the green light and the yellow flashing one becomes faster the closer we get to the end.

I sat next to Jim, pressing my back against his chest with Silver encaging us near the bow to ensure we don't try to escape. They slow the boat as a large cluster of branches and bushes prevent us from continuing, so now we were forced to go on foot.

By now the yellow light was pulsating at a great speed, indicating we were close.

I look back at Delbert and Amelia still bound in the boat with concern before I was shoved forward, stumbling as Jim caught me.

Jim glares at the pirate who pushed me before steadying me, wrapping an arm around my shoulders and keeping me close.

Morph chatters in fear from Jim's pocket, making Jim and I look down at him.

Jim gently pats his head and whispers trying to comfort Morph, "it's okay, Morph. It's okay."

Ben stumbles behind us, making me glance at him as we continue to follow the light.

"Jimmy, (Y/N), I--I don't know about you... But I'm starting to see my life pass in front of my eyes," Ben nervously stammers. "At least, I think it's my life." He grips his head before suddenly screeching, "was I ever dancing with an android named Lupe?!"

"Ben, shh!" Jim looks back at Silver and back to Ben. "This isn't over yet."

"We're gettin' close, lads!" Silver yells, his cyborg hand changing into a sword, making Jim grab my hand. "I smell treasure a-waitin'!"

Silver bellows laughter and roughly grabs the front of Jim's shirt, basically dragging me and Jim along as Jim digs his feet into the ground.

Silver cuts the blockage of odd bamboo away easily, and the cheers of the crew almost instantly stop.

I look up and my brows furrow in confusion, and I squeeze Jim's hand tightly, making him do the same.

"Where is it?" Silver growls in a low voice, looking up at the green light with the rapidly flashing yellow beam.

"I see nothing! One great, big stinking hunk of nothing!" A small pirate yells, his name long forgotten in my mind.

The map suddenly closes and locks up, making me and Jim gasp. I look down at the sphere as Jim frantically tries to open it, my eyes darting to the pirates nervously as he tries to press the pattern in, nothing happening.

"What's going on, Jimbo?" Silver demands, adjusting his hat as he approaches.

Jim puts the correct pattern in once more and tries to twist it open, but it doesn't budge, Jim gritting his teeth with effort.

"I don't know! I can't get it open," Jim responds in a bit of a panic, making me look at the pirates warily once more.

"We should've never followed this boy and girl!" A pirate yells, slamming into Jim's back.

Jim stumbles and falls forward, making me gasp and rush to his side as he falls onto the floor. I kneel next to him, scowling back at the pirates with my hand on his back.

"I'd suggest you get that gizmo going again, and fast!" Silver growls out, appearing almost anxious.

I look back to Jim for a moment before my eyes dart down to the ground, my eyes widening when I notice something. "Jim! Look!"

Jim glances down in question, pausing as his eyes widen a bit. On the ground was a carved out half sphere, with patterns on the inside matching the map.

"Let's rip their gizzards right out right now!"

My head snaps to look at the bloodthirsty crew and I notice Silver was looking frantically between us and them, making me tilt my head in confusion.

Is he... Worried about us?

"Throw them off the cliff!"

Ben looks like he wants to protect us, but was too scared to move, his eyes wide with fear.

Jim swiftly slams the map into the ground in the cut out, making a bright green light pulsate throughout the planet and the crew stop their threats. A bright green sphere rises from where the map was placed in, revealing another green hologram of the map but more detailed.

Jim helps me up and my gaze shifts down below past the cliff, watching as a bunch of rays of light start coming our way and rise from below.

A bright beam of light flashes and a triangle-like portal slowly opens, revealing a galaxy inside.

"Oh, have mercy," Silver gasps in awe, looking at the portal.

"The Lagoon Nebula?" Jim mumbles with surprise, my eyes on the portal and wide with awe.

"But that's halfway across the galaxy!" Silver mutters to himself, clearly confused as well.

"A big door..." I slowly repeat Ben's words, looking at Ben with realization.

"Opening and closing..." Jim continues in a murmur, pressing a random planet on the map.

The door closes and opens, revealing another place. He presses another planet, making the door close and open again and revealing a wasteland.

"Let's see..." Jim rubs his chin before using his finger to follow a path.  "Kinapis..." He grins when he finds what he was looking for. "Montressor spaceport." The door closes and opens, revealing the spaceport.

I look at the familiar sight with a soft smile, my eyes watching the different ships fly by as the area bustles with aliens.

"That's how Flint did it!" I say with awe, looking down at the map as Jim continues to press different planets.

"He used this portal to roam the universe stealing treasure," Jim smiles widely, nodding with excitement.

Silver shoves Jim away, pressing random placed. "But where'd he stash it all?!" He frantically goes through different worlds. "Where's that blasted treasure?!"

"Treasure!" Ben gasps, grabbing his head. "Treasure..." Jim and I look over at Ben. "It's buried! In the--"

"Buried in the centroid of the mechanism," Jim finishes, recalling what Ben had said. He rubs his chin, deep in thought. "What if... The whole planet is the mechanism..." His eyes widen as he grins, "and the treasure is buried in the center of this planet?"

The crew suddenly starts to frantically try to dig into the planet, but stop when they reach metal.

"And how in blue blazes are we supposed to get there?" Silver demands, pressing more worlds.

I lightly push him away, making him look at me as my eyes scan along the map.

"Just open the right door," Jim states obviously to Silver with a raised brow, watching as I press the planet we were on, Treasure Planet.

The portal closes and opens, revealing the inside of the planet.

Jim walks towards the portal and slowly puts his hand in, glancing back at me with a reassuring nod. I quickly move to follow him, but Silver grabs my uninjured shoulder and Jim's shoulder, yanking us behind him as he enters first.

"Wait for me!" I hear a female yell as she rushes to join us.

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Third Person P.O.V

No one even noticed when Silver walked through a red beam of light, triggering a silent alarm.

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Another chapter ayeeee owo Sorry it was kind of short, but I probably will have another up soon.

We are near the end, guy! *cries*

I'm actually gonna be sad 😂 Like wHaT dO i dO tHeN

(Edit: Little did I know I would do much more after this LMAO--)

Oh! That's easy

Do aNoTHer fanfic! owo

I really am leaning towards a

Male Merida x Reader

I have some good ideas for it

It's not set in stone yet but I'm pretty sure I will.

Bye, Lovelies! 💙❤