READER IMAGINES [1]

For @alphaflower123 (:
Word count: 2,028

"Jim?" You ask, a little bit shocked that he just barged into the room and is now locking the door.

"What is the meaning of this, Mr Hawkins?" Captain Amelia asks, standing from her chair beside the table.

Jim hurries to lock the door down and then turns to look at everyone in the room.

"It's Mr Silver! H-He lied, he's come here to take the map. The crew as well." Jim fumbles out.

"That, that is totally ludicrous." Dr Doppler says.

"They're pirates!" Jim shouts.

You hold your breath. Pirates?! You knew you should never have taken the job here on the ship. From outside the room you can hear the ruckus of the crew shouting and things being broken, so you know that Jim is telling the truth.

Captain Amelia growls as she marches over to her cabinet and opens it harshly, clearly angry about the matter.

"Pirates on my ship? I'll see them all hanged." She growls, taking out a pistol and chucking it over to Dr Doppler, "Doctor, familiar with these?"

"Oh I've, uh, I've seen, uh, well I've read-" Without his knowledge he accidentally fires the pistol and it shoots the globe behind Captain Amelia, "Uh, no... no I'm not."

Then suddenly the door to the room starts to hiss and you can see that someone is trying to brake through the door with a laser. Sparks fly out around the lock and you quickly catch the pistol Captain Amelia chucks to you.

"Mr Hawkins, guard this with your life." She says, throwing the map to Jim.

But Morph flies in front of it and catches it in his mouth with a giggle.

"Morph! Give that back!" Jim shouts, tugging on the map and finally getting Morph to release it.

Jim quickly stuffs the map in his pocket and Captain Amelia grabs a shotgun from her cabinet with a laser setting that she uses on the floor to cut through the wood.

The lock on the door is almost completely broken, so you tell the Captain to hurry up but she replies to you with a glare. Finally, the floor board brakes and you all jump down the hole into the under area where all the wires and pipes are for the ship.

Running down the tight hallway with steam rising from below, you can hear the footsteps above and someone dropping down the hole.

"Hurry!" You shout, being the last in the line.

Everyone moves quickly down a staircase that enters out into the area where all the longboats are. Dr Doppler falls in front of you so you help him up and Captain Amelia pulls you both inside, past the door. Then she shuts it and uses her laser on the lock.

"To the longboats, quickly!" She shouts.

You all nod and rush over to one of the longboats and jump inside it. Jim jumps in first and then Dr Doppler, but you can't exactly reach it so Jim helps you by pulling you up.

Captain Amelia pushes down on the lever that opens the floor below, and you start to believe that you all can make it out, before Morph grabs the map from within Jim's pocket.

"Morph, no!!" He shouts, jumping out of the longboat to chase the shapeshifter.

The door below breaks open and the pirates rush into the room, shooting their guns at anything that moves. You and the Captain and Dr Doppler all take cover behind the curves of the longboat and shoot down at the pirates trying to reach you.