Space Pirates 3: Russel's Revenge by Amber Riel (librera reader txt) 📖

          Olivia and John were sitting at a card table on top of the deck of the Black Velvet.  They were playing a game of Black Jack.

          “Are you jealous of Will?” Olivia asked.  She set the cards which were in her hand on top of the deck because she was tired of playing.

          “Me?” John pretended to laugh.  “No,” he lied.  He despised Will.  “Yes,” he told himself, looking away from Olivia.

          “Really?” Olivia asked.  She knew he was lying.

          Will walked over to them before John could answer Olivia.  “Hello, captain, and John.”  He smiled.

          John could see right through Will, and he knew that Will was trying to work his way into stealing Olivia’s heart.  He wished that the guy was on Zelda’s crew, or he was a loud to punch the prince and give him a bloody nose.  He didn’t like Will one bit.

          “Hey, Will,” Olivia and John said.

          “We were just talking about you,” Olivia told him.

          “Really?”

          “Yea.”

          “Well, I got done with that job.  Is there anything else that I can do, captain?”

          “Actually, why don’t you take a break?  You can hang out with John and me.  Is that okay, John?”

          “Yea sure.  You can hang out with us,” John agreed, jealousy in his voice.  “As long as you don’t take Olivia from me,” he told himself, but Olivia and Will looked at him.

          Olivia kind of dropped her mouth and looked at John kind of mad.  She couldn’t believe that John was jealous.  It was so obvious.

          “What?” Will asked.

          John looked at them and acted like he didn’t say anything.  “Nothing.  Um…. I’m going to go now.”

          “Okay.”  Olivia couldn’t believe how jealous John was.  He was kind acting like a big baby.

          John started to walk away, but he kissed Olivia on the cheek before he left.  He was letting Will know that Olivia was his and that the prince needed to back off.

 

 

          Zelda and Ben were hanging out on the deck of the White Rose.  Zelda was leaning against the wall of her office and Ben stood in front of her.

          Ben liked how the stars and the darkness of space made Zelda shine like a star.  She looked lovely to him.  “You are the best wife any guy has ever had.”  He moved next to her and placed his arm around her.

          “And you’re the best husband any woman has ever had.”

          They kissed.

          John had made his way over to the two love birds.  “Hey, you two.”

          Zelda looked over at him.  “Hey, John…. Wait a minute.  How did you get on my ship?”  They were sailing through space on two different ships and she wanted to know how John was now on her ship.

          John pointed to the Black Velvet.  Someone had made a bridge connecting the Black Velvet to the White Rose.  “That’s how.”

          “Oh.”  Zelda looked at the bridge, but it didn’t don on her at first.  “Wait a minute.  Who the heck did that?”

          “Good question.”

          “How did heck did they do that?”

          “Really good question.”

          Ben laughed.  “Whoever did that, must have had a hard time.  But, who cares?”

          It most likely was Aaron, who had built the bridge.  He was the smartest guy on both of the ships.

          “Ben,” Zelda asked, changing the subject, “have you seen Max anywhere?”

          “Actually, I haven’t seen him since the wedding.”

          “Maybe he’s hiding,” John jumped in.

          Zelda kind of laughed.  “Max doesn’t hide.  He might be hiding, but he’s usually by my side 24:7.”

          “He probably thinks that because you have Ben now to protect you that he doesn’t have to.”

          “That’s not true.  He’s my baby and Ben is his daddy.  We both love him.  Right, Ben?”

          Ben smiled.  “Who doesn’t love that wolf?” he agreed.  “Here you two talk, I’ll go look him.”

          Zelda and Ben kissed then he walked away.

          “Zelda, can I talk to you about something?” John asked.

          “Yea sure.  But tell me on the way to the kitchen because I am hungry.  Are you hungry?”

          “No.”

          “Okay.  Then come with me.”

          They started to walk toward the kitchen.

 

 

          Zelda took a cut up banana and mixed it with peanut butter and fish.  John looked at the mixture and a sick feeling began to take over his stomach.

          “You know, I don’t like fish, but for some reason, I’m craving it.”  Zelda knew why but didn’t want to tell John.

          “You’re really going to eat that?” John asked, kind of gagging.

          “Yea.  You want to try it?”  She offered him a piece.

          He didn’t want it.  The sandwich that Zelda had made, made him feel sick to his stomach.  “No thank you.”

          “Okay.”  She took a bite and swallowed.  “Now, what were you saying about Will?”

          “Oh yea.  He just showed up out of nowhere.  He started to talk to Olivia and me, but I can’t stand him.  He’s trying to take Olivia from me, so I came to talk to you to see if you can help me.”

          John and Zelda had this thing going on where she was his therapist but she wasn’t very good and the fact that she hated to solve people’s problems didn’t help.  She was confused.  She didn’t understand what was going on.  “Where’s Will right now?”

          “I just told you, he’s talking to Olivia.”

          “Ok-ay.”  She was really confused.  She didn’t understand how John was worried that Will was going to try and break up Olivia and him, while he was over there talking to her, and Will was talking to Olivia.  “So the guy that you think is trying to break up you and Olivia is talking to her right now while you’re here talking to me.”  Zelda thought about that.  “Why is that?” she asked.  “I don’t think that’s very smart for you.”

          John thought about it for a minute and he realized that Zelda was right.  “OH CRAP!  I have to go.”  He ran out of the kitchen, while Peter walked in.

          “RUN, FOREST, RUN!” Zelda called after John.

          “Captain, I thought his name was John.”

          “Shut up, Peter Pan.”

          Peter went to get the fish which had been on the counter but realized that it was gone.  “Where’d my fish go?”

          Zelda looked at her food then to Peter.  She smiled at him as if to say “Oops.”

          “Captain,” Peter said, disappointed, “I thought you hated fish.”

          “I do, but for some reason, I wanted fish.  Sorry.”  She kept the smile.

Larry Runs Away

          Gregory and Larry were in the kitchen of their little house.  They were sitting at the little, round table.  It was dark outside, so Gregory had the lights on.  He was trying to come up with a plan to stop the bounty hunters.  He figured that the pirates weren’t trying to do anything.  Larry watched him as he worked.

          “Are the pirates going to help you guys?” Larry asked.

          “They said they were,” Gregory paused to take a sip of hot, Hazelnut coffee, “but you can’t really trust pirates, especially Zelda.”

          Larry remembered what Zelda told him, after he found out that she lied to him.  “Why do you hate Zelda?” he asked.

          “Because she ruined my life.  It’s worst because now her and Ben are married.”  Gregory didn’t want Zelda as a sister-in-law, but Ben loved her.  He remembered what she had done to him which had ticked him off.

          “Her and Ben are married?” Larry asked.  They eleven year old boy was excited.  “THAT’S COOL!”

          Gregory shot Larry a look.

          Larry forgot that Gregory didn’t like to talk about Ben, Zelda, and all the other pirates.  “Sorry.”

          “Look, I don’t want to talk about them.  Okay, Larry.”

          “Okay.”  Larry stood up and walked to his room.  He pretended to yawn.  “Good night, Gregory.”

          “Good night, kiddo.”

 

 

          Larry grabbed a bag and placed it on his bed.  He went to his dresser and took out a bunch of clothes.  He stuffed the clothes into the bag.  He took his book bag and laid it on his bed and covered it with a blanket to make it look like he was sleeping.  He went to window, after turning off the light, and opened it.  He climbed out and closed it again.  “Sorry, Greg,” he whispered with sadness in his voice.  He ran away from the house.

 

 

          Larry walked through the town.  He noticed Leo and Russel.  They were heading toward him.  “Bounty hunters?  What are they doing here?” he whispered to himself.  He hid behind a dumpster in an ally.

          Russel and Leo walked over by the dumpster and stopped.

          Larry kind of peaked to see what they were doing and listened to them talk.

          “Why are we here again?” Leo asked.

          “Because I have a feeling that Zelda’s crew and Olivia’s crew will be here to talk to the princesses.”

          “What if they don’t show?”

          “Then, we’ll go looking for them…. And when we find them, we’ll kill them.”

          “Okay, but we’ll have to keep Zelda alive.”

          “Why?”

          “Magma wants to kill Zelda herself.”

          The two bounty hunters left.

          Larry walked out from hiding, shocked.  “I have to warn them.”  He ran to where the space craft area was and looked for a ship to sneak on which had export on it that was going to another planet.

Trying to Tell Ben Part 1

             Austin, Peter, Scott, Paul, and Zack were in their room, playing video games.

          “How did you guys hook the TV and game system up?” Zack asked.  He was rubbing his wrist because they were sore from having the bandana tied around them.  He was glad that his hand were free from the bandana.

          “Well,” Scott said with sarcasm, “we plugged them in, then hooked them together.”

          “I know that, but where’d you get the plugs from, because there wasn’t any on the Blue Ram.”

          “The Blue Ram?” Austin asked.

          “Zelda never told you?”

          The guys shook their heads.

          “It was Ryoko’s ship.”

          “What kind of animal controlled the ship?” Paul asked.

          “Was it a chicken?” Peter asked.

          “No,” Zack answered.

          “Man,” Austin asked Peter, “what’s up with you and chickens?”

          “They’re pretty and I was raised by chickens.”

          Everyone gave