Space Pirates & the Battle for Power by Amber Riel (best big ereader TXT) 📕

find a gold grandfather clock."
Ben hehld up a clock. "Does it have to be gold?" he asked.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because they work better than any of the regular ones...." She noticed that the guy at the counter was watching them. He looked to be about in his 70's. "I think that guy's onto us."
Ben looked over at him. "What are we going to do?"
"Keep looking for a gold grandfather clock. I'm going to go distract him."
"Okay."
Zelda went to talk to the man.
"I hope she knows what she's doing," Ben told himself. He went back to looking for the clock. "That's not what I'm looking for. That's not it either." He noticed a shiny brass clock. "That's not gold, is it?" He picked it up, realized that it was gold. "It is gold. Good. I have to tell the captain." He made sure that no one was watching and placed the clock in a bag. He walked over and told Zelda, but he made sure that the guy couldn't hear him.
"Good. Now, let's go," she told Ben. "Well, me and my...." She lied to the guy. "Husband have to go."
"Yep," Ben agreed. "Cute store by the way, better hope that those space pirates don't rob you."
They left the store.


"Can I see the clock?" Zelda asked.
"Yea." Ben took the clock out of the bag and gave it to Zelda. "I seen it, but I thought that it was brass. When I picked it up, I realized that it was gold."
"Good." Zelda noticed the Black Velvet. "Uh-oh."
"What?"
Zelda pointed to the ship. "Olivia's here."
"Oh no."
Something started to growl.
"Do you hear that?" Zelda asked.
"It depends.... Did you hear growling?"
"Yea."
"Then yep, I heard it too."
They turned around. Donny stood behind them, growling.
Zelda was freaking out. "Good kitty. Nice kitty," she told the panther. "On the count of three we run," she told Ben.
"Okay."
"One...."
"Two...."
"THREE!" They both exclaimed. They both started running. Donny chased them, but he started to slow down.
"Is he still behind us?"
Ben looked back. "Yea, but he slowed down."
Zelda looked back and slowed down. "What do you know? Hm.... I wonder why he slowed down?"
Ben also slowed down. "I don't know. Maybe there's something wrong with him."
Donny caught up to them and went to attack Ben.
Zelda pulled out her sword. "NO, BEN, LOOK OUT!" She took her sword and cut Donny on the side of his neck.
"You killed him."
Zelda looked at the blood on her sword. "Um.... Carry him to the ship, Benjamin. I need to think about what I just did."
Ben picked up the dead panther. "Ok-ay."
"Okay." Zelda pointed to the way of the White Rose. "Let's go back to the ship."
They walked back to the White Rose. Searching for Zelda

Olivia was explaining to her crew what was going on. "Okay, now split up, and remember we're looking for Zelda," she reminded them.
Everyone, but John, left.
"Come on, John. Let's go find Zelda."


Olivia and John went to look for Zelda, when they ran into Leo. Olivia was mad. "What do you want, Leo?" she asked.
"I want to fight."
Olivia raised an eyebrow. "Fight? Why fight? We're working for the same person, Leo."
"I know. I want to see who will win between a younger pirate verse an older bounty hunter."
"Fine. If it's a fight you want, then it's a fight you'll get."
Leo smile. "Good." He pulled out his sword. "Draw your weapon, pirate."
Olivia was already holding her sword. "One step a head of you."
Leo and Olivia started to sword fight.


In the middle of the fight, Leo knocked Olivia out. He went to stab her in the heart, when John blocked the attack with his sword. Leo was forced to move back.
John was ready to fight. "I won't let you harm her, and not just because she's my captain...."
Leo raised an eyebrow. "So you like her?" he asked.
John didn't answer.
"I'll take that as a yes." Leo started walking. "But why? I mean she tells you what to do and she expects you to do it.... Or she'll get mad if you don't." He stopped. "Maybe, you don't care how she treats you. And you'll do anything for her, but she doesn't see it. 'Cause people like her don't see things like that. And of course, I don't care 'cause now I have two space pirates I can kill for the price of one."
That ticked John off. "Shut up, Leo, and fight."
Leo smiled. John and Leo started fighting, when Magma arrived. She wasn't happy. "STOP THE BOTH OF YOU!" she shouted.
John and Leo stopped fighting and turned to the princess.
"You, pirate, don't you and your captain over there have something to do?"
"And you, Leo, I told you not to kill them," she started off talking to where John could hear, but then grew quieter, "yet. If you weren't my aunt's husband, I would have you put to death."
Leo dropped his head in shame.
"You stay," Magma ordered John. "And you come with me," she told Leo.
Magma and Leo left.
Olivia woke up. She looked around, mad. "Where's Leo? When I get my hands on the son of a gun...."
"He left with Magma," John said, cutting Olivia off.
"What? What do you mean he left with Magma?"
"Well, she showed up after you got knocked out...." John decided to change the subject. "I think that we should bring you back to the ship."
"No." Olivia stood up. "I came here to capture Zelda and I'm not going to let a bounty hunter stop me. Now, come on, John."

Planning

Zelda and Ben were going back to the White Rose. They ran into Gregory and Jason. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Ed, Edd, and um.... Where's Eddy?" Zelda asked.
"First of all those aren't our names, and second of all," Gregory said, figuring out who she was talking about, "Daniel's been captured by Olivia."
"Oh. So why are you guys here anyways? To tell me that I have to back with the captured pirate...."
"No," Gregory said, cutting Zelda off. "We're here to warn you."
Zelda and Ben looked at each other. Zelda kept her head facing Ben, but her eyes looked at Gregory. "About what?" she asked.
"Princess Magma is after you and she wants to kill you."
"Oh."
"I won't let anything happen to you, captain," Ben said to Zelda, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I know, Ben." She started talking to Gregory and Jason. "Well, seeing that you two are here, come back to the ship with me and Ben, and I'll tell you guys my plan on how to capture Olivia."
"Okay," Gregory said.
Gregory and Jason followed Ben and Zelda to the ship.


When they arrived to the ship, Ben dropped Donny's body on the ground.
"What's up with the dead panther?" Jason asked.
"Oh, I killed him. Now, Olivia's panther is dead, she won't be happy. I didn't mean to kill him," Zelda said, "but it'll be pay back for what she did to me years ago."
"What's so important about the animals for you pirates?" Gregory asked.
"That's something that you people don't understand about us pirates. You see, Double-D, the animal that is on a pirate ship gives the ship energy. I have a wolf, and Olivia had a panther. Without that animal then the ship is stuck in one place. I didn't mean to kill Olivia's panther but I did. Now, she's stuck on this planet, and I can use that to trap her. See what I'm saying?"
Gregory didn't answer. He looked at her confused.
"I'll take that as a yes. Now, let's go get Eddy, then go look for Olive Oyl." Zelda walked away.
"Who's Olive Oyl?" Gregory asked Ben, confused.
"A. K. A. Olivia," Ben replied.
"Oh. Does Zelda always give people nicknames?"
Ben laughed. "Yea. But I'm the only one who likes mine."
"What'd she call you?"
"Benjamin." He sighed. "When she says it, there's a tone in her voice that I like. It's sweet and...."
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you like her."
"That's because I do like her, but I don't know if she likes me."
"Oh."
Zelda walked back over to them, mad. "I told you guys let's go. Now, come on."
"Yes, captain."
Everyone on the ship left. Ben carried the dead panther. Max walked next to Zelda.


Olivia and John were still looking for Zelda, when the rest of her crew showed up.
"We haven't had any luck looking for Zelda, captain," Shawn said.
"She'll show up," Olivia told them. "Believe me."

Battle Time

Zelda was now standing behind Olivia and her crew. "Olive Oyl," she said. "Looking for me?"
Olivia and her crew turned around to see Zelda, her crew, and the three space police. Olivia looked at Max. "I see that you brought your dumb dog," she said.
That made Zelda mad. "He's not dumb. Now, your panther is dumb, or was dumb, or is was dumb," Zelda said, now confused.
"What do you mean was?"
Ben walked over carrying the panther and laid him down in between Zelda and Olivia.
Olivia sat down next to Donny. "Donny. Donny. Mommy's here. Wake up, Donny." She realized that he wasn't breathing. "He's dead," she said, sad. She looked at Zelda, mad. "You killed him. John, I want you to kill Zelda."
Gregory noticed John, who was pulling out his sword. "John, you're a pirate too?" he