Space Pirates 3: Russel's Revenge by Amber Riel (sad books to read .txt) 📕

          “Speaking of Will,” John said, “he was right there, when I asked her to marry me.”

          Zelda was interested in the story.  “How did he react?” she asked.

          “He was shocked,” John bragged, “because she chose me over him.”

          “I’d choose you over him any day,” Olivia admitted.  “Besides, how many times do I have to tell you that?”

          John looked at Olivia and smiled.  “Until I can’t hear you say those words.”

          They kissed.

          “Get a room,” Ben said, joking around.

          “Says the guy with a kid on the way,” John also joked.

          “I’m going to get some water.  Does anyone want anything?” Zelda asked, standing up.

          “No thank you,” Ben replied.

          “I would like some water please.”  John raised his hand.

          “I’ll go with you,” Olivia told Zelda.  “I’m going to get some water.”

          The girls left.

          “So, you and Olivia are going to get married?” Ben asked.

          “Yep.  I’m glad that she said, ‘Yes.’  Partly,” John explained, “because Will was going to try and win her from me, but mostly, because I love her, and I want to commit my life to her, and no other girl would do.”  He had Zelda to thank for giving him the idea.

          “That’s why I married Zelda, except no was trying to take her from me.”

          “What about Jeremy?” John sat down across from Ben.

          “Yea,” Ben admitted, “but he never went as far as Will did with Olivia because he knew that I’d kick his butt.”

          “Oh.”

          Zelda and Olivia were in the kitchen.  They were getting three water bottles.  “So,” Zelda asked, “are you happy that you and John are going to get married?”

          “No,” Olivia spoke sarcastically, “I’m not.  I’m just happy because I want to be.”

          They laughed.

          Austin walked in.  “Captain, can you hand me a water bottle?”

          “Okay.”  Zelda handed him a water bottle.

          He started to prepare a sandwich.  “Captain Zelda, and Captain Olivia, you two look lovely today.”

          “Thanks.  I guess,” Olivia said, confused.

          “Quite sucking up, Austin.  It’s not going to work whatever you’re trying to do.”  Zelda figured that Austin was up to something because he never drank water.

          “No,” he denied.  “I mean it.  Ben’s lucky to have you, and John’s lucky to have Olivia.”  He knew that Zelda was onto him, but he acted like nothing was going on.  “Now, I’m going to bring this sandwich and this water to the room and play some video games.”  Austin left the room with the sandwich and the water bottle.

          “Did you assume that he was sucking up to us?” Olivia asked.

          Zelda handed Olivia two water bottles and took one for herself.  “Have you met the guys on my crew?”

          Olivia gave Zelda a look.

          “They only will say those things if they want something or if they did something.  There’s something fishy going on with Austin.  He never drinks water.”

          “Maybe he’s pregnant,” Olivia joked.

          Zelda laughed.  “That’s a good one.”

          Olivia and Zelda went back to John and Ben.  Olivia handed John a water bottle.  “Thank you,” John said as he took the water bottle.

          “You didn’t bring me a drink?” Ben asked, acting like he was disappointed.

          Zelda dropped her mouth.  “You said you didn’t want anything.”

          Ben smiled.  “Come on, honey.  I was just joking.  Come here next to me.”

          Zelda walked over to Ben and sat next to him.

          Ben wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer to him.  “So, have you guys decided on the date of the wedding?”

          John looked at Olivia.  “Not yet.”  He looked at Ben.  “But we want to wait till we’re done dealing with the bounty hunters and Magma.”

          “How are we going to capture Magma anyways?” Olivia asked.

          “Oh.  We’ll go over the plans on Blaze with Double-D.”  Zelda didn’t really know what they were going to do.

          Daniel, Jason, and Gregory were heading to a cop car.  They had something to do before they could actually leave the planet to head to Blaze.

          “So, boss, where are we going?” Jason asked Gregory.  Jason and Daniel actually had no clue where they were heading off to or why.

          “We’re going to Blaze,” Gregory replied.

          Jason and Daniel were kind of surprised.  Neither of them would have ever thought that Gregory would actually even consider to go along with the plan Zelda had proposed.

          “Why?” Daniel asked.

          “Because,” Gregory admitted, “Zelda came up with an idea that was actually a good idea.”  He couldn’t believe the sound of his own words as he spoke.  “We’re going to capture Magma but we have to talk to Zelda bout the plan first.”

          “Wait a minute.”  Daniel was trying to make since of what he was hearing.  “You listened to Zelda?”

          “Yea.”

          “But you hate her.”  Daniel was so confused.  “Why did you listen to her?”

          “Yea.  I know.  But she had a good plan and my brother will kill me if I don’t get along with her.”

          “Oh.”  Daniel understood.  “That’s right.  She’s your sister-in-law.”

          They arrived at the small black and white cop car and Gregory opened a door of the car.  “Come on, guys.”

          They climbed into the car.  Gregory sat in the driver seat while Jason sat in the passenger seat and Daniel sat in the back.

          “Jason,” Gregory told him, “turn on the screen.  I want to see what’s happening on the outside of the car.”

          “Yes, sir.”  Jason flipped the small black switch on the dash board, which turned on the screen.

          “So,” Daniel asked, “does this mean that a pirate’s going to tell us what to do?”

          “Just for now.”  Gregory turned the small key cranking the engine.

          “Okay.”

          Keaton and Romano were roaming around the fire castle.  They ran into Magma and she was ticked off at the sight of the two bounty hunters.  “What are you two doing here?” the furious princess of flame asked.

          “We’re supposed to meet Katie and Sarah,” Keaton admitted, “the two hottest maids that work for you, Princess Magma.”

          Magma exploded.  They weren’t supposed to be there.  They were supposed to be on another planet to stop and kill the pirates.  The princess couldn’t believe that the two bounty hunters were that stupid.  “You two are supposed to be on Connie to make sure that Zelda’s crew and Olivia’s crew don’t make it alive.  You two are idiots.  I can’t believe that my uncle would hire you two dummies.”

          “But,” Romano said, “princess.”

          That ticked Magma off even more.  “I don’t care.  I want the both of you off this planet by the end of the day or else.”

          “Yes, princess,” both bounty hunters spoke in unison.  Keaton and Romano left.

          “Idiots,” Magma told herself.

          Zack, Austin, and Jeremy were in the wine cellar of the White Rose.  They were hanging out with Larry.  “So you know Zelda because you and her worked for her cousin, Ryoko, who’s now dead?” Larry asked Zack.

          “Yep.”  Zack did enjoy hanging out in the wine cellar.  It brought back good memories from Ryoko’s crew.  “And now she’s forcing me to be a pirate again,” he started, kind of disappointed, “but I don’t want to be.”

          “Why not?”

          They heard footsteps heading walking into the room.

          “You better hide, Larry,” Jeremy whispered.

          Larry hid.  Scott and Paul walked in.  “Hey, guys,” Scott said.  He began looking for a bottle of rum.

          “What are ya’ll doing down here?” Austin’s question was pointless to ask because the answer was obvious but had to ask anyways.

          “Well,” Paul answered, “we’re here for rum.”

          “What are ya’ll doing down here?” Scott asked as he grabbed a full bottle of rum.

          “Just chilling,” Jeremy replied.  “Right, guys?”

          “Right,” Zack and Austin agreed.

          Paul grabbed a bottle of rum.  “Ok-ay.”  Paul and Scott left the room.

          Austin waited a little bit before letting Larry know that it was safe for him to come out.  “They’re gone.”

          “Okay.  Good.”  Larry popped out of hiding.

          Aaron and Ryan were out on the deck of the Black Velvet.  Aaron leaned against a wall, working on a device.

“What are you doing?” Ryan asked.

“Making a device,” Aaron answered.

“What kind of device?”

“It’s a baby gender device.”

“What’s that?”

Aaron took a deep breath before answering Ryan.  “It’s a device that tells you the gender of a baby before it’s born.  Duh.”

“Oh.”  Ryan paused.  “Who’s it for?”

Aaron couldn’t believe that Ryan had to ask that question but then he thought about how Ryan was an idiot and how he was in with Zelda.  “Zelda and Ben.”

“Oh.  Can I see it?”

Aaron remembered how Ryan had destroyed the tracking device he had made to track down Zelda about four or five years earlier.  “No.”

“Why not?”

Aaron looked at Ryan.  “Because you’ll destroy it.”

Olivia and John walked over to them.  “What are you doing?” Olivia asked Aaron.

Aaron looked over at Olivia and John.  “Creating a new device.”

“What is it?”

“It’s a baby gender device.”

“Oh.  Are you going to give it to Zelda and Ben?”

Aaron couldn’t believe that Olivia had to ask that question the answer was obvious.  He figured that she’d knew the answer anyways.  She wasn’t dumb.  “Of course.  I don’t have any need for it.  At least, not until I get married and start having kids of my own,” Aaron paused, he wanted to meet a girl from his home planet but he figured that it’d be a while before he could stay on Twister again, “but that’s going to be a while.”  He kind of missed being a Twistyin but he did like being a pirate as well.

“Oh.”

“You want to see it?”

“Okay.”

Aaron handed the small hand held device to Olivia.

Ryan was mad because Olivia was a loud to hold the device but he wasn’t.  “You let her hold it, but you won’t let me?”

“Dude,” Aaron said, “you’ll brake it.”

“But that’s not fear.”

“Okay.  It’s fair,” Aaron corrected, “and yes it is.”

“That’s cool.”  Olivia handed it back to Aaron.  “I think they’ll like it.”

“Well, I’m going to bring it to them, after I finish working on it.”

“Wait,” John replied.  “Aren’t you going to see if it works first?”

“It’s going to work and how am I supposed to see if it works if Zelda’s only girl, well, woman pregnant?” Aaron asked, thinking that John should have known the answer to that.

John thought for a moment.  “Oh yea.  How do you know it’s going to work?”

“Well, I made one for my mom,” Aaron explained, “when I was five, that’s how I knew that I was going to have a baby sister.”

Olivia was shocked.  “Dang.  When you were five?”

“Yep.  That’s why I didn’t come up with a scientific name for it.”

          Zelda and Ben were in the captain’s office of the White Rose.  They were sitting on the bed.  Zelda rested her head against Ben’s shoulder.

          “So, we’re going to capture Magma huh?” Ben asked.

          “Yep.”

          “How did you frame Gregory?”

          “Well, I robbed a bank,” Zelda explained, “ran into him, we started talking, we heard the other cops coming, and I gave him the money then left.  That’s it.”

          “Oh.”

          “I