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

          “Well, everyone,” he said, “but you, will be fighting.  You’ll have to go hide.”

          “Why’s everyone telling me that?”

          “Well Ben doesn’t want anything to happen to you or ya’lls child.  Besides, I told him that I’d make sure that nothing happens to you.  That means if something happens to you then I’m dead.”

          “Then how do you guys expect me to protect myself if you guys are fighting and I get attacked?” Zelda asked, hinting for John to give her some kind of weapon.

          John decided to let her win.  He pulled out his gun and handed it to her.  “I can’t believe I’m doing this.  Here.”

          Zelda took the gun then decided to make John feel guilty for giving it to her.  “Ben said that I can’t use a weapon.”

          “He said that you can’t use a sword.  The last time I checked a gun isn’t a sword.”

          Drake and Blake hurried over to them.  “Bounty hunters are coming,” Drake warned.

          “Well then go get everyone,” Zelda told them.

          “Okay,” Blake replied.

          “Go hide, Zelda!” Larry ordered.

          Zelda dropped her mouth at the kid’s order.  “But, Larry-Boy.”

          John laughed.  “You heard the kid, Zelda, go hide.”

          “Fine.”  Zelda walked away.

          Russel, Keaton, Romano, and other bounty hunters had found their way to the two ships.  The pirates were ready for the battle.

          “Attack!” Russel ordered the bounty hunters.

          John, Ray, Paul, Peter, Drake, Shawn, Blake, Larry, and Max began fighting off the bounty hunters.

          Zelda hid behind a wall on the Black Velvet.  She would peak out to see what was going on every now and then.  She wanted to be out there fighting the bounty hunters so badly.

          Keaton and Romano managed to climb onto the deck of the Black Velvet where they found Zelda.  “What are you doing, pirate?” Keaton asked.

          “I’m just chilling,” Zelda answered.

          Romano and Keaton exchanged glances then looked at Zelda again.  They both prepared to attack her.

          “Wait!” she cried, knowing that they were both morons.  “You guys wouldn’t attack a pregnant woman now would ya?”

          “You’re pregnant?”

          Zelda nodded.

          “Don’t believe her…. She’s lying,” Romano told Keaton.

          Paul snuck up behind the two idiot bounty hunters and knocked them both out.  “Captain, you need to find a better hiding place.”

          “Good idea.”

          Ben and Leo were the only two still fighting.  The other bounty hunters were dead because of the other pirates.  Leo was the only one who was still alive.  He wasn’t about to give up.

          “This is going to take a while,” Olivia told Aaron.

          “I predict that in about the next hour their both going to get tired and give up,” Aaron agreed.

          Ryan walked over to them, eating popcorn.  “This is nice.  Go, Ben!” he cheered.

          “Where did you find that?” Olivia asked.

          “In some guy’s trash…. Want some?”

          “No thanks.”  Olivia felt sick at the thought.

          “There’s insects in it,” Aaron replied, examining the food.  He was grossed out by the thought as well.

          Zelda worked her way into the kitchen of the Black Velvet.  She sat on the floor and decided that it was a good time to radio for back up.  “Hello, Double-D.  Are you there over?”

          “Zelda,” Gregory’s voice spoke over the speaker, “I’m here over.”

          “Okay.  Good.  Now listen.  We are being attacked by the bounty hunters.  Everyone else is fighting while I’m talking,” she explained, “because Ben doesn’t want me to fight.  So I’m calling for help over.”

          “Okay.  You guys are on Blaze right?  Over.”

          “Yep…. Over.”

          “Good.  We’re almost there over.”

          “Okay…. Over.”

          They had finished talking when Zelda heard a noise.  She turned to see who it was when she noticed a bounty hunter.  She pulled out John’s gun and shot him.

          “That was easy.”  She stood up.

          The pirates who had stayed around the ships were still fighting the bounty hunters when the cops finally arrived to the scene.  “Okay.  All of the bounty hunters drop your weapons, you’re under arrest!” Gregory ordered.

          The cops began arresting the bounty hunters when Zelda worked her way off of the Black Velvet.  John walked over to Gregory.  “Where’s everyone else?” Gregory asked.

          “At the battle field,” John answered.

          “Let’s go.”

          Leo and Ben had continued to fight.  Aaron kept an eye on his watch, timing the battle between the pirate and the bounty hunter.  “In three, two, one.”

          Ben and Leo dropped their swords and fell backwards.

          “That was perfect timing,” Olivia replied, shocked.

          “Yep.”

          “Are they dead?”

          “Nope.”

          A few seconds later, Gregory, John, Zelda, and even Max arrived.  Zelda panicked when she spotted Ben lying on the ground.  She hurried over to him, worried.  She fell on her knees next to him.  “Ben, are you alive?  Ben?  Ben?” she asked, freaking out.  She rested her head on his chest, thinking that he was dead and began crying.

          “Don’t worry.  He’s alive, Zelda,” Aaron told her.

          Ben opened his eyes and wrapped an arm around Zelda’s waist and felt John’s gun.  “Is that a gun I feel?”

          Zelda looked at him and smiled.  She was relieved that he wasn’t dead.  “I’m not the one with cuts on my arm.”

          Zelda and Ben stood up while Leo sat up.  Gregory, Daniel, and Jason surrounded the bounty hunter.  “Leo, your under arrest,” Gregory told him.

          Nine months later, Zelda and Olivia were in the captain’s office on the White Rose.  Zelda helped Olivia prepare for her and John’s wedding.  “Well you’re getting married to John,” Zelda told Olivia.

          “Yep…. I’m so excited.”

          “Yea…. I was excited when I got married to Ben so I know how you feel.  He and I can’t wait till the baby’s born.  So that’s what we’re looking forward to and you know what it’s due this month.”  Zelda hadn’t thought about it before when she came to that conclusion.

          “That’s awesome,” Olivia replied.

          Zelda began to feel some kind of pain in her stomach

          “Are you okay?”

          “I’m fine,” she lied.  Again the same pain happened again.

          “Are you sure?”

          “Don’t worry about me.”  Zelda smiled.  “It’s your wedding day.  You should be happy for yourself.”  She didn’t want Olivia to worry about her.  It was Olivia’s wedding; she shouldn’t have had to worry about Zelda.

          “Okay.”

          There was a knock on the door.

          “Come in!” Zelda called.

          Ben walked into the room.  “Zelda, they’re ready for us.”

          “Okay.  Well,” Zelda told Olivia, “I’ll see you out there.”

          Zelda began feeling pain in her stomach in the middle of the wedding.

          Aaron was watching her, wondering what she was doing.  He knew Zelda was strange but was confused by her action during the wedding.  “What is Zelda….” He began to whisper to Scott when the thought hit him.  “Oh my gosh she’s in labor.  Scott, help me get Ben’s attention?”

          “Okay.”

          Aaron and Scott were doing everything they could without trying to make a scene during the wedding.  Once they got Ben’s attention, they managed to get him to look at Zelda.  He snuck around to the other side and picked her up.

          John noticed Ben and grew kind of worried at the sight.  “Is she okay?” he asked Ben.

          “She’ll be fine,” Ben answered.  “Just go on with the wedding.”  He had a feeling Zelda would be alright and didn’t want his brother to worry.

          “Okay.”

          Ben carried Zelda into the captain’s office on the White Rose and Aaron followed.

          “You may kiss the bride,” the pastor told John.

          Olivia and John shared their first kiss as husband and wife.

          Olivia and John were out on the deck of the White Rose, waiting.  It had been a few hours and they wanted to find out what had happened.  Paul and Scott walked over to them.

          “Is Zelda okay?” Olivia asked.

          “Yea,” Scott answered.  He began to talk like a game show host.  “So now you two are a new married couple on the ships…. Tell them what they won, Paul.”

          “You two have won the honor of being called aunt and uncle.”

          Aaron worked his way out of the office.  “Oh…. John, and Captain Olivia, Ben and Zelda said that ya’ll can go in there but you must be quiet.”

          “Okay,” John replied.

          Olivia and John walked into the captain’s office where they found Ben standing up.  He held a beautiful baby girl in his arms while Zelda sat on the bed, holding a handsome baby boy.

          Olivia walked over to Zelda.  “Can I hold him?”

          “Yea,” Zelda whispered.  “Aunt Olivia’s going to hold you now.”

          Zelda handed the baby to Olivia, carefully.

          “John, do you want to hold her?” Ben asked, walking over to him.

          “Yea.”

          Ben gave the baby to John.

          “They’re so cute,” Olivia said.  “What are their names?”

          “Well,” Ben answered, “this is Amy Lee-Anne Skull.”

          “And this is, Ben Adam Skull Junior,” Zelda finished.  “So that I don’t get him mixed up with his daddy, I’m going to call him, Benny.  You guys can call him that too.”

          Aaron walked back into the room.  “Okay, Zelda.  For the next couple of days you get be lazy.  Ben, you have to do everything until then.”

          “Okay, doc,” Zelda replied.

          “Okay, Aaron,” Ben agreed.

          Olivia handed Benny back to Zelda and John handed Amy back to Ben.  Then they left the room with Aaron.

          “Now,” Zelda said, “I can go back to fighting and drinking.”

          “Yep,” Ben agreed.  He looked at Amy and then to Zelda.  Their daughter was beautiful just like her mother.  He knew that meant they were going to have to watch her when she