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

"Sailing from one planet to another
Each different from the other
Got my gun
For when I'm on the run
Holding onto my rum"


"NOW!" Olivia ordered.
Everyone in her crew went to attack.

                       *****
Everyone who was inside was still singing:

"That I got from a bum
A pirate's life
Is filled with death and strife
Life can change
No matter...."

Olivia and her crew had broken into the bar. That made Zelda mad. "And.... What's going on...." she started to ask, crawling over to Olivia.
"Well, Zelda, you're drunk," Olivia pointed out.
Zelda tried to stand up. "And.... So, what if I am?"
"This means it's easier for me to kill you."
"Why do you want to kill me? YOU'RE the one, who killed my cousin."
"Yea.... And what are you going to do about it, Captain Dumbrum?"
"First of all, that made no sense, and second of all...." Zelda looked up at the roof, loosing her train of thought. "That's a flying pig, and it's leaving me.... I have to go." She started chasing the "flying pig". "WAIT FOR ME!" Zelda left.
Olivia pulled out her sword and pointed it toward Ben and Jeremy. "Does she always do this?" she asked.
"Yea."
"Oh." Olivia put her sword down.
"She always calls me Germany or Jiminy."
"Isn't your name Jeremy?"
"Yea, but I think that's kind of hot."
"What?!" Olivia asked and Ben exclaimed.
"Did I say that out loud? Oops."
"Wait a minute. I'm talking to my enemies, I must be loosing it." Olivia pointed her sword back at Ben and Jeremy. "Any last words?"
"Yea. Just one," Jeremy said. "CAPTAIN!" he yelled, running away.
Ben followed.
Olivia pointed her sword at everyone else in Zelda's crew. "Anyone else?"
"We better go, guys," Scott told the crew.
"Good idea," they all agreed.
After they left, Olivia noticed that Shawn was locked up. She was mad at him when she realized that he was drinking. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE DRINKING RUM!"
"But, captain, it's good. You should try some."
"I did, and I don't like it. It has a bad taste. Only an idiot would drink it."
"I don't think so."
Olivia shot Shawn a dirty look.
Shawn was afraid. "But I get what you are saying."

The bounty hunters were in the city on Era, looking for signs of space pirates. "Keaton, Romano, I want you two to go...." Leo started.


Zelda and her crew weren't far away from them. They were going back to the ship, when Zelda just stopped. "Okay, everyone," she said, "but Benjamin, and Peter Pan, go back to the ship."
"Okay," Paul said.
"Captain," Ray asked, he had light brown, long hair, "who's going to be in charge while you three are gone?"
"Scotty."
"SCOTT?!" Ray, Paul, and Austin exclaimed.
"ME?! Awesome...."
"Him.... You're leaving him in charge?" Jeremy asked.
"Don't complain. I left you in charge already, Germany. Now, go."
Everyone, but Zelda, Ben, and Peter, went back to the ship.
As Zelda turned around, she seen a bounty hunter getting closer to them. "Oh no." She recognized him. "It's Leo."
"Who's Leo?" Ben asked.
"A bounty hunter.... I guess that Princess Magma doesn't trust space pirates.... Oh no. He's walking toward us...." She took off her hat and held it behind her back. "I hope he don't remember me."
"Who are you three?" Leo asked as he grew closer.
"Oh. I'm Jack Claw," Ben said, "this is my wife, Donna Claw, and her brother, Mike Shark...."
"I'm not...." Peter started.
Zelda stepped on his foot. "Let Jack talk okay, Mike."
Leo gave Zelda and Ben a funny look. "You two look kind of young to be married."
"Yea. That's what everyone says...."
"So, why are you three here?"
"Well, my brother-in-law, is helping us to buy a house.... Because my wife is pregnant and...."
"Yea." Zelda played along, but she was mad. "And my husband here can't wait to be a daddy. Isn't that right, honey?"
"I'M GOING TO BE AN UNCLE!" Peter exclaimed, excited. Now, the sad thing was that he actually believed it.
Ben looked at Peter and smiled as if to say that was good, but Zelda looked at him like he was crazy.
Zelda smiled. "Bring him back to the ship.... I want to talk to him...." she whispered to Ben.
"Yes, captain." Ben turned to Peter. "Hey, Mike. Why don't you come and help me get something to eat?"
"Okay."
"Do you want anything to eat.... I'm sorry, sir, I don't think that you told us your name?" Ben asked Leo.
"Oh, yea, I'm Leo Vigne, and no thank you, I already ate."
"Okay." Ben kissed Zelda on the cheek to make it look like they were really married. "Bye, honey. See ya, later."
Zelda looked at her shoes, shocked. She could feel herself blushing. "Okay."
Ben and Peter left.
Leo started to walk behind Zelda. "Well, it was nice to meet you, Mrs. Claw." He couldn't help but notice that she was holding a hat behind her back. "That hat looks fimilar...." He said to himself. "That's Captain Zelda's hat." He stopped and turned toward Zelda. "So, you think that you can trick me...." he said to her, revealing his british accent. "CAPTAIN ZELDA SAMARA GRIFFEN!"
Zelda's eyes grew wide. "Oh crap," she said to herself. She placed her hat back on her head. "Yea." She turned to face him. "Where's the other three turtles?" she asked, mocking him.
That ticked Leo off. He pulled out his gun. "You better take that back." He aimed the gun at her.
Zelda stared at the gun, afraid to move. Ben showed up and seen what was going on. He took his gun out and shot Leo's gun, knocking it out of Leo's hand. Ben still held the gun toward Leo, mad. "You better leave the captain alone, bounty hunter."
Leo turned to face Ben. "And who do you think you are, space pirate?"
"I'm Ben Skull, Captain Zelda's first mate."
"Oh. So now, you have a crew? Huh, Zelda? Just like your cousin.... What's her name, Ryoko? I'm amazed that you could trust other pirates.... After what happened years ago."
Zelda remembered back to the terrible day, tears filled her eyes, but she didn't let Leo see them. "I just don't trust certain pirates.... Like Olivia. Anyone else, but her. I've ran into her a few times.... I made a deal with the Ice Princess Saphire that I'd capture her and bring her to both of them.... And she told me that she was working for the Fire Princess Magma, or as I like to call her Lava-Girl.... Anyways she's got to capture me and bring me to Lava-Girl."
"So, you're the pirate she wanted to capture. Why didn't see capture you yet?"
Zelda smiled. "I'm a very trickey pirate, Leo. You of all people should know that."
Leo picked up his gun. "Yes. Well, I'll let Olivia deal with you then, Zelda."
Leo left and Ben walked over to Zelda. He put his gun in the holister on his belt. "Are you okay, captain?"
"Yea."
"What did he mean when he said he was amazed that you could trust other pirates?"
The memory of Ryoko's death was back in Zelda's mind. She didn't want to tell Ben, but he had the right to know. "It was years ago...."
Ben could hear the sadness in Zelda's voice, and when he looked into her beautiful brown eyes, he could see the pain that she felt. "Me and Olivia were working for my cousin, Ryoko. Well, one day, it was the battle between us space pirates and the bounty hunters. Well, I had no weapons and I watched Ryoko get killed, but not by a bounty hunter.... A back stabbing pirate.... And the pirate was.... Olivia. I wish that I could of helped Ryoko, but I couldn't and now I feel guilty for not helping her.... She was the last family member that I had that was alive and now she's dead and it's all because of me.... I let her down. Family's suppose to help one another, but I just watched helplessly as my cousin was being killed. It's my fault that she's dead, Ben."
"Is that why you hate Captain Olivia?"
"Yea. And that's why I chicken out when it comes to fighting.... I'm a bad captain.... Heck, I'm a bad pirate...."
Ben placed a hand on Zelda's shoulder. "Don't be so hard on yourself. I think that you're a good captain," he told her.
Zelda gave Ben a funny look. "Really?"
Ben smiled. "Yea. Unlike Captain Olivia, you're like one of us.... You're like a sister to us...."
"Actually, Ben," Zelda started to say, but he hadn't realized that he was day dreaming, "I see everyone but you as a brother to me."
"What's that mean?"
"Well, I don't want to date my brother."
A grin grew on his face. "So, you do like me. SWEET!"
"Just kiss me."
Ben went to kiss Zelda, but out of his day dream. His eyes were closed and he was going to kiss "Zelda".
"Ben.... Ben.... BEN!" Zelda said, snapping her fingers.
Ben snapped out of the day dream. "What's up?" he asked, acting all cool.
"You looked like an idiot going to kiss the air."
Ben was embarrassed. "I meant to do that...." He pretended to laugh. "Just to make you feel better, captain."
Zelda smiled. "Thank you very much, Benjamin."
"No problem, captain."
"Good, now let's go back to the ship...." Her and Ben started walking away. "And, Benjamin, next time you lie about us being married don't lie and say that I'm pregnant, I don't find that funny at all."
"Yes, captain."

Jeremy was on the deck of the White Rose, playing with Max. "Good boy, Max. Good boy. You're a good, protective wolf. Yes, you are. Yes, you are," he repeated.
Scott and Paul