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DemitronHelgo — Treasure Nightmare
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Published: 2020-10-25 14:02:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 5406; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 4
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One Night Rhea Strauss was woken up by some strange noise, coming from Chopper’s room. In nightclothes, barefoot, without a head (For some reason she had a habit to take her head off before going to sleep) she tiptoed to his room.
When Rhea entered the room, she saw something weird: Chopper was hovering above the bed waving his arms like mad. And he still was asleep. Rhea said:
“Am…Phillip?”, and then touched him.
“What’s that?!” Suddenly he cried. “Oh no!! It’s them!!! They got me!!! AAAAAAA!!!!”
He fell onto the bed and became entangled in the blanket.
“Oh no! It’s a paralyzer ray!! I can’t move!!! All is lost!!!”
Rhea immediately pulled Chopper out of the blanket and began to shake him.
“Stop!!! Turn it off!!! I can’t stand it anymore!!! Admiral Trelawny!!!!! Dr. Livesey!!! Help!!!” then finally he opened his eyes. “Who are you??!! And where is Black Dog??!!”
“Don’t worry, it’s me, your half – sister, Rhea. And there is no Black Dog here. You had a nightmare.”
Then he relaxed.
“Sorry, sis. I just didn’t recognize you without your head. Did I dream walk again?”
“No.” Rhea said. “You were hovering. Maybe we should call Margaret or Dr. Vermillion, so they could scare away evil spirits?.”
“No, you shouldn’t.” Chopper said. “It’s absolutely normal. You shouldn’t bother them.”
“What do you mean?”
“You see, not long ago I discovered the ability to fly. I know, how it works, but I don’t know, why I can fly, and lots of others can’t.”
“I see.” Rhea said.
“Ya know, now I feel a bit of irony.”
“Irony?”
“Yes. They called me “Chopper” after that time I had to play Tin Man in the school play “Dorothy in the land of OZ”, and now…”
“Now I get it.” Rhea said. “It’s a bit funny, I have to admit. But what did you see in you dream?”
“I’ll tell you.” Chopper said. “I had a weird dream, that I am in a distant future, in a canyon town of St.Peterburg. You know those small American towns, named after bigger European ones. And every time I return home from space academy, I meet a man on a wheelchair. His name is Billy Bones. And every time I meet him, he asks me if I saw the one-legged space man or any other suspicious visitors asking about him.”
“Hm. sounds familiar.”
“You’ll see. I didn’t say that this Billy Bones is a terrible alcoholic, and his favorite drink is strong artificial alcoholic cider. Before that he was visited by a doctor, and was told that he won’t stand another stroke.”
Suddenly, the door was opened and Chopper's mom looked into the room. She wanted to know what was the noise about. However, when she saw Rhea without her head, she thought she has a weird dream (For she wasn't aware of the girl being headless yet).
"What is wrong?" Chopper said.
"Em... Nothing really. I must be dreaming. Good night." She left the room a bit confused.
“And what’s next?” Rhea said.
“One day, when I returned from academy, Billy Bones was outside. I just entered the doors of hotel. And then I saw him. A peg-leg man in cloak and mask was standing in a door way. I was a bit scared and wanted to run away, but he grabbed my hand.
“Wait, boy.” He said. “Can you tell me, is this the place where Billy Bones stopped?” He spoke with modified voice.
“Yes.” I said. “But now he’s having a walk outside.”
“Well, then, you should take me to him, when he returns.”
“I’m afraid you’d better stay away from him. He’s gone a bit bonkers lately. He doesn’t go to the dining room without his blaster. He threaten me that if I don’t tell him about those who ask about him, he’ll lock me in a cellar with mice. And I’m afraid to imagine what he will do to you.”
“Don’t worry; he’ll be glad to see me.”
“HEY!” we heard. “Who the heck are you?”
We looked back. It was Billy Bones on his armchair.
“Ah, hello Billy.” The stranger said. “Don’t you recognize me, Billy? Don’t you recognize your old fellow?”
Suddenly Billy started shaking..
“You…. You…You are BBQ, aren’t you?” he said. He seemed to be really scared.
The man he called BBQ said:
“Yes, it’s me. I decided to visit my old ship mate. It’s been a long time since I lost my leg.”
“Alright. You found me. Now tell me what do you want?”
“You know, what I want. It’s the star map for the treasure planet.”
“What are you talking about?”
“That’s no use, Billy! You can’t escape! Even I can’t help you now!”
“Scum!” Billy cried. “You call yourself a friend?”
“It doesn’t have to be this way. Just give the map. You know what it means if I give you The Black Spot of DOOM!”
“You wouldn’t give me … Black spot…” Billy seemed to melt inside his chair.
“I’ll give you one more chance, but I’m afraid it’s got to be it.”
“Alright. Alright.” Said Billy. “I’ll give you your cursed star map. And you know what you can do with it. Just wait right here.”
And by saying this he hopped from his wheelchair and smashed headfirst into a column. And then a bulkhead fell down onto the peg leg. Billy hopped back and drive away. BBQ stranded up.
“Billy, something just fell on me. But I still have to present you with the Black Spot.” He said. But then he looked around and didn’t find Billy. Then he looked into the window, and saw Billy driving away down the road.
“Billy, wait!” he cried. “Where do you think you are going?”
Meanwhile Billy turned something on and his wheelchair turned into a helicopter. He would fly away, but BBQ jumped from the window, and followed him using a jetpack. I ran out and followed them, but they were looping around the city too fast. Then I jumped into a round flying capsule, and went patrolling the city. After I was flying over The protected garden, I saw Billy lying on a postmen. He was too weak to speak or walk. I helped him to get back to hotel. He didn’t seem to be damaged, but he was pale as death.
“Phillip,” he said. “Can you give me some cider?”
“But sir.” I said. “Doctor Livesey said….”
“I don’t care what he said. I need to have a good drink, and then I’m getting outa here”.
“But what happened?” I said when I returned with a bottle.
Billy drunk it in one gulp, and then showed me his hand. It had a spot that looked like a skull. I understood that it might’ve been the black spot.
“Phillip.” He said. “Do you know who was it?”
“No, I don’t.” I said. “Is he that one-leg man you were talking about?”
“Yes, he was.” Billy said. “Now listen. HE'S a bad man; but there's worse that put him on. Now, if I can't get away no how, and they get here, mind you, it's my old trunk they're after; you get on a capsule - you can, can't you? Well, then, you get on a capsure, and go to that eternal doctor swab, and tell him to pipe all hands - magistrates and such - and he'll lay 'em aboard at the hotel - all old Flint's crew, all on 'em that's left. I was first mate, I was, old Flint's first mate, and I'm the only one as knows the place. He gave it me at Savannah, when he lay a-dying, like as if I was to now, you see. Don’t give them my map. Can you hear? Don’t. The lubbers is going about to get the wind of me this blessed moment; lubbers as couldn't keep what they got, and want to nail what is another's. Is that space manly behavior, now, I want to know? But I'm a saving soul. I never wasted good money of mine, nor lost it will neither; and I trick 'em again. I'm not afraid on 'em. I'll shake out another asteroid, matey, and daddle 'em again.” He looked onto his hand again. “10 o’clock. 4 hours. We'll do them yet," and he sprang to his feet.”
Even as he did so, he reeled, put his hand to his throat, stood swaying for a moment, and then, with a peculiar sound, fell from his whole height face foremost to the floor. Billy had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy.
No wonder I got scared. But I couldn’t just sit there doing nothing. I wanted to call a police, but it turned out that pirates got me cut off the line, so I had to go to the village. After that I had to return to the hotel to find the map. It wasn’t very easy, since it was hidden cleverly. After I finally found it, I wanted to run away, but then I heard someone was breaking into the door, so I took a jetpack and escaped from the window. Suddenly, I was followed by a space pirate named Black dog. He started shooting at me with a paralyzer blaster, then I fell down and woke up”.
“That sure was a weird dream.” Rhea said. “Maybe you saw something awful?”
“That shouldn’t bother you.” Chopper said. “I will overcome this by time. But I don’t want you to get involved into this nightmare.”
“But what if it’s something serious?”
“I hope it’s not. We’ll see. If I keep having nightmares again, I will tell you.”
After Chopper fell asleep again, Rhea started thinking.
“That’s weird. This all reminds me “Treasure island”, but why is it futuristic? Maybe it has to do something with that play that happened a week ago in the theater I work at, in which Chopper had his first ever theatrical role? But then, why did he meet not Black dog, not Blind Pew, but Super John Silver instead? And why did it happen in deserted town, if in the play it started in a floating ocean city of New Bristol?”
It was 2 o’clock when Rhea got into bed again. She started surfing with her IPad, and suddenly discovered some videos. One of them was called “Why THE treasure planet broke me.” Rhea decided to check the movie, because it was right there…
On the morning she woke up late and looked like hell. Of course her face was clean and fresh, but Rhea herself wasn’t. During the breakfast time she ate without appetite and didn’t say a word.
“What happened? Have you had a nightmare?” her father said.
“Nothing serious.” Rhea said. “I just need to shake up a bit.”
After 3 cups of coffee, she went on a jog. But for some reason she was humming a strange song. But her farther found it a bit suspicious.
“Listen,” he said to Chopper and his mom. “Tonight i heard sounds, which reminded me of “Treasure planet”. I watched it in my childhood and had nightmares for two weeks. Maybe she watched this one? Though i hope she took it easier than i did.”
“I thought you liked this movie, Sir.” Chopper said.
“Not that one. What I mean is THIS one.”
Immediately he puts on a Greek helmet, earphones, yellow bodysuit, black gauntlets and shoes, and several belts and holders. When Chopper saw him like this, he fell off the chair.
Now he understood what his stepfather was afraid of.
