The Honeymoon Trips
Chapter 2
Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman

As we glide down in circles to Never Never Land, I hear a familiar voice in my head.

You’re doing great, Richard.

Is that you, Croin?

I was wondering when you’ll sense me.

I thought my memory of you returned to you.

It did, Richard. However, once you looked at me in the courtyard at Thryson Castle, my memory got updated in you.

That’s great. “Brianna, is Lavan and Bianca are with you?”

“They are, Richard. They are helping me to learn how to fly.”

“That’s great. I just want to tell you, my memory of Croin is with me again. It got updated when I looked at him again the Thryson courtyard.”

“That is good news, Richard.”

We continue making our circles as we get lower and lower. Then we see, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell fly up to us from Captain Hook’s ship.

“Is that you, Richard?”

“Yes it is, Peter.”

“When did you get the wings?”

Peter flies around us. My fairies become more excited as they see Tinkerbell flying among us.

“About five months after I met you, I met Leviathan out in the Atlantic Ocean. Once he breathed upon me, I sprouted these wings. Don’t worry, Peter, Brianna and I can retract the wings back into our bodies as if we don’t have any.”

“That’s good, Richard. Meet us on the top deck of Hook’s ship.”

“Okay, Peter. Brianna, I will land on the deck first to catch you.”

“I’ll be above you for assistance.”

“Thank you, Richard and Peter.”

We make our way down to the top deck of the ship. Everyone else is in awe as we get closer and closer to the ship.

Captain Hook and Smee make room on the top deck as I land on the deck first. I retract my wings back into my body quickly. I reach my hands upward to Brianna. Captain Hook does the same as he gets closer to me. Brianna gets instructed by Lavan and Bianca to tilt the wings upward to brake her speed. Once her legs are within our reach, she retracts the wings back into her body. Peter reaches for her hands. Brianna takes hold of it. Peter lowers her down as Captain Hook and I ease her down onto the deck. Then Peter stands by our side.

“I hope you are not angels.”

“We are not angels, Captain. I was given these wings under very special circumstances. I have an interesting story to tell you, if I have some time.”

“I’m sure you do. My name is Captain Hook, this is Smee, my first mate. Welcome aboard the Jolly Roger.”

“I’m pleased to meet you, Captain Hook and Smee. My name is Richard Moore. This is my wife, Brianna.” At least his jaw is not like the cartoons. The chin doesn’t drop that far down from the mouth and his smile is still the same. His moustache is still long and thin with a curl on both ends.

“I’m pleased to meet you both.” Captain Hook shakes my hand. I don’t see a change in his face when I do that. Captain Hook then takes the hand of Brianna and gives the gentleman hold and kisses her hand. “Welcome aboard, my lovely lady. If you weren’t married to him, I wouldn’t mind chasing you.”

“Thank you for the compliment, Captain. However, Richard and I have known each other for a long time. I suggest you keep your distance and don’t come between us. You might get a sword point at your throat from my husband.” She smiles at him.

Captain Hook smiles, “A sword point?” Captain Hook looks at me with another smile, “that means you know how to use a sword. Isn’t that right, Richard?”

“I do know how to use a sword, Captain. I have come here to prove that those two space ships out there are not friends of yours.”

“How can you do that?”

“With some magic, Captain. We’ll visit their ships to check them out. We’ll see and hear what their true intentions are.”

“What about these other fairies that came with you? Are they coming with us?”

“They will come with us. In fact, they will sit in these coat pockets. But, I need to show you my armor and sword underneath it. We must be prepared for anything up there.” I unbuttoned the jacket. I take off the jacket and hand it to Brianna.

“That’s impressive, Richard. That’s a fine-looking sword you have there.”

“Thank you, Captain. So, here is the decision. Do we go up there now or do we go up the next day?”

“Let’s do it right now.”

Brianna hands my jacket back to me. She helps me put it back on and buttons it back up. My fairies fly into the pockets to get comfortable. Bianca and Lavan fly over to Brianna and settle into one of her coat pockets she has on.

“I need you to place your hands onto my shoulders. I can take up to ten people if I have to.”

Tinkerbell sits on Peter Pan’s shoulder. She puts her legs into a loop near his collar. Peter Pan puts his left hand onto my right shoulder. Captain Hook stands behind me and puts his left hand onto my right shoulder, next to Peter Pan’s hand. Smee puts his left hand onto Captain Hook’s right shoulder. Brianna puts her right hand onto my left shoulder.

“Now, when I recite the spell, we’ll disappear in a blink of an eye. We’ll fly up faster to the ships up there. Since they are not suspecting any surprises, their shields should be down. When we get on board, the ship, we’ll be invisible to them. We can talk between ourselves and they won’t hear us. Is everyone ready?”

Everyone responds in one voice, “Yes!”

I recite the spell to myself. The spells inside the helmet detect what I said. We disappear in a blink of an eye. We fly up very fast to the two orbiting star ships. We pass through their shields and hull of the ship. I move about the ship until we find the command level of the star ship. We stay out of the way as we listen to their conversations among themselves. I pass my hand through one of their soldiers on the bridge. I pass the language to the others in our group. Soon, we begin to understand their speech.

~~~000~~~

“Did you get those two gold bars analyzed, Tresxn?”

“I did, Commander. The gold content is the purest gold that we have ever come across. It is 100 percent gold.”

“Excellent, did you scan the surface for other riches?”

“I did, Commander. We found deposits of precious gems like rubies, emeralds, diamonds and metals like silver. It is a very rich planet.”

“Excellent, once we have enslaved the inhabitants and sell them to the other planets, we’ll send down our auto-mining machines. It will scour this world for its riches. The person whom contacted us, wants this world destroyed.”

“I agree with that assessment, Commander. However, I did detect an anomaly on the planet.”

“What is it?”

“There is a time differential with the planet. I don’t know how old they really are from here. They could be a lot older than we are.”

“Hah! That’s nothing compared to our might and strength.”

“That’s very true, Commander. They only have one very old sea ship.”

“I see that our contact from Hell Galaxy is right.”

“I agree Commander. To think that red skinned people want us to come here to act as forward forces. They said their invasion plan is more than ten thousand years old.”

“They give me the creeps, Tresxn. I’m sure they have some sort of secret plan they are hiding from us.”

“I’m sure they do, Commander.”

By this time, Captain Hook is furious and mad. Peter Pan and Tinkerbell give a slight smile. He guessed right they are not to be trusted.

“Richard, I would like to turn the tables back on them. Do you have any ideas?”

“I do, Captain Hook. I can send a virus into their machinery to make it very sick. It will take down their shields and turn off their engines. You should be able to send them a few shots of your own from your ship. With the pixie dust from Tinkerbell and the others like her, I think we can send them a message that you and Never Never Land are not to be trifled with.”

Captain Hook gives an evil smile. “I like the idea, Richard. Let’s look around the ship here. I need to know what their main fear is.”

“Yes, Captain Hook.” I move the group through the ship. We see and hear the common talk among the soldiers.

~~~000~~~

“I tell you, Crox. I’d rather be on the ground fighting than being in this space tub.”

“I hear you, Thorxan. I remember the last time we encountered a solar storm. It knocked out our stabilizers. We were floating adrift in space for weeks until we got it repaired.”

“Don’t remind me, Crox. Half the crew threw up because of the motion sickness in space.”

“Ugh . . . we smelled for weeks cleaning up the ship.”

“Then someone had a bright idea that we disinfect the smell with flowers.”

“Phew! Flowers are fine for our women back at home. I’m glad to be out here from that horrid smell.”

On and on it went. Some talk about the conquest of the previous planets they conquered. Some talk about being back home again. We slowly get the picture of what they hate the most. Captain Hook gets an evil idea fomenting in his mind.

“Can you do something like that to the ship? To get them sea or space sick as they call it?”

I smile back to the Captain. “That is no problem, Captain. We’ll get them to turn tail and slink off like the skunks they are.”

“Excellent. We’ll need to be back on their bridge. I want to take back my two gold bars.”

“I’ll time the program just right that you can have your confrontation with the Commander. Then everyone connects back up with me to escape just in time.”

“Then we’ll use some pixie dust on my ship to fly me up here to send that message to them.”

By this time, the rest of us are giggling and laughing.

I float around the ship until I find a private room with a console. I end the transport spell, we appear in the room in a blink of an eye. I push a button on the screen. A foreign language appears that I have never seen before. “Hmm . . . I’ll need to read one of their leaders’ minds. I need some passwords. Then I can decipher this computer language. I’ll be right back.” I recite the transport spell. I disappear in a blink of an eye. I travel through the ship. I see a well-dressed man walking down the hallway. He must be a leader, Croin.

I think he is one, Richard.

I float up to him. I pass my hand through his head. Quickly, I learn more of his language and some key passwords from him. He stops and shakes his head to get the cobwebs out before he continues walking down the hallway. I reappear back in the room in a blink of an eye where the others are at.

“I’ve got it, my friends. This should be really easy. Captain, they use brute force to get their way. They have no finesses like you do.”

“Ahh . . . then they will be really easy to exploit their weakness. Proceed with the plan.”

“Yes, Captain.”

I access their terminal with ease. They don’t have any really anti-virus protection. The only means of security is a complex set of passwords. I quickly determine their pattern. I access their ship controls and put in my own anti-virus program to render their ship weapons, engines and shields to be turned off. Then I set the timer for the stabilizer gyros to be turned off when I say the phrase, “Have a nice day.” I then connect them all together to the phrase. I exit the program before I initiate it by pushing the button on the terminal.

“It’s all set, my friends. Once I push this button, it is set. When we are on the bridge, I will say the phrase, “Have a nice day.” That will give us one minute before everything is shut down. The program will shut down their shields, engines, their weapon controls and the ship weapons and the stabilizers to the ship. They only forward thrust they have is impulse power. That is like using the oars, Captain. I have also sent a copy to the other ship. That copy will activate once it detects this ship adrift.”

“Well done, Richard. They won’t be able to fire at us in retaliation. We’ll get the last laugh. Can I see their faces when that happens?”

“I have already access their communication network. An image will appear from my crystal on my helmet. You can give your last comment to them at that time.”

“Excellent. Push the button, Richard.”

I push the button on the console. It loads the program into their computers. We see the lines scroll up the screen. It then sits quietly as the screen becomes blank. It waits for my phrase until we need it. Everyone reconnects back to me. I recite the transport spell. We disappear in a blink of an eye. We travel as a group back to the bridge. Captain Hook sees the two gold bars resting on a console nearby.

I maneuver us to a clear area in front of the Commander’s chair. We draw out our swords. Captain Hook points his at the Commander. I point my sword at the pilot. Peter Pan points his sword at a soldier. Captain Hook says the word, “Now!”

I end the transport spell. We all appear before them in a blink of an eye.

Captain Hook speaks up next, “Don’t move one inch! Or the Commander gets reamed by my blade!”

Everyone freezes before putting their hands to their guns.

“That’s better.”

“Captain Hook, it is good to see you again. How did you get up here so fast?”

“I had some help getting here. I heard some of your talk with the crew up here.”

“You did? What did you hear?”

“You are here to rape, pillage and steal our riches. That is after you sell us as slaves to other worlds. Then you’ll destroy Never Never Land. To me that is underhanded and unforgivable. I’m the master of treachery and ruthlessness here!”

“Really, whatever gave you that idea?”

“You analyzed my two gold bars.” Captain Hook turns around and picks up the two gold bars and puts them into red coat pocket. He looks at the Commander again. “I have decided to cancel our agreement. Besides, I think you will be in more trouble than you ever thought.”

“We can fend for ourselves, Captain Hook. We take what we want anyway.”

I speak up next, “You better listen to Captain Hook, Commander. This is a magical world. But, before we go. I need to shake your hand.”

I step forward to shake the Commander’s hand. Then all of a sudden his face changes.

“Who is speaking to me in my head?”

“It is the Creator, Commander. Listen to him and share that handshake with others. Have a nice day!”

Peter Pan speaks his favorite phrase, “Bang-o-rang!”

Then everyone reconnects back to me. I recite the transport spell. We disappear in a blink of an eye.

“What does he mean by that Commander?”

“I don’t know, Tresxn. Right now, the Creator is telling me we need to get back quickly to our home world.”

“Is it under attack?”

“Not yet, but we need to be there . . .”

Then all of a sudden, the lights go flashing on the ship. Everyone floats up from their seats.

“What!? How did this happen?”

~~~000~~~

We appear on the top deck of the ship. “Quickly Tinkerbell, we need pixie dust on the ship!”

“Yes, Peter Pan!”

She giggles as she spreads the pixie dust all over the ship. It starts to sparkle and have a glow about it.

Then Captain Hook speaks up, “To battle stations’ men! We are going to send them a message! No one beats Captain Hook in treachery and ruthlessness! They wanted to enslave us all, steal our riches and destroy our Never Never Land!”

All of the men roar out loud, “Yeahhh! Aye, aye Captain!”

The men set the sails. Men walk down below to the cannon deck. Tinkerbell flies down quickly and puts more pixie dust on the cannon balls and the cannons.

The men lift the anchor. As soon as that happens, the Jolly Roger floats up in the sky. Captain Hook turns the wheel and flies upward to the sky with a full wind in the sails. Another flag is raised next to the Jolly Roger’s flag. The flag is a skull and cross bones with a bloodied blade in its mouth. We enter the blackness of space. We see the two star ships adrift in space.

~~~000~~~

“Commander, half of our men are throwing up. They can’t control themselves.”

“I know that, Tresxn. We’ve got to regain control of the ships.”

Then a light flashes on the monitor. They check their monitors. They see the sea ship approaching them.

“This is impossible! How can a sea ship fly up to us in space?!”

“They said this is a magical world!”

~~~000~~~

“Get between the two ships. Keel haul those brigands! Fire!” Yells out Captain Hook.

Then all of the cannons are fired from the Jolly Roger. The cannon balls shoot out of the cannons with a light beam behind it. The cannonball has a yellow glow around it. A stack of cannonballs never goes empty. Once a cannonball is removed from the stack, another one appears to take its place in a blink of an eye.

“Keep firing on both ships, men! I discovered some of their weaknesses. They are not sea worthy and the men from their world are allergic to flowers. We are going to fill up their ships with flowers!”
Everyone laughs out loud as they continue firing the cannons at the space ships.

I turn on the crystal to my helmet. The image of the bridge appears before me.

~~~000~~~

“Sir, there are five lasers being shot at us! No, make that a lot more at both of our ships!”

“Brace for impact and a breach!”

Then all of a sudden, the cannonballs pass through the hull without making a hole. One of the cannon balls appears on the bridge. It rolls around with a golden glow.

“How did it get in here?”

Then the cannonball explodes. In its place the entire bridge gets engulfed with flowers as they float in the air! Soon, they can’t see each other. Some begin to sneeze and have allergies to the flowers!

Everyone yells out loud.

“Uggh!! Phew!”

“Aaaa-CHOOO!”

“Sniff . . . sniffs. . . . My eyes are crying! Aaaah . . . chooo!”

“I hate flowers!”

Then the Commander notices the smiling face of Captain Hook on the screen when he pushes some flowers out of the way.

“Why Captain Hook! Aaaah. . . . Chooo!”

“Like I said, Commander, I’m the master of treachery and ruthlessness. I am hundreds of years older than you. I have had a lot of practice to get it right. There is no way you’ll destroy Never Never Land! Even though Peter Pan is my greatest adversary, without him I’m nothing. From what I found out on your ship, it should be stinking really badly now. According to my book, your men are unworthy to be seamen. They get sea sick too quickly, or in your case, space sick. Don’t come back here again. If you do, I’ll turn your engines into blooming flowers! I’ll protect Never Never Land from scurvy scum like you! Now begone, brigand! End the transmission, Richard.”

I end the transmission.

~~~000~~~

The Commander screams, “Grrrr! I hate you, Captain Hook! Sniff . . . sniff. . . . Ahhhh . . . Chooooo! But from what I’m hearing in my head, aaaahhh . . . Chooooo! He is the least of my worries. Tresxn, we need to regain control of the ship! Ahhhh . . . choooo! Now!”

“Yes, sir! Aaaa-choooo!”

“Sniff . . . sniff . . . . We need to get these stinking flowers. . . . Aaah. . . . choooo! Out of here, now!”

` “Yes, sir! Aaaa-choooo!”

“He figured out we are allergic to flowers. Aaaah . . . Chooo! I don’t know how our women do it. But, sniff . . . sniffs . . . if we make it home in one piece, we might finally be cured of these bothersome flowers. Aaaa-chooo!”

“Yes, sir! Aaaahhh . . . Ahhhh . . . choooo!”

The two star ships slowly turn around. They slink off really slow on impulse power. They expel the flowers in their wake as they leave Never Never Land.

~~~000~~~

Everyone laughs out loud on the Jolly Roger when they see the flowers being emitted behind the star ships. They slowly disappear from view. Captain Hook turns the wheel and heads back to the docks on Never Never Land. The ship slowly glides down beside the docks in the water. The anchor is lowered to secure it down. The glittering pixie dust disappears from the Jolly Roger.

“That was a great idea, Richard. Thank you very much. It will take them months to get the ships repaired and cleaned up from the stench.”

“You’re welcome, Captain Hook.”

“Richard, can you tell me why they came here to destroy Never Never Land?”

“I can Captain Hook. If you like, I would like to tell everyone here. I’ll start with you and your men.”

“That’s greatly appreciated.”

The men gather around on the main deck to hear what I have to say. It takes about thirty minutes to summarize it all. Everyone gets quiet and mulls over the new situation.

“Richard, I have confession to make.”

“What is it, Captain?”

“Even us pirates have our bad nightmares. As much as we like to do what we do. We too, can sense an evil hatred that wants to destroy us all.”

The men on the dock nod their heads up and down. “Aye, aye.”

“That is very true, Captain.”

“I guess we are closer to his thinking than most people realize. Then when I heard your story, Richard. I just came to realization on why we are here. We are here to protect Never Never Land from people like on those two ships in space. In addition, you told me, we are one of four intersecting worlds that keeps us together.”

“That’s right, Captain.”

Captain Hook steps up to the railing. “Men, we have a mission to do. As much as I would like to keep fighting Peter Pan and his friends, we’ll use those times to keep ourselves sharp and ready if we are attacked again. I will give you the day for you to decide. Go in town and talk to your love ones. Tell them what you heard and seen here. Then at sunset, meet me on board here to give me your answer.”

“Thank you, Captain Hook.”

Then the men start to chant, “Hook! Hook! . . . .” As they depart the ship on the gang planks.

Captain Hook and Smee turn to us, “So, what do you say, Peter Pan? Are you up for it?” Captain Hook reaches out with his hook from his right arm.

Peter Pan looks at Tinkerbell. Tinkerbell nods her head up and down. Peter Pan extends his right hand and grabs his hook. “It’s a deal, Captain Hook. Everyone here on Never Never Land will help each other to protect our precious world.”

“I agree that we need to protect our world.”

Peter Pan lets go of the hook.

“Richard, how long can you be here?”

“I was planning to be here for two days at least. My fairies would like to meet the fairies here on Never Never Land.”

“Make it three days, Richard. For one thing, we need to know how to communicate better.” Captain Hook smiles at me, “Besides, I need a new adversary. I’m getting used to Peter Pan’s tactics.”

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell smiles, “Captain? Are you saying I’m boring?”

Captain Hook smiles at Peter Pan, “You could say that. So how about it, are you up for a round of sword fights?”

I smile at Captain Hook, “What are the conditions and the goal?”

“It will be on the ground of course. Have you ever fought drunk?”

“Yes I have, Captain Hook. I can even fake it.”

He smiles again, “Excellent. Then Peter Pan and I will meet you here on my ship tomorrow morning at 8 AM. We’ll meet in my quarters below.”

“Is there lodging in the town, Captain?”

“There is, Richard. I recommend you go to Hook’s Inn. I use it once in a while for a change of pace.”

“Thank you for the tip, Captain Hook. My fairies, you have a decision to make. You can follow Tinkerbell to find the other fairies or stay with Brianna and me.”

My fairies get together quickly with Tinkerbell. They discuss their options quickly. Then they hover in front of us.

“We’ll spend the night in Pixie Hollow for the first night, father.”

“You better introduce yourself to everyone here on Never Never Land, Richard. You need to show them your unicorn images.”

“Okay, Tinkerbell. Enjoy yourselves my fairies. I’ll have your satchel with me. Discover what they eat, how they live, etc., etc.”

“Thank you father, mother, Omega.”

I blow some air in front of them, they fly through it quickly before they fly off to find Pixie Hollow. We hear them giggling and laughing as they leave.

“Smee, escort our guests to my Inn. They can stay in the second best room.”

“Yes, Captain.” Smee escorts us into the port town. We follow him to Hook’s Inn.

Smee checks us in.

The lady gives us the price. “That will be one gold piece for each night.”

I open my coin bag and retrieve two gold pieces. I hand them to her. She looks at it closely.

“Hmm . . . I don’t recognize these markings. But, gold is gold no matter where it comes from. She takes a key from a bin behind her. She hands to me. I take the key from her. “There are several established eateries. I recommend Hook’s Wine and Dine and Hook’s Surf and Turf. They are located on the main street here. Your room is on the second floor.”

“I take it no one goes into Hook’s private suite, but himself.”

“That’s right. Everything in there is according to his taste.”

“Thank you, ma’am.”

Smee escorts us up the stairs to the second floor. The third floor is dedicated to Captain Hook alone. We walk down the hallway. Smee opens the door for us. We all walk inside. We see a four-poster bed with a canopy. Two sets of dressers, a mirror on the wall. On top of one of the dressers is a pitcher of water and a bowl. In one corner of the room is a copper tub for bathing. For lighting in the room, we see wicks, oil cups and a glass fixture on top. We then realized there are no power generators here on Never Never Land for electricity. There are several pictures on the walls. One of them is a portrait of Captain Hook smiling widely. The other two pictures are paintings of his ship in port and the town itself.

Smee then leaves us and closes the door.

Just before we take our satchels off, my fairies and Tinkerbell find us in our rooms. I open the window for them to fly in. “That was fast, is there something on your minds?”

“You must come with us. You need to visit the Indians. You will understand our excitement once you greet them.”

Brianna and I walk back out of Hook’s Inn. We follow the fairies until we leave the town.

“You’ll have to fly there to greet them.”

“Okay, Tiger.”

Brianna and I extend our wings from our backs. We flap our wings and fly to follow the fairies. It doesn’t take long to find the Indian’s camp ground. We glide down and land in the clearing near the main campfire. We retract our wings into our bodies. Once we did that, the Indians come out from their lodges. When Brianna and I noticed one of the men, we get the biggest surprise of all.

“You’re Crouching Bear!”

“That is my name, Omega Unicorn. However, I never have met you before.”