Hihi! Last chapter! Ive really enjoyed writing and hope u enjoyed reading! R&R plz. C ya!

Amy

Previously:

There was a bang and a sail fell.

"Miser sail demobilized Captain," BEN shouted, "thruster's at only thirty percent capacity.

"Thirty percent," Delbert said, "that means…we'll never clear the planet's explosion in time."

Now:

"We gotta turn around," Jim said suddenly.

"What!" Amelia cried.

"There's a portal back there," the teen replied. "It can get us outta here."

"Pardon me Jim," Delbert said, "but doesn't that portal open into a raging inferno!"

"Yes. But I'm gonna change that…I'm gonna open a different door."

"Captain I just don't see how this could possibly-" Delbert started.

"Listen to the boy!" Silver yelled.

Amelia looked helplessly at Delbert. He smiled slightly and returned to the helm.

Jim set off on his metal contraption.

"Well you heard 'im!" Silver yelled to Amelia, "Get this blasted heap turned round!"

Amelia was taken aback, but complied, "Doctor, head us back to the portal."

"Aye captain," he replied, turning them around.

The last few moments consisted of BEN counting down the seconds, Amelia grabbing hold of Delbert's arm and Jim hitting the door at the last second.

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The Legacy soared through the portal into Montressor spaceport. Amelia and Delbert hugged one another closely, before realizing what they were doing; though he held her for a while after, the two of them gazing at one another.

"Unorthodox," Amelia admitted, "but ludicrously effective. I'd be proud to recommend you to the Interstellar Academy …they could use a man like you."

As Jim hugged the psychotic robot BEN, Amelia and Delbert stood, their eyes glued on one another, Delbert placed his arm around her.

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As the ship docked, Amelia retired to her state room, looking through the papers that littered her desk.

There was a soft knock and Amelia looked up to see Delbert there.

"How may I help you Doctor?"

"Well Captain…I couldn't help but see that your side is still causing you to flinch…"

"And?"

"W-well, I wished to know if you would allow me to carry you to the hospital."

Amelia sighed, she detested hospitals. "I loathe hospitals, their food is terrible and they make me feel uncomfortable."

He smiled, "Well it would be my honor to escort you to your doom." He smiled.

Amelia smiled back and allowed him to pick her up once more.

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Amelia was confined to a room in the hospital for a week; to which she had protested loudly. "A whole damn week! You're insane! The navy would have my head! You can't do this!"

She had been carried away by two or three doctors, who had threatened to strap her down to her bed.

It was late by this time; Delbert had helped all he could, taking her bags to her room and sitting patiently beside her.

Only when he was present, would she obey instructions, so he was granted to stay with her until she fell asleep.

He held her hand gently.

"I hate hospital food," she groaned, pushing away her leftovers.

"Well that won't matter soon Captain," Delbert said, "I owe you bacon, sausage and scrambled eggs? Have you forgotten again?"

She smiled slowly, "I have duties to attend to when I leave here Doctor, that would be quite impossible."

"Your Doctor says you are not to go on any voyages for a good six months."

Amelia groaned, "Bloody fools the lot of them! Well I just won't liste-" she stopped and rolled her eyes. "You'll make sure I listen won't you?"

He smiled at her. "I would say you could stay with me…but if you'd rather rent a hotel…"

"No, I would like that very much…Delbert."

He glowed when she called him by his given name and not as "Doctor."

She was getting tired, her eyes were heavy and she needed to sleep. "Delbert?"

He leaned forward, eyes on only her, "yes Amelia?"

"Why do you care for me? Why are you still with me?"

He lost his embarrassment. Now it didn't matter, they had defied the barrier of colleagues long ago. "Maybe it's the way you smile at me the way no one else does,"

She gazed at him, her eyes drooping.

He continued, "Maybe it's the way you sleep safely in my arms… when you're mine to wake up to in the morning."

She closed her eyes, listening to his voice as it washed around her, making her fly as high as the Legacy in the night of the eutherium.

"Maybe it's the way you look tonight," He said.

"Delbert?" She said quietly,

"Yes?"

"Will you be here beside me when I wake up?"

He shook his head, "No Amelia,"

She frowned slightly, her eyes still closed.

He leaned forward, brushing away a wisp of hair, feeling her soft skin against his palm. He continued, sending her to sleep with his gentle words. "I'll be here beside you forever."

Amelia Johnsonn

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