the best lack all conviction

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Who: Ari, Calum, Brandon, Ray
What: Ari's been kidnapped. Some big damn heroes join in to rescue her
Where: Neverland
When: Sometime after Ari's post

The Neverland sky was beginning to fade from gold-red to the blackish-blue of night, and he still was patiently waiting... but the question was for what.

The ship wasn't deserted, but the other pirates had ventured off to different parts of the ship - something about the quiet man who had brought the girl with him spoke of an evil that they didn't dare want to encounter. Besides, he had asked nicely and there was something in his words and demeanor that suggested a kinship... but no one stayed around to find out what it was. Not even Hook.

He glanced back at his "prisoner" curiously. "I suppose this isn't the type of pirate ship you're used to, Miss Ari?"

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Brandon still couldn't understand Ray, but he smiled at her obvious amusement. She had a twinkling little laugh that was strangely soothing.

Oblivious to her concerns, Brandon went and dumped Josiah in the first officer's quarters, before locking the door from the outside and placing a minor seal on the door.

He the carried Ari into his own quarters and set her gently on the bed, sliding off her boots and brushing some of her hair out of her face with a small smile.

Once their guests were settled, he returned to the cockpit and said, "We should head back for Hollow Bastion, but first, we need to make a pit stop to help a friend.

Adjusting the controls, Brandon winced at his bruised shoulder, and in a moment of irritation he tore off the shirt and reached under the dashboard for the first aid kit.

Pulling out an icepack, he crushed it and applied it to his bruised shoulder, guiding the ship up into space.