GGXXRP May x Bridget Chapter 2

Chapter 2
The next morning, May fluttered her eyes open into the dim morning light coming from her window. She yawned and stretched slightly. She noticed that her arms were now wrapped around something.... and that something she was clutching WAS NOT her pillow. She looked up and was face to face with Bridget. Oh crap. She was CUDDLING with him!!!
May tried to "untie" herself from Bridget slowly, however she brushed his hair by accident which caused him to stir, Bridget yawned and looked up and saw that May was awake as well. "Good morning!" He said as he leaned over to her and gave her a hug. "Thank you for letting me stay, I slept really well. I didn't bother you did I?"
Uh...G..Good Morning to you, too!!!" The petite girl froze in the boy's sudden embrace, and then felt herself melt into the hug. "And Of course not! You didn't bother me at all!! I slept really well, too actually!!!" May said, gingerly breaking away from the embrace to look at Bridget. "I'm glad you slept well. I hope I didn't bother you. I can be a real bed hog." She giggled slightly. Her face was still a little flushed from her subconscious act. She actually had her arms around him, cuddling him like he was a teddy bear! And that was probably the best sleep she has had in a very long time.  
Johnny's voice came over the intercom, "Bridget, I need you in the control room to discuss the plan for retrieval. "Ok!" Bridget said not realizing that Johnny could not hear his response. "Let's go, May!" he said as he took May's hand and headed to the control room together.
Whoaa!" May squeaked as the blonde pulled her from her room at Johnny's command. "I'm still in my pajamas and my hair's a mess!!" May blushed as, she reluctantly followed Bridget to the control room. "I look absolutely horrible!!" The brunette whined and much to her chagrin, who would appear right at that moment? None other than Johnny himself.
"Don't worry, you still got time to go get dressed before we land," Johnny said casually as he made way for the two to enter and sit at a table with 3 chairs around it. "Ok so lemme see the note." Johnny said. As Bridget handed him the note, he snatched it and skimmed over it really quick, "Ok, so whatcha thinkin'?" Johnny inquired. "Uh...." Bridget said cluelessly as he looked to May, and back to Johnny. "Oh come on, you've got to have SOME kind of idea what to do." Johnny sighed. "No. I've never had anything like this happen before." Bridget replied apprehensively. "Ok well just give us the basics," Johnny said. "My brother was kidnapped and they left the note," Bridget replied. "You already told us that." "I know, I was wondering why you asked again." "Do you not have any idea what we need to do? How did you catch even a single bounty?" Johnny replied somewhat harshly.   
Poor Bridget didn't know what to think. He felt bad for not thinking everything through and he certainly didn't want to lead his new friends on a wild goose chase after they had so graciously offered to help him find his brother. " Well.. Uhh..I" The boy's eyes looked as though they were threatening to spill over with tears again, and May wasn't going to let THAT happen. Seeing Bridget cry was probably the saddest thing in the world. " Well, with all do respect Johnny, even with a fake bounty list he was still able to obtain everything on it." The pirate girl spoke out respectfully. "We just need to regroup and get a plan set." She hated speaking that way, but Johnny wasn't really being supportive. She turned to Bridget and patted him gingerly on the shoulder. " It's going to be okay, Bridget. We'll help you get him back." She said, gently catching a tear on her finger. 'Where does it say they are keeping him?'
"It doesn't. It just says to bring this much money to this place and they'll give him back." Bridget replied, trying not to choke.
"Well Chances are they WON'T just be giving him back." Johnny said 'matter of factly.' "We should expect that they're going to keep him even after you give them the money, either wanting more, or just letting him go on their own terms."
"JOHNNY!" May exclaimed, pointing to Bridget who looked like he'd been hit in the face with a bat. "Would you cut that out?!  You' re going to upset him!" As May went to give Bridget a comforting embrace, Johnny stopped her. "Look I'm just saying like it is. I thought that He'd be savvier in this kind of thing if he's going to pick up a bounty hunter life. Did you think we were just going to touch down, beat them up, and take your brother? Sorry kid, I wish it was that simple. You gotta play by a different set of rules, think outside the box, it's never just as simple as run in and beat them up. I don't want to upset you, but sometimes you got to man up and deal with these things so you can keep a cool head." Johnny delivered these words with a cool demeanor and his suave voice not once raising his voice, and also amused himself slightly with the irony of telling someone named "Bridget" to "man up."  
May sighed internally at Johnny's words. Yes, he was being rather brash, but he was true in some sense.  She turned her soft chocolate brown eyes from Johnny back to the blonde boy beside her. He was looking down at his lap, his nimble fingers were fiddling with the end of his cerulean blue nun habit. His shoulders were slightly trembling. This time the pirate girl leaned in and gave him a snug embrace.  "It's going to be alright, I promise." The girl reassured her friend.  At that moment, Bridget turned his misty orbs toward her, and though he was fighting back the tears, he managed a small smile in return for her kind words. He nodded, and then turned back to Johnny.  He took a deep breath before he spoke. "  Well, maybe an ambush of some kind?" The boy suggested.  
"Good" Johnny said with a smirk, "Can you think of something to do?"
"Well if you have a bag, I could stuff Roger inside and pretend like he's money." Bridget suggested shyly. "Pure genius!" Johnny said enthusiastically. Bridget's eyes began shining with happiness and confidence. "Alright here's the way it'll go, we'll drop you off, and you go with the bear in the bag, to make the exchange. When you get there, demand that they bring your brother out, if they do, we beat the hell out of them and take your brother back home.  If they don't bring him, then that means they have him back at their base and they probably wont be done extorting you. So we beat the hell out of them, take THEM back, and beat the location of their base out of them."
May liked the sound of that. It had been awhile since she had beaten someone up. Although she had the utmost confidence in the boy's plan, she still thought he wouldn't mind just a little back up.  "If you want, Bridget, I could go in with you to retrieve your brother." May suggested to the young bounty hunter. " You, know… Just in case they try something sketchy or out of left field. I would hate for you to stumble into an ambush they could have set up." The brunette girl admitted. "Sounds like a good idea." Johnny nodded at the girl. " You just give me signal if anything should go array, but I have confidence that you two can execute this plan smoothly." The man smirked as he crossed his arms over his built chest.
As the plan was finalized May took off to her room excitedly to get dressed and prepare for battle. As she entered her room, she shut the door, and began changing into her normal day clothes. she had just started pulling up her tights when suddenly she heard the doorknob open, surprised she looked behind her and saw Bridget standing in the doorway. As Bridget entered, he suddenly realized that this was May's room and he had forgotten to knock. May shrieked, and Bridget pulled his habit over his eyes in embarrassment after seeing May's bare back. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Bridget yelled frantically, I just left Roger in here, and I forgot and..." without any more words to say Bridget ran outside and shut the door. "I'll go find a bag first!" He called inside as he took off down the hallway.  
Taken aback by the sudden and accidental intrusion, the brown haired girl quickly finished putting on her clothes and brushed out her hair and styled it in its everyday look. When she checked herself in the mirror and was satisfied with how she looked, despite the fact, she couldn't seem to get rid of that annoying reoccurring pinkish tint under her cheeks…. she grabbed her equipment and Roger and headed out the door and into the hallway of the Mayship. As she was shutting the door behind her, Dizzy walked up to greet her. "Is everything okay with Bridget?" The blue haired girl asked May, as she glanced behind her in the direction said boy just went moments ago.  "Because I just saw him running down the hall with his hood over his eyes, and he was mumbling something about seeing you naked and he was blushing quite a lot." The girl informed the young pirate. "IT was an ACCIDENT!!  He didn't know I was changing and forgot to knock! It wasn't like I flashed him or anything!!" May huffed as she made her way back to the control room.  Geez, could a girl not catch a break around here?? And why was her face getting hot again??!!
As Bridget was running he eventually pulled his hood back so he could see. Realizing that he did not know where he was, he found another person on the crew and asked to be shown to the kitchen. The Pirate helped Bridget to the kitchen to obtain a burlap sack that was big enough to fit Roger into. After he obtained the sack, Bridget made his way back to May's room, to find the door still open and Dizzy standing there. "Is May still here?" Bridget asked with the pinkest face ever. "No she headed off that way, and she had your Bear with her." Now there was no way the embarrassed boy could avoid her before their mission. "Thank you Dizzy." Bridget said quietly as he started walking to find May.
As May was walking she had her eyes fixated on the wood paneling in the floor and her arms crossed over her chest, wishing that her obvious embarrassment would just disappear. She really didn't mean to blow up on Dizzy like that, but she felt like she was under pressure for some reason … Gah!!  She just couldn't get her mind around it. How come she was feeling this way?! Every time it seemed like that certain blonde haired boy looked at her with those big, alluring emerald pools, she could feel her heart pitter patter in her chest, or if he did something too painfully cute she couldn't help but blush in response. Could it be that she was ACTUALLY developing a CRUSH on him? "No, this is just probably pre-battle jitters or something.." The girl shook her head at the thought.  "It's just been awhile since I've seen battle, that's all." May laughed at herself for thinking that she had a crush on Bridget.  At that moment, she heard her named called at a distance, she turned to look and see who it was and it was none other than that flaxen haired boy himself.
Bridget walked up to May with his face squinted as if ready to be hit, "You can slap me if you want for walking in your room.
May looked at Bridget in astonishment. "I'm not going to SLAP you for something you didn't mean to do!" May stated with a light shake of her head. "It's not like you did it on purpose. Heh next time I'll be sure to put a sign up." The brunette chuckled slightly. "Plus, You've got a lot on your mind now with this whole ambush and retrieve plan for your brother."  May said, looking down at the soft bear in her hands and then proceeded to hand it to the emerald eyed boy in front of her. A small crooked smile graced her lips. "He's cute.. Just like you." Wait….. Wait.. WAIT A MINUTE! Did she really just say that?!  Seriously, when did she become such a loose lip?! May gasped slightly at her own words.. " I mean uh… I uhh.." The girl fumbled over her words and she could feel her blush start to intensify. But thank goodness Johnny had impeccable timing.  "May! Bridget!  Just the people I wanted to see! We'll be at the ambush destination in an hour and a half. We'll need to discuss how we are going into this and make sure nothing goes wrong." The tall man said as he ushered the two youngsters into the control room.
After an hour of going over the entire plan, May went outside the ship to the observation deck to spend the rest of her time before their plan was enacted. For about 15 minutes she was pondering everything that had happened these past two very unusual days. She'd shared her bed with a boy, that same boy walked in on her dressing, and she admitted to him being cute. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Bridget walking towards her. "I have something to tell you," Bridget said as he leaned up on the railing May was standing next to. Upon these words May felt the heat rising to her cheeks again. "I'm so grateful for everything you've done for me May. We've only known each other for a short while, but I feel like you and Dizzy and Johnny are now my very closest friends. You came to my aid without second thought, nor any wish for personal profit, and it is for that, that I really love you all." After this, Bridget gave May a friendly hug and a kiss on the cheek.
May could feel the breath leave her lungs as she felt his gentle petal-like lips, touch her warm flustered skin. She even felt herself melt a little in the boys' embrace. After she regained her senses, she found herself eye to eye with the blonde young man. They were close…. EXTREMELY close. She could see the tiny golden strands and green specks in his eyes that colored them the wonderful shade they were.  For the moment, she really couldn't find the words to say, she was so mesmerized by the way his eyes had her in a trance. She couldn't move, couldn't speak, and couldn't even think.  After realizing how stupid she must have looked, she was able to muster up a few words. "You're very welcome, and we love you like you're one of the crew." The brown eyed girl said sweetly.
"Alright kids!" Johnny's voice boomed over the speaker, "It's go time!" May and Bridget glanced at each other for a second before heading inside. As they landed, the two headed to the exit and stepped out into a forested area. Bridget slung the bag over his shoulder and began to walk with May following right behind him. About a minute after the Mayship took off, they began hearing rustling in the trees. May jumped to Bridget's side holding his arm, as five men came into sight. These men were wearing green bandanas on their heads, and dressed in ragged leather. "You lost little girls?" one said with a smirk on his face. The others began chuckling maliciously, as Bridget bravely stepped forward and said, "You know why I'm here. I'm Bridget Harkness, and I want my Brother back!" "Alright, alright" the man said, "I assume that's the money, eh?" "Yes," Bridget replied, "but I will only give it to the leader of this group, and only after I see my brother!"
"You're not in any position to be making demands sister. I'm the leader here, so you can give the money to me, but as for your brother, you'll get him back after the money has been counted so that we know every penny is there." The other four men began closing in on the two. "So are you going to cooperate, or are we going to have to teach you not to screw with the Bullhorn Gang?" Bridget held his breath for a second then exhaled quickly and said, "Fine, here." Handing the bag to the leader, he opened the bag and saw the bear. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" He exclaimed pulling the teddy bear from the bag. Bridget looked him dead in the eye and said, "ITS A TRAP!"
Upon these words Roger shot into the air and came back down landing on the leader and pinning him to the ground. The others were shocked, and became distracted by this bizarre method of attack. May and Bridget took advantage of this, and drew their weapons. Bridget  tossed his yoyo smacking one of them in the face and knocking him to the ground, then he performed a move which delivered several blows to the second man's torso and finished with and uppercut to the jaw. May swung her giant anchor over her shoulder, and managed to hit both of the others on the head with a single blow. After this May and Bridget faced each other to offer congratulations to the other. Suddenly, another man who was much bigger than the others jumped out of a tree wielding a spear. "I'll skewer you where you stand!" he said as he thrusted his spear at May. Instinctively Bridget grabbed May and positioned himself between her and the spear screaming, "I won't let you hurt my friend!" Just as he did, the man was hit in the forehead with a small object causing him to stop in his tracks. As he looked at the ground, he noticed it was a coin. Suddenly Johnny jumped out of a tree and landed in front of the two. "Who the hell..." but the man did not get to finish his sentence, as Johnny had already drawn his sword which had sliced the head off of the spear, "We've got some questions for you." Johnny said as the Mayship came back into sight. Several larger crew members of the Jellyfish Pirates came and escorted the spear wielding man, the unconscious gang members and the other trapped under Roger to their holding cells. Johnny walked over to May and Bridget, "You two ok?" he asked. Bridget simply nodded as he held May in his arms unable to let go.
May turned her brown eyes to Johnny, a small smile on her lips and then back to Bridget. "Th..Thank you for saving me back there." She managed to say to the blonde boy. "Well I wasn't about to let him hurt you, May." Bridget said, helping her up to stand on her feet, still keeping one hand on the small of her back so she wouldn't lose her balance.  As soon, as the girl was back on her feet again, and all the captives were in their cells, the ambush crew moved on to their destination. "Alright, so that takes care of those goons, for now." said Johnny, as he surveyed the rest of the terrain in front of them. "No telling where the rest of them are hiding. Stay on your toes, kids. They could be lurking everywhere." May and Bridget both gave the man a nod and continued forward to retrieve Joshua. All the while, Bridget kept close to May's side with his weapons ready for anyone who would dare try and touch her. May couldn't help but notice the now very serious look on the young boys' face, it wasn't the soft, kind face anymore, it held a sort of determined and serious demeanor. Deep down, she kind of liked this new expression the boy was wearing. It was something you would never expect to see on his face. And….. was it just her or did his shoulders look a little broader?  
They searched the area for an hour finding no trace of Joshua, more goons, or a hideout. Bridget began looking disheartened when Johnny said, "Don't worry about it. Remember, we can beat the information out of those punks just like we planned. So let's head back." As they headed back, Bridget still held May's hand firmly with a sense of protection emanating from him. Even though they didn't find anyone else in the woods, Bridget was intent on; making sure May was safe until they got back to the ship.
May also subconsciously tightened her grip on their hold as well. She had to admit that she did feel a lot safer with Bridget around. There was just something about having the boy there that gave her a sense of calm. Once the crew arrived back at the ship, Dizzy and the other crew members were interrogating the men on where they were keeping Bridget's brother. "Alright, we can do this the easy way.." Johnny began as he approached one of the rugged goons. "…. Or we can do this the hard way, whichever you choose." The brawny man smirked as he deliberately played with the tip of his sword, eventually drawing it from its sheath in one swift movement and pointing the sharp tip straight at the jugular.  "There won't be any need for violence if you just tell us where you're holding Joshua." May said, her tone held an underlying threat that if they gave the wrong information or refused to comply, they would have to answer to her.
"Alright who's first?" Johnny asked with a smirk, waving his sword back and forth pointing at all of them. He stopped on one of the goons with a smirk on his face, "Looks like you're first, Hoss." He said to the spear wielder. Johnny took him back into an interrogation room, where there was heard much yelling with several blunt blows mixed in. After an hour, Johnny came out dragging the man beaten to a pulp. He tossed him in the cell with the others, and said a simple, "Next." As he grabbed a random one from the cell, he turned to Bridget and said, "I'm sure I'll get something out of this guy." After a couple hours of repeating this process, Johnny went through all of them then locked them all up, beaten and bruised. Johnny called his crew to a small meeting. "Well, all I seem to have gotten out of them is that Joshua is safe at their HQ, nothing else unfortunately. They all unfortunately don't respond to beating very well." He turned to Bridget who surprisingly had a fire in his eyes. "Who was the weakest one?" Bridget asked, "I bet I can make him talk." "Well if you want to try your hand at it come with me I'll get him for you."
Johnny and Bridget went to the holding cell and grabbed one of the goons. "Time for Round 2" Johnny said as he escorted him to the interrogation room. "Do your worst," the man said, "You know you can't break us." Johnny sat him down and stood against the wall. "What? You're not going to beat me?" "Not me," Johnny said as Bridget walked in. "I am" Bridget said. The goon started laughing, "Hahahaha! What's a little girl going to do to me? You only got lucky in the forest 'cause I was distracted." "Firstly," Bridget said, "I am NOT a girl! Secondly what I'm going to do if you don't tell us everything we need to know, is THIS!" Bridget pulled a string on Roger's back causing several robotic arms, pincers, saw blades, razors and other weaponry to split out of his stitches all at once. The man jumped in his chair as Roger started walking closer to him. Sweat pouring down his face, he suddenly cried, "OK OK! I'LL TELL YOU! Just take the bear away!" Five minutes later Johnny and Bridget went back to the control room. "We know where to go, but we have to hurry!" Johnny said.
"Wow, that didn't take long. What did you do to him, Bridget? Puppy dog eye and pout him to death?" The petite pirate girl said as she leapt down from her perch on the counter. Bridget just smiled as he fell in line beside her. "Well I guess you could say that, although Roger did most of the threatening for me." The blonde boy said, as he tucked said bear safety back into the bag.  "Where are they keeping him?" she asked, as followed them back out the doors they just came through.  "It's in a grove at the end of the forest, some 25 miles south from here." Bridget answered, as he quickened his pace. "We have to be there by sunset and no later than that or there will be an all-out brawl.  There are probably tons of goons and punks crawling all over the forest by now that they know that some of their men have been captured." Johnny said as he glanced out the window. "And by the looks of where the sun is positioned in the sky, we have about an hour and a half or so before it goes down."  
Johnny threw the man back in the cell and hurried into the control room with the other three behind him. When they reached the control room, Johnny took his place behind the helm. May jumped behind the navigations computer, Dizzy fired up the engines, and Bridget stood at the door way wondering what to do. "You might want to take a seat, Bridget."  Johnny said. "And buckle up." As Bridget was buckling up, Dizzy announced that the engines were ready. Johnny exclaimed "FULL SPEED AHEAD!"