Okay, for those of you who are reading this, I forgot to mention in the summary that this is the sequel to Who the Director Brought, so you may want to read that first if you haven't. If you have, welcome back and I hope you enjoy the first chap of the sequel.

Dustin groaned and flipped over in his bed. It had been three years since Kong’s fall off the Empire State Building, and he had trouble sleeping almost every night after that day. Not because he remembered the event clearly, because he had failed to tell Elle how he felt about her, and he hadn’t seen her in three years because Carl had once again disappeared, probably making yet another film, and she was busy cleaning up after him with the whole Kong incident. And Carl, being the fool he was, had the nerve to tell the crowd that it was his, as in Dustin’s fault that the Venture had gotten caught in the storm and made them go onto the island in the first place, which is why he barely got any people to do a job for, so he was even more broke than before, but it was mostly the loss of Elle that got to him. He smiled, remembering a moment that he and her father had shared.

Flashback:

“Hey, Englehorn! Come here, boy. I want to ask you a question”

A sixteen year old Dustin looked up at Gustave. “Yes Lieutenant?”

“Aw, call me by name, boy. No rank needed with me”

“Yes Mr. Denham” Dustin nodded.

Gustave laughed. “I mean Gustave, not Denham”

“Right, sorry- er- Gustave” he felt odd calling his lieutenant by name.

“Boy, have you ever been in love?”

“What?” Dustin laughed. The question caught him off-guard. “No, sir. I’m only sixteen”

“So, that don’t mean nothing” the man shrugged.

Dustin smiled at the man’s wrong grammar- he found the fact that Gustave used ‘nothing’ instead of ‘anything’ amusing for some reason. “No. I feel I’m too young for love. If I ever fall in love, it’s going to be later in my life”

Gustave laughed again. “I like ya, kid. Ya know, I wish my daughter Elle will find a guy like you. Heck, I wish she’ll meet you someday. You two would be perfect for each other.

Dustin smiled. “I’m sure we would, si-Gustave” he corrected himself.

“That a boy” Gustave winked.

Dustin sighed. If only Gustave was still alive to see how right he was. He got up and made a cup of coffee, taking a swig of it before opening the paper and flipping through it, freezing at one of the things. He spat out the coffee the second he saw one of the names under missing, complete with a picture on the side.

Ellen Denham: Missing: three days

If you’ve seen Ellen, contact

The rest of the tiny passage was now covered in the coffee he had spit out, but Dustin didn’t care. How they considered a person not being seen for three days being ‘missing’ he would never know, but he didn’t care. That was HIS Elle missing.

“Captain! Captain Englehorn open the door! I know you’re there!”

Dustin looked at his cabin’s door that someone was knocking on frantically. No one had called him captain in three years, and all of his remaining crew had left as well. He opened the door, not recognizing who the person at the door was. Blue shirt, black hat and black pants. He knew he had seen that combination before, but he wasn’t sure where. He glanced at the young man’s face now, which was when he recognized him. “Jimmy?” the boy was taller, slightly more muscular and he had grown a small amount of stubble, but it was him.

“Captain” Jimmy nodded.

“What are you- How-“

“I came about this” Jimmy held up the paper that Dustin had just been holding moments before. “Elle’s missing”

Dustin nodded at the table that the paper was on so Jimmy could see the coffee all over it. “I just saw”

“I know where she is”

“WHAT?!” Dustin’s full attention was on the younger boy now.

“I tried to get to you sooner but I couldn’t find the Venture until today”

“Cut why and how you’re here. Where is she?”

“I saw a couple of guys dragging her onto some ship- the Dutchess, I think”

“This isn’t a time for ‘I think’ Jimmy” Dustin told the boy, already getting his coat.

“I know. I’m certain it’s the Dutchess now that I remember it”

Dustin nodded, already out the cabin door and headed for the other side of the Venture to get to the dock, but he stopped, turning back to Jimmy. “I know you care about Elle almost as much as I do, but… why did you seem so frantic about getting me to get her, hm?”

Jimmy looked away. “Well… uh…I know you care about her a lot, probably the most of all of us, but…”

“Jimmy, you can tell me”

“Fine” Jimmy nodded, then looked down. “Because…” he mumbled the rest.

“Jimmy, speak up, man. I’m not going to laugh ta you if it’s some ridiculous reason or I’m not going to be irritated at you. Why are you so desperate to get her back?”

Jimmy took a deep breath before looking Dustin right in the eye. “Because she’s my sister”