A kidnapping! The Black Horde strikes!

Kave assisted Two with carrying teh princess to teh lifeboat. he then stood, facing the pirates, as they milled around the agents. Clearly they were not happy to let their prize go so easily.

Patrizia made sure to stay quiet during the whole thing, but as soon as the pirates leader had turned his back to them, she rushed to Zeros side.
"Sir, wasn't the mission to eliminate the leader? I see how we got little choices here, but..."
The thought of leaving without completing the mission to 100 percent send shivers down her spine.

"No it wasn't. We actually didn't get very clear orders. Clear it was that retrieving the princess was a priority, but killing the perpetrators was never mentioned. If we were supposed to do that, it's their problem"

"It wasn't?"
She was a little surprised. Normally, even if it was only to set an example, they always eliminated the leader.
Still, if they hadn't said it, then maybe they still needed that pirate for something. It was the business of Marines to arrest pirates, anyway. Many people thought of the world government and the marine as almost the same, but she didn't.
She tucked her wet hair behind her ear and looked up to the sky.
Then she fell back a little, so that she was walking closely behind her boss.
Leaving in a lifeboat in this weather sure was risky.

Vladimir smiled as he watched the Marines depart and helped Kiulla and the helmsman steer the Ghost ship away from the life boat. Soon he saw the life boat disappear on the horizon and then he started to laugh outloud as if he had gone mad. "Captain what's so funny?" a crewman asked. Vlaidmir stopepd laughing and held up the Princess's necklace. "I love playing the actor, portraying someone who has failed in his goal is enjoyable and even fun. But the Princess was never our real target, this was?" he said as he held up the necklace.

A flash of lightning cracked acorss the sky followed by a rumble of thunder. Rain started to fall near the life boat as the Ghost Ship moved away from the path of the storm. "Gentlemen, this necklace is not just a piece of jewlery, it is a key. The Arabasta royal family has a tomb on a small island just a few miles north of here, and in this tomb is the buried remains of all the past Kings and Queens. But also buried in this tomb is the family's personal fortune. A fortune that numbers 200 million beli! With this necklace we can enter the tomb and take the fortune for oursleves!"

Valdimir then looked downa nd saw the shocked and happy expressions on the faces of his crew. Pocketing the necklace, Vladimir drew his sword and swung it, aiming the blade north. "Forward and towards our destiny,a nd the welath of an entire royal liniage!" he shouted. A choir of "Aye Captain!" and shouts of joy and happiness eruptted acorss the Ghost Ship, as the men worked the ship to get it on course of the tomb. Vladimir smiled as he saw the storm forming, the Ghost ship was past the storm, however due to it's severity no ship would are to try and follow them.

Killua steered the ship foward, "AYE SIR!!!"

"Currently we aren't even in a very good position to fight. We need to get out of here before the storm sinks us all." Zero jumped down into the lifeboat.

Two holding the princess over his sholder walked over to the side of the ship and jumped into the lifeboat, the entire time that he was on the boat he was constatnly reading the minds of everyone on board and stil was. "Seems that the princess kidnapping was just a front for a different heist. I remember the orders perfectly captain, protecting the Princess was priority and taking out any extra delinquit pirates was a bonus...So what are we to do now Sir. Zero?" he asked taking his first drink from his flask in a little bit, he pulled out a larger bottle of alchahol that he swiped from the pirates ship. "Least there usefull for something, they allways have booze."

(how can u read peoples mind?)
Troy walks up behind Vladimir "So all that was for nothing if that was the case I should have killed the princess when i had the chance" Troy then walks over beside Vladimir and looks out at sea and waited for his captains answer....

((DF...))

((ummmm which df?))

((With his Df he can read the recent memories of anyone around him))

"No Troy, the fortune we are about to steal will make up for more then the Princess could ever offer. Which is more appeasing to you, a potion of 70,000,000 or a portion of 200,000,000. Sometimes deception is must be played on both sides and you will find the rewards of this mission can far out wiegh anything else we could have accomplished with a spoikled brat running aorund on this vessel" Vladimir expalined as the ship sailed on.

Taking a scope out of his pocket Vladimir looked through it and off in the distance he saw an island approaching with the flag of Arabasta on a desert style ruin. Nodding his head in anticipation, he smiled and then said, "Ahead full speed our objective is just a stone's throw away."

Killua then noticed something "Captain, ummmm, i hate to tell you this but, that entrance is caved in......."

"Let's go, crew." Zero picked up an oar and started rowing to shore.

Vladimir smiled at Killua and said, "Don't worry about the rocks, you leave that to me." Soon the ship reached shore just as some heavy rain started to come down. The ship weighed anchor and was locked into place to ecure it. As the rian fell down upon him Vladimri led the crew towards the entrance of the tomb and saw the various rocks blocking the entrance. Looking at the rocks it appeared that some heavy rain had loosened them causing them to fall. Nodding his head, Valdimir concentrted for a moment and then shouted, "Shadow Fist!"

His shadow suddnely shot forward in the form of a giant blck fist that punched right through the rocks, shattering them and forming an entrance for the crew. Vlaidmir smield and walked into the tomb with the crew. Noticing a torch on the wall, Vladimir garbbed it and thne used a stone to cause a spark to light it and walked with the crew down to the tomb using the lit toruch as a guiding light.

From the lifeboat, Patrizia looked at the island the pirates were heading to.
Then she turned her back to it again. That was none of her business, it had nothing to do with the mission.
She looked at the princess. Poor thing was still unconcious.
"Hey, two. Give her to me. I don't think she would feel so well if she knew she was close to a man while being unconcious like that. Leave caring for a woman to a woman, okay?"
She stretched out her arms. She really didn't want the princess to be any closer to one of the men than necessary.

Two only noticed that he still had the princess slung over his sholder unconscious.
"Yea yea, shes more trouble than shes worth anyways."
he said as he tossed over the princesses unconcsious body over to Patrizia. He took out a cigerette from his coat and lit it as he sat down in the boat, and zoned out.

Patrizia gasped when he tossed the frail noble to her. Was that any way to treat a woman?
She looked at him and had a hard time keeping her smile on her face.
"Thank you."
She simply stated. Then she started searching the princess for wounds.

OOC:http://www.gems4friends.com/gemstonevitality.html
Kave, stopping his vigil on the distant ship, turned to Dame Six. He held up a hand, palm glowing with a faint light.
"Crystal therapy. I assure you its not a false science. Allow me to shine the light on our charge, perhaps I can help her in some way."
The light on his hand, white before, changed to a subtle orange.
"Citrine should be appropriate."

Valdimir continued to lead the crew through the tomb and eventually they came to a large room with numeorus stone sacrophgus's that each contianed a past King or Queen of Arabatsa. Looking at them for a moment he sighed and held the torch up and in the back of the room saw what looked like a vault wiht a single insignia carved into it. staring at the carving for a moment he saw it was shaped just like the necklace that the Princess wore and thus he took it out of his pocket and placed the necklace's pendant into the carving. Twisiting it a loud creaking noise was heard and the sound of gears rotating was followed by the door opening.

Vladimir actually had to sheild his eyes for a moment as the bright shine temporarily blinded him. As his vision returned he stared in awe by what he saw. Crates, chests, bags, and boxes fileld with Bei, gold coins, bars, and gems and jewels lined the room and the sight of it actually made him drop the torch which fell to the ground. Validmir quickly picked it up and smiled as he looked back towards his crew. "Men...take what you want, this I give to you!" he said with a smile as he moitoned towards the fortune.

Patrizia raised an eyebrow. She didn't believe in such things.
But she didn't have a reason to distrsust her comrade either.
She sighed.
"Go ahead, please."

Valdimir smiled as his crew divided up the family fortune amongest themselves and as he wlaked out of the tomb and saw the reasure being loaded his eye sshifted to the flag of Arabasta flying out side the tomb. Smiling a bit he walked over to the flag and lowered it. as he did he riped the flag of Arabasta off and threw it to the gorund. He then motioned to a member of his crew who brought the flag of the Black horde pirates over to him and Vladimir raised his flag over the tomb's as a message and symbol of his power.

Vlaidmir saw as the remaining fortune was put onto the sip and as it was he shouted, "Weigh anchor and prepare to set sail. let's go and celebrate our victory today lads" he said with a smile as he walked onto his ship.

Hand hovering over the princeess, tossed by the storm around them, Kave bather her in the gentle orange light. After a few minutes, her eyes fluttered, her breathing became more steady, and she seemed more content.
"I have done all I can. I think she should be fine. Sir Zero, orders?"