Serious: The Dusk Pirates; Chapter 4: The big move (Open to the Dusk Pirates)

"I'm not really here to play..." Maski said in a somewhat honest way "I'm just here to get my stuff and find a way out of here..."

"Uh... This kid is creeping me out..." She thought to herself "Never trust ANYONE... or in this case, Anything... in Impel Down."

"Umm..." Maski tried to come up with something "I heard that there are some people down at the other end who wanted to play... So you go have uhhh... Fun, And I'll just get out of your hair with my stuff and be out of here..."

Maski hoped for dear God that might work. She was too hungry to fight off some sort of cybernetic freak. She quickly hugged the wall as she unblocked the door and inched her way to her Gear Rider, hoping the kid will leave her...

Gabriel looked a little disappointing, but then thought of something "Do you want to help me play with them?" he asked, giggling wildly and putting his sword back on his shoulder. He then whispered to his weapon and nodded, as if they were deciding something "We think if you help us play we won't play with you" he stated "Then we can leave this place"

Unbelievable! The security at this place!
This was supposed to be a high class prison, for god's sake!
The frail young girl, made even frailer by her short stay, bony even, stood up and looked through the bars at the chaos that was going on outside. There weren't many people passing this place... this was starvation hell, after all... Back in level two, there had always been people around. Evil people, as everyone in this prison was. In a way, it was the perfect place for her. But what was the sense in remaining here. This wasn't the root of evil, it was just a place where it slayed itself, and that was almost acceptable.
Still.... One tiny little crew, and this place broke down. she hadn't ever heard of the man they were here to rescue, nor did she care who he was, he was obviously as evil as everyone else in here. Setting him free was unacceptable.
Looking outside, she could clearly make out who was who.... but where to start. So much evil to be taken care of, so little time until they would catch her....
Why her cell was open, she didn't understand. But she would not let this chance pass. The vermin trying to flee, or the vermin trying to stop it, she didn't particularily care.
Stepping out of the protecting shadows of her cell was a small, pale, red haired girl, sun burn on her arms and bare feet. She gave one last, almost sad look to her surroundings. Sad, sad creatures, the lot of them... Maybe some of them had been good men once. But now there was no place for them in this world anymore.
She bowed down and picked up a stick, heavy and not quite as big or dangerous as the weapon she was used to... Ah, Epiphany... she could only hoped it was lost, the other options were.... But no time for that now. She would take care of this vermin, at least some of it, and if it was the last thing she did so be it. And now, she thought she had found a good place to start...
A guard, or, if she wasn't mistaken, chief guard even. An entity she had come to hate during her stay... Ah, yes, sweet revenge. Not usually her style, but usually, one didn't spend time in hell. He was very close to her, his back turned, maybe aiming at something on the ground....
But Althea did not care about such details. She saw only opportunity. And so, she jumped and, with both hands, brought the heavy stick down to the man's head.

In a cell not far from hers, a man was stretching his legs. Alvaro, of course, did want to get out of Impel Down. And now that his door was open, it was a once in a lifetime chance, literally. The reason why he was taking his time was only one, and one he would not have thought possible to happen. It was a dream he had, not long ago. A dream including a most charming man he had to fight.... Ranyx... What a sweet name it was, like honey, but with the sharpness of chili in it.... But the nae wasn't what bore the true beauty, he knew. It was the man.
Some would call the young assassin fake for going after different people at once, they would call his affections untrue and dishonest. But the truth was that Alvaro really did feel drawn towards every single person he had courted. He really did mean it every single time he said he loved someone. Which was a lot of times, to a lot of persons.
And Ranyx was.... the first acquaintace he had made since being thrown into Impel Down. Normally, Alvaro was not one for such things, he was not one for hoping or trusting, especially with what was on the line here... But still, he really, really felt that if he left now, he'd never come to know if the promise Ranyx had made back then was really true. Would he try and free him? And if so, what then? What if he succeeded?
Yes, it was his romantic side breaking through in those questions, and once it had him, it never let go, he knew. It was what was holding him here right now. The possibility that ranyx could be more than just a dream he had. That he was real, and out there looking for a way to free him.
Still, he carefully stepped closer to the bars, just one small look couldn't hurt, right?
As he had expected... chaos. It looked like the pirates were actually doing pretty well, he'd have to congratulate them if they ever met again, which was, of course, highly unlikely.
Well, it seemed he wasn't needed here....
Alvaro was already about to step back into the shadows of his cell when he saw.... Oh, he would not have that.
In a moment, he was out of his cell, swaggered past the battles and towards two figures standing a little away from it all. His feet barely made any sound on the burning sands, and he pretended not to notice how much it hurt. After all, what would the young lady think of him?
He cleared his throat politely when he was standing a bit behind her, his hands on his back, slighty leaning forward, almost as if bowing down to her.
"Good day, young lady.... and a marvellous day it is, may I say. Even hell seems to be a bit nicer if only for the presence of a pretty girl, I think..."
He was trying not to be as pompous as he was used to be, it didn't work as well with the type of girl he took this one for. Young, wild, tomboyish.
"Though it is beyond me to indicate that you could feel uncofortable in the company of this young gentleman, my moral code still would not let me be if I had not at least intorduced myself to you and asked if you needed my help."
The dark skinned assassin prouded himself on not looking too bad, especially after having spend some time in Impel Down. He bowed to her, as he would do in front of any lady, and looked up to her face. Indeed.... quite the nice features.
"My name is Alvaro Del Bosque, and if I can help you in any way, do not hesitate but say it right now.... As for you, young man..."
And he looked at the boy, straightening up again. He did not bow down to creepy kids... They weren't really of interest.
"Obviously still have a lot to learn in how to treat a lady right..."
It was stated in a matter of fact voice, his tone barely changing. To tell the truth, the boy was giving him the creeps. No grace, no elegance in his thin frame. Not even the slightest bit of amiableness. How could he let a young girl, a young jewel like this blue haired lady, no, godess face him alone.
Turning back to her, his smile returned to his face.
"It would be an honour to me if I could come into knowledge of your name... Or I shall have to call you Athena, for you appear to be as strong as you are beautiful."
And he offered her a hand to lay hers in. He didn't know if a kiss on the hand was custom where she was from, but it had always worked for him so far. No lady disliked being treated well. And after all, he meant every word he was saying. Not one lie had escaped his mouth, and after all, why would it? No reason to hide the truth, that would only be shady. Every girl was part godess, and of course so was this one. They should be worshipped.

Gabriel blinked twice at the man under his long, black hair that covered his eyes, maybe HE wanted to play. He then giggled and smiled, picking up his sword again, quite easily surprisingly. He then licked his lips and giggled again "So you want to play, then?" he asked, now in a slightly better mood.

"Ehhh..." Maski studdered

"Crap... There goes my chances of going unnoticed..." She thought to her self "But I might be able to use them to my advantage..."

She turned to Alvaro "Umm... Maski..." She didn't feel right, the metal stick in her mouth didn't feel right. "Hold on a second..." She told the two as she looked inside the Gear Rider. She searched in a small closed section of the boat before pulling out a purple sucker. She spat the old metal stick out, unwrapped the purple sugar on a stick and put it in her mouth. She sighed in relief as to taste sugar once more

While Alvaro, Gabriel and Maski had their conversation something very weird took place. At the spot they were, a few guards appeared out of nowhere. Apparently, while most of the guards were shooting at the Dusk Pirates and especially at Ellen, these guards decided to ignore the orders of the Vice Guard and go towards the other three prisoners who were out of their cells. Maski and Alvaro were dangerous, however the greatest danger lied in Gabriel in their opinion. That child was the devil's spawn. He was a freaking child with eyes that could emit lazer and had cybernetic arms while he was obsessed with playing. He was a very dangerous individual who had to be taken care of. As the guards appeared, one of them who wore the standard uniform said "You are not going anywhere! In the name of justice!". That man had short white hair and had a scar in one of his eyes. It seemed like that eye was blinded or something... Who could that man be?

And meanwhile, while all these events took place in Impel Down... Somewhere nearby... Somewhere in Marineford... In an office, a man with a strange black clothing was sitting and talking with a marine. He had very pale skin and extremely weird eyes. He was carrying something like a book with him and had a huge hat on his head. As he talked with somebody, his Den Den Mushi ringed. With a smile on his face, the man grabbed the Den Den Mushi and listened to what was said.

He listened "Vice-Admiral! Vice Admiral, can you listen to me?".
"Hm... What is it?" the man said with a voice that could show no concern.
"We received a message from Impel Down?".
"Yeah, and? You know, I recently got my promotion from Rear Admiral and so I am bored of stuff like these..." the Vice-Admiral kept responding with the same voice that showed no concern.
"They said that the prison is being attacked... By somebody you know very well...".
"What do you mean, soldier? Tell me?!" he said now with a voice that showed concern.
The marine sighed and said "Vice-Admiral Manolo Nickelodion... The Dusk Pirates are attacking the prison!".

[Introduction Box]
[Manolo Nickelodion]
[Marine Vice-Admiral, former leader of Zigfreed Von Strudel's Exi Generals]

As soon as he listened to that, Manolo started sweating... These people... After learning about Maximillion's capture, the man was relieved. He thought that they were done for and so he did not worry about them. These people were the ones who gave him the chance to get rid of the man in charge of him, the Vice-Admiral with the name of Zigfreed Von Strudel. He did not want to meet them again in any way. However, if he did not go to take his "revenge" because they "killed" his higher up, he could create suspicions about him. He said "Okay marine... Tell the others who survived from Navarone... We are heading to Impel Down!" and he got up from his office in order to move towards the prison... "Come on, Zack. We are moving." he said to the marine who was talking with him before in the office.

The marine got up and nodded. Unlike other marines, this one wore a very strange uniform. Instead of wearing a white uniform with a blue seagull and the blue letters of the marines, he wore a blue uniform with a white seagull and the letters that said "Marines" were white. He had spiky blue hair and had a very young-looking face. He did not seem to wear a coat or anything. He said "Yes, sir." as he started following Manolo to head with him and the rest of the Exi-Generals as well as a few marine troops to Impel Down.

[Introduction Box]
[Zack Jordan]
[Marine Commodore]

Now that the marines were moving towards Impel Down as well, the events were unclear for sure. So many things would happen... Would the guards of Impel Down defeat the pirates? Would the pirates defeat the guards and escape from the marines or would the pirates defeat both of them and escape after bringing chaos to the prison. Everything would be shown soon! The setting for an epic battle in Impel Down was set...

Gabriel giggled at the guards at took his sword, looked at the other two prisoners "Your no fun, they look fun though" he said, then picked up his sword, and the began to, what seemed like agree with it like it was talking with him. "Your right" he said "These guys are gunna try and kill us and look fun" he said, then turning to the marines, and was suddenly gone in an instant. He decided to attack the one in the middle, he seemed more fun. Appearing in front of the man he swung down on him, HARD.

"That kid is crazy and creepy..." Maski thought as the Cyborg kid rushed forward. "Wait a second..."

"Giya Wall!" Maski yelled, Putting her hand on the stone walls of the prison, She pulled a large gear out of the wall without living an imprint. She slammed the large gear in the middle of the hallway, Separating Gabriel and the Marines from Alvaro and Maski. The Large gear showed only a few places where a small person could squeeze through. But the hole in the middle seemed to be only big enough to put your pointer finger through and get stuck.

"Well, That solves two problems..." Maski sighed before putting her goggles on top of her head and put her Gear Rider on her back. "So... You know a way out?"

Alex laughed as he blocked the slash by swinging his wing sword to intercept it. The ‘blade’ of the wing sword bent backwards just slightly as its spikes struck the incoming sword, but the muscles and bones within it were more than enough to hold it there.

“You are truly foolish,” Alex said, his voice dropping to just above a whisper. “You act all angry when your friend is killed…”

He flapped his wings and spun around to Draculo’s side before slashing at his side with a horizontal cut.

“…but you care so little as you butcher escaping prisoners…you are not the only one who has someone they care about.”

Alvaro wanted to go on charming the young lady, but was rudely interrupted by a fw highly unaestethic men, which he of course knew and recognised as the guards of this prison, appeared seemingly out of nowhere. This did not phase him as much as it should have. Instead of commenting on the young girl's name (hmm, Maski... had a ring to it... wild yet somewhat refined... he could go on for hours about it), he watched her performance quietly and gave a small chuckle.
"Hm.. It does not seem you are in need of my protection at all..."
Devilfruit users had always made him uncomfortable to an extent, something he was luckily able to conceal perfectly. It was a little feeling in his gut that with a devilfruit user, you could never be sure if a knife through the heart would kill them as it would any other person.... Not that he had been thinking about killing this wonderful creature, no, far from it... But habit was a hard thing to get rid of.
"The way out..."
He pointed to the ceiling.
"Would I be stating the obvious if I said 'up'? I do believe the elevators to be harder to reach, not to mention filled with guards by this point... As is the staircase..."
Strategically, they had no chance of getting out here if they weren't planning on drilling thir way up through the ceilings of not only one, but two, no, three floors and flying away over the ocean... Not that it was his problem, since he did not plan on getting out.
"Of course, if you want to try taking the stairs, be my guest. I will do my best to help you however I can until we reach them..."
He was, undoubtdly, hightly useless in non weapon combat, and his fingers were itching to get to at least one of the weapons those guard were holding. They were ugly, rugged things, but they functioned, and after all, his primary goal was not to slay as many of them as he could, just make sure the lady did not get harmed until she reached the upper level, by which point it would be out of his hands.

As she heard the sudden order for the guards to fire at her, ellen imedietly started running for her life, skidding behind any thing to use as cover, including any unfortunet guards, and then suddenly rolled along the ground and leapt behind Miguel, hoping the guards were either too slow or too stupid to stop firng and hit one of there comanders, while quickly lighting and tossing a cherry bomb at the gunners. This better work! I've only got two of these things left, she thought to herself, anticipaiting a large beautiful explosion.

Someone tapped Alvaro on the shoulder, ever so slightly. It was barely enough to notice, but it was strong enough to draw Alvaro. Standing behind him was a man in a vest and long pants, with boots protecting his oh-so-important feet. "Hey there, handsome. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind going out for a nice dinner? I know a restaurant whose food is to die for." A broad, kind smile accompanied the utterly unfitting request, as a hand was offered for Alvaro to take.

About an hour or so ago...

A frog had somehow disembarked near the main office, before horking out two people: a Marine, who was rather disgruntled by the looks of him, and the Shichibukai Gael Iura. Gael approached whoever looked most important in the main office, and said, "Hey there! Ti'ar over here's got a criminal arrested and locked inside the frog, so he'll be escorting Figdra down to a cell, okay?" the man at the desk seemed utterly terrified at Ti'ar's name, he just gestured at the door. "Fine, fine! I won't stop you!" Gael smiled, saying "Thank you~" before skipping out of the room: the disgruntled Marine sticking around long enough to narrow his eyes at the receptionist, growling menacingly and heading off with Figdra.

Somewhere on Level Two, Figdra horked out another person, who stretched his back. "So, we know he's on Level Three... I'll head down and get him. You get the weaponry I described, and AFTER we've gotten him out, I'll give you your payback, okay?" The Marine swore and flipped the new man off. "Fine, be that way, Ti'ar. I swear, I won't go back on my promise." He gave the man a gentle shove, before hopping down into Level Three...

"So, shall we depart, my friend?" the man, Ranyx Hadmeas, asked politely. He was lucky: his timing had been godly.

Quincy was shocked when Lector deflected the chemical into him exploding part of his face burning it badly. Then to make it worse Lector stabbed quincy in the gut. Quincy could feel a sharp pain in his stomach as the spear like weapon pierce his skin. He could hear a loud crunch as the spear ripped into his rib cage. Quincy took the spear with his right hand having a strong grip. Then threw a punch at lector who was at close range. This plan would hopefully knock lector back leaving him without his precious weapon.

He laid down on the ground whit clothing which covered his entire body, safe of his eyes and arms. His arms showed scars and that he was well trained. His clothing was mostly black whit red edges and dark red stains from blood. His head arched from when the marines captured him and trowed him into the cell, even though he was cooperative the marines had taken shift on beating on him and his head had taken one i not more hits, not that he didn't thrive on pain. They had tied his arms behind him and the legs as well.

When he heard a lot of noise he naturally wondered what it was, tried to sit he had both feet and knees on the floor whit the rest of the body in a vertical position, leaning his head toward the iron that made his cell Are you strong he said and repeated it again making sure anyone heard him I said, are you strong, this time he said it whit creepy yet wide open eyes, starring out to see if he could get a glimpse of anyone.

As the cells opened, there was a certain cell with 4 men inside, well 3 men were dead, but the fourth man sat in the cell leaned on the wall and was sleeping, the man weared nothing but trausers, trausers with a lot of holes when the cell opened he woke up, he didnt said anything or showed any kind of emotions. Maybe it was just to hot for him to stand up. Well all he did was leaned his head back down and closed his eyes.

Despite the fact that his weapon was grabbed by the doctor, Lecter tried to not be panicked. With a calm face, he tried to retrieve his weapon from the muscular man's grip. However, in order to do so, he would have to take the hit. As a result, while he pulled the naginata away, he received the punch from the doctor and was sent flying several meters, taking much damage. While moving, he regained his balance and bent his legs. He was grabbing the naginata with his left hand while the tips of the fingers of his right hand were touching the ground. He said "This is going to be the last strike! Get ready Quincy! Naginata Art #9 - Air Blade!" and he launched a giant air blade with all his strength that moved towards the doctor of the Dusk Pirates with extreme speeds. The Chief Guard attempted to cut him down with his powerful attack. He thought as he looked at his attack "If you deserve to be a member of the Dusk Pirates, doctor Quincy, you should be able to deal with this. Let's see now...". The climax of the battle had been reached! Who would emerge victorious?!

Meanwhile, Draculo raised his sword and blocked the slash of Alexander with another slash. The two swords collided with each other and a loud sound was heard. As the two swords were on contact with each other, Draculo could feel the scratches of the two blades. It was so thrilling... Under normal circumstances that would get him excited, but now he was angered over his friend's death. He said "I don't see it... I don't see the reason why you would protect that girl! Why are you doing this? That girl you are seeking reeks of darkness! She cannot escape her fate... And you will share that fate Alexander D. Remmington, if you continue to seek that girl, Ellen!". Then, he jumped back with two quick jumps. As soon as he regained his balance, Draculo said "It's about time we finish this!" while licking his sword to make it shine and pointing towards Alexander.

At the same time, as Ellen launched her bombs, Miguel decided to take action. He would not allow her to kill any more people with her bombs. If he did, he would be ashamed of himself. While he was the Warden of the prison many years ago, he did not let a single prisoner do that and now a pathetic woman was killing guards, including the powerful Lion "The Brute". As the bomb was moving, he raised his guns and said "Enough!" and shot it, making it explode in the midair before hitting the guards. The explosions though, did something unexpected... A small fire started on the ground and it would eventually get big... Very big...

The guards were all scared in the begining because they had seen what one of these bombs could do, but afterwards they calmed down. The Chief Guard Miguel D. Soto helped them and they were now okay. As soon as they realised that they survived, they raised their guns and said "Who were you targetting you stupid woman?!" as they started shooting towards her once again in an attempt to kill her.

On the other side, while Miguel was taking care of the bomb that the woman threw towards the guards, Koga found the chance to grab R.A.M. 2 and try to hide him. With the cyborg on his back, the talking turtle moved towards the direction where Shrieker, Ellen and Alexander were in an attempt to reunite with them and assist them. While moving, he wondered "What the hell... What is taking Manta so long... And what is Frank doing?! And what about Chusei?! Damn, we are in trouble...". Then, as soon as he reached a place nearby the others and the five of them were together (Ellen, Alexander, Shrieker, Koga, R.A.M. 2), he listened to a voice that said "Are you strong?". He turned his head and responded "You can judge by yourself..." as he had no time to speak under the current situation.

As Koga was thinking all that stuff, R.A.M. 2 was relieved. He was finally getting dragged away to avoid getting destroyed. Hopefully his friend managed to save him and was now running with him. But what could he do at his current state? He did not know at all... He had no idea. He was trying to figure out a way, but with his gun solely it would be something more than difficult to help the crew.

Also, at the spot were Gabriel was... After Maski seperated Alvaro from the guards, they all decided to focus on the boy that was charging towards them in order to attack them. The guard who was talking, as he was simply a mere guard got hit by the slash and took much damage, unable to endure a powerful attack from the cybernetically echanced boy. However, the other guards would not let Gabriel rampage like that. They all grabbed a few swords they had and charged towards him in an attempt to cut him down with their weapons. Would they succeed or not?

And finally, in a small building in the level... Seeing the whole events from afar, a figure with long white hair got ready to make his movement. The figure had a chicken on his shoulder... He was apparently Manta. He talked to the chicken "Connie-chan... It's time for us to move. Chusei is probably behind... So he is probably covering us. Now, let's go! Chkchkchkchkchk!". And so, he started running towards the battlefield in order to play his role! With Manta appearing, the crew would reunite! Now, the ultimate battle would take place! Who would win?!

Gabriel just giggled and shot back and into the air, avoiding the weapon and was now above the guards. He then took his left hand and pointed it at the guards. Suddenly, 8 barrels formed into a sort of Gatling gun came out of his arm, and the arm began rotating as a Gatling gun would as bullets rained down on the guards.

"Too slow, silly" he giggled

From 1 of the cells a weird thing appeared, the cell has got darker and darker.
And then from the the cell a Dio appeared, covoered all with darkness aroudn him. The nearest guards saw him but before they have even got to draw their swords they were drained into the darkness on the floor. As Dio was walking slightly and slow and the darkness was disappearing behing him 3 bodies were seen, it were the guards all covered in blood and almost not even be able to breathe, how they got drained into the darkness and what happened in there with them they alone didnt knew and werent even able to think what could happen. After that all the darkness disappeared and Dio was walking between the cells on the sand.

"You can judge by yourself..." someone replied Who is your leader then? surely he must be strong?. There was more to this world then Wold Nobles and their pet slaves, surely that was true after seeing these guys. If i only had my weapons... he thought, then he could escape easily but he had seen some guards took it to the room not far away, third room to the left to be exact. He flexed his muscles to make them bigger Raarh he screamed as if that was going to help. Weather or not his scream had helped his arms where free, though whit rope and burn marks. The feet was easily un-tied now that he had his hands free.

Ill help you do whatever it is you are doing here, if you help me get my weapons, third room that way he said and it almost would seem as if fate because that was the way which the people seemed to be going, that is if he would know of fate, of course being a hand to hand expert, he could easily leave them but he had a a connection wit them, albeit a bit twisted. He could fight as well whit the weapons as whiteout but the weapons and what he was wearing was his only possessions, even though he could get to the room by himself he could get there easier whit the others help and not to forget that it would be quicker. He started his fighting stance, walking toward his goal and fought anyone whit his one actual fighting technique and occasionally using soru to easier down any troublesome foe.

The guards screamed in pain as they got shot from the boy's gatling gun. Some of them were killed and some of them were just injured. However, there were still the ones who would not allow theirselves to get defeated by an "edited" child. These ones jumped on the air and, in an attempt to take the child down, they moved their swords to slash it and cause it enough damage to need more cybernetic edits to survive... These people would not normally attack children, but Gabriel was not an ordinary one, that was for sure. What would happen after all?

Meanwhile, around Dio... As the man with the darkness fruit walked, another one appeared around him. Unlike Dio who was surrounded by an aura of darkness, the man had white hair and had a scythe that emited a strange white colored beam. He looked at Dio and said "You... You look very strange... And very strong. Why is a man like you in this level?". The man was none other than Manta... Seeing Dio taking care of the guards like that, he decided to ask for his assistance and maybe join him, as he possessed great strength. Would Dio join him or not?

Finally, as soon as the man asked for his weapons, Koga sighed. They were in a terrible situation and they needed assistance. The crew was very strong and could deal with the guards but the more they were the easier it would be for them to escape. As a result, the turtle said "Shrieker, take care of R.A.M. 2!" before he started running towards the place the prisoner showed him in order to retrieve his weapons so that he would help them. Would he help them or not? And would Koga succeed in the first place?

And meanwhile... The fire that was set accidentally by Miguel started getting bigger... Much bigger... It started getting bigger to the point that it would be deadly soon. The battles would take place under the fire... The last setting of the battle had just been put!

"Sigh... Why can't anything be simple..." Maski sighed "Lets find the staircase, We can't afford to lose any time... See if you can find any weapons in the storage room, There are alot of strange ones in there..." Pointing to the room Maski and Gabriel were previously in

Rick saw the guy that appeared next to him, he also heard him what he said but ignored him and didn't even stop walking. So he went with his head down and coutniniued the journey on the sand between the cells.

"Hm? Where are you going?" Manta said with a surprised face as he noticed that Dio was ignoring him. "Who does he think he is?!" Manta thought. "Just because he has the power of darkness, he shouldn't behave to me like that! I will show him! Chkchkchkchkchkchkchk!". Then, with a smile on his face, he moved his scythe with his right hand. His left hand was burnt in the Unholy War, and so it wasn't fully recovered yet. He would carry the scythe with his left hand only when it would be necessary... With the scythe that was carried with his right hand, the temporary captain of the Dusk Pirates launched a chicken beam towards a few guards that were coming towards him and Dio. All of them were turned to chicken and as soon as they did, he jumped on them and started slashing them and cutting their heads, giving them a shameful death. As their heads were getting cut by his scythe, the blood that came out of their bodies was sent to his face. Without showing any emotions, other than his lust for blood, the man licked the blood. He said to Dio "It really tastes good... Don't you think?". This would probably pick up the man's attention. Would Dio finally talk to him or not?

Meanwhile in Marineford...

Manolo is in a rush. He is moving as fast as possible and he finally reaches the docks. Five ships, full of men were in front of him. A young marine, probably a new recruit, moves towards him and he says

"Sir! We have prepared the ships! Shall we depart?!"
"Yes, soldier! We shall depart! But first... Are we all here?"
"Yes, sir! The Exi-Generals have arrived long ago. They are all in each ship respectively! Only you are not..."
"I am not because you are wasting my time, idiot! You should have told that to me in the begining."

Then, the Vice-Admiral slapped the marine and moved him out of the way. He started walking on the piece of wood that connected the land with his own ship and turned his head to the marine. He said "Are you still there? Will you come or not? I do not want to waste any precious time. If we get late, I will blame you for this...". "No-No sir!" the marine said while running on the ship. He did not want to get punished from his higher up for something he did unintentionally.

Afterwards, as soon as Manolo reached the ship, he turned his head. Zack was behind him, as always. Since he got promoted, Zack was always behind him, following him as a loyal servant and a loyal guard. He said "Are you ready Zack? This mission might be more than enough for you to get a small promotion and become my right hand man...". Zack sighed. He placed his hands at his back and he took a smiley look on his face. His eyes could not be seen at all. They were almost closed, probably because of the sun that was hitting on him. He said "Okay sir! I will be ready!".

The Marines were now on their way in Impel Down! With the current, they would arrive at the place in less than one hour! Would the Dusk Pirates get out before of the arrival of the marines or not?!

Rick looked at the gueards and at the actions of the weird guy. As he saw what the guy did and after that eated the blood up Dio stopped and turned around. Still Dio didnt looked up, he was still looking in the ground, he said with a calm voice

Who are you? being free running around in Impel Down?

As Manta wanted to take a similar "revenge" about getting ignored, he did not say anything in the begining. He simply turned his back at Dio, not doing anything for a brief second. He was seemingly leaving from the place, and heading to the battlefield to help his crew mates. However, he did not want this to go for long and two seconds later, he turned towards Dio and said "Well, well... I guess nobody knows about the Dusks yet... At least the people inside the place...". Then, Manta grabbed two wanted posters he kept. He quickly opened the first one. It showed himself with a killing-intent on his face, staring somewhere randomly. His scythe could not be seen at all. Only his face and his black and white stripped shirt. He said "That's me... Manta Maimou... I have a bounty of 40,000,000 beli...". Afterwards, with a happy look on his face, Manta slowly revealed the second poster. It showed a man with brown hair, a black suit, a red shirt and a black tie. He had a look on his face that could show no emotions at all. Manta said "And this is the man I am looking for... Maximillion Maimou, the captain of the Dusk Pirates. He just appeared in the front-line but he has connections with people you cannot even imagine... He has a bounty of 150,000,000 beli... And he is my brother. That's the man we are looking for. The crew entered the prison, searching for him to free him. So what do you say? Are you interested in assisting us?". Manta was clear. He asked for Dio's assistance. The temporary captain of the Dusk Pirates could see that the power of darkness he had would be very useful in the crew and that it would be a great support. A man with the power of Wally... Maximillion probably wished for that for long... For very long...

And while that is going on... In the place where the battles take place, the fire has got even bigger! It is turning into a burning inferno very quickly... From afar, now, it would be possible to see the fire. At least from Manta's side. After completing his words, Manta looked at the fire with an amazed face. He said "If you are willing to follow the Dusks and the man who will shake the world soon... Then follow me..." before he started running towards the fire in order to assist his crewmates.

R.A.M. 2, watched at the fire. He looked at it increasing in size from his spot. Apparently, he was left with Alexander, Ellen and Shrieker. While Ellen and Alexander were engaged in battles, Shrieker seemed to be lost in his own world... What was taking Koga so long to help that prisoner? And why would he got to assist that prisoner while he did not know if he would help the crew in the first place? He did not know... But he hoped that Koga made the right decision by helping the man.