(Serious) The Gibus Pirates: The Family Business

Terry awoke in cuffs and groaned loudly. HE felt very weak indeed, he realised the cuffs were made from seastone. Terry grunted as he woke up and he didnt respond to the guards words. So this was Prime Dungeon eh? Terry looked around quietly without saying anything, he felt naked without his trusty chain sword on his side. Terry looked around his cell and his grunted as he saw the tuxedo man sitting in the cell with him. "Ahh shit....." , the tuxedo man got up and danced along the cell "Well terry kun... you disappoint me... you should have given in to me.... we could have avoided this whole nasty event, but look at what you did... your trapped in here now, well its ok Terry kun... at least you'll always have me for company....." Terry growled as suddenly there was a girl who appeared next to Terry "Bugger... you bitch..... its still my turn!!" The tuxedo man looked really annoyed at the girls presence "Be gone you disease...." The tuxedo man disappeared and Terry looked away from the girl, the girl looked at Terry "Terry... your hair has grown longer..... why dont you cut it?" Terry started tearing up "Please.... go away... send the tuxedo bastard here... please dont come out......" The girl hugged Terry as Terry sobbed "I came to tell you to stop giving in to him.... your ruining your body ...... i should know...." Terry gritted his teeth "No.. i cant stop... im sorry... i must find penance... for my sins...." Terry looked back, and the girl was no longer there. Terry groaned in agony as he tugged on his seastone cuff, using all his energy to try and stand.

Inside the tavern, dozens of people rested. Some leaning against a long bar, drinking different drinks and looking quite depressed, while others sitting in tables and playing different card games, or just taking a nap on a random chair. "I'll make the count" The old man with the eyepatch said as he left the group. Kim then turned to the three pirates and started talking. "You must be very confused, allow me to explain what's going on" He said, inviting the three to take a sit in one of the tables. "Our island used to be a pirate sanctuary, when a pirate named Longbeard ruled over it, you must have heard about him, he was quite famous" Kim said calmly. After hearing his father's pirate name, Al's expression went blank. The betrayal still echoed in him, along with his hatred towards his father. As Kim paused, glasses of scotch were brought to their table by an old waitress. "Unfortunately, Longbeard died, and gave control of the island to his two twin sons who were born here, Jekyll and Hyde Garuda, also known as the captains of the Two-Faced Pirates, who were chasing you all through the bazaar" Kim explained, sipping his scotch down. "Fearing that the island will be taken away from them, the Garuda brothers started banishing and killing pirates who were found on it, damaging our economy and turning us into prisoners in our own home. This place is the only safe place for pirates on Krooka Island when he brothers are here, it's where all the banished pirates get stuck at" Kim explained. "We're the Oasis Survivors, we save pirates who are attacked by the brothers and bring them here, to Oasis Tavern" Kim said. "Why are you all here anyway?" He asked. Al kept silent, he needed to use every bit of information he just received. His brothers seemed to have a firm grip on the island, but they also had a bunch of rebels under their noses, who might help Al overthrown them if he played the right cards.

Back at Prime Dungeon, the goon looked at Terry as he spoke to his hallucinations. "You're a real nut-case huh? I wonder why the captains kept you alive" The goon joked, but he soon stopped as the sound of footsteps echoed from the other side of the doorway. As the sound got closer, two men stepped into the cell block: The goon form before, and Jekyll Garuda, who had to duck so his head wont hit the door. "This block really needs to be taller" Jekyll complained. "Terribly sorry captain Jekyll, I'll tell the workers to get on it as soon as possible" The goon said and stepped back, allowing Jekyll to reach Terry's cell. "Uncuff him, I can't to a grunting menace" Jekyll said as he watched Terry. The tall Garuda brother had to bend and his neck to stand in the block, and his feathery purple mohawk brushed against the ceiling. "Right away captain Jekyll" The goon answered in fear as he opened Terry's cell and removed the seastone cuffs. "Now leave, your voice irritates me, and irritation damages my hair" Jekyll commanded the goon. The goon left without a word, fearing that Jekyll would kill him if he talked. Jekyll then smiled down at Terry. "Stand up, Jon Boulder's pet, I have some questions for you" he said with a high-toned voice.

Terry got up, his red hair all covering his face. So this was one of the big bosses. Terry laughed suddenly "hahahahhaa....... who the fuck is Jon Boulder, never heard that name in my life....."

Lance paused for a moment and listened carefully to the man's words, hoping that he would get to listen to some information about Victor. However, nothing happened as he expected. Instead, Kim explained the origins of the current situation of the island and how things ended up this way... That was something that really surprised Lance, not only because he did not get to listen to information about Victor, as he expected, but also because unlike the rest of the pirates who were on the island, he was the one to actually attack Jekyll's and Hyde's crew, even if their goons were the ones who started it. Nonetheless, the swordsman decided to not say anything and instead he moved along with Roze towards Kim in order to ask him the question he asked to anybody he happened to encounter.

"I would really want to know what is going on on this island" Lance said "but in fact I am here for something else... If I want to leave, I can leave with my pet anyway. I am here to ask about a man named Victor... Have you seen him?" Then, he stared at Kim's eyes and waited for him to give him an answer...

After hearing Kim's answer to why he saved him Montgomery smiled.

"Good I like the way you think Kim."

Seeing the creature rise up and roar at him Montgomery blinked as he watched and did nothing. It didn't make him flinched or anything as Kim was led by Kim to a group of others he looked at each and everyone of them.

He listened to the questions which came from each person and the introductions and followed them as they spoke. Montgomery was an informant and thus remained quiet to pick up information from each person. Be it watching a person's personality or listening to a person's choice of words or the information they knew.

He simply tried gauging everyone so he knew more about each and everyone of them.

Jekyll raised an eyebrow after hearing Terry's rude answer. He bore his perfectly aligned teeth before raising his arm and slapping Terry's face with the back of his right hand. "How dare you swear and lie in front of the prince of Krooka Island?!" Jekyll shouted, showering Terry with spit. He then took a deep breath and shook his head, trying to get his temper under control. "Don't play games with me, I hate games, I always win and it gets boring" Jekyll said with arrogance. "Jon Boulder has been lurking around my island for months now, escaping and hiding from my soldiers" Jekyll explained with apparent hatred in his voice. He then bent down to level Terry's face with his own, pressing his long nose in front of Terry's. "Jon boulder is a pain to deal with, and you're going to tell me exactly where he is hiding!" He snapped, "I won't allow pirates on my island!".

Kim squinted after hearing Lance's question. "Victor... Victor... It rings a bell..." He mumbled. The old man then sat down next to Kim. "He said this Victor guy can separate body parts with his devil fruit, and has a bounty of 80,000,000" The old man added, making Kim snap his fingers. "Of course I remember! He was here!" Kim announced gladly. "He refused to follow us and stayed in the bazaar when the captains arrived the last time" Kim explained. "You see, because the captains fear so much of someone trying to take their island, they kill any pirate who they stumble upon unless they have something to gain form him" Kim explained. "When it comes to Devil fruit users, there's a rumor that says that the Garuda Brothers imprison them in a special dungeon in their palace, where they try and get them to work for their crew" Kim explained. "If they can't, they execute them" Kim explained. "If Victor hasn't left the island before the captains got to him, there's a good chance he is being held in the palace, but us rebels can't get to him" Kim explained.

After listening to Kim's words, something happened to Al that didn't happen ever since his father's betrayal was exposed, he snapped. He shot out of his chair and threw the glass of scotch against the floor, before pulling out his shotgun and cocking it. When the old man saw what was going on, he got up, but Al quickly pointed the shotgun's barrels at him, making him stop. "How dare you call yourselves rebels..." Al hissed with anger. "You're nothing but a bunch of pathetic cowards who prefer hiding rather than take care of your problems, peopel like you disgust me" He said, looking down at Kim with hatred. "If you'll keep hiding form the stupid Garuda brothers, nothing will change" he explained. Hearing this, Kim got up, not fearing Al's weapon. "What makes you think it's that easy to take down the Garuda Brothers, the sons of the mighty Longbeard himself!" Kim shouted at Al, the spider abdomen starting to grow from his back. "Simple..." Al said as he lowered his shotgun, "I'm one of Longbeard's sons as well".

After Al's words, a wave of gasps went through the tavern. Pirates got up from their sits and turned to face Al. "What are you saying? That you're a spy?" Kim asked, clenching his fist. "No, I'm a true rebel" Al said with a smug grin. "I came here to take down the Garuda Brothers for good, they never deserved to get the control over Krooka Island in the first place" Al said. He chose to keep the fact that he wanted the island for himself a secret for now. Al then got up and climbed over the table, so he could talk to the entire Tavern. "I came here to set Krooka Island and its people free of the Garuda Brothers, I came here to storm their palace and throw them into their own dungeon" He said. He wanted to attract Lance's attention as well by reminding him that the man he was looking for might be inside the palace. He then raises his hand up. "You all have two choices!" Al continued, raising figers as he counted down the choices. "Either stay here, wait for the Garuda Brothers to die out of old age, or join me and get your island and freedom back, cause I'll be damned if I'm going to wait an entire week for those bastards to leave". Al then paused and looked around, the chances of his revolution to succeed were in the hands of whoever spoke next.

Upon learning what he wanted to learn, Lance smiled. He had gathered the information he wanted to gather. Apparently, Victor had actually been on the island some time before and he could still be there. It was a great opportunity for Lance to find him and slay him in order to avenge himself and get his legs back. However, there was one bad thing in the whole story. If Victor was still there, he would be caught by the Garuda brothers and so he would be inside their cells. As a result, in order to reach those cells, Lance would have to step upon the corpses of the powerful pirates who were ruling the island and search for Victor. He would have to decide what to do and that was not something difficult as Lance was not the kind of person who was afraid of mere pirates. He was a powerful marine, after all.

"Although I am not interested in your family affairs... I guess I will have to tag with you in order to take down those bastards and search for the bastard I am looking for. You are a strong bastard and you can pretty much make a good ally in my quest... So, I am with you in taking down those guys! Hahaha! So, who else is with us, bastards?" Lance said with a laughter on his face as he unsheathed one of his two katanas and sliced a chair in two swiftly in order to demonstrate his skills in front of those so called "rebels" and make them join Al's quest, even if that happened out of fear for himself and Lance.

Hearing the people all speak over one another and talk about family issues and so on Montgomery simply stood there flicking his eyes from person to person listening to everything everyone had to say a grin grew across his face and a small chuckle found its way out of his mouth as Lance began to say bastards more and more.

He held his cane in his hand and began bouncing it on the ground a little as he watched and learned of the situations. He found it all so interesting and rather funny at the same time.

He hadn't been surprised by anything said or seen as he'd seen many weird things but as he noticed Kim growing a spider abdomen from his back he grinned. The man with the top hat reminded him of himself, a sharp dresser and figured he'd probably get along with him but shrugged his shoulders and cracked his back as he felt his back was getting a little stiff.

The whole tavern was silent, the eyes of all pirates who took refuge there lying on Kim. They all wanted to change the island, and Al's words were a manifestation of their will, but they won't dare of doing anything without Kim, who is responsible for their survival. He was the absolute leader of the Oasis Survivors. Kim considered Al's words with a blank face, he wasn't sure if he could trust a man who was related to the same tyrants he despised so much, but Al clearly meant business.

Lance's words then echoed in the silence, challenging the survivors to take a stand. Al smiled, he managed to get Lance to follow him at least until he reached his brothers. Kim took a deep breath, before opening his mouth. "We are hungry for change, all of us, and you clearly have confidence in whatever powers you hold with you" Kim admitted, "And if we won't act now, we might lose one of the only chances we get for being assisted with powerful allies" he added. "I will help you, and I'll bring any rebel who'll be ready to help, but I want you to promise me one thing" Kim said. "If we fail to take the captains down, we die trying. We can't afford to retreat to the tavern and put all of the survivors in danger" Kim explained. "I will never consider retreating" Al said, reaching for a handshake which Kim hesitantly took. As the two leaders shook hands, the pirate sin the tavern cheered, winds of change were flying through the air. "Spread the word!" Kim shouted, "I want anyone who is willing to help here in the tavern in one hour for initial planning, we are taking down the Garuda Brothers for good!".

((My next post will include a time skip, Ant and Max, you don't have to reply to this post if you don't want to, I just wanted to write it down before the skip))

Terry took the slap in its entierity and sat back up. He smiled and laughed before looking up at Jekyll "Who the fuck are you talking about? The only pirate i see here would be you..... i dont know who that Jon guy is, never met him in my life......"

Montgomery clapped his hands at the speech and smiled. He was happy to see they had come up with a plan.

"Its nice to see you boys have a plan and I'd like to say I'll gladly offer you my help if need be to go through with your plans."

((Ok, I noticed that I messed up a prior timeskip when Terry was taken to the dungeon so here is where I fix it. Everything that happened to Terry ever since he woke up in prison happened in the morning, one day after the events of the thread so far. Now, I'm going to make a timeskip only for Al Montgomery and Lance, to get all of us to the same time. We're now in the morning after the day the Garuda Brothers arrived at the island, and all events will happen simultaneously from now on. Sorry for the complicated skip, I just needed to fix my prior mistake))

It was an early hour, the sun was still struggling to go over the horizon, and the Oasis Tavern was boiling with excitement. An hour after Al's and Kim's conversation the tavern was filled with Oasis Survivors who were willing to help take down the tyrant Garuda Brothers, forming a force of over 50 men, each armed with either a weapon or an ability. The men, who were now referred to as the Survivors' Army, including Lance Montgomery and Al, were gathering outside the Tavern, near the sand dune, where Kim was about to lay down the battle plan that him and Al formed as the leaders of the force. "This is it, Right now the Two-Faced Pirates are either sleeping next to the palace, or scattered around the bazaar. Either way, they are tired, giving us an edge" Kim explained. "We're going to divide into three groups. Group A will hold the bazaar and stop the scattered pirates from retreating to the palace area. Group B will hold down the Palace area and stop any pirates from getting in it, while Group C will storm the palace itself, facing the Garuda Brothers and their higher ranks" Kim explained. Al, Kim, Montgomery and Lance were all in group C. "I want you all to be as strong and willing as possible, for the sake of Krooka Island and it's people" Kim shouted, causing a wave of applause. Al kept silent as he stood next to Kim. It was his big day, he managed to get a large force to help him in his first goal: Take Down his brothers. He loaded and cocked his long shotgun, and fastened his old Gibus hat on his head. He then picked at a pocket watch he had strapped to his waists, it was almost time to attack.

"You're lying..." Jekyll hissed. he had no way of actually knowing it, but he hoped that Terry would really know where Jon was hiding. He reached for his robe pocket and pulled out a set of keys, before opening the cell that held the remaining prisoner who was cuffed by seastone. "You see? This guy lied to me about not eating a devil fruit, but as you can see by the effect of seastone on him, he clearly did" Jekyll explained, not noticing the effect the seastone had on Terry, he was quite dumb. "Now, you are about to see what happens to people who lie to me" Jekyll said before pulling his hand out of his pocket and fastening it around the prisoner's neck. The weakened prisoner could only twitch in place as life left his body, until he finally choked to death a minute later. Jekyll then turned to Terry, satisfied by his recent kill. "This is what happens to people who lie to me, and especially devil fruit users who walk around MY island!" Jekyll shouted at Terry's face, showering him with spit once more. "Now tell me what you know before I get REALLY angry".

Lance was preparing himself for the upcoming attack. The swordsman had both his swords sheathed at their sheaths and he calmed down before the time of the attack would come. He would have to control himself... If he did not, he could cause trouble to his allies. Apparently, Lance wanted to rush into the city so that he would search for the brothers and take them down in order to search for Victor. However, he knew that if he did so, he would cause trouble to the whole plan. As a result, after calming down, he waited for the rest of his allies to be prepared so that they would rush towards the city and take down the Garuda Brothers. An epic battle was about to start.

Terry watched as the huge guy killed the devil fruit user. Terry didnt bother looking away, but he really was not about to sell people out to appease this guy. He didnt even know who this person was, so it made sense to terry not to try to save someone who couldnt be saved. He would try to at least keep the nice lady and the nice man alive , even if he had to die doing so. "Why dont you stop talking... and kill me already, cause i dont know who the fuck your talking about!!!!!!"

With knowledge of a soon to be fight Montgomery chose this time to make some notes in a note book of his upon events in the world. He felt these would help him with information to give a few other people who paid him enough money. He could even use the information to gauge things that would wind up happening in the world. As he wrote it down he noticed the man in the gibus checking the time on his pocket watch.

He noticed the time on the watch and noted it down in his note book. He liked to keep every little detail as he felt it would perhaps help him later if he ever needed to refer to it later on. As he finished writing he pocketed his note book and raised himself to his feet grabbing his cane.
He looked around at all others around him trying to gauge how they were feeling about the upcoming incident.

From what he had heard he was in group C along with the Gibus wearing man and a few others he had heard his job would be to storm the palace itself and face the Garuda Brothers and their higher ranks. He was certain he could do such a thing and not worried. With his trusty cane in hand he felt he could accomplish anything as it aided him with range and height which were two things needed in a fight.

Group A left the other two groups when the time for the invasion came. They rushed through the desert and stormed the bazaar like wild fire, with the sounds of battle almost immediately rising from the scene. Meanwhile, camels were brought out of the small village, each equipped for riding. "Mount the camels, they'll get us to the palace area faster" Kim ordered, and the Survivors started climbing the camels, including Al. Naturally, Lance didn't receive a camel, for he could fly faster, but Montgomery didn't get one either. "Unfortunately we're missing one camel, so you'll be going with me" Kim said and invited Montgomery to climb aboard his own camel.

As the forces of Groups B and C prepared for take off, an explosion rose from the bazaar. "It's our que! Group A managed to take their places!" The old man shouted. "Let's go!" Kim shouted in response and ordered his camel to start running. Al ordered his camel to follow, and even though he wasn't sued to riding, he managed to hang on. "Today we take down the Garuda Brothers!" Al shouted, making a wave of battle cries rise form the forces. As the two groups reached the main city, they were welcomed by a wave of armed goons. Unlike the Eastern side of Krooka Island, the Western side consisted of an oasis, filled with quality houses and plants. The Two-Faced pirates lived in this area. "Group B! Take them all down! Leave no one standing! Don't let any of them reach to palace, Group C, storm forward, we need to get to the palace before the brothers leave it!" Al and Kim shouted simultaneously. Group B, that consisted of about 20 members, charged forward, clashing with the goons. Group C, which included Kim and Montgomery, the old man, Lance, Al, a large pirate named Jon boulder and three of his crew members, had a wave of goons to go through before they could reach the palace, that was now in sight.

Jekyll's face twisted in anger, his hands shook with rage. He raised them to try and choke Terry as well, but a goon blasted into the cell block before he had a chance. "Captain Jekyll! We're under attack! The bazaar is being attacked! The Prime City is being attacked! They're trying to invade the palace!" The goon shouted. He dropped to the floor and breathed heavily, clearly exhausted from running to deliver the news. Jekyll turned to shout at the goon. "Send Shen and Mis Amanda to Prime City!" Jekyll shouted. "They're on their way captain" The goon answered. "What about Hyde?" Jekyll asked. "He's sleeping sir! The guards are too scared to wake him up!" The guard answered. "You're all useless Damn it!" Jekyll shouted and rushed out of the room, with the guard following him. Luckily, they forgot to lock Terry's cell, leaving it wide open.

"Come on, Roze! It's time to kick some ass!" Lance said with an evil look on his face, as his group departed and started moving towards the place of the Garuda Brothers in order to take them down. Lance could not actually understand deep inside him how he got himself into that situation. That was a conflict between brothers... He had no room to enter in it. However, on the other side, as long as that conflict had to do with his own interests, he had no other option but to enter, something that he did.

"The rebels are coming! Use everything you have!" the goons were saying, as Lance and the others were about to attack. Lance looked at them with an evil face. Roze swiftly started flying upwards and Lance pointed with both swords towards them. Without wasting a single second, the man started stabbing the air, creating air bullets which were raining down on the goons. Many goons screamed in pain as the air bullets were shot through their bodies. Some bullets were hitting the heads of a few goons and some others vital body parts like their hearts. A few of them were lucky enough to get hit only at body parts of no importance and some others were so wicked to the point that they shielded themselves with the corpses of their fellow comrades. Nonetheless, one thing was going on. Lance was attacking them from above and looked down on them, while saying "Eagle Rain...". Lance was going all-out from the start. The faster he defeated the brothers, the faster he could get some information about Victor.

Terry sighed in relief, he didnt like being hit too much, it made it harder for him to supress the inner rage he had. He then saw the cell wide open for him, in their haste the pirates must have forgotten to lock him up. Terry then trudged to the front of the cell and walked out, he saw a storage room nearby and realised that is where they must have kept confiscated equipment. And sure enough, his chainsword was there, along with his gloves and his trenchcoat. He looked through his trenchcoat and found his notebook inside. Terry sighed with relief as he got up. When he turned around, he saw the girl again, it was his dead wife. He smiled as he walked through her "Sorry .... im so sorry.... but i cant meet you yet...... it seems , there is a evil man here...... i need to repent....." The girl simply smiled as tears fell "I love you...." She dissappeared as Terry walked out, he knew what he needed to do.

With the attack begun Montgomery smiled and followed the other people in his group at his own leisure. he followed along behind the rest slowly but quick enough to keep up with them. He whistled as he followed them and watched as a team of goons got in their way. Looking at the goons and Lance attack the goons Montgomery grinned as some goons came at him. Looking at Kim Montgomery smiled and as the goons charged at him he ducked down swinging his cane quickly at their ankles. As the 1st goon tripped and hit the ground he spun around and gripped the tip of his cane and stabbed it down into the back of the goon's neck hard.

The next few ran at him as he saw in the reflection of his monocle, looking at him he raised his cane and linked his right arm over it as his cane reached behind his neck and behind the goon's neck he wrapped his left around the front of the goon's neck and then around the other end of his cane and squeezed the goons neck as he began pulling his arm and cane closer together.

The goon passed out and Montgomery dropped him to the ground before turning around and seeing another goon charging at him with a sword drawn Montgomery noticed the sword thrusting towards his torso and instead of cowardly fleeing he went towards it and used his cane to push the sword up and circled it. On the way down he brought the tip back up quickly to hit the goon in the chain and as he was smacked in the chin he bit the tip of his tongue off and felt a strong kick to the chest which Montgomery had delivered. Seeing another goon coming for him Montgomery spun around building up momentum and as the goon got closer he smacked the goon around the face as hard as he could manage knocking him towards Kim.

"Kim watch out for the incoming goon."

As the attack unfolded, the units of goons were no match for the attacking forces, who slowly penetrated their defenses and closed in on their destinations. With Lance showering the goons with attacks form above, killing them by the dozens, and Montgomery taking down those who got too close to his liking, Group C was doing great. 6 goons were incapacitated by a giant ball of spider web that Kim shot at them, cocooning them all in a large mass of sticky threads. Another platoon of goons was almost frozen in place as they were hit by a purple beam fired at them from Al's finger, before they were shot dead by two accurate shotgun blasts. Al kept a cold expression throughout the fight, he knew very well that this was only the beginning.

"Group C! Storm forward! Through the gates to Prime Palace!" Kim shouted over the sounds of battle as he punched another goon, sending him to the ground with ease. "No turning back!". Then, large buckets of boiling oil were raised over the walls of the palace. The buckets were carried by many goons, and were large enough to flood the entire group with the dangerous liquid. Al noticed the shadow of the buckets hiding the entire group, before looking up and spotting them. It seemed to late, and the boiling ooze started pouring down from the top of the high wall, but Al raised his hands up and a concentrated purple light started gathering between them. "Noro Noro Super Blast!" Al shouted, before firing a wide beam of purple noroma particles at the ooze. The beam was huge, easily hitting all buckets and the goons who carried them, slowing them all down to a halt. As the shocked members of Group C looked up, Al opened his mouth. "It'll only hold them for 30 seconds! Rush into the palace yard!" He shouted, pointing at the gates of the wall.

"Hell yeah!" Jon shouted and slashed with his buster sword, slashing the wall's gate open. Behind the door, something worse than goons awaited the forces. Surprisingly, the Garuda brothers used the palace yard for something special: It was Hyde's gator farm. The yard was filled with human-sized Bananawani's still young but dangerous. The green monsters noticed the intruders and rushed forward, aiming to devour any invader who wasn't ready to defend himself.

Inside the palace, Jekyll rushed through the corridors with a frown on his face. He wasn't happy about this at all. Not only were those intruders ruining his island, but they were also going to take away his beauty sleep, and Jekyll got really angry without his beauty sleep. "Get out of my face and get out!" He shouted at a bunch of goons who stood int he corridor, slapping one of them to the ground. The goons nodded in fear and rushed out. After a minute of walking, Jekyll stopped in front of a large wooden door. Her knocked on it, and a powerful grunt rose from the other end. "Whoever did this is dead!" Hyde shouted from the other end of the door, storming out of his king-sized bed and opening the door with a violent swing. "Get up you idiot, we're under attack" Jekyll said before turning around and leaving Hyde on his own.

Terry heard commotion from outside, he stood in ready as soon as he reached a corridor which seemed like was heading to the entrance of this place somehow. Terry then looked out of a corner and saw Hyde with his back to him. It seemed the other guy was pissed off about something and had left Hyde by himself. Terry walked out with his chainsword and dashed towards Hyde, he was looking to behead this guy before he could even turn around.

(( Just to let you guys know, I'm putting this thread on hold until Max comes back, so please be patient. I'm not giving up on the crew, we're just taking a short break))

"Hell yeah!" Lance shouted and laughed madly as he looked at the goons bleed and getting cut after they were attacked by him with his Eagle Rain technique. "This is what you deserve, you filthy bastards!" Lance commented before he stopped at the moment he realized that all of the goons he had just attacked were taken down. He had done an amazing job against those goons once again... Although nobody had yet to admit it, the job he did during the attack against the Garuda brothers was one of great importance.

Seeing the group storming forward, Lance understood that it was about time for himself to storm forward, as well. He sheathed his swords back at their sheaths and he grabbed Roze's head. He moved his head towards Roze's ear and he spoke to his pet "Okay, Roze. Let's go!". Seconds afterwards, the eagle did what Lance said. It opened its wings widely and it started flying forward with great speed, reaching the rest of the group.

While approaching, Roze took a shocked face. Apparently, the eagle's great vision allowed it to see things from great distance and what it saw was something terrifying. The group with the powerful combatants, who were rebelling in order to take down the Garuda brothers, was approaching a place with some terrifying creatures. They were rushing into a garden of Bananawanis, big sized alligators with great strength. Those were some powerful creatures and one thing was for certain. The group would have to give its best in order to ensure victory against those creatures.

"Why are you stopping, Roze?" Lance said with a surprised face as he could not understand why his pet would stop moving. However, he focused his vision and he also caught a glimpse of the creatures. "I see..." Lance continued. "You are afraid of the Bananawanis. There is no need to worry, Roze. We are taking down each single one of them! Storm forward, my friend! We will show them what we are capable of doing together, before finding the necessary information to slay Victor once and for all!" Lance continued and finished as both him and Roze started moving towards the garden of the Bananawanis.

One minute later, the two of them had reached the garden. Lance smirked and he unsheathed both his swords. He placed them horizontally and he said "Eagle Sweep!" as he moved towards a Bananawani with Roze's help and sliced it during his sweep, causing a big wound on its body and making it fall down, unconscious due to the damage it received. Lance was about to go all-out against the terrifying creatures.

Seeing the buckets of oil getting poured down over the edge Montgomery gulped then the next thing he saw was a wide brightly coloured beam cover them and the men and buckets slowed right down. All of it was barely moving. Montgomery wasn't quite sure what had just happened but guessed it was something to do with a devil fruit and heard Al the man with the Gibus call out to run inside. Montgomery followed this order and happily charged inside the palace. Even though it was filled with gators it was better than getting oil over his nice attire.

As he arrive on the other side after crossing the threshold Montgomery twirled his cane in his hands as he came face to face with one of the many gators and he grinned. He hadn't quite expected to come face to face with one. With his cane spinning in his hand and a gator looking down his nose at him, he simply felt it was time for him to scare the creature off, if it was possible. With cane in hand Montgomery swing it downwards at the gator's mouth as hard as he could manage in an attempt to ward the foul gator off.

"Don't let them in the yard! After them!" A goon shouted behind the group and triggered a chase. As dozens of goons rushed after the group, Al spread the fingers of his right hand and began counting, looking back nervously. '5...4...4...2...1...' He thought as he bent each finger respectively. As his countdown reached zero, the boiling oil drums that were until now suspended in midair began falling, blocking the entrance to the yard and showering the goons with boiling oil. Al flashed a malicious grin as screams of pain rose from the other side of the gate, the group was now isolated.

But Al's grin couldn't last for long, as the yard itself was one big deathtrap. Dozens of Bananawanis swarmed the yard, all of them bloodthirsty and dangerous. Fortunately, Al's group was more than capable of dealing with this unexpected threat. With Lance taking out one of the alligators, Montgomery keeping another at bay, Jon Boulder and his gang storming at the monsters and Kim trapping a pair of the alligators against a wall with his webs, all Al had to do was blast a Bananawani that stormed at him with one of his purple rays to freeze his attack.

[Meanwhile, in the palace]

Hyde didn't notice Terry sneaking behind him, but he wasn't alone. As Terry's blade approached Hyde's throat, a dense ball of what seemed to be pitch black ink was shot at the blade, stopping it in its tracks. "Attacking from behind is a pretty dirty act don't you think" A voice called from above as a what appeared to be a humanoid monster with tentacles attached to where his hair should be dropped down form the floor above. It was Shen, Hyde's second in command, who was also a squid fishman and even uglier than Hyde himself.

"Would you look at that!" Hyde shouted, his metallic teeth flashing. "That idiot brother of mine can't even keep his prisoners at bay" Hyde said. "Who're you calling an idiot you idiot?!" Jekyll shouted from a flight of stairs, coming down with an attractive red haired woman armed with a pair of swords, His own second in command Amanda. "You you idiot, only an idiot can let his prisoner loose in the palace!" Hyde shouted, showering the surrounding with spit, but as he did, a cry of a slain Bananawani was heard from outside. "MY BABIES!" Hyde shouted, looking outside a window with an angry look. To his horror, his precious Bananawanis were being attacked by the intruders. "Those bastards! I'll spare none of them! Come Shen!" Hyde shouted as he punched the wall, creating a hole in the second floor. Shen followed silently, obeying his superior. "Go with them Mis Amanda, make sure the idiot doesn't destroy my palace" Jekyll ordered his beautiful first mate. "I'll stay here and fix my mistake..." Jekyll said, eyeing Terry with a taunting glare.

[Back Outside]

"MY BABIESSSSSS!" A shout was heard as the wall of the second floor exploded, showering the yard with debris. Outside of the hole, a gigantic figure appeared, wearing a full battle armor. Hyde dropped down to the ground, with his fishman assistant dropping right next to him. Finally seeing one of his brothers, Al's expression changed to that of rage. "It's about time one of you showed up" Al said, raising his shotgun and aiming it at Hyde. "You dare aim a weapon at ME?! And hurt my precious babies?! I'll devour you you bastard!" Hyde shouted, making Al grin after hearing the literal insult. He produced a beasty roar, making the Bananawanis raise their heads. apparently, he could communicate with them.

The Bananawanis entered a frenzy after hearing Hyde's roar, attacking with more strength and ferocity than before. The two alligators Kim incapacitated freed themselves with brute force and were now storming towards him. The one Al stopped was now storming Jon, and the one Montgomery was fighting joined him. Hyde then stormed towards Al who taunted him, not even fearing his shotgun. Shen and Amanda, who dropped down as well, joined the fray. Amanda rushed towards Lance and drew her pair of short swords, attempting a swift slash to quickly incapacitate him. Shen approached Montgomery, the only person who wasn't already fighting. He snapped his head back before shooting another ball of condensed ink out of his mouth, aiming to blow Montgomery away.