Serious; The Dusk Pirates; Chapter 10; The legendary tower of Vavel (Open to the Dusk Pirates)

(Inside the tunnels)

Jason vs Wally

"I am not worthy of that bounty, Wally and you know that very well!" Jason's voice was heard. "I am a much, much greater threat! I am worthy of greater things... That is why I decided to abandon you and make my own way to power. You are nothing more than an insane dream seeker. I am the kind of person who clings more to realism. And you know what? I know that my anti-gravity powers are far more superior to your gravity powers!!! RAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Jason gave a speech to Wally. However, something strange happened. The body of Jason would not move at all. It was as if he was frozen and that he was unable to do anything at all. The attack struck him and Jason was sent several meters away with both arms absolutely broken. What was going on?

Quatrum (With Sabres)

Meanwhile, Quatrum was looking at Sabres with an annoyed expression. "How dare you?!" he said and he clenched his fist. Then, he run towards Sabres and he punched him in the face. However, the punch did not do anything at all. It was the kind of punch that somebody would give to a friend of theirs, the kind of punch that a friend would give to another friend. "And you know what?! Your face looks like shit, as well!" Quatrum commented.

Maha (With Suigo and Richard)

At the same time, Maha lands on the ground, some seconds after Suigo and Richard. He stretched his head and his arms and he yawned. "So... This place looks a lot like a labyrinth..." Maha said and he walked a few steps. "It looks like many tunnels were formed... What happened here all of a sudden? Could it be an earthquake?" he questioned Suigo and Richard, without expecting an answer, though. And so the noble pirate kept moving with the two men.

Unknown (With Maes)

Also, at Maes' direction... The mysterious man who had approached everybody was now near Maes and he was having a conversation with him. Apparently, the mysterious guy was offering some assistance to Maes. Of course, this could be a lie that would force Maes to fall in a trap, but he could not know at all. However, nobody could understand what his intentions were... "This is the funny part of the story." he said and he started walking towards Maes. He suddenly disappeared, though, and he reappeared behind Maes in the blink of an eye, as if he teleported. "You don't." he answered.

Wally
"You talk too much, this time we are not on Crystal Red island, you don't have a field advantage !!" Wally says, while punching the man against the pillar, and then, he follows the blow with a left darkness-powered giant-sized punch, punching through the falling pillar of stone and soil. "What's the matter, is that all you got ?!" He adds.

Sabres
"What ? I look like shit ?! Well, you look like vomit !! " Sabres gives back a punch aiming at Quatrum's face, only that his punch was nowhere what you'd call a friendly punch, it was more of a "I'm going to smash your skull" kind of blow. Powerful enough to send the guy flying and crushing on the wall.

Suigo
"Richard .. you was on the island for a while now, right ? This place didn't exist before, I presume." He nods at them both, and walks towards one of the tunnels, the one that seems to do underground, even more deeply inside this hole. "Let's go that way, better remain together, the enemies are unknown."


((OOC: You have a plan about Jason, don't you ? lol))

(Inside the tunnels)

Jason vs Wally

"How pathetic!" the voice of Jason was suddenly heard from away, after Wally performed his second attack. "You thought that my power level would stay to that of the battle of Red Crystal Island?!" Jason's voice was heard again and Jason appeared many meters behind Wally, flying on the sky. "Surprised, are you not?" Jason questioned and he started laughing like a maniac while many replicas of Jason came out of the soil. "I have added many new tricks to my arsenal..." he explained.

Quatrum (With Sabres

Meanwhile, Quatrum was attacked by Sabres. The officer of the Black Cross Pirates performed a punch at the vice commander's face, resulting in him being sent many, many meters away and blowing some walls. Quatrum passed through the walls and the walls broke. That was an attack that would kill most people... However, something strange happened. Quatrum did not seem to be damaged at all. Instead, he seemed to be better than before... Much, much better than before. What was going on?!

(OOC: Indeed I do, XD)

Wally
"Good, I'd hate it if you was to die that easily .." Wally twists his hand, turning his head towards "Jason", before a wave of darkness, that appeared seemingly from out of nowhere comes as a blade and chops "him" off in two pieces. "You will not enjoy what I've done here before you arrived .. wee-hahaha !" he adds, grinning.

Jason vs Wally

"Well, well... What did you expect, Wally? I am a great pirate... I should be having my trump cards... The ship of mine which I threw in here is nearby... Inside the ship I had some replicas of myself, which I am using in battles to deceive my enemies... Isn't that interesting?" Jason said and his laughter was heard all loud. That guy was as insane and as sly as Wally was, for sure. Now, a battle between them would be something more than interesting... Very, very interesting.

Wally
"Great as you might be, there's only room for one Pirate King .. and it's not going to be you ! Wee-hahaha !!" Wally raises his arm up, with the index and middle finger pointing upwards. "Yami Yaba; Matsuri !!" From everywhere, sharp edges made of darkness suddenly erupt from the ground, all over the area, stabbing replicas of Jason being in the vicinity. Come to think of it, there's a line of darkness behind Wally's back, and he had that when he first attacked Jason up in the skies. All that time, after the area sunk down, he let darkness loose all over the place, there's darkness covering the ground in a considerable radius around where they fight now. "I was busy as you can see .. forming a battleground that greatly empowers me !! Wee-hahaha !!"

Sabres
Thinking that his punch alone was enough to destroy that weirdo, Sabres yawns and turns his back, beginning to walk away. He didn't saw what happened to Quatrum, as that punch send him seriously far away.

(Inside the tunnels)

???

"Things are becoming very interesting!" a very loud voice was heard and it was no other than the voice of Wormus, the 3rd Captain of the Unknown Pirates, who was leading the operation at Unknown Island. "Gentlemen... and ladies, of course, I welcome you to my little game. To those who do not know me, I am Wormus Gingerback, the 3rd captain of the Unknown Pirates, a formidable New World pirate with a bounty of 650,000,000 beri. By this time, I have already reached the tower of Vavel... During the few seconds that the ground was sinking, I dug my way to the tower. However, during that time I also created some tunnels that are leading to a corner and some other tunnels that are leading to some far more dangerous places... The first three people who reach me will get the chance to move with me at the top of the tower to see my plan going on... So from now, on the contest has begun and it is up to you to emerge victorious...". Those were the first words of Wormus to the people who were inside the tunnels. Then, a few seconds later, his voice was heard again "And if you are wondering how you can hear me, I placed some Den Den Mushis on my way...". Wormus had started his very own game of sick entertainment! Who would be the three people to reach him and climb at the top of the tower?

Jason vs Wally

"Wormus has already reached the tower, Wally..." Jason said and he started laughing. "I am sorry about this, but I have a job to do... We can settle this elsewhere... We can settle this at the top of the tower... " Jason said to Wally and all his replicas fell on the ground as he deactivated his powers. "I will be waiting at the top of the tower!" Jason completed and before Wally could do anything, Jason used his sword to cut the ground and started moving deeply inside the island.

Quatrum (with Sabres)

"Where are ya goin' you shitty-faced bastard?!" Quatrum said and he started running with great speed towards Sabres, right after Wormus finished his speech. He had a crazy expression on his face, the expression of a crazy guy. He was quite similar to Wako of the Dusk Pirates. "HA!" he said and he jumped in front of Sabres' way, blocking him. "You need meh..." he said.

Cargoan and Deeran

At the same time, Cargoan and Deeran were moving deeply inside the island. Wormus was standing near the tower and so they would have to reach him quickly to be the ones who would come with him at the top of the tower. However, they seemed to be having an argument...
"Move! Move! Move!" Deeran said, while riding the back of his pet deer.
"I am not interested in winning the game..." Cargoan, who was walking instead of running as expected, replied and he started yawning.
"Huh?" Deeran said and he stopped riding Meer. He jumped down from his beloved pet and he asked Cargoan "Why?".
"It is simple... If I get to the top of the tower, I won't get the chance to fight the majority of the Dusk Pirates and the Black Cross Pirates... Even if three of them reach the tower, there will be plenty of enemies for me to have their butts kicked. Now that I think about it, I will take a nap..." Cargoan replied and he lied on the ground.
"Hey! You are not alone here, you bastard! Meer wants to see the top of the tower, so you will move your ass!!!" Deeran yelled at Cargoan but he did not seem to have listened to him. "Hey... Are you listening to me?" Deeran asked.
"Hrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...." Cargoan said. He was apparently snoring.

Orianna

"The boss has already reached the tower?" Orianna said, while walking inside one of the tunnels, all alone. "This is interesting..." she said and she scratched her head, with grace, as always. "I am wondering if I should call THEM to search the place and help me find the tower..." she thought while scratching her head. What was Orianna thinking? What was she planning to do?

Sogun

At another place inside the tunnel, Sogun was walking by himself. With his sword unsheathed, he was cutting down anything that was blocking his path in order to reach Wormus and have the chance to climb at the top of the tower along with him, so that he could see his plan taking place. Sogun was very devoted to Wormus, after all, and he always behaved as if he was the bodyguard of the pirate captain. "I am coming, boss..." he said after he cut down one more underground wall.

Maximillion (With Ellen and Manta on his back)

Maximillion listened carefully to the words of Wormus. He did not want to miss a single word from his speech... He wanted to see what his enemy was thinking and how he could outsmart him. In a direct battle, Maximillion had little chances against Wormus. Even if Maximillion's skill was considerably greater than the skill of Wormus, the ability that he had was causing real trouble to Maximillion. As a result, the captain of the Dusk Pirates had to find a way to deal with it... "Wormus... What can I do to get rid of that ability of yours?" Maximillion mumbled while walking in one of the tunnels. "Hm...".

Maha (With Suigo and Richard)

"Hm???" he said and he stopped while Wormus finished his speech. "That guy is the boss of the enemies? This is going to be much funnier than I thought... I have heard about that guy..." Maha continued saying to Suigo and Richard, while they were walking. "He is a real monster, from what I heard... The ways that caused him to have this great bounty are actually insane... Suigo-sama, you probably know that better, though... Am I right?"

(OOC to Shad0w: if you want to discuss the way the bounty was earned with Suigo, you can check his template at the Unknown Pirates' template at the NPCs list)

Unknown (With Maes)

After Wormus finished his speech, the mysterious man talked to Maes once again. "What do you say now... Will you help me?" he questioned him. Now, the game of Wormus could give Maes one more motive to follow the mysterious man.

Wally
"How annoying .." Wally says, and collects all the darkness he had all over the place into his fist, forming a fist that is just 2-3 times larger than his normal hand. "I guess Ima just have to destroy this place then .." From high above, an enormous explosion is seen to the direction Wally is.

Sabres
Sabres grins sadistically when Quatrum jumps in frond of him. He cracks his knuckles, and sticks his tongue out. "That's nice .. would suck if you was down with a single punch .. !!" He makes a sudden move, and strikes Quatrum with his elbow, with enough power to sent him crushing into the walls, breaking one after the other.

Suigo
"Yeah .. one of the most infamous in those seas .. rumors says that his opponents can't even move in fear of his power .. sounds fishy." Suigo says, seemingly not caring that much, despite just mentioning all those things.

(INSIDE THE TUNNELS)

Quatrum (With Sabres)

While Wally was busy with destroying the tunnels in which he was in, Quatrum received another punch from Sabres that sent him flying several meters backwards and caused him to destroy many of the walls that were made of soil. "ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ARGH! ARGH!" Quatrum shouted while he was being sent away and in the end he crushed on one of the walls. He was feeling a little bit dizzy because he traveled a great distance in a very short time but other than that, he seemed to be perfectly fine. "Wow, wow, wow!" he said. "What have I done to you to punch me?" he shouted at Sabres and his question was echoed through the tunnels around, making his presence known.

Maha (With Suigo and Richard)

Meanwhile, Maha was walking along with Suigo and Richard inside the tunnels, while discussing about Wormus' powers. Suigo knew some things about Wormus, but from what Maha realized he did not seem to know that much... And if Suigo did not know that much, then that guy was much more dangerous... However, while they were walking they were about to have an unexpected encounter. The three of them would stop while the armor of a swordsman would appear in front of them. He wore a helmet on his head and he was dressed like a samurai. He carried swords with him and his face could not be seen at all. And that guy was none other than Sogun, the 13th Division Commander of the Unknown Pirates. "Hmph?" he said and he turned his head, looking at the three members of the Black Cross Pirates. The encounter of the swordsmen had just taken place!

Sabres
Sabres has already dashed with a jump, towards Quatrum, aiming another punch. "Because you have a backbone !!" He strikes him down again, sending him smashing the wall he had crashed moments ago.

Suigo
Suigo puts his hand in frond of Richard and Maha, stopping them in their tracks, as he spotted the newcomer faster than the rest. "A strong one blocks the passage .." he said, unsheathing his sword with his other hand, and taking a deep breath of his cigar, which he lighted a minute ago, while he was talking about Wormus.

Quatrum vs Sabres

"ARGH! ENOUGH!" Quatrum said with an angry look on his face and he dashed towards Sabres with an angry look on his face. After being hit so many times, the rage of the vice commander of the 11th Division of the Unknown Pirates was unleashed and he was about to perform a serious attack. He clenched his fist while he was dashing towards Sabres and he yelled "Crack Punch!" while he was about to punch Sabres at the chest. What was Quatrum planning?

Maha (With Suigo, Richard and Sogun)

"It seems that I found an interesting guy..." Sogun said while place his hand at the handle of his sword. "You know, at the start I believed that this mission would be very boring as the Dusk Pirates do not have a capable swordsman at all... However, after listening to you while marching through the tunnels, I realized that this is going to be very, very fun... Am I right... Hanashi Suigo?" Sogun spoke to Suigo, ignoring everybody else and he unsheathed his sword. "I waited for long to take on a swordsman of your caliber." he finished his speech.

"Bad News...." Richard said as he slowly took a stance, who was this guy?

Many thoughts began to roam through Richard's mind he stared at the man's lips as he was talking to Suigo. This man was a swordsman, Richard could handle him however there was no promises that he would come out in-tact....or alive.

"Shall I?" Richard asked as he stared at Suigo.

Quincy awoke from being knocked out by that liquid beam he was hit earlier. He had missed a lot of the battle particularly the battle between wormus and Wally and being sucked underground in a maze "What the hell happened?! One minute I'm in battle next thing you know I don't know what happened to me. Its like waking up during a hangover in bed full of okamas while trying to back track how did u get there. Quincy sniffed the area trying to find a scent. He picked up one but it was very faint and weak due to being underground. Quincy didn't know who it was. He just hoped it was max.

Maes looked squinted at the unknown guy. He severely hated the fact that he would have to team up with a stranger... especially someone that could be able to trick him in any moment. At least, Maes could trust his own fighting skills to defend himself.

"I will go with you." -Maes declared. -"But that doesn't mean I trust you."

Maes's eyes were glowing with rage of the situation. He quickly built up a plan in his mind... In any case of attack or trap, he would turn into his hydra form and kill this guy just using his poisonous breath. In such a small space, the man wouldn't be able to escape.

"Remember... the same way that you are not someone that is known to be trusted or not... I cannot be trusted or not trusted either. You do not know who I am, you have no idea how I fight, you have no knowledge of me."- Maes smiled for his insides.

Sabres
"You are too slow !!" Sabres, despite being a massive man of three times a regular person's height, easily moves to the side while still maintaining momentum towards Quatrum, and has his fist connect to Quatrum's face head on. "How about this ?!!" He punches him right on the face and sends him smashing into more walls. He notices that the man, despite getting punched several times, is actually without a single wound. "You are really durable .. way too much actually. You're a fruit user ?"

Suigo
"I don't know you .. but you are strong. I can sense your aura radiating .. no, Mr. Richard, you and Maha go back a bit, and take a turn to the other tunnel .. this guy's strong. And we shouldn't waste time." Suigo takes a stance that resembles fencing. He then slowly looks up at his opponent, before he moves the sword forward fast, sending a thrusting energy wave at Sogun.

"Aye!" Richard says as he turns back, he then quickly begins to dash towards another tunnel which was located on the left.

"Oi, Maha-Kun you heard the man let's go!" Ricard yells towards Maha with a grin on his face. Quickly taking a left he begins to make his way foward through the current tunnel.

This was a maze of mystery.

Sogun vs Suigo (With Maha)

While Richard would listen to Suigo's orders and run to another place, Maha decided to do something else. He decided to stay at the place he was and look at the battle of his superior officer against the 13th division commander of the Unknown Pirates. As both of them were swordsmen, Maha could see some new techniques to use with his very own sword. "Can I stay over here, Suigo-sama? I want to see you in a battle..." Maha said to Suigo while he was about to take on Sogun and launched his energy wave.

"This battle is not for kids like you!" Sogun said and he cut the air swiftly, launching an air blade towards Suigo's air blade. The two air blades collided with each other and in the end they were destroyed with nobody getting harmed at all. The battle had just started and it looked like it was going to be very intense. The two greatest swordsmen in the island were about to battle.

"Impressive." Maha said after the air blades collided.

Sabres vs Quatrum

"No, I am not using a fruit that is increasing my durability if that's what ya mean, dawg!" Quatrum said to Sabres after he questioned him if his durability came from a fruit. "It's just that my division is a very durable division... I am Quatrum of the 11th Division... The Vice Commander that is well-known around the red line... Quatrum the Mime." Quatrum said and he rushed towards Sabres in an attempt to punch him with a powerful punch in the face.

Unknown (With Maes)

"Indeed..." the mysterious man said and he started walking along with Maes of the Black Cross Pirates. What was the mysterious man planning and after all... What was his true identity? So many questions were being formed around the man's face... Would they ever be answered soon?

Orianna

Orianna was walking for quite a while. After Wormus announced his intention about making his dear plan a game between the opposing forces of the island, she was walking in a hurry to be one of the people to reach the tower first and climb the tower along with him. And while she was walking, she was about to have an unexpected encounter... She ended up in front of a man who was lying down and that was none other than Quincy of the Dusk Pirates... At what would that encounter result?

The underground world wasn't unusual for Frank, who spent most of his dead years crawling in self-made tunnels and scaring people's pants off, but this tunnel irritated him. Not only was it not one of his own creations, it was also created by someone who strangely managed to scare Frank. He'll never admit it, of course, but Wormus managed to scare him, a zombie with practically nothing to fear from, and it irritated Frank to no end. He wanted to find Wormus and get rid of him for good, to eliminate the thing that was messing with his courage, but he had one problem: He had no idea where Wormus was.

He looked around him, and saw no one, neither Dusk Pirates nor annoying henchmen, but he could hear voices echoing through the tunnels. He then extended his right arm, before pummeling his fist straight into the wall beside him, making the region of the tunnel he was in to shake and the wall to crack. "I'M TIRED OF YOUR GAMES!" He screamed, his voice echoing through the cavern like a flock of bats, booming from every wall. "SOMEONE BETTER GET HERE RIGHT NOW, OR I'M GONNA START PUNCHING WALLS INSTEAD OF FACES!" He shouted, punching the wall again to emphasize his point.

Wako walked over to the ground after glomping Lappy, he had no intentions of staying with him for too long.. after all he had some sells to do and some people to defeat. He looked at Lappy, since he would need some very important things before he would leave to embark on his journey. His face turned serious for a moment, his voice narrowed down to an almost ominous tone.

"Sir Lappy, I need some toilet paper.. and something to drink (Serious moment ended) Preferably something sweet! The toilet paper is in case I have to go to the bathroom, you never know when you have to go."

Wako made sure all of his weapons were in his pants.. it seemed like everything was in order. Everything but his shoes, they seemed to have broken. Wako simply took some metal and shoes he found around the ship and build himself a new pair of shoes, exactly the same looking as the old ones and with hidden blades made of metal he found around the ship. Wako waited for Lappy to bring him something to drink so he could leave the place. Wako was already putting his acid pills ready so he could make a hole straight underground. He saw a giant hole on the island and decided he had better join the action as well.

Lappy (With Wako - At Colonel Royale)

Lappy listened carefully at Wako and looked at him with an awkward look on his face. The lapahn started laughing afterwards and rolled down on the ground. That clown, surprisingly enough, was making him laugh out loud from his heart... As soon as Lappy was done, he got up. He nodded his head and he started running inside the ship. At first, he had no idea about where he would find something for Wako to drink. However, he remembered something. Maximillion was always keeping a glass of whiskey in the meeting room, so that he would offer it to his allies whenever they would discuss a plan for the future. As soon as he remembered that, the lapahn started rushing towards the meeting room. While he was rushing, he felt his heart beating. This was the first time that the situation was so intense for the Dusk Pirates and he was glad that he could offer some assistance. Of course, nothing was done yet. He could obviously assist and later on... But for now, he had to be as fast as he could and get the drink to Wako, so that he would become the serious Wako, the guy who is fighting like a boss. For a minute, the lapahn was running and running... He quickly got in the room and he started searching for the whiskey. He searched carefully, he looked at all the places and in the end he found it right next to his captain's sit. It looked like that bastard was hiding some for himself. That was the reason he was going there often, even if he did not have a real job to do. Right after he found it, the oversized rabbit grabbed it and he got out of the meeting room. Again, he started running and running and in little to no time, he found himself at the deck, standing in front of Wako. The tongue of the lapahn was out of his mouth because he was very tired, while his head was about to explode because he thought that he forgot something... Oh shit. The toilet paper.

(INSIDE THE TUNNELS)

Wormus

While the Dusk Pirates, the Black Cross Pirates and the Unknown Pirates were searching for Wormus and the tower, Wormus was making some new preparations... The 3rd Captain of the Unknown Pirates was smiling as he knew that the tunnels were in a war state and that most people of his crew were fighting somebody from the opposing force. The place was a site of war, the site that Wormus enjoyed seeing the most... However, even if that was good for him enough to like it, Wormus could see a flaw in this thing. The Dusk Pirates and the Black Cross Pirates were much more than the Unknown Pirates. Currently, the only people from the Unknown Pirates who were unleashed were none other than Jason, Cargoan, Deeran, Sogun, Orianna and Quatrum... He needed some more people to start the battle, not the regular goons, but some others who would be capable enough to hold the weaker members of the opposing forces. As a result, Wormus grabbed his Den Den Mushi. He started walking randomly around the place, while also waiting for somebody to appear. He was about to speak to somebody...

(At the wrecks of Wormus' ship after Jason threw it in the pit - Inside the pit)

"Hm? Wormus-sama, is that you?" a man questioned the 3rd captain of the Unknown Pirates who just called him. His face was shadowed, but it was obvious that he wore a hat on his head.
"Indeed..." Wormus said.
"I thought that we would not do anything at all in this mission." the man said to Wormus.
"I changed my mind... The opposing forces are outnumbering us, so I might need the assistance of you two..." Wormus said to the man.
"Our assistance? Hey! I thought we would be on break on this mission!" a female voice could be barely heard by Wormus. She was at a distance from the man who was speaking and so her voice could not be heard very well via the Den Den Mushi, unless she approached the man who was speaking with Wormus. Her face was shadowed, just like the face of the mysterious man.
"Yes... I need the two of you, Freya... And if you keep complaining I will punish you right away at the end of the mission." Wormus said to the woman.
"THAT'S UNFAIR! Whatever..." she said.
"Roger that, boss." the man said and the communication was shut off. Who were these two mysterious people that Wormus was calling to the battlefield?

Deeran

Deeran was moving by himself, as Cargoan decided to take a nap. He was riding his dear pet, Meer and they were moving all alone. While they were moving, Deeran was petting his pet. He had moved his right hand at the forehead of his dear pet and he was petting it slowly, more and more. It was pretty obvious that he was loving his pet. "Oh my dear, Meer... I don't know what I would do if I didn't have you... That bastard Cargoan took a nap and let me alone. I am glad I have you with me." he said while they were marching. "Anyway... What should we do? Should we destroy as many tunnels as we can, or should we just keep walking?" he questioned his pet afterwards and his pet smiled with a peaceful smile. "I see... We are not doing anything..." he said and the two of them kept walking.

This guy... Even if he did not really have any superhuman abilities, he looked like a very dangerous person... And what brought more questions was the fact that he was the 12th Division Commander of the Unknown Pirates. How could a guy like him have such a high rank while physically he looked like he was one of the weakest people in the crew? Deeran was indeed one of the most mysterious people in the Unknown Pirates. He was an obvious threat for everybody... However, he was also a threat that nobody could see coming as nobody knew what his abilities actually were.

At Frank's direction

While Frank was walking by himself, a strange sound was heard. It looked like somebody was snoring at the path in front of him... At a distance of around 50 meters, a figure could be seen lying down on the ground. Of course, as everybody was inside the tunnels, it was very difficult for them to see. However, if Frank followed his instinct for battle, he could understand who that guy was...

"Hmmmmmm... That was a good nap..." the guy said and got up. His voice was heard but he could not be completely seen. Only his figure was visible. He got up and he stretched himself. "Crack! Crack! Crack!" was heard from his bones. "I was waiting for you..." he said afterwards and he stepped a few meters forward. His face was finally revealed. He was none other than Cargoan, himself. The third round of the match between Cargoan and Frank would probably begin very soon!

Wako got himself ready for the second worst kind of attack, the thirsty kind. Lappy was kind enough to bring Wako a nice bottle of.. weird smelling water? But it was something none the less. He almost cried when Lappy forgot the most important item on his 'must have' list.. the toilet paper. In a battlefield there it is always important to be prepared for the unexpected.. and Wako thought that the saying meant 'bring toilet paper into battle in case diarrhea hits'. Wako had to manage without the bandages though, and made sure to keep the bottle of 'Super Rum's Delight' in his pants. Wako nodded at Lappy and jumped out of the ship in an epic manner, only to land on his face on the way down. He got up, shaking off the dirt that was on his hair.

"Alright.. that never happened, we must move onwards to rescue our comrades!! YEAH!" Wako then looked around, realizing he had no idea where to start looking other then it being underground.. its not like a random hole would just put him right in the middle of the fighting. He looked at Lappy's big fluffy ears. "Lappy do you hear anything underground with your ears? We're going to enter right in the middle of an opponent!! I'll show them how to fight for real without the need of getting drunk, because I am that awesome!" Wako turned around and tripped on a rock, falling on his face again. Sober Wako had little to no skills physically or mentally on this state, it was painfully obvious.. but his pride is more then quadruple of drunk Wako to compensate (not helping in battle what-so-ever and compensates for nothing).

Maes kept walking through the tunnels with the man by his side. The mythical zoan user had no idea what he was doing at the moment, he didn't even have a destinition and he had no way of communicating with his crewmates. What could it be that awaited for the two men that walked side to side?

He used the time to reflect about what could be done about the situation. It was obvious that he had to stick with this man for the moment and that it wouldn't be wise to attack him right away. Maes looked at the man and quickly turned away, he didnt trust him.

[I take it that Sleepy's char is in the tunnels.]

Richard continued to run, turning each time he saw a dead end. Suddenly a loud voice echoed through the maze, Richard stopped in his tracks. He quickly analyzed his surroundings, after doing this he slowly approached the source of the noise. He suddenly froze.

"O-Oi, what are you doing here?" Richard asked cautiously, he took a stance, he didn't really trust the man yet. After all he was a fishman, a race the complete oppisote of man. Richard suddenly realized that Maha was no longer with him.

"Typical crew-mates..."

Lappy (With Wako)

Lappy was looking again towards Wako, while he was doing his stupidly stupid things. Just like before, he started rolling down on the floor and laughing with Wako's antics with all his heart. That annoying clown was making the mentally low lapahn to laugh out loud with everything he did... After a while, though, Lappy got up from the ship. He looked towards Wako who was still on the ground and he jumped in a similar way that he did, completely copying his fall. Lappy jumped out of the ship in an epic manner, only to land on his face on the way down, just like Wako. He got up afterwards and he started moving his body around, clearing off the dust from his fur. Then, he placed his fingers on his whiskers and he cleaned the dust of them as well. Although he was moving his body around for a while, he was still dirty and his white colored fur could be seen as slightly light brown now. Afterwards, Lappy moved his head towards Wako and he started smiling with an innocent look on his face.

Right after that happened, Lappy started listening carefully to the words of Wako. Wako had no idea about where they should start looking for the others and he was asking if Lappy could listen to them with his big ears. However, that was apparently something that Lappy could not do. Even if he was greater than all the lapahns of Drum Kingdom, Lappy was unable to do anything as the others were deep inside the island's core and the lightnings of the island were making great noise. The place was Raijin Island, after all. It was the island that was constantly raining down and the island in which everybody would always see a lightning fall on the ground.

[INSIDE THE TUNNELS]

Unknown (With Maes)

The mysterious man had been walking with Maes for quite a while inside the tunnels. Hopefully for them, no tracks of enemies could be seen. The tunnels they were walking on were empty and the soil seemed intact. Nobody had ever passed through them and that was something good, especially for Maes who would not have to be involved in a battle, at least for now. The mysterious man, as he was a hologram, was not leaving any steps behind him and so only the feet of Maes were in the ground.

"So, Maes, may I ask you something?" the mysterious man said. "Why are you siding with the Black Cross Pirates? Are you scared off Wally and you are not leaving or are you really believing that he is going to become the pirate king?" he questioned Maes while they were moving.

[OOC: StrawHat/Sombrero, did Richard find Frank?]

After walking for quite a while though the deserted tunnels, Maes looked at the stranger that was walking with him. Then he turned away to prevent eye contact, but he wanted to imprint how the guy looked in his mind. Then suddenly the mysterious man asked a question. Maes didn't even notice that the man wasn't leaving footprints behind... for some reason he wasn't paying much attention to his surroundings, probably because he was relying on his eardrums to tell him if there was some weird noise.

"Sure..."-Maes answered. Then he realized that he had never told the man his name... but he had called him by it. That was pretty weird... maybe he hadn't even noticed, but he had revealed that he had some information about the hydra man. The question he asked seemed pretty simple, but it was really complex to answer. At least for Maes.- "Why am I siding with them? Well... it has nothing to do with being scared of Wally. And it's not that I follow him because I believe he will succeed in becoming the pirate kind either. -Maes stopped to think, then continued.- The thing is, he rescued me from prison, and I helped him combat some marines. I was separated from my old crew, and everyone that was on it is probably dead by now. The Black Cross Pirates are the only ones I can stick to for survival..."

Maes looked at the unknown man.