Serious Meeting at the Bottom of the Ocean ((open))

With his crew safe and sound, after the momentary loss of the mermaid of the crew Marissa; Bruce set out after hearing some disturbing rumors. There was unrest in Fishman Island after Shichibukai Namor nearly attacked someone at the meeting of the shichibukai. Bruce wasn't sure if Namor was there or not, but he had heard he was forming a group of some kind. The source Bruce had heard from wasn't certain what Namor was forming was a crew or not. With Prince Namor sitting on the title of shichibukai he could protect the island without actually having to lift a fin, even if the Yonkou Iken Namikaze hadn't placed his flag there.

For the time being Bruce had ordered the crew to stay put, he wanted toe scout the area before having them bring the ship down. The last time there was a civil unrest on the island, Namor and the Purple Hearts were thrown in to jail and the island taken over. So with a large sigh of relief Bruce looked at Fishman Island from a distance. Everything seemed to be alright, certainly there were no sounds of battle coming from the island. Now Bruce had to decided, go back to the crew or go in and explore a bit more. He was already on the ocean floor and only a short distance away from the island.

A soft dot of pink could be seen in the distance. It swam back and forth, as if it was searching for something. It was coming closer and closer till it would be in Bruce's line of view. A Mermaid looked around, her Long pink hair swaying back and forth as the light from above caught and reflected off the armor she wore around her body. her spear with royal marking around it was held tightly in hand as she focused on the ground.

She swam back and forth, lifting things and huffing as she seemed to get an annoyed look on her face before sighing and sitting down on a rock.

Bruce had sensed the mermaids presence long before she had ever come within his field of vision. He was a shark type fishman that could sense the heart beats of the creatures around him through a special electrically sensitive gel that formed around his gills. Being in water only heightened the fishman's senses. He could not only feel her, he could smell her as well; being so closely related to the great white had it's advantages.

The fishman made his way over to the searching merfolk-girl. He simply watched her search until it looked like she had given up. The girl had armor and a spear with the symbol of the royal army on it. It was something Bruce recognized after the crew's less than glorious stay in the island's prisons, even though Bruce wasn't an actual native of the island. His kind were much too violent to live anywhere other than the Calm Belt.

"You seem to be looking for something young one?" Bruce said this knowing she probably wasn't much younger than he was. Bruce's age was rather hard to tell. He reached adulthood in the first twenty years of his life, however the last six he hadn't really aged. If it hadn't been for all of the energy steroids he had consumed he wouldn't have looked much more than a day over what he had nearly six years ago.

The Female Had her eyes closed as he came closer to her. Her hair had a few things tangled in it and she had slight bags under her eyes, Clearly showing signs of exhaustion. She jumped and took a defensive stance, her spear pointed at the fishman as she looked at him with wide yet sleep deprived eyes. She seemed to calm down as she realized that she meant no harm. she pulled her spear back, letting the end of it rest agenst the water's floor. "um yes" she said and tried to make it appear like there was nothing wrong. "I am looking for a silver necklace, it has a shell pendent on it, would you have happen to have seen it?" she said, as she looked at him.

When Bruce got closer to the girl, he finally noticed the condition she was in. Apparently she had been looking for a silver necklace for quite some time now. It was obvious just how important to her it was as she was wearing herself ragged looking for it. "Silver? No I haven't seen anything like that." Bruce said looking over his shoulder. "However, I might be able to help. If it still has your scent on it, and it's close by I could find it pretty easily." he said looking back at the nervous sleep deprived mermaid.

The Mermaid let out a depressed sigh, hearing that he had not seen anything of that description. She rubbed her face softly with one hand as she tried to keep her self from passing out. She looked up at him slowly, blinking as he said something about being able to find it with her scent "well i'm not sure if it does, i lost it a few days ago, and i haven't stopped searching for it sense" she said softly with a look of lost hope on her face and desperation in her eyes for this simple little necklace.

"A couple of days aye? That might be a tough one, even for me. Especially with your scent having been spread all over this area for the last couple of days. I suppose, if it's silver in color, it may be silver in make. Silver has a distinctive smell to it, almost sulfured like." Bruce said turning his head to let his gills take in the surrounding area. "Is it actual silver or is that just the color?" he asked turning his head to the girl.

Seeing she was in such bad condition, Bruce decided to see if she would accept a little more help. "How about you rest, and I'll carry you while I look? As soon as I find it, I'll let you know." he offered the little mermaid with his hand stretched out.

She looked at the group, her body was betting for sleep or even some food as she hadn't eaten anything in a few days either. She looked at him as he mentioned that silver had a distinct smell and he might be able to track it if it wasn't just the color "i-its pure silver" she said as she looked at him, feeling a little more hopeful. She looked at his spoke his offer and held out his hand. She was unsure as she looked at him, but her body seemed to have a mind of his own as she reached out and took his hand "fine" she said in exhaustion "thank you for your help sir" she said softly.

Greim woke up besides Marissa in their room. That night he had dreamt that a giant angel with a sword as red as the sun pursued him like if she wanted to kill him. He had began to have those kind of dreams where angels with red swords appeared since he had recovered the Sapphire Sword... one of the legendary Angel Twin Swords that were said to hve angel souls inside. The one in his dreams was the one that was still missing, and Greim didn't have any idea of where it was located.

This new sword he had was incredible. It seemed to increase his flexibility and fluidness when he manipulated it. It was one that had the highest grade and was extremely sharp. Greim wanted to find it's twin... the other sword that the legends talked about.

Greim didn't want to wake Marissa up so he woke up without making any noise, he got dressed up and put his swords in his hip, like he always did. He walked out of his room and to the deck of the ship. There, he found no one. His captain hadn't come back yet. Apparently he was still scouting the area.

Bruce took Adora in his hands and swam close to the bottom of the ocean. using his super shark senses it wasn't long before Bruce found the familiar scent of silver. Reaching the origin, the large fishman found a sunken ship, full of gold and silver. He would have to remember this for next time, maybe send a crew in to retrieve the treasure. However at the current moment he had said he was going to help the girl so he continued the search.

It wasn't long before he caught onto the trail of something else. This time it had a faint hint of the mermaid on it, so he was certain it was her necklace. Unfortunately, the necklace was inside a crevasse that the large fishman could fit into nor reach. He could see it sparkle against the light that came from fishman island. It was caught down in between two large crusts of the seafloor. Down just a bit further he could see the flow and feel the heat from the magma that flowed under the crust. "Shit.....Little mermaid, I found it, but there is a small problem." Bruce said pointing to the object sitting mere feet from the molten rock.

Adora blinked as Bruce started to carry her. She was very stiff from being close to him, she wasn't one for close contact unless she was in a fight and taking down someone who might have insulted her in some way. Either way she looked around as he seemed to catch a sent, but even though she fought it, she could feel her self start to fade. Sleep over took her body, leaving her rather limp and quiet in Bruce's hands.

Her mind started to go wild now that it was aloud to escape into its rem state. She watched her father as a little girl, he was waving at her as he stood near the king's carriage while he rode though the kingdom. she was just a little merchild as she giggled and held her mother's hand while waving back. For some reason it quickly faded to a time soon after that, she was with her father, it looked like it was her birthday. he was placing a certain silver necklace around her neck as he smiled at her "happy birthday Adora" he said and gave her a hug.

She mumbled something as she was sleeping, but Bruce's words seemed to bring her back rather easily "wha?" she said tiredly. she rubbed her eyes with one hand as she still held her spear in her other hand. She blinked as he said he found her necklace but there was a problem. "what is it?" she asked before looking around and noticing the situation her necklace was in "SHIT!" She said in shock. Adora wasn't really one to be lady like when it wasn't really needed.

The situation turned bad rather quickly, seeing as the mermaids treasure was somewhere she couldn't reach it. It was sitting on a ledge, it looked sturdy enough, however it was so tight and the molten rock was so close to it. The heat would likely tarnish the little piece of jewelry if it wasn't removed soon. So Bruce came up with a plan, although it was dangerous; it was a shot at getting it back. He was certain the mermaid would do about anything to get it back.

"The only thing I can think of is moving the plates of crust so you can get in. Before we even try it, I have to warn you. When the seawater makes contact with the freshly uncovered magma, it's going to shoot out steam that'll cook ya pretty quickly. So it has to be done as fast as you can, otherwise we're going to be in big trouble." Bruce said taking position. He bent down and gripped the hard crust on that made up the seafloor. It cracked from his powerful grip. Readjusting a few times, Bruce gave the signal to Adora before placing his might into push the crust away from the other piece. With someone as strong as Bruce, moving even a metaphorical mountain was possible. Soon a gap big enough for the mermaid had formed and the seawater started rushing to the newly exposed magma.

Her face had worry written every where on her face, she bit her lip as she was cursing her self for every losing it in the first place. She looked at him as he suggested a plan and got ready. She took a deep breath and bit her lip "alright" was all she said, she watched as he started push the crusts apart and bit her lip. she waited till the very moment she was able to reach it. She took off, it was like a blur at the speed she went, going in and grabbing the necklace with such a grip, and swimming out, some of her long pink hair getting burned by the steam, as well as the tip of her tail, making her yelp in some pain. She panted hard as her heart beat like crazy, turning to notice the steam shooting out of the crack before settling.

As soon as the Adora shot out, Bruce backed away from the steam, his clothing protected him from the majority of the steam. However what happened next was a little more unsettling. The crust cracked and part of it fell into the magma. Causing it to bubble and steam as more was exposed. A large piece of crust broke off causing a large splash which barely missed Bruce as he swam upwards toward Adora. Just as he though he was safe a piece of the crust shifted and sunk under the other piece causing the lava to bubble for a moment.

Bruce's eyes widened as he reached for the mermaid with one hand while using the other to save them. First a blast of steam, then an outright stream of lave burst upward when the bubble popped. Bruce flung the blob of water that had formed under his hung palm. The mass of water caused a large steamy explosion sending Bruce hurtling upwards. He did his best to cover Adora so she would take very little to no damage from the colliding elements.

Everything was happening so fast. Adora looked back at Bruce only to see more steam coming out and lava start to flow into the water, it was as if things started to go into slow motion. She saw him swim to her, grabbing her and covering as steam and lava started coming out everywhere. it was as if everything was to much for her, it all went black. It wasn't until everything settled down that she found her self being protected by Bruce. She had a few burns on the tip of her tail, but nothing to bad. she looked at her hand that held the necklace, it had burned a print into her hand from it being so hot, but again nothing that was serious. She then looked up to Bruce, wondering how he was doing.

Unlike the pretty little mermaid, Bruce hadn't escaped so unscathed. His burns were rather bad, and the explosion had down a good deal of damage to his inner ear making him disoriented. Blood and charred flesh floated around his body as he struggled to speak to Adora. "I don't even know you're name, but I'm asking you to save my life - haha, I'm so pathetic. Please, swim to the surface, my crew's ship should be there. Please bring them here as quickly as you can." Bruce said as he slowly began to fade away in the the darkness.

Adora gasped at the state he was in. She was so shocked at the damage he had taken, it most likly would have killed her if he hadnt of protected her. She gulped and nodded as he started to pass out. "o-ok! just hang on! i'll be back as soon as i can" She said and took off, swimming to the surface and quickly finding his boat. "HELP!" she yelled to the ship "help!! your crewmate is hurt!" she yelled at the top of her lung, hoping someone would hear her.

Exploring the sound and light that the eruption gave off, a rather large makeshift submarine approached. Apparently it was at least at one point of marine origin, from the size and look of it; it was most likely a battleship. Anchors on each side of the vessel plopped down on the seafloor causing dirt to be disturbed. A compressed hatch opened revealing a man in a bubble suit. He made his way over to the unconscious Bruce. Spear attached to ropes shot past him and into Bruce's arms and legs. With a bit of extra rope the man fastened Bruce to the other four rope making sure he was secure. Giving the thumbs up them man made his way back to the ship, the hatch closing behind him. Once inside he looked to the crew and commented. "This one will fetch a high price for sure."

Tirian was swimming away from the Fish-man district of the island as he noticed, was seemed to be, a giant shark fishman being pulled away by a submarine. Tirian thought to himself for a small amount of time before agree, to himself, that it would be best to follow the submarine. Tirian hoped to find out what had happened to the fishman and hoped to help the fish-man in case these people where in fact kidnappers. Tirian doubted that they would be though. How would be insane enough to try an haul a giant fishman to the surface just for profit. Either way, Tirian followed at a discreet distance.

Greim was lookin staight into the water. He considered that there were too things that the human being didn't even get bored of: fire and the movement of water. It was funny that those were the elements of the twin angel swords that he so wanted to have in his possesion. Not far away from the boat, bubbles started to pop in the surface. How weird...

Greim was starting to get worried. His captain wasn't back yet. He was also worried about Marissa sleeping for so long... but whatever. Suddenly he saw a bunch of blood stain the water. This couldnt be normal.

Greim was ready to get everyone in the crew up when a mermaid girl popped out of the water screaming something about their crewmate being hurt. Greim's eyes widened like plates and he dived into the blood-stained ocean.

"I'll save him! Don't worry!" - Greim exclaimed.

Greim dived as fast as he could owards the place the blood was coming from. He had o hold his breath for a long time. When he got there he saw a submarine and some ropes around his captain, they were pulling him into the submarine.

Greim took his swords out, but his captain was already inside of the submarine. Greim slashed the water as if it was air and it sent three crossed water-slashes that went directly towards the submarine. With this pump of strenght Greim almost lost all his air. He had to start swimming towards the surface before he died.

"Captain....captain!" exclaimed one of the pirate in the strange vessel. "What is it? I'm eating here..." responded the captain. "A man! With swords is attacking us!" the grunt once again shouted. "ON the BOTTOM of the ocean?! IMPOSSIBLE! Oh whatever just fire the cannons." said the captain. All most at once a roar shattered the relative silence of the ocean as twenty cannonballs shot at Greim as he tried to swim back towards the surface. At once the ship opened full throttle and started speeding away.

Adora blinked as only one person seemed to be awake or just on the deck. She watched as he yelled how he would save him and jumped off the boat, swords in hand. "i-i um uh, wait up!!" she said and swam after him, holding her spear tightly, then gasping as she saw what was going on "oh no!" she said and glared at the ship carrying Bruce away. she took off, swimming quickly and heading for the boat, till she saw the cannonballs heading quickly for the other man. she swam for him, grabbing his arm and pulling him out of the way of the cannonballs.

Greim continued swimming to the top but he suddenly saw a bunch of cannonballs being shot at him. What the hell!?!?!?- he thought as the cannonballs passed swiftly an inch or two away from him, at least the first five.

He had to swim and duck to evade the next ten but the other five were coming directly at him. He cut the in pieces with his swords and they continued in pieces by his sides. Greim was able to breath again. He was panting and breathing really heavy from the lack of oxygen. Greim was scared of losing his captain. He knew he was inside that submarine... but he had no idea of how to get him back.

Greim was stuck between going down and trying to cut the submarine in half and warning everyone in the ship. But he would expose himself to cannonballs and lost of oxygen, as well as putting his captain in danger of an explosion if he tried to cut the submarine. The best he could do was go back to the ship for now. He cross slashed a couple of times to try and hit the submarine before swmming back to the Purple Hearts's ship.

Despite the swordsman's furious attempts to slow down or stop the ship, it was moving much to fast to be hit by the blades he had sent out. With the ship out of sight, the only thing to be done was trying an find their base. They would surely take Bruce somewhere that had to meet at least a few conditions. Somewhere large, somewhere with medical equipment, and somewhere they would be able to hold someone like Bruce. This meant the place where they were taking the giant of a fishman had to be large and well equipped. This would mean they're taking him to one of the larger slaving centers.

(( so um, totally forget about my last post -w- as it was ignored anyway ))

Adora looked around, she wasnt sure if she could try and help the man who swam into the water or wait for more crew members. she blinked as she heard something going on under the water and noticed the man coming up soon after what with out bruce. she quickly swam over to the man now on the surface as something didnt seem right "hey! whats going on? is bruce alright down there?" she said worried as she was unaware of what had happened.