West Blue: Chaotic Vacation at Las Camp

[Desais]

Soon after the two attacked Desais, a cloud of smoke began to spiral up into the sky. The smoke was a light grey color which indicated the fire under it was quite healthy. It's smell was a fairly common woody smell from all of the paper and wood that was set ablaze when the store was blown up. From the size of the smoke cloud one could tell it was a somewhat sizable fire.

The two men were able to counter Desais' attacks with relative ease. A swift smack with a regular old hammer and the two men were able to smash the incoming fists. The two were faster, one was ever stronger, and both were definitely tougher than Desais. Both of the men were able to smash the oncoming bone, but one of them shattered it into pieces. He was definitely the more skilled of the two. After the quicker counter, the two men drove in for another attack. The stronger of the two went up high and aimed his attack to dislocate Desais' shoulder while the quicker of the two went low aiming for Desais' to temporarily dislocate it. If either of the attacks were to hit, they would likely disable Desais greatly for the time being. Even with his new devil fruit powers, Desais would have a hard time beating foes that were as strong as he was while out numbered.

[Leonardo]

One of the men remained by Leo's cell while the other two left to go on their way. He stood vigilant; he was as much of a guard to keep people out as he was to keep Leo in. Even if he was a traitor to their fold, the nobles would not forgive one of their own being harmed or killed by someone else. They would have likely wanted that pleasure all to themselves. As the guard stood there being barraged by Leonardo's questions one could almost hear the irritation build within him. He rolled his eyes before sighing and turning towards Leo.

"If you think you're here to work...well we all know why that would never happen. You're here to wait, wait for a transport ship to take you back to your own kind; that way they can deal with you the way they want and no one will know the difference." said the guard trying not to walk in and strangle his prisoner. "As far as necessities, you'll be kept alive. At least, alive enough until you're taken off our hands. It'll probably be a few days before the seastone runs out of your system, more than long enough for that ship to get here." said the man with a smirk.

[Taphie and Iken]

Iken was like a big, heavy, wet log that Taphie had to drag. If she thought dragging him while in the water was hard, she was in for a whole new world of trouble. All 250 lbs. of Iken was dead weight that the small woman had to heave along the shore of the stream up towards the bridge. Luckily enough the bridge was easily the closest of the options for her to choose from. While it provided adequate coverage for a short time stay, there was no telling who might come along and look under the bridge for some reason or another. It was clear that Iken was out, and would be for some time to come. Unless Taphie wanted to drag Iken around, she would likely have to either sit and wait or leave him there.

The longer the two were there the more likely it would be that they would be found. Without a firm grasp of who all in the town was involved in the incident, it would be dangerous to look for help from anyone Taphie didn't know. At the moment it didn't seem like anyone was around or had any reason to be around the bridge. In fact it was deserted for the most part, which could partially be due to the large fire that was roaring on in the store.

3/15

Desais noticed the white smoke appear into the air. For a moment Desais wondered what it could be from and where in the town. Then the sound of his bone fists being crushed brought him back into the fray. Jumping backwards and out of the way of the attacks, Desais looked down at the remains of the bone fists he was using. This had shocked him only slightly. Desais didn't really contemplate the sledgehammers in this fight. Which was his bad on his part. Desais stood in a battle ready stance as the two men came at him. Desais saw as one man jumped into the air and came at Desais. Two hardened sharp bones stabbed out through his palms, and Desais gripped them tightly in each hand.

Desais watched as the man attempted to slam the sledgehammer down onto his shoulder. Desais turned slightly so that the sledgehammer just barely missed his shoulder. At the same time Desais through up the his right hand and the bone in that hand directly at the man's left shoulder. But Desais didn't notice the other man who went for a lower attack. Just as Desais shot up his right arm, he saw the man. But it was too late. Desais was hit by the lower attacker and pushed back a bit from the hit. Desais left arm went limp and Desais felt an immense pain. "Well this definitely changed from the direction I was hoping." Desais smiled.

13/15

The young woman panted softly as she dragged the pile of muscle toward the bridge. Her back was already in pain from the way she pulled him as she panted. She kept stopping, taking a break to stretch before starting again. She was smart enough to cover any tracks that she might have left from dragging him before finally getting him to safety. She sat down, letting his body rest with his back to the wall of the bridge. "alright" she said and sighed. "What a story i am going to have for my father" she said softly and smiled as she looked at iken and rubbed her arms.

"I really need to get you at least back to the ship" she said softly and closed her eyes "but there is no way i am going to be able to carry you...at least not by myself" she growled at this situation in frustration and laid on the ground. "given that we just got here and someone has already tried to kill us. It would be unwise to ask a stranger for help" she stood up, dusted off her clothing and looked down at iKen. "just try to stay out of trouble, maybe someone is still on the ship who can help me" she said biting her lip and moving Iken. She moved his arms and legs, letting it look like he was just a random drunk whom has fallen asleep. "I'll be back" she said patting her captains head and started to head out toward where she remembered the ship was, running as quickly as she could, closing her eyes and just praying that someone would be there to help her.

Mick had steadily been walking across a bridge threw town, the pirates he had snuck here with up and left him. Well good riddance, they didnt have any good booze. He took a large swig of the Whisky he had in his right hand, adjusting his leather vest with the left. Then he heard an explosion. Quickly he turned to see a billowing tower of smoke.

"The hell..?" He raised his left arm and rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand. Then turned on his heel and went across the bridge while continueing to take another drink.

"Idiocy..." He blurted. Right now this wasent his problem, he had to worry about hitching a ride to the next island, or possibly finding work to PAY for a ride. Then again...he was a thief he could just steal someones money to get to the next island.

[Desais]

While Desais was able to hit one of his foe's, the other was unaffected by anything Desais threw at him. As the bone spear hit the man in the shoulder, the thug showed off his endurance by grabbing the bone and using it to pull Desais towards himself. While the foe was distracting him, the faster of the two was quick to retaliate. The second man countered by aiming for Desais' legs attempting to temporarily numb his legs. The man's hammer didn't have as much bone breaking force as the other man's; however his hit was precise and skillful enough to deaden Desais' legs for at least a couple hours if the attack were successful. .

[Mick]

While most of the town was running around trying to get a look at or attempting to put out the fire, Mick stood out to a couple a men walking by. The two eyed the man as he walked away from the situation. Both of the men were dressed similarly with long black coats covering a majority of their bodies. After they had walked about ten meters away from Mick, the two turned around and began to follow him. The two men following Mick were most likely members of the underground slaving organization that ran in secret. Thanks to Mick's disinterested behaviour they were able to pick up that he was likely a pirate and therefor another easy target no one would ever miss.

[Taphie]

When Tahpie decided to run back to the ship, it was obvious most of the town was concerned with the fire. The sailors at the dock had stopped looking and were eyeing the sky. They watched the plume of smoke rise in between bits of work. As Taphie went by the men didn't seem to notice her as they had earlier. Some of the men that had been working earlier were now boarding their ships. If Taphie looked close enough they appeared to be hurrying as if they all had to leave soon. Hushed shouts from a captain aboard one of the ships that were docked nearby showed the men were uneasy about something or someone disappearing.

4/15

As soon as Desais saw that the guy he stabbed was pulling him up, Desais detached the bone from his palm. Desais created a bone fist in his right hand and launched it at the man who he had stabbed. Hoping he would at least wound him a bit more than he had already done. Desais line of sight was focused on the man in the air and Desais didn't notice the other man aiming at his legs with the sledge hammer.

One second Desais was smiling as he attacked the man in the air, the next a sharp pain shot up from his legs up his torso. Desais looked down as he finally saw the other man. Ugh why did I let the other guy distract me?!? Desais thought angrily. It seemed like slow motion as he started to fall down on his face from the numbness in his legs. As he started to fall, Desais formed a bone dagger and threw it at the man who had caused him this injury. Desais wasn't about to give up. Just because his legs and left arm weren't entirely unusable, he wouldn't back down. After the dagger was thrown, Desais formed a bone sword and held it tight in his right fist. "We aren't done yet!" Desais said as he glared at the two men with his sword held in a defensive position across his face.

14/15

Taphie panted as she finally reached the dock, feeling exhausted not from running all the way there, but from having to run right after dragging iken. She took a few moments and stood up. Something wasn't right though. The mood from when she arrived was different, it went from men relaxing on shore and having a good time working to a tense and urgent need to leave the harbor as quickly they could.

She started to walk around the deck, heading to where she ship was and finding it easier than normal to keep from bringing attention to herself as she found that the men cared not to try and flirt with her now, seeming more scared than uninterested. She finally got to their boat and started to head up to it when she heard the commotion from on the deck. "what is going on" she said to herself as she hurried up to the deck only to see Desais fighting with two other men. "oh no" she said as she looked around, knowing if she tired to run in and help she would not only be a distraction, she would get herself quicked with just one blow.

Mick took another slug then when no liquor entered his system he shook the glass. Empty. He gave it a blank stare then shrugged and threw it back over his shoulder. He stuck his right hand into his pocket and raised his other hand, grabbing one of his throwing knives. Tossing it in the air a few feet and catching it. He repeated this a few times then fluidly caught it once and slid it into the sheath again.

He stopped when he finally heard the footsteps behind. He tilted his head and cracked his neck, then turned halfway to look at the two.

"And just why are you following me.?"

[Desais and Taphie]

The quick thug blocked the dagger with his hand causing it to slice through the top all the way through his palm. Even with the wound the man didn't slow down, nor did his partner with the shoulder wound. Desais was in serious trouble, the two men had taken little damage little lone damage that would disable them like Desais had been. The men moved towards Desais ready to counter and attack to finally finish off their foe. While the quicker of the two went in hard, he'd attempt to parry Desais' attack while the other comes in to knock Desais over the head. If Desais decided to attack the other man instead the quick thug would have no trouble doing his partners mission.

Luckily enough, the two men hadn't in the heat of their battle with Desais heard that she was there. The two men had concentrated on Desais to the point the woman standing down on the gang plank didn't even come across their radar. At that point Tahpie would have two options. Attack the two men and probably wind in the same situation as Desais, or she could try to run away. Both situations would likely have some kind of consequence, in the end it'd just come down to the morals of it all. Just think, what would Iken do?

[Mick]

By the time Mick had decided to confront the two men, all of the people that had been heading towards the smoke were gone. The three of them had just about cross the small cobble stone bridge as well. As they were finally confronted, the two stopped and glanced over towards the other. All of the sudden the two ripped over their long black coats like a couple of flashers. Under the coat the men wore strange clothes that appeared to come for far off lands. One wore a green tribal like outfit that wasn't much more than a loincloth and some costume jewelry. The second of the two wore a blue and white embroidered outfit that looked like something that royalty from the Far East would wear.

"You came here with the Urua Pirates? Am I correct?" asked the man in the blue and white threads.

"Those bastards always just dump'em here and leave us to clean up chow." said the monkey like man in the green.

5/15

Desais knew he was done for. The battle was decided right from the start. The only way Desais thought he could have gotten away was by jumping into the water. But because he had eaten a Devil Fruit he knew that would have been suicidal. The only thing after that Desais thought of doing was fighting as hard as he could. Sadly, he had no amount of skill to stand toe to toe with these guys. They are faster, stronger, and all around tougher than he was. In Desais's mind he wondered what would Iken do. He knew Iken wouldn't give in even if the situation seemed dire. That was just what he aimed to do.

Desais lunged another bone sword at the opponent that stood in front of him. He lunged it with a force that caused him to through it like a spear at the opponent. Since his right arm was the only one not disabled he continuously attacked with it by throwing sharp, dagger like, bones as fast as he could at the opponent. He hoped that something would give way. Death was definitely not in Desais plan. He needed to continue living on and lead out his dream. No fear shown on his face, only determination with a smile. "I shall not die here!! I shall defeat you two, NO MATTER WHAT!!!" Desais screamed at the top of his lungs.

15/15

Mick stated at them with an oblivious look, then rubbed his eyes. After, he looked a little closer by squinting.

"You two look like, idiots." He shrugged and turned again, walking away from them. Why did they follow him so far into town when the rest were at that fire? Mick reached up and grabbed one of his throwing knives. 'Just in-case..' He thought

Taphie watch Desais as he wouldn't give up, not matter how badly it seemed to be. She ducked down as he started to throw bone like weapons out of his body, moving out of the way as one flew toward her and landed into the boat. She looked at it and then back up at the fight. The young woman's hand trembled in fear but she bit her lip and grabbed the sharp shard.

She watched as the men's attention was on Desais, and nothing else. She walked slowly and carefully, moving to the one closest to her and staying out of his view the best she should. She took a deep breath, hopping she had not been spotted as she suddenly ran forward, jumping and holding the sharp piece in both hands, aiming to slam down into the man's back with it and catch him in surprise.

[Taphie and Desais]

The sword used as a spear hit the man in the abdomen, but did little damage as the attack was extremely sloppy and unskillful. Pulling the spear out of the fat and skin on his side it was obvious that Desais had managed to do little more damage than a flesh wound. Once again as Desais throw the bone daggers his lack of technique was apparent. The daggers weren't made nor thrown at a level a technique that could actually stop the approaching thread. What daggers the two weren't able to block with their hammers did little more than scratch the foes. For such men it would take a lot more than a few flesh wounds to slow them down, little lone stop them.

A loud squeal was released from the thug that has his back to the gang plank. His advancement towards Desais stopped as he yelled and cussed. The bone blade that Taphie had stabbed him with logged a few inches into his strong back muscles. Blood began to ooze from the wound around the bone like weapon. If Taphie tried to pull out the blade, she would find it to be a difficult task at her level of strength. The man's large lumbering arms tried to reach around and grab Taphie.

While the yelp of his fellow thug stunned the man in front of Desais for a moment, it didn't take him long to attack. Once again the thug began swinging his hammer at Desais' head. While the daggers did little damage the man as still a little weary of the swords Desais tried to defend himself with. If the thugs hammer hit Desais in the head it would result in a concussion that would knock Desais out for at least a few hours.

[Mick]

"Hey you bastard! We asked you a question! Did you come here with the Urua or not?" yelled the man in the blue and white robes.

The two men stepped towards Mick when he started walking away. They weren't about to let a able bodied pirate get away, however they had to be careful it wasn't an off duty marine or some local they didn't recognize. The combination of Mick walking away, his insults, and overall bad attitude began to infuriate the two men. The monkey looking man in the green turned red with rage. The man pulled out a boomerang from somewhere under the loincloth and threw it so it would angle back in front of Mick cutting off his path before returning back to the monkey man.

"Now stand still and answer our damned questions CHOW!" he said before his trademark squeal.

[????]

Underneath the bridge where all of the commotion was occurring, something began to stir. Unbeknownst to the men squabbling on top of the small cobble stone bridge something was starting to awaken. It took one of its mighty paws and wiped at its eyes trying to get the stars and darkness out. Its ears were ringing and it was dizzy and disorient from just waking up. The beast began to breathe heavily in between light coughs in which charred, black dust came out. Once fully awakened what was under that bridge had the power to destroy the bridge and kill everyone on it with ease.


6/15

Mick stopped in his tracks as the boomerang went around infront of him and heard the two men yelling. Mick turned, his expression angry, eyes looking quite drunk yet pissed.

"If you throw that boomerang at me again, I will show you how to throw a weapon properly." He scuffed the sole of his boot on the rock ground, then looked up for a moment. "I didn't come here with those pirates. But I AM a pirate."

Mick took out two of his throwing knives, holding each with a knowing grip. Carefully he examined the two numbskulls. Not just pushovers, that was for sure. "And what are you two morons wearing?"

The smile grew larger as Desais saw what was happening to the other man. Good job Taphie, now you work on that guy, I've got this guy. Desais thought as he looked up at the man that had plenty of cuts on his body from the attacks Desais attempted to make. He knew that attacks were pointless and damn pathetic, but he continued anyways. I can't give up, especially since Taphie is on the lines now. Desais thought as he held a bone sword in defense.

He could barely move as is as. His left arm and legs were disabled. All he had was his torso, neck, head, and right arm. Rolling over would be difficult and doing so would possibly break a bone. Well maybe for a guy that hadn't eaten the devil fruit, bone bone. Desais saw the guy was gonna bring the hammer down on his head. He attempted to roll over to get out of the way but he could because his arm and legs wouldn't cooperate. Instead Desais held the sword pointing straight at the guys chest. As he swings the hammer down on Desais's head, he hoped he would land a mortal or even a fatal wound on the guy. This would be his last act at defending against the two men who attacked him.

1/15

Taphie was a bit stunded as she landed on the man, the bone going deep into his back. She had to snap out of it though as she held onto the bone, avoiding the man's grabs at her the best she could as she pushed the bone in deeper, instead of pulling it out. She grunted and pushed as hard as she could before losing her grip and falling off the man, attempting to roll away before she was grabbed.

[Mick]

The monkey like man gritted his teeth when Mick bashed his throwing style.  If Mick hadn't confessed to being a pirate, it might have suddenly got very ugly.  However with the news that Mick was indeed someone they could hurt the two men regained their composure, they'd have their vengeance soon enough.  The man in the green raised the boomerang and readied himself so he could take action at a moment’s notice.  

The man with the eastern style clothes reached over his shoulder, pulling what appeared to be a three foot long wooden staff out from a sheath that had been hidden by the long black coat.  With his free hand he reached into a small pound pulling out four small needles like objects that sat between his fingers.  He place one of the needless into a small openings carved out of the staff.  All the while he appeared to be open for attack.  Could it really be that easy?

[Desais and Taphie]

As the man’s heavy hammer came down upon Desais’ head, the sword that Desais had forged an instant before was driven into the man’s chest.  Normally something like that would easily have been a mortal wound.  Unfortunately the bone broke before it could get deep enough for a fatal strike.  The combination of the weight, the thug’s hard body, and the poor quality and technique of the bone made the hammer wielding ruffian a very lucky man.  

Likewise, Taphie’s attempts to further harm her foe fall short due to the strong endurance of the thugs they were fighting.  As the thug tried to grab the small woman dangling from his back, she suddenly fell off.  Reaching behind, the man just barely was able to get ahold of the sharp bone sticking out of his back.  As he yanked it out from an awkward angle a piece of it broke off inside of him.  Turning around, the man held the splintered bone in his hand as he slowly and menacingly made his way towards Taphie.  His eyes were red and bloodshot from the pain and rage.

7/15

Mick still wasent taking them seriously, some people thought he was weird but...these two were clearly not right. Mick quickly moved his arms up and back down, releasing both knives. One flew at each if the two, one towards the man with the staff, towards his abdomen and the monkey man had a knife flying at his upper chest area.

Mick hadent been with those pirates but he was sensing that from the way tey had readied their weapons they were going to attack. Well, mick wasn't gonna go down without a fight. Especially if it meant he was going to die or become a slave...he wouldn't be good as as a slave, drunk too often.

As the hammer came smashing down on Desais's head, he saw Taphie was in trouble. In a split instant Desais saw the other bigger guy turn towards Taphie and then Desais saw nothing at all. The attack had knocked him right out. If it wasn't for the df that Desais ate, he would have most likely been killed from the attack. The hammer and the weight of them man crashing down upon Desais's head would have surely snapped a normal person's spine, let alone cracking their head open. Desais's thick bones made him indeed a lucky man.

The attack only caused a small crack at the point of the hit. Of course Desais also began to bleed out of his mouth and nose from the attack, but he was still alive. As everything went black, Desais felt like he had let Iken down. This made Desais's smile go away and he lay there limp with his right arm pointing straight towards Taphie. It seemed as though Desais wanted her to run and get away from the attackers. Although Taphie may not notice it, but this was Desais's last ditch effort at trying to save her.

2/15

Taphie back up slowly, fear bubbing in her stomach as the man tore part of the bone out of him and started walking closer to her, the look in his eyes showing her that she was not going to survive if he caught her. She gasped as Desais went down, she didn't know if he was alright or not but was glad she could still see him breathing. She saw the way his arm pointed out, almost telling her to run. She looked around in a panic as her back it the rails of the ship's edge. She gulped and looked straight toward Desais, she gave him a look as if she was about to cry before mouthing the words "I will be back" before standing up and jumping, hurling her body off the ege of the ship and into the icey cold of the ocean, thanking her stars that she was not a devil fruit user.

[Mick]
 

Monkey:

  

 

Dragon:

 
The monkey like man reacted to Mick's sudden attack almost instantly.  At least to someone like Mick with such low perception it would certainly appear that way.  The man's skill with his weapon was clearly on a higher level than Mick's abilities with his knives as with one throw the man was able to knock both of Mick's blades out of the air.  A moment later the boomerang returned to its owner.  A wide smirk spread across the man's face just as the weapon was being clutched by his unusually muscular hands.  
 
"You know, Dragon.  Do we really need a drunk like this guy down in the mines?  I mean he can't be worth much, right?  Let’s say we just kill this one and dump his body in the ocean.  Come'on they'll never notice the difference." Monkey pleaded.
 
"Sigh...You know they need people.  With the stone "they're" buying we need all the lackeys we can get.  Besides they already had to kill two of them.  Unlucky the cute girl had to die, but that captain was just too dangerous to keep.   Now granted the rest of his crew should have been captured and headed for the mines by now.  Regardless, our job is to capture them, not kill." Dragon said preaching to his partner.  
 
 
[???? - Mick]
 
 
All of the sudden there was a black shimmer that rose up from under the bridge.  A moment later the bridge began to shift as if it had just be sliced in half.  More black shimmers sliced through the small cobblestone bridge.  The bridge began to shake and fall apart causing it to collapse into pieces into the stream below.  A mixture of dust and mud from the floor of the stream shot into the air clouding the surrounding area in a less than transparent smog.  As the dust slowly settled the rubble and debris left over from the bridge sat in the muddy bottom of the steam as the water freely flowed around the various chunks and hunks.  
 
 
A tall muscular man that hadn't been on the bridge now stood in the middle.  He was between Mick and the two attackers facing the attackers.  A quick look over his shoulder showing he knew Mick was standing there.  In his hand the mysterious man held a long black shimmering blade, a katana.  If one didn't know any better one would suspect the man had cut the bridge with that very sword.  But that would be impossible for a normal human...right?  The two men that had attacked Mick were dumbfounded with shock and a bit of horror.  They were facing down a man with one of the highest bounties in the entire West Blue.
 
 

????:

 
 
[Desais and Taphie]
 
The blood soaked thug walked over to the railing of the ship and looked down into the ocean.  He couldn't see any signs of the girl and he didn't have any plans on going in after her.  The other man pulled a chunk of Desais' bone sword from his chest causing blood to flow out more freely.  He clasped the wound trying to hold pressure on it.  While the wound wasn't instantly fatal, the thug could easily bleed to death from the wounds he received and he knew it.  They both knew that they were beaten down and close to losing their lives and all of that was done by a couple of no name pirates.  More that it hurt physically, the biggest blow to the two thugs was to their pride.  
 
"Fucking little bitch.  I'm not going after her, I hope of fucking seaking eats her." said the thug turning towards his partner.  
 
"Whatever, you need to get this one back to the mines and into lock up." said the injured man.
 
"And what about your ass?"
 
"WHAT DO YOU THINK MORON?"
 
After the exchange the man that had attacked Desais walked down the gangplank.  He limped his way down the dock until he was out of sight.  The remaining man walked over with a grunt and slung Desais into a burlap sack and then over his shoulder.  Desais' weight caused his back wound to bleed a little faster.  The thug let out a muffled grunt and then said something indecent under his breath.  Slowly the man began the trek towards the mines where Desais would be placed into a cell, similar to the one Leonardo currently resided in.   

8/15

Mick had heard the two speak, mines and certain parties wanting some type of stone. As easily as the monkey man had knocked his knives away mick had already unsheathed both his stilettos. "Why you goddamn oversized chimp, baboon thing!" Mick had taken a step towards them when the bridge was sliced and the figure appeared. Shocked, mick almost stumbled backwards but refrained from falling."

"Who the hell?"

Taphie closed her eyes as she felt the cold water wash around her, holding her breath and looking around under the water. She moved along the side of the boat, holding onto it to keep herself under the water and moving toward the shore. She looked up to see if they were following her, relaxing a bit as she found herself safe for the moment before she surfaced and took a breath.

She panted and started to swim, moving under the dock and hiding till she was alone before she crawled out of the water and lay'd on the sand. She panted and pulled on the ties that kept her hair up, letting down the long wave of pink hair and pulling on it to get the water out before she stood up. She grabbed the ribbon that covered her top half and pulled it, tearing it away from the necklace that held it up and pulling it off of her, the thin fabric being more and more useless for coverage from being wet over and over agian. She took the ribbon and tired it around her breasts, covering the important parts before she got up agian and bit her lip. "i need to go check on Iken" she said to herself as she took off down the beach, heading back to the bridge once more.

After Desais was knocked out, he woke up in a strange place. The air smelled of blood and death. The sky was crimson and the breeze felt as though ghosts were breathing down his back. Every which was he turned was the same sight. Nothing changed around him. They only began to differ as he kept moving forward. Clearly, whatever was going on, it wanted him to keep moving in this direction. As he kept walking forward, bodies began appearing on the ground. The strange thing was, they were of his mom and Cat. Every face on the left was Cat's and every face on the right was his mom's. His bones seemed to chatter with every face he saw. His sanity slowly disappeared as well with every breath he took.

What was only a few minutes seemed like hours of hell to Desais as he now started running with tears erupting from his eyes. Not only didn't the faces go away, but now it seemed as though they were talking to him.

"I wish I had never met you, I would probably be alive right now!" Screamed Cat

"Why were you ever born? I should have slit your throat right as you came from my womb!" Screamed his mom.

Never ending hell, it seemed like there was no way out. Just as Desais dropped to his knees and pointed a gun to his head, a small light rushed in. Desais could barely see it but he began rushing towards it. The voices slowly disappeared and Desais was overwhelmed with a calm. The breeze started becoming warm and the air smelled like heavenly flowers. Desais's soul was touched by the now erupting light. He wasn't sure what the light was but he knew he needed to follow it for the rest of his life. So as to escape from his demons that are still lurking around in his head.

3/15

[Mick - ????]

As the three stood there in awe of the man who had just sliced the bridge up like a steak on his plate; the man in question started walking towards Monkey and Dragon. Almost in disbelief that the man was there the two hesitated until he was dangerously close. Dragon lifted his weapon to his mouth, aiming to take a shot at the man. In the amount of time it'd take for someone to blink an eye the man had raised his blade and sliced the wooden tube perfectly in half. The attack was so precise it didn't even hit Dragon who had the pipe against his lips.

Little by little the dust was settling, allowing Mick to get a better view of what was happening. The man was tall, wearing an orange shirt with blue jeans on; both of which looked to have just barely survived some kind of fire. It was as if the man had been a part of the fire that had caused all of the smoke to rise up into the sky. Could he have been the one to set it, or was there something more going on?

While Dragon was keeping the mysterious man busy, Monkey used the opportunity to hide himself amongst the rubble. Monkey stuck his boomerang up, using the reflective nature of the metal to try and watch what was happening. He could see his partner and the man moving, but that's about as far as the poor reflection could manage. The swordsman grabbed the one called Dragon by the throat, lifting him up. Dragon clutched the wrists and fingers of the larger swordsman trying to break free. It was obvious the swordsman was just too strong, Dragon could not get away. As Monkey moved his bladed boomerang around trying to locate Mick, a beam of light reflected off, shining into Mick's eyes.

"You're the ones that tried to kill us? Why? What's the purpose of the mines you spoke about? Who are they and how can they be so important that you kidnap people and force them into slavery? Where are these fucking mines that you have my crew locked up in?" Iken yelled as his grip tightened around the man's throat.

Monkey waited and watched his comrade suffer. He needed to wait for just the right time to act. The man wielding the boomerang was more concerned about surviving the encounter than he was about his partner. Besides, if Monkey was able to kill or capture the pirate captain they had deemed too dangerous to begin with, he'd be greatly rewarded. Just when the pirate captain shifted Monkey leaped up and attempted to throw his boomerang aimed of the side of the captain's head. Distracted by his interrogations, the captain didn't seem to notice Monkey jump out.

[Desais]

The thug took a back road that took him to a couple of bushes behind the warehouse he had been working at just prior to the fight. He parted the bushes and walked into the back of the warehouse placing Desais on the ground. The thug began rutting through a chest as the old man from before walked in. He saw Desais on the ground and then looked up towards his employee.

"What the hell? said the old man.

"He's a devil fruit user. The fuckers gave us more of a fight than we expected. Loe is at the doc's place and I headed here for some seastone padded cuffs. “Answered the man.

"Oh for fuck sakes." said the man walking over to a drawer.

Using a key the old man opened the drawer and pulled out a pair of normal handcuffs that had been padded on the inside with seastone. With his cane the old man made his way over to Desais and placed the cuffs firmly on to both of his wrists. The seastone padding would cancel out all of Desais', active devil fruit abilities. With one arm the old man lifted Desais by the chains that connected the two cuffs and threw him at the thug. The old man was so strong that he knocked the thug onto his back while making tossing Desais like a rag doll look easy.

"Now moron. Take him to the cells and make sure to get my goddamned cuffs back. Those fuckers at the office haven't been sending us enough of a budget to buy anymore. Like that the whore at the bar gets any more than we do." mumbled the old man walking away.

Stumbling to his feet the thug lifted Desais onto his back once more. Limping even more than before the man carried Desais back out through the bushes. Making his way through a small patch of trees the thug found another old road, taking all of the way to the mines. Once down in the mines, the man tossed Desais into a cell before slamming the door shut and walking off.

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