One Piece, The Race of 3! | (Accepting Reserves for Later Crew Members/Started!)

[Kyng's Old Account]

As Sena hugged Vince he felt happy. So he hugged her back thinking 'She really missed me. I must mean a lot to her.' Then he chuckled as she was fussing of him ensuring he was ok. 'Ms. Sena please, I'm fine. A tad sleepy but fine.' Then he let out a large yawn as he wiped sleep out of his eyes. Then Sena began speaking of the plans of action. 'Ms. Sena, I'll be proud to keep an eye on the ship in your absence.' And as she left he yelled 'Ms. Sena! Catch!' as he threw her a whistle. 'I can't allow te worst to happen so hopefully she could blow the whistle so I know she needs help.' Then he took of his shirt, the sun was glaring down and since his time in his sleep he'd lost his tan. 'Well, I leave the sun a chance to go over me with a wonder tan paint.' and as usual, wherever Vince was, young women surely weren't too far behind.

[Jake the Sage]

The salty taste if the sea stung at the lone figures eyes as the dingy, yes a dingy, he had been using to sail the East Blue bobbed up and down on the rolling waves. As he watched the passing isles sink into the distance behind him he let the currents and the gusts of wind take him to the remote body of land he would end up next. Once he had arrived, the dingy floating all the way up until it was lodged onto the sands of the beach, he took a single step out before reaching back in for a large sack which clinked while it was thrown over his shoulder.

Pulling the seafaring craft onto the sea and flipping it over the hooded man walked into the seemingly deserted forest of the island. No more than a few steps and he had arrived at a rundown beaten up shack which in all appearances was abandoned; yet it was one of his many hide outs within the East Blue. Walking in after he had ensured it was safe he set the sack on the broken table, wobbling as the satchel was set upon it, and he dug out a Berri to examine it. One by one he removed each golden coin, examining it and ensuring it was not a well crafted forgery, and had counted out a total of 35 hundred thousand Berri. His face twisting in disgust he crashed his hands through the stack of gold, making them cascade to the floor, and kick the chair out from underneath him.

He had been cheated over half, no more than half, of his payment for hunting and disposing of a Pirate who had been raiding a certain village in a certain town; their original agreement had been for 7 hundred thousand Berri. Lashing his hand out the door to the cabin opened as if by magic and, with another couple hand motions, the gold coins on the ground stood on their sides and rolled back into a pile on the dusty floorboards. Taking the dingy back into the water he leapt onto it, rocking it back and forth as it slowly went farther out, and let his right leg sink into the brine. Gripping the sides as he crouched down the dingy began moving against the waves while sea foam frothed up behind it; when the craft gave a sudden lurch forward the water behind it exploded. Away the isolated pirate hunter went, driving his one man ship back to where he had received the payment . . . back to where he planned on collecting the entire debt they now owed him.

No one has a debt with [i]him[/i] for long without paying it back in one manner or another.

[hr]

Having arrived at the port town over thirty minutes ago the man had rapidly marched towards the local pub that had served as their meeting grounds. Yet, not completely to his surprise, they had not been sighted since their last encounter. He was fairly certain the barkeep had told the truth, not many can with hold the truth from him; more so when they are hanging upside down and about to have their head blown off. Walking through the streets the wind kicked up, causing his hood to flutter off of his head, exposing the dark shaggy brown hair underneath, and he went to pull it back over his head when something caught his attention. At first it had been a young girl who had caught his eye, running around and ogling everything within eye sight like an obvious foreigner; but what truly captivated his attention was the man slowly stalking her. He had seen the brutish man before, large muscular body with a single patch of blond hair adorning the top of an otherwise bald head . . . it was a member of the troupe that were now indebted to him.

Scowling he turned to approach the man, more bent on secretly following him than outright torturing the information out of him, and stopped when he saw what happened next. The muscle headed fool reached out quickly from behind a fruit cart, pulled the girl against his chest, and squeezed her mouth tightly shut; though he could not hear them, from this angle he could see his mouth move to form the words 'scream and you die'. Looking around the man hit her on the back of the neck, a crude attempt at knocking her unconscious, and began running off with her. Normally a kidnapping wasn't something he would bother about, unless he was being paid to interfere or the likes, but when it intermingled with his own business . . . well . . . he might end up helping her for free while getting the rest of his money, he thought while following silently behind them; not knowing she had dropped a whistle, which was picked up by a young boy and blown for fun.

[Hotaru987]

Sena had placed the whistle in her pocket after Vince tossed it too her. She doubt she would even need to use it, because she was positive she could handle herself if need be. While walking through the town she had looked at anything and everything with open fasination. This was another town that was yet again drastically differen from her hometown. So busy, with shouts of people trying to bargan at fruit stands. Children playing, running across the main path. All kinds of different smells floating through the air from the various bakeries and resturants. Simply walking through the town was making Sena extremely hungry, and she had just finished eating only a few minutes ago. Sena was completely weak when it came to food. Knowing her she would willing walk into a trap all for some spare ribs.

Sena, being so engrossed in her sightseeing, was completely unaware of the man stalking her. By the time she noticed him, Sena had already been grabbed and pulled out of view of anyone who could possibly help her. Or at least so she thought. A sharp pain cascaded down the back of her spine and black spots danced around her vision. She went limp in the mans arm, the whistle in her pocket falling out and onto the ground forgotten. Sena, though not completely unconscious, was definately dazed enough to be easy to lug around. The man running with her was not careful in his treatment of her, often bumping her into the corners of the back allyway he snuck through. Whether they were on purpose or not was unknown to Sena, but before long unconsciousness finally got to her, and she was out like a light.

When she awoke she found herself in a dark, dimly lit room, a single candle lighting up the area. The light created deep, seemingly endless shadows in the corners of the room giving the impression as if something was hiding within. "Wh-what the....Where am I..." Sena mumbled attempting to move but she found out something else when she did; both her hands and legs were tied together. "Damn*t..."

Sena peered around the room and in front of her she was able to barely make out metal bars. A cage? The ground was rough, and very rocky. The smell of earth filled her lungs and the feeling of being buried overwhelmed her. Sena now knew she was in a cave, in a makeshift cage. She tried to think and vaguely remembered seeing a few mountains on this island. How long was she in here already? Hours? Days? Weeks? Sena couldn't be sure.

"Ah so you're awake." A deep gravely voice cut through the silence. To Sena it sounded like nails on a chalkboard. Though she could hear him the lack of light in the room made it hard to see him.

"Who are youm and what the hell do you want?" Sena said the ropes on her legs and wrist cutting deeply into her skin.

"Who I am is of no concern to you. Just know that you will be helping me further my buisness ventures." The way he said "buisness" caused Sena to become on edge. Just what kind of 'buisness' did this man do.

"And just....What type of buisness...Do you do?"

He laughed, which only caused Sena to whice from the terrible noise, "Oh I dabble here and there. But you, my dear, will be one of the main attractions in my slave trafficing buisness. Young, beautiful, fertile, and obviously...Unsoiled." Sena tensed. She was in some real deep trouble now. How the hell did she, of all people, manage to catch this creeps attention?

"You three, stay in here and guard her. Make sure she doesn't try anything funny." The guy said and three othe big, bruly men walked towards her cage. Two of them looked relitively the same to her, and the thrid she was able to vaguly place as the guy who grabbed her earlier. [i]Damnit....Now what am I supposed to do...?[/i]

[Jake the Sage]

The man had lost him. D*mn it how could he have lost his target at a time such as this? Atop a building, some people noticing him as he peered out around him, he cursed under his breath about his own foolishness for letting him get away. Out of sight he was unsure where to pick the trail back up, he had no clues to go on. Closing his eyes he gave a groan, walking so he could leap into the ally way; once he had landed a shiver ran up his spine. It was as if someone had reminded him of something, of a place he needed to go to with such urgancy. Yet, the images which raced through his mind were not ones of his own but someone elses. Closing his eyes the man focused upon his unique ability as dancing mist appeared around him in a multitude of colors that corrisponded to each individual; leaving a trail which almost immediately began fading away as they moved about. A dark brown, sh*t colored aura was right where he was standing, causing him to get a grin as he twisted his head to the left to see it moving out of the town on it's mountainous side.

The "hound" had his "scent trail" now and there was nothing getting in his way. Absolutely nothing. Bursting from the ally in a full sprint he knocked over a man who stood in his way, he raced towards the hole he knew the rats had scurried into. He had not only sensed the aura he had read before, but while he examined it he had recieved fuzzy impressions of weight on the shoulder he had seen the person he had been following settle the kidnappe. While he ran out of the city he had not taken time to notice the man he had knocked over was a partner to the one he was tracking, having just left the hideout; his business suit smugged with dirt.

Quickly making his way to the foot of the mountains he paused for a minute, catching his breath, and attempted to read whatever faint traces of aura remained. Unfortunately there were no logner and remnants which he could follow. The scent had gone dead for the hound and now he needed to use his eyes and ears. But sometimes those were just as good, hearing people bellowing in laughter in an area which was supposed to not have any human visitors. Turning to face the source of the sound, off in the distance, the Hermit smirked and began slowly walking up the mountain so he could take them from behind.

"So do you think the boss will let us sample the goods?" one of the men asked with one of his hands on his chin, the other in his neither regions as he thought about the possibility. The other man, knocking his partner to the ground, scolded him for acting in such a manner when he was supposed to be on look out, to which the prior complained about, "Nothing ever happens out here."

"Does not matter Bart! We need to ma-ack!" He was unable to finish his sentance as something wrapped around his neck, hoisting him into the air where he appeared to levitate for a few moments; struggling. Bart, scared and unsure what was happening, caught something landing behind him and spun around to see a familiar cloaked figure rising up. His hand reaching for his weapon he yelled out, "Sh*t! Sh*t!! Sh*t!!!"

A quick motion and both men were unconcious, lying on the ground as blood trickled down the hooded man's face, the blade having barely knicked his cheek. Using his weapons to hoist the men back into standing positions he proped them up like living puppets, wire replacing string, and gave them a position as if they were simply leaning against the walls whilst listening for intruders; ironic considering one was now entering their rat's nest with the intent of not just taking his full payment, but everything they possessed. He had already taken the dagger which cut his face, nestling it in the side of his boots.

[Hotaru987]

It was starting to look quite hopeless for Sena. She couldn't call for help, and even if she did no one would hear her. So far away from the town, Alex and Vince. They would be the only two to suspect something about my disappearance. But by time they finally found this place, if they were did, she would be long gone. Placed on some boat to be transported to whatever backwater ally these creeps crawled out of. While int he cage Sena had managed to roll and worm her way ove to the right wall, and lean against it as to not be laying on the floor. Though that was the most amount of comfort she was given. The thick, brown ropes were rubbing her wrist raw, and it only seemed to get worse the more she tried to move.

It was starting to look hopeless for Sena, but that was before she heard some scuffling not too far away. Muffled noices and a more than few loud curses. What on earth was happening? Had Vince and Alex somehow found her?

"No...I need to get out of sight..." She mumbled crawling her way into one of the deep, shadowed corners trying to make herself disappear. The heat was becoming unbareable. Sena knew what it would mean if her body got too hot. She would over heat and pass out. It always happened. At least ever since she had ate that fruit all those years ago. It was way she was always consuming water; to keep her cool.

A thought then struck her, "Wait a minute! Heat!" She grinned that was he ticket out of these ropes. If she could generate enough heat then she could burn through the ropes around her. Lightening generated a lot of heat.

The noise from up ahead was gone, so Sena knew she only had a few minutes to try and get out of this mess.

[Kyng's Old Account]

The sun's heat was intense outside and the boat was populated by crazed young women staring at Vince's muscular and well tonned body. He didn't noticed them though, he was still faint headed from the coma he had fallen into. The sky was blue and elegant. Suddenly, a woman threw some water at Vince, obviously waking him up. 'Ahh!' Suddenly he noticed the ladies gawking at his body, not just irresistably tonned but wet. 'Oh dear oh dear.' Vince had realise what he was getting into. 'Ladies please, calm yourselves! I'm not any boy toy! I am Vince da Leonard!' [i]'We know! That's why we love you Vince!' 'Marry me Vince!' 'Vince, you take my heart away!'[/i] was the only reply he got from them . 'My word, it seems once again I'm overwhelmed.' Suddenly he took out a small blue book. 'My book of secrets, never have you failed me.' He then walked over to the crowd, many men sneering at him. Vince decided 'I might as well get used to this, I'll never get much far trying to fight it.' He took out his book and then recited a poem he had wrote a long time back.

'Alas, I praise the beauty blessed upon thy cheeks which you yield
as soft as the sands of the coast enveloped by the sea.
My love, I have no armour nor no shield
that can protect my heart from thee.
You are the stars above, shining grace
miracle above.
You are a goddess in robes and lace
hunting for love.
How can I resist your beauty, lo, it is
as heated as passionate fire.
Goddess of love.
Your soul is pure, yet is burns
and hungers for desire.
Goddess of love...'

The women had all rampaged onto the ship, grabbing Vince and pinning him down. 'Oh dear, what kind of trouble have I got myself into.' And as the women were kissing every part of him he thought 'I wonder where Ms Sena is. She'll have to cope whilst I'm at these women's mercy.'

[Birkeland]

"Nonsense. We'll give you a few baskets of fruit and bread, along with some fresh water. We'd give you some money, but due to the circumstances..." The man beside the duo bowed and went to fetch the aforementioned supplies. The other townspeople went off to pursue any remaining marines and look after their sick. Isha had also left to gather some supplies of his own, still energetic from the recent battle. He found his way to an old supply shed near the docking bay of the town that he'd been using as a temporary home. Inside was a small medical kit and an oversized doctor's needle, roughly the size of a person. Taking the needle to the bay, he filled it with some sea water just in case.

The doctor made his way back into town to stay true to his promise. After an hour had passed, Isha was successful in ridding the town of the Blue Plague, along giving medical advice to the more skilled workers. A few bouts of handshakes and 'thank you's were given as farewell gift, along with two baskets of food and three buckets of water. A final gift was the group of unconscious, corrupt marines tied together with Captain Zwei.

"Thank you all for saving our town. We're forever in your debt. Come back whenever you need to" the same man from before announced. Isha waved the townspeople goodbye before securing the marines together and dragging the group away. "Now, my captain, let us set sail on our adventure. To rid the world of scum like this! To go to the end of the planet and truly live! To-!" He cut himself short and hung his head in shame. His once confidence pace was now a meager shuffle. "We're not going far, just a short time to the other town. They probably won't even need us to help them. Why are we bothering? I feel sick. Call a doctor. Oh wait..." Isha's depressed state left him walking in place as he was still trying to pull the marines away.

[ANBU]

Kazuya had sat seemingly in spot as the doctor had gone around town to heal the others standing an hour later when he returned, saying his thanks to the villages for the water and food they had just given him and the Isha, following the doctor as they began to walk back towards the shore holding the men. Kazuya listened to him talk until he started to seem depressed again and stopped moving Kazuya holding his hand out and pullig the marines into hi grip almost dropping them, "why are we bothering?.. we are bothering for the people who do need us the next town might not but on the open sea pirate attacks, Navy battl3es with pirates, anything could happen to those who can't defend themselves and those are who we'll defend.." he then said to Isha as he continued walking slower then before due to carrying the food, water and dragging the men.

[Jake the Sage]

The Hermit had encountered a few more of them inside the cave, attempting in such futility to prevent him from moving forward. Knocking them out easily with his specialized skills he threw them against the wall where they slumped over. Kneeling down to examine one of them he let the man unconsiously slide from the wall onto his side while he continued down his way. Walking deeper and deeper into the cave he was suprised to feel that it wasn't getting cooler like it normaly should, but instead it was becoming hotter. Looking around at the walls and ceiling he pondered it this was a part of an active volcano, yet he was certain it was not. Then what? What was causing the heat he was feeling.

He found out soon enough since he, after reaching an area with light, walking around aimlessly; certain paths he took felt hotter than normal. Entering a room he spotted his prize, the gold Berri, and inside what looked like a cage for wild animals a single girl; in fact it was the girl he had seen being whisked away by the muscle bound man. Walking in silently he looked at her without any emotion and then picked up a single Berri.

[Hotaru987]

All kins of sounds echoed throughout the cave. Dull sounding [I]'thuds'[/I] and footsteps were the most common of noises. But whether they were getting closer or further away was difficult to tell. Sweat poured down her face and a tint of red blush on her face. The extreme heat was geting to her. There was no place for the generated heat to escape. So it all stayed in one place, and Sena was begining to feel a bit too hot. "Yes!" Sena grinned as the ropes on her wrist and lgs fell away. She stood up wobbling a bit and stumbled over to the bars. Sena gripped the metal to find it steaming hot. It didn't bother her much and gave her mild discomfort.

Sena sighed and slid down to her knees. It was too dangerous to try and melt the bars. Even if she could, all of the rebounded heat would cause her to over heat. "Damn....Now what do I do." It was then some guy walked into the room. She met his gaze unsure as to what his motives were. He bypassed her completely after a quick second and grabbed something she didn't see. It looked as if he was about to leave.

"H-hey...Mister c-can you help me?" She asked her voice extremely airy and the red blush on her face even redder. It was almost like her body as about to start glowing like a poker.

[Jake the Sage]

Having examined the Berris covering the table to ensure they were real, he lifted one up as the girl caged called out too him. She was bright red and sweating profusely, but despite that she had the strength to speak; ropes snapped in the corner from burns to it. Walking over to stand infront of the cage he looked down at her, the bag of gold Berri slung over his shoulder, and flipped a single Berri into the air before catching it. She seemed desperate to escape and he might have helped her, for a price. Lifting the caught coin, heads facing her, he pointed to it and gave a low call that seemed almost a whisper, "Payment."

[Birkeland]

(OOC: sorry for the shorter post)

Isha sighed as he took in his new captain's words. [i]Maybe he's right. Well, he is the captain now. I guess he has to be right.[/i] Isha's slow trot sped up into a brisk walk, beginning to pull his weight. While still depressed inside, he forced himself to perk up and contribute to his new crew. The duo's combined strength had managed to get them to their ship in no time at all. Isha looked around for what was to be his new home.

"So. I don't see anything? Am I missing something?" Isha shifted his attention in every direction save for the correct one. "By the way Kazuya, how many more people are we going to have on our crew? If we become a group larger than 7, I'm going to request our ship have a working sick bay."

[Hotaru987]

It was hard to keep focus on much of anything in the room, much less a coin that the guy had flipped into the air. Sena was completely leaning on the now steeming metal bars but she made no signs of being in pain from the heat. She then heard him say something but it was hard to understand anything due to the fuzz in her brain. Finally, her brain processed the words, and though it felt like an eternety, it was only a few minutes before she replied, "P-payment....Yes. I-i can p-pay you." She whispered. "B-but what e-ever...Happed t-to...Chilvery...?" She joked managing a small dazed smile.

[ANBU]

'hm.. well I'm not really sure what we have yet.. we kinda took this one.." he said before hearing the second question, "hm.. well there's us, Kenshin who was with us just before and.." he said before looking up towards the ship's crow nests he began to walk towards one of the doors, "You still up there?" he then said loud enough for anyone above deck to hear as he put the food and water supplies down near the door deciding to take them below deck later to see if there was a food storage already on this boat.

[Jake the Sage]

Scowling for a moment the Hermit flipped the Berri into the air again, catching it as he turned to leave. He had long since given up chiclery and the woman did not sound as if she could pay his kind of fee. Yet as he walked away something in the back of his mind began nagging at him. With each step away from the cage doors it grew and grew, louder and more persistant within his mind. It was no plan, it was not the thought of having left something on somewhere, but instead it was a memory which he had pushed away a long time ago. As if suddenly in a poat moment of his life he could see, hear and even feel his little sister's touch as she begged him not to leave her bedside to go with the Pirates.

[i]"P-Please brother don't leave me! I don't want to be alone . . . I want to stay with you f-forever,"[/i] she had pleaded to him, fearful at the thought of having to live even a single day without him watching over her. As he stood there in the cave room with his head held low, he could almost feel the sensation of her soft frail hand slidding off his when he left her, and the shout she gave when he left. His heart beating quickly he snapped back into the present moment, tears which had long dried up now finding new life, and he spun around to the iron cage.

The sudden flurry of motion from the man as he turned and lashed out with both hands must have been frightening, but nothing compared to what was to happen next. As if something had severed the bars into pieces it let out a horrible scrapping noise until the entire cage door was ripped from it's hinges and thrown clear through the wall into the adjasent room. The Hermit walking over to offer his hand, his hood had fallen over to conceal his face once more, the tears having vanished as he regained control over his emotions, and he moved his hand up a bit to show her he was going to rescue her.

<OOC: BAM!>

[Hotaru987]

Sena closed her eyes the heat getting to her. Around her left hand a spark of lighting quickly flashed into focus. The frequency of the sparks was slowly starting to increase. When she opened them again she was disturbed to see the man walking away. "H-hey....Wait a-a minute...." Her voice was nothing but a whisper now. There was no way he would be able to hear her. Yet he stopped. She bliinked again, but to her it felt like an eternity before she opened them up again. When she did, the event that took place cause her to jump back and give a shriek of surprise, even in her contition.

The bars were suddenly flung off to the adjasent room, the scraping noise only causing even more discomfort to her condition. Sena looked through blurry vision, and made out a hand that was in front of her. "I.....I-i dont think....I-its a g-good idea......To t-t-touch me." She slightly raised her own hand and showed him her red hot skin, and sparks of lightening dancing around her hand, and now even around other parts of her body. "St-stupid d-devil fruit..."

Sena crawled to a wall and hoisted herself up with extreme trouble. "H-how deep?" She coulnd't even finish the sentence but she hoped he understood. She wanted to know how deep within the cave they were. Before he could answer a very familiar and gravely voice yelled, "What the hell!? My guards! Who did this!"

The guy from earlier suddenly entered the room, seeing Sena having been freed and a guy he didn't remember. Though something abotu him seemed vaguely familiar. "You! Who are you!? And what the hell do you think you're doing with my property?" The man snapped to stubby fingers together and two large men walked up. One carrying a rather large braodsword, and the other a spiked club. "And I advise you speak quickly mystery guy."

[Jake the Sage]

Seeing the woman's hand glowing white hot and electricity starting to spark around at random moments. He really didn't care, since he took a step forward so he could lift her up and hoist her onto his back so they could leave. Yet she managed to get up on her own, slidding up against the wall, and asked an odd question; how deep? It took him a minute or so to realize she was asking about how large the cave was.

Before he was able to say 'large enough' the ringleader had returned and appeared at the entrance to the room they were in. He didn't seem to recognize him at first glance, asking him who he was and what he was doing with the girl, seemingly not spotting the bag of gold over his shoulder, he snapped his finger so that two large men which had been accompanying him entered the room. Scowling the ringleader threatened, "I advise you to speak quickly mystery guy!"

Turning around the Hermit removed his hood, shocking the Ringleader when he saw his face, recognizing it instantly. The look of shock and fear disappeared as he thought about the situation. He was supposed to be the best assassin-for-hire in the East Blue, but how much longer could he truly fight? He must still be tired from the job they had given him, going back and forth, and whatever else. He shouldn't put up too much of a fight now, right? Yelling at the two men to 'kill him' they rushed forward as the Hermit raised his right hand towards them. A sudden explosion rocked the room, causing pieces of the roof to fall down, and both men had been thrown into the wall where they remained. Holding his hand up, smoke billowing up from it, the man looked at the Ringleader and knocked him out of the way, looking back at the woman with a motion to tell her 'come on'.

[Hotaru987]

Sena's determination to remain standing didn't last much longer after the myster man took care of the three that came into the cave. She only managed to walk 6 feet before finally being over come by the extreme heat and collasping, he body literally smoking and lightening jumping all over her. The leader of the group had been knocked into the wall so hard that he was disorientated, but as he watched them leave he saw the bag of gold over the mans shoulder. Angry he reached into his pocket and took out a snail phone, "I want everyone to our cave hideout now! There are two people leaving, and I want that man dead! Get back what he stole from me, my money and my merchendise!" There was a collective "YES SIR!" On the snai phone, and out in the streets all of the people affiliated with the gang came running towards the cave some making it there bwfore others and waiting for this guy to come out, ready to kill him on the spot.

[Christian Exodia]

Alex went outside. So far, he had no bounty, and wouldn't be recognized as a Pirate Chef. In his sleeveless vest, he carried produce in a basket, and the meat he hand carried to the ship immediately after purchase. As with the shopping, he decided to take out a few ruffians along the way. Thieves, then buying what they stole, fellow pirates, and even a friendly duel or two. He only lost one Thief and one Duel. He even got a Marine offer, which he declined peacefully. He stored the perishable food in Ice, and the Non-Perishables in a wooden pantry. He even stole back from the band Sena was kidnapped by.

[Kyng's Old Account]

After the women had left Vince almost paralyzed from the kisses and "other" things, he'd heard the whistle. 'Ms. Sena!' He immediately got readied up and left the ship. 'Don't worry, I swore to protect ou and I will to the best of my abilities!' He suddenly saw a mysterious hodded figure running. 'Hey! Stop!' He ran after the man. The man tried to lose Vince in a crowded street, but Vince's agile and swift movements blocked this chance. 'Halt!' He placed his mask on, to seal his identity. Eventually they reached a dead end. 'What have you done with Ms. Sena!?' Vince roared at the man, unsheathing his rapier. 'Oh, a duel?' The man said in a womanly voice as he took out a large scimitar. 'NYARGH!' He charged and swung at Vince. 'Please, your techniques ack any artistry.' Vince said on a wall. He had jumped out of the way quickly. 'Now then, quick strokes!' Vince leaped at the hooded man and slashed him in a flurry of swipes. Eventually it revealed that in fact the man was a woman. 'What on earth?' The woman's robes had been torn, revealing her bra. 'GRR!' She swung mercilessly at Vince, each time dodged. Vince then smirked behind his mask, jumped behind the woman and grasped her trap. 'Aa- ugh...' She fainted on contact. 'You know not the power of the legendary assasin, Scarlet Terror.' He said to the unconscious woman. He checked her body for the whistle. 'Drat.' Then he decided to search by roof top. 'I'll find you, but I hope no-one identifies me. The Scarlet Terror needs secrecy.'

[Jake the Sage]

Carrying the unconcious woman on his back he felt as if his skin would blister underneath even his long overcoat. As he slowly moved away from the area he could feel the electricity coarsing through him until he felt something up ahead. Lowering his head he scowled and, even though he could not see or hear anybody, he could feel something up ahead. It was large, but he was certain it was not a single entity and more plausable that it was a mass of individuals that had gathered together; cursing under his breathe he knew it had to be the others summoned by their boss. The Hermit was suprised the guy he had blown into a wall had managed to summon more thugs to get rid of him. Glancing back he sighed, hoisting her up a bit more, and began climbing the stairs which lead to the top of the mountain range. Normally this was only a place for scouts and yet he knew it was their only means to escape.

Now standing on the roof he looked down at the entire group of people still waiting for them to come out of the only true exit. Grinning he took a couple steps back before suddenly rushiing forward; the cold wind wipping past the woman's face waking her up, having cooled her down. When she opened her eyes Sena could see the ground rapidly approach them and people shouting as they moved to avoid being landed on. Wrapping his arms around her waist even tighter he clicked his heels together as a sudden jet stream of energy shot from his feet and propelled them through the air like a rocket. Flying through the air the thugs just stood in awe as the Hermit soared towards the port town.

[Hotaru987]

Sena wasn't aware of anything other than darkness, and extreme almost painful heat. It was so hot, that she couldn't bare it. Sena just wanted it to end. For the heat to go away. Then within her darkness there was a rush of cold air. Theough whether it was really cold, or it just seemed cold because of how hot she was wasn't clear. Either way, it was welcomed by Sena. The rush of cold air kept coming, more rapidly every second that passed. Slowly Sena regained consciousness, still feeling hot, but at least the currents of lightening that surrounded her went away. What she needed was water, not just cold air to feel better. It took some seconds for Sena's focus to return but when it did she only saw the ground quickly approaching, and a band of very mean looking men. "Wh-what the h-h-hell!?!" Sena screamed as much as she could in her weakened state. Suddenly her stomach felt like it flew into her stomach, when the man took off, some type of energy pushing him into the air and away from the confused men.

"I-i..Have a s-small boat...At th-the docks...T-take me there, and th-then I need w-water." Sena told the man, fading in and out of unconsciousness.

[Jake the Sage]

Luckily for the mysterious man it was not far from the mountain range to the port town. Streaking through the air quickly as he got closer and closer, his altitude also got lower and lower. Finally they were flying level with most of the buildings and unable to slow down or rise above them, the Hermit spun around to grip the woman to his chest so she would not be harmed. Harmed from what you may ask? Well the buildings of coarse. Crashing into the third floor of a wooden side and skidding across the ground before shattering out of a window.

Opening his eyes he could see people standing around in awe that he was alright even after crashing completely through a building at such a high speed. Next he noticed was the pressure being applied to his chest and when he looked down he could see the woman still alive drapped over his chest. Coughing he attempted to get up, not knowing his crash had drawn attention all the way to the sea; possibly, in fact most likely, also being heard by the woman's commrades.

[Kyng's Old Account]

'Ms. Sena!' The Scarlet Terror noticed the woman that this man was running with. He then took off his mask and took to the streets. There he found Sena's body next to a coughing man. Vince lifted her head and said 'Ms Sena, are you ok?' Then he saw the man trying to get up. 'Are you alright sir? Here.' He got the man a glass of water. 'This should deal with your cough.' Then Vince attended to Sena again. He asked the man 'Whrewas she and how did she become like this?' Suddenly a group of bandits approached. They noticed the unconscious woman, an attentive man and a coughing Hermit. Vince felt a bad feeling and swiped his mask on. 'Oi! Hand over yer wallet!' A bandit said, wielding an axe overhead. 'Or...' 'Or nothing.' The Scarlet Terror siad as he swiftly maneavured around the bandit and, similar to the last victim, he incapacitated him, which without a doubt triggered the others to attack. 'Please.' The Scarlet Terror mocked as he looked around; he saw a two buildings quite far apart. He made a jump at one of the buildings and launched an aerial attack. 'Once again, you lack artistry in you attacks!' The Scarlet Terror began spinning viciously with his rapier pointing in his direction, creating a spinning needle. Suddenly he broke the pose and unleashed a flurry of swipes and slashes. The spin allowed him to severyly cut hius victims. As he landed gracefully, bandits downed and bloody, he taunted 'What an ugly rose.'

[Hotaru987]

Sena leaned against Vince as he sat her up. Even in her dazed state she knew who that voice belonged too. "I-i need water. And fast..." She wheezed. Sadly before they could move again more thugs had appeared. Sena couldn't help but wonder where the hell all these people were coming from. Fortunately. they were quickly taken cared off and the only people that were left were the civilians who looked very scared and confused. Sena managed to stand, her skin still flushed red, but not as bad as it was earlier due to all of the cold air helping her cool down. "W-we need to leave. N-now." Sena stumbled backwards and fell onto the floor, though she managed to catch herself wit her hands.