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Kat lay on a large relatively flat rock gazing at the dark clouds that were slowly drifting towards the crews shelter. She suppressed a shiver thinking about how today was noticeable much colder than the day before and closed her eyes letting her thoughts wonder.
Last night Gillain had made it clear that staying in the same place for too long was a bad idea and that they had to get to the center of the island asap. After all not only do they have ruthless pirates competing with them to get there first, but they now also have a few after them for revenge. Erik of course made it clear that it wasnt safe to move Valencius or Irhok at least until they woke up so Kat had been helping Erik hoping to speed up their recovery as much as possible.
She frowned slightly not being able to suppress her worry for the crew. Other than the badly injured child molester and Irhok she also had Erik to worry about. He obviously hadnt gotten much sleep yesterday and when Kat asked about it he gave her a vague answer and had been subtly avoiding her ever since. Then there was the two who Mirage found beaten up that morning. Davy and Gillain were still fast asleep despite it being way past noon. When Kat asked about it Graphit told her that it was a guy thing and that every man must go through a phase were he must sneak out in the middle of the night to have a battle to the death. Or at least in Davy and Gillains case a battle to being knocked out cold.
Mirage and Graphit had volunteered to go looking for food earlier that day and were taking an unusually long time to get back. Kat hoped they'd at least return before it started raining but the dark clouds that were now directly above her told her that it was unlikely to happen.
With a loud burst of thunder the rain began rushing down. In a matter of seconds Kat was completely soaked, but she didnt care, after all she had more important things to worry about. She just lay there for a few moments before suddenly realizing that the she could no longer feel the rain on her skin. Confused she opened her eyes to see Davy standing next to her, shielding her from the rain with a ridiculously large leaf, his usual cheesy grin on his face.
"You really should try not to catch a cold, Erik has enough work as it is after all." He smiled.
"If youre really concerned about Eriks work load shouldnt you be worrying about getting a cold your self." Kat sat upright and smiled back at Davy who was just as soaked as she was and getting even wetter by shading her with the leaf instead of himself.
"Ah good point." Said Davy sitting down next to her and positioning himself so they could both take shelter under the leaf.
"I thought you were still sleeping." Said Kat feeling glad that he was mostely back to his usual self.
"Who could sleep with that?" Said Davy pointing a short distance away were Valencius and Irhok were sheltered and were Gillain was striking one of his usual poses and were Erik had a finger pressed against his lip trying to get Gillain to keep quiet.
'Ssshh... You're going to wake them up!' Kat could barely hear Eriks voice over the sound of the rain.
'Good! Isnt it great when a wounded soldier wakes up after a battle?!'
Kats smile widened and she could feel the heavy feeling worrying had given her slowly lift. But then Davy watched her expression change into a serious frown.
"Is there something you want to tell me Davy?"
"Wha- What do you mean?"
"I have a weird feeling... Im not sure what it is... but theres something going on isnt there?
"Something like what?"
Davy tried to keep a straight face and prayed that Kat wouldnt notice the shock, worry and fear that he suddenly felt. Kat didnt bother answering and just gave him an intense look that said 'dont bullshit me'. They maintained eye contact for several moments each more stubborn than the other not willing to talk.
"Cheh, fine then." Said Kat standing up and stepping into the rain.
"Oi wait." Said Davy standing up as well and dropping the leaf so he could grab Kats hand with his only hand. She turned and gave him the intense look again urging him to spill it. "I guess youve been worrying alot lately huh?... Listen Kat... I... er... It's..."
"... A man thing." Kat and Davy turned to see Graphit standing behind Davy, one hand holding two bags full of food and the other placed firmly on Davys shoulder.
"Its good that you're finally awake Davy. I need to talk to you." Davy turned to look back at Kat and suddenly realised how tightly he was holding her hand and reluctantly let it go before turning back to Graphit and opening his mouth to tell him that he was in the middle of something. "Now... and alone..." Said Graphit before Davy had a chance to protest.

Last edited by Infinity (2007-09-06 13:50:35)

The crew stood silently in front of the mysterious door that had appeared moments before. Despite Eriks protests Gillain had carried Irhok and asked Graphit to carry Valencius all the way there, but now that they were standing right in front of the door there were no buttons to be found and no riddle nearby. The rain was falling much heavier now and even with the combined effort of the whole crew the door wouldn't open no matter how much they pushed.
'...Lets go back to the shelter. This door wont budge and Valencius and Irhok haven't fully recovered anyway.' Said Erik with a concerned look.
'Im sorry Erik I'll accept full responsibility for whatever happens to these two, but at the moment we cant just go back. This isnt just a walk to the centre of the island anymore, the pirates that are after us arent a laughing matter. Staying here any longer will only put the whole crew in danger.' Said Gillain.
'Besides, giant doors embroidered with gold and silver don't just appear out of no where for no reason.' Frowned Davy tapping the door with his foot.
'Er... Hey, does anyone else smell that?' Muttered Graphit behind them.
'... N-now that you mentioned it its sort of like rotting old socks.' Said Mirage making a face.
'You know what they say about the first one who smells it...' Said Kat giving Graphit a sharp accusing look. Everyone fell silent again and all eyes darted towards Graphit.
'IT WASNT ME!!!!' He yelled turning red. But they werent looking at him but rather at a skinny figure behind him.
'Isnt that-' Exclaimed Gillain pointing at the woman that had appeared.
'The corpse!!!' Yelled Graphit dropping Valencius with a loud thump.
'Aaah my nose!' yelled Valencius who had woken up from pain caused by being dropped face first onto the ground.
'She's not a corpse...' Muttered Gillain completely ignoring Valencius 'The fact that shes here proves that shes the riddle angel after all.'
'Seriously my nose! Its bleeding.' Valencius continued.
'M-Maybe we should ask miss corpse about the door.' Said Mirage not even glancing at Valencius.
'Huh?' Said Kat looking at Davy who just shrugged back at her.
'Shes the one who told us the rules of the island when we first landed.' Said Erik walking up to the old woman.
'What are you doing here?'

'Master has been watching for eternity. Master has been waiting for eternity. Master thinks that Master has finally found you.' The blank expressionless look on her face hadnt changed at all as she spoke over the sound of the rain. 'Master has sent me to challenge you. A challenge that will either allow you to skip 50 doors or force you to leave the island and not get a second chance to come back. Do you accept the challenge?'

'Wait! What kind of challenge? Cant you tell us anything else?' Asked Erik, but it was no use. Once she says what she has to say she switches off.
'Accept it.' Said Kat.
'We cant just accept it... we have no idea what the challenge is. If we loose the all we've been through since we got to this island will have been for nothing-' Said Graphit.
'B-but if we cant even answer a simple challenge, theres no way we can answer the final riddle anyway.' Said Mirage.
'Accept it.' Said Kat again. 'We can answer it. I'm sure we can.'
'Well...?' Said Erik as everyone turned to face the captain. 'What should we do?'

Through the stone door, the crew vanished, following a vigorous Gillian who held a torch he had found at their last camp. Behind him, Erik tried to figure both why he had chosen a wrong answer earlier, and how many doors they still had to pass; skipping fifty doors could be a preposterous joke, or a huge aid in their journey, depending on the total amount of doors they were forced to pass before coming to the end.
Luckily, the injured members of the crew were regaining their spirits and health, and it felt like their battles were several weeks away. Even Davy, who had been down after his battle, seemed to have regained his resolution and spirit, as the crew followed an ancient path through the tunnels of a ruin. Davy was thinking of yesterday’s lesson, and how he had managed to control his inner monster quite well; though still not comfortable with his newfound powers, Davy was starting to understand the possibilities which he could exploit if trying hard enough. Such strength…such power, he was set upon testing his skills on a real enemy when the time would come. Still, he would not reveal it to the rest of the crew, except Gillian who understood what the whole concept meant, and he hoped to find some peaceful time to train his skills after they came to the end of this island. Most of all, he wanted to try that trick...

After increasing their pace somewhat, the crew arrived another door with a riddle and two buttons; another riddle appeared in shining letters before them:

“The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?”

Valencius smirked and began to laugh, even before having a look at the answers:

“Did those fools run out of ideas?! Obviously, it’s women!”

Kat and Mirage sighed simultaneously, stopping Valencius’ laugh of victory quite abruptly, and then he continued:

“Well…God didn’t have a wife…and the man who bought it…errr…well, he doesn’t need it, you see. And finally, the man who needs it, never knows he needs a woman!”

Graphite and Erik sighed this time, making Valencius fall on his legs, and yelling:

“Come ON, just check the freakin’ answers!”

Gillian carefully removed the surface of dust upon the answers, and read the small letters: “Air” and “Coffin”

This time, Irohk, Gillian and Davy sighed loudly, making Valencius increase his voice even more:

“What the HELL. I didn’t even say anything this time! Give me a break!”

They all laughed, and were surprised by the sound of the door opening; Mirage was a professional when it came to riddles, and she was their lucky trump card when it came to the island. Gillian struck a pose and beckoned them to continue.

Davy was surprised, after being ignorant and having his mind on other things, how they had already passed 15 doors; Mirage was truly their sharpest weapon when it came to this game. The unspoken question which everyone was thinking of, however, was what they would meet at the end of the maze. Kat thought, judging from her past days at the island, that there couldn’t possibly be anything good waiting.

Kat kicked a small stone in front of her then shifted her weight from one leg to the other, exhaling loudly. Dark rain clouds blocked out most of the suns warmth from above, barely allowing any sunlight to penetrate through. It had been four days since they skipped the 50 doors. The distance between the doors was gradually increasing and the riddles were becoming noticeably much more difficult. It had taken them almost half a day to find the last door and even then it has been 2 hours since they started working on the riddle which even Mirage seemed to have a little difficulty with. Five of the group were huddled up near an enormous tree that had the riddle engraved on it murmuring loudly to one another, while Kat and Graphite stood waiting nearby with the mostely recovered Irhok between them to ensure what happened at the first doors on he island wouldn't happen again.
"Alright, I think we all finally agree that the answer is red right?" Said Erik standing up.
"Yah yah, lets just get this over and done wi-" Began Valencius reaching our for the green button, but stopped when he saw Gillain standing in front of the door.
"Before we go on I just want to say something." He said with concerned look on his face and a slight frown. "I have no idea what we'll find beyond this door. So far all we've done is blindly followed and believed what a talking dog and a corp- *cough* *cough* and a mysterious woman have told us. Maybe there is no angel behind this door. Maybe the there is no crimson key or gem. Like Erik said a few days ago, someones wants us to reach the centre of the island and we're about to find out whether that person is a friend or foe the hard way. So lets work together so we come out of this in one piece." Said Gillain the look of concern completely replaced with a serious one.
"Captain..." Said Mirage nearby as everyone turned to face him.
"And our first step of teamwork is for all of us to press the final button at the same time!" Yelled Gillain striking his 'finger pointing to the sky' pose and grinning like a mad man.
Silence...
"Bahahahaha!" Laughed Irhok not being able to hold it in.
"And to think her was this close to being cool..." Muttered Graphit.
"I knew it... this really is a gay crew..." Said Valencious staring at Gillain.
"Thanks Valencious." Said Gillain changing his pose to another one of his favourites.
"I dont think he meant it as a compliment" Laughed Davy with tears in his eyes.
"Well then lets do it!" Said Kat holding an open palm right in front of the green button and smiling sheepishly.
"See that's what I wanted to hear." Said Gillain placing his hand above hers.
"Lets just go already!" Said Graphit clapping his hand on Gillians.
"Hahahaha...." Said Irhok as put his hand in too, still laughing.
"Oh god, are you guys serious?" Said Valencious looking left and right as if hoping no one he knew would see him standing there. "So embarrassing... huh?! Wait! Not you too!" He stared as Mirage and Davy joined the others then turned to smile back at him.
"Hurry up you two." Said Kat grinning at him and Erik.
Valencious turned to look at Erik, apparently the only other sane person in the group, but Erik just sighed loudly and smiled back at the girl before walking up to the group and placing his hands on the others.
Valencious stared at the group of seven before him, standing in the rain with their hands together and grinning like idiots. "This is so damn gay..." He said annoyed finally giving in and pressing his hand hard against Eriks so the group of hands pressed against the green button and the door finally began to slide open.

It took her breath away.

In the middle of the island was an enormous oak tree bigger than any of the other trees on the island. Its thick ancient branches twisted and turned in all directions and its red and golden leaves slowly floated down to earth dancing playfully in the soft breeze. Rays of light shone down on the tree like a spotlight from heaven, reflecting on the raindrops on the oak making them sparkle. The beauty was indescribable and for a split second Kat held her breath. She could no longer feel the rain or hear its soft patter. As a matter of fact she could no longer hear anything aside from the light crunching sounds the crews feet made as they stepped over the fallen leaves. All the sounds of the animals, the rain... even the whistling of the wind all disappeared instantly. And that was not all. Kat looked up at the sky and noticed for the first time that the rain hadn’t stopped but was now falling in slow motion just like the falling leaves. The dark rain clouds continued to block out the sun from everything except the tree. They just twirled around it menacingly leaving a small opening only were the oak tree penetrated the clouds.

“Wow…” Davys whisper echoed behind her.
“Wow what? Where’s that the damn angel.” Muttered Valencious apparently still annoyed he had to join the group bonding earlier.
“Right in front of you…”
Everyone turned to face the tree.
Silence.
“Ah… w-what did you say captain?” Asked Mirage, knowing what his answer would be.
“That wasn’t me.” He said eying the great oak.
“Ahem. It was me.”
Silence.
“Holy Shi… did the tree just?” Said Graphit not willing to complete his sentence incase he really was going insane.
“Holy excretion indeed Graphit.” Said Gillian, eyes buldging.
“Like hell. I told you already. Angels. Are. Hot.” Said Valencious looking left and right and half expecting someone to pop up from behind something screaming ‘surprise’.
“If you don’t like this appearance I suppose I can change.”
And with that the tree began to glow brighter and brighter until the point were Kat could no longer keep her eyes open. Eventually the light began to fade away, and by the time Kat opened her eyes again what was standing in place of the tree was even more breath taking. A man stood with short hair as brown as the oaks bark and golden eyes that sparkled like the oaks leaves. He appeared to be in his early teens and wore a black suit without a tie, and a loose brown untucked shirt underneath.
“Better?” He asked with a smile that could melt ice.
“Aha” Said Kat as Mirage and her nodded ferociously and blushed.
“So this is an angel.” Said Erik noticing Davys expression and smiling at his obvious reaction.
*Cough* “Lets get this over with shall we.” Muttered Davy giving the angel a cold look.
“No wait before that, we have a few questions.” Said Gillain.
“Why not. I have nothing else booked in my schedule between now and eternity after all. I’ll answer one question.” Although the angel was smiling there was a bit of resentment in his voice.
“Err.. ok then.” Said Gillain looking at Erik.
“Why did you help us skip 50 doors?” Asked Erik.
“Why?” Smiled the riddle angel. “Do you have any idea how long I’ve been here? 4 thousands years. And in those 4 thousand years barely 50 or so ships have made it to this isolated island that no log pose points to. In those 4 thousand years I’ve watched crews split up and divide and never find their way back to their nakama. I’ve watched people go round and round in circles alone for year after year, some went crazy, some even killed themselves. But now, for the first time in 4 thousand years I see a crew that even after splitting into four groups, and even after having each group answer a different number of wrong answers and even after ending up on opposite sides of the island… somehow manage to end up back together within a few days. So why did I let you skip 50 doors? Well, it’s because you’re either insanely lucky to have overcome the chances of one over 6 billion 42 million 103 thousand and 42 of finding each other again, or you had the helping hand of an angel.”
“Well neither is true so maybe you should’ve left ‘em there.” Everyone turned around to Meano yawning behind them being held by the ‘corpse’.
“M-meano? How’d you get here?” Asked Graphit.
“I found the riddle angels jinn in a hut on the beach and asked her to bring me here.” Said Meano.
“Put that filthy thing down.” Said the riddle angel instructing his jinn aka the corpse with a suddenly dark expression on his face. “You have some nerve showing your face here, after so many years what the hell is your master up to?”

Irohk stood dazed, confused and absolutely dumbfounded.
"WHAt...the...HELL just happened!?" Said Irohk.
"It's pretty obvious isnt it?" Said Davy
"Not with a brain like his!" Laughed Valencius as he poked Irohk's head.
As the dog finished its conversation with the angel, it started to float up into the air, and vanashed.
In Erik's hand was a key. It was a golden key with an intwined heart at the top, like vines coiling around a tree, a ruby was in the center of the vines.
Then Mirage spoke up, "what now?"
Gillian struck the 'finger to the air' pose and said, "WE LEAVE!"

- "Secret weapon, eh?" - said Valencius with a smug little smile. - "I like the sound of that."
- "Oi. I may have been the one to say it, but don't be so full of yourself." - replied Gillian - "Though, the fact remains - whatever you will have in store for someone, or something that put us all together, will be a big surprise."
- "Speaking of weapons, my old rifle got wasted. I took the enemy's gun, but it has no scope, and I'm running low on ammo." - said Cotez.
- "Yeah. That, and we're running out of supplies. We've got food for ten days at best." - Davy pointed out.
- "We have to stock up on medicaments, too. Contrary to popular belief, band-aids can't heal everything. We've got to buy some antibiotics to prevent infections and get some medicines for any diseases we may encounter on new islands.

- "Okay. It's a given, that we need to do some shopping, make some repairs, upgrades and let the injured recover. We all need a break too, don't we?" - asked Gillian. Everyone nodded in approval. - "All right. As the captain of this crew, I declare that we will stop at the first inhabited island and restock. There are many reasons to do that, and all of them are important, but the one that will convince you to agree to that wholeheartedly is the fact, that we've run out of MARSHMALLOWS!!!" - the captain shouted out, tears of sorrow overflowing in his eyes. - "Yeah, yeah, just get on the ship already, before you make us look even more gay that anyone can possibly imagine." - Valencius grabbed Gillian by his sleeve, and dragged him aboard. Everyone sighed at the sight of Gillian still mourning over the lack of marshmallows, but all have followed him onto the ship.

Last edited by Winxorz (2007-10-26 11:09:18)

Kat slowly drifted into consciousness but kept her eyes shut.
She was having a great dream and didn't want to fully wake up. She was finally in the kitchen of her cosy home again. Her younger brother was playing football in the house as usual, her grandmother was standing in front a steaming cauldron with her usual disappointed face. It was a beautiful day. Spell books were spread across the dining table and on the very top of the books her most recent test with the letter F in a bold red felt across it. She took a deep breath and inhaled the rich scent of herbs and spices that the kitchen always smelled of then sat down on her favourite seet to eat strawberries with Davy.
Finally... she was home again.

Kat closed her eyes tighter and smiled. She felt warm and sleepy under the blanket but the only thing keeping her awake was the powerful swaying of the ship.
...
The ship.
...
Kat shot up awake and looked around wildly trying to figure out were she was. The memories of the island, the riddles and the angels came back to her one by one and a few seconds later she finally calmed down recognising the room she was in as the one designated as the infirmary on the angels ship. She looked to her left and saw Erik sleeping peacefully on a chair right by her bed, mouth partly open and hands in his pockets. She smiled again and whispered so as not to wake him up : "thank you doc.". She wasn't sure how but somehow they had made it past the riddle angel. She wasn't surprised though, with these guys she felt safe and even as the angel held her she knew they would find a way to save her.

Kat was now fully awake and thought back to her dream. It had been so realistic that it brought tears to her eyes thinking about what life used to be like and what it can never return to. Her grandmother, her brother, her home and... Davy? She pulled on her shoes which were by the bed then walked to the exit wondering what he was doing in such a dream.

Outside It was really late and the ship was dead quiet. As she walked on the deck she saw signs of the celebration she had missed. By the looks of it the crew really had some fun and she was shocked she was able to see through it. Then she saw him.

Davy was exhausted and quite drunk. He wasnt sure how many bottles he had had but he promised himself that this would be the last one before he would run off to wake Gillain up. He leaned off the edge of the ship and looked out at the sea. Then he pulled the bottle of sake to his mouth and got ready to take another sip when he heard a voice behind him.
"You really shouldnt drink so much of that stuff you know..." Said Kat giving him a concerned look.
"K-Kat!" Said Davy nervously. If she had come 10 or 15 minutes later she wouldve walked in on a battle between a a giant spider and a giant midget. I guess having one last bottle before waking the captain was a good idea after all. he thought turning to face her. "I... er... just had a sip or two..." Kat looked down at the pile of bottles at his feet then back at him. "or maybe maybe it was a little more." He said kicking the bottles aside.
"I'm serious." Said Kat trying to keep a straight face, but with the nervous smile on Davys attempted innocent face she couldnt help but smile back.
"I'm glad you're finally awake. You look like you had a good rest." Said Davy changing the subject.
"Yah... I had an interesting dream." Said Kat leaning over the edge of the ship next to Davy so that they were now both looking out at surface of the ocean which reflected the infinite number of stars in the sky and sparkled like a field of diamonds.
"Really? What about?"
"About some people that were really special to me in the past and..." Said Kat, remembering the image of Davy sitting in her kitchen. "Someone thats special to me now." The last words escaped her lips without her realising it. She blushed surprised that she had said such a thing.
"Someone special huh." Said Davy.

Last edited by Infinity (2007-10-31 14:33:50)

-"Now just what the hell is that supposed to be?" - Valencius said - "The whole thing is ridiculous! How did it appear out of nowhere like that"
-"Yes, that is most unusual..." - Erik replied - "This mountain is ridiculously large. Usually only a small part on an Iceberg is seen above the surface and the rest is hidden underneath. But this one... It would have to be bigger than any mountain I've ever heard of."
-"'Nuff said, but putting science aside, why doesn't it melt when it's so hot around here? We're still near a tropical island after all!"

The whole crew stood on deck and watched the iceberg. Suddenly, Gillian's face expressed a huge surprise. He took out his Obligatory Captain's Spyglass and pointed it at the ice mountain. - "That's strange. I thought I really saw it, but... Nah, It's impossible." - he said to himself. Mirage turned to face the rest of the crew. - "Have you heard that?" - "Heard what?" - asked Graphit with a puzzled look on his face. - "Yeah, I think I hear it too." - Kat joined the conversation. - "Like a strange, hissing noise."

Suddenly, a loud thump was heard, and a huge amount of steam escaped from the surface of the iceberg with a loud hiss. Cracks appeared on it's surface, but they were way too regular to be natural. The cracks widened, and the whole middle section of the iceberg opened, as well as small window-like holes below it. The hissing stopped. The inside of the iceberg looked strange. There was a wooden floor inside it, looking almost like a ship's deck. - "Just what the hell have you seen through the spyglass, captain?" - asked Irokh - "It's ridiculous, but it looked like... a pirate's flag!" - Gillian tried to say, but his words were lost in a series of explosions, as cannons rolled out of the small windows and started firing at his ship.

Having been awoken from a not unpleasant dream involving a quiet library and a mug of freshly made hot chocolate, Erik frowned, eyes still shut, and listened for whatever it was that had awoken him.
Captain!!!
The cry came again, recognizable as Irohk. Erik allowed himself the luxury of keeping his eyes closed for several more seconds before sitting up. Rubbing his stubbornly stiff neck, he sighed: I really need to find a better place to sleep than the nearest chair.... Looking around the room, he saw that Kat's bed was empty and made. The sight brought a smile to his face: You're really starting to grow attached to everyone, aren't you...? Shaking his head with an odd, almost rueful smile, Erik opened the door and stepped on deck.


Things had quickly gone from bad to worse when the ersatz iceburg opened fire on the Angel's ship. Without a moment to think, the crew acted to defend each themselves, almost naturally complementing each others strengths while at the same time compensating for each others weaknesses. With Gilliam and Irohk taking the point, Erik and Valencious, the latter having climbed the mast and now holed-up in the crow's nest, provided cover for their crewmates' backs and flanks. Every now and then, Erik could make out what seemed to be one of their enemies disable another of the invading pirates with a swift blow to neck, solarplexis, or some other vital area.
"Did anyone see where Davy ran off to?" Yelled a 10-foot tall Gillian as he slammed a pirate face first into the deck.
"Kat was at the the other end of the ship!" Irohk deflected an oncoming swordblow and retaliated with a quick slash to the mid-section. "I'm guessing that's where Davy is!" Looking around,  the young swordsman engaged a particularly devious-looking pirate who was trying to get close to Erik; the young doctor taking the time to reload after having just shot a man who had managed to sneak behind the captain.
"So that just leaves Graphite unaccoun...."
"PENCIL-TWISTER!!!" A small group of pirates sailed into the air approximately a dozen yards away from the three men, all clutching at rather nasty looking gashes and stab wounds. However, they were immediately replaced by twice as many opponents, and all that could be seen was the occassional flash of a yellow and eraser pink.
"This is no good...." Gillian snarled, jumping backward to dodge a swordblow before literally booting the offender off the ship. "We have to do something or we'll be overrun." Erik and Irohk nodded in agreement, the two men now pressed back-to-back. Striking a dramatic pose, Gillian shouted at the top of his lungs, causing the Deep-Water pirates to pause momentarily, "WE NEED TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM!!!"

A drop of sweat trickled down Davys face. His eyes were locked on Kats and he was breathing heavily. He took step forward and she took a quick step back.
"K-Kat." he whispered.
"No..." She said shaking her head. Her heart was beating wildly and tears were filling her eyes. "no." She said again.
"Its me..." He said taking a few more steps closer. "I'm still-"
"No." She said louder this time. It was all she could say, and she knew if she tried to say anything else she'd end up screaming.
"Ok, I know it's a big shock, a-and I know you'll need some time to-" He talked as he walked up to her slowly and by the time he got to his last words he put his hand on her shoulder.
"NO!" She screamed and slapped the man in front of her. She tried to take a few more steps back but ended up tripping on her robe and falling down backwards onto the deck. She could feel the edge of the ship behind her and knew there was no where to run. She looked up at the person in front of her but the eyes looking back at her were no longer human. The dark, hungry eyes of a hunter had paralyzed her with fear. She couldn't even scream as he kneeled down in front of her so that they were face to face then leaned in closer so that she could feel his icy breath on her face. A tear ran down her face.
"I wasn't done talking." He slammed his fist on the edge of the ship behind Kat with a ferocious force, barely missing her face. Around them the pirates that had just been staring at the scene earlier finally got over the initial shock and where closing in on the two from all sides taking advantage of the fact that Davy was completely focused on someone else. They all rushed forward but Davy didnt even twitch. He was still completely in his human form except for his insect eyes which were burning into Kat's. The pirates got closer, they raised their weapons, then mercilessly they all struck at the same time. But the fist that collided with Davy's head didnt belong to any of them. The force was enough to throw Davy several feet away and right through one of the ships masts. When the smoke cleared Kat looked up at the giant before her, and the kanji for Rage on his marine coat.
"You all right?" At the sound of Gillains voice she finally let the flood of tears she'd been holding in go.

Last edited by Infinity (2007-11-08 15:00:31)

“You all right?” Gillian said to Kat, who had started crying uncontrollably. He put a gigantic hand on Kat’s shoulder, and then turned to Davy. “Davy, I know you didn’t mean to do that, but still you did it. I think needs a little time by herself. I think you should probably help out whoever needs it. And no more transformations for today, that would make things even worse, got it?” He turned away for a moment, and then put on his trademark goofy grin. “Well, I’m off. I suppose I’ll have to take on this ‘Captain Deepwater’ fellow. Wish me luck!” With that, Gillian took a leap off of the crew’s ship and landed on the deck of the iceberg, with a resounding thud that tipped the berg slightly.

Gillian hit the floor rolling, and when he came up, he saw that he was surrounded by the enemy. “For Capt’n Deepwater!” they chanted, banging their weapons against the deck. “I’ve no time for you guys! cried Gillian, raising both fists into the air. He slammed them down, knocking everyone on the deck off-balance. Running through the crowd, he finally came face to face with the now infamous captain Deepwater.

Standing before Gillian was 40 feet worth of Merman. The creature frankly terrified Gillian, who’d never seen a merman like this even in the marine manuals. “FNAFNAFNAFNAFNA!” Laughed the creature, in a deep guttural voice. “I am Captain Deepwater, and you shall tremble before my might, for I am A ‘Colossal Squid’ Merman, noblest and largest of all the merman species! Feel my tentacle-y wrath! Most of his crew grimaced at the last remark, as did Gillian. “What? What did I say that was so cringe worthy, even by my own crew? Out with it I say, out with it!” One brave crew member stepped forward, climbed up captain Deepwater, and whispered into his ear. “Oh. Mm-hmm. I see. Of course. Yes. Yes. Ah, splendid.” The pirate shimmied down from his perch, and rejoined his crew members. Captain deepwater sucked in a great breath, and then let out a bellow. “MY CREW TELLS ME THAT I’M BEING PERVERTED! I FAIL TO SEE HOW, BUT THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT! I APOLOGIZE! Gillian blinked once or twice. “Apology accepted!” Gillian replied, smiling. “HOWEVER!” Gillian was nearly blown off of his feet by this bellow, “I CANNOT EXCUSE THE ATTACK OF OUR SHIP! YOU WILL BE ENDED HERE, BEFORE THE TENTACLE-Y MIGHT OF CAPTAIN DEEPWATER!” Everyone groaned, including Gillian. “WHAT? WHAT DID I SAY? WHAT DID I SAAAAAAAYYYY-“Before the Gigantic Captain could finish his cry, Gillian had delivered a powerful punch to his chest. Deepwater stumbled back, taking in a great gasp of air. “YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!” Roared the indignant Captain, lashing out with his “Tentacle-y might”. Gillian barely dodged out of the way, tentacles landing and smashing the deck where he had just been to splinters. “I think it’s a bout time I started to beat you.” Said Gillian, taking off his marine coat, and throwing back to the deck of the Angel’s ship. “RAGE RAGE LIGHTSPEED!” called Gillian, channeling his anger into pure speed. He felt everything slow down to a crawl… everything but himself. He dashed across the deck, avoiding the now slow-moving tentacles of Deepwater, until he finally reached The Captain. Without missing a beat, he jumped onto one of the tentacles and ran across its slippery surface. One Gillian got to his face, it was just a matter of ending it. A rapid volley of japs and kicks, and then Gillian returned to normal speed. The combination send Deepwater flying across the deck… and into the sea. By the time Gillian had realized his mistake, it was too late. A tentacle came lashing out of the water, catching Gillian in the chest. He felt a lancing pain, and then a ripping sensation as the tentacle’s hook came ripping out of his chest. He hit the deck hard, blood splattering. He knew he was hurt bad, and that he was probably done for if he got hit again. To his horror, he found that he couldn’t move. He looked down at his torso, and saw another tentacle pinning him to the ground. Was this it? Had all of his journey been for nothing, just to for it to end like this? Was he just going to lay there and DIE? He REFUSED! HE WOULD NOT DIE DITTING DOWN LIKEA  COWARD! HE WOULD FIGHT TO THE BITTER END! With the fires of rage rekindled, Gillian grabbed the tentacle that was pinning him down, and proceeded to cut it half with his bare hands. Only… his hands weren’t bare anymore. Two bright red beams about a foot long each were projecting from his hands. They had sliced through the squidflesh like a hot knife through butter… before Gillian could comprehend what they were, they disappeared.

  “I’d say it’s about time to beat you, for good this time” Said Gillian, striking a truly epic pose.

Irohk had somehow made it onto the boat., when he heard a large cry.
"RETREAT!" Said a gruffy voice
" RIGHT AWAY DEEPWATER-SAMA!" came a chorus of voices.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?" Yelled Irohk as he ran as fast as possible back to the back of the deck. And then he saw that their ship was already too far away to get to. Then the Iceburg casing closed in on him.
"....no way" He whimpered, "there is no WAY!" Then two pirates rounded the corner.
"THERE IS STILL ONE OF THEM ON HERE!" Yelled one, and then 20 more came around.
Jaw completely dropping, Irohk Ran as fast as he could until he fell into a random hole. Yes...a hole...then landing on a very pointy thing.
When he got up, he saw he landed on his crewmate Graphit.

He smacked him across the face a couple of times, "OI GRAPHIT!" He said as he heard more pirates coming.
"Nani?" Replied the pencil warrior.
"How are you on here?" He asked
"I was thrown by Gillian-shenshou why?"
"We... are stowaways" Said Irohk trying to word it right.
A puzzled look cam across his face, then a very very grim one.
"Don't tell me..." He said
"We..are....stuck on this ship... and we are already too far from the others." Irohk continued
Graphit's jaw dropped...""
"I know... O.O"

Then around the corner came 50 or more pirates, surrounding them.
"Looks like we will have to fight our way out" Irohk said unseathing his sword and taking his Shield from his back.
"Looks like we do" Said Graphit.

PENCIL TWISTER! Graphit attacking to the right.

SHIELD BASH COMBO SWORD Irohk Said as he spun around bashing his opponents with his shield to gain momentum, and using his sword to take out 5 in one attack.

Bouncing off the side of the ship walls attacking their way back to the middle. Graphit coming in first like an arrow.
"Ready for a combo attack Irohk?"
"Sure am" Replied Irohk as he put his shield and sword back, as he grabbed Graphit's legs and went around using him like a large pencil/hammer
PENCIL BASH

"MATTE MATTE MATTE!!!!!!!, I NEVER AGREED TO THIS!" SCreamed Graphit.


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On the ship.

" look kat.. wait..." Said Davy

" NO WAY!" Interupted Eric

"What is it now?" Said Gillian comign back.

"Not only have they retreated but.. ever since Irohk and Graphit got on...we haven't really seen them right?" Said Eric

"Come to think of it...." Replied Gillian

" Uhh..." Said Eric

Davy turned around. "You guys... coould they be?"

" STILL ON THAT ICEBURG?" Screamed Gillian and Eric together...



*Translation Notes*

Nani = What?

Matte = Wait!

Why do i use this? It kind of takes the taste of what This situation would be like in anime