Mina stood in her armor and looked at the ship following close behind. She lightly touched her broken ribs and clenched her teeth; the man would pay. "Captain, he is still following."

The captain, a young woman with long white hair looked over the ocean and saw the ship and blinked. "So he is, time to attack." The captain leveled her cold red eyes to her tall Amazon looking shipwright. "Mina, you are on the first strike. Can you handle him so soon? Your ribs haven't healed since your last encounter with Drake."

The tall brunette nodded stiffly and lovingly touched her sledgehammer on her back, "I am wanting revenge from our last fight. He used my weakness against me." She said as she thought back to the adorable stuffed teddy bear he had showed her and almost got lost in her thoughts. She quickly recalled her emotions to the bored expression she usually wore. "I will not let him use the same trick twice, Chesha." She looked at her captain, amazed that such a tiny woman could be so deadly and strong.

"Regan and Ace have already begun to move. They are attacking the base while we circle by it again. You only have to distract them until they have destroyed the base, after that you should be free to come back. I'm sure the Rear Admiral will have more pressing manners then arresting a pirate."

Mina nodded, "I'll go distract them." She hopped over to slim fast boat she had created. It had a single sail that one person could control; it was faster, but dangerous in the open water. However, she maneuvered it with ease and silently climbed aboard the ship. She knew she had to be careful, they knew her weakness, but everyone else had their job. She snuck up behind the helmsman and quickly disposed of him and then began to navigate the ship away from the Devil's Kiss. She knew she wouldn't be able to continue her plan much longer, but it put them away from firing at her crew. Sure enough she saw a marine spot her and almost drop his weapon. "It seems I've been spotted." She said in a monotone voice. She sighed and grabbed the large hammer from her back and crushed it into the helm, "But that should slow you down."

"Pirate!" The marine shouted as he watched the tall woman come towards him. "Rear Admiral, it's Sledgehammer Mina!"

Mina didn't even flinch and jumped towards him, both hands holding on to the large weapon. She swung when she approached swinging it across her chest and hitting him with it like it was a bat. She saw the man cease to move and then calmly placed it over her shoulder and walked towards the main part of the deck. She saw the marines were waiting for her and she shrugged the weapon off her arm, "So it begins."

Drake watched as the female pirate brushed off his men. She did with such ease that her face never changed from her bored expression. She was much like her captain, however her weakness was much greater. Drake almost smiled at the thought of their last battle and then remembered the blow he had dealt her. He looked back over at her and saw as she swung her expression would change slightly to show a quick glimpse of pain. It was time to end the fight. "Stand down." He ordered and watched as the men backed off and the female pirate lazily lean against her powerful weapon. "Sledgehammer Mina."

"Rear Admiral Drake." Mina replied bored as she looked over the marine who had dealt her so much damage.

Drake couldn't understand himself, the girl seemed so distant, yet that wasn't her. He looked her over from her long brown hair tied into a high ponytail to the way her clothes flowed away from her. She was so much stronger and masculine the other woman, except for her weakness. "Is it really necessary we fight? Why don't you surrender? You won't be executed and I will be sure you are treated with respect."

Mina put her nose up in the air, "You wish."

Drake smirked and then pulled out a small doll he had gotten from an island he had stopped at, "Are you sure?"

Mina turned and saw the doll and instantly moved over towards him. However, she saw the smirk and forced herself to stop, "That's low."

Drake just shrugged, how a woman like her had gotten so obsessed with cute things was beyond him, but it made it all the more fun. "Come on, you know you want it. After all, I don't like unnecessary fighting and I know you are still hurt from our last fight."

Mina grabbed her hammer and lunged only for him to effortlessly block it. "I'm still strong enough to fight you. I will never give in as long as I breathe!"

Drake's eyes narrowed, "So be it." He lunged at her then and felt a cold smile creep to his face as the woman was put on the defensive. He struck a blow and knocked her into the mast which put her to her knees spitting up blood. He pulled out his sword and put it to her neck, "Goodbye." Right before he executed her one of the men on top on the mast shouted down that the base was on fire. Drake looked up to see the smoke coming off in the distance. "Leave now, I have other business to obtain."

Mina blinked in surprise, "You aren't just going to finish me off?"

Drake glared at her then, "If you don't leave I will! I have no wish to capture or defeat anyone who is hurt, especially a weak helpless little girl."

Mina glared at him and then took off, knowing that it was in her best interest to leave. She jumped onto her small sail boat and returned to her own ship. "I will defeat him. Even if it's the last thing I do."

Her captain saw her and walked over calmly, "Well I see you survived, and with little injury. We are setting sail, Regan and Ace are back on board now, so we need to be quick." The small woman went to walk away and then turned back, "Glad you made it."

Mina nodded and went over to the rest of the crew where she was told that Ace and Regan were expecting a baby. All the thoughts of the man who had beaten her flew away as she pictured all the adorable baby clothes she could dress the child up in. However, her child had red hair something that Regan and Ace did not have. "Interesting…" She murmured as she heard the rest of her crew try to get her attention. She waved them off and walked down to the small room she had claimed as hers. Why did a child come up like that? Why not a little Regan or Ace? Those would both be adorable, but instead the red haired child with chocolate brown eyes.

Meanwhile…

"Captain, why did you let her go?"

Drake looked down at the man who tried to hide from his glare, "I didn't feel like drenching this deck with an injured woman's blood. It seemed distasteful." He said as he turned away to look back at the Devil's Kiss who was quickly disappearing into the horizon. He didn't know why he let her go, maybe she reminded him of an old friend, or of a fond memory. All he knew, he was relieved when the marine told him about the base. It pulled him out of his bloodlust, and he hadn't killed her. "Sledgehammer Mina, someday I will capture and arrest you, along with all the rest on your crew."