Dark Hunter sighed hanging over the wheel. They'd been sailing for three days to get to Marleybone to recieve the new custom he'd requested the Dark Titan. "Captain we're almost there be happy you'll have your new ship." said Bonnie propping her rifle against the railing. The crew had been using a temporary frigate that Captain Avery had lent the crew until the ship was finished. There was next to no room for the entire crew keeping them packed in like sardines while sleeping and for this reason Hunter had left 3/4 of the crew back at the tavern choosing to keep only his best swordsmen and gunfighters with him until they retrieved the new ship and returned. "Bonnie We're sailing what might as well be some barrels covered in planks. This ship is falling apart and getting a new ship within the day or not I'm simply worn out. We've fought 20 different boats today and 30 more land battles. all of our weapons need repaired or just replaced and the food stores are running low. We have to then tow this back to port for Avery as well as fully stock and armor the Dark Titan and then we need to head to Mooshu for new Samoorai blades get you to your teacher in marleybone visit Mordekai to repair the halberd and visit cooper's roost to get 4 new six shooters as we managed to melt or partially melt billy's and bart's." Hunter finally finished using a rope to hold the wheel staying their course. "Well Hunter why not give Kobe the temp ship to hit cooper's roost and Mooshu on their way back for his swords and guns and we'll head to Marleybone's gunshop to repair your pistols and I'll meet up with my teacher to tweak my rifle. Then We'll meet back at Skull Island." Bonnie offered wanting to offer more than a simple cutback on the work. In the past month alone Hunter had been to Mooshu, Skull Island, Cooper's roost, Aquelia and even his and her home Marleybone. His once beautiful coat made of material darker than night with a trim of blood red was in tatters, half of it had been burnt off in one of the many volcanoes or battles and countless sword cuts and bullet holes numbered it as well as Hunter's own blood. He was also missing an eye and a foot which while our engineer friend was able to build a replacement for him but his eye was un-savable and as such Dark was forced to wear an eyepatch despite his complaints and it was obvious to everyone especially his firstmate Kobe and Bonnie could tell his accuracy with not only his cutlass but his pistols and even his treasured rifle was suffering. "Bonnie I don't know what to do, I can barely win a battle without using gunnery and even then my aim most of the time is horrendous with swords and spark throwers. All I can do anymore is sail nothing else. I'm a washout of a pirate. Once we make port in Marleybone I'll turn the galleon over to Kobi and I'll return to skull island on the frigate. you and Kobi do the repairs and stops you need with this," Dark dropped a quite weighty bag of gold into Bonnie's lap. "and then meet us in the Kraken Skulls tavern. I'll break the news to the crew and split the holdings we've saved between you all. What's left I'll use to pay back Avery and I'll work with Mordekai to train pirates. My years of sailing are over." Dark sighed slumping down against the railing holding the wheel with a loop of rope. "Captain that's no way to think. You just need to retrain, take a month off the missions and learn with the teachers again retrain your hand with a sword and dial in your aim with a sparkthrower. What you're thinking of puts all the crew out of a job and kills any chance they have of making amends. And don't forget Catbeard will be sent to jail again without you to protect him and from there he'll be hung. What you are discussing will kill nearly the entire crew Dark now dammit think for a minute!" Bonnie finished finally standing up and pulling Dark Hunter to his feet. She'd not have her captain who'd faced all manner of foe without any worry except for that of his crew fall to such a low level. This was not the man she had given her life up to sail under and she doubted any of the other crew had either. "Bonnie what do you want me to do, we both no I'm broken. The hydra has broken me like so many before." Dark said hanging almost limp in Bonnie's grasp. Bonnie remembered the fight with the hydra. she'd used every trick in the book to keep Dark up and moving, he'd been wearing his Aquelian armor which now sat bloody and forgotten in the hold waiting to be sold alongside the axe of the Minotaur. Dark had been fighting with the axe hoping to deal more damage to the hydra with his immense strength before it could kill Bonnie and Kobe but sadly fate had other plans. As Dark raised the axe to cleave the hydra's third head the fourth struck out and attacked him cleaving his leg with its razor sharp teeth while the second spit acid in his face. While his helmet had bore the brunt of the attack the acid had hit Dark in his left eye eating through the surrounding flesh and the eye itself. Kobe had used his blades to keep the first two heads at bay while Mustand and Billy used their revolvers to hold off the other three. Bonnie slinging her rifle over her shoulder had rushed Dark to the local healer as quick as she could but sadly there was little that could be done. the Acid was cleaned away to prevent further erosion of his eye and Bonnie almost heaved after she saw it. What flesh was left was red and raw and obviously paining her captain, the socket was empty clean to the bone and some skin around the socket was gone as well. it was as if someone had simply erased his eye leaving behind the skull to peer through. Kobe had then broke the news to the crew about what had happened to the crew who had stayed to either repair the ship or were left to refill ammunition and food stores. A few days later Dark was back up and working but it was obvious he was still in shock failing nearly every stab when he could even hold his sword and missing every shot with his rifle and even his pistols. His strength was also gone leaving Barnabus to return the axe to the ship along with the armor which Dark almost threw over the side upon seeing in his cabin; they'd shortly after moved it to the hold until what was to be done with it was decided. Bonnie realized then looking at the once proud Dark Hunter Silver slumped in her grip that the man she'd have stood behind until the very end was gone replaced by this sheep in wolves' clothing. Shortly after they arrived in Marleybone and received after which Edwin broke the news to the others to complaints which Bonnie silenced with a gunshot threw the ceiling of the tavern cellar. They had then parted ways Dark heading to the frigate while the rest went to the many stops they needed to make the Dark Titan ready for its first captainless mission. To kill the hydra that had stolen their captain from them.