Rock on
Chapter 1 : Hathcock

It was a quiet day on the sea. The sun was shining brightly. On an island called Sunflower Island in the West Blue. Everything was all but quiet. The island was attacked by pirates.

" Give us all your valuables! " one of the pirates shouted. " Kill them all " another said. The pirates were destroying the small island.
" We can't find anymore valuables captain! I think this is all of it. " a pirate said to a gigantic man.
He must have at least been three meters tall and his arms were as big as tree trunks, however his lower body seemed rather small compared to the rest of his body.
He looked like a giant gorilla, was bald and was filled with scars. The name of this pirates captain was Theodore Baxter A.K.A. " The Human Tank " . He has a bounty on his head of four million Beli.
" Good! Now finish the job! " Baxter said. At the same time a couple of his men screamed out in pain and fell to the ground.
In front of them stood a man with a white shirt, brown pants, black boots , a black coat and a dark brown musketeer hat . He had a light beard and brown hair. He was holding a rifle.

A pirate ran to his crew mates to check on them but they were already dead. The pirate then attacked this mysterious man but ended up being killed himself.
The mysterious man was fast, you could not see his movements when he killed the pirate. Baxter got angry and charged at him with his giant arms.
The man simply dodged and hit one of Baxter's arms with his rifle multiple times. Baxter fell to the ground and shouted out in pain.
" Leave now or I'll be forced to kill you aswell. " the man said. Baxter struggled to get up and reluctantly left as quick as he could.
After Baxter had left the mysterious man sat down next to a house. A couple of villagers came to thank him. " Who are you ? "they asked him. "
My name? Sure, I can tell you that. My name is Carlos Hathcock. I'm a pirate. " He said with a grin. The villagers looked at him with disbelief. " You're a pirate? " they asked. Hathcock nodded.
" Then where is your crew ? "they continued. " I don't have one yet nor do I have a ship for that matter. I just started after one year of outrunning the marines because I deserted. " he explained.
The villagers looked confused until one of them realized something. " Wait, now I recognize you! You have a bounty of thirty three million Beli on your head. " the villager said
while showing Hathcock's wanted poster. " Yup, that's me alright. " Hathcock replied. " I like the picture of me but the nickname " The Deserter" doesn't really cut it. I'm open for suggestions if you have any. " Hathcock explained. " That's what you hate about the bounty ? " the villagers shouted in sync.
" You're a wanted man! Be more afraid! " Hathcock had burst out in laughter. " If that bounty would've scared me then I shouldn't have become a pirate! "

The suddenly heard a loud explosion. Hathcock stood up and quickly ran to where the explosion had occurred.
Baxter was standing in the center of the flames with a gigantic cannon in his hands. " Baxter! I thought I told you to leave ! " Hathcock said angrily. "No way shrimp! You caught me off guard last time !
Now I will crush you like the insect that you really are! " Baxter said. He didn't really look that sane right now. Hathcock sighed and shook his head.
" I have no intention of killing a mental insane man Baxter! Leave! " At that moment the group of villagers who Hathcock had talked to just now had caught up with Hathcock.
He could see a grin on Baxter's face. He then realized what Baxter intended to do. " Get out of here ! He's going to kill.. " Hathcock shouted while turning around to the villagers but was interrupted by Baxter who had open fired on them. As the smoke cleared the group of villagers laid dead on the ground. Most of them were in multiple pieces even.
This angered Hathcock. He had seen many men like Baxter. He despised their very existence and because of men like these pirate have a bad name.
These villagers were innocent. They didn't deserve this. Hathcock grabbed his rifle and open fired on Baxter. The giant used his cannon as a shield but he couldn't protect his entire body.
Slowly but surely Baxter was being injured by his opponent. Hathcock got annoyed by this child's game and threw an explosive towards Baxter.
The giant was too late in noticing this explosive and was caught in the explosion. A dust cloud blocked Hathcock's sight.
When the cloud had lifted and Hathcock had opened his eyes he could only see a cannon and rubble where Baxter should have been.
Hathcock noticed a trail of blood and figured that Baxter had escaped. Hathcock quickly looked for the highest building in the village.
The villages church seemed to do the trick and Hathcock quickly climbed to its peak to take aim.
" Wind direction , north – north east. Force 3 maximum 4. Target moving distance one mile. Height twenty meters. Balance perfect." Hathcock said when he had Baxter in his sights. " Target acquired , ready to shoot in three, two, one. Boom! " Hathcock said before shooting. He had hit Baxter in the back of the head with only one shot. " … Head shot…"

After killing Baxter, Hathcock pitied the village. Luckily some of its villagers had survived and thanked him.
Together with the villagers he buried the dead.
Soon after that Hathcock took a dinghy and set sail to the ocean once more to continue on his adventure.