Many days passed since Marik joined the crew. He had a gruff appearance being tattooed up and down his arms. His beard was scruffy and short. His black hair was thinning and was wild looking. No matter how much he combed it, it maintained the wildness. His eyes were a bright orange. They had an uncanny ability to pinpoint his target so he can easily shoot it out of the sky. They were also useful in finding flaws in cooking. Despite his rough exterior he was very kind. At least he was to his new crew.

They were approaching an island called Incle. Incle was well known for their ships. It was the best place to get a ship before approaching the Grandline. Alex was mindful of this and tried to navigate towards the island. For once Lady Luck graced Alex with the luck needed to navigate. Alex couldn't wait to get out of the tiny dingy. It was getting too crowded for her taste. She hoped that once they got a ship she could sleep in peace without somebody kicking her or waking up with a face full of ocean spray.

Upon arrival to Incle, Alex warned Alice to lay low for awhile due to her new bounty. Bobo and Marik volunteered to not only make sure Alice behaved, but to get supplies for their new ship. Alex was going to get a new ship, even if it meant killing people to have her way.

"Ma'am, where is the ship building company?"

"Sir, could you tell me where I could find the ship building company?"

Alex was slowly growing more and more aggravated with each new person snubbing her. The thought of slowly killing each snob crossed her mind as each person she tried to talk to ignored her.

"It's on the south side of the island. You're currently about 3 miles away from it," said a lady looking to be about in her late 20's. Her eyes looked straight into Alex's, and they were unwavering.

"Thank you, you're the first person I've come across that hasn't acted like they had a stick shoved up their ass." Replied a chuckling Alex.

"Most people here are wealthy and think anyone not from the island or looking a bit different is a lowly being. It makes being a doctor here difficult. I barely get enough people to come to my clinic to even feed myself." Sighed the lady while shaking her head.

"Well I have a proposition for you then. Join my crew as a doctor and you won't have to worry about going hungry."

"And just how can you guarantee that I will not go hungry?"

"Simple, we have a cook and we can fish," replied Alex happily. For getting a doctor was very much needed to prevent any illnesses from concurring them. Sure they were going to get sick, but how sick is unknown. Alex can only cure a cold and a mild fever and nothing more. Stitches freak her out and needles do as well. One of the reasons she refuses to use senbon in her arsenal.

"All I can contribute is being a doctor."

"Which is perfectly fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course." At that very moment marines spotted Alex. There was a murmur among them. Little did Alex know that they confused her with Alice.

"Get her!" shouted one of the many marines.

Alex turned her attention from the doctor lady she was talking to, to the marines that were quickly advancing towards her. They held weapons ranging from pistols, swords, knives, and axes. A few oddball weapons here and there, but most of the weapons brandished were of poor quality. Alex's trained blacksmithing eye noticed the detail right away. "Excuse me for a moment ma'am." The doctor only nodded as Alec unsheathed her weapon. A simple katana that had a blue hilt and had an orange rope tied around the sheath.

Alex barely glanced at the marines before she sliced right through two marines without much of an effort. The marines were unfazed for they believed they had strength in numbers. Numbers had little to do with ability and ability Alex had. She had trained with her father for years until he was murdered. Even as a young child she had talent in wielding a blade. Two more marines advanced and Alex made a horizontal cut and sliced the marines in half. The rest of the group began to realize that this wasn't the dragon woman, but whoever this woman was she was just as deadly if not more as the dragon woman.

A marine that wasn't in the group noticed the scuffle that was taking place. He snuck up and was watching a woman just slashing her way through a crowd of marines with ease. He built up whatever courage he had and rushed the woman. He struck her in the back and the woman cried out in pain and surprise. She then grabbed him by the neck and tossed him like a rag towards the group. Once the group got up they noticed the woman was furious and ran away for their lives, leaving their deceased comrades to rot.

"Fucking cowards!"

"Fucking idiot!"

This caught Alex's attention. The doctor rushed Alex and tackled her to the ground. She proceeded to roughly treat the wound on her back.

"Can't you ease up?"

"Quit your bitching I'm almost done."

"I wouldn't bitch if it didn't feel like hell."

"Then watch your back more often."

"I was busy."

"You could have died. Besides I'm finished."

"No wonder you get so few patients. You must treat all of them cruelly with your doctor skills. Besides what is your name ma'am?"

"Leona."

"Well then Leona let's get you some supplies. Then we must go get a ship."

"Sounds good to me."

After many hours of bustling though town they had their hands full of medical supplies. At least half were bought using the five-finger discount. Leona and Alex made their way to the ship building shop. Leona, as it turns out, was a welcome guest there and actually already had a ship there and it just needed to be paid for. Alex despite her surprise paid for the ship and Leona and Alex managed to steer said ship to the port where the other crewmates happened to be playing poker. Bobo was winning with three mice and two birds as his winnings and Alice was losing for she had a half-dead cricket for her earnings.

"Hey, meet Leona out new doctor!" shouted Alex happily from the new boat.

"Hiya."

"Hey."

"Meow."

"Ooh is that our new ship? Can we finally escaped this dingy?" asked Alice happily as she was jumping up and down rapidly.

"Yes it is our new ship, and the dingy will remain with us. I have grown attached to the little bugger."

"What's the name of the ship?" asked Marik as he looked up from his cards.

"No idea what the name is."

"I know what we should name it! We should name it Shadow Play, for we are the Shadow Pirates after all."

"Sounds good." Everyone replied in unison. Truth be known everyone was just happy to either get off the island or the dingy.

"So who's steering?" asked Bobo as he swished his tail back and forth. Awkward silence followed the question. Bobo sighed and shook his head. Some things never changed.