Drake woke up to the ship jerking throwing him out of his bed. He quickly left the room and went on deck to see the storm they were currently caught in, "Get a move in and bring up the sails! If we don't this ship is going to roll!" He looked up and saw the deserted island they had been heading too to gather supplies. A wave went over the side of the ship and crashed across the deck. Luckily, one of his men were standing beside him and kept him anchored to the ship, his devil fruit powers greatly weakened him. He watched as one of the smaller masts snapped and began to fall on deck.
"Captain! The weather is getting worse, I don't know if we will make it!"
"Send out an SOS, hopefully there are some other Marines nearby."
"Yes Sir!"
Drake watched as a large wave began to form in front of them and cursed. His ship wasn't going to make it through. The Grand Line was full of mystery, one never knew when their time was done. He clenched his jaw then remembered their prisoner. If the ship sunk she would drown trapped in her small cell. Letting out a curse he bolted towards the cell and saw the woman holding onto the cell bars trying to get out. "Hold on." He unlocked the door and then handed her a weapon, her hammer. "If you try to use that on anyone I will shoot you in the head."
Mina gave him a mocking salute before grabbing tools and going on deck. She trembled at the sight of the storm, it was one of the biggest she had ever seen. She took a step forward as a large wave crushed down on the ship sending it into a roll. She grabbed on to the railing of the ship and then she felt the water pulling her deep into the abyss. She forced her body towards the surface greedily inhaling the air when she broke the surface. She looked around and saw many of the men struggling, however, Drake was no where to be seen. She cursed and dove underwater forcing her eyes open when she saw the Rear Admiral Drake sinking towards the bottom of the ocean. She quickly swam towards him and put him over her back and began the hard swim to the surface. Luckily, she managed to come up next to a large crate and pushed him on top of it.
Drake coughed up water and sat up quickly. He looked around and saw he was on a beach, but when did he go to a beach? He looked around and saw the debris before remembering. He stood up and looked around for his crew to find the pirate who had saved his life collapsed at the ocean's edge, a marine beside her dead. He saw the woman's grip on the jacket and realized she had been trying to save him when she had collapsed herself. He frowned and picked up the woman carrying her into the shade. "Why did you save me?"
Mina awoke and found herself under a tree. She sat up and found her hammer within her reach. She heard movement a small distance away so she grabbed her hammer and headed towards it to see Drake filling in a grave. "Is that…"
Drake nodded silently, "The Marine you dragged to shore? Yes, why did you try to save him? Why did you save me?"
Mina shrugged, "I am a pirate, I don't follow anyone's rules but my own. I don't see why I have to let people die when I can save them. I'm not a bloodthirsty Marine."
Drake raised an eyebrow, "Generally it's a bloodthirsty pirate and the Marine's try to save people."
Mina crossed her arms and gave him a look, "Uh huh, who wanted to execute Regan and Ace just because their father's are notorious pirates?"
"They are notorious pirates!"
"Regan's mother was murdered by Marines because they wanted to arrest Regan. Regan was just another girl in her village. Yes she had devil fruit powers, but she hadn't hurt anyone. She wasn't a pirate or a threat to anyone, but they wanted to arrest her because of her father. Do you know who saved her? Pirates."
Drake looked away from the pirate girl ashamed at the conduct of the Marines, "That was one time."
"Marines let the World Nobles have slaves. The only people who have saved them are pirates. The Marines just turn away from the murders they commit."
"How many slaves do you know, no one can save them."
"Whitebeard saved a few. He was going around when he saw a couple girls his daughter's age and he saved them."
"How do you know that?"
Mina gave a small smile and looked out to the sea, "Because I travel with them now. I've seen the mark of the slave on them, I hear their terror at night when they dream of those times. They are pirates, however, they have some of the softest hearts on the ocean. They will help anyone who needs it, unlike some marines that I know of."
Drake looked at her then, "I must agree that your pirate crew is unique. Not all pirates are like that."
Mina gave him a smile then, "Just like not all Marine's are fighting to protect people. The only difference is that they have rules and regulations, while pirates do what they like. So instead of waiting for permission to save a Marine I just saved you. If you became my prisoner I could just release you if that is my desire. You would have to contact your headquarters and they would decide."
Drake smirked at her and then looked out to sea. "Well it's just me and you for now, let's bury the Marine and Pirate until we get off this island. Marine ship and you are my prisoner, pirate I am your prisoner, trade ship we are both free to go."
Mina grinned and shook his hand, "Deal."
Drake smirked at the girl then, "Marine's know my ship went down by here."
Mina returned his smirk, "This is one of Whitebeard's islands. He comes here to relax and fix his ships." She turned then and went off, "Well since you are useless other than fighting, I will build a shelter house. Don't want to get rained on."
Drake rolled his eyes but smiled. It might not be bad to take a vacation, after all, the pirate woman was still a woman. What could be worse than relaxing on an island with a beautiful woman, and if they weren't rescued for a while, the Marine's would forget about both of them and they could start a new life. With a grin he walked in the same direction of the female pirate, it was time to enjoy his vacation.
