"We've got someone with bad manners here." Ace said as the bullets disappeared behind him. He was still alive!
"Van Auger has manners, good manners, you moron!" Alexandria shouted, angered by Ace insulting uher/u Van Auger.
Ace stood up on the roof and pointed his fingers like guns. "Fire gun!" He shouted and bullets of fire came at Van Augerm, burning the grass around him and starting a huge fire. Alexandria began to worry but he quickly dashed out of the way. She has never seen him run so fast before. Maybe that was partially why the others called him "Super Sonic,"? There was a loud crashing noise and then a rain of ash fell on top of them, singing their skin. Alexandria held her arm over her face like a visor to see what had happened but she was too late. Ace stood, valiantly on the rooftop, the fire dispersing back into his body.
i'He's too hot to handle,'/i she thought to herself with a chuckle. Now, she wished she had a special power granted to her from a devil fruit like her uncle and Ace. At least, then she would stand a chance. She was just a small, mortal girl with a gun and a cutlass.
"Burgess! Auger! Don't butt in!" Blackbeard shouted at them when they regrouped.
"Sorry!" Burgess apologized.
"Alexandria!" She heard Auger shout as he ran towards her and swung his cape about her.
The few things she saw before they were flown through the air was a giant fireball flying at them and the purple lining of Van Auger's cape. They finally landed on ground, only bruised. Alexandria dusted herself off and looked up to thank Auger but he was off helping her uncle who's belly hair was caught on fire. She made a gross face and looked at something else. Van Auger had saved her from the fiery blast, she was so thankful to have a nakama like him. She wondered why he saved her, whether he liked her or he was just saving her because he knew she couldn't withstand the fire unlike the rest of them.
Ace walked through the fire towards them. The fire seemed to bow before him and disappear as if he was the Fire King. Alexandria gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. He seemed so emotionless and didn't care about anyone else but Blackbeard. If anyone dared lay a hand on her uncle, they'd have to go through her first.
Her uncle was starting to use his devil fruit power as black smoke rose up out of his shoulders and into the sky. Van Auger came to her again and grabbed her hand. She didn't physically object but she wanted to stay and assist her uncle even though she knew she wouldn't stand a chance against Ace. The two of them ran with the rest of the crew through town, far away from the battle. Van Auger kept at her speed, knowing she couldn't keep up. Tears blew away in the wind as Alexandria kept on with him. She wanted to stay and kill Ace. If she couldn't have him, no one will. He'll pay for what he said about Auger too. She hoped her uncle would do the job and survive so she could have many more adventures with him and the others.
She could feel the ground pull from underneath her and Van Auger swung her up over his shoulder that wasn't occupied by his rifle. The black stuff that had come from her uncle was following them, consuming everything in its path. She watched buildings fall into the darkness as they continued to the mountains. Her uncle had mentioned about his power before. Something about gravity and black holes. She did not understand this, she wished to learn more about it. Maybe Van Auger would tell her about it? Surely he would explain anything she asked about, to be a gentleman.
He put her back down when they were safe. She saw that they stood on a slab of rock, jutting out of the mountains and overlooking the whole town. She leaned against him, still feeling that "gravity" was pulling her into the darkness.
"Normally when devil fruit users are deprived of their power, they lose all their confidence and become completely helpless. But, as expected from the commander of Whitebeard's second division, his fighting skills are beyond the scope of normality." Van Auger said, deep in though as he looked out to the darkness. "I believe that today, Fate has decided that our paths would part again."
"Will my uncle be okay?" Alexandria asked, looking up at his sad face. She noticed he never showed any other emotion but a forlorn look of carelessness, a dreamer. He stared down at her with that same look.
"It is up to fate if he survives or not." He said and looked back out to the darkness.
"I hope he beats the snot out of Ace." Alexandria said angrily.
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