Hey, in this chapter Draco and Nil will continue their fight with each other as Raven has to fight with a Bomb-human in Ex of his own to deal with. Also, the girls make aplan to escape.
Chapter 10: Dungeon Planning.
The sun was starting to set over the small island that held a dark secret as their was a band of slavers hiding there, and two of the leaders top men were in the middle of battles against the newly formed Raven Pirates a Nil was in the middle of the street swinging his sword at Draco, who blocks it with his left sword as the two of them began to rest in another stalemate for a few seconds before Draco leaped back a few feet. As he looked at Nil, he let out a groan and winced as he turned his eyes towards his still bleeding right shoulder.
"Damn, I can't keep this up with my arm like this." he said with groan to his voice as he held his shoulder for a few seconds as he let out a few pants from his sore body. But he couldn't rest too long a Nil took his chance to charge at him with his sword pulled back with both his hands on the hilt.
"You need to keep your focus on your opponent, not your body." Nil yelled out loud as he thrusts hi sword forward, but Draco glared at him as he turned his sword just in time to make the sword slide past his cheek and then Draco took his chance to do a quick spin attack. Slashing at Nil's chest, who leaped back to avoid the attack and his out fit was grazed by the tip of Draco's blade.
"I wasn't, and you got cocky." Draco said with a smirk as he placed his sword in front of him and got in a fighting stance as he took a step close to the shock Nil, who blocked his attack with his own sword while he began to glare back at Draco.
"You dare try and strike me?" he asked him as he pushed Draco back a few feet as Draco was starting to lose his balance with his injury keep bothering him. Draco then took a step back and stop as he tried to force Nil back with them now back in a stalemate, but Nil slipped a koni knife out of his sleeve and thrust it out, stabbing Draco felt arm. Draco yell in pain as he lost his balance and Nil threw him back into a stand, breaking it to pieces as Draco held his left arm now as he looked up at the smirking Nil, who said, "You need to learn a lot."
"Yeah, like fighting dirty." Draco said as he forced himself to stand up with his left sword in hand and got ready for more, but he knew he didn't have that much time to beat him.
At the mansion. Raven was having trouble of his own as he was on one knee while holding his hand as he looked at Ex, who was smirking from ear to ear as he looked down at the young pirate trying to catch his breath.
"So, you want to run away before this get ugly." he said as he cracked his knuckles and continued to smirk at him as Raven slowly stood up onto both of his feet as he looked right at Ex.
"I won't run from a fight." Raven said as he tightened his fists up and he looked right at Ex as he added, "Let's see you take this." Raven yelled as he ran towards Ex with his arm pulled back and then yelled out, "Crimson Impact." He then threw his fist forward and made contact with Ex's cheek, only for another explosion to send him skidding a few feet while holding his hand in pain.
"I guess you won't learn." Ex said as he began to walk forward and throw a lot of punches at Raven who was ducking and dodging all of his attacks as he did not want to be on the other end of those attacks. But with one last step back, and Raven tripped on a rock and this allowed Ex to land a punch square in Raven's chest. And then just like before, a loud explosion rocked Raven and sent him flying a few feet before landed on the ground hard.
"Damn, this hurts." Raven said as he slowly sat up and held his chest, which had smoke coming off of it and he groaned out as he looked up at the approaching Ex.
"As I said, you can't beat me." Ex said as he cracked his knuckles and pulled his fist back and then threw it at the sitting Raven, who avoided the attack by rolling to the side and stopped on one of his knees as he looked at the hole that was made by the explosion around Ex's fist. "I'm surprised you can still move even after punching me so many times." Ex said with a smirk on his face as he turned to look at the panting Raven, who slowly stood up and panted heavily as the smoke stopped coming from his burnt chest.
"Yeah well, I'm pretty tough." Raven said as he stood up straight with his arms to his sides and he looked at him with a glare as then looked down at his red rand before mumbling, "I don't have much time left with this lair." Raven then looked back at Ex, who was walking towards him with a smirk on his face as he cracked his knuckles and then put them into fists before Raven ran at him.
"'Sigh.' This is getting old." he said as he lifted up his fists and waited for raven to throw punch as Raven had his arm pulled back and he was looking right at Ex. Raven soon was in striking distance and he then he began to throw another punch at Ex. "Bomb Uppercut." Ex yelled as he punched Raven square in the chin and the explosion launched him into the air, and then Raven fell throw the top of the mansion as he fell though the whole thing and landed on the ground with a loud thud as he groaned out loud.
In the base, Mary continued to look around the are she and Zoey were in as she was forming a plan in her head to get them free. But the longer she was making up the plan, the long Zoey was starting to lose her cool as she looked at the four guards standing watch for them. Well, they were suppose to be watching as they were busy gambling or reading dirty magazines.
"Did you find away out of here?" she asked Mary as she was unsure how much longer she could take seeing one of them stare at women in one of those magazines.
"I think so, but..." Mary paused as she turned to look at her with a concern look on her face as she continued, "But there is one big problem with all of them in this room." Mary sat back and nodded as she looked at all of them and then looked around the dirty floor as she saw something that gave her an idea.
"I have an idea to get rid of some of them." she said smiling as she reached out of the cell while Mary watched the coast as Zoey grabbed a handful of pebbles and then pulled them back into the cell. She then turned to look at Mary and grinned as she took one, and tossed it at the back of the head of one to the guards playing cards.
"Ouch." he yelled out loud as he held his head and looked back at the girls, who looked sad and sulking in their cell. After looking for at them for a few moments, he turned back to his game and smiled as he liked his hand when suddenly something hit him in the back of his head again. "What's the big idea?" he yelled out as he turned to look at the girls and glared when he saw that they had not moved from their place.
"What's wrong?" asked another guard across from him as he looked at him with a confused look on his face as the first guard continued to look at the girls in the middle of the cell.
"Nothing, I guess." he said with a groan as he turned back towards the table and resumed their game for a few seconds when suddenly the guard cross from him was struck in the head by a pebble that feel tot he side.
"Hey," he yelled out loud as he looked at them and then turned to look at the next to him and shoved him as he asked, "What's your problem?"
"What do you mean?" the third one asked annoyed at the second guard and shoved him back as they began to start shoving each other as the first one looked at the girls, who were laying in the cell floor with sad looks on their faces. He continued to look at them when one of the guards was shoved into his back. Infuriated, he turned around and punched the one that was pushed into him, who in turn punched both of the other two as the trio began to get in a big fight. As they fought, cards and chips were flying every where as the fourth one looked up form his magazine to see what was going on. Shocked at what he saw, he put it down and walked over to them.
"What's gotten into you guys?" he yelled as he forced them all apart as they were arguing with each other and talking at the same time. "Quite." he yelled out annoyed as he tossed all of them to the floor and folded his arms in front of him as he said, "Go get some fresh air and stop fighting before I beat the hell out of the lot of ya." They all gulped and nodded as they headed out of the room as he let out a long sigh of frustration before heading back to his magazine. Once he was back reading and the other's walked out of the room, Zoey turned to look at Mary with a smirk on her face.
"See, I told you I could do it." she said smiling as she tossed the pebbles in her hand and then looked at Zoey as she asked, "So, how are we getting out of here?" Mary just smiled at her as she reached into her hair and pulled our a hair pin.
"You keep watch as I pick the lock." she said smiling at Zoey before crawling over to the cell door and began to pick at it while Mary looked at the guard, and was lucky as he was sitting near the only way into the room.
Back in the street, Draco was forced back by another one of Nil's slashes and he hit the ground hard as he slid across the it for a few feet until he came to a stop. He groaned out loud as he sat up and looked at Nil, breathing hard as he slowly stood up onto his two feet.
"T-this is getting bad." Draco said as blood dripped from both of his arms and he panted heavily, tired from all the blood he had lost in this fight alone. But this day was not really doing that great for him as he could hardly lift either of his swords as his right one was still in is sheath.
'You know you can still win right?' A deep, growling voice said inside Draco's head as he closed his eyes and tried no the listen to it. 'Just draw me and you will be this weakling.'
"No," Draco yelled out loud as he held his head and shook it as he tried to ignore the voice going through his mind as he continued to hear the voice talk into his head.
'Give in, like your father and become the greatest in the world with me.' the voice continued to say as Draco held his head tightly.
"No, you destroyed him." he yelled out as he moved around from behind the stand and into the street as he continued, "I will never draw you, you bastard." These actions were not unnoticed by Nil, who was watching him shocked at what her was doing while also shaking his head before stepped in front of him.
"Well, I guess you have lost it." Nil said as he looked at the struggling Draco holing his head before taking aim at him with his sword pulled back and the blade pointing up as he closed his eyes. "Ninja Style, Hundred Shadow Slash." he yelled as he swung his sword in several ways are him before appearing behind him with a smirk on his face as Draco yelled in shock and pain as blood splattered everywhere as several cuts appeared on his body before he fell in a heap on the ground with his sword laying on under his hand.
TBC.
There it is for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed reading it and please leave a review. The next one will have more focus on Raven and Ex fighting along with more time with the girls.