Offensive takeover
Rescue Mark!
Genie is in the middle of the fight with Uruha of the Sakura pirates. She finds herself in a tough spot with Uruha having forced her into a corner and is being held in place by Uruha's thin and very tough thread.
"What will you do now?" Genie frantically looks around for a solution. She has a gun her hand, but can't quite aim it properly at Uruha. She instead closes her eyes and hopes for the best. Just as he gets close, enough for her to smell him she clenches her fist and pulls the trigger from her gun aimed at the ground. Uruha suddenly lights up in flames, screams as he combusts, and sends Genie flying off the ship along with the railing. He jumps overboard into the ocean, but not before the thread Genie is being tied down with burn to ash. The ropes luckily burn and she's set free. She stands and dusts herself off.
"Phew… that was close. Glad I choose to set up an alcohol trap," she says and runs towards the ship again as Uruha climbs aboard. He's looking very pissed.
"You've really done it now," He begins to run at her with his only remaining knife. Her manages to block it with her pistol, using it as a guard. She kicks him in the back of the knee making him fall and she pistol-whips him. She runs to the back of the ship.
"You're out of traps little girl! And I'm not going to be beat by something as trivial as a single punch from a little girl like you," he comes around the corner and sees her standing with her sniper pointed directly at him.
"I'm not just a little girl. I'm the daughter of Hitman Harlow and don't forget it," He starts running at her.
"What can you do with that? It hasn't worked so far!" She smirks and steps on a plank she'd loosened and it hits Uruha in the groin.
"Cheap trick," He says and almost falls forward holding himself in his… area.
"Says the one using invisible wires. SNIPER HOME RUN SMASH!" She runs up to him and smashes him in the head using her sniper as a bat, holding onto the barrel. Uruha falls to the ground unconscious.
"Take that. What you get for calling me little," Jack comes onto the ship in a panic.
"GENIE! Are you okay? I saw that explosion! Is Pierre okay?" Genie smiles and pokes Uruha with her rifle.
"Everything's fine though I had to use a lot of repair materials and booze to beat him. Also, the railing over there's destroyed. But other than that, everything's fine. Where's Mark?" Jack clenches his fist.
"I couldn't stop him in time and they took him because he has a devil fruit. He's still in there," He points to the town. The entire battle has stopped and the town lies in dead silence. The only thing laying around is the bodies of pirates defeated by Sakura's crew. Jack looks extremely sad at himself.
"We're getting Mark back. That's all there is to it. I won't let him die," Jack is about to jump off board but Genie stops him upon seeing his injury.
"Jack you're injured. You'll only get yourself caught too!"
"So what!? Mark's been my best friend since we were children and we've always been there for each other! Now's no different," Jack says and jumps off the ship and begins running towards the main hall of the town, which is now filled with Sakura's pirates patrolling the streets looking for survivors. They spot Jack and try to attack him.
"Get out of my way! ARMOR LAYER: BARRACUDA!" Despite of his injuries Jack knocks them down with ease. An unknown force stops them suddenly and they all fall on the ground. As they disappear, the swordsman who attempted to kill Yozaro is standing behind them. He swings his long blade.
"Getting defeated by a single intruder. What worthless crewmates. Her majesty will be pleased to know I rid her crew of them," Meanwhile Yozaro is standing on a roof nearby and looking down at the scene.
"No. I won't bother him anymore," He turns and is about to walk away.
"Allow me to rid you of your worthless existence!" The man jumps forward and prepares for a slash. Jack puts up his only viable arm to block and as the strike connects, Jack's flung into the nearest wall. He stands again and charges forward. "ARMOR LAYER: ANGLER!" He uses black layer on his injured arm and throws it like a whip. The boy blocks it easily and throws his arm away. Jack gets a jolt of pain through his body.
"DAMMIT!" Jack's flung back as the boy counters. He slides across the ground and lays on his stomach.
Inside the main hall, Sakura has rounded up all the prisoners. Mark specifically is hung up on a wall by chains, still unconscious.
"So what was it you wanted to show me Goruma?" Sakura says sitting on a throne, made from her crewmates.
"This boy is a devil fruit user. A bird class zoan user," Goruma says and Sakura's eyes shine with a bit of delight.
"So he can fly around for me eh?" Goruma sinks down.
"N-no your majesty. It's the penguin type," Sakura slaps Goruma really hard.
"A flightless bird class. What a freakish boy he is? He's of no interest to me. Throw him in with the other prisoners," Goruma carries Mark and ties him up with the others.
"See what you did you freak? You were my lucky break to please her majesty," He tosses him into a cell with the other prisoners so hard the wall cracks where he hits.
Meanwhile back at the street Yozaro's watching Jack get knocked down repeatedly.
"Just stop Jack. Come on!" Jack attempts to drag himself across the ground towards his opponent. He steps on Jack's injured arm.
"M-Mark…"
"Know the name of your killer. Feru," He slowly raises his sword. Meanwhile Yozaro is getting more and more tense.
"You brought this on yourself. It has nothing to do with me," He remembers some of the things Jack's said to him. 'Why would you want to die for doing something to someone you don't even know?' 'Are you really going to let your pride get run over by someone who doesn't understand your pain?' 'You know… You're not that bad a person. I like you.' Yozaro grits his teeth.
"Killing you has been the most fun I've had in a while," He slashes downwards at Jack and Yozaro gives up.
"Oh for crying out loud!" He leaps off the roof and draws Yurushi. He makes it just in time to block the strike standing over Jack.
"Now we're even!" Jack smiles weakly as Yozaro pushes Feru back.
"YOU!" he attacks and Yozaro blocks it.
"Get going! You have a friend waiting for you! YOAKENOTSUBASA: KOKOROGAWARI!" (Change of heart) he strikes at Feru, who blocks. Just as their swords connect, Yozaro disappears and reappears behind him striking from that side instead. Jack gets up and runs towards the main hall.
"Thank you Yozaro!" Jack enters the giant room and he looks at the massive amount of people he now has to fight including Sakura and Goruma.
"Give… Mark… back," He pants and Sakura raises an eyebrow.
"How come you've made it here? My crew should have wiped you out. Could it be that you beat them all? You have peaked my interest. Capture him," Everyone attempt to attack him. Jack's about to block all the strikes, but he suddenly finds that he can't move.
"What the hell is this?" All Sakura's pirates pile on top of him. He's too weak to hold himself up and falls to the ground, disappearing underneath the giant pile.
"Target captured your majesty!" One of them yell.
"Good. Good," they all remove themselves from the pile, but Jack has mysteriously disappeared. Sakura gets a wrinkle on her forehead.
"Where has he gone?" Everyone look around in confusion. Jack opens his eyes and finds himself outside of the building, being carried by someone.
"Who's there?"
"Ze one and only capitaine," Pierre says.
"Me too. I just finished up at the ship," Genie says and the two place Jack down next to some other people behind the building.
"Pierre! I thought you were hurt," Jack suddenly gets a spike in his arm where he's incredibly injured, but can't grab it due to being paralyzed. A person steps in front.
"I recognize you. You're Sky's doctor. Kigume right?" Kigume nods and takes out a syringe with a green liquid.
"This will make you better," Jack starts trying to avoid the needle as much as possible with only his head.
"Oh no! Nonononono! Not a needle! Anything but that!" Jack says squirming making both Kigume, Genie and Pierre confused.
"Jack? You are afraid of needles?" Genie asks confused.
"Yeah. It's horrid!" Kigume sighs.
"I heard about the situation from Genie here. Your navigator is in there correct? This isn't just medicine. It's a special medicine I made myself. The medicine will work for the next couple of hours or so. It'll remove most of your pain and make you able to fight at your best. I call it the wonder cure. There's a downside though. After its effect ends, you'll get all the pain you would have gotten when it was in effect. All at once," Jack closes his eyes, biting his lip.
"If it'll help me save Mark I don't care just… do it quickly okay," Kigume nods and sticks the needle into Jack's arm and he freezes completely and gets an immense chill down his spine. "WONDER CURE!" he injects the medicine and Jack begins to panic.
"Okay okay okay okay! Take it out take it out take it out!" Kigume takes out the needle and Jack exhales heavily.
"Good grief. How long until it works?"
"Right about… now!" Jack feels as if his arm gets lighter and his entire body can move again.
"Holy crap! It works. I feel much better now!" He scratches the place he was injected.
"Your body is still hurt like hell. You have about two hours to beat Sakura and save all their prisoners," Jack nods and runs into the building again. This time through the wall.
"Alright you bastards! Are you ready for me?!" Mark wakes up at the noise and smiles.
"You idiot," Sakura points to Jack.
"There he is! Anyone who fails will be executed!" Sakura says and Jack yells off the top of his lungs and rushes forward.
A/N: Can Jack defeat Sakura before his injuries catch up? As always leave thoughts and opinions below. :-D