"Captain! You're needed on the bridge immediately!" Volgers voice came through the tube system two days later.
Two minutes later Q was on the bridge and was looking through the binoculars at the fugitive pirates' ship in the Atlantic. Exile was currently high above Washington D.C. and had rolled the B.F. out and Deryn and Alex were currently aiming for the pirates' ship. Suddenly, one of the cannons on the pirate ship erupted and immediately the second engine on the left side of the ship erupted in flames, followed by the second engine on the right side. As Exile began its downward fall, the B.F. fired and Q watched the pirate ship vanish in a geyser of water and wood.
As Q breathed a sigh of relief he ordered, "Alex! Get to the bridge, everybody brace for impact!"
Q Saw that the only place to land Exile that was big enough was the memorial park in the city. So, Q turned the wheel until the decent angled straight down the middle of the park. Slowly, Exile crashed into the ground, missing the lincoln monument but knocking down the Washington monument in a shower of bricks, before coming to a stop just short of the sidewalk in front of the congressional building. As Exile settled into the ground, Exile Island floated slowly over the wrecked Exile until it was directly above with slack chains.
Down in the wheelhouse, Q ground and dusted himself off and jumped down to the ground. As he took in the sight of Exile, bottom buried in the mud, Airo-pods burnt and broken, dirt piled half way up one side, and steam escaping from some of the windows in the stern.
'This is going to take a while to fix.'Q thought to May and himself as the sound of steel popping, bending, and groaning escaped from the wreck.
"At least we got you." A large man with a black beard and dressed in a black naval uniform said to Q as he walked up to him.
"And you are?" Q asked as the man stopped a few feet from Q.
"I'm the owner of the ship you sunk. But I have to tell you; we are at truce for now. My powers are the same level as yours so don't attack now." the man said to Q as he surveyed Exile.
"By the way, how did you get here?" Q said, barely controlling his want to attack Blackbeard.
"Scattered across all the worlds that you visited are pearls the size of your fist. They are able to transport you anywhere you want, but if you break them or touch them while they break, you are sent to an alternate dimension where you need to talk to a lady to get back. When we first found our pearl we accidentally broke it, and the lady sent us here, so we loot while we look for the pearls." Blackbeard explained before turning around and started to walk away.
"You know that I'll have to come after you right?" Q shouted after him.
"Yeah it'll be a game for us. Also, have a nice, long nap." Blackbeard said as he walked out of sight.
'That was odd.'Q thought as he walked completely around the wreck; then, several army vehicles charged up to him and he was arrested by several large, burly men.
'Q! I'll help you!'May thought panicky as she saw Q loaded into an army vehicle.
'No! Stay and protect Exile until I'm back, I will return.' Q thought to May, stopping her.
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An hour later, Q was sitting chained to a metal desk in a small room with a camera in one corner, a microphone in the desk, and a piece of one way glass facing him. As he sat quietly there, a man wearing a suit came in, and was followed by a military guard.
As the man sat down in a chair opposite of Q he pulled out a manila envelope and slapped it down in front of him.
"23 injured, the Memorial Park and the Washington monument destroyed; You have had a lucky day. My name is Jasper Camellow, or Jasper to you by the way...Now, would you please give a full confession as to who you are and why, you threatened the San Francisco military, attacked the reserve that was going to stop you in South Dakota, along with destroying Memorial Park with that monstrous ship."
"It'll take a long time to give you that, but I have some demands: first, I'd like you to leave the ship alone. Second, I want the all cameras turned off that are here watching me. And third, I want the room behind the one way glass turned on and no one inside. If you give me those, then I'll give you a full confession." Q said calmly to Jasper.
"Give me a minute." Jasper said as he got up and walked out of the room.
'How are you doing May?'Q thought as he waited.
'I'm alive, you can say that, and the attacking troops are going away.'May returned as Q felt her fighting to keep Exile safe.
Just at that moment, a small wine issues from the camera as it went off line, the room behind the one way glass was lit up showing that it's empty, and Jasper walked back in and sats down.
"Thanks for meeting all demands." Q said as took off his hat, jacket, and shirt before turning around.
"My God!" Q heard Jasper exclaimed softly in shock as Q showed him his mark and wings.
As Q turned back around and put his clothes back on, Jasper looks to him and asks, "Do you have other mutations, and what was that mark?"
"About a year ago, I found some documents on a weapon that was being built in secrecy on an island in the Pacific. So, I rented a large steamer, along with some of my friends and went searching.
After about a week we ran into a large storm that shipwrecked us on an island somewhere. Little did I know that it was the island I was searching for. We stumbled upon the weapon by accident in the middle of the island, I was the only one that went inside. As I entered, I was knocked out and this happened to me, along with finding out the truth about the weapon, that I was chosen by it to be it's captain…. although it doeshave an independent streak." Q said with annoyance.
"That weapon is the ship that's wrecked in Memorial Park along with the island it came from." Q explained to the astonished man.
"Wow." Jasper said as he leaned back into his chair.
"Then, to top it off, I've been given all the powers possible, I came back to this world expecting to be a hero or protector for this country and world, but the men who met me tried to kill me, and I have to hunt down a man named Blackbeard in order to stop him from killing millions of innocent people. Also, on a side note, before I met the reserve who tried to kill me I was going to give America a large present." Q finished up as Jasper leaned back into his chair, stunned.
"So how did that ship crash in Memorial park?" Jasper asked as he pulled out photos from the manilla folder.
"We were high above the ground when we spotted our target out at sea. As we took aim they hit our back engines. I saw no place to land that wouldn't kill thousands, except; Memorial park." Q explained softly with regret.
"So you did it to save the lives of others? Not to destroy it on purpose?" Jasper asked.
"Only to save lives." Q returned.
"You said something about powers?" Jasper asked quizzically, changing the subject.
"Name one and I'll do it for you." Q said as he relaxed in the chair.
"Levitation." Jasper said immediately as his focus came back to Q.
Q looked around the room and slowly lifted the guard at the door, Jasper's chair with the man still sitting on it, the table, and his chair, into the air. As he did this, he used his power to pull the gun from the amazed guard's belt out, aimed at Jasper, and fired it.
Jasper saw the gun fire and gave a yell just as Q stopped the bullet an inch from his nose. When Jasper realized what had happened, Q set them all down gently, brought the bullet and spent shell casing back together, and set the live bullet down softly into his hand.
"I believe I owe you a round sir." Q said calmly to the astonished guard as he tossed him the bullet from his hand.
"Mercy! It's better than the others!" the guard said softly as he put the round back in his gun after looking it over.
"Now I believe you." Jasper mumbled, pale form almost being shot, as Q turned to face him.
"I would like to propose something to you: You let me out of here free and as soon as possible, I'll fix the ship and move to the harbor. I'll also fix all of Memorial park and still give this nation the gift I was going to give it." Q said as he leaned over the table with a smirk.
Thinking long and hard, Jasper noded before saying, "Fine, but you will be closely monitored by our personnel."
"Deal." Q said as he stood and left the room followed by the guard. After the meeting, he was taken to a police car and driven back to the wrecked ship.
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