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"Come next, who ever." Tatum pointed his blood covered sword at them, mainly at the doctor. "No one, NO ONE! Touches her like that! Not even me, unless she asks! Unless she wants it to! NO ONE IS TO EVER TOUCH HER IN THAT WAY!!!! I will KILL you all for YOU touching her."
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Episode 10: Episode of Tatum Part 3/Conclusion: "Rage, Beauty, Pain, Passion, Blood, Life, Fragileness, Hostility"
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The doctor coward behind his men, "aaa...... Wh-What are you all standing around for!? Get him! KILL HIM! NOW!!" His squeals were so pathetic, it just made Tatum angrier.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!" The remaining men ran at him, full belligerent battle cries. They all went at him wildly.
*WOO* *WOO* *WHOOSH* *SHING* *TICK* *DING* *KING* *SLICE* *SWOOP* *CHA* *CHI* *WOOP*
One by one they fell down, more and more blood spilling. And Tatum, never moving form his spot.
"Hmf...... Hmmhmmmhmmmhmm, HAHAHAHA! THIS IS EXCELLENT!"
Tatum looked forward to see the last man in his way, the last one he had to kill before he could take his horrific judgment onto the doctor.
Sam. An evil, sickening smirk on his face.
"You know how long it's been since I've gotten to fight someone I thought would ACTUALY put up a GOOD fight!?.... Well, NEVER actually! AHAHAHAHHAA! This is going to be SOOOO much fun!"
*WOOSH!*
He disappeared. Tatum was now alarmed, ("Where did he go!?!?")
"HERE!" Sam appeared before him, Tatum braced himself for anything....
*WHAM!*
"Ggg-....!? G-gaaaa....."
*WOOSH!*
Tatum fell to the floor. He felt his abdomen, his was just penetrated by... something, blood was pouring out. Thankfully, it wasn't deep enough to puncture a vital organ, not without lack of trying.
"Surprised?" That evil smirk grew on Sam's face, "I'm a DF user. The supiido supiido (speed) no mi. Plus these only add to how QUICK you'll die."
Tatum looked up, his vision was already blurring, ("Damn it!..."). He focused as hard as he could, and saw what had hit him. Around each of Sam's hands were spiked gloves. The gloves were covered in short stubby spikes, they were all at least an inch long.
He gritted his teeth and got up, still holding the spot where his was hit. Sam looked proudly at the wound, "You know, the force of my speed with these spiked gloves makes the blows 100 times more painful."
*WOOSH*
Again he 'disappeared'. Moving so fast that Tatum could not see him. He came up to Tatum and again,
*WHAM*
this time in the right shoulder.
"FUCK!" Tatum swung wildly, his shoulder wasn't only crushed form the speed of the punch, but the spikes added to the pain and the damage, and now blood flowed down his arm. The swing obviously missed Sam, but the pain Tatum had just received made him not care, just need some way to channel the pain out towards it's giver.
Again though, Sam hit him, this time his lower left leg. Another swing from Tatum, again a miss.
This brutal beating gave the doctor courage to boast once again. "heeheehee... ! You see NOW you fool!?! You came to your grave when you ever thought of freeing your whore! She's ours! And soon.... heheheheAHAHAHAHHAHA! Soon she'll be bent over someone even more perverted than I and will be screaming in guilty pleasure for the rest of her worthless sex slave life! AHAHAHHAHA! NOW FINISH HIM BOY!"
Sam rolled his eyes, "Jeez, father, you're so stupid sometimes. Only strong because your son takes care of you- WHA-!?"
*CHII*
"Aaaa....aaa...ggg...."
The doctor's loud mouth will ultimately be the end of him.
Sam started coughing up blood. Tatum had gathered and concentrated all his rage and turned it into raw adrenaline. He then bolted towards the slightly distracted Sam and plunged his sword into him. "....D-d-damn you... y-you.. bastard...!" He quickly slid out of the blade, still coughing up blood. "You son OF A BITCH!!" He sped back in front of Tatum and hit him in the face, blood splattered from his mouth and forehead. Tatum, with no sign of stopping or have even been phased by the blow to the head, grabbed Sam's arm and cut at it. He was still damaged and with his face just smashed in, it was hard to see his target.
But he got enough, "DAMN IT!" Sam leaped back, his right arm was cut up now. Tatum had run his blade along his entire arm and severed a nerve or two. This style he picked up from a swords man on a winter island. It's not used for damage, but to nullify as many of the opponent's power as possible. Now that Sam only had one arm, Tatum has a better chance.
("SHIT! I can barely move this fucking arm!") "I'm GOING TO KILL YOU YOU BASTARD!!! UUUAAAGGGHHH!!!" He ran at him again. An upper left hook into the chest, as hard as he could. Tatum didn't even flinch. He grabbed the arm buried in his gut and using all his strength, moved his right, crushed, shoulder up and swung down.... "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Cutting off Sam's whole left arm. "GODDAMN IT!!! I'LL KILL YOU YOU FUCKING SON OF A BITCH!!" He ran as he could, kicking up dust, his eyes wide and crazy in vengeance. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Tatum slowly stood straight up, Sam sped around and around him, swing wildly his right arm the best he could.
*WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM*
Hit after hit, a tornado of speed and flying spiked hay-makers were marking Tatum all over, his whole body practically bleeding. But he never moved his spot, his eyes were glazed, as if no one was home. "ARE YOU READY NOW!??! HEHAHEHAHEHEHAHAHA! DIE!!!!!!!" Tatum gripped his sword handle with both hands and held it up in a kendo stance. As Sam came at him for his final blow, Tatum turned his sword's blade side to Sam's direction, and as fast as Sam himself, flicked it at his throat.
Sam slid to the grown, his whole body twitching. Tatum had cut into his throat, but only half way, he was torturously bleeding out now.
Tatum watched him squirm for life. blood coming out of his mouth and the throat slit. But his eyes, they never changed. Always a look of hate and anger at Tatum, the same eyes Tatum was casting on him. He didn't want mercy, and he wasn't going to get it either.
Now, Tatum looked toward the doctor, "W-wait a minute now! Please! Stop! Wait!" Tatum kept walking closer, and closer. "Please!!!!" Tatum was now directly in front of the stumbling man, "Y-y-your girl wouldn't want you to do this know would she? Eh,eh,eh,eh..."
".......You think that shit will work on me?"
"...Wha-?"
"You don't deserve anything even close to mercy... or life."
*SLICE*
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"I only started to learn how to use the sword after that day I saved Mei from the RoseDragon Pirates. Using the same sword I took from one of those worthless bastards, I started teaching myself. Then I headed out with Mei into the world, to learn of more styles and find a way to always be so strong, I could protect her. Because she is all that matters to me..."
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He walked up the stairs of the building that the doctor and Sam with their men came down to see if this was where she was. When he got to the top of the stairs, he saw her. Still naked and chained up. He went to her, but slowly because the full effects of his wounds were finally sinking in. Mei saw him and began to cry, "T-Tatum-"
He grabbed her and hugged her as hard as he could, "I'm sorry... I will NEVER leave you alone again. Don't argue with me, because I won't listen. I can't bare to leave you alone again, thinking that THIS could happen again at any moment. I will NEVER EVER leave you along AGAIN."
She just started sobbing into him and held him tight as well, "........I thought I would never see you again.... I love you so much... *sob* *sob*..."
He took off her chains and took her in his arms, carrying her out bridal style. "Tatum, wait."
He looked concerned at her, "What's wrong?"
"I... I heard them talking about me being the LAST in their auction today... I think, maybe, there are more people here. Please, look for them, save them too." There was no way he could say no.
After putting her on the old man's ship, he went back to look for any slaves left. He walked around the entire island and in every house, making sure nothing was missed. Finally, on the other side of the island, there was a large bunker built into a cave with huge metal doors. A boat was right next to it, this was obviously the slave loading dock.
He opened up the door the best he could, and inside it, was at least 40 people. All barely wearing clothes, and looked beaten, scared, hurt, dirty, weak, and starving. But when they saw him, they realized he wasn't one of their captors, but a savior. "W-w-we're saved. WE'RE SAVED!"
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They all roared as loud as they could, some couldn't even do that. "Pick up who can't walk and get on the ship out side, the one I came in isn't big enough for all of you. I'm taking you to the nearest island. And for some of you, maybe its home."
They did so, all so happy.
Mei saw the boat come in to view, she stood up, covered in a blanket the old man had. And she saw Tatum at the front of the ship, with the newly free slaves with him.
This truly was going to end, as a happy day.
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They were going to take the Capital Pirates slave ship and tear down everything that made it a slave ship, and just us it to get around. Tatum really didn't want it because it was so big, but it was all they had now so he put up with it. Then the older man offered his smaller boat and they gladly took it. Tatum liked smaller boats, they were more... private. Only he and she could be on it.
They sailed off the next day, happy to be together.
A day later, that night, against his better judgment, with her begs and pleas, want to BE with him so badly due to recent events. They made love.
"Tatum,"
"Yeah?"
"I'm happy you love me so much...."
"........Silly girl.... I'll always love you so much."
End of Episode of Tatum
Chronicles of Zeke, To be Continued.....