A/N: Hello readers! First off I just want to thank you guys for over 100 review (fireworks exploding)! That means a lot to me so please continue to review. Sorry this one took awhile; I know you've been a little anxious so here is the last part of The City of Shiloh!

Chapter 13: And so the Journey Continues: The City of Shiloh Part 4

"Commodore?" A brown eyed and haired marine asked, upon entering a large, office room.

"What is it, Lieutenant?" A man with bright orange hair and eyes to match responded, as he arranged a stack of papers from behind his desk.

"Sorry to bother you, sir, but we have a problem."

"Well, Lieutenant if you're going to disturb my work, then you better be more specific, or you'll be the one with a problem," The Commodore warned, "What kind of situation?"

"Reports have come in that a girl by the name of Sophie D. Lorelei-"

"Lorelei? Where have I heard that name before?" The Commodore paused for a moment before he began to frantically search through the stack of papers on his desk, until he found what he was looking for:

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

"WHIRL WIND" SOPHIE D. LORELEI

8,600,000 BELI

"Sir-"

"Ah, yes, this is her, but last I heard she was in Milestone," The Commodore replied, while scratching the bottom of his chin "You sure she's here in Shiloh?"

"Absolutely positive, sir."

"Alright then, Lieutenant, you know what needs to be done."

"Sir, yes sir!" With that the marine turned respectively, as he made his exit, while his Commodore leaned his in chair, groaned, and closed his eyes.

~X~

"Sophie D. Lorelei, we meet again." The man with red hair said dramatically, as the three girls before him stood bewilderedly.

"Again? Ugh, Sophie, do you know that guy?" Betty asked a little confused about what was going on.

"No. Well, yes and no." Sophie responded, as she scratched the back of her head.

"Well, which is it?" Li impatiently asked, while tapping her foot.

"Don't you remember me, Lorelei?" The man questioned; his voice sounding slightly hurt.

Cocking her head to the side, Sophie made a long, thoughtful face before beaming abruptly, "Yeah, you're the guy who gave me directions; the one I spilled tea on."

Gasping the man happily exclaimed, "You do remember me!"

"Yeah, sorry about that and of course I remember. Well, it's kind of hard not to," Sophie simply stated, "Your hair does stand out, if you know what I mean."

The man frantically pulled at his ponytail, as he smiled, "Rayame, come quick! Lorelei knows who I am, and she likes my hair!"

"Wow, Captain," The white haired woman sarcastically gushed, while coming up behind him "I'm surprised you're not speechless."

"Captain? As in a pirate captain?" Sophie presumed.

"That's right, I'm Rayame and this is my captain-"

"I'd like to introduce myself if you don't mind, Rayame!" The man frowned, as Rayame let out a grunt, "My name is Clyde Chrome and I'm Captain of the Dare Pirates."

Rushing forward, Clyde unexpectedly reached out and took Sophie's hand in his own. Lightly kissing it, he gazed into Sophie's dark eyes, and gave her a dashing grin, "Oh, gracious East Blue, you torture me so; How could I possibly thank thee for sharing this beautiful, winged angel from your icy, cold depths?"

"Um, am I missing something here?" Betty whispered, as she looked towards Li for an answer.

"I don't know, but something about this guy just doesn't seem right," Li grumbled back, "Then again, do you think he could be drunk?"

"I say he's a down right pervert," Betty muttered, causing Li to chuckle.

"Sohoho, how very sweet of you!" Sophie admired, while trying to slip her hand out of Clyde's grasp, "But-"

"There she is!" A loud voice shouted suddenly, "There's Lorelei!"

"Damn, what now?" Li sighed.

Turning their attention to the newcomers, the five pirates soon found themselves surrounded by a sea of marine soldiers, armed and in uniform.

~X~

"See? What did I say about a low profile?" Li hissed in a violent whisper, while glaring at the marines that had just arrived, "You have a plan, right? Please tell me you've got a plan."

"Well..."

"You have no plan."

"Hey, I'm just surprised as anyone else here! And why would I have a plan?"

"Because you're the captain, idiot!"

"We're not going to fight all of them, are we?" Betty asked, a bit nervous, "I mean there has to be at least a hundred men, if not more!"

"A hundred men, eh?" Li said, while cracking her gloved knuckles, "Well, that's easy; twenty asses for each of us to kick."

"Get them all!" The loud voice yelled again.

With that the marines swiftly began their assault, but found they were no match for Clyde, Li and Rayame, the three great martial artists. They quickly downed their enemies with a variety of punches and kicks. Sophie and Betty on the other hand may not have been very good at hand to hand combat, but they held their own, managing to dodge and trip a few marines here and there.

Reaching into her bag, Betty pulled out three small black spheres.

"What the hell are those?" Li exclaimed, as she punched a marine in his jaw, causing him to cry out in pain.

"Explosives," Betty explained, "They certainly do come in handy for times like these."

"Those tiny things? What the hell are they going to do?" Li bellowed.

"Oh, you'd be surprised," Taking a few steps back to avoid getting too close for combat, Betty tossed the three bombs in her palms onto the ground, as they instantly began to release a cloud of smoke. Grabbing Li, Betty raced off as the marines they had been battling coughed and choked on the thick gas.

Seeing an opportunity from afar, Clyde turned to Sophie, "I'll take it from here, Lorelei. Right now it is important that you escape unharmed; the smoke should cover you."

"But what about you and Rayame?"

"Although I'm deeply flattered by your concern, we'll be just fine. A small army of marines is nothing we can't handle."

"You sure?"

"Don't worry about us, now go. I promise we'll meet again; for nothing on this Earth can keep me away from you for too long my-"

"Get a move on, Clyde!" Rayame hollered, as she downed a marine that was about to sneak up on him.

"Betty, Li, we're leaving!" Sophie shouted, while sprinting away, "Thank you, and Good Luck!"

Li kicked one more marine, before she and Betty started to head off with Sophie, "About damn time!"

"Ready, Rayame?" Clyde gladly asked, as he saw Sophie and her crew had left; he gave a short glance to his first mate.

"Rahaha, you know it!"

~X~

Having already made their way back to the docks, Sophie, Li, and Betty all worked together to quickly untie the boat; preparing for their departure. Boarding the ship, the three girls watched as the City of Shiloh began to grow farther and farther away.

A/N: I don't know if you liked the chapter, but its okay if you didn't. Anyway introduction to the mystery man, Clyde, haha! Yes he is obsessed with Sophie, but it wasn't my idea. My little brother came up with him, and he's only eight, haha! Will Sophie and her crew every see them again? Well I'm not telling, haha! If you leave questions then I might update quicker! Until next time!