Back on the ship
The last few days have been noneventful as the ship sailed to its destination, Belle had just called a meeting to discuss what to do when they got to the first island.
Everyone was gather around the table discussing plans with the orbs sitting in the middle.
Belle was not in a good mood as the meeting was not going well "Come on everyone we need to form a plan we are about an hour from the first island with no idea what to do"
Scarlett spoke "It's obvious if the navy knew of the ruins they must know of the islands as well, so our time could be limited, if we split up we can search the three islands quicker"
"Are you sure that's smart" everyone looked at Olivia "As you said, its highly likely they know where we are heading to is it really smart to split up, what if they send another vice admiral after us?"
Freddy spoke up "Good point, also me and Mom are the only ones who can translate the ancient texts with any accuracy, so the third group would be without that"
"Hmm it seems this could be bad either option has its negatives and positives" Robin then looked around the room "We can work together and check ever place with accuracy and run the risk of the navy showing up, or we split up and run the risk of missing something important, both options are not acceptable"
Olivia was leaning over the table reaching for one of the orbs "Plus we don't know which orb if any we need on each island". Olivia didn't have time to finish that sentence when she felt the orb she was holding vibrate, "Huh! Mom quick the orbs are vibrating"
Robin quickly reached out to grab the orb from Olivia and could not feel anything "I'm sorry Sweetie I can't feel it"
"Mom I swear I felt it vibrate" Olivia then pick up the other orbs. "I know the orb was vibrating I could feel it" but none of the other two were vibrating at all.
Freddy took the orb from Robins hands and held it "I can't feel it either, sis could you have been mistaken?"
Robin held her hand to her face as she was thinking. "I wonder" and she looked at the other orbs on the table
Belle and Scarlet each pick an orb up off the table seeing if they are vibrating trying to help Olivia
"Sorry Liv we can't feel then vibrate either" Olivia sat back down Telling everyone she was not mistaken she honestly felt the orb vibrate in her hand
Belle looked sympathetic "Maybe you did feel it vibrate but they seem to have stopped for now" she then grabbed the orb from Freddy, "Maybe this orb is" Belle didn't finish that sentence too "Oh my god! it is vibrating"
Everyone looked at Belle as she screams the orb is vibrating I can feel it
"pass the orb around and tell me if you can feel it vibrate as well" as Belle passes the orb to Brook, Scarlet and around the room
everyone past the orb around the room and was able to work out that orb would only vibrate if held by Olivia, Bellemere or Scarlet.
Brook spoke "So why is it vibrating for you guys and not for the rest of us"
Freddy snapped his fingers as he had an idea "Rufus's Said the orbs would not work for everyone" and looked at Robin as she nodded "Yes I believe you are correct, Rufus did say only certain people can use each orb maybe Olivia, Belle and Scarlet are the ones who can use this one, and it's probably safe to say that it is connected with the first island we are sailing to as it's the only one vibrating"
After some more talking in the meeting a crew member knocked on the Door and stuck his head in "Captain Brook, Commander Robin, we will arrive at the island in 5 minutes"
Robin and Brook thank the crew man and told him they would be out in a minute
"Ok everyone so the plan is as follows, Bellemere, Scarlet and Olivia will explore the first island and try to figure out what to do with the orb, while the rest of us will head to the other 2 islands and see if we can use the other orbs"
Everyone headed out onto the deck and did a gaze on the island it looks completely decimated like the ends of a massive war, there was nothing on the island left, no people, no animals, only ruins where structures use to stand. Nothing unscathed from destruction.
"let's hope whatever did this was destroyed with the island as well" everyone was still in awe at what could do this level of destruction.
Scarlet ordered one of the long boats be lowered so her, Belle and Olivia could head to the island while Belle and Olivia grabbed all the supplies they think they will need. When Ryuma of all people asks if he can have a word with Scarlet, which She was more than happy too, thinking it had something to do with their sparing match.
"What's up Ryu" Ryuma had an annoyed look on his face being called Ryu by anyone other than Olivia but ignored it cause of what he had to say and made sure everyone else was too busy with their task to hear what he was saying.
"Any trouble on the island it's your job to make sure Belle and Olivia come back in one piece understand" Ryuma was probably not aware of the tone he took when he said it, sounding very intimidating
Scarlet went quite not sure how to react to what Ryuma said, it's not what he said that had her speechless it's the tone he used making her feel that if she failed to bring them back she would regret it
"You hear me Scarlet" Ryuma had now also had an intimidating look on his face to match the tone he was using.
Scarlet didn't answer but only nodded
Ryuma's face went back to his neutral look as he nodded back at her then he walked off
Olivia walked over to Scarlet and asked her what wrong
Scarlet didn't tell her what Ryuma said as she was still a little in shock from it but instead told Olivia that she was having second thoughts of challenging Ryuma to a fight, this left Olivia really confused at what Ryu could have said to her.
The three girls had almost finished loading the boat and everyone had wished each other luck when Bellemere heard "Oi Witch"
Belle yelled back at Ryuma "Don't call me a witch" and gave him a mean look only for him to yell "Oi Witch" again Belle glared at Ryuma and stormed over him "Don't call me a witch" and raised her hand to hit him only for him to catch her hand and quickly slip something into it with no one seeing what it was"
Belle paused to feel what was in her hand and Ryuma discreetly gave her a look of be careful before he walked off to say good luck to Olivia
Belle looked at what Ryuma slipped into her hand, and lost her breath thinking with a big smile Ryuma you brute, thank you. Belle then pocketed the item and jumped into the boat and the girls were lowered into the water and rowed to the shore.
The rest of the group watched them row to the shore before they headed off to the next island when Robin leaned into Ryuma, "So what did you give your sister" Ryuma gave Robin a look of wondering how she always notice everything, "Something Lucky"
"Oh, that's odd Zoro never believed in luck" Robin chuckled,
Ryuma nodded "Correct, but Mom did" and walked off down below deck.
Robin chuckled as she pondered what Ryuma would give Belle for luck
Brook came to Robin "I just spoke with the helm we have set course for the next island we will arrive in about 2 hours" Robin thanked him and told everyone to gather again in 90mins to discusses what to do on the next island.
On the island Scarlet was looking around "Geez it really is destroyed"
"Yeah" Olivia looked around "what you think"
"Give me a second to get my bearings before we do anything. ok"
"Sure, scarlet take your time" Olivia took this chance to have a quick talk with Belle "So what did Ryu slip into your hand" Belle looked at Olivia and smirked "You take after Robin only when it suits you, you know that" Olivia smiled and nodded "Come on show Belle"
Belle rolled her eyes knowing Olivia will not drop it till she sees it "Fine" Belle reached into her pocked and pulled out a locket that was a unique blend of Orange and green with an engravement similar of Nami's tattoo of a minkan and pin wheel on the front.
"Oh, it's beautiful" Belle then put its around her neck and saw Scarlet was still off in her own world taking charge and looking around trying to guess which way to head. "Don't tell scarlet this"
Belle then pressed a button on the top opening it up revealing a photo of Zoro and Nami very much in love with two younger versions of Belle and Ryuma inside.
"Ryuma gave me this for luck, sort of his way of telling me to be careful, the dumb Brute"
Olivia was surprised "But Ryu doesn't believe in luck"
Belle nodded "This was our Mother's, she said that wearing us around her neck always brought reminded her how lucky she was, because no matter what happened she would always have us she said by having us with her always there was nothing she could not do with this" Belle started to get some tears in her eye as she thought about Her mom.
Olivia asked Belle if she was going to be ok, Belle told her she was fine she was not upset she was so happy
"Oi Belle, what you think" Belle looked to Scarlet "What"
Scarlet pointed to a something that resembled an ancient forest over in the distance "If there are any ruins they could be there" Scarlet then pointed to what seem to be the remains of a city ", over there", then pointed to a strange looking unknown in the distance "Or there"
Belle did a quick look of the landscape and agreed "Yeah but which one" and began thinking plotting the next move.
"Hang on I got an idea, Belle hand me the orb" Belle was wondering what Olivia was planning but reached into her bag and pulled out the orb still vibrating. "What you up too liv"
"The orb vibrated when we got close to the island so maybe" Olivia pointed the orb at the strange object and nothing happened, she then pointed it at the forest and nothing happened, finally at the ruins of the city and the orb change to a light colour and started to let out a soft humming sound "Super, so girls think we should head to the city"
"Well that makes this easier"
"No objections liv, lead the way"
and the group headed off in the direction of the ruined city.