Update: 5/20/17
Chapter 21: Something Like Haki
"Jay." Claire's voice trembled. I turned to look in her direction. She gasped at the sight she saw. There was a hole in my head. "Oh my…" Her hand shot up to cover her mouth. I turned back to the man. I stabbed him in the abdomen with my nails. He doubled over holding his abdomen and fell to the ground.
I turned to the marine still holding the gun to the back of the tall lanky man's head. He backed away and dropped the gun. That left him without a weapon to attack me with. I ran at him. He took off running. I turned to a different marine and sank my nails deep into his chest between his ribs. I pulled them back out and licked the blood from my fingers. I watched as that marine fell to the floor and slowly died.
"Kill them all!" The marine with the hole in his abdomen commanded. A wave of something similar to conquerors haki radiated out from me. The marines along with most of the audience collapsed to the ground. They weren't knocked out, but they couldn't move either. The bullet in my head fell to the ground, and the wound finally healed completely. I walked over to the tall lanky man that was one of the only ones not on the ground. The two men that were with him last night were among the victims of the ability I had used.
"You took out nearly everyone here Ms. Jay." I knelt down to the two men and shook them. They slowly began to stir from the position that they were in. I stood back up. A hand on my shoulder tugged me around. It was surprising enough, but the slap that followed was absolutely shocking. My hand went up to my cheek instinctually because I couldn't feel the slap.
"I thought you were going to die." I placed a calming hand on Claire's head. "You have a whole crew to back you up, but you do stupid stuff like this. Taking on a group of marines. What the hell were you thinking?" I held her away from me when she tried to squeeze me. I gave her one final push away.
"I did die." I corrected Claire. She looked at me confused. I walked over to the marine that I had stabbed with my nails in the abdomen. He was still breathing. "Stubborn man." I grabbed his hand and snapped one of his fingers back. He woke up from the stunned state he was in with a scream.
"Ms. Jay, may I suggest hurrying up and killing the man." I looked back over my shoulder at the tall lanky man. That was an extremely uncharacteristic statement for him to have said. I turned and looked back at the marine laying on the ground bleeding. I pulled The marine's sword from its sheath.
"Stand up." He just lay there. "I said to stand up." He started to get up off of the floor. He got to his feet shakily. I raised the Sword into the air above my head. I swung the sword down and cut the man across his chest. He fell to the ground dead after that. I dropped the sword to the ground.
"Captain." A marine called out. He ran at me. "You killed him you bitch." I watched him out of the corner of my eye. He pulled his sword from its sheath and jabbed it at me. I took a step back out of the way. With cold eyes I grabbed his head and crushed it into the ground. I stood back up. Other members of the audience and marines were starting to get up now. The marines were moving to surround me.