Gray and his friends weren't the only ones on the island who were starting a search. After another failed attempt at trying to kill the boy, Captain Hades had once again gone back to trying to find the location of Gray's secret hideout. He and his screw had scoured every inch of Tendrou Island and yet they hadn't even come close to figuring out where Gray and the lost boys hid. The constant failure was enough to drive the man completely mad.

"Blast that damnable boy!" He snarled while looking over one of his many maps of the island. "I've been trying to kill him for years and yet somehow he always escapes my grasp! How is it that a mere child can outsmart my genius and cunning."

"It's the world's biggest mystery Captain." Capricorn said.

"It's irritating to no end! Oh I hate being irritated Capricorn! And I hate living on Tendrou Island! And I hate! I hate! I hate Gray Fullbuster!"

"With all due respect Captain do you really think it's healthy to obsess over a young boy for this long? After all what happened with your eye was an accident and it's not like what he did to you was without warrant." Capricorn explained. "I mean you did try to string him up by his neck. Pity you forgot he could fly and well one thing led to another as they say."

"Oh please I could careless for what he did to my eye. I mean it is irritating that I only have half of my vision but I got over that years ago."

"Then why such an extreme hatred?"

"How about the fact that because of him I'll be pursued by a bloody dragon for the rest of my life?!"

"Alright I won't argue you with you there. That is an understandable reason, but again he didn't mean to feed your eye to it. He meant to just throw it into the ocean, the beast was there randomly and swallowed it up."

"I don't care if he didn't mean to do it! All that matters is that it happened! Besides it goes much deeper than that. Just his existence torments me. Seeing his smug face, hearing that mocking voice, knowing that he was born."

"Is that why you tried to string him up when you first met him?"

"Obviously."

"But I don't understand. How can you hate someone for just being alive?"

"You wouldn't understand. No one understands my pain. Not you, not the crew, you're all too stupid to understand my pain. That's all my life is now. Stuck in another world, surrounded by stupid people, and taunted by that boy! I can't stand it any longer!"

"Are you getting dramatic?" Capricorn asked.

Instead of answering Hades went to the back of his quarters and returned with a loaded pistol.

"No stopping me this time Capricorn. This is it." He removed the safety on the pistol and pointed it toward his head. "Don't make a move Capricorn. Not a step. My finger is on the trigger. Don't try to stop me Capricorn."

"Oh not again." His first mate said rolling his eyes in annoyance.

"This is it. Don't try to stop me this time Capricorn. Don't you dare try to stop this time. Capricorn try to stop me."

"Come again?"

"Capricorn you better get up off your ass and get over here!"

"I'm coming. I'm coming."

"This is not a joke! I am committing suicide!"

Capricorn and Hades wrestled for the pistol. A shot rang out but no one was hit and Capricorn managed to get the weapon away from his captain.

"Don't ever frighten me like that." Hades said sternly.

"I'm sorry sir."

"What are you? Some kind of sadist?"

"Again I'm sorry sir. Feel better?"

"I need a drink. Bring me my rum."

"Aye sir."

Hades went to sit at her desk while Capricorn went to the captain's liquor to grab his best rum, muttering to himself:

"It's a pity there are nopsychiatrists on this island."

He put a glass on the desk and filled it with the rum. Hades brought the edge of the glass to his mouth and took a hard swallow of his drink.

"He has to have a weakness." The deranged pirate said. "Everyone has a weakness, even I have one and it's that Godforsaken dragon. The boy acts like he's indestructible but he has something. Something that will break him. Break him hard."

"You've already tried attempting to break every bone in his body sir."

"That's not what I meant. I want to get him where it would really hurt. Hurt him enough to where he's writhing agony and praying for death and at that exact moment I will be the one to grant his wish. But where? Where is he vulnerable?"

"Perhaps his head? Any damage to the skull causes instant death."

"You're not familiar with the phrase metaphor are you? I'm not talking about physical pain! I've already tried that countless times! I'm talking about mental pain! Emotional pain! Something that'll mess up his mind set!" He snapped before huffing out the words. "It is so hard being the only intelligent person in a world of idiots."

"Oh in that case good luck Captain. Everyone knows he doesn't feel anything except joy and the occasional snarky attitude."

"I'm sure I could find some information about his weak spot if I discovered his hideout. If only I knew where it was."

"But sir you'll never find his hideout. You've looked everywhere and you've tried everything."

"No not everything. If I haven't accomplished my goal yet then that means there's something I haven't tried. But what exactly?"

He glanced over at one of his maps. His eyes fell upon the illustration of the camp which belonged to the Celestial Tribe. They were almost as bad as Gray. Defeating him and his crew in battle over territory, acting like they owned the whole island, just because they knew every part of it so well. He'd love to show them what for as well. Suddenly he got an idea. One that he was sure would work in his favor this time.

"Of course the Indians." He said.

"What about them Captain?" Capricorn asked.

"Those savages know this island better than I know my own ship."

"Yes so what's your point sir?"

"Well then they must know where Gray and his rat faced friends are hiding." He said thinking. "Yes I'm sure that if we were to catch one of them and force them to talk then- Damn! I forgot, not one of them speaks a lick of English."

"Except the princess."

"The who?"

"Princess Lucy. She's from outside of Tendrou Island. They took her in when she was brought here and they taught her all their customs. So she speaks both their language and English."

"Is that so?" He said with a subtle but venomous grin. "Then we'll just nab the royal brat and make her tell us what she knows."

"You mean kidnap the Indian Princess? We're not going to hurt her are we?"

"We might if she doesn't talk."

"Are you sure you really wanna do that Captain? The Celestial tribe really love that child and if we were to harm her then the Indians would most likely declare war on us. And you remember what happened the last time we went to battle with them?"

"Hmm...You make a good point there. Those Indians are almost as vengeful as I am. I guess we'll just have to be very smart with how we'll persuade her cooperation." He thought for a moment and very quickly he found a solution to the problem for seen. "That's perfect! And if she drowns they'll blame the mermaids."

"What are you thinking Captain? We can't go to war with the Indians! Their more experienced and they're not afraid to die. I am."

"Oh don't go into a frenzy Capricorn. I know what I'm doing and there will be no war. Now go gather up the crew and prepare the lifeboats. We're going ashore this evening to pick up a princess."

With those orders given Captain Hades, Capricorn, and the other pirates boarded a life boat and set a course for the land. Bringing along swords and pistols for any kind of fighting or killing they would most likely end up doing.