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Chapter 19: Four vs. One! Battle in the Fog!
April 11, X792 - Late Morning
"That girl better not be doing anything stupid," Rio grumbled as he moved through the fog on the island.
"You're really one to be saying something," Chris said, chuckling as he pulled Lance along behind him by one leg.
"Do you really want to start a fight now?" Rio asked, glaring back at the older man.
"I'm not trying to start anything, just stating a fact, really," Chris answered, "But we should be more focused on finding Tazz right now. As smart as she is, she's still a girl and a small one at that."
"It's funny to hear you calling someone small. You're only an inch taller than she is," Rio smirked. Though, his amusement didn't last for long as Chris chucked Lance at the water mage. Rio was thrown down to the ground with Lance laying on top of him, "What the hell?!"
"Don't shout. It only gives our position away," Chris said as he walked by the pair on the ground, "Now hurry up and get up. Unless you want to lose me in this fog."
Rio only grumbled in reply as he pushed Lance off of him, "Shake it off, you idiot!" Rio snapped, looking down at Lance, "We've been on land long enough for you to be able to handle it!"
Before anything else could be done, loud stomping could be heard through the fog. The ground began to shake as the stomps came closer towards the trio until a large knight with a lance appeared, looking to be made of the same material as the hydra. On the end of the lance hung the girl the three men were looking for.
"Tazz!" Chris and Rio shouted.
Tazz looked down to see the men and promptly began to shout at them, "Get me the hell off of this thing! It totally ripped a hole through the back of my shirt!"
"How'd you even get up there?" Chris asked.
"Does it matter?! Just get me down!"
"Well, you heard her," Rio began before Chris could ask what the plan was. The water mage positioned Lance where he wanted him before he kicked the brunette up towards the knight, his body smacking into its helmet, "Get her down!"
As soon as Lance's body smacked into the knight, the metal figure stopped and looked down at Rio and Chris.
"Way to go, you idiot!" Chris yelled, kicking the water mage next to him, "Now it's going to come after us before we even have a plan!"
"Tch, just wait another second and you'll see what I did," Rio answered.
"What the hell is your problem?! Throwing someone like that!" Lance shouted, suddenly jumping up to stand on the knight's shoulder.
Chris and Tazz could only sweat drop in response while Rio smirked.
"You can yell at them later! Get me down first!" Tazz shouted up at him.
Lance looked down to see what he was standing on and to see Tazz hanging by her shirt from a large lance, "Where the hell did you throw me?!" he yelled, glaring down at Chris. The knight attempted to reach up and yank Lance off of him, but the brunette was able to stop him, "Don't interrupt me when I'm talking! Laser Make: Beam!" he shouted, sending out a beam of red magic at the knight's hand. It quickly shot through the hand grabbing for him, leaving behind a wide, sizzling hole. This gave Lance enough time to turn his attention down at Tazz, creating another laser beam to cut the weapon she hung from in half. She landed rather ungracefully on the ground with half of the lance still stuck through her shirt.
"One of you could have at least caught me! Dammit! Get this thing off of me!" she yelled, scrambling around as she tried to pull the broken lance off of her.
"Just hold still for a moment," Chris said as he walked up to her. He quickly yanked the metal off of her and threw it off to the side, "You all right?"
"I'm fine," she huffed.
"Where's your bike at?"
Tazz twitched in annoyance at Chris's question, "That good for nothing pirate took it from me! She said she was gonna use it as scrap metal! I'll kill her if she does anything to Betty!"
The revving of an engine interrupted the group as Micky suddenly flew through the fog on the motorbike, the scrap mage coming to a sliding stop and kicking up dirt in the process, "I told you that you would pay for all the scrap metal you destroyed. Your bike here is just the beginning. Though, I might keep her in the shape she's in now. She's a rather convenient piece of metal."
"You get off her right now!" Tazz shouted, attempting to make a run for the scrap mage. She was instantly knocked backwards by the half of the lance that was still in the knight's hand. She flew out of sight through the fog, causing the three men to look back worriedly.
"Tazz!" Chris shouted.
They heard coughing first before Tazz called out to them, "I'm fine! Just focus on defeating that pirate!"
While Chris hesitated for a moment on whether he should go off to find her in the fog or not, Rio didn't waste any time turning back to face Micky and her knight.
"You're gonna regret coming onto the guild," he said as he pulled out the gray trident he normally carried into battle with him, "The fog and humidity in this place is a perfect battlefield for me, so you've basically already lost."
"You're getting ahead of yourself when you haven't even won yet," Micky said as she called the broken lance back to reattach itself as well as mending the hand that Lance had blown a hole through. She then controlled the large knight to charge towards Rio with its lance at the ready.
Rio simply smirked in response, "Boil Sphere!" he shouted, throwing out his right hand. He shot off several spheres of boiling water, the liquid being hot enough to melt away the metal when it made contact.
"At least wait for me to get off this damn thing!" Lance snapped before jumping up into the air. He flipped through the air in order to face the knight, sending a laser beam across its neck and chopping its head off.
Though, the knight continued charging without its head, causing Chris to channel his magic to his bracelet, the yellow gem glowing brightly through the fog, "Shockwave Claw Strike!" he shouted once the knight was in close range. He punched his arm forward to release a rather powerful wave of lightning. The lightning easily traveled up and across the knight due to it being made of metal. It shook violently before falling to the ground in a large scrap heap, the knight no longer having any shape.
The three boys celebrated over bringing the knight down, but Micky didn't show any sort of indication of having actually lost the battle. Instead she simply smirked at them, "Just because the knight is gone doesn't mean you've won yet. There's still scrap there for me to use," she explained, "Scrap Build: Goblin!" she shouted. The metal on the ground began to move until it created three, bulky looking goblins, each holding jagged swords that were also made from the scraps of metal, "Have fun dealing with all of them."
"Dammit!" Rio cursed, "Where is Tazz?! She should be helping us right now!"
"The fog is probably making it hard for her to find us," Chris answered, "Just focus on fighting off the goblins for now. She'll make an appearance soon."
"I hope she will," Lance said, "Because even if we knock these guys out, the pirate is only gonna make more things for us to battle. We need someone to take her out in order for her to stop building things."
"I'm sure Tazz already figured that out," Chris said, "She might be scanning over Micky right now, so just give her some time."
"Whatever, just as long as she makes it quick," Rio said before running towards one of the goblins with his trident, ramming the weapon through the middle of it. It attempted to make a swipe at him with its sword, but Rio quickly bent backwards to dodge it. He lifted the trident up and swung it off to the side, throwing the goblin off of it and across from him. Chris and Lance exchanged glances before jumping into their own fights with the other two goblins.
While the boys continued to fight off the scrap goblins, Tazz had silently made her way through the fog until she had come to stand a few feet behind Micky, having let the words the woman spoke guide her to her location. She lifted up her right pants leg to pull out the small dagger she kept strapped to her calf. She waited until the right moment to make her attack, though her anger instantly ignited again as Micky turned away from the current fights going on to bend down and look over the bike. She tinkered with a few things and the moment it looked like she was about to rip a piece of it off, Tazz made her move. She ran towards the woman at top speed before jumping up to come down on her from above. She held the dagger at the ready as she silently made her way down towards Micky. Though, the pirate had felt a presence coming towards her and looked up just in time to see Tazz coming at her.
"Shit," Micky mumbled, looking back towards her goblins. She would have to sacrifice one to protect herself. She could only hope that her scraps would move fast enough to actually do that, "Scrap Build: Shield!" she shouted. The goblin Chris was currently fighting suddenly fell away from him, the scraps flying over towards Micky. The three boys turned to watch what was happening, seeing Tazz falling down towards the pirate as the scraps traveled towards the pair. It was a race to see who would make it first, Tazz's dagger or the metal scraps. There was a sinking sound as the dagger came down, the two women falling to the ground together once Tazz made contact. Silence filled the area as Micky's focus was pulled away from the two standing goblins, blood trickling out from the pair and sinking into the ground. The boys couldn't tell who it was from for a moment until they saw the crimson color slide down Tazz's stomach.
"Tazz!"
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"Twin Pistols!" Cordelia shouted, bringing forth her go-to guns. She aimed one at each of the Captains, pulling the triggers with ease.
"Lightning Body!" Kira yelled, her entire body transforming into lightning to move out of the bullet's way at a high speed.
"Lightning Step!" Desmond said along with his female counterpart, moving in the opposite direction at his own high speed thanks to the lightning magic moving to his feet.
The two Captains moved in a blink of an eye, reappearing right in front of Cordelia. Her eyes went wide as Desmond slammed his rapier on one of her shoulders while Kira slammed down an escrima stick on the other. While the steel stick had a bruise instantly appearing on her shoulder, the sword bit into her skin and had it bleeding instantly.
"I suppose we should have introduced ourselves better," the Captains said together, "We are known as the Chained Lightning Captains. Where one goes, the other is sure to follow! Lighting Burst!" they shouted, sending lightning through their weapons.
Lightning exploded across Cordelia, the guild master gritting her teeth for as long as she could. It eventually became too much, Cordelia letting out a painful shout as she was brought to her knees. The lightning traveled high up into the air for a moment before the Captains drew back their weapons. Cordelia continued to sit there on her knees with her head hanging down, her hair hiding her face for the moment. Smoke rose up off of her from the bursts of lightning, blood still running down the shoulder that the sword at hit.
"Someone grab her before the hydra does!" Jean shouted, watching as the heads bypassed him and Drayden to attack the easier target.
"Shield Make: Knighthood!" Zinnia shouted as she jumped down in front of Cordelia. A rather large, silver knight's shield with a red lion motif across it appeared in front of her just in time for one of the hydra heads to smack into and bounce off of it with a loud clang, "Someone draw the heads away from here!" she demanded as head after head slammed on her shield.
"Chimera Shift: Wyvern!" Seth shouted, the wyvern tail tattoo on his back beginning to glow. This shift gave him the large wings and tail of a wyvern, the scales being green in color. While allowing him elevation, this change greatly enhanced his strength as well. He flapped the wings once as hard as he could, the burst of energy sending him towards the hydra heads. He grabbed onto two of them and pulled them backwards towards the end of the deck where the three men had originally been fighting them. As he pulled on the two heads, it caused the other four to turn their attention on him and swing back around.
"Don't pull the heads off!" Jean shouted up at him as Seth flew up into the air. The heads in his arms attempted to snap at him, but they couldn't move an inch from the tight hold he had on them, "If you completely pull them off, they could double up like they did when Kato cut them in half."
"Then what are we supposed to do?" Seth asked, "We can't let them continue to snap around like this!"
"I know that! Just give me a moment to think!" Jean said. He looked around, trying to think of the best plan of action. He looked over at Drayden to see him punch a head away from him, his Asteris Magic sending blue lightning across the head when he hit it. The head seemed a bit stunned for a moment, not being able to move for a long moment from the electric shock, "That's it! Drayden! Do you have a move large enough to electrocute the entire body of this thing?!"
"I've got one that should work," Drayden answered, "But I'll have to get in close to it."
Jean nodded at him at he looked up at Seth, "You think you can keep that thing distracted long enough for Drayden to land a hit on it?!"
"I should be able to!" Seth answered. He released the two heads he had, punching them both away with ease when they tried to attack him. Another head attempted to lunge upwards to snap at him, but Seth quickly slammed its mouth shut by landing heavily on top of it. Another head tried to snake its way over towards him, but it didn't get too far as Seth snapped his tail across its face. The heads continued to attack Seth, all of them seeming dead set on taking him out before going after any other person on board the deck.
While Seth continued to distract the heads, Jean looked over at Drayden with a nod. Drayden nodded back, "Astral Body!" he said, his body turning into his blue-white lightning. This enhanced his speed enough to have him disappearing and reappearing on the back of the hydra in the blink of an eye. The hydra heads all suddenly stopped to look down at the man on top of it, all of them snarling at the same time as they realized they had been tricked. They began moving downwards to attack Drayden, but he was one step ahead of them, "Asteris Arcana: Supernova!" he shouted as he built up blue plasma through his right hand and arm, the substance reaching halfway down his body before he slammed his hand down onto the hydra. The spell was released in a huge burst of blue lightning, the attack expanding outwards across the entirety of the beast. The six heads stopped right before they snapped down on Drayden, shaking violently as the lightning traveled through it. Soon enough, the scraps of metal that made up the hydra fell apart and sunk down into the ocean, Drayden jumping off the back of the hydra and onto the deck before he sunk down with them.
"Good work," Jean said, looking at both Drayden and Seth once the larger man landed back on the deck. The trio then looked back over towards Cordelia and the Captains.
Cordelia had fallen forward enough to lean up against Zinnia's back, putting all her effort into not falling down onto the deck more than she already had.
"I'm not really sure why Bern was so excited about you bunch," Kira said, "You don't seem all that strong to me. One hit and you're already down."
"I also thought you would be much more interesting," Desmond added, "Seems we have wasted our time."
"What little pricks the both of you are," Cordelia said, still leaning up against Zinnia, "Chained Lightning Captains? Tch, give me a fucking break," she continued, finally pushing herself up, using Zinnia's shoulder to help her up, "You think some lame ass title means anything to me? Especially after you come onto my guild and make threats to me and my mages?! At least your Vice Admiral took us seriously and gave his all when fighting us! What right do you have coming onto my guild and underestimating us?!" she shouted. She finally looked up at the two of them, sending them each a fierce glare, "People like you really piss me off! Get the hell off my ship!"
Desmond and Kira stood taken aback for a moment, not having expected Cordelia to be able to stand up let alone bark off demands at them.
Kira eventually smirked as she looked over Desmond, "Maybe they have more power behind them than we thought. She did take our double attack and she's still standing."
"Possibly, but I still don't think it means much," Desmond huffed, "She still looks fairly weak. What can she possibly do now looking all burnt like that?"
Cordelia felt her anger building up at his words, "You're gonna regret it if you keep insulting me like that! Get the hell off my guild while you still can!"
"Little girls shouldn't hand out orders that they cannot back up," Desmond replied sharply.
Cordelia felt her entire body twitch in anger, but before she could retaliate against the man, two figures landed in between Cordelia and the Captains.
"I think that is quite enough," Ingrid said with a smirk, "There is only so much teasing I will allow you to do to my lovely guild master. Getting her all riled up like that is solely my job, so it is rather aggravating listening to little boys trying to get the better of her."
"And I do have to say you are rather terrible at trying to make Miss Murdock angry," Kasra added in, "I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if you were actually good looking, but unfortunately for you, you are too scrawny for my tastes. And with your idiocy on top of that, it is just a horrible mixture. I simply cannot stand by and let you continue your moronic speeches."
Kira busted out laughing at the two of them, practically having to hold her stomach in the process, "These guys are amazing! They've never even met you and they've already figured you out!"
"Quiet you!" Desmond snapped, "We are supposed to be a team!"
"But it's just too good!"
"Stop laughing already and help me attack them!"
"Ya know, I think I'm gonna sit this one out," Kira said, placing her escrima sticks back into their holsters at her hips. She then took a moment to light up her cigarette before leaning back on some boxes.
"What?! We have orders!"
"I did what I came to do. I got the guild master riled up, so I'm done for the day," she answered as she blew out a stream of smoke, "Besides, I'm really liking this guild, so I don't want to beat them up more than I have to. We already have enough enemies on these seas, don't you think?"
"You can't just make decisions like that for yourself! What happens when Bern finds out?"
"Listening to every order like that is gonna get you nowhere in life, ya know that? You should make a decision for yourself once in a while. Might loosen up that stick you have shoved up your ass."
Ingrid laughed at that comment, "I quite like this female Captain."
"She does seem to be smarter than the man," Kasra mentioned, "Mind if I take him out then?"
"Be my guest, love," Ingrid grinned, "But I'll bring a little something out to back you up just in case. Big Tommy!" she said, calling forth a black Tommy Gun and aiming it right at Desmond.
"I highly doubt you'll be able to take me out," Desmond said, turning back to face Kasra, "Your guild master couldn't even take me out."
"Yes, well, Miss Murdock was able to take an attack from the both of you and she is still standing," Kasra replied, "So I do believe that stands for something. You really should not underestimate your opponent. It will get you killed faster if you do."
"Stop toying with him already and get him off my guild!" Cordelia shouted.
"Aye, Miss Murdock," Kasra smiled back at her, "Avatar Soul: Amesha Spenta," he said calmly, igniting his Take Over Magic. His form changed drastically and quickly. He gained a white, carapace-like skin that looked to be like skin tight armor covering him from head to toe. His body became leaner and slightly taller, the power-blocking appendages connected to the back of his calves giving him that added boost in height. Another long appendage was connected to the back of his heels, pushing out a blade in between his big toes when pushed completely down. A dark green carapace covered his back, almost looking like a cloak as it opened up four ways. An oval-shaped golden mask covered his face with six red dots creating the eyes, three on each side of the mask. Finally, on top of his head was a crown-like appendage, "You think that your lightning is fast," Kasra said, the Storm's Helm mages being able to hear the smirk in his voice even if they couldn't see it, "Let us see what it can do up against this form."
"No matter the form, I will win this fight!" Desmond shouted before he took off towards the take over mage with his Lightning Step.
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"Things seem to be going to way I thought they would," Bern mumbled, watching the fight through a spyglass on the top deck of his ship, "Though, I am a bit surprised to see that the little guild master was able to take the Lightning Burst combo. What a fantastic little mage she is," he said, a sudden smile beginning to spread across his face, "And those other three are just as amazing," he added, referring to Ace, Seth and Eli.
"Vice Admiral," one of his men called out to him. Bern looked back at him with an unamused stare, "I apologize for interrupting, but I have those documents you asked for."
"Oh? Let me take a look," Bern said, reaching out for the four papers that were handed over to him. He read over each paper, his smile growing wider. The papers in his hands would ensure his ability to go after the guild whenever he felt like it. It may cause the guild a bit of trouble in the future, but he supposed it wouldn't be anything they couldn't handle.
"Sir, if I may ask," the man in front of him began, "Is really wise to create these? I mean, Storm's Helm is a legal guild and they haven't really done anything wrong."
"I know, but this guarantees me a decent fight whenever I feel the urge for one."
The man could on sweat drop in response, "This might be taking it a bit too far though, sir. The Admiral won't be happy to find out that you did this just to get some good fights out of the guild once they are out of your jurisdiction."
Bern gave the man a hard stare, causing him to go silent instantly, "I will handle the Admiral when the time comes. You just need to worry about printing out as many of these as you can and forwarding them through our network."
"Yes sir," the man answered as he took the papers back from Bern.
"Oh, and just one small change," Bern said, stopping the man before he could get too far, "Up the little guild master's amount from 2,500,000 jewels to 3,000,000. Seems she has a bit more spunk than I originally thought."
"Yes sir," the man answered, looking down at the papers in his hands. Cordelia's smiling face stared back up at him from the bounty paper he held, the man feeling sorry for the trouble she had somehow stepped into. He sighed as he walked off, knowing that their unit would be yelled at as soon as the Admiral found out about this little stunt. The Admiral wasn't one for breaking rules so easily and Bern had broken those rules four times by sending out these bounties without the Admiral's approval. He just hoped that the four mages he held in his hands could hold out until the Admiral could step in and recall them. Still, the simple papers would mean quite a bit of trouble for them if bounty hunters managed to get a hold of them. It wouldn't just be Bern after them if that happened, "What a horrible form of entertainment," the man mumbled as he continued his walk to the printing room.
A/N: And there we are! I hope you all enjoyed it!
So a few things!
First off, sorry for the lateness of this chapter! I had a rather busy weekend, so I didn't really have much time to sit down and write. I had to push this chapter back a day because of that. But at least I still got one out! CHA!
Second, just a quick note with the bounty. I know that 3,000,000 jewels sounds like a lot (which it still is), but 100 jewels essentially equals 1 dollar. So 3,000,000 jewels equals 30,000 dollars. Just wanted to make a quick note on that in case some of you were wondering about it. The other three amounts for Ace, Seth and Eli will eventually be revealed.
Third! Since I have a couple fun things going on for Thunder Stone, such as the Fun Facts and the Omakes I make for that story, I wanted to do something for Storm's Helm as well. So I decided to do something along the lines of a Storm's Helm Question Corner. What this means is, you all can send in questions for the characters and the characters will answer those questions. You may send these questions in reviews or PMs, it doesn't really matter which to me for these. But I would ask that you refrain from asking anything that may pertain to the main plots of the story. An example would be something like if you were to ask Madmartigan what his past is with Duke. I will not have that question answered as that will reveal something that hasn't been revealed in the main story line. But if something has been revealed, you may ask about it, such as Isaak's and Cordelia's previous relationship. You may not get a straight answer out of the characters about it as they will stay in character when they answer these, but I won't mind questions to something like that as much as main plot questions. So with all that being said, have fun with these questions. They can be weird or funny or whatever, but please do keep in mind that the characters will be answering these questions. So if they have to shout or curse in response to these questions, I am not actually saying those things myself. It is simply the way the character would respond. But I am really excited to start these and I will be answering 1 to 3 of them each chapter, depending on how many I receive. And you can send these in any time you want to. So like you can send one in with each update that comes out or randomly send them in to me. But I figured it'd be a great way to have some fun and also have some more interaction with you all.
Now then! Onto those lovely reviews!
Thanks to all of you that reviewed last chapter!
IdentityCrisis.03 - Yep! Not a long break between those action scenes! And we got to see the first half of the fight between Tazz and the boys against Micky, so the conclusion to that to come in the next chapter! Same with the fight between Desmond and Kasra! Hope you enjoyed the update!
Momochan77 - Glad you enjoyed that first scene with Sam and Matilda! Haha, and it seems that sidewalk chalk bit worked out well. I remember playing with it all the time as a kid, so it just seemed to fit so well in that scene! But I'm glad you liked that whole scene! And I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
DarkHyena - Haha, yeah, I figured sticking in some childhood games would be fun for the guild! And yep, Micky is definitely on the move for getting her revenge! That scene should be concluded next chapter though. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
RansomeNote - No problem on reviewing! But I am happy to hear you're reading as I update the story and that you've been enjoying things! Hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!
Joshua1277 - Yeah, I remember adding all kinds of extra things to foursquare to make it more complicated. So much fun! Haha, yeah, that group is a bunch of punks, but at least they don't back down from a challenge, so going to take on Micky shouldn't be so bad for them…at least that's what they thing at first. And yeah, Kato just won't learn, lol! Yep, Bern gave his Captains the orders to attack, but I'm hoping that Kira got some bonus points for stepping down from the fight after attacking Cordelia. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Benthino - Well, I'm happy to hear that you don't mind waiting to see those Navy members, lol! But I'm glad you enjoyed that last chapter! And you are more than welcome to send in a character that's connected with Jack if you want. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
CrazyAnimeForever - Well, Natsu's magic is Dragon Slaying and Eli's Red Fire is part of the Rainbow Fire he has. I had to go through and decide on what to make the rest of the colors for Eli myself since only so many have been revealed and what their properties are. So I made Red Fire an extremely hot flame, hotter than any of the other colors. Hope that helps! And I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
XLil MEkoX - Haha, glad you liked that last line! Yep, the Navy definitely isn't finished with Cordelia and her guild, especially now with those bounties! But dealing with the rest of the Navy should be interesting, considering how different each of the Vice Admirals are. Haha, yeah those Captains kinda took that grand entrance, didn't they? And sirens and mermaid to come and how they will affect everyone! And we got to see some of the Captains abilities this chapter! More to come next chapter! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
frozenwolf94 - Yep! Lots of fighting going on! Conclusions to each of those fights next chapter! I think that's how it'll work out anyways. But at least they were able to defeat that hydra without Kato creating any more heads, lol. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
AkumaXHwaorang - Glad all the characters are turning out well for you, especially Gamu. He's just so much fun to write! That perching is just too great to pass up at random times like that, lol! Yeah, Gordon will be a character I get to build on a lot. He'll still have his prick moments for a long while, but he is meant to be a good guy at the end of it all. And it's always good to hear that the emotional scenes are turning out as well as the humorous ones and action ones. Yeah, a few other readers have mentioned the One Piece feel they get from the story too, but they also don't seem to mind it either like you. So I'm glad you're all liking that mixed in with the Fairy Tail feel too! And not to worry on the Navy! There will be some definite by the books members, the Admiral being one of those people as they will be the type to see things in black and white rather than gray areas. But I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Dreadburner94 - Haha, apparently Kato won't learn about those hydra heads. He just kept on going, but at least they were able to destroy it before he created any more! And that would be a pretty good plan of action. Just have Sam link Matilda into an enemy's mind to drive them crazy, lol! And Bones did win that game no matter what anyone else thinks! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Origm2012 - Yep, not only are Sam and Matilda hilarious in their positions, they're damn good at their jobs too! And it's just the beginning for them! They're only bound to get better! But now I just keep picturing them as older versions of themselves and it's pretty funny. Sam's just so used to Matilda that he just doesn't even care anymore and Matilda just goes on and on in her excitement, lol! Glad you liked that hopscotch bit! Haha, I'll admit that I've drank a bit before when I write, but for the most part I try to stick with coffee when I write. That way I can actually stay up later and get this stuff finished, lol. And you are quite welcome for Seth showing up like he does! He just fits so well in his spot and he's just such a fun character! He just makes me smile to write him in, even if it's a fight scene! Yep, that hydra was Micky's and nope, Cordelia hadn't known how she got that map until this past chapter. Unfortunately for Rio, he was in grabbing distance of her, so he got the headlock, lol. And I'm glad you liked that moment with Tazz flicking Micky on the nose. I thought it was the perfect way to get Micky to follow her onto the island! And that chapter happened to be one of my own favorites, so I'm glad to hear you really liked it too! And I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!
Iggy the Strong and Free - Always happy to see a new reader! But I'm glad I was able to draw you in with the summary of the story! And I'm glad you're liking the story already after the first chapter! And yeah, I figured having Cordelia take over as guild master would be a good way to start things off with a bang! Hope you continue to enjoy the story!
LightandDarkHeart - Haha, Bones should get another bone for that awesome hopscotch moment! LOL! And now all I can picture is Excalibur suddenly showing up and shouting 'FOOL' at Kato! I really did laugh at that too much, lol. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
ThePrinceOfLight - Glad you liked the first scene with Sam and Matilda. But yeah, Sam always does his homework! Glad you also liked that chalk scene! Bones totally stole the show with that one! Yeah, Matilda suddenly speaking in an enemy's head would be a pretty good secret weapon, lol. Luckily they got that hydra defeated before Kato could make any more heads. And I'm glad you picked up on that small mention of Rio's past there! And we got to see the first half of the match between Tazz and the boys and Micky! More to come on that next chapter! But yeah, the rest of the guild has their hands full with that hydra and the Captains. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
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