A/N: Another Storm's Helm Sunday! (Despite it being super late on Sunday night!)
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Chapter 20: Song of the Siren
April 11, X72 - Late Morning
"Tazz!"
Tazz ignored the shouts from the boys, not being able to tear away her focus on the woman beneath her for the moment. The moment she lost that focus, Micky would be able to throw her off. Though, the scrap metal currently piercing into her stomach made it that much harder for her to keep her attention on the woman. Tazz cursed the woman below for being able to form a spike on the shield before she knocked her down. Though, she also knew she wasn't the only one that had been wounded. She held felt her dagger sink through the shield and cut into the woman's arm, which was what she had been aiming for in the first place.
"I'll admit," Tazz began in a low voice, "You're a pretty strong woman. You're sturdy with a decent amount of muscle. Must be from being a mechanic and working with metal. Your body would almost be perfect too," she explained, a smirk appearing on her lips, "But that arm of yours, the one my dagger is through, well it seems that you had an accident a few years back. Got your arm smashed in between some metal, didn't you?"
"How the hell do you know that?"
"So I'm right then," Tazz said, beginning to twist her dagger. Micky clenched her teeth tightly, but didn't let out any sort of shout of pain, "You should really do some research on your opponents before engaging them in battle. Unlike my friends over there, my magic deals with internal attacks. How about we just make that arm completely unusable for the time being. Spark!" she said as an emerald seal of magic appeared above the shield in between them. The seal then sunk down through the shield and right into Micky's arm. This time Micky was unable to keep her shouts contained as bursts of pain shot up through her entire arm, making it feel like small bombs were going off inside of it.
Micky continued to shout in pain, but had forced herself to push her will into her magic in order to get her out of her current situation, "Scrap Build: Beast!" she screamed, causing the other two goblins to dismantle and reform into a huge beast with long and thick arms and sharp teeth. The beast ran towards Micky with full intentions of knocking Tazz off of her.
"I don't think so!" Rio shouted, "Hydropump!" he said as he sent out a pressurized water beam at the beast. It knocked it off its course, the beast tumbling away from the two women. It easily got back up on its feet and roared at Rio. The water mage just smirked in reply as he kept running towards it. He pulled out a neon yellow hacky sack and threw it up into the air, "It sucks that you're made of metal and covered in water now," he said as he jumped up into the air and flipped to add momentum to his kick, "Lighting Hacky!" he shouted, kicking the ball towards the beast. It exploded on contact with the metal, a huge lighting bolt raining down on it. It roared out again before it fell to the ground in a smoking heap. Rio landed on the ground, looking back to see everyone a bit faded out by the fog, "Oi! Hurry up already, Tazz! The longer that woman is conscious, the more scrap monsters we have to fight!"
"What the hell do you think I'm doing?!" Tazz shouted in reply, but kept her eyes locked onto the woman below her, "You might feel like you're about to die, but I'm not really in the business of killing. Think of it as a quick nap," she explained, "But let's get this pesky shield out of the way first," she added as she finally lifted up from Micky. She yanked her dagger out from her arm and shield, pulling the spike out of her stomach in the process. Micky attempted to attack her, but Chris easily kicked the shield out of her hands while Lance moved in to hold her in place, "Thanks boys," she smirked before slamming a hand onto Micky's chest, "Disruption!" she shouted, her emerald seal appearing across the woman's chest. Tazz then concentrated on slowing her own heart rate down which in turn caused Micky's to slow down. Micky gasped at first, the sudden drop in heart rate sending her into a panic, but the longer the affect lasted, the more tired she became. Her movements became sluggish until she had completely passed out. Tazz released her spell then, stumbling back a few steps from having to slow down her own heart in the process.
"Whoa there," Rio said, catching her as she stumbled backwards. He easily sat her on the ground so her back was leaning up against one of his legs.
"Are you gonna be okay?" Chris asked as he kneeled down in front of her to take a look at her stomach.
"I'm fine," she huffed, still feeling a bit lightheaded from her last spell.
"Tch, you don't have to try to act tough all the time," Rio grumbled as he motioned for Lance to come over and take his place. Once the two men had traded places, Rio moved to face the woman, "Move out of the way," Rio said as he pushed Chris to the side and bent down in front of Tazz. He grabbed for the hand that she held over her stomach, but she quickly flinched away from him, "Stop being a stubborn idiot and let me see it. No one else has some sort of healing spell in the group but me, unless you want Lance to burn it close."
"No!" she said quickly as she finally lifted her hand from her stomach.
"Thought so," Rio smirked as he pulled out a bandana from his jacket, "Use this to wipe your hands off," he said before looking down at the wound on her stomach, "She got you pretty good. I won't be able to heal it all, but I can fix it enough for you to make it back to the guild where Jack can finish it up," he explained as he pressed a hand over the wound, "Humidity Heal," he said calmly, a blue magic emitting from his hands and surrounding the cut. It made it so that the hole the spike had made had nearly closed up and the bleeding had slowed, "That should hold you until we get back to the guild," he said as he wiped his hand across the grass to clean the blood from it, "I would just keep the bandana pressed to it until we get back to the guild though."
"Thanks," Tazz said quietly, moving the bandana over the smaller wound like he had told her to.
"What do we do with the pirate?" Lance asked, looking over at the unconscious Micky.
"Just leave her here," Rio said, "I'm sure Cordelia doesn't want her on the guild and I'm also sure her crew is nearby watching what's going on. They'll come and get her eventually. That or she'll go back to her crew when she wakes up."
"Then what about the second clue?" Chris prompted, "We're supposed to be looking for that too, right?"
Rio looked from the older boy back down to Tazz, "We should probably get back to the guild first."
"What?! I can look for a stupid clue!" Tazz shouted, not happy at the prospect of having to go back to the guild empty handed.
"How are we going to do that without a map?! Stupid!" Rio snapped, "Cordelia was supposed to have Sam and Matilda download the map to us for Nebula and that hasn't happened yet. I don't want to get lost on this island, especially when you're not in full working order."
"I'm not useless!"
"I never said you were! But I don't want to risk you reopening that wound again!"
The arguing duo stared each other down until Tazz finally looked away with a huff.
"Besides," Lance began, "I'm a bit worried on why we haven't gotten that map. Cordelia always follows through with things, so I don't like that it's taking so long. Something could be going on back at the guild."
"Then it's settled," Rio said, "We're going back to the guild now."
As soon as those words left his lips, a loud roar echoed across the land. The four mages felt fear run through them as they exchanged panicked stares. It obviously wasn't any of Micky's scraps that made the roar since she was still unconscious, so that only left one option.
"Holy shit!" Chris shouted as a figure of a beast suddenly appeared before them through the fog. A huge and bulking sabertooth tiger stood before them, the beast snarling and showing off its long fangs.
"All right, everyone get ready to run," Rio said, keeping his eyes locked on the tiger as he bent down lowly.
"But what about Tazz?!" Chris hissed in reply, "She can't really run right now."
"I've got it covered, so shut up and run on my count," Rio answered, "Three, two…one!" he shouted. He launched himself forward and pulled Tazz up into his arms before he rounded on his heels and ran with the other two boys. The group had managed to stay together for a short time until the tiger made its first swipe with a large, clawed paw. The three boys split up into three different ways when that happened in order to dodge the attack, "Keep running!" Rio shouted, hoping that Chris and Lance would hear him through the fog. He landed back on the ground with a grunt, instantly having to take off at full speed again since the tiger had managed to stay locked on him.
"You're not gonna be fast enough while carrying me! Just put me down already!" Tazz shouted.
"You really are stupid if you think I'm gonna do that," Rio answered, having to dodge another swipe from the beast's paw, "As soon as I do that, you'll get left behind and eaten by that thing, so just shut up while I think of what to do," he said. The tiger continued swiping at the pair in hopes of catching them, the claws on it giving him the idea he needed to end things, "You're gonna have to hold on tightly for a moment," he said as he maneuvered the girl around so he held her against him with one arm while she had her own arm over his shoulders. This left one of his hands free, which was all he needed at the moment. He turned and came skidding to a stop to face the tiger, "Humid Claws!" he shouted, manipulating the humidity in the air to engulf his hand in an iced sword. He swung down once, the blade cutting across the tiger's face. The beast reared back in pain with a loud roar, giving Rio enough time to break the sword from his hand and pull out the trident from his back to aim at the tiger, "Humid Ice Beam!" he yelled, once again manipulating the humidity in the air. This caused several spears of ice to fly at the beast, a few of them digging into its skin. Not wanting to get injured any further, the tiger turned and ran off from the area.
"You actually did it!" Tazz shouted, staring at the retreating tiger with a shocked expression.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?! And that's how you thank someone that just saved your life?!"
"Don't push your luck!" Tazz snapped, bonking the man on the head. Though, the sudden movement had her hissing in pain.
"And don't be pushing your own luck, stupid girl," Rio muttered, doing his best to keep her from moving too much.
"I'm older than you, ya know. You could give me some more respect."
"Not when you act younger than me."
"You're a horrible knight in shining armor," she pouted before a thought hit her, "Betty! We left Betty behind!" she shouted, trying move out of his grasp which only resulted in her clenching up in pain again.
"Calm down. We'll go back for it, but you need to stop moving so much," Rio said, holding her in place tightly. Though, he wasn't able to hold her in place for long when a beautiful singing hit him, causing him to freeze up and for Tazz to escape his grasp.
Tazz was going to make a run for her bike when she realized that Rio wasn't shouting after her like he normally did. She looked behind her to see the man standing still as a statue with his eyes beginning to glaze over, "Rio? What's wrong?" she asked. It was then that she heard the singing off in the distance and she looked around her to see that they had made it into a jungle-like area, "How far did we end up running from that tiger?" she mumbled before looking back at Rio, "OI! You giant moron! Wake up! What's wrong with you?!" she snapped as she bonked him on the head again.
Though, he made no motion that he even felt the hit as he turned away from her and began walking towards the singing.
"Rio!" Tazz shouted, forcing herself to run after him until she stood in front of him. She tried to push on him to get him to stop moving, but the singing that was slowly becoming louder kept him moving forward, "Dammit, looks like there really are sirens here," Tazz said, feeling worried about the other two members of their team since she had no idea where they were and she was sure they were being affected by the singing too. She looked back up at Rio with a frown, "Sorry about this, but if I can at least keep one of you from following those evil witches, then I'll do it. Needle!" she shouted as she targeted a few main points on Rio's body with her hand. She jabbed them quickly when her magic coated her hand, bringing the man down in an unmoving heap, "At least I was able to do that much," she said as she fell to her knees, the affects of her fight with Micky and all the spells she had used that day catching up to her. She crawled over to lean up against a tree, moving Rio along with her. Once his head was placed in her lap, she dropped her head back on the trunk of the tree to stare up through the fog, "Someone better find us soon," she sighed before looking back down at Rio, a scowl quickly appearing on her face, "And I hope you know that you have horrible taste in music," she said, giving his head one more bop for good measure.
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"You cannot hope to beat me!" Desmond shouted as he skidded around Kasra to come up behind him. He kept his Lighting Step activated to continue to give him the added boost in speed he needed. He ignited his blade in lightning, bringing it forth in a hard strike against the take over mage. Kasra easily dodged the attack, his new form giving him an immense amount of new speed as well. Desmond caught himself before his blade hit the deck and quickly rounded on the man, "I am the justice of these seas and you are causing disorder in them!"
"Disorder?" Kasra repeated, the sound of a smirk still in his voice, "We are merely defending ourselves when we are attacked. If anyone is causing disorder in these seas, it is you. And you call yourself a Naval Captain."
"I have protected countless people in my time in the Navy!" Desmond snapped in response, "Do not mock me and my work!"
"I do not see you protecting anyone now," Kasra said, "In your current state, you are only bound to hurt people, like my wonderful new master. You have stained her pretty white coat due to your arrogance and lack of thinking. It is quite irritating that men like you fill these seas and call yourselves protectors," he said, the smirk in his voice dropping.
"And what do you call yourselves?!" Desmond retorted, becoming flustered at the thought of someone outsmarting him, "You go around sailing wherever you want, doing whatever you want! What does that do for anyone?!"
Desmond had to jump out of the way as Ingrid shot off her Tommy Gun at him. He glared over at her while she simply smiled at him, "We do plenty, if you must know. The world is never as pretty as you wish it to be, little boy. Sometimes there are people that exist to do the things that others do not want to believe are needed to be done. Sometimes we have to be those people."
"How foolish of you all!" Desmond continued, not bothering to listen to the words being given to him, "There is good and there is evil! There is black and there is white! There can be nothing in between!"
"By those standards, you are the evil one then," Kasra said, the six red eyes on his mask seeming to narrow in anger, "Your orders were to come onto our guild and attack us. That makes you the villain."
"I am no villain!"
"How irritating," Kasra said, "I have no time for fools who believe in a utopian world. There is no use explaining things further to you."
"I don't know why you wasted time trying to explain them in the first place!" Cordelia snapped, the pain in her shoulders aggravating her and causing her to lose her patience quicker, "Just get him off my guild already!"
Kasra nodded back at her before he decided to put his full focus into the fight. He ran straight for Desmond, jumping up high when the man attempted to strike at him again. He came down behind him and landed a roundhouse kick on his back. Desmond was sent flying across the ship, having to grab onto the edge of it when he fell over the side of it. In an instant, Kasra was standing over him and stepping onto his hand. Desmond let out a shout at the feeling of his hand being crushed. The Captain tried to slam his blade onto Kasra's leg, but the take over mage seemed to already know what he was going to do. He kicked the hand away that held the sword before pulling him up by the arm he had been standing on. Desmond was now face to face with the tall man, all of the six eyes on him.
"What will you do now?" Kasra asked.
Desmond quickly put away his sword at his side before pulling back his now free hand. He built up his electrical energy until a large sphere of lightning was crackling in his palm, "Lightning Strike!" he shouted, throwing his hand forward to punch Kasra in the chest. The hit landed where he had aimed, the lightning exploding across the take over mage. Though, Kasra did not let out any sort of shout or shriek of pain. He had simply stood there, the red eyes staying locked on the man hanging in his grasp. Once the attack had faded, smoke did rise up off of Kasra, but he made no movements that showed he was in any sort of pain.
"That…that attack should have taken you out!" Desmond shouted.
"I will admit that it was an impressive attack," Kasra said, "And had I not been in one of my forms, it probably would have done the damage you desired. But my carapace pieces give me a slight boost in my defenses. You really are a foolish little Captain," he explained as he began to turn to walk him to the other side of the guild to throw him off of it.
Desmond tried to fight against the grip Kasra had him in, but as soon as the pair turned, the Captain was met with a fist to the face. His head spun for a moment from the sheer force behind it and spat out a mouthful of blood as well. He was fairly certain that a bruise would be forming there as well. Desmond then looked up to see who had hit him to see fierce blue eyes staring him down.
"You are worthless as a Captain," Cordelia seethed, wholly disliking the man in front of her.
"You speak as if you know me."
"I know enough after what you've done here today," Cordelia retorted quickly, "I know men and women in the Navy and they are nothing like you. How you ever received the title of Captain, I'll never know, but you've got a lot to learn if you want the respect that comes with that title."
"I have respect!"
"Then it is respect made out of fear and stupidity and meaningless noble titles!" Cordelia shouted, "You clearly saw that we were in trouble with that pirate and the hydra she brought with her. You knew that we were already under attack and yet you continued with your attack against us instead of helping us! You are no protector or bringer of justice of these seas!" she continued, her face turning red from anger, "I don't ever want to see your face on my guild again! Not until you learn what's right and what's wrong! And if you ever attack one of my mages again, you'll be wishing your Vice Admiral had gotten to you first!"
"Yeesh, that's a scary thought," Kira said as she stomped on her finished cigarette and walked over to the group. She looked over towards Cordelia, almost feeling bad about what they had done to her and her guild, "Look, I know you want to kick him off your guild and everything, and honestly, you have every right to. But it's such a pain in the ass for me to go hunt him down in the middle of the ocean, so I would appreciate it if you just let me take him back to our ship."
"So long as he's off my guild as fast as possible, I don't care how it's done," Cordelia growled.
"All right then, mind handing him over?" Kira asked, looking up at Kasra. The man nodded at her and set Desmond on his feet. Desmond quickly yanked himself away from the take over mage only to be gripped tightly on the ear by Kira, "Come on, you idiot," she said, beginning to pull him away from the group and towards the small boat on the side of the guild they had used to come over on, "I'm pretty sure you caused way more problems than you needed to today. You're so damn annoying sometimes."
"You are no walk in the park either!"
Kira simply ignored him as she came to a stop at the side of the guild. She glanced back at the mages behind her, "And just so you know, not all of us Navy members see in only black and white. Some of us know when to enter that gray area you spoke of," she said, knowing she would get no reply from any of them other than hard stares, "Tough crowd," she said before jumping down to her boat and forcing Desmond with her.
Silence filled the guild for a long moment, no one moving or saying a single word. It was Cordelia that broke the silence and began moving across the deck.
"What a fucking waste of time," she said lowly.
"Cor, where are you going?" Eli asked.
"I have to get up to the front ship. Sam and Matilda still need to send over the map to the others on the island."
"But your shoulder."
"It's fine," she huffed, "I need to make a connection with the others on the island first to make sure they're all right."
"Cordelia," Eli said, reaching out to grab an arm, "You need to get yourself checked out first."
"I said, I'm fine!" she snapped, pulling away from Eli, "I have other things to worry about at the moment! I have four mages on an island they know nothing about and without some sort of map and a pirate to fight! I have to worry about them first! Dammit! Those fucking Captains messed everything up!" she shouted, throwing her hands up into the air, "Shit! That hurts!" she hissed, pulling the arm connected to the bleeding shoulder back down quickly and grabbing onto it with her other hand.
"Look, we can send someone else up to the navigation cabin to talk to Sam and Matilda," Eli said in a hard tone, "You need to go see Jack first."
"If you're that worried, then why don't you just burn it shut for me?!"
"Maybe I will with an attitude like that!"
"Okay, let's take a breather for a moment," Seth said as he came to stand in between the two. He looked down at Cordelia with a concerned stare, "He's just worried about you, you know. It was a pretty nasty hit you took."
"I know that, but the four on the island-"
"Will be all right," Seth finished for her, "They are mages. You need to trust that they can manage by themselves for a bit. And there's four of them and one pirate. Their chances of winning are high, so give yourself a moment to calm down."
Cordelia looked between Seth and Eli a few times before taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly. She did this a few times, willing away the anger she felt towards the Captains for the time being, "Sorry for snapping at you," she said, looking over at Eli, "But I'm still going to the navigation cabin."
Seth sighed as Eli started arguing with the woman again, the two walking up to the front ship as they did so.
"It's like the only way they know how to interact with each other," Seth said as Zinnia came to stand next to him.
"Mmm, maybe to the public eye," Zinnia said with a knowing smile, "But they do have their moments."
"Well I wish they would have more of them."
"Yeah, but I would have been more worried about her if she hadn't started an argument with him. It's how I know she's still okay."
"I think you should have a better system for that."
Zinnia simply shrugged in reply, "It's worked ever since we were kids, so why change it now?"
"Sometimes change is good," Seth said as he watched the arguing pair completely disappear into the fog.
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"Cor! Would you slow down at least?!" Eli demanded.
"What? Can't keep up with me suddenly?"
"If you fall over into the water in this fog, how am I supposed to find you?"
"Who said anything about falling into the water? Are you gonna push me or something?" she asked, rounding back on him right in the middle of the bridge that led up to the front cabin.
Eli had to stop quickly before he ran into her, "If you stop like that, I might!"
"Sometimes you're just so…so…so ugh!" she said as she threw her hands up into the air again, which she instantly regretted.
The angry face Eli wore instantly dropped when he saw that pained expression cross her face again. He gently grabbed the arm that had the wound on it and slowly pulled it down before she yanked it down and hurt it even more, "The reason I'm so 'ugh' as you so eloquently put it," he began, causing a pout to appear on her face, "Is because you never bother to look after yourself half the time. You think no one notices these things, like letting your wounds go unchecked before others or not getting enough sleep because you worry so much, but I notice it. I look after you because I know you won't do it yourself. You may be the guild master now, but you're still my Cor."
"Eli, I…" she started before fading off, seeing the honesty in his gold eyes. She finally let a soft smile appear on her lips, "Your Cor, huh?"
"Yeah."
"I want to know, what does that statement mean to you?"
A heavy silence came over the pair, Eli not having expected to be asked a question like that. He suddenly found himself staring down at the hand he still held in his own, not being able to keep his eyes locked onto her own. The intensity in those blue eyes of hers was too much for him to handle at the moment. Though, he found himself being forced to look at them as she gently lifted his chin up with her free hand. The smoothness of her skin seemed to help calm his nerves a bit, as her touch always had that affect on him.
"Cor, I-" he started, but was quickly cut off as someone ran into him from behind. This caused him to trip forward and knock Cordelia over the side of the bridge in the process. Luckily, Eli reacted quickly and managed to grab one of her hands, which happened to be the one with the cut on the shoulder.
"Holy fuck! It hurts so much!" Cordelia cried. She looked up to see Eli holding onto her and Ace standing next to him, "ACE! I'm gonna kill you! For so many reasons, I'm gonna kill you!"
"Whoops," Ace said, "I can't see anything in this fog though!"
"That's no excuse!"
"Then maybe you shouldn't have been standing in the middle of the bridge!" he shouted in return, "What were you two doing anyways?" he asked, eyeing them both suspiciously.
"None of your business!" Cordelia yelled, "Just know that I'm going to kill you soon!"
Eli pulled the woman back up in the middle of her rant, feeling relieved and annoyed at the same time by Ace's sudden appearance. He made sure to place Cordelia on the other side of him to keep her from lashing out at her brother for the moment and making her wound worse. He then turned to look at the younger man, "What were you doing running up here in the first place?"
"I heard the end of the fight going on earlier and I wanted to make sure everyone was all right. Seth told me that you two came this way to get to the navigation cabin. And he told me that Cordi had been attacked by those Captains. Are you all right?" he asked, looking over at his sister.
"Yeah, I'm fucking peachy," she grumbled before making her way across the rest of the bridge.
"What's her problem?"
"A wounded shoulder and your bad timing," Eli answered with a huff.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
Eli just rolled his eyes in response as he quickly followed Cordelia's path with Ace close on his heels. The two had just stepped up onto the deck and watched as Cordelia made her way up towards the cabin that Sam and Matilda were currently in when they heard singing that instantly caught their attention.
"Cordelia!" Matilda shouted when Cordelia appeared before them.
"Hey you two," Cordelia smiled, "Sorry for taking some time, but I need you to connect with the group on the island."
"Cordelia, I'm feeling worried about the area the guild has entered," Sam said, "We've been making our way around the island and things suddenly got really quiet. That's not normal."
"It's fine, now about that connection."
"Cordelia, listen," Sam continued, "According to the map that Matilda has, there's a sudden dip in the land, like it's been carved out…like a cove. I think we need to move away from this area now until we're better prepared to handle sirens and mermaids."
"We'll worry about all that in a moment, but I really need to connect with the group on the island."
"You're not listening!" Sam snapped, causing the cabin to go quiet.
In that silence, singing started to drift through the air, sending a cold chill down their spines. Cordelia looked behind her to make sure Eli and Ace had still been with her, but the space behind her was empty, "Where are those two?" she mumbled as she peeked her head back outside. Through the fog, she could see the hazy figures of the two men just standing on the deck, "Oi! You two get a move on already!" she shouted, but there was no movement from either of them.
"Maybe you should go check on them," Matilda said, a worried look crossing her face.
Cordelia ran out from the cabin and back down to the two men, seeing a glazed look in their eyes. The singing was slowly becoming louder and this seemed to finally get the two men to move, "Hey! What are you two idiots doing?!" Cordelia shouted, but they didn't show any signs that they heard her.
"Cordelia! It's the sirens!" Sam called down to her.
"Shit!" Cordelia cursed as she jumped in front of the two men, "I don't think so!" she shouted as she tried to push the two of them back. Though, with a wounded shoulder and against two men that were both taller and broader than her, it made it an almost impossible task. She quickly kicked Ace back further into the deck, shouting at Matilda and Sam to handle him. She then turned her full attention on Eli, moving in to grapple him around the waist to keep him held back. While Cordelia was physically fit and strong in her own right, Eli had more muscle and man power on his side. This made it hard to force him to move anywhere, but she'd be damned if she just gave up, "Wake up, you moron! It's just some stupid song! Don't let it control you!"
Though, no matter how much she pleaded, Eli didn't seem to hear a single word of it. Her only hope was to force him away from the edge of the ship and to come up with some sort of plan to get them out of this. She knew that if she was having trouble up here on the front ship, that the rest of her guild was probably having just as much trouble as she was. She could only hope that the rest of the women on the guild would be strong enough and smart enough to keep the men at bay for as long as it took for them to fix things. And she could only hope that the other four on the island were able to handle themselves as well as Seth said they could because there was no way she would be making a connection with them any time soon.
Storm's Helm Question Corner!
All right! It's time for the first Question Corner! I will be stating the question and who it's from and then proceed to answer it from the character's POV.
Our first question comes from Momochan77 for Gamu:
How did you become good friends with Cordelia?
Gamu: *cocks head to the side with a goofy smile* Cordelia was the first person to hug me when I came onto the guild with Duke.
Cordelia: *suddenly runs onto the screen and tackles Gamu in a hug* GAH! He's just so cute! How could you not love a face like that?!
Watson: The question was really just meant for Gamu.
Cordelia: Do you really think he has that long of an attention span? You're lucky that you even got a full sentence out of him!
Gamu: Cordelia was also the first person to defend me when someone…tried to…make fun of…*suddenly starts playing with Watson's curly hair*
Watson: …He's just so cute!
Cordelia: See?! I told you!
Watson: Ahem…well you got the simplest answer for this question I suppose. Though, Gamu was the one answering it, lol. But look out for flashbacks! There just might be one where Gamu comes onto the ship for the first time so we can see what really happened when they first met!
Cordelia: You're hogging him all to yourself!
Watson: It's not like I asked him to do it!
Cordelia: I have guns, ya know!
Watson: And I have the ability to write you paired up with Gordon!
Cordelia: *silence*
Watson: Thought so!
Gamu: Isn't Gordon secretly your own Gajeel of the guild?
Watson: GAH! Don't tell them that! This interview is over!
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Our next question comes from DarkHyena for Mia:
Now you don't have to tell us, but can you give us a hint of who your crush is?
Hagi: OOOOHHHHHH! A love question already!
Watson: How did you get in here?! I told the producers to keep you out while this question was being asked!
Hagi: Ahaha…I don't really know. I was daydreaming and the next thing I knew, here I was!
Watson: Sigh…so Mia, would you please answer the question.
Mia: *blushes* Why do I have to be asked this first?! Couldn't Cordelia or Zipporah have gotten this question instead?!
Watson & Hagi: No. Their love interests have already been shown a bit. We want to know yours.
Mia: *cries* Fine! I like tall men with a protective nature. And I also like them to be gentlemen and that they can act fatherly towards children.
Watson & Hagi: We asked for your crush not a dating profile description!
Mia: *cries harder* I don't know what you want me to say! I have someone I like, but I can't just say that to the camera! But he's a super nice guy and he wouldn't ever make me do things like this!
Watson: *pushes Hagi forward* Go hug her or something!
Hagi: Why me?!
Watson: Because I don't know how to deal with crying people very well! And she's your BFF!
Hagi: I fear for your own BFF if you can't handle this.
Watson: You don't know me! Or my BFF! You leave her out of this! *turns back towards audience* Due to Mia being overcome with emotion, we'll have to stop this interview short. But we should get more on Mia's crush soon since I think I've gotten it figured out now! CHA! *turns back to Hagi due to Mia crying harder* I told you to hug her not encourage her to use her boobs to get men! You idiot!
A/N: And there we are! I hope you all enjoyed it!
I think I might have gotten carried away with that Question Corner, haha! But it really was fun, so hopefully you all liked it too and continue to send in more questions!
And that chapter was lots of fun to write as well! And I couldn't help myself with that Cordelia and Eli teaser. I'm sure there will be a few of you that will be upset at me for having Ace interrupt that, lol!
But I think that's it for now, so we'll get right into those reviews!
Thanks to all of you that reviewed last chapter!
Identity Crisis - Haha! Yep! Another cliff hanger! And more in this chapter too! But I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter and all the battles in it! And thanks for sending in your question! It will be answered in the near future! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
DarkHyena - Yeah, I left you all hanging with that Tazz/Micky fight! But yeah, Micky totally messed up on taking Betty since Tazz is pretty protective of her. Yeah, the Captains were quite arrogant, mostly speaking in Desmond's case, but that all got resolved this chapter, so hopefully Desmond learned something from that. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
PlaguedAmbition - Haha! Yep, gotta keep you all on your toes with this action! Plus, I enjoy writing it! But I have been on a pretty good role with both stories, so I don't want to lose that momentum! And thanks for your question! It will be answered some time in the near future. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Joshua1277 - Glad to hear you enjoyed that first battle scene! Yeah, the boys really did need Tazz to take out Micky since they could only slow down the scrap metal. Yep, Drayden did a pretty good number to that hydra. And those Captains really have to watch out now. Trash talking like that on the guild can only end badly for them! And yep, some members got bounties, so we'll see how that all turns out soon. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Benthino - LOL! That shocking comment! But I'm glad you liked the fight scenes and those bounties that are coming out now! Thanks again for the character you sent in recently! And I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Momochan77 - I'm glad you like the concept of the question corner! And I hope you liked the first one that came out in this chapter! Thanks for both of them that you sent in! Your second question will be answered soon. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
LightandDarkHeart - Yep! Bern totally set up bounties on Cordelia and Co.! Glad you liked that idea! And I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Origm2012 - Yeah, fanfiction tends to do stupid weird things like that. Like I have to go back and redo my links to the pictures of the characters now since they messed that up somehow…anyways! I'm glad you liked that first scene with Tazz and the boys. It's always great having Rio, Lance and Chris interacting together. I really do like all their magic types and how they work together with them. And yeah, with Tazz, I needed her to get away from the group for a moment so she could scan over Micky to find her weak points, so ta-daa! She was smacked away by the knight! And her magic is pretty awesome since it attack internally rather than externally. Haha! Yep, Desmond and Kira are both lightning mages. It took me a bit to realize that they both used the same magic but in slightly different ways, and I was like hey! This totally works since I can make them into this weird team with this! So I'm glad to hear that you liked them too! Yep, I figured it was time to bring out that wyvern form, lol. And yep, I remember that his magic can do chimera like things. I'm just waiting for the right moment to bring out that aspect. Trust me, it's killing me to not use that ability of his magic, but just wait until he's up against one of the pirates! Haha! And I'm glad you liked Bern and those bounties! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Sakura-Fiction - Haha! You're pretty worried about Tazz, aren't you? But never fear! We got to find out what happened in this chapter! But I'm glad you also like the scene with the Captains and Kasra and Ingrid dropping in. Yep, Bern will do about anything for a good fight, so what better way to ensure he gets one than by putting bounties on those people? Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
XLil MEkoX - Haha! Yep, I just left you guys hanging with that Tazz and Micky moment! Muwhahahahaha! But we got to see the end of that fight this chapter, so it's all okay…sorta since they're still stuck on that island and the sirens started singing! Yeah, the Captain's scene was only a small glimpse on what they could do. I have plans, you see, lol! We'll be seeing more of them in the very near future! But the moment I know you're waiting to happen with Desmond won't happen on this island, but never fear! It's coming! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
frozenwolf94 - Yep, gotta keep you guys on your toes with these action scenes! And we found out this chapter on what happened with Tazz and that stab wound. It's a bit different than how you were probably picturing it turning out though since they're still stuck on the island with the sirens singing now. Yeah, those bounties will be interesting when they finally come about. Thanks for your question! It will be answered some time in the near future! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
ThePrinceOfLight - No worries on the review! I know real life stuff happens. But I hope everything you had to take care of with exams and projects went well! But I'm glad to hear that you liked the battle scene with the three guys and that knight! It's just so much fun to toss Lance around like that! But we got to find out what happened to Tazz this chapter, so she's okay…for the moment anyways. Yeah, Drayden did a pretty good number on that hydra. And I'm glad you liked that scene with the lightning Captains. Cordelia was not happy at all! And Kasra's take over forms are pretty awesome, so I'm glad that you all liked them too! Haha! Bern has to have his fights, so he'll put bounties out if he has to! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Dreadburner94 - You procrastinator you! Haha! But I'm sure that Nanami will think that Tazz's actions were reckless, but she would also still be concerned about her, but I think Tazz did well with the ending of her fight still! Yeah, Jean had to take hold of that situation unless they wanted more head to deal with! And yeah, those Captains, Desmond more so, are a bit arrogant, but that only seemed to get him into trouble. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
That should be it for this time around!
See you all next Sunday!
Please remember to review!
Yours Truly,
MyDearWatson