Chapter 3
Leah and Atlanta were on the dinghy heading wear ever, the two had were in different moods as the dinghy carried them to what Atlanta hoped would be an island that had a navigator on it. Atlanta was agitated after 2 hours on the dinghy and learning that the captain had limited navigational skills. She looked at her captain and saw that she was asleep. She sweat dropped at this. "How can she fall asleep on a dinghy of all places?"
She looked at the ocean on the small boat of the new pirate crew and found what looked like land. She then lightly kicked her captain's leg to wake her up. "I see land that way." She told her captain pointing towards where she saw the island.
They made their way to the island. As they got closer they noticed that a lot of the building looked abandoned, but what really stood out was a tower that was two floors above the rest of the buildings. They landed on the docks and took their weapons and extra clothes off the boat after tying it down. "So want to find anywhere to eat?" Leah asked with a bright smile.
"Sure, if we can find anything." Atlanta responded.
They looked around and found that most of the buildings had shuttered windows, with people in tattered clothing sitting or laying in front of them. Leah decided to go up to one of them. "Hey do you know where we can find anywhere to eat?" She inquired.
The man that was asked gained a bright smile. "Sure thing just follow me." He said helpfully.
Atlanta looked skeptical as she and her captain followed. Atlanta was not aware of ten other men in ragged clothes following them. They were lead to an abandoned ally, "Well here we are as you will hand over all your money and valuables or else." He threatened before he snapped his fingers.
After a moment of silence he snapped his fingers again but still nothing happened. The two pirates just looked at each other awkwardly. He continued snapping until he got angry. "Where are you idiots?" He yelled at the top of his lungs.
Leah's eyes perked up at that. She put her right fist on the palm of her left hand. "Oh you mean the 10 men that were suddenly interested in us and followed us yeah I knocked them out when you made that turn."
The man that lured the two widened his eyes in disbelief. "What? How?"
"Wouldn't you like to know, Atlanta can you hold him while I ask him some questions." She ordered.
Atlanta ran at him punched him in the face, then grappled him in a rear naked choke. Leah walked up to them. "Okay, now where can we get some food?" She asked him.
"Near the center of town near the tower there is the one restaurant left in the town." He fearfully admitted.
"Thanks." Leah said giving her first mate a nod to let him go.
The two walked away from him. The would be robber pulled out a knife and ran at them. Atlanta turned around and punched him in the nose with so much force that you could hear the noise from the nose breaking as well as the bones surrounding the nose. The two continued to walk towards the tower and sees a small one story building next to a 4 story tower. The approach the small building and enter the restaurant and sees one customer eating a plate of food and a pint of beer. They noticed a bald black male in a blue overalls and white shirt. The barkeep looked up at the two customers. "I would like to serve you, but I can't." He told them.
"Why with the town the way it is I would think that you would serve us." Atlanta pointed out.
"An arrangement that anyone not from the town can only eat at the tower royal during specific times." He said pointing at the tower.
"But we are hungry now!" Leah whined loudly.
"Then I guess you don't have to be disappointed by the food then." A voice of a little girl said from the end of the bar.
A little girl with olive colored skin and a simple blue dress walked out of the kitchen area. "Natalia, we don't want them to come and harass us, they will allow us to serve the locals without harassment but travelers they will come."
Leah smiled bright. "My guess is that you don't have any confidence that you can cook good."
The barkeep stiffened at that. "You think so then I will cook you the greatest meal that you have ever eaten." He barked at the grinning red head as he made his way to the kitchen.
The muscular first mate gave her captain a sideways glance. The captain just gave huge smile on her face that showed all her white teeth. The two then went to the table and sat down. "Well, we are on an island, now let's hope we can find directions to another island." The captain told her first mate who was giving her a glare.
"Yes, because you would know how to navigate the West Blue." Atlanta sarcastically pointed out.
Leah kept smiling but shrugged, "Maybe we will find a navigator on this island."
Unbeknownst to the pirates the little girl was eavesdropping on them. Fifteen minutes later the food arrived at the table with an assortment of meat and vegetables. The two pirates then started to eat in earnest. Unbeknownst to the two pirates and the bar workers that a gang of five bandits noticed them enter the bar and had not come out. "It looks like some tourists decided to eat at a crummy restaurant want to visit and tell them about how bad it is." One said grinning before leaving the arena and heading towards the rundown bar next door.
The five gun med kicked down the door. "Hello, valued tourists what brings you to this shit stain?" He asked rhetorically.
Leah and Atlanta kept eating ignoring the five gun men that rudely entered. "Hey old man this food is delicious." Leah said with a mouth full of food.
"Why thank you miss… it's… Billy…what are you doing here?" He began saying with pride until slowly realizing that the five gunmen entered the bar.
Billy smirked at him, "Well I saw these two ladies enter your…" He begins looking around his face slowly turning into one of disgust. "…bar?"
He then turned to the two women and started to grin with his eyes closed. "So why don't you two come to our place and have the best food in the West Blue."
He opened his eyes and dropped his jaw when he saw that the two women were still eating paying the gunman no mind. "This food is seriously delicious possibly some the best food in West Blue." Leah exclaimed.
The barkeep continued to pale at the lack of respect the women were showing the gunman. "Hey I am talking to you two!" Billy shouted at them.
"Oh you want some food we also got a bottle that we are willing to share." Leah said finally noticing him and offering a bottle of whiskey.
Billy was angry and pulled out his gun and shot the bottle. "Hey, no need to waste good booze." She whined.
"Hey, why don't leave us alone ever since your boss started that stupid arena the town is being drained of life!" The little girl shouted at Billy.
"Giana!" The barkeeper shouted at the little girl.
Billy smilled large smile that would remind you of a shark seeing his prey. "You know what little girl you are right this place is dying so why not add one little girl to the pile of dead bodies." He stated pointing a gun at Giana's forehead.
"Wait don't shoot." The barkeep pleaded.
"Well it's your fault as you were told that you couldn't serve tourists so lets start with you first." Billy explained to the male moving the gun so it pointed at the barman.
Billy then pulled the trigger only for it to explode in his face knocking him down but leaving him conscious. He suddenly got up and looked at his gun in a look full of rage. He tosses the gun at the door before pulling out two more guns, and aiming them back towards the barcook. "Now lets finish this up." He said read to fire only to be hit with a table that was bolted to the floor.
He was hit so hard that he was sent flying out the door. The other four gun men turned on where the boss was previously standing only to see Atlanta with a table that was previously bolted on the floor. The four then turned to the door where there leader flew out of less than a minute ago. "You will pay for that." They said pulling out their guns ready to fire at Atlanta only for them to be knocked out cold after a small amount of pressure went through the air.
"So shall we finish eating before throwing the four out the door?" Leah suggested with a smirk towards her first mate.
"Sounds like a good idea." She agreed heading back to the table to finish her meal.
Only two minutes later Billy showed up guns drawn. "You Bitch I will shoot you full of whole for tossing me out like used up punching bag!" He shouted at Atlanta.
He then saw that his men were out cold. "What the heck are you four napping on the floor for."
"Yeah, I think that they may be out of commission for a while." Leah stated still eating her meal.
He pointed his guns at the two of them. "I am going to kill you bitches."
Before he could pull trigger on his guns his hands were hit with a black whip in quick succession. "What just happened?" He exclaimed.
"You're causing problems in the bar so I am going to ask you to leave." A blond male with long hair, blue eyes, and olive colored skin. He wore a collard shirt in dirty brown pants with a black whip in his hands.
"Well boy make us leave then." He challenged the whip wielder.
"All right that's enough Billy." A voice yelled out.
Billy turned around and stiffened. "Boss!"
An older, overweight man with gray hair, a gray mustache, with a white suit jacket and pants, a red tye, white dress shirt, and white cowboy hat entered the bar. He took one look at Billy then at Billy's men and noticed their unconscious state. "I see that you meet Billy one of my three lead enforcers." He observed. "The names Wallas Houston I see that the three of you managed to at least hold your own against Billy and his gang here."
"Um who are you?" Leah asked shoving a sausage into her mouth.
Billy looked like he was ready to scold her, while the barkeep, Giana, and even the man with the whip looked at her with shocked expressions. The man in question just laughed. "I like you, how would you, and you two boys like to join our battle royal." He offered.
Before Leah could answer a dark volcanic aura could be felt. Slowly everyone turned toward Atlanta. "I am not a boy you…" She started to seethe but was stopped when Leah put a hand on her should releasing a small amount of pressure.
"My first mate here doesn't like to be called a male, so I would recommend not doing so anymore." Leah explained.
"My apologies mam." Wallas said apologetically to Atlanta. "Listen, we are having a battle royal tonight why don't you three stop by it will be fun."
Wallas then left the bar. "Come on boys lets get out of here." He ordered.
The men that were unconscious on the ground gained consciousness again with a hand on their heads. They heard their boss and headed out of the bar. The six went back to the tower. "What didn't you have us take care of them boss or let us dear down the lousy excuse of a bar."
"You were about to lose and I can't have one of my three lead enforcers be beaten." He explained. "Besides Luca found their boat the two women came from we are going to burn it and you will have a nice visit to William and his sisters home on the outskirts of town and burn it, and we will have entertainment on the battle royal."
Back at the bar the five were staring at the door the gangsters exited from. "So who were they?" Leah asked.
The barkeeper sighed. "That man with the cowboy hat is the owner and operator of battle royal."
"People from around the West Blue come to watch and compete in Battle Royal." Genoa stated. "Pirates are the most common as the Grand Line is not an option since the Navy and Marines put up the fort on reverse mountain."
"It also gave him power over the king as he now has an army of pirates ready to pillage the country so our village became a sacrificial lamb so those in power in the center of the island can stay safe from the pirates." William said.
"Meanwhile, everyone else in town live in fear, the businesses that were set up closed due to Wallas started extorting them the only reason the bar is still open is that the person who delivers the supplies is a friend of mine." The bar owner. "The names Moergan by the way I forgot to introduce myself."
William looked at the two pirates. "Hey listen do you have a place to stay tonight?"
They looked at each other and shook their heads. "Then come on it's getting dark out and I owe you two for saving my sister."
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