Morning came the next day, and while the Piece of Spadille (the ship of the Spade Pirates) was loud and rowdy as their captain did his monthly prank war, the Moby Dick, ship of the Whitebeard Pirates, was dead silent.
The crew members were all up on deck all standing around their father, their pops. They all listened to the report of the twelfth division commander, Haruta. The report that was given told everyone that the ship that had taken their brother just docked at a marine base just south from their location, however according to Marco's vivre card, Marco himself was north from their location and unlike earlier, the card was no longer burning and now whole.
Now, they are all torn. Let it be said that the Whitebeard Pirates can hold a grudge and in cases like this, quite a lot of them wanted to go south, after the marines while others wanted to head north, to find their brother. Not for the first time, several people realized how much they relied on Marco to be the voice of reason and the one that made the plans.
The next minutes were spend with people calling out suggestions.
Go after Marco then with him destroy the marine base. But what if the marines leave before they can get back.
Attack the marines in one swift attack then go after Marco. What if Marco's in danger and something happens to him.
It was finally Thatch, the fourth division commander, that suggested an obvious solution. How about we split up into two groups, one goes and teaches the marines a lesson, the other group goes and finds Marco.
Silence followed after that. It took the entire Whitebeard Pirates, fifteen minutes to do what Marco could probably do in one minute. They all had the same thought,
Marco must never hear of this.
Now that they had a working plan, it only too a few minutes to make two groups. The majority of the crew was going to take the Moby Dick and sail and destroy the marine base, then after that they would head north to meet up with the group searching for Marco. Thatch, Izou, Jozu and Haruta with a few of their division were going to take one of the smaller ships and then follow the vivre card to find Marco.
Once that the group and the plan was finalized, the group that was going to find Marco left.
"Haruta? Is there any allies that we can contact to keep an eye out for Marco?"
"Good idea Jozu. I'll have to check, but if we go too far north, we have to be careful. Rumor has it that he is visiting an island."
"Who?"
"Oi! Captain!"
Ace looked up from where he was sitting down with the sleeping bird on his lap. Currently The Piece of Spadille was docked at a nearby island and most of the crew was out at the bar. Ace had volunteered to stay back and guard and watch the ship.
"What's up Spook?"
"Just heard a rumor, no definite proof, but it's said that he's around here."
"Who?"
"The one you're looking for, and you promised not to fight."
"He is!"
"Like I said just rumors, but yes. Red-Haired Shanks is nearby."
"Yes! I can't wait to thank him from saving my little brother."