The Death of Henry!
Down in the Dark Prison!
Mikoto charged. He disappeared into a blur of brown fur. He opened his claws wide open with every intention to slice deeply into Henry's side and send him falling to the ground. Henry lifted up a single hand. Mikoto chuckled. Only an idiot would believe that they could block him with one hand.
"Trap Sigil! Glue!" commanded Henry.
Mikoto felt it. His entire body froze. His muscles tensed to an extreme amount and made him incapable of running any more. He fell forwards and slammed his face into the tiled floor. Mikoto couldn't force his body up to his feet.
"I'm making you the deal of a lifetime," said Henry, "I want you to join the Revolutionaries. We could use you and…about half of your crew. I don't think Sage or Ridley would really be cut out for our kind of work. You get me?"
Mikoto struggled to get up once more, but couldn't. His entire body felt frozen. He couldn't move an inch even if he wanted to. The only muscle that he could actually move was his mouth and even then he only used it to curse at Henry.
"Going to act like a savage, huh?" said Henry as he stood up, "I had high hopes for you. But I'm afraid I'll just have to kill you. But not yet. I believe in order…and every single order seems to put Kin ahead of you. Alphabetical, chronological, annoyance factor, dangerous levels. Sorry, but you'll just have to lie there and watch me kill him." Henry produced a small steak knife, ordinarily it would do absolutely nothing as a weapon, but when the person you are going to use it on is frozen solid…it'll do just fine.
"You are my opponent," said Mikoto. He slammed his teeth down onto his tongue. Mikoto jumped back in pain, his ability to move his muscles returning. Mikoto had no time to lose and quickly brought his claws through the air and into Henry's backside, sending him flying.
Henry collided with the wall and slid down to the ground in a worthless lump. Mikoto stood still for a few more second breathing heavily and letting the blood from his tongue leak out. "Looks like pain overrides hypnosis," said Mikoto through huffs of breath.
"Apparently," said Henry as he braced himself against the wall. "I guess I'll just have to move aside, then." He got up and walked past the doorway. "I have absolutely no way to kill you asides from hypnosis. I've got no way to kill you, so I have no reason to fight you. You are free to go."
Mikoto shared a look at Henry. "Like I'm going to believe anything you say," said Mikoto. "If that's true then I'm going to look like an idiot, but I don't believe you are just going to move aside and let me through."
"Quite…" began Henry before a loud gunshot filled the air. Mikoto swiveled in his spot to the nearby window. He saw through the glass pane and outside. Dominic Renvont waved at him with a smile on his face. Renvont loaded a second shot and blew the window open. He jumped in.
"He talks too much, doesn't he?" said Renvont as he walked over to Henry's dead body. He had a bullet hole in the middle of his forehead. "Just because he was out gunned, he decided to ask for forgiveness. He was a coward, he knew he couldn't kill you so he decided against fighting you. What a waste of his talent…wish I didn't have to kill him."
"Damn you," shouted Mikoto as he shot forward and launched a kick for Renvont's head. He brought his gun up slowly and blocked the kick. Mikoto fell to the ground and made another thrust with his claw, aiming it right at Renvont's chest. Renvont dodged backwards and the claw missed his chest by an inch or two.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend," stated Renvont as he brought his gun around and placed the barrel onto Mikoto's forehead, "remember that. For that is the sole reason why I'm not going to kill you today. There's ten warriors in here who are fabled to take down pirates with bounties exceeding 50 million. I've taken down three of them. I hope you can do the same."
"Forget them!" shouted Mikoto as he brought his foot up and into Renvont's head. Renvont couldn't bring his gun around in time to block the kick, and ended up staggering backwards with his head bleeding profusely, "I don't care about those warriors. I want to fight you! You destroyed Zesiro's hometown!"
"You should be thanking me," said Renvont as he touched his bleeding head, "if it wasn't for me, Zesiro would never have joined your crew. You would be short one of your strongest nakamas. He would've stayed on his home island blissfully ignorant of the world around him and of you. Then you would've died.
"Zesiro is the sole reason you made it to the Marine Base and met Hiro-Shu. If it wasn't for him, you and your crew would've been lost at sea. So in summary, I saved your life, I saved Ridley's life, I saved Sage's life, I also probably saved Hiro-Shu's life. Because you guys never would've freed him and he would've been executed. Your entire crew owes me their lives."
"I don't care!" shouted Mikoto as he charged forward at Renvont again. Renvont brought his gun up and blocked another one Mikoto's kicks. Renvont laughed.
"Another worthless attempt," said Renvont, "you can't kill me! I surpass you on every criteria. When we first met, I told you to train and become strong enough to kill me! You still haven't reached my level yet! Do you want to keep trying and end up getting killed in the process or do you choose to live?"
"I'm a pirate," said Mikoto, "I think my honor dictates that I choose option A." He stuck his arm out and began to spin it in large circles, "but that doesn't mean I can't go down with one hell of a fight."
"Suppose not."
(-With Enma-)
"Immortality?" asked Enma. "I suppose you believe in the Easter bunny too."
"Why not?" replied the man in the white lab coat, "eternity exists. The universe exists. So, why not immortality? Something had to have been around forever or else what marks the beginning? I intend to be there at the end, I would love to make it past that, but I highly doubt that would be the case."
"You are a fool," said Enma clutching his forehead, "immortality is just stupid. If immortality existed then everyone would live forever and to be frank that would just cause more problems. Death rates would disappear, birth rates would accelerate, the world would become overpopulated too quickly. It would lead to more wars over provisions like food and water and since people are immortal the wars would never end. Is that the end you would like to see?"
"If it is truly the end then yes," said the man, "I am, Gou Jameson, the man who will discover immortality. The end of the world isn't going to end with peace, love, and happiness. It'll end in one big ol' bloody mess. And I simply want to be there to witness it."
Enma smiled, "I guess then as both a pirate and a follower of the Lord of Death. I can't let you leave this room and complete your research, can I?"
"I guess not," said Gou, "but you see…I don't think this is quite fair I'm in my mid-seventies. My body and my memory isn't quite as good as it used to be, so I think…I think I'm going to be enlisting some help." He snapped his fingers.
Enma looked at the apparently seventy year old man like he was crazy. No one in this room could hear him, they were all dead. At least that's what Enma thought, until the man in the desk drawer sat up and wrapped his arms around Enma's leg. The man howled briefly before biting into Enma's leg. Enma screamed.
"I apologize," said Gou, "I should've introduced my assistant/guinea pig sooner. I've recently injected him with wolf DNA so pardon his ferociousness."
"No problem," said Enma with a slight smile on his face, "I haven't shown my hand completely yet either." His leg exploded with large ivory spikes protruding from his skin. Several of the ivory spikes pierced the man's body ripping it apart effortlessly. The man's jaw unhinged itself from Enma's leg as he fell to the ground, lifeless. "I'm a bone man."
Gou's face transformed into one of pure pleasure. "Wolf DNA was used to boost his recovery levels, reaction time, and blood flow to that of two times a normal human. Yet, you just killed him without a second thought or trouble. Maybe…maybe after I'm done with you…you'll be my new guinea pig."
"Gracious Lord Death," began Enma as he clasped his two hands together and closed his eyes, "as a witness to this man's cruelty and abuse of both science and humanity, I ask for your aide in granting salvation for the man I just killed. Then as your vessel I ask that you grant me the strength to send this man to the deepest level of your hell. Amen." A smile soon covered Enma's face. "My sincerest thanks."
Gou's face split into a smile. "Let's make this quick. I have other patients to attend to. So, I'm afraid I'll only be able to give you…how does five minutes sound?"
"Sorry," said Enma, "but I'M afraid I got to get going. So, I'll kill you in…three."
"You think YOU'll be able to kill ME in three minutes?" said Gou with a chuckle.
"Minutes, who said anything about minutes?" asked Enma, "I meant I'll kill you in three seconds."
(-With Sage-)
Sage was wandering hopelessly lost. Jugo was heading into the basement, but sadly the basement was dark and Jugo had somehow managed to slip away from her. She didn't know which was he turned, if he entered a room. She just wanted to know where he went and where he was hiding. She sighed. How could she get this lost? She didn't even know the way back upstairs.
"Heh, he he," laughed a voice as a man wrapped his arm around her from behind. Sage's entire body went rigid. "Lost here are we girl?"
"Y-y-y-yes," said Sage her entire body shaking with an immense fear.
"That's so sad. Do you know why?" asked the voice, "do you? Cause I'll tell you. I'll tell you why in a heart beat. Especially someone with your body." Sage felt small little claws crawling all over her body. She swallowed hard.
"W-w-why?"
"This facility is built like…like an anthill," said the voice, "the top of the facility is filled with marine soldiers and various mechanisms. The bottom, however, houses criminals…it's a jail. Any criminal who gets sent down here is trapped in complete darkness. They can't see two feet in front of their faces. If they escape they'll just get stuck wandering down here for days until eventually they die of starvation."
Sage smiled, "I guess this goes for you, too, then."
"Me?" asked the voice, "oh, no. I've got night vision, basically, I can see no matter how dark it is. I can tell that you are wearing a peach top and a denim skirt, your hair is black with a blue-ish tint, oh, and from that look on your face I can tell that I am correct."
Sage swallowed. This man could actually see her in this pitch-black darkness, how was that even possible. "Anyone else allowed down here?"
"Only two people in this entire facility can make their way down here and then back out," said the voice. "Me, of course. Then of course Kentan-San can also make his way back out."
"Oh," said Sage, "can you guide me back up to the top?"
"I would love too!" said the voice with enthusiasm on his voice, "but sadly, you are a pirate. I've been ordered to kill all pirates."
"Stop it, Kai," said another much deeper voice, "she's my guest. If you continue to stir things up, I'll kill you."
"Kentan!" shouted Kai, "she's a pirate. You are a Marine. How is she your guest?" Sage felt her body being grabbed from behind by this Kai person's nails. He was shaking. He was terrified of this Kentan person!
Sage felt Kai's body being ripped off of hers. This was followed shortly by a loud scream from Kai. The deeper voice returned, "walk forward." Sage lifted her foot into the air and she began to walk her forward. He was directing her on exactly where to go. Sage was terrified. She couldn't see a foot in front of her face, a large Marine was guiding her on way to go, and this Marine just killed one of his own men. What was she going to do?
"Open the door," said Kentan. Sage fumbled for a couple of seconds in dire panic trying to find the door handle she finally did. She twisted it and pulled backwards. She was nearly in tears when the door pulled way and let light shine all over her body. But the light wasn't entirely why she was crying. Beyond the doors was the biggest, cleanest, most advanced kitchen she had ever seen.
Entrance to the Feast!
The Deadliest Soldier Awakens!
Dominic Renvont is here! And with him he brought his insatiable desire to kill. Does Mikoto have the strength to finish him off? Or will this be the end? Not to mention the hot water the rest of the crew is in. Enma is fighting someone whose goal is to become immortal and Sage just witnesses a murder of one of the strongest people in the base. The real question on everyone's mind is probably Jugo's plan? Any guesses?