I do not Own One Piece
Spoken Words: Hello
Inner Thoughts: ouch
(Other characters Actions): (The lad had grabbed a knife)
Places and POV: The Rust Bucket: POV No Beard James
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The Rust Bucket: POV COB
I can't stand these pirates, they walk around like nothing happened, just like they never captured me. I wish I knew why my body feels so hot, all I want to do is get out of these ropes and punch these guys. I'll have to go after the bald one first, he seems to have some sort of draining chains. I can't believe after one hundred years that my village gets hit on by this lot, even looking at them they don't seem like much. Besides the humongous bald one there was this supposed doctor who was posing as a marine, he must have changed out of his uniform as I was unconscious. Honestly he looks like an over weight walrus with a lab coat with a bird mask mask. I bet doctoring must be all he's good for, and then there's that last one, or whats left of him. I think they said something about stitches, I don't know why they were bothering holding onto that decapitated head. The townspeople must of swarmed they guy, I'm glad that the village will be fine without me. "Argh, I can't stand being tied up!" I quickly get yelled at for being noisy by the bald one. Ack, somethings rubbing against my back, wait, is that a nail. I quickly get to work to fray the ropes, but before I even start to cut into it bird man see me and pops the nail out. "Nice try" the bird man said. Man I wish I could rip that guy a new one, bet he thinks he's pretty clever. While he looks away I struggle some more on the ropes until I feel a popping, at fist I thought I had popped my arm, only to my surprise I had actually popped out some metal structure from my arm. I nearly yelped, until I remember what the bald one said on the island, that he had lost his chance at a devil fruit. Did my parents know what this could do, and if so why keep it? I quickly push my thoughts aside as I try to see how this new revelation can help me. As I study it, I see that its fairly smooth and circular, almost like a can protruding from my body, definitely not sharp enough to cut with sadly. Maybe I can use as support to wedge myself against the ropes, as I start to wedge myself I see bird man turn back around to look at me, I panic, I feel my body surge and I push my body forward. Surprisingly my body complied, as the metal piece in my arm pushed air back behind me breaking the mast in the process, problem was, I was still attached, falling forward about to be crushed. I turned as much as I could and luckily I was able to flip enough to turn the mast to my side. A voice come from behind me "That was quite a display lad, that must have been some fruit you ate", I couldn't see who said it but I'm sure it was James the captain. He continued on, "its a good thing we reached our destination Tranquil Island". I'd been so focused on escaping I had forgotten how long we had been traveling. While I couldn't see anything the captain was happy to tell me that while I was stuck to my post I could watch the ship. I heard them go down the stairs to most likely get some supplies, and then leave the ship. I waited ten minutes before I tried my power again, this time I focused on my back and tried to summon the blast again, but stronger. It felt like air was sucking around me and being expelled, this time the mast broke and I was free. I quickly ran to the boarding planks, noticing for the first time how terrible the ships state seemed to be. As I looked at the island I was greeted with a beautiful hill of green grass and beautiful red roses.
Tranquil Island: POV COB
I had never before seen such a beautiful display, yet as I walked up the hill I began to realize that there was almost no sounds of life, no people, no birds, no bugs. It hit me when I reached the top, this wasn't an island of the living, this was an island for the dead. At the top of the hill for what looked like miles of land, there were thousands of graves, each one dedicated with a single red rose. A voice beside me said "A Beautiful place isn't it", I jumped, to my right was the bird man. I never really introduced myself to you did I lad, my name is Dr. Deal. I quickly shout that I don't give a dang, I knew this guy was going to take me back, but the Doctor said something that surprised me. There's no trees on this island, nor will anyone other than us stop here, this island is considered a cursed place. This is the home to the first outbreak of the Scarlet Rose. "Outbreak?!" I said, "is it safe to be here". I looked at the doctor for the first time directly face to face, and for a moment I thought I saw something spark in his eyes, it dashed quickly and he motioned for me to sit at a small old wooden bench out-looking the rows of graves.
"Whats your name lad" the Doctor asked, I don't really know why I sat down or responded, but I said "Cornelius Hedge lots of people call me Cob though", the doctor shifted his head to the sky and chuckled, that's a nice name Cob. To answer your question yes, it very much is safe to be here, some people seem to fear this place, but it is not cursed nor is it still deadly. Few people have studied the Scarlet Rose outbreak as much as me, and even fewer know its life span. What is the Scarlet Rose I asked, why is it so feared? The doctor sighs and then speaks up, "I forgot how sheltered you must have been in your village, the Scarlet Rose is a disease that is spread through the air, know one knows how it came about , but one day a special tour fairy from from the fish hook isles west of this island was returning from its round trip with a married couple, who were just finishing their eighth anniversary. When the boat came shore immediately the town realized something was wrong. The couple and the captain were both deadly sick, luckily the doctor at the time had figured the couple and captain must have been infectious and put them in quarantine, by the end of three days the the infected died of an extreme loss of blood cells, and their eyes had turned red and were the shape of rose petals. Then how did it spread I asked, you need some more patience Cob the doctor replied. It was their child, the couple had a young child, he used to be a normal brat, but when his parents passed on he began to keep to himself, constantly running away until eventually the town stopped searching. No one knew what he was doing at the time and over the years he came back to the village less and less, he became somewhat of a wild child, but rather than coming to town to steal food, he came to steal books and equipment all relating to medicine. That should have been a clue to the villagers, those fools kept ignoring it for five years. It wasn't until the boy was around thirteen that one of the younger villagers about the same age as the child followed when he came back to get the other villagers they discovered that the child had been building a lab in a far away cave at the edge of the island. Candles filled the entrance, vials all over the place, and assorted mice and rats were in boxes, some dead and others dying and all had bright red eyes. The villagers found the child in the middle of placing the corpse of what must have been a previously dead rat in with another. The child didn't protest much, he just kept saying he needed to finish his experiments, further in the cave they found remains of some of the vials taken from the examination of the couple under quarantine. The next few days was a spiral of disease, when the villagers grabbed the child they didn't realize that they forgot to protect themselves from the disease, slowly almost everyone died from the disease on the island, or ran away, and that's what happened." I had a feeling there was more to the tale then what the doc was letting on, but I decided not to press. I was about ready to leave when the doctor started to ask me another question, where are you going? I'm going to look for a way off this island, don't try and stop me, you seem like an ok guy, but I don't trust you, you invaded my village after all. The doctor grabbed my arm and turned me around, he shouted at me "there is no other way off this island, besides when you got taken upon the ship you were made a member of the crew. If you can beat me, we'll drop you off at fishhook island". "Really", I said, "that should be easy". Even as a farmer I knew how to do some basic boxing, not only that but with my fruit powers I bet I could blast this guy around a bit. At-least that's what I thought, I was immediately slammed backwards into the nearest grave with a blow that should of broken my ribs had it not been for the metal I instinctively covered my chest with. It didn't take me long to see the doctors right hand was smoking, the flesh had peeled away and been replaced with more bone. The doctor noticed and gave me one last piece of advice, "if you think I'm slow and weak because of my weight, think again, besides your not the only one with a fruit. I'm able to manipulate my cell growth, stimulating the growth of whatever I please, it can be blood cells, my skeletons bone structure, or any other internal body function". I should have known better, just because someone looks weak doesn't mean they are, and now I'm going to be in trouble. The doctor aimed for my face with another punch from his right hand, I used my propulsion abilities by forcing wind through my right hand to dodge, and then I aimed my left hand towards the doctor to push the him back. The doctor used the momentum of the blast to somersault backwards and immediately pricked his left finger. I don't understand why the he was hurting himself, but I didn't think about it long as I rushed in to give him another blast, that is until I heard him shout, nail gun. I immediately saw the pointing finger was no joke when nails started digging into my chest, I wasn't going to win If I didn't dodge. I focused on my feet and launched into the air, the doc shifted his aim upwards, and I immediately focused on my palms using the wind to deflect the nails. As I was about to land I once again concentrated on my feet and pushed towards the doctor, he must have known I was going to go in again, as he waited til the last moment to dodge, and I smacked right into the gravestones behind him. I hurt all over, but I got up anyways, I wasn't going to lose and my resolve was unwavering, that is until the doctor laughed, kekeke I haven't had fun like this in awhile. I think its time I go all out, the doc pulled a syringe from his pocket and stabbed himself. This is a very special medicine it increases your bodies response ten fold by overtaking your senses with adrenaline, if you last five minutes, you'll beat me. I ran, I knew if I could just keep away the doctor wouldn't be able to get me in time, but even with my propulsion's, I wasn't keeping ahead, the doc moved at an astonishing pace, pressing his feet off tombstones for momentum, and shooting his nail gun in between steps. I stumbled as I accidentally smacked into an obelisk, with one misstep the doc had caught up. I knew I had only one option left, and that was to stop the doc with the last of my strength, I brought my hands together and summoned all the wind I could, and then I punched forward into the docs face. As his mask slowly tore away around his eyes I saw something unexpected, his eyes were the shape of rose petals. For a second, it looked like the doc would fly all the way back to the ship, until his right hand popped off. While I couldn't properly see it something prevented the doctor from flying backwards. I was close to going unconscious, the doctored heaved as he got near me, you'll make a fine addition to the crew swabbie, and then I blacked out.
The Rust Bucket: POV COB
I awoke fresher then ever, it was almost like being punched never happened, though my feeling were short lived with the bars. I guess attacking the ships doctor may have broken a couple rules. Odd thing was the door was open. It must have been fairly late, everything was dark I creeped to the top of the ship. A voice came from my right, its a wonderful night isn't it, I instinctively moved backwards. I breathed hard and said "it can't be, your dead", the voice replied, "my names not dead, its stitch".
Authors Note: Hopefully for my first fight scene, there was enough movement and attacking to keep it action packed enough, if not let me know in the review section and comment.