Blood / Brother
Seeing his lover pinned down in shackles that withheld his fire had his phoenix festering in agitation. It took all of Marco's willpower not to sprint off as soon as they appeared at Marine Ford. The place was a battlefield within minutes and his phoenix craved blood, lusting for it at the fact they have something precious to him then they could ever understand.
The first attempt to reach the other and getting punched down by Garp had brought a shrill cry of anger from him that made most flinch away, feeling fear shredding into them. Blue eyes were dark in anger and flames caressed his body, making anyone notice it linger in a darker blue. The pirates knew to stay away, knowing how much Marco would be focused on retrieving their brother—the phoenix's lover. When Luffy arrived, Marco had placed everything on this unforeseen person and easily assisted the young captain to reach the second commander.
Sengoku had been stunned by Marco's foot crashing into him as he had quickly maneuvered to spin his body to land a hit. Luffy struggled with the made key and when the explosion happened, Marco lingered around the smoke to watch for the two within. As fire flared, a shrill noise leaves him in delight before swooping to catch the D brothers. Soaring through the air towards Whitebeard as he knows of the two being fine, Ace scolding his little brother for being there.
That was all until small little limbs grasped to the phoenix's body to drag them down. Ace shifts to get them off, Luffy to help and were roughly thrown from the phoenix that transformed to fall to confront the admiral. Being latched to seastone cuffs were unexpected and the shot through his chest three times from Kizaru had brought blood from his chest as his powers have been sealed. Hollers had been heard as he stumbles down to hands and knees with harsh coughs before those small little arms grip to him to harshly swing him around to slam his back into the ground, a harsh cough leaving him again with blood on his tongue.
"Marco!" Ace's howl is filled with crackles, his fire overtaking him, and Marco wanted to see the other in his fiery glory. Thinking of his lover, a flamed fist takes out the marine above him before it encircles him for protection as no one would dare go into open flames and the feel of the heat was something Marco hadn't nearly felt that much on other occasions with his powers. Things grow hectic within seconds, those small hands gripping to drag him and the screech leaving Marco's lips are hard to listen to as the fire dissipate quickly to see the phoenix burned along the right side of him along his leg and arm mostly.
The first commander hardly comprehended the searing pain as he had been grasped into a firm hold and carried away from the battle as most holler of getting a Black Moby ready. They had retrieved their brother and would depart as soon as they could before anymore harm could be done. It was bad enough that the longer that the shackle on Marco meant he would have a harder time healing the burns.
"I'm so sorry, Marco…" Ace whispers as he curled next to his lover's side as they sit behind a rock as someone is picking the lock on the shackle.
"Not your fault, yoi…" Marco replies lowly in a tired tone, feeling exhaustion overcome him and sees Luffy watching with watery eyes. "You have to help me get everyone on board… Pops will hold everyone off for us." The words feel bitter on his tongue, not liking the plan that Whitebeard had told them on the way. Once retrieving Ace, they would depart and depending on the injuries Whitebeard had been instilled with then he would stay or go as well. Marco seen his condition and was already given the world before setting off to kick Sengoku down temporarily.
"What?" Ace asks in surprise and can read the phoenix easily from spending so much time together and only swallows thickly while nodding. "I… I will let the others know." A hand moves along a pale cheek, not liking how Marco looked on the edge and hoped he would heal from the burns he had given him. "Don't you dare die on me, birdie… That's reserved for after I am gone…" The whisper comes out and receives a soft snort with a small smirk.
"Of course, I couldn't leave everyone alone."
"Heal, I will be back…" Ace whispers while placing a kiss to a sweaty temple and can only hold back the painful noise of seeing his lover like this. "Come on, Lu. Help me out," Ace mentions while standing and easily gets into commander role and Luffy can only glance to the injured first commander, seeing blue eyes tiredly look to him and sees how it was saying to watch over his brother for him.
"Coming…"
