On the Brink of Evil, OC One piece - Ava
My eyes are squinting through the dark and my heart is pounding in my ears. Is it fear? Adrenaline?…Courage? One Navy ship , its size so big I can't see it all from my perch on the pirate vessel i've boarded. Across from me, screaming marines fighting to hold themselves down in teetering waves, multiple times both our ships had been hefted upwards by the ocean only to be so high we fell a little back down, the pit of our stomach sinking each time.
I kept my feet on the railing, the netting to the mast in my hand, knuckles white on the grip. I stare directly into the eyes of the Vice Admiral on the other side, neither of us moving in the night storm as were tossed up into the air and back down, as the people from both ships yell orders or retreat and desperately try to find a way to navigate through the rocking of the waves. Vice Admiral Smoker glares me down, my black hair sways behind me and a few times the bangs encounter my eyes, my glare never breaking his with a frown on my face. I have yet to answer his question, the one question I needed to answer more than anything..the one i've been dreading for a while now…..
" Pirate, Ava Jazzlin, you are wanted by the government. Your crimes so severe I am not to repeat them at this time. Now…..ARE YOU GOING TO COME QUIETLY…..OR WILL YOU FIGHT?"
Smoker pulled his jute out of its sheath on his back, eyes glaring daggers while he awaited my answer….
Are you going to give up…
…Will you fight?
Dark skies and screams faded, I felt myself change in that moment, I yelled back with force, no hesitation lingering anymore.
" I'LL NEVER GIVE UP, SO…CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, MARINES!"
One crack of thunder lit up the sky. The storm had barely started.