The battleship watched as a huge wax fountain protected the city off the coast, and kicked their vessel into overtime. Once they were docked, the marines began rushing into the city. A black haired girl slipped out of the ship in the crowd, and made her way to the castle, an unemotional face on her face. "So... Blackheart. I just gotta find you, and take the title of Emperor for myself." She clutched her fist as she marched on.
Petrian stayed with Nakama, as he assured them he would make sure she would return to the sea, plus he wanted to make sure the marines found the tunnel so the Soulless Pirates would be arrested and the group headed for the castle. They reached Kasai and he filled them in. "Well, that was cool, but Blackheart's still doing his thing," Julio stated, and everyone nodded in agreement. He continued, "Kasai, get the captain, see if she's still kicking. If so, meet us at the castle. If not, fly her to Nakama." Kasai nodded and dashed towards her, but stopped, crying out, "Harmony!"
Blackheart, holding Anubis' to the ground with a huge hand of darkness and Harmony up in the air by the neck, smashed out of the castle wall to be there, looking upset. "Why'd you ruin the fun? It was gonna be cool watching that~" She coughed in reply as he started crushing her. She couldn't use any of her powers at the moment, and tried to cry out. A coin smacked him right in the eye, causing him to drop her, and she gasped deeply. As he stumbled back Minx rushed in and- "You nothing's might be able to beat my crew..." He grabbed Minx by the hair midair, and slammed him down, "But I'm an Emporer~" Kagaku ran in, a glob of some gold suddenly appearing in his hand as he created a gold staff out of nothing, swinging it for his head, but he just caught it.
"Where was that earlier!?" Julio cried out as he shot at Blackheart, but he was absorbing the coins in his darkness. "Earlier I wasn't apart of the group officially. Couldn't know if I could trust you gu-" He's suddenly grabbed and thrown by Blackheart, cutting him off. Harmony jumped up, going for Blackhearts face, but he used Anubis as a shield and she pulled back before making contact, and he suddenly started covering the ground with darkness. "Guys! Get out of here!" Harmony commanded, and everyone started to retreat, but she was already stuck.
Blackheart had the entire area covered in darkness, and laughed with malice as he aimed his palm for Harmony, a vortex appearing as he pulled her to him. Once in his hand, she again couldn't use her fruit powers. He then absolutely chucked her straight through a house, the impact shattering the wall and crumbling the whole building on top of her. The crew quickly ran over, trying to get her out, but Blackheart started chuckling as he walked over just as they pulled her up. She was barely conscious, but was trying to stand anyway, glaring at him as she asked him, "Why..?"
He shrugged, "Because I don't like half-breeds. They feel gross." Lucky froze, completely baffled by his answer. She cried out, "What!? You did all this just because you don't like them!?" He cleared his throat, "I didn't do the lava thing-" Tears rolled down her face, and she screamed, "You really are the son of Celestial Dragon scum!" He corrected her, "The, Celestial Dragon. My word is law. Now you're annoying, so die first!" He rushed towards her, and Minx intervened him but just got thrown aside. Lucky backed up, her hands sparking but he wasn't fazed. "Lucky!" Minx cried out as Blackheart reached for her face.
A hand from nowhere suddenly grabbed his arm, a young lady with orange eyes looking bored as she looked at his face. Lucky quickly ran to Minx as the woman said, "There you are." Blackheart scoffed, "What!? Who the hell are you!?" She didn't answer him, instead just continuing, "You are an Emperor, and if I defeat you I'll gain that title." Blackheart just started laughing, and everyone was confused, nobody knowing this girl. But Julio was shaking, a look of sadness in his eyes. "Alejandrea..?" he asked under his breath.