Kagaku fixed the hole in Nakama as fast as he could, but they already lost Alejandrea when she passed the horizon minutes ago. Eustace stayed behind, saying he had to check in with the resistance about the dragon thing. Zii checked the map, and let out a sigh. "With her direction, she's going for Marineford..." she stated, eyes a blue color. "We can get her back! The Doggy Paddle!" Kasai exclaimed excitedly, and Minx ran up to the wheel. Julio scoffed, "Did you not see her power? Alejandrea would just sink us!" he bluntly stated, clutching his fists at his side. "If she's going to Marineford, then obviously she's being turned into the navy. We follow, and yoink her when we see an opening with the far weaker navy~" Kagaku chuckled, sticking his pinkie in his nose. Everyone looked at each other, and nodded with a smile on their faces. Zii wiped her eyes, and they turned red as she chuckled, "Let's do it~"
Alejandrea sailed right up to Marineford's gates; two ginormous metal doors that sit in the ocean, blocking any access from outside. Only the gatekeeper can open the huge heavy gate with a mechanism, but turning her hand into an event horizon and aiming her palm at them, and the gravity forced the gate to move for her. The guards all start to panic, but Alejandrea calls out to ease them. "I'm here to turn in a pirate criminal, the one named Cleoma Harmony!" she said, drawing the attention of a child. "What!? You brought her here!?" Claire cried out, stomping over before someone grabbed her shoulder. "Now now, considering what the Elders discovered, it's good she's been brought straight here," a man with long dark brown hair chuckled, kneeling down to her level. His face was well defined, and had brilliant blue eyes. "She was gonna be brought here anyway." Claire scoffed, crossing her arm, but was clearly nervous. "Yea whatever Dominique..." she said dismissively.
Harmony was chained in sea-prism stone cuffs on her wrists and ankles, and taken to a holding cell, still unconscious from the emperor's attacks. Albatro was trying to pay Alejandrea in his office there, but she refused the pay. "I simply wanted a good name with the navy. You are not a threat to me, and I'd rather be on good terms as to prevent... avoidable deaths," she explained, and Albatro nodded as he put the belli back in the safe. "So, why did her bounty shoot so high if I may ask?" she intrigued, tilting her head. He simply shrugged, "All the elders told me was to increase it, I know not why." She faked a smile and bowed a bit before taking her leave, sailing away but this time with the gates opened for her. They were shut very quickly once she was through.
Once she left, Petrian entered the office, a worried look on his face. "What troubles you?" Albatro asked, and Petrian sighed. "Only Dominique of the Big Three is here, Karen and Samuel still haven't arrived," he reported, and Albatro stayed silent for a second before clearing his throat. "Karen is on a mission elsewhere, and Sam's on the way. As for you, keep your search for the Melody Pirates going, we only got the captain," he directed, and Petrian saluted before stepping outside the office and heading for his living quarters on base. There, Lucky was waiting with bated breath, and took an inhale when he entered. "No, it's just Harmony," he informed, causing her to sigh. She was relieved Minx wasn't captured, but she still looked lost in thought. Petrian looked away, both of them unsure of how they felt about all this, but neither spoke up about it.
Harmony finally regained consciousness, looking around to find herself behind bars in a simple cell. "Uh... Where am I..?" she asked, hoping someone else was nearby, but she was answered with silence. She looked at the cuffs, linked to where she could barely even stand up properly. She crawled up onto the bed, and sighed contently. "Ya know, I bet my crew'll save me this time," she confidently stated out loud, suddenly yawning. "Oh... This is a really comfy bed..." she said before nodding off. While sleeping, Lucky came inside the cell room, and quietly debated with herself as she sighed noticing the captain was asleep.
Outside the gate, below the surface, Nakama was waiting. "Damn! The gate closed too fast!" Julio cried out, frustratedly hitting the wheel. "Don't hit the ship..." Minx said, making Julio take a breath. "Sorry..." he rubbed his hand. "Surely more will come. Once a big ship comes or leaves, those doors will be big enough for us to slip through," Kasai exclaimed, throwing his fist up. "Who knows what they're planning to do, we may not have that time," Kagaku sighed. Zii's eyes were purple, and she was trying to think of a plan. Little did they know that today's issue of Morgan News told exactly what the government had planned for the captain of the Melody Pirates, but because they're under water, no paper came to Nakama.