The Blackbeard Crew walked up the pier towards a marine ship. Alexandria had no idea what was going on. Van Auger wouldn’t bother explaining anything to her! The marines were preparing the ship for sail to attend Ace’s execution. Were they leaving on this ship, Alexandria asked herself.
“Alexandria,” her uncle called to her as she walked beside him and Auger, “Let’s try out that new devil ability of your’s.”
She saw his malicious grin and she only felt sour in the pit of her stomach. What was her ability? Would she be useful? Her uncle ushered her up the plank and Alexandria drew her sword as she walked onto the deck. Hopefully, her ability would activate when she needed it.
“Just throw yourself out there!” her uncle shouted up at her. The marines kept doing their work but under watchful eyes of Blackbeard. They weren’t afraid of Alexandria, a woman with a sword. This made her angry.
Someone bumped into her as he carried a large keg in front of him, obstructing his view. “Oi, lass! Stay out of the way!” he shouted at her as he passed, “There’s no room for a lady on this ship!”
Alexandria gritted her teeth and clenched the hilt of her sword. Blackbeard and his crew watched anxiously. Suddenly, Alexandria disappeared as the man fell over and the keg rolled across the deck. A man shouted from out of view and was silenced. Then another screamed and was silenced, and another, and another, and another.
“What’s going on, Captain?” Burgess asked him. They all became worried, except Blackbeard who always wore a grin.
“Alexandria’s devil fruit ability…” he replied and led them up the plank.
They came up to the deck to find Alexandria amongst dead bodies with large gashes everywhere. She was breathless as she wiped her sword off of a marine’s shirt and sheathed it into her belt.
“My, oh, my, Alexandria!” Lafitte smiled at her as he tipped his hat and danced amongst the corpses, “What happened?”
“I don’t know,” Alexandria huffed, “I got angry and things just flashed by as I lashed out.”
Blackbeard made his way through the ocean of dead marines and headed up to the wheel, “Burgess, let’s set sail!” he shouted excitedly.
Van Auger came up by Alexandria and laid a hand on her shoulder. “Are you alright?” he asked her.
“Yes, thank you,” Alexandria gazed up at him. He did care about her.
“Alexandria, you have the ability of the Hayai-Hayai fruit, or the Quick-Quick fruit,” her uncle told her as he strode up to her and Auger. Lafitte was at the wheel and Burgess was releasing the sails. Doc Q and Stronger collapsed on the deck.
“Quick-Quick?” Alexandria cocked her head.
“You sort of have the same ability as Lafitte,” Blackbeard told her and Alexandria gazed at Lafitte who gave her a grin as he turned his head slightly towards her from the wheel. She remembered how he can be in one place at one moment and then in a different place the next. Did he have super human speed like she supposedly had?
“But not entirely,” Van Auger added.
“What do you mean?” Alexandria asked him, clueless. Van Auger only turned away and her uncle refused to answer the question. He only commented on various things such as the weather, Alexandria’s hair, and her new ability.
Burgess came up and slapped her on the back. “Woo! The way you took those guys out was awesome, Lexi!” he exclaimed loudly. She could only smile and thank him. She was still wondering about her powers compared to Lafitte’s. It wasn’t until later when they docked at Impel Down that she found out why they didn’t have the same abilities.
“Ze-hahaha!! Let’s go boys and girls!” Blackbeard let out as he led them down the plank to the pier.
As Alexandria followed her uncle and Auger down the plank, she heard a loud flapping of wings behind her. She thought it was the sails billowing in the wind at first, but she could feel the wind of the flapping against her, as if it was right over her. Alexandria turned to look and could only stand in awe.
“What the hell are you!?” she shouted up at Lafitte, who could only grin at her as he flapped his large white wings. He thought it was funny.
“That’s what’s different between you and Lafitte,” Auger said to her as she bumped into him.
“Did I mention to you in Mocktown that my crew was made up of super humans?” Blackbeard asked Alexandria who nodded in reply. He laughed as a group of marines appeared in front of them.
“Wait just one moment!” one shouted at them, “We sent no request for reinforcements!”
“We are in the process of confirming the situation with headquarters!” another marine shouted boldly.
“Ah, forget all that,” Blackbeard said as he approached them, “We’re all on the same side here.”
“Nevertheless, as pirates, no matter what the situation, certain procedures are required for you to…” something pulled at the marine’s leg, dragging him down on his rear, “Huh? Ehh!”
Darkness began to pull all of the marines down into the pier and the few remaining marines were slashed open by Doc Q’s quick movements with his large sword. Alexandria was surprised. She hadn’t seen Doc Q move so quickly other than collapsing from exhaustion. He quickly sheathed it in its cloth and he doubled over under its weight as it was strapped to his back.
“No need for all that crap… We’re on the marine’s side, we are!” Blackbeard let out as they approached the main gates.
“Whoa, this is a gloomy sort of place!” Burgess roared. Lafitte elegantly landed behind Alexandria and his wings began to turn back into his pale, lanky arms. She gave him a quick look as he pulled his sleeves back on. What was he?
“Reporting in! The crew of the ship on which Blackbeard arrived is annihilated!!!” the intercom buzzed through the Gaol.
“Stop right where you are!” shouted some marines from behind.
“Liberation!!!” Blackbeard shouted as he hunched over and the marines and parts of the pier and a marine ship burst out of the darkness at the other marines.
“Intruder alert! Royal Shicibukai Marshall D. Teach and the rest of the Blackbeard Pirates…”
“Hey! Hang in there, okay?!” a marine said to his washed up comrade.
“It’s the guards who just vanished!!” another shouted.
“…are proceeding into the Gaol with clear hostile intent!”
“Darkness…” a marine mumbled.
“We were sucked into darkness!” one marine shouted as he was held in another’s arms who was questioning him.
“The objective is unknown!”
Blackbeard grinned as he led his crew into the gates. Alexandria followed obediently, afraid to be left behind. They still had yet to explain to her what was going on. She thought they were her friends, her nakama. She thought surely even her own uncle would tell her what he was planning to do, but no. She remembered what Lafitte had said before, if they told her what they were planning to do with Ace and Whitebeard, she would’ve bailed. Indeed, she would have. Would she bail out now if she knew what they were going to do? Most likely. But even as they entered the world’s most terrible prison, Alexandria felt somewhat confident that whatever her uncle was going to do would turn out okay. It was fate.
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