From the East, Robin, Saphir, Ashivra, and Perona were moving through the dense forest. Rose General was right behind them.
"Now, I think about it, we should have just all stormed the front doors," Perona remarked.
"There is strength in numbers," Robin replied. "By splitting up, we are pulling their forces apart and then eliminating them one by one," she added with a smile.
"That does sound like a good plan," Ashivra replied as she flew near them.
They burst through the jungle and onto the main road. They saw a group of palace guards and pirates looking around.
"What is going on?" a pirate asked.
"We are being attacked," the guard replied.
"Under attack by who?" another pirate asked as he raised his sword. "Is this your plan?" he added.
"What nonsense," the guard replied. "We are on the same side," he added.
"My side is money," the pirate said.
"They don't seem like good people," Saphir remarked as she held her spear.
"They are not cute," Perona added.
Robin smiled. "Seis Fleur," Robin murmured as she crossed her arms. At that moment, six hands sprouted instantly on the lead guard's shoulders. Before he could cry out, she added, "Clutch." The arms grabbed his legs and pulled, while others held his upper body and snapped him backward with a sickening crack
"What just happened?" the pirate questioned.
Robin looked at the guards. "Treinta Fleur," Robin said as she sprouted a total of thirty arms. The arms spawned on the 15 pirates and guards on their neck.. "Hold," she added as her fingers wrapped around their throats and started to choke on them.
"What are those hands?" a pirate questioned in panic.
Ashivra flew forward. She held her oversized battleaxe with a sleek, black and grey color. "Shatter-Point," Ashivra said as she swung her massive axe overhead. She hit a guard in the face and knocked him out. His body went flying as he spat blood and crashed into the ground.
She gripped her battleaxe and swung it down and sliced another pirate in the chest. There was blood coming out from her wound as he collapsed to the ground.
"Die," a pirate said as he aimed his gun and fired a bullet. The bullet travelled through the air and hit Ashivra's shoulder.
"Ashivra," Saphir said as she looked to see her getting shot.
Perona`s eyes widened. "Are you okay?" she questioned.
The bullet ricocheted off Ashirva and she simply smiled. "That tickles," she said as she spun on her heel. "Iron Whirlwind," she added as the axe caught the legs of three pirates. She sliced her legs and dropped them to the ground. There was blood leaking from the legs.
"Are you okay?" Robin questioned as she looked at Ashivra.
"I am," Ashivra replied as the flame on her back flared.
Robin thought was this a lunarian ability. She put her hand on her chin and thought maybe Ben would know.
Perona saw Ashivra was okay. She saw a group of pirates coming. "Quadruple Negative Attack," she said as four translucent ghosts dived through the air and passed through the chests of the four pirates. They dropped to their knees instantly and started to weep.
"I'm a disgrace to the high seas," one pirate said as he buried his face in his hands.
"I should have just stayed home and become a doormat. A salty, useless doormat," another pirate said.
"Why did I even pick up a sword?" another wailed as fat tears splashed onto his boots.
Perona then flicked her wrist and sent out several palm-sized spirits. "Mini Hollow," she said as the tiny ghosts went through the air and latched onto the armor of the guards. "Ghost Rap," she said as with a snap of her fingers, the ghosts detonated. There was a loud explosion and sent debris flying.
"They all are pathetic," Robin said coldly.
"Not cute at all," Perona remarked.
Saphir moved forward. She saw a group of pirates coming towards them. They had swords and a twisted grin. Saphir jumped forward. "Bleu Formidable," she said as she unleashed a flurry of strikes. She rapidly stabbed a few pirates.
The first pirate took a direct thrust to the shoulder. The spearhead tore through his bone with a sickening crunch and pinned him momentarily against the wall before she ripped it free.
She then stabbed, the second and third were caught in a rapid-fire succession of stabs. Saphir's spear darted out like a serpent's tongue and punctured their chests. They let out ragged gasps and blood came out from their bodies.
The final pirate in the front line took a devastating strike to the gut. The force of the blow was immense. The pirate spat blood and collapsed.
"Let's keep going," Ashivra said.
"There is a wall here," Saphir said as she stabbed another pirate.
"Rocketman," Rose General said as she transformed its arms into Rocketman and charged forward while making a train noise into the wall. Rose General destroyed the wall and derby went flying everywhere.
"That works," Robin said as they walked into the courtyard.
At that moment, they saw a group of pirates. "You will not get to Captain Lytton," Cal said as he stood there with his sword in his hand.
"Let's take them down," Perona said.
Robin sprouted eighty arms from the ground. "Ochenta Fleur," Robin said. "Cuatro Manos," said as she combined her eighty arms into four gigantic hands.
"What are these hands?" a pirate asked.
"Captain Lytton said to take them down," Cal shouted. He thought of the gold he was going to get.
"Shock," Robin said as the gigantic hands came down and pounded the pirates. The pirates got hit and were crushed. Their bones shattered. Some were thrown back.
Cal jumped out of the way and rolled on his back. He got up and saw Saphir thrusting her spear forward.
"Vulture's Talon," Cal said as he swung his sword down. The two weapons clashed and there were sparks coming off.
"Who are you?" Saphir asked.
Cal laughed. "I am Captain Lytton`s left hand man," Cal responded.
"So you know Helsing?" Saphir asked.
Cal looked at him. "How do you know her?" Cal questioned.
Saphir jumped back. "She has joined us," Saphir responded.
"That traitor," Cal replied. "She was always a snake," he added. "Carrion Gust," he said as he spun his blade in a frantic, messy circle towards Saphir.
"Shoryo no Mizu," Saphir said as she threw a handful of water drops at Cal and struck them with incredible force. The water drops were like bullets and pushed Cal back. He stopped his attack and panted.
"What was that?" he asked as his organs were hurting.
Saphir took a deep breath. She had been learning all the Six Power Techniques with the help of her sisters. "Shave," Saphir said as she vanished in a blur of motion. In the blink of an eye, she reappeared further ahead in front of Cal.
"Thousand Brick Fist," Saphir said as she gathered her strength and launched a hard punch at Cal. The fist connected in his chest. He felt his rib-cage break as he was sent flying back and crashed on the ground.
"What are you?" Cal said as he felt his bones break. He spat blood as he got up. He was shaking.
"Bleu Tempest Thrust," Saphir said as she thrusted her spear with full force.
Cal weakly put his sword up however the force was too much and the sword was knocked from his hand. Cal's eyes widened in horror as the spear's momentum didn't even slow. The sharpened tip drove straight through the center of his palm. There was a sickening, wet crunch as the steel tore through bone, sinew, and muscle. A fountain of hot blood erupted from the wound.
"Wait! Please," Cal begged for his life. There were tears coming out his eyes and snot running down his nose.
Saphir looked at him and felt sorry. She pulled her spear out of his hand and blood came gushing out. "I am letting you go," Saphir said as she turned around and walked away.
Cal looked at her. He grabbed his sword and swung it at Saphir.
Saphir felt him coming. She turned around. "Wave Break Strike," Saphir said as she channelled her strength into her right fist and hit Cal with a powerful punch to his stomach. She then quickly follows it with a second punch with equal power on his chest. She immediately released her fist from his body and then using both fist punches him in the chest where the heart is. Cal was sent flying back. He spat blood as he crashed into the ground with a loud thud. He laid there motionless.
Robin walked over and saw Cal laying on the floor. "In the world of pirates, showing mercy often gets you killed," Robin said.
"Yes but our Captain does," Saphir replied as she looked at him bleeding.
"He is unusual," Robin said.
"He is sweet," Ashivra added as she flew down.
Perona scoffed. "Lets keep going," Perona said as she looked at a number of pirates crying on the floor.