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Chapter 185 - BAKI'S STORY - Pirates: Act II, THAT ISLAND

TPW floats somewhere, under the evening light.

Baki watches through a pair of Binoculars in his hands.

He sees 666 floating in front of a thriving, isolated Island.

He zooms in and sees Essiy sitted comfortably on her Chair.

"The bitch." He utters.

"Never heard of an isolated Island that thrives." Yes says while settling by his left.

"That's a Mould." - Baki.

"For real?" - Yes.

"She tricked our minds into believing it's moving. The only thing that's there, is those buildings." He says while observing the people doing their stuff. As well as the finely raised buildings.

"So how do we?" - Yes.

"We can only pass this by...

He says, blinks, makes his eyes balls glow, takes down the Binoculars and finishes...

"taking the next step."

Before his eyes, the people seize their movements.

"You can see it now?" Baki asks.

"Yes." Yes replies with his glowing.

Erika, Stella and the rest watch with their glowing eyeballs. Tempest and Emelia, with normal sight.

"When you're just over powdered!" - Mecca.

"Lol." Baki chuckles and says.

"Wait, you should know this!" Baki says while looking to Yes with fluster.

Yes laughs in embarrassment while rubbing the back of his neck with his right hand. Then confesses...

"You know her pressure's higher than mine. So I kinda forgot-"

Baki interrupts him with a left slap on the head, uttering...

"Idiot."

Everyone laughs.

"Ah, even the girlfriend!" - Mecca.

"Yeah. Even the girlfriend." - Baki.

Baki holds the helm and the sails gradually unfurl.

It sets.

"Let's go." He orders and the ship zooms off.

Essiy stays relaxed with her eyes shut on the Chair.

A sound comes in and she wakes up.

She then asks, all weak with the slight draw in of her body...

"Eh, what's that sound?"

"Captain, he's here!!!" Derry declares.

Essiy comes to and looks to her left with speed, asking...

"What!"

TPW and TM ram into the sides; left and right of her ship.

•Baki remains on the helm

•Gastiny as well.

Him and his Crew have their eye balls glowing too. Together with Essiy's.

"Shit!!!" - Essiy.

"What's her favorite word?" - Mecca.

Baki struggles as his Wheel shakes. While so, smoke comes out his teeth.

Essiy as well, with a shaking Ship.

Gastiny, the same thing. While going through the same struggle as Baki.

Baki yells and sparks erupt from the Helm.

Essiy follows after and sparks come through her Rests.

Gastiny as well. And sparks come forth his Helm.

(As the sparks come, the air shakes)

They strain it. More sparks unleash. The Helms' and Ship's shaking intensify.

(As well as the air)

Out of nowhere, Essiy raises her right hand (shoulder level) and flings it to the right.

A thundering force unleashes from her ship's right side and knocks TM back.

The ship slides back the direction of 666's back right, with a burning and sparking mouth.

It explodes and the ship detonates.

"No words?" - Baki.

"No words." - Mecca.

/ Baki vs. Essiy /

Baki's yells intensify again.

Essiy's as well.

His ship breaks through.

They continue.

Baki's Ship breaks in further.

"CAPTAIN!!!" - Derry.

Essiy locks in the more.

Baki as well.

His ship breaks in more and divides the ship.

A great explosion comes and TPW flashes forth.

The Ship appears drifting with its left side towards the Harbor. As it goes, the sails furl. It reaches the Docking Spot and stops.

Everyone gets off and walks inside.

"They're around!! Be watchful!!" - Baki.

"Yeah...I can sense them!!" - Aginna.

"Can you now!?" A man asks and everyone laughs.

TPW = 30 Current Members

They walk past the people and observe them in the marketplace. (A few vanish, upon contact) Then enter the City.

Baki is ahead of them.

Emelia, Stella, Tempest, Yes and Erika, at strategic positions.

On the highway, Baki stops.

His people follow suit.

He looks to his left, centre and his right. As he does, his people look out as well.

"You said you sensed them?!!" - Baki.

"Yes!! Glorious Prince!!" - Aginna.

"Maybe you're right!!" - Baki.

"What the fuck!" Mecca asks in shock and the people laugh.

A great gust comes from before and collides past them. Their clothes flow and their auras (swag) show.

Essiy's Crew shows themselves above buildings, left and right. At the sides and on the ground (left and right)

666: 60 Crew Members.

She walks on the air a little far above Baki, from his right.

She reaches the middle, stops and now faces front (his direction); with authority. She wears a smile.

Baki breathes in, faces front and looks up while letting out the air from his nose.

She grins and says...

"You're outnumbered...yet again!"

Baki smiles and asks...

"Are you sure about that?"

Her smile disappears and she asks...

"What do you mean?"

Baki chuckles and says...

"Make the grand entrance, Gastiny."

Essiy blinks in a flustered state.

The Harbor/Marketplace explodes and dust comes forth.

Baki, Essiy and their people watch.

Gastiny and his people walk out.

Gastiny, with a smile. The same with the most of them.

"That was tuff." - Mecca.

"You bet it was." - Gastiny.

"Hmm." - Mecca.

Baki laughs.

TM: 30 Crew Members.

They mix up with Baki's people and Gastiny stands by his left.

TPW + TM = 60 Crew Members

EQUAL FOOTING!

"You see how God works things out?" - Baki.

"Nigga, you are God." - Mecca.

Essiy and her people watch, all surprised.

"Go, Baki." Gastiny says and Baki levitates upward.

He reaches a space and stands, a few steps before Essiy.

"Baki." - Essiy.

Baki blinks.

"Call my name." - Essiy.

"Old woman." - Baki.

"That's not my name." - Essiy.

"Yeah? But that's what you are." - Baki.

She snaps.

"Did I hit you where it hurts?" He asks.

She snaps the more and closes her eyes.

"Be the bigger person." Baki says and she opens her eyes with force. Slight veins rest on them.

She flashes forth.

He flashes too.

They reach, clash with their Katanas and the sky splits.

Meanwhile, under; people fight.

Likewise the air; flying around like witches.

A man with a double-headed Glaive in both hands, engages Tempest. Tempest fights back with Moon Sabers.

The Man:

Odyssey

Age: 500

Head (666)

Emelia and Derry run into a large building through two wide, open doors.

Emelia enters with a bruise on the left side of her head, straight down, past her eye to the right side of her lower lip.

Derry enters with a bleeding right wrist. Cause of bleeding: a hole.

Emelia bears two Guns while Derry bears a defined Rod.

Emelia rushes up the stairs to her right and Derry, the ones to her left.

Emelia scales through the first set, turns left, runs on the flat surface, turns left again and climbs up the next.

Derry climbs up a set and runs straight past an open way into another section where the next lies. She passes the way bending her head, thinking she's tall enough. At the same time, Mecca utters...

"Does she realize she's- Nevermind."

She jumps and lands on the rail of the next with her right foot. Then hops to the wall with her left. She hops again to the rail with her right and then again, to the wall with her left. She repeats this two times and lands on the flat surface.

She runs towards the next and reaches it. Then tosses the Rod swiftly to her left hand and grabs the rail with her right.

With power, she lifts herself up the five steps and lands on the next flat surface.

Turns to her right, faces the next set and flashes up them.

Two tall, well designed, strong looking doors get knocked. Same time, the sound of another set getting knocked down comes through.

Emelia runs forth towards a large corridor with her guns facing up in her hands.

By her sides, two passage ways.

On her way, the doors land and turn to smoke. The sound of the other set doing the same, comes forth at the same time.

She reaches the entrance and stops. Then lets down her weapons while looking ahead like she's seeing something.

Before her, faraway stands Derry. In the midst of smoke. She stands in the middle of the opposite passage ways.

Emelia takes off with speed. Derry does the same as well.

While running, she points her guns forward and Derry switches positions with her.

Four shots are made and Derry knocks 'em off with the skillful spins of her Rod.

She perform a gear forward.

Emelia spins the gun in her left hand and holds it over her head with the slight bend of her body and leg to the right.

She covers it in Spiritual Hardening.

Derry appears before her right away with her Rod in her hands raised above her head.

She strikes it on Emelia's weapon and she sinks a bit.

She looks up at Derry while holding a grit and her eyeball glow becomes more defined. As this happens, a sound comes. The floor gets striped and caves.

Their weapons fly off while they fall.

Derry sends her right fist to the right attempting to knock something. Then Emelia removes the forearm with the knock of her left fist and blood spews.

She expresses grave shock and gets forcefully grabbed on the face by Emelia's right hand, that oozes aura from the palm.

She grits upon that.

Emelia takes her straight down the ground floor from which they climbed the first stairs, and crashes her head, together with herself into it.

Great dust floods out the open doors and windows.

The building caves a little.

On a certain River, Yes and a man clash all over, with Long Swords in their rights.

The Man:

Telmachus [Telmakus]

Age: 40

Vice Head (666)

With each strike, the water evaporates. Little by little.

Eventually, they make a big clash with their hilts in their hands and all the water goes away. Leaving them standing on air with a huge crater beneath.

They look into each other's glowing eyeballs.

Inside an amusement Park, a woman runs in the midst of attractions, with a Katana in her right hand; its tip facing the ground.

Emelia runs in the midst with a Sniper Rifle in her left hand; its barrel facing down.

The Woman:

Helen

Age: 4500

Quartermaster (666)

Helen stops, turns to her right and stands a few steps before a Rollercoaster. Then positions her blade over her left shoulder with the curve of her arm before her neck.

She looks straight ahead, towards a faraway theatre, and through it.

Inside, she sees Erika sitted all intimidating and sexy on one of the front chairs, with her Rifle ready and positioned with its Scope, before her left eye. Erika also sees her through the big screen before, and the wall outside.

She fires a shot.

Helen makes a slash to the right and a powerful invisible force surges.

The bullet goes straight and pierces through the screen and wall.

The force passes through the Coaster and carries on towards the Theater.

The bullet comes through the outside wall, after the force.

They collide and a massive force explosion takes place.

It destroys the Park and leaves the Senders, flying up with their bodies slightly bent back. (No weapons in sight)

Baki and Essiy's Crew fight to no end. Flying around, shooting, throwing bombs and boxing. Evading, blocking and more. A few fatalities lay in sight. Likewise a few casualties.

Stella and a man lie opposite with their feet facing each other.

Stella lies directly in front of the left side of a mini store. She does with a slit throat. The opp, with a hole in the stomach.

The opp:

Lancius

Age: 3000

Steerer (666)

Baki, Gastiny and Essiy go blow for blow with Long Swords in their hands, upon the air.

"Impossible! How are you this strong!" She asks.

"Talking to me or the Prince?" Gastiny asks with a smile.

"Have some respect for the Prince! I'm obviously talking to you!" She replies and he laughs.

He then replies...

"I have always been strong. I was told by the Prince to suppress my power."

"Then your captain?" - Essiy.

"Merry? Weak bitch. Couldn't reach her full potential. May her soul rest in peace." He replies, they clash and go back.

She pants while looking down with a bent stature.

"This...can't be happening." - Essiy.

"Gastiny, I will have a word with you when we get back." Baki says by his left.

"Forgive me, Your Highness." - Gastiny.

"Not really." - Baki.

"So all this while, she didn't know?" - Essiy.

"Why do you care? Well she did. Like I said she was desperate, the weakling. She just didn't reach her full potential."

He says while making a recap to when she swings a Sword in both hands, up and down in a white realm. With him by her upper right, back leaned against the wall, arms folded.

He cuts it.

She stops her pants and stands erect.

Baki flashes forth. On the way, he says...

"Let's go turn by turn! She lacks the resilience!"

He chuckles and asks...

"Fr?"

They clash with their Swords in their rights and she makes him bend back, saying with bulging eyes...

"Says the boy who doesn't have any!"

He smiles and asks...

"And who told you that?"

He opens his mouth after and releases smoke. Then comes back up, pushes her away and sends back with a thunderous right kick to the stomach.

She stops herself and the men charge at her. She looks up and readies herself while Gastiny lets out...

"Let's face it, we all have resilience."

"Nahh! I don't think so!" Baki says, they reach and she sends them back with a powerful force discharge from her body.

She lets out a loud grunt with a big stretch while doing so.

"See!" Gastiny says and Baki laughs.

She raises her left index towards the sky. As she does, lightning from above comes on it and the sky darkens. Thunder roars.

She completely points it and the men watch while levitating. They do so with an open mouth and look to themselves with same.

They hold a laugh and let it out surreptitiously.

"What so funny!" She disdainfully asks with the tilt of her head to the left side.

Baki laughs to a stop while turning his face to her and confesses...

"No, it's just...

He becomes intentful with a dangerous smile.

you're too easy to egg on."

She grits and sends her index down.

Thunder claps above the men. They bear a face of shock and look up. They shout and move to their sides. Baki, his left. Gastiny, his right.

A great stream of lightning comes and passes through the space left towards the ground.

It reaches and goes straight towards the fighters.

"Shit, the people!" Baki says in distress while looking back from his right.

Gastiny watches too, in the same state.

It hits the first set of people before it: Essiy's people. And proceeds towards the opp.

Just before it can get them, as they bear a face of shock; their bodies get pulled to the Ships.

The stream attacks and kills the remaining set.

Baki watches with an open mouth and looks at Gastiny with a smile.

"When?" He asks.

Gastiny, who also bears an open mouth, looks to him with a smile and replies...

"That's a long story."

"Wow!" - Mecca.

Essiy looks on with great dismay and calls...

"My people."

"See? What did I tell you?" Baki asks and she closes her eyes.

She then calls after a furious exhale from her nostrils...

"Bakiiiiii!"

"I'm here too." - Gastiny.

She opens her veiny eyes and sings after the tilt of her head to the right...

"Gastyyy."

She makes herself straight again and releases subtle force, making her clothes flow. Then charges.

Her opps so too, and they reach clashing distance.

Emelia and Derry dance around on the roof of a house with Swords in their rights.

Each strike, vibration.

Tempest and Odyessy jump from midst of two trees, reach and clash their right fists.

The force goes hard, a great light comes forth and engulfs a great section of the forest.

The whole island cracks from underneath and water sips in.

The strikes keep going, the areas vibrate and buildings collapse.

Sections get flooded.

Erika lands on top the roof of a house and looks around while everything shakes.

She looks down and to her left.

A transparent figure moves slightly to its left, down in front, by the left of an unfenced house.

Erika looks (down right), sees it and a bow appears in her right hand together with a quiver, strapped to her back.

She quickly picks up an arrow with her left hand and aligns it straight at the figure's direction. Bow made horizontal.

Sparks come forth from it and she shoots.

It goes, breaks through something invisible and lands on the ground in front of the figure that looks left.

It glows.

The figure faces it and comes visible.

Helen sees it detonate with an open mouth and gets engulfed.

A great explosion comes and takes out a large space.

Erika watches with intent as the light rests on her.

Sounds of water surge come by her left and she looks.

She sees the great surge and quickly flies off to her right.

The flood comes and takes everything.

She flies with excess speed through the midst of buildings; turning left and right.

She accelerates the more and causes sonic booms. The booms destroy the buildings in its path.

She flies through the midst of two and they shift from foundation, following her direction.

She passes by more. A number shifts and the rest collapse.

She leaves the island and soars to the ships by her left; parked facing straight before its entrance.

The Ocean vibrates into the far distance together with the Island.

She goes to TPW, the first in her view and enters. She grabs a dangling rope by the left of the middle mast and swings toward the Wheel section.

She lets go, runs a bit and holds the rail of the edge behind the left side of the Wheel.

Yes and Telmachus clash with Rods in their hands, on the air, upon the crater where the river was.

In the midst of the clash, a large crack holds and the area vibrates out of control.

The Captains clash continuously in circles, with Swords in their hands. They grit powerfully, and let out their auras while doing so.

The sky's darkness becomes the more pronounced as each strike produces a thunderous sound.

Lightning strikes and thunder crashes above them.

The Crew in both ships watch with awe in their faces.

They watch the island gradually meet its demise.

Emelia flies with an aura engulfed Katana raised with both hands, to the back.

Derry flies too with an aura engulfed Katana stretched in both hands to the left.

They reach and clash.

A powerful force swirls up to form a mini circle in the midst of them and expands; throwing the fighters apart.

The circle sucks in everything before it, including Derry. As she goes, she screams and finally enters it.

Emelia floats back casually.

Yes spins with Telmachus' legs in his hands and flings him towards the circle at his upper left.

Telmachus spins while screaming as well. He hits the side and gets sucked in immediately.

Yes brings down his hands and vanishes.

The things around get sucked.

Tempest flies straight inside the remaining parts of the forest.

As he goes, the parts left behind get sucked.

He comes out the West of the Island and goes towards the fair clouds, close to the dark.

He reaches, makes a turn to his left, stops and watches everything.

"It is truly finished." He declares.

The circle completely sucks all remaining the Captains.

Chains shoot from the sides and catches Essiy's arms while her opps go back.

They hold her firm and they come back with raised Labryses in their hands.

The circle expands to its limit and the white light comes behind her.

The men reach and slice her down from chest to stomach.

She looks up as blood shoots.

Her arms rip and she gets sucked.

She screams the loudest and enters.

The circle compresses to a small state, filled with unstable power.

The Captains watch in utter shock.

Baki then turns his face back from the right and Gastiny, from the left.

"GET OUT OF HERE NOW!!!" Baki commands.

"GO, GO!!!" Gastiny supports.

The circle blows up and expands.

The Captains vanish.

The Ships sail away in great speed.

Baki lands on the Wheel section of TPW and walks forward by the left side of the Wheel.

Erika steers while Yes and Tempest stand on the left and right of the last steps of both stairs.

Gastiny lands by the right of his Chair and walks. He holds the head, spreads his hand to the left and sits.

The Ships blow with power as the nuke expands behind them.

Baki watches it while gritting, with his body turned slightly from the left.

Gastiny looks ahead.

Emelia gets up from the Chair and walks to her right.

"Emelia?" - Baki.

She looks to her upper right and calls while making a stop...

"Honey?"

He gives the "I don't understand" gesture.

She sighs while looking down in her front's direction. Then faces him and says...

"I did this. Let me go correct it."

After, she runs, reaches the entrance

"Emelia!" - Baki.

and takes off to the air above.

"Emelia?" He calls while watching her go.

Another takeoff is made at his right.

He and Erika express shock and look.

"He's gone!" - Erika.

"Tempest, not you too!!!" Baki shouts as Emelia closes in, from above thin clouds.

She reaches and slams her right hand against it. A force pushes her back but she stands her ground. Or should I say, air?

"This is not ordinary. It's one of those shits!" She says. Tempest arrives by her left and slams his right hand.

She looks.

"Let me help you." He pleads.

She holds for a bit and nods. Then faces front.

Her eye balls glow and she lets out an accelerating yell.

Tempest's does the same and he lets out the same yell.

The circle feels pressure and distorts.

They release aura and the distortions become greater.

A large number of the Crew, Baki and TM's Vice Captain watch.

"He's still alive!" - Mecca.

The circle stops moving and distorts even more.

Their yells remain relentless while they hold it back with two hands now.

The circle pulls back and blows to bits, leaving behind a great void, in the sky, space and water.

They restore and everyone watches in awe.

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