"Son of a bitch." Alexander mumbled to himself as blood dripped from his broken nose, his guns had been confiscated by the very man who had left him half concious on the sandy ground. He was defenceless, and after putting up a worthy fight, Alex wasn't willing to throw in the towel just yet. His legs quivered from pain as he gradually balanced himself, he knew that he wouldn't last much longer if things continued the way they did but to be completely honest, Alex knew he didn't want to die just yet - not with so much to live for.
The sun was gradually setting upon the island leaving an orange hue down on the landscape as the ocean breeze left a faint scent of salt, carrying the commotion of the villagers gathering around the incident. The Marine ship was docked nearby as Alex could still see the mast dance in the gust of wind, the mere sight of it enraged him dearly. A gun shot fired, piercing his arm as blood splattered from it, staining the grains of sand below him.
"Didn't your mother tell you it's dangerous to play with guns?" The Marine boasted, slowly walking closer towards Alex with his very own weapon pointed to his head.
"No but she did tell me that Marines were dangerous, and well...Unfortunately I've found myself playing with one. Sorry Mama'." Alex winced, the various bullet wounds were now getting to him as the pain was becoming difficult to ignore, however his grin never left his face.
The Marine paused for a moment, admiring his tolerance for pain. He then turned to face the villagers, removing the cigar from his mouth, letting his mouth babble about those who are aspiring to be pirates will share the same fate as Alex would. Death.
Upon hearing this, Alex couldn't help but chuckle to himself, grabbing a hold of the weapon of which was pointed to his head firmly.
"Are you some sort of fool? You haven't made me deaf just yet!" Alex swept away at the Marine's feet, causing him to stagger to his fall as he released the firearm. As he landed, Alex found his boot pressed firmly on his face, as if he were trying to kill a spider.
The villagers became silent out of pure confusion as they couldn't get over how he managed to get death mixed up with deaf, a child yelled out that he was the idiot before her mother quickly covered her mouth, hushing her. With the commander squirming under his boot, Alex aimed at the rest of his crew.
"Listen here you bunch of sea rats, all marines are under me like this worm right here!" He boasted, blasting a bullet into his knee cap. "And that's for all the pain you've caused me!"
The villagers winced as it wasn't an appealing sight, but they kept watching - as if they were rooting for Alexander at the very start.
Something was off though. Alex had to resort to something he wasn't quite used to doing, he had to think. Gathering from what just happened, wouldn't it be normal for them to react? But he could sense no hostility from them...In fact they all seemed calm and composed, as if they wanted things to play out this way.
Alex exhaled heavily as thinking so much was proving to be stressful for him. It was at that moment that the group of Marines began to crave out a path for one man.
"And what exactly is going on here?" His deep voice bellowed as each of the seamen stood in line, hands to their foreheads readying to salute. "Are you not aware that we're supposed to be ambushing a pirate ship Commander? This child isn't even a pirate and you've got your mouth full of dirt? Take that uniform off and burn it, you have tainted the rights of justice by allowing this peasant to manhandle you like so."
Alex lowered his weapon, he couldn't fight this man with his current state - He seemed to be on a whole different level compared to him. The Captain stood before his men, removing his cap revealing his bald head which reflected the gleam of the setting sun. His deep blue eyes fixated upon the young male, causing the wrinkles around them to take form of a weird shape. The man spoke once more, questioning the young male whether he was a part of a crew of the Void Pirates.
Alex shook his head, claiming that he had never heard of them before - however he included in that he was a pirate looking for a crew. The villagers didn't agree with his poor use of wording, as Alex practically just gave himself a death sentence.
"You're the worst type of human then." The Captain stated.
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Within an instant, the Captain had found himself right next to Alexander, driving his fist right into his stomach with all his might. The force behind the punch was enough to crack a rib or two, as Alex was sent flying a couple of feet, dropping his firearm once more. By now Alex couldn't get up no matter how much he wanted to, his neck was now at the grip of the captain as he commanded his crew to gather up all the villagers. His firm grip felt like sandpaper grinding upon wood, choking Alex as he struggled to breathe.
"You and these villagers are a nothing but a stain to the World Government, it's only natural that we remove you. These Void Pirates will taste the same fate." The Captain paused as he was quickly informed of how the Void Pirates had taken out a couple of their vessels due to one man with a devil fruit, but they were heading this way. At this moment the Captain was aggravated at how it took just a mere no name to take out a number of Marines within an instant. He ordered his men to stay upon the island, while calling upon his best underlings to follow him towards the ship.
"Alexander Barrett, you will witness first hand how we deal with Pirates who think they can treat the world like a playground." Another swift right hook drove into Alex's tender stomach, knocking him out unconscious before dragging towards the ship.
"We remove of these pirates as swiftly as possible, understood? Now set sail." Captain Carling ordered.