Unable to do anything (Part 1)

"Damn...

Fucking monster..." Mr Smith said who, while breathing heavily and covered in bruises, looked at Marlon with more fear than before,

"Don't lose focus Smith...

One wrong move and we're dead!" shouted Captain John, who was also deprived of oxygen and full of bruises, just like his second in command

The battle had dragged on too long and they were feeling the consequences of facing someone vastly superior to them in almost every aspect!

Although initially they had been able to make things difficult for Marlon by using their speed and cooperation to keep him as long as possible out of the village without taking much damage the strategy was losing effectiveness as the seconds passed.

Not only were they getting more tired than their opponent, the abominable mayor was also learning how to deal with his enemies more effectively in this situation!

SLAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!

In order to attack from range and thus ruining the cowardly strategy of keeping his distance, Marlon hit the ground with all his might, destroying it in the process. And out of that destruction countless pieces of stone and gravel flew out of the cloud of dust that he caused and...

SLAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

Brandishing his metal bat again, he sent all those stones towards his enemies, who couldn't do anything but dodge or block those projectiles.

"Fuck! They are like bullets!" shouted Captain John, to whom Marlon had sent all the shrapnel this time

And taking advantage of that moment in which the captain had no choice but to dodge, Marlon was able to advance a little further towards the village despite Smith's attempts to hinder his progress!

However, the closer he got to where he wanted...

"MOMMY!!! MOMMY!!!"

"RELEASE HER! LET GO OF HER!"

"DON'T HURT THEM PLEASE!

THEY'RE JUST KIDS!"

The more he wanted to escape from that reality...

In the few minutes that Marlon had had to deal with the two infamous bounty pirates, the rest of their subordinates subdued the other two combatants, found the secret hideouts, opened them and took the most valuable hostages in existence, the beings that people cared about the most, apart from panda bears

Women, children and old people (in that order for now)!

'Shit...' Marlon thought as he realized he was too late.

A few meters from him, three pirates were dragging the most vulnerable members of the Gonzalez family out into the street while a fourth pirate behind them kicked what appeared to be the corpse of Mr. Gonzalez into the street.

A Dantesque image that froze Marlon's blood, blood that almost turned to frost upon see that the same thing happened gradually in all homes...

Some people were dragged or on the pirates' shoulders with no visible injuries, others with slight bleeding or bruises, others extremely injured, some were thrown lifeless into the street and in some cases the pirates didn't even bother to dump the body outside the house where they had committed the murder

Even so, the street was beginning to fill up again with the people of the village, only this time they were all on their knees while a gun or a knife threatened to injure their heads or necks.

"Great job guys! We can finally fight with public!

Mr. Mayor, I hope that from now on you won't move so much

Such weak and frail people would be unable to appreciate our combat if you move so fast.

LEECH! LEECH! LEECH!" Said Captain John sarcastically showing his characteristic macabre and disgusting laugh

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"LEECH! LEECH! LEECH! LEECH! LEECH!"

"HUAHUAHUAHUA!!"

"HIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHI!!"

A laugh that quickly spread throughout the crew, who were celebrating a difficult victory ahead of time

It wasn't surprising that they did, in fact it had become a habit. In all the towns they had spread terror to until now, their difficult battles had always ended the moment they got valuable hostages like these.

And nothing seemed to indicate that this time was different, especially when looking at Marlon's pale complexion.

"I am sorry...

I am sorry...

I'm sorry..." Sara repeated over and over again, crying inconsolably as she looked a few centimeters from her at the corpse of her father, whom she couldn't stop looking at, since the pirate who had dragged her and little brother out of the house forced them to look at him

"Ahhh...

Ahh...

Marlon..." Sobbed Grandma Hamilton, who was pointed with a knife in the ear, an ear that was already bleeding as well as her knees with which she supported the weight of her fragile body against the pavement of the street

Nevertheless...

Marlon wanted to be the exception...

'This isn't the time to hesitate Marlon...

If I don't keep fighting we will all die anyway...

I have to continue...

No matter what happens...

No matter what they threaten me with...

No matter what they do in front of me...

I HAVE TO KILL THEM ALL, JUST SO SOME OF US WILL BE SAFE!' Marlon thought, who closed his eyes, took a deep breath to cool his mind and temper his determination as he watched as John and Smith approached him as before, but with less prudence, believing that they now completely dominated the situation.

How could they not be sure that they had already won?

They had almost the whole town as hostage and in a little while they would have the whole town if they didn't already have them all...

His enemy had conceded defeat by lowering his bat and closing his eyes, standing motionless before them as if he were a statue...

Therefore Smith, who had suffered the most at Marlon's hands, set out to make him pay for all the suffering he had received "Well well...

GOOD!

Finally we can have some fun...

TOO!"

With that thought in mind Smith the Bloodlust, almost ecstatic to imagine how much blood would flow, swung his saber at Marlon's unprotected back!

FIU!

Since he didn't expect Marlon to open his eyes and with blazing speed turn a hundred and eighty degrees as he swung his massive metal bat towards his ribs.

"SMITH BE CAREFUL!" John yelled, reacting quickly to save his loyal lackey with a thrust to Marlon's back.

Chaff!

A thrust that dug into Marlon's flesh, but that didn't cause critical damage because he reacted in time to dodge it. That's why he couldn't stop Marlon's blow but just delay it and Smith, thanks to the help that his captain had given him, was able to block with his saber

SLASSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

BOOOMM!

However, that block wasn't enough to stop Marlon's attack!

The impact was so powerful that it destroyed Smith's gun and sent him flying into the nearest house.

CRACK!!

FIUU!!!

PLOMMMM!!!

CRASHHHH!!!

In this way, Marlon, a little more wounded, finally had before him only Captain John.

"Fucking madman!

You aren't aware who's in charge!" Captain John yelled, who suddenly wiped the smile from his face when he saw himself cornered alone before that colossus

Seeing that Marlon dared to resist, one of the pirates stabbed Granny Brush in the shoulder to show Marlon that they weren't kidding, that they would actually kill the hostages if he didn't allow himself to be attacked by them

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Nevertheless...

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Marlon didn't hesitate!

HE KEEP CHARGING TOWARDS CAPTAIN JOHN TO KILL HIM!

"SHOOT HIM!" Panicked John the Leech ordered when he was alone before the berserker Marlon and his bat

He needed help to be able to stop that beast!

PAM!! PAM!! PAM!! PAM!!

Following his orders, the filler pirates set aside the hostages and began shooting at Marlon to support their captain.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

However, some of those bullets were parried by Marlon's bat and returned to their owners' heads...

Chof! Chof!

SLASHHHHHHHHHH!!!

With this two more pirates died, but thanks to their sacrifice, with which they distracted Marlon for less than a second, John was able to narrowly avoid the fatal blow that almost shattered his head.

"Fuck..." Two fill-in pirates said at the same time, who upon seeing the fate of their companions lowered their guns

They didn't want to be the next ones to die from their own gunshots!

The crew's morale was once again dipping...and these were the times when the motivation of a great captain was needed.

"SMITH! GET OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW AND COME!" Yelled captain John, commanding his greatest henchman as he tried to get between Marlon and the hostages to avoid turn into minced meat.

"I'm coming... captain" said Smith who emerged from the rubble with a broken hand and with the other holding another saber that he had found on the ground and that belonged to one of his men, who had been shot down earlier.

"AND ALL OF YOU!

THOSE WHO HAVE GUNS, SHOOT HIM!

THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE RANGED WEAPONS TORTURE THOSE SONS OF BITCHES!

AND I WANT YOU ALL HERE ASAP!" John shouted addressing the pirates who had panicked and refused to be of any use to him in this life or death situation.

The mayor of this small village seemed to have become an unstoppable demon who didn't care about anything! Not even the cries of pain from his people!

As if his only mission in life was to kill the Leech pirates!

It seemed that nothing and no one could make him stop in that state!

'I have to be quick!

I have to finish them off as soon as possible!' Marlon thought as they faced each other again in a 1 VS 2 combat, adding the difficulty of having to block bullets and try to return them to their owners without harming any of his friends and acquaintances, whom they were using as human shields and punching bags at the same time

Marlon wasn't in a berserker state, on the contrary, never in his life had he been so lucid and focused on something like now.

All his neurons were working at full capacity along with his body to survive continuous attacks from more than one enemy, kill a dozen enemies, protect his people and at the same time ignore that his people were being tortured before him and that he would possibly end up dying if he didn't succeed

Marlon's mind and body were totally overloaded and there was no room for another concern in them.

PAM!!!

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In the basement of a house in the village

CLANCK! CLANCK!

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!!

"The other two houses were abandoned...

But I bet your left egg that there's a prize in this one" Said one of the pirates to his partner as they hit the door of an underground shelter with heavy weapons without rest

They, like their other companions, had been entering all the houses in the town in search of people to take as hostages but so far this team hadn't had much luck, as they had broken into some of the abandoned houses in town looking without any success for people in totally empty shelters or even houses without shelters

Both wasted a lot of time looking for a shelter that didn't even exist but, they were optimistic about this house

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!!

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!!

"Bet your own left egg!"

Although it's evident that there are people here, after all [there was] a lot of food up there

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" The other pirate, quite a bit fatter than in the previous one, answered, knocking on the door of the shelter with less agility than his companion.

After all apart from being fat he had also almost completely swallowed the whole banquet that was in the living room and therefore he wasn't at his best to destroy metal doors

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!!

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!!

Even so, the pirates continued to bang on the door again and again with great enthusiasm and power, creating visible dents even from within the shelter itself.

"This won't last much longer...

...

Maybe we should have listened to Fred and created a false shelter under the false false shelter instead of calling him paranoid...

Shit..." Norman said to Roxanne, who were holding the door to make things difficult for the pirates who wanted to kidnap them

The situation was tragic and Norman's bad jokes to lighten the mood didn't even have an effect

"Norman...

In case they break in and catch us...

Please try not to resist unless they try to kill you..." Roxanne said, holding the door with one hand and a knife in the other.

"WHAT?" Norman exclaimed shocked when he heard Roxanne, he shouted so loud that the pirates outside could see for the first time that there were people below... something that changed absolutely nothing, since they were willing to break the door

"You've seen what the newspapers said...

They let the children live, young women are kidnapped, men who resist are killed almost instantly and men and older people who don't are left in critical condition to die slowly...

I will be kidnapped no matter what happens, but your case is different...

If you do anything that annoys them, they will kill you on the spot" Roxanne answered, trying to think logically and without panicking in this situation, just as she taught her students in class.

"Roxanne… but…"

"While there's life, there's hope...

You are a doctor, if you are seriously injured there's still a chance that you can save yourself

If Marlon fails... you will be the one with the best chance of surviving of the three...

You understand what I mean, right?" Roxanne insisted, looking seriously at Norman as he pushed hard on the door, which was getting more and more dented from the blows.

How could Norman not understand what Roxanne meant?

Marlon was surely killing the Leech pirates out there and in case he didn't completely exterminate them or make them flee those pirates would surely kill him immediately, without giving him any chance to live.

Roxanne is a beautiful young woman, so they wouldn't kill her, at least not outright… they'd take her on their ship to who knows where and abuse her until they got tired of her or until Roxanne committed suicide, unless someone managed to rescue her, something highly unlikely

However, if they left him in a critical condition, after the Leech pirates left the island thanks to his medical knowledge and/or the help of someone he managed to heal his wounds, he still had a chance of surviving.

That's why Roxanne said that Norman was the one who had the best chance of surviving of the three to take care of Fred and Stephen. If Norman put himself in danger trying to go against the Leech pirates his chances of survival would plummet and Fred and Stephen would be left alone in the world...

Norman understood that logic, however...

CLANCK! CLANCK!!

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!!

CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK! CLANCK!!

BOOOOOMMMMMM!!!

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Chatper Edited By: The_Bored_Immortal