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Behind the wheel of the Dreadful Wale, Silk grumbles to herself as she thinks about how things were while they were traveling with the trader ship owned by Taeko and crewed by all women who all are in love with her. Which Vampire and the others decided to show them the joy of an open relationship, where it's ok for them to have sex with other women. And seeing how it took two weeks to reach the next island, the two ship crews really got to know each other. With the exception of Silk that is, who stayed out of the orgies.

Silk made the mistake of walking into one and been trying to get it out of her head. Bodies all tangled up, heads press up between thighs, bodies covered in sweat and juices. Silk had quickly left before she was pulled into that mass of female bodies and become lost within the pile.

Taeko's crew were clearly all in love with her, seeing how they all ganged up on her. All fighting to be the one who has her face between their captain's legs. Silk made sure that she doesn't walk into something like that again.

They stop by the small port of Futama where they said goodby to the other ship. Which thanks to Vampire and the other crew, are now very close. So close that they all sleep in the captain's room, where they get to show how close they are.

Now they're once again sailing across the ocean blue, heading for the next island and on the lookout for anything. That is, Silk is the one on lookout as the others are gathered around the radio which also has films on it somehow. Max is figuring out how to select what to watch on the screen thing. With everyone finding something of interest, Vampire found some cartoons, Carmen is interested because of cooking shows, Max found some 'How it's Made' show and engineering shows, and Pelican found some action shows. As for herself, Silk found some sitcom shows. The more they watch the more they learned of what kind of a world the radio thing came from.

"I'm starting to think this is alien technology," Max said.

"What's your first clue? The advance technology on the shows? Or the strange animals and cultures we seen?" Pelican snarked.

"There is that microwave that heats up food. I would love to have that," Carmen said. Being able to reheat meals and quickly cook food, it would open up so many possibilities.

"Yeah I won't have to wait that long for food," Vampire said.

"I'm more interested in engines that run on oil," Max said.

"Well you have to filter it but you could build a still and make ethanol," Pelican said.

"You're just going to drink it," Max said.

"So?" Pelican asked.

"We do have several barrels of beer, rum, and wine," Vampire said.

"Yeah but we do need more and I can make moonshine," Pelican said.

"Nope because they tend to blow up," Vampire said. "There were plenty of marines who have a still at the base. And the higher ranks do turn a blind eye to that as long as they don't cause a problem. The stills do blow up now and then. Besides we're on a ship that is tossed around by the waves and stills are pressurized full of flammable stuff inside." (1)

"Good point," Pelican said.

"The best you can do is fermenting a drink," Carmen said.

"That takes longer," Pelican said.

"Well it's safer," Vampire said.

"But I could build a small still to use whenever we stop by an island. And with the right parts make an engine that can serve as a backup incase the steam engine breaks down. And it can run on ethanol, once I rewatch the video on how an engine is made that is," Max said.

"I'll give you the money for it," Vampire said as she thinks about what this will do once people learn about it. She's already been talking with her grandpa about how Sengoku and Kong want her to hand over the radio once she reaches the Marine HQ. But with this, so much information that even Dr. Vegapunk doesn't know about and knowing him once he learns or has the working idea of something he hadn't thought of before. It won't be long before he starts building it.

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Elsewhere -

In a hidden marine base, Stussy an agent of CP0 who appears younger than her actual age, with short curly blonde hair, blue eyes, red lipstick, and red-painted fingernails. She wearing a backfree salmon colored dress with a purple end, with pink diamond patterns on the bottom, a small white cape, a sunhat with a flower on it, and high heels shoes with ribbons on top. She is also carrying her favorite pink handbag with her.

She is talking with Amanda Waller the head of CP3 as they walk down a hallway. She is an older dark skin woman who was part of the marines along side Kong when they were younger. Now she's a heavyset woman wearing a suit but still wears the old marine jacket she wore in her younger days.

"How is it that they learn about this?" Waller asked Stussy.

"They have their ways, we are speaking about the World Nobles after all," Stussy said.

"Don't they know how dangerous she is?" Waller asked.

"Yes and that's why they want her," Stussy said. "She escape from them and they want their slave back."

"Her devil fruit power is the strongest, I have ever seen and because of her being a fishwoman octopus her weakness to the sea is a moot point. And that she can actually move underwater, unlike all the other water breathers who have devil fruit powers. Slow like a snail but she can still move," Waller said.

"I know, we lost several agents and two ships of marines just to catch her," Stussy said.

They entered the room that contains the prisoner the escape slave name Smith, Vaccine. She has a slightly chubby build, has slightly dark spray tanned skin and violet eyes. She has bleach blonde hair and is wearing a black bikini as her only item of clothes. She's an octopus fish woman, having six arms instead of two.

She is being held in a reinforce glass tank. With her arms and legs are chained up with the chains holding her limbs spread out so that she's being suspended in the middle of the tank. Because even with her being a devil fruit user, her fingers and toes are still moving, weakly and slowly but still moving even as she sleeps. Something that no other devil fruit user has been able to do. But seeing what her devil fruit is... it's best not to think about it. It's the reason why the seawater she is being held in is full of knock out drugs and other things to keep her from waking up.

"Can't even get the fruit out of her," Waller growls.

"The World Nobles want her alive," Stussy said.

"What are they planning on doing with her?" Waller asked.

"Something sick," Stussy said.

"That, I know but with what happen last time?" Waller said.

"She would be more useful after Dr. Vegapunk is done with her but orders are orders," Stussy said.

"Months of planning and getting her into the trap, and its all for nothing," Waller said.

"Count yourself lucky. Some agents are being sent to seek out Vampire get her to hand over the radio thing she found," Stussy said.

"I figure that she'll hand it over once she reaches the HQ," Waller said.

"Yes, but the Elders want the radio thing to be delivered to Dr. Vegapunk," Stussy said.

"I remember Vampire well enough to know that she like her grandmother Eda, will not like anyone trying to take anything of hers. More than one marine learned that the hard way when something she owns or thinks she does is taken from her," Waller said.

"She threw a fit?" Stussy asked.

"No, she literately threw people through walls when she was around 3 and showed signs of being super strong for a child her age," Waller said.

"Really?" Stussy asked shocked.

"You should had seen how she grabbed Garp and slam him repeatedly on the floor when he took her last cookie. Only stopping when Eda told her to stop and her snapping at Garp for stealing from their granddaughter even as he was groaning in pain," Waller said.

"But she outgrew that right?" Stussy asked.

"Nope," Waller said.

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Author's Notes -

1 - I'm not sure about this but seeing how stills can blow up, I'm going with people don't use a still to make a drink onboard a ship.

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