Here To Help

After a half hour complaint session, Vergo finally manage to escape from Jalmack.

When he exited the ship, he saw Smoker and Hina were the only ones still waiting for him. He looked at the duo and said.

"Saint Jalmack, wants to be off the island by first light tomorrow so we only have the night to find the escapees."

Smoker frowned when he heard that. Vergo knew what was going through his head as he said.

"We don't have a choice in the matter. The saint has spoken, all we can do is execute his orders to the best of our abilities."

Smoker nodded and Hina said.

"We've already sealed off the ports, now our best and only option is to have the rest of the men scour the streets and go from door to door looking for them. If and when we find them we'll have them send for help with flares."

Vergo nodded.

"Get it done."

At that, Hina nodded and ran off to do as instructed. Smoker looked at Vergo and said with a frown.

"That plan might work to find them but judging by the strength of that kid from before and even blood rain, unless it was you or I who found them, they'd easily defeat our men and flee before another team arrives."

"Are they really that strong?"

"The Boa sisters aren't too bad with the only slightly troublesome one being Hancock, blood rain is strong but not undefeatable but the other two…

The one I fought earlier, if I fight him again with the aim to stall I might be able to last but if anyone else tries, they'd be defeated instantly. And there's another young male about my age he travels with, but we have no idea how strong he is exactly but seeing as they were both together we were working off the worst case scenario and assuming he was slightly stronger!"

Vergo couldn't help but frown hearing that.

"We don't have a choice considering who we have around. Like I said all we can do is try our best with what we have at our disposal."

Smoker nodded before asking.

"Will you be joining a team or searching by yourself?"

"Neither, I've been tasked with Saint Jalmack protection and seeing as Jalmack refuses to leave the ship for now, neither can I."

Smoker's frown increased hearing that. He knew that without Vergo's support they wouldn't stand a chance at apprehending them. Vergo could see the worry on Smoker's face as he said.

"You don't need to worry so much, I already spoke to Saint Jalmack regarding this matter. He has agreed that if you really need my help, he will follow me off the ship to come to your aid. His exact words were "If that useless bunch of so called marines need my help then being their ruler I can only give it to them." So as soon as you run into any trouble that's too difficult to handle use this flare, it's exactly the same as the others only blue, but as soon as I see it I'll rush straight to your position."

When Smoker heard Jalmack's words he was left speechless, it was no secret regarding the lack of strength of most Saints, yet he still thought they needed his help. Regardless Smoker took the flare and moved out to join the search.

Whilst the search for Hancock and the others had just begun, 3 masked figures dressed in black hooded robes just arrived at a hidden abandoned building in an unassuming corner of the town. They were Orion, Roman and Shaya.

Orion turned to Shaya and said slowly.

"Remember to stick to the plan. After trying to convince them, if they're adamant about not coming with us then don't try and force it."

Shaya nodded without saying a word. The trio then proceeded to walk inside.

As they walked in, it became hard to see the person beside them as the lights were off and the blinds drawn.

Shaya frowned as she now wasn't sure or not if they were here, but Orion and Roman simultaneously turned their heads to look in a certain direction.

Shaya was about to call out when a knife was sent flying towards Orion's head. At the same time, 2 blurry figures darted towards Roman carrying knives rusting knives.

Orion leaned to the side with a raised eyebrow as he felt the knife whistle passed his head and pierce through a wooden pillar as if it were made of butter.

[Ooh, so she can use haki…]

As he was thinking he also erupted with a terrifying speed and darted towards the direction where the knife came from.

On the other side, as the two shadows neared Roman, he finally moved. He calmly stepped out of range of one of the attackers, kicking the leg of the other attacker tripping her over. He then took a step forward towards the first attacker, standing on the chest of the floored attacker to get to his target before grabbing their face with his oversized palms and forcing her down to their knees.

When she heard the sounds of attacks going on around her, Shaya darted towards the corner of the room where she remembered held the light switch.

When she turned on the lights she was shocked by what she saw.

Roman had Sandersonia pinned to the ground with a foot on her chest and Marigold on her knees with his palm covering her face. On the other side of the room, Orion was stood behind Hancock with his sword placed against her neck preventing her from moving. If she wasn't entirely confident before, she was positive now.

[These 2 are monsters.]

When the lights came on, Hancock and her sisters saw the intruders were 3 shorter than expected masked figures with hooded robes.

"Who are you?!"

Shaya was the first to take down her mask.

"Shaya?! How did you…"

Before she finished her sentence she was surprised to feel Orion remove his sword from her neck. When she turned around she saw him reveal his face.

"Impossible! How can you be so young?!"

After Orion and Shaya de-masked, Roman took a step back and removed his mask allowing for the other 2 sisters to stand up.

Seeing their understandable shock. Shaya stepped forward and said lightly.

"They're here to help!"