Battle?

"Strange thing was pirates were armed much more than usual, they almost looked like a military platoon. Each of them was carrying a rifle in their hands and a sword on their back. Even at such well-armed pirates none of the men were afraid. Fifty strong men were the first to confront them."

"Bluejam, why are you here? This isn't the place for people like you to be," the leader of the strong men said. The leader was a seven feet tall muscular man with shoulder-length black hair, and he had a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. He wore a sleeveless faded green t-shirt, brown trousers, and a red headband.

"Roy, you've become quite brave. Did you forget the beating I gave you a few months ago?" Bluejam said with a smirk.

Roy snorted disdainfully. "Do you think I am the same as before? Do you think we are the same as before?" He said as he gestured expansively behind him. "We aren't alone anymore. We are one. If you want to bully anyone from the Gray Terminal get ready to feel the pain."

"Yeah, you bastards can't oppress us anymore."

"We aren't scared of you."

"Gray Terminal belongs to us now."

"Fuck you, pirates!"

"You pirate scum get back to the hole wherever you came from."

"Get the hell out of here."

All the people started yelling at the pirates.

Since that family came, pirates observed the changes happening in the Gray Terminal. So they expected a scenario like this, that's why they came prepared. But still, they were a little intimidated by the cohesiveness of these people.

Bluejam was furious. "These discarded shits, just a few months ago wouldn't even dare to look me in the eyes, but now they are opposing me, swearing at me. And what the fuck is 'we are one,' when we start shooting these bastards will die like ants, being united is shit in front of rifles." He already wanted to start the massacre, but before that, he must say something, he had to tell them, the reason why he came here.

Bluejam pulled out his pistol and fired it in the air. "BANG!" Everyone turned quiet. "Listen to me carefully you shits. I am here for the girl." He pointed at the hospital. "The one in that hospital. I heard she is very beautiful," he said with greedy eyes. "I am thinking of making quick cash by selling her. So you shits just have to hand her to me and we will leave without any bloodbath." A malicious grin spread onto his face.

"Watch your mouth, you bastard!"

"How dare you put an eye over our little sister?"

"Fuck it! I am going to kill this bastard today. No one should even think of stopping me."

"Only one of us can live in this world, Bluejam."

"Get this bastard!"

"Kill him!"

"Just for entertaining that idea you are hereby sentenced to death by the whole Gray Terminal."

Even though pirates were over armed, people thought as usual pirates came here to show their dominance. But instead, they were actually here for their little sister. The crowd turned almost crazy at this. Their eyes looked as if they would not stop until he was dead.

The family was the lifeline of the Gray Terminal. Anyone from the family was off-limits to anybody, no one should even think of hurting them. Especially their little sister. Even a single hair of her was more precious to them than their life was to them. So you can imagine how furious the crowd became.

Inside the hospital, the family heard the commotion, but they didn't have time to see what was happening outside. They were busy treating the patient.

One of the strongmen, who was wearing a spectacle came to the onlooker's group. "Ten of you take the family and hurry to the city."

"Is the situation really that serious?"

"From how well they are armed and by their attitude I can guarantee that they are resolved to achieve whatever goal they have," the spectacle-wearing man said grimly. "So ten of you have the most important duty of taking the family to the city. And here we will do our best to buy time for you guys."

"Until our last breath we will protect the family, and will make sure that they reach the city," a man carrying a rabbit-eared girl doll said with unshakable resolve, others also had the same thought. Ten men quickly went inside the hospital.

"And other ten of you let the whole Gray Terminal know that Bluejam came here to abduct our little sister."

"Leave that to us." The men nodded firmly and hurried in the different directions of Gray Terminal.

Inside the hospital. When the husband and wife heard pirates had come for their daughter, they were furious. They told the men to leave with their daughter, and they will remain here to fight. Husband-wife pair thought, they came here to save to people, they didn't want anyone to die because of them. So they decided to stay here to fight. Seeing how firm the pair was, men looked at each other and nodded in understanding. "Please forgive us."

"Hey! Hey!"

"What are you doing?"

"Stop!"

Men directly picked up three of them and ran in the direction of Great Gate.

Strong men tried to keep the attention of pirates on themselves, but today luck wasn't with them. One of the pirates noticed men running off with the family. "Captain, the men are taking away the family," the pirate yelled loudly.

Pirates wanted to chase them, but nearly two hundred men were in their way. "Where do you think you are going, pirates?" Roy said with a serious face.

"You shit and all of you – " Bluejam pointed at Roy and everyone, "– get the hell out of the way if you don't want to die." Bluejam pointed the pistol at Roy. All the pirates pointed their rifles at the crowd.

Rifles didn't scare the crowd instead they made the crowd's resolve even stronger. All the ill people came out from behind and stood in front of the strong men. "What are you all doing?" Roy asked frowningly.

One of the ill people, an old man with completely white hair and beard. "Roy! Until now we remained silent at how your group hogged all the opportunities to help the family, but not today. Today we will take the largest share of honor of helping thing the family. Today we will show how strong the willpower of ill people can be. Today we will be your shield, we will make sure that you all will reach the pirates safely. You just have to make sure that these pirates learn the Gray Terminal's people aren't easy to mess with." All the ill people were of the same thought. For the first time, they completely forgot their pain, for the first time they were truly happy because they found that the life they thought was worthless wasn't worthless. They could finally give some meaning to it.

"You guys." Old man's words touched Roy's heart and he felt his eyes moistening, but he did not say anything to stop them because he knew without them they would all die even before they even reach near the pirates. Without them, they would not be able to do anything in front of those rifles.

"So you all have decided to die?" Bluejam asked, this was the final chance he was giving to them. If not for that family he would have killed them already, but right now he didn't have the time to waste with these fools.

Nobody said anything, they just looked at him with unshakable determination.

Bluejam took a last look at them and said, "You all can die then."

"Fire!!" He commanded the pirates.

"BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG..." Sound of rifles shooting echoed continuously.

In front were the ill people, crazily running towards the pirates, their only goal was to take as many bullets as they can. Behind them were the strong men and onlookers.

The crowd was so dense that pirates didn't even have to aim, bullets automatically found their way into the bodies, and brought out a stream of blood and a pained scream.

The ill people were falling rapidly, but in the end they successfully brought the strong men and onlookers to the pirates, not a single of them died.

This was the start of the melee battle. Pirates pulled out their swords and Gray Town's men were using whatever they had found in the junk. Like planks, metal pipes, stones, pans, and whatever could be used as a weapon. Only a few had a proper weapon, a knife. Some were just punching and kicking. It was a bloody battle, in which only one side could live.

At the end of the battle, more like a massacre, the ground was covered with blood and dead bodies. It looked as if heavily breathing pirates were standing in the puddle of blood.

Ten men and the family were running in the direction of the Great Gate. At first, they heard screams and the sound of rifles shooting, and after some time there were only screams, and in the end, there was only silence. They understood what that silence meant. The family which was struggling in the hands of the men, to go back to fight the pirates stopped struggling. Tears streamed down their cheeks, for the first time they doubted their decision of coming here. They came here to save people, but instead so many were dead because of them. Husband and wife didn't care for their life, if instead of their daughter the pirates had asked for them they would have happily offered themselves to stop any further deaths, but their daughter was far too precious to them, they can't have anything happening to her. They gritted their teeth and ran in the direction of the Great Gate.