Graveyard of a Madman Part 21

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The chase was on. They had successfully hidden the ship within the enormous shipyard, among all of the thousands of ship of similar size and shape, and taken down their flags and sails so that it was completely unnoticeable, but there were far too many Marines to go unnoticed as they exited the shipyard. Glory took one step onto the sidewalk, and there the whistle blew. Soldiers, infantry, gunmen, swordsmen of all kinds came out of the woodworks in their Military Uniforms. As the front line turned their rifles to shoot, Jolly D. Hope was directly in their firing range, and to the other crewmates' horror, this did not deter them! Timber was quick to grab Hope, and pull her behind him. He activated his Z Cell-powered Magne-gloves and opened his palm toward them. In an instant, all of their rifles turned on each other, causing them to shoot one another in the legs.

Timber: Come on! [Picked up Hope and started running.]

Glory: [Pushed Spike.] Go go go!

Spike: But I wanna--

Glory: No time to argue! Go!

They raced down the street, with an entire batallion of Marines at their heels. Sakura went to the back of their line, and as soon as the marines fired their first shot, she unsheathed her sword and reflected it straight back at all of them, slowing them down a lot out of panic. It was such a gigantic city. Glory was quick to jump to the side, entering them into an alleyway, and all of them followed suit. With grace, Glory dodged the trashcans and boxes from side to side, then flipped up, putting her hand on the wooden fence and landing on the other side, almost hitting the dumpster.

Glory: Whoa! Close... [Kept running as Spike jumped down beside her and followed.]

Chris was quick to turn into a Clay-hardened bridge, and allowed the rest of the group to run over him and cross with little effort. Lys did not take this kindness, opting to phase through the fence on her own. As Chris crossed over the fence, the Marines turn into the alleyway. Lys took quick hold of the dumpster, and with a brilliant show of strength, thrust it straight through the fence, splinters flew all over, and the huge metal box crashed straight into the Marines, causing their front line of men to fly backwards and fall, hard. Once again, it slowed them down, but they were still running.

That was when they ran into yet another Marine Patrol Squadron that was at the other end of the alley. But before the Marines could even react to seeing them, the ever ready Wyatt was quick to draw both the King and Queen, his tonfa guns in both hands, and fully open fire! The Marines were forced to duck down behind the walls and buildings in the street.

Wyatt: Think of something quick!

Spike: To hell with this! [Gripped his fist hard and smashed it through the building's brick wall beside them] Come on! [He rushed to get in.]

Once everyone was in the kitchen of that small apartment, Chris was very quick to grow his claw over the wall, and harden them into bricks as well. All of them hid against the walls, away from the windows. The Marines ran past the building, and met up with the other squadron, who apparently didn't see where they went, as they were far too busy ducking for cover. The Marines split up and began to run either which way in order to scour the area. Once that was done, Glory slid down the wall, sweat dripping from her face.

All of them panted, catching their breath and sitting in the various seats spread out through the room.

Glory: Well, that was... something, I guess. [Still panting.] I suppose the obvious question would be, now what?

She looked around them room, and some of them looked at her, but Chris did not, instead, surprisingly, he seemed deep in thought.

Timber: Well, we can't stay here too long, they're bound to come back and search every nook and cranny for us.

Aphro: Is anyone hurt? Are we all okay? Hope? Did you get hurt, sweetie?

Hope: [Smiled, her face still pale from such a frightening situation.] I'm okay, thank you.

Hanuman: Hmph, Hanuman search kitchen. [Whispered, knowing that they needed to stay quiet as he moved to the kitchen.]

All of them paused for a moment when they all heard the Marines start to make a ruckus again. Wyatt was quick to move to the window, but stay as hidden as he could, staring out to see what was going on.

Glory: What is it, Wyatt?

Wyatt: Oh, wow... you guys aren't going to believe this.

Knave was running down the street, guns were firing around him left and right. Even for him, this was entirely too many Marines! There must have been thousands of them on the island by now! He noted that there was a serious lack of people on the streets, giving evidence that the entire island was on lockdown.

The Jollys didn't see anyway around it, they had to chance it. Wyatt opened the door as Knave approached their street crossing.

Wyatt: Knave! [Tried to throw his voice some as best he could, but he wasn't very good at it. Little did he know that there was a soldier on the corner of the same building they were hiding in.]

Soldier: AGH! SIR! [Blew his whistle.] The Jolly Pirates!

Wyatt: DAMNIT! [Pulled out his rifle fist and smashed a spring-loaded boxing glove into his face, knocking him out.] It's no good! Let's go!

Before he knew it, Knave was suddenly surrounded by the Jolly Pirates, all of them running along with him.

Knave: Eh?! Eh?! EH!?!?! [Looked around him.] Chris?!

Chris: Hey, Knave-chan!

Knave: [Sour look.] Don't call me that... So you guys made it to the island? That's awesome!

Glory: I'm sorry, Knave, what part of this crappy situation is awesome?!