“Oh yeah, it would be good for one of them, you're right.” Aubrey took the offered cup from the coffee lady. It was in a little white ceramic mug. The top of the coffee was covered in some kind of foamy stuff, something he had never seen before. He stuck his pinky finger in it and tasted it. Wow, it was sweet alright. He brought the little cup to his lips and sipped it carefully, making sure it wasn't too hot.

He nodded his head. “Yeah, you're right. It's really nice here.” He was going to add something about it being too nice, that he was starting to twitch from being in such a calm, laid-back atmosphere. But he didn't, and instead just finished his coffee in a few more greedy mouthfuls. Even Levi seemed to have gotten bored with it. Aubrey returned her wave as she left. When Jax asked if he wanted to go after the others with her, his whole face smiled. “I thought you'd never ask! I can't stay still this long, it's making me crazy.”

He passed his mug back to the counter-lady and thanked her. The lady waited for Jax to hand in her cup, and then Aubrey led his friend back out of the little cafe. Once more, the little bell jingled softly. For some reason, he really liked that bell.

“Okay, do you know which way the were going?” He asked, turning to look at Jax. “Taran said something about some fancy place...” He looked up, peering through the smog. In the distance, he could barely see the top of a large building. It's baby blue walls stood out amounts the rest of the rusty, brownish buildings. “That looks promising. Let's head that way.”

The streets were not particularly crowded anymore. The sun had long since disappeared, and a sickly yellow glow was cast by the old lights lining the streets. The city was definitely worse at night. They walked for a few minutes through the shady place, only passing a few people here and there. “I wonder where everyone went.” He said, partly to himself, turning to walk backwards for a second so he could look back to see how far they'd gone. “You'd think that-”

Aubrey was cut off when felt a hand grasp the back of his neck. Immediately, he struck back with his elbow, but he missed his assailant, his arm grazing harmlessly across their side. The person pulled Aubrey against them, wrapping a think arm around his neck as the boy squirmed. Based on the strength of the person, Aubrey identified them as male. It felt like the world was moving in slow motion, but the whole exchange happened in about two seconds.

He stopped squirming when he felt a blade agaisnt the skin of his neck. He froze, his hands still gripping the arm that was around his neck. “Little girls shouldn't be out at this hour.” Someone said. From the shadows of the ally next to them another man appeared, addressing Jax. Aubrey would have kicked him for referring to him as a girl had the circumstances been different.

“Now, we don't want any trouble.” The man said, “But see, we're sort of running low on cash. I'll make you a deal; hand over your wallets, and we won't hurt your little friend. Unless, of course, you have other services to offer...” The sly way he said it made Aubrey's blood boil, and he gave Jax a look that said 'You better kick his ass'.

Jax had finished her coffee a little bit before Aubrey and was unnoticeably admiring the somewhat cute way he drank his sugar filled coffee. The internal struggle between the boyish her and the girlish was relentless. She wanted to like Aubrey but felt it was too girly to feel the way she did, all warm and fuzzy inside. Rolling her shoulders a bit she shook it off, waving her hand a little to Levi as she left. "Sweet, let's go" Once he returned his white mug to the woman across the counter she returned hers, smiling mischievously as they headed out. "Yes, I'm pretty sure they were going looting. That building there has got to be our ticket to them, hopefully we're not too late"

Once the sun had begun to go down the streets got darker, their were few lights lighting their way and the pollution didn't help their sight either. Aubrey had started to walk backwards for reasons she didn't know and spoke, "you think that-" His words were cut off when a large hand grabbed the back of his neck. Jax's eyes grew wide at the sight of the man behind Aubrey. She hadn't even noticed him creep out of the darkness and grab her crew mate. Now her eyes were narrowed and her hands balled into tight fists. "Bastard" Jax muttered under her breath.

The man put a knife to her friend's neck and her own blood boiled as they spoke to her like a child, a girlish child who couldn't fend for herself. Desperate or not they had no right to do such things. Other services? What freaking creeps. Jax cracked her neck and spoke calmly but with a hint of anger and sadism. "Pardon me, I am not a little girl, and that is my friend you have there" She removed the wrench from her back and spun it over her head in one hand, a smirk forming on her face. "Now, if you do not release him I will have to bash both of your skulls in. Find cash and other services elsewhere, will you?"

Now trembling with rage, she didn't give them time to reply, no one touched her friends, especially not the boy she liked, and that was final. The pirate girl dashed forward and slammed one end of her wrench into the man's stomach, the one who wasn't holding Aubrey. As he was falling backwards she threw the thing at his head and blood could be seen spewing out of his bashed forehead and broken nose. "No one threatens my friends and gets away with it!!!" Jax than turned with ease and moved behind the other man, rapidly pulling out her flintlock, spinning it and placing it too the man's head. "Now, you will release him or I will have to dislocate your brain, do we have an understanding?"

As soon as Jax moved, the man tightened his grip on Aubrey's throat. Aubrey winced as his air supply was cut off and he felt a trickle of warmth run from where the knife was pressed to the soft skin on his neck. He struggled to turn his head towards the man's elbow, knowing if he could wriggle into the softer flesh he would be able to breath. The man's grip was too strong, and in those vital moments with no oxygen Aubrey's muscles felt useless. Instead of trying to free himself, he managed to bite down on the man's wrist. Simultaneously, he kicked one heel up in between the man's legs and felt a rush of satisfaction when his attacker groaned.

Aubrey's feet left the ground as the man lifted him, taking away any leverage the boy had. But then Jax whipped around and slung out a pistol, aiming it at the back of the man's head. He froze, but kept his hold on Aubrey. He stood there for a second, looking at his comrade laying bloodied on the ground, as if contemplating his options.

Aubrey's kicks had gotten weak, until he was just hardly moving. He heard Jax speak in a threatening tone, but the words were lost. “Who are you kidding, girly.” The man sneered. A confident smirk played across his face as he spoke, as if the sight of his buddy on the ground had no effect on him. “You wouldn't have it in you to actually kill someone, would you?”

[PRINCE]

"Jeez, Taran," Prince grinned. "Wouldn't hurt to do a good deed once in a while," He paused, placing a finger on his chin. "Now that I think about that sounded a bit weird knowing we're pirates." He shook his head, chuckling, "It was thanks to kids like those who helped me when my arm and leg got blew off," He said, reminiscing about his past. "I promised myself and father that no matter how things got bad, I would always help those kids. Sure, if they had bad intentions it'll bit me in the ass later, but I'd rather live knowing I did something than nothing at all." Prince grinned scratching the back of his head. "I guess father taught me how to be a pushover in the end, huh?"

"Besides, even if people did try to come after us later, doesn't that just make things more interesting?" Prince laughed. He looked towards the direction Taran pointed, a sly smile forming on his lips. "C'mon Taran, wouldn't be any fun if we didn't get at least a little action today, where's your sense of adventure?" He asked, grinning from ear to ear. He ran towards the building and using an alleyway as a cover so people wouldn't see him and scaling up to the roof. "I forgot to tell you, I like the thrill of getting caught," He smirked, winking at Taran before entering the building through a window.

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Angelo sighed as he heard the familiar voice of the twins nearby and as a result Angelo soon went to the end of the bar waiting on them to do what they did best and cause a commotion and as if on cue Sakuya gave anyone man enough an open pass to come over to them and give them the tour around town. even the guys that he beat up earlier got up at the thought of taking them out however this time "shut up!" when he said that everyone didn't question it or tried to argue about it as they all shut up and Angelo looked at them "why is it wherever you go theirs going to be nothing but white noise crowding the place" Angelo said to Sakuya knowing how Angelo felt about peace and quiet rather then the eruption of noise the both of them make wherever they go. Angelo felt like peace and quiet could let him think and relax anywhere but such noise just pissed him off...

At the moment when Rin was about to clobber just about everyone within the vicinity, it seemed that someone -a rather familiar someone at that- ensured quiet around the place with a single shout. Pouting as she was lectured by her crewmate, Sakuya was somewhat displeased at the sudden tense atmosphere. However, a devious idea flashed through her mind, with a smile.

Standing up, she started to walk towards Angelo. Along the way, she allowed the black cloak to slide off her body, revealing her curvaceous form, accented by her dress. "Now, now~ You shouldn't be in such a place if you don't like noise~" Speaking with her flitatious yet somewhat challenging tone, she reached the boy. However, instead of stopping, she actually moved a bit further, before sitting down on Angelo's lap.

"Of course, if everyone else listens to you, that means your the strongest here. And I only choose the stronger ones." She continues her taunts, while leaning forward, pushing her chest against the boy. "Of course, if it's a group that takes you out, that means the entire group is the strongest, and I'll end up with them~" With that to end her taunt, it seemed that the other patrons were looking at each other and a plan was starting to form. A rather simple plan at that, but a plan nonetheless. They were to gang up on Angelo and beat him up. This plan also stood well with those who were beaten before.

However, with her back to everyone else, only Angelo -and Rin, who still sat at the counter- would be able to witness just how red Sakuya's face has gotten from her rather provocative position.

Jax gripped the gun tightly in her hand. She was gripping it so tightly her knuckles were white. In the night, it had gotten colder and chills went down her spine as she released a puff of cold air from her mouth. The man didn't believe that she could kill him. She had in fact killed before, she was a pirate, of course she had killed others before. And in the past, when she did kill, she felt no remorse. In this world it was either kill or be killed, and she'd rather not die or allow any one she gave a damn about to be killed. "I'm sorry." Her teeth were clenched as she spoke, watching angrily from behind as Aubrey struggled to get free. "I'm a pirate, at heart and in my soul. You eff with my comrades and I'll eff you up, bastard" With no hesitation she pulled the hammer of the gun back and pulled the trigger. The bullet went straight through his head and came out the other side, blood spewing everywhere. There was no dramatic sense to this one, no fancy entrance or death, just a plain and simple execution.

Her head dropped and her arms hung at her side, her heart pounded in her chest and the sound from the gun made her ears ring. “Ughhh” She didn't regret what she did, nearly that she had to do it. The man could have just walked away, but in the end, he got what he deserved. Another thick puff of cold air escaped her lips as she sighed heavily. "I'm sorry I let this happen to you Aubrey" With an overwhelming feeling of concern and guilt, the girl knelt beside Aubrey. "Are you alright?" Jax pulled him up and let him lean on her. "Shit, please tell me you're okay, Cap'n or Winter will kill me if you're not"

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At the moment when Rin was about to clobber just about everyone within the vicinity, it seemed that someone -a rather familiar someone at that- ensured quiet around the place with a single shout. Pouting as she was lectured by her crewmate, Sakuya was somewhat displeased at the sudden tense atmosphere. However, a devious idea flashed through her mind, with a smile.

Standing up, she started to walk towards Angelo. Along the way, she allowed the black cloak to slide off her body, revealing her curvaceous form, accented by her dress. "Now, now~ You shouldn't be in such a place if you don't like noise~" Speaking with her flitatious yet somewhat challenging tone, she reached the boy. However, instead of stopping, she actually moved a bit further, before sitting down on Angelo's lap.

"Of course, if everyone else listens to you, that means your the strongest here. And I only choose the stronger ones." She continues her taunts, while leaning forward, pushing her chest against the boy. "Of course, if it's a group that takes you out, that means the entire group is the strongest, and I'll end up with them~" With that to end her taunt, it seemed that the other patrons were looking at each other and a plan was starting to form. A rather simple plan at that, but a plan nonetheless. They were to gang up on Angelo and beat him up. This plan also stood well with those who were beaten before.

However, with her back to everyone else, only Angelo -and Rin, who still sat at the counter- would be able to witness just how red Sakuya's face has gotten from her rather provocative position.

Angelo growled a little seeing her get to close into his personal space and of course she just decided to sit on him and put her chest against him to prove a point. Angelo soon drank his ale annoyed and seeing where she was going when she said that she would end up with them. Angelo would have actually smiled at how much Sakuya's if she hadn't just sent an entire bar after you are really willing to let all these men go to the hospital just because I said shut up? you know im one of the best in hand to hand combat and yet you still want me to do this Angelo sighed as he started to count the amount of people in their ready to strike which by his count was 20 and that was including the 3 that were still broken from when he shut them up earlier do me a favor if I do win, make sure that you just shut up and don't say things your not prepared to pay for Angelo said as he stood up and literally threw Sakuya across the bar to get back to her sister while the men finally charged at Angelo knowing their prize was in the way before. Angelo still didn't put on his gauntlets which he only used when he had the intent of killing and since he just wanted to beat them down he wont put them on.

The first obstacle were two men with broken beer bottles ready to strike Angelo but Angelo easily dodged them and made them fall to the ground when he tripped them making them land on said beer bottles effectively cutting their own faces up. Then it was a three person charge and Angelo meet that charge head on soon striking one in the throat making him choke and the other two missed their attacks which gave Angelo the opening to do a double uppercut and bust both their chins. The other men still were ready to gang up on Angelo by grabbing some chairs to hit him with but Angelo simply dodged and let them hit themselves with the chairs which took out a good four of them. Then Angelo started to charge at them and do the same fighting he did with the 3 from earlier dodging and breaking their ribs with his powerful elbows. At Angelo count when he finished he was down to just 5 more and they simply ran out of the bar from a panting Angelo who just spent a lot of his stamina beating down 15 bar idiots. put all the repairs on her tab Angelo said pointing to Sakuya annoyed and tired....

"I used to be one of those kids, kind of, and I know that every single one of them probably were thinking of a pay off when they helped you. It's what I would have done," He licked his lips. Watching as a two of the children were bickering about who got a slightly bigger piece of bread. "I'm not saying that helping is not needed, but you have to think about what your charity might do. Sometimes even the best intentions only lead to harm,"

"Oh, I bet that there will be plenty of people coming after us without enticing the orphan population," He muttered. He watched as Prince took off in the direction he pointed. Taran was left standing there a moment, shaking his head. "My sense of adventure? It was my idea to do this and I'm the one without a sense of adventure," He chased after the other, via the roofs instead of the allies. It ran a little higher risk of being caught, that was, if someone looked up. It was surprising how few people did. Night had completely fallen by the time they entered the building.

"You /like/ the thrill of getting caught, good, that is good, I knew I should have invited Winter to come," Taran shook his head, landing softly on the floor of the room beside Prince. "But do me a favor. Tonight don't make this more risky than it has to be. It is risky enough without, I don't know, playing fetch with the house dog,"

He dusted off his pants and looked around the room. At first glance he was certain that they had hit a dud house. The room was dark and dirty and filled to brim with broken and worthless stuff. At second glance, it became clear that the room was being used for storage, rather than as someone's home. There were no clear pathways and everything was stacked on top of each other without rhyme or reason. Taran quickly made his way across the room, being mindful of where he stepped so he didn't knock over any of he piles. Soon he reached the far door that had a line of golden light peaking out from under it. He grabbed the handle of the door and it clicked open, showing the hallway behind. "Bingo," he muttered under his breath, motioning for Prince to follow.

It was like switching from day to night. The hallway was polished marble with a thick fluffy rug made of some kind of animal. The walls were covered with paintings that he didn't dare to even guess the price of. There was furniture scattered about the hall that seemed as though it only existed to look pretty. It was as if the world beyond the walls didn't even exist. This place was just so...clean. Instead of smelling of smog, it smelt of vanilla and another scent he couldn't quite place. "I bet you anything that the ashtrays alone cost more than what you've spent today," He whispered to Prince. "Now the real question is, where do you think that they keep the really good stuff?"

| Levi

Entered the art shop, multiple people scoured the multiple shelves to find their needs. The building was small, cosy...and yet annoying at the same time, like her father she disliked the need of multiple gears customizing the weapons and decor of something...it was too useless. A few gears were attached to the wall and some drawn, the texture was...suckish, the lines weren't perfect, 'How could this be...in an art store?' she asked herself, cringing at the drawings. She exhaled deeply, walking towards a two shelves that held pencils, markers, everything that was art-related. She turned, books being displayed on how to draw...but they were nowhere near her level.

Turning, quickly scanning the bookshelf of different shading-based pencils, erasers, and rulers. Her hand quickly grabbed an art box, unique to the others that sat on the shelf. It had a different colour palette instead of the steampunkish colours. She grabbed the box by its handle and walked towards the cashier, gently setting the box on the counter as she turned her hands shuffling in the satchel, grabbing out 40.00$ worth of money, handing it towards the woman as she nods giving no change as she hands her as receipt.

She turns walking towards the door as she is suddenly stopped by Winter, her hands forcefully pushing the doors as she fingers her to come over. She grabs out her talk-pad, grabbing a pencil and writing...




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Aubrey heard the explosion from the gun echo off all the metal surfaces in the city. He felt a spray of liquid across the side of his face, and instantly the grip around his throat loosened. Aubrey fell to the ground, the dead man crumpling beside him and somehow managing not to crush the boy.

Aubrey clawed at his own chest, greedily taking in gulps of air between fits of violet coughing. The air seemed to burn as it filled his lungs. He never thought he would miss the stench of that city, but he was very thankful for it now. As his senses came back to him, he was aware of Jax kneeling by his side. He sat up slowly, his head still spinning. He focused on her concerned face and forced a smile. “Never better.” He croaked. He reached up and touched his neck carefully, feeling for the spot where the knife had broken the skin. It was bleeding, but had missed everything important.

He got to his feet with her help. “Don't feel bad.” He said, his voice still raspy, bracing against her for a moment until his head cleared. “I should have been paying more attention.”

He glanced over to where their attackers lay on the ground. Of course, the big guy that had been holding him was dead. But the other seemed to be squirming, as if he were just on the verge of consciousness. A chill ran down Aubrey's spine as he thought of the bullet going through the man's head. He reached up and wiped the side of his face where he had been sprayed with the man's blood with his sleeve. “A-anyway.” He said, his voice abnormally shaky. Although he was never happy about seeing people killed, for some reason his stomach churned at the sight of the man laying there, face down...

“Ah, yeah, let's get outta here before someone sees.”

The guilt that she felt was unbearable. There was blood covering one side of Aubrey's face and it was dreadful. She wanted to use her thumb and spit as a cat tongue to clean the blood off but knew it was weird and would not work. "I'm sorry, man I screwed up." Her body trembled a little at the thought of killing, why now did she feel guilty, was it because Aubrey seemed to disapprove of what she had done? What the hell did I just do?? With a shaky breath she replaced her gun into it's sheath in her workmen's belt with all her tools. It was leather and simple with a few attachments to hang her tools off of and a holster for her gun. It was her favorite thing besides her wrench and gun.

Jax spoke as she moved to pick up her weapon, being sure Brey was strong enough to stand on his own, and putting her wrench back in it's place against her back. She adjusted her hat a bit and wiped some of the blood spray off of her face. "I'm glad you're okay, y'know for the most part. I couldn't stand seeing those assholes mess with us like that, I mean you especially. So I had to do something. Even if it meant taking extreme actions. Pirates do what pirates got to do. Never forget that" Sometimes she forgot Aubrey was her same age, even though she had feelings for him she also kind of saw him as a brother who she had to take care of, and that was weird.

"You're right though. We should get out of here. Before he gets up..." She looked at the man who was now writhing on the ground clutching his nose in pain, blood was already pooling under him from the wound. In her mind, he deserved it just like what his friend got. "Or before the authorities come and throw us in jail." The thought of being locked up intimidated her. No weapons, no proper tools, nothing to do, no protection. As strong and confident as she was she hated the thought of being imprisoned and someone crazy getting to her. As she was thinking a cold gust of wind made her shiver, damn, no coat still. "Come on Aubrey" Before she could grab his hand her own hand balled into a fist to punch his shoulder. "Let's go" It was a close call, she had almost shown affection to him.

She hurried through the night, hoping Aubrey was well enough to follow close behind. They needed to find Winter at the least, wherever she was, was the safest, even if it meant not causing trouble. "Any ideas where Winter might be? With Levi or something? Right? Where did Levi go again?"

"Too late, somebody has already seen," said a voice, dropping lightly down from an alcove above the ally way. Kara Saun landed a few feet in front of Aubrey and glanced over at the bodies of the rapidly cooling men. "But it is alright, I won't tell, so no need to shoot me. You did the world a favor taking them out," She went over and examined the bodies, lifting one of the arms up and sliding off a watch. "You weren't the first that these lot had taken into the shadows, but you are the first ones to come back,"

"However, unlucky for you, this one," she said, kicking one of the bodies. "Just happens to be the chief of polices baby brother and that shot you just fired will attract some attention. It would be wise to clear the area sooner rather than later and I just happen to know a short cut," She had moved on to the next body, yanking his coat back and reliving him of his wallet. Already there were voices calling from just beyond the breaks in the walls. "It would be wise to follow me. Unless, of course, you two love birds would rather spend the...rest of your lives in jail together," she said, finally leaving the bodies be and scrambling up to the fire escape and into a nearby window. "By the way, my name is Kara Saun. And I find you two to be /very/ interesting,"

Winter

Winter raised an eyebrow at the younger girl.

"You've got something on your dress," she said dryly, looking at the blood spatters on Levi's clothes. Reaching into her bag she pulled out a new coat she'd spent a good chunk of time haggling for from her shopping bag and handed it to the young girl to cover up.

She then made a point of glancing around the store, eyeing all the people in it to communicate they shouldn't talk where there were so many ears. Turning on her heel, Winter walked out the door, expecting Levi to follow. She lead her down the alley, past the corpses, and across another block. When they were a safe distance from the scene, and in a deserted area, she turned to finally face Levi.

"Tell me, Levi," she said, voice calm and icy, "What exactly were you going to do when those officers arrived to find three mutilated corpses on the alley floor, and found you in the art store covered in blood? Kill them too? Bring the whole town down on us? And then what? Run back to the Leviathan which is landlocked until further notice?" Throughout the lecture, Winter's voice had remained steady and unwavering, carrying the same coldness that seemed to chill the air. But she sighed then and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she was still stern but a bit of warmth began to leak into her voice again. "You have to be smarter. I'm not lecturing you on the right or wrong of killing, but you have to know how to cover your tracks, or you're just making a mess. I'll teach you how to get rid of a body, ok? But until then you have to get in the habit of at least hiding them."

And then Winter plucked Levi's sword away from her. "This is confiscated until you can learn to use your head before flashing it about," she said, slipping it into her bag. Her lecture mode was back. "Go back to the ship and wait there until it's time to leave. I hear you did anything else, you'll find your food tasting a little more unpleasant." With that, Winter turned again and walked back into the city. She was making good time back in the shopping district, weaving between the vendors. Her bags were weighed down with weapons, but she paid them no mind. At least, until she heard a gun shot ring out in the night. People around her jumped and panicked, wondering at the sound. Winter just closed her eyes and dropped her head into her palm.

"Ara, ara, so unsocial." Muttering these words to herself, as she stood back up from being thrown into her sister, she started walking towards the door. However, before she could leave, the bartender had called out to her, requesting payment for damages.

"T-that....might be a problem.....so.....good night~!" Ending her sentence with a flourish and a wave, she quickly ran out. However, before the bartender could chase her, a heavy blunt object hit him across the head, knocking him out. Behind him stood Rin, holding her 'staff'. She then turned around and hurried after her twin.

Outside, Sakuya laughed softly to herself, before stretching. "Ah, that was fun to watch." After several minutes of running, she realized she had forgotten her cloak, and decided to take a shortcut back to the bar. Making a dash through the alleyways, she ended up running into something. Flailing, Sakuya stumbled back, before looking at her obstruction. It seems that after the group of five had escaped the bar, they had ended up hiding here.

"Hey look, it's the girl." "Hehe, you know you shouldn't be wandering around alone." Back and forth the men spiked, as they blocked Sakuya's path forward and her retreat. Each one had a lecherous expression on their faces as they reached out for her. However, their hands froze, as two pronounced clicks could be heard. Slowly the men turned, only to notice Rin ha snuck up behind them and now had two guns cocked and ready.

"Now look here missy, we don't want you to hurt yourself with that thing. Just gently put it dow-" "Little girls shouldn't be going around waving dangerous toys like th-" Any and all words from two of the men were immediately interrupted as she shot both through the head. The other three men immediately dropped the tough guy attitude and started running. Sakuya had immediately gave chase, slicing through the leg of one, before shooting the other two through the heart.

"We need to leave." Rin warned her sister, who could only nod in agreement. The two quickly fled the scene, with Rin handing over the cloak that Sakuya left behind at the bar.

[PRINCE]

Prince's eyes twinkled, casually taking the ash tray and shoving it inside his pocket. "Every penny counts," he said flashing a smile. He scanned the house, trailing behind Taran. "I say we should split up to cover more ground," He said. "It'll be a little risky but we haven't got much time in here." He looked through the gaps across the railiing that led downstairs. "I'll go downstairs, plus if we get caught it'll be easier for me to create a distraction while you grab their stuff and run for it."

"If I owned one of these places, I wouldn't leave very long in case my things got stolen. I'm guessing the owner was thinking the exam same thing." He whispered, crouching and taking slow steps down the hallway. "Let's try and be out of here within a few minutes?" He asked, stopping at the top of the stairs.

[KAI]

"Jeez, that Prince," Kai sighed, fixing Prince's bed. "He should have at least fixed his bed before he left," He said, s;ightly irritated but he knows Prince never cleans their room. Before he joined the crew, Prince's room was a mess and it wasn't until he roomed with Prince that you can actually see the floor. He organized Prince's desk, noticing a small note with a list of parts written on it. "Knowing Prince, he'll cause so much trouble, he'll forget about this," He said, shaking his head. "Might as well go get it for him," He said, putting no his jacket and exiting the room. He greeted a few people of the crew who were running back and forth to gather tools to fix the Leviathan and waved at those who were working outside before making his way to the parts shop. He entered the shop, an old man staring at him as he entered.

"What can I do for you?" The man asked, eyeing Kai from head to toe.

Kai raised an eyebrow, taking out the list from his pocket. "Just these," he replied. The man took the list and took it with him to the back, coming out a few minutes later with a box. "Thanks," he said, grabbing the box and leaving coins on the table. Once he exited, he looked around, noticing how crowded the streets were. 'I should head back before I get lost,' he thought, making his way back to the Leviathan.

”Pirates do what pirates got to do. Don't forget that.” That line echoed in his head, and he looked at her blankly for a moment. He heard another voice, one he really didn't want to hear, in the back of his mind. 'You do what you gotta do, kid. It'll be easier next time.'

No, that was a lie. It never got easier. He lied. He always lied.

Aubrey blinked, and the memory was gone. He looked confused for a moment, and he searched Jax's face for a moment, as if she had all the answers. She punched him in the shoulder, bringing him back to the real world. “Oh, right, Winter. Um, I think she was going shopping or something.” He made to follow her, when suddenly someone literally dropped out of the sky and landed in front of him, stopping him in his tracks. His hand moved to grasp the handle of his dagger; like hell was he going to get jumped again.

He kept a respectful distance between himself and the mysterious woman as she moved past him to examine the bodies. His blue eyes were hard as he watched her move about, taking stuff of the men and talking as she went. When she was done, she annouced that it would be smart for them to follow her. Aubrey didn't take his eyes off of her, but he heard the sound of voices and approaching footsteps. Kara Saun she said her name was, and she climbed up the fire escape and through a window.

He finally turned and looked at Jax. This Kara Saun figure was right; it was going to be tough for the two of them to get away on their own. They had no idea where they were, or where to go to find the rest of their crew. “So, uh, change of plans?”

Something seemed to be wrong with Aubrey after she spoke about being a pirate. Maybe he couldn't make the hard decisions, he hadn't been a pirate as long as she had so it made sense. She was picked up around fourteen to be one of the ships mechanics but ended up proving herself as a worthy fighter and plunderer, thus Pirate Jax was born. Lost in her own head Jax rolled her shoulders like she had before, however before she could say anything to comfort Aubrey a new enemy appeared. At least she thought it was a new enemy so she pulled out her gun and had it trained on the woman. "Too late somebody has already seen" The Kara Saun had said. Well shit, now someone knows I'm a cold blooded killer... sarcasm, screw this woman

In any case, while Jax was listening carefully and watching the woman loot the bodies, she was beginning to understand their situation. The brother of a cop, why did it have to be that, WHY? Her spunky and flashy attitude seemed to have diminished in the seriousness of the situation, truthfully she was still miffed about all of this. Jax kept her gun on the woman in case she decided she wanted to try looting them as well. At last the voices were getting clearer, closer, Jax was beginning to get a bit nervous.

Aubrey looked at her questioningly. Looking to her for an answer. His expression was justified, they were somewhat lost and it was dark, even her night vision eye couldn't help them much here. However, it helped her get a better view of the dark skinned beauty that had fallen from the sky to help them. "Change of plans is right. We need to get the hell out of here and fast. You go first, I'll hold up the rear." With her gun in hand she urged Aubrey to go ahead of her and follow the woman up the fire escape. There was no way she was going to fall into a trap or allow Aubrey to be hurt again.

| Levi

Sighed, waving toward Winter as she trekked off, sliding on her headphones and walking away from the art store with the box. ' Who's...the loneliest of all? ' she listened to the odd lyrics, the girls high pitched voice and the pack of violins that played in the background...it wasn't like most songs that were made. She shrugged walking towards the path of the docks. Her lips mimicked the sound her lungs tightening, imagining herself getting the correct pitch of the girls voice. She could sense the loneliness of the voice, a forlorn feel, ' Odd...'.

The song changed as she neared the ship, the loud sound popping within her ear repeating the word, ' Caffeine '. She smiled the energetic tone to the sound seemingly good for a fighting scene. Her head turned as she spotted a weapon store, ' Krain's Blade ' Her father's best friend was named Krain...maybe he's related...somehow.

' Hope winter doesn't poison my food like last time, she didn't give any specifics about GOING to the ship...so not my fault '. She shrugged, she did have a dozen of donut holes that could suffice for like one day. Exhaling she decided to go she did need another weapon to practice on in the ship...if the chokuto broke in battle.

A cold feeling rushed in as she entered the shop, mist literally came from the walls due to the coldness of the room. A few people stood around, viewing the weapons...but none of them came nowhere near the scythe that was attached to the wall. She didn't know why people despised the scythe, it was perfect for long ranged melee battles. She walked towards the scythe a clock ticking at the scythes heel, a bendy blade following. She looked down, above its Snath was a crystal...' Wonder what that is for... ' she shrugged, walking towards the counter, looking to the satchel, grabbing out her talk pad and wrote...



The man smirked a devilish grin came upon his face, "...It's very cheap, but...it is durable, not like any other cheap-bitch-weapon out there...It's cheap because of the lack of attention...and we just now lowered it to 20 dollars cause we need it out bad..." He walked around the counter and towards the scythe. She followed him, " This scythe is special..." The man said with a smirk, grabbing it out of its display and walking towards the counter once more.

" Listen, girly...for you, this will now be free...people don't need it any...and! Uhm here, " The man crouches down, being covered by the counter as multiple sounds of rumbling is created. He stands up, holding a black box titled, ' Arunee---- ' the rest was scratched out. He set the box on the counter along with the scythe. " Take it... " He turned away going into the storage of the building...completely ignoring her as he did. Her eyes blinked, staring at the scythe...'Okay then...' the said in her mind, completely shrugging off the scene, stuffing the art pack in the satchel. Grabbing the box and the scythe and walking out of the store and walking towards the ship.

Winter

Winter had stashed her bags somewhere safe and was on her way to where the gun shot had come from when she heard several more ring out in the distance. Really, this was just getting ridiculous. But she could only deal with so many things at once, so she continued in the direction she was heading. She carried only a small dagger she'd lifted off the corpses from earlier with her, hoping that maybe if she was ill-equipped (and in heavy, cumbersome skirts to boot) she'd be less inclined to violence. She had a good streak going, and Winter wasn't looking to break it any time soon.

It was too easy to find the origin of all the commotion – she just followed the police officers swarming the scene. Hiding in the shadows, she crept closer, trying to get a better handle on the situation. A corpse could be seen on the ground, thick crimson blood pooling around it. Winter felt an eyebrow twitch in annoyance.

"Piece of shit, but this one was Chief Lennox's brother," one of the officers standing over the body said.

"Think it was the Nathals?" asked another.

"Nah, they're not looking to start nothin'. Probably just jumped the wrong guy and got what was coming." He ran a hand through his hair and continued, "Either way, we better catch whoever did it fast. Chief's not gonna be happy."

Because of course of all the bodies to drop in this city, they'd gone for the police chief's brother.

Winter melted back into the shadows, thinking of who it'd been and where those brats could've gone. Angelo, Kai, Jax, and the twins all carried pistols. Angelo preferred not to use his gun, and Kai was still on the ship, but Jax could be brutal when pushed and Sakuya was trigger-happy. At least she knew whose food to poison when they all got back to the ship. Winter prayed that this was just normal city crime, but something was telling her she wasn't that lucky.

She heard whispered voices then, coming from somewhere above her. Looking up, Winter searched for the source. After a moment she found them, sneaking into an open window. She let out a huff and snuck along the side of the building, finding a more discreet way to climb up the wall. Jumping onto the roof, Winter sat down, leaning over to hear what these darn kids were saying. She was still unaware of a third presence in the room with them.

Aubrey sighed. “I was afraid you were gonna say that.” He looked skeptically at the rusted old fire escape. The ladder wasn't let all the way down, so it dangled a few inches out of his reach. He jumped for it and the metal squeaked in protest as he pulled himself up. Although he would never admit it, his small size did seem to have a positive impact on his agility. He pulled himself up easily, though the motion made him grimace from the pain that shot through his neck. Man, he was gonna have some wicked bruising.

He scrambled up and to the window, being careful to try and keep quiet. From his new height advantage, he could now see a group of people running with swords drawn towards them. “Watch out, they're almost on us.” He hissed down to Jax, before slipping in through the window. He dropped to the floor and froze for a second while he got his bearings.

The room was dark. Something smelled of mildew, and they dust in the room made his eyes water. He moved away from the window so that Jax could follow him in. The fact that he couldn't see the mysterious woman made him edgy. “Kara?” He called out softly, his voice hardly above a whisper.