Shallow breathing could be heard behind Leonard's mask. Even if he was a doctor, and a damn good one in terms of skill, he still lacked a definitive factor to being able to handle something like this. Experience. A veteran surgeon wouldn't bat an eye at seeing a body mutilated, and he most certainly was not a veteran. As he neared finishing treating the knee, nausea, unease, and lack of real confidence started taking their toll. Before long, he looked like he hadn't eaten in a month, and his hands were quaking as he started stitching the wound shut. The bleeding was stopped, the bullet was gone, and the shards of knee had been moved or put back into place if he believed they would heal back together well enough. Standing, his legs quaked as he gathered his things, several syringes and scalpels rolling out as he fumbled, struggling to cover himself with his coat. He hoped he'd managed to save the man's leg, at the very least.

Feeling like he was going to hurl, he was about to clean the blood off his gloves before Nikko came over and...praised him. She actually praised him for doing something so stupid and reckless as saving someone who was prepared to shoot him. A slight tinge of red, hidden by his black-iron mask, emerged on his cheeks as he smiled. "T-Thank you...I-i-it wasn't easy, b-b-but I think he'll b-b-be okay." he explained, legs still quaking and most of the stuttering coming from his teeth chattering. He was nervous as nervous could be. Then she picked him up and threw him over her back. Confused as all get-out, he flailed a bit as she ran, realizing that she was still fully intent on having him in her crew. Resigning himself, he just let her carry him. He'd had enough for one day at that point.

This woman just didn't understand how great her opponent truly was. Sylas only made a disappointed sigh as she jumped around to keep avoiding his expanding glass floor. "You marines just don't get it," Sylas started to comment before noticing that Hanna had made a very direct lunge at him for an attack. The young ex-captain brought up his glass swords in an X shape, blocking her saber at the cost of their blades. The collision shattered both swords but deflected Hanna's sword enough to keep Sylas from harm. In that brief moment, time seemed to slow down. The shards of the swords just hung in the air as the marine woman aimed her pistol at Sylas once again. "I won't be defeated."

The pirate spun around on his axis and leaned back, twirling out of the way of Hanna's aim right before she fired. The glass that had broken and flung around the air began to move, being manipulated and pulled back towards Sylas. The two broken sword hilts he was holding began attracting the glass, reforming the blades as if they had never broken in the first place. All the while he continued his rotation to make a full circle, facing the airborne and vulnerable Hanna. "Remember my name." In a display of speed and brutality, Sylas brought both sabers down across her right side, creating a deep cut in the shape of an X along her right midsection. A blow to end a fight, surely, but not necessarily lethal. The glass on the ground that had been moving to capture her had ceased activity, simply becoming inanimate flooring. The bloody swords fell to the ground as Sylas moved both his hands to dramatically remove his glasses before striking a pose over the defeated marine. "Sylas Maison, the next great legend." He the put his glasses back on, taking a moment to look down at Hanna to make sure she wouldn't try to attack him again. She did seem tenacious, after all, and a sword to the back would be a great way for her to get revenge.

@Natsume Honnaji

The female captain seemed to be rather intrigued by his movements and even had slight smile on her face. Brushing her hair from her face and re-adjusting her glasses she takes a side stance as well.
"You are pretty good. Looks like I can't hold back against you." Still holding her ginger grin she kicks off both of her shoes one at a time. Neither of the heavy shoes were launched at Tristin. The first landed on a barrel of grain and it busted the barrel immediatly. The second landed hard on the cobblestone street cracking the stones. She now stands barefoot on the street and relishes the feeling of the bare ground beneath her.

"This fight has just begun....or so I would like to say." She sighs as she looks up towards the tavern. A massive cannon blast had rocketed the other marine captain into the city and she didn't think he would be getting back up any time soon. She looks on at the oncoming band of pirates led by Nikko. "I don't really feel like trying to take on that many pirates at once by myself. Besides it looks like I might be needed back at port as well. I suppose I will see you there." She sneers. With a stamp of her heel she seems to almost disappear as she moves incredibly fast. Her speed wasn't anything to sniff at before but now she is incredible. The sudden change of pace takes Tristin off guard and she lands her foot right int he center of his chest.

"Would you mind helping a lady step up?" she says just before kicking off of tristan's chest and launching herself into the air landing several houses away. Gracefully she lands into a back-flip and then leaps again towards the port reaching her destination rather quickly.

@floodtalon@Bai Suzhen@The Irish Tree@Invisible

Nikko reaches the places where the battles had just taken place not to long ago. She see's the body of a marine with an unmistakable shark bite wound. The detached arm lay across the way next to two men who wore lieutenant insignia. There were a number of other injured marines as well and the last remaning captain was fighting two men at once. Suddenly she leaped away after spotting Nikko and the others coming towards them.

"Well damn." Nikko exhales. She survey's the wreckage and sets Leonard down. She had mostly ignored his protests up until this point. "Looks like we missed the party. And that woman I don't think she just retreated out of fear. I think something is about to happen in the port. Everyone ready for whatever it may be?" She asks the group that had been with her. Then turning she faces the new ones as well. "Looks like you guys fought with my 1st mate. Big guy. Kind of a shark. Hard to miss. Anyway if any of you had fought alongside him you are welcome to join me and the rest of us to take care of this mess at the port."

"Oh..." she pauses when Ryan asked her name. "Its Nikko. Nice to meet you." She holds out her hand to shake his. "I'd be glad to have whatever help we can get here in just a bit. I think we should probably continue on though." She narrows her eyes and the group headed out towards the port once more. Arriving just after the woman who had been fighting tristan.


@Renny@Ira

Marxo and Nabil were still facing off against the older Sergeant. They may have noticed the other captain that had arrived on scene just moments earlier but they didn't seem to pay him any mind. Nabil himself began to make a melded weapon out his own hands and Sergeant was preparing something himself. Not anything special but simply a kempo looking battle stance.

"You two...are going to become dangerous if I don't stop you." The old man says. "But as you are right now I don't mind doing a 2 v 1. Though at this point it won't remain that way for long. My second best student has now woken up and I doubt he will make things easy for you even if you manage the miracle of defeating me."

The lunge happened quickly and he backed up. The lances followed him and some scraped his chest making a long singed burn mark. The Sergeant's shirt lights on fire and he quickly tosses it to the side landing several meters away from his starting position. He is rather muscular but more importantly he is covered with scars.

"Well that smarts." He says glancing down at his newest scar. "Your ability is quite annoying. It even damaged by fishing pole." With a stamp of his foot the port floor cracks and the old man makes a thrust attack that manages a shockwave. Its much like the flying sword strikes of impressive swordsman but instead its a blunt palm strike passing through the air aimed right at Nabil.

@j8cob

Hanna lay defeated after being cut into multiple times. She didn't have that much of a chance to begin with but she had enough talent to keep up at least. She heard his name again one more time before loosing consciousness on the ground.

The victory would have to be short lived as the female captain with glasses arrives on the scene just in time to witness Hanna's defeat. The woman is very tall, over six feet, with long blond hair and is notably barefoot.

"Hanna?" She gasps but does not approach. It seems something else had also caught her attention. "Rickshaw..." She was now looking over at the bed-headed captain who had landed on the port just moments ago. He stood next to the large Fishman who had also recently arrived.

@boss muffin

The young man who had just leaped from the ship with bead head cracks his shoulders and looks on at the fights happening in the port. He scratches the stubble on his chin and looks mildly interested. However before too long he spots the massive shark fishman that had just arrive as well.

"Oh? You look strong. Mind helping me wake up? Big fella like you has to have some fight in 'em?" He asks rather casually. Its unnerving how calm he is. No its beyond calm its ...relaxed.

@Yorutenchi

"Nice to meet you Nikko! I'm Ryan!" Ryan shook her hand and began looking around. He smiled even as he saw the carnage around him. He had seen much worse before, hell, he had done much worse before. The life of a pirate was a violent one. He looked at Leonard and giggled. "That's a funny mask. I like you. My name's Ryan! What's your name?" He reached out to shake his hand and smiled even more. He then noticed Nikko was moving again and he followed her, sending out a stray tendril of oil to make sure Leonard kept up, by which I mean he picked Leonard up and carried him to the port.

Tristan watches the woman and she kicks off her shoes and watched her carefully "Seems like I'll have to get serious now.." He notices her attention being drawn towards something else as he glanced behind him to see the band of pirate's rushing towards them. "well looks like I'll be heading to the pier as well." He turns back to her just as she rushed at him and landed her foot on his chest giving him no time to react as she pushes away from him " nngh..not bad...looks like I'll have to be more careful next time we meet.." He groans softly and rubs the spot on his chest where her foot made contact coughing a bit before taking a deep breath and stretching put.

Tristan planted his feet tighter in the ground after putting his cloak back on "well here we go...now the re battle truly starts.." He dashes off towards the pier at suprisingly speeds.

Finally able to touch the ground with his feet, Leonard was a little wobbly, a hint of green evident on his cheeks even in spite of his mask. Motion sickness coupled with nausea... Leonard was lucky that he was already nauseous, or else the sight of that severed arm would have pushed him over the edge. Almost did. Were those...shark bites? Anyways, his knees were shaking steadily, his arms clutching each other beneath his cloak as he was greeted by a rather odd individual...he looked sort of familiar. Lapses in memory aside, Leonard smiled a little at the compliment to the mask, and extended his now-steady hand to shake his. "P-Pleasure's mine...I-I-I'm Leonard." he said in introduction, bashfully looking away. He was never good with meeting new people, especially when he felt like he was about to puke and piss himself, AND shit himself. And maybe vomit again.

Noticing as well that Nikko was moving on, Leonard moved to follow after her, though he was promptly man-handled by an oil-tendril. Confused, a little scared, and nauseous all over again, Leonard just helplessly trying to wriggle free until they reached the port.